An experimental inquiry into the constituent principles of the sulphureous water at Nottingham near Weymouth ... with observations relative to its application in the cure of diseases / [Robert Graves].

  • Robert Graves
Date:
1792
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Credit: An experimental inquiry into the constituent principles of the sulphureous water at Nottingham near Weymouth ... with observations relative to its application in the cure of diseases / [Robert Graves]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ble, to keep linen cloths, made wet with it, conftantly applied to them. Thus, it is faid, the fores are rendered cleaner, the pain ac¬ companying them is alleviated, and their healing, in fome meafure, probably pro¬ moted. The fame eltedls, however, have been likewife known to follow the ufe of common water, as appears from an obferva- tion of the late illuilrious Dr. Cullen, who mentions, that he has always feen it of equal fervice with any mineral v/ater commonly employed (/j. Whenever, therefore, fuch an application may be deemed requifire, it will be of little confequence perhaps what kind of water is chofen; for the good elfedl: pro¬ bably depends wholly on the cold commu¬ nicated, which, from its great aftringent and tonic power, fcems well fitted to impart ftrength and vigour to the relaxed velTels and fibres of the ulcerated part, and thereby to leflen or remove that painfulnefs fo fre¬ quently attendant on fcrophiilous fores. / Concerning the utility of fulphureous wa¬ ters in paralytic and other affedlions occa- fioned by the deleterious operation of lead, (l) Cullen’s Prailice of Pbyfic, vol. 4. p. 381. ✓ phyficians