A dissertation on the mineral waters of Saratoga : containing, a topographical description of the country, and the situation of the several springs ; an analysis of the waters, as made upon the spot, together with remarks on their use in medicine, and a conjecture respecting their natural mode of formation : also, a method of making an artificial mineral water, resembling that of Saratoga, both in sensible qualities and in medicinal virtue / by Valentine Seaman, M.D. physician in the city of New-York.

  • Valentine Seaman
Date:
MDCCXCIII [1793]
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Credit: A dissertation on the mineral waters of Saratoga : containing, a topographical description of the country, and the situation of the several springs ; an analysis of the waters, as made upon the spot, together with remarks on their use in medicine, and a conjecture respecting their natural mode of formation : also, a method of making an artificial mineral water, resembling that of Saratoga, both in sensible qualities and in medicinal virtue / by Valentine Seaman, M.D. physician in the city of New-York. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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