An analysis of the Leamington spa, in Warwickshire; with remarks on its use, and medicinal qualities / [George Hume Weatherhead].

  • Weatherhead, G. Hume (George Hume), 1790?-1853
Date:
1820
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Credit: An analysis of the Leamington spa, in Warwickshire; with remarks on its use, and medicinal qualities / [George Hume Weatherhead]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3K l^avvtm. AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEAMINGTON SPA, $c. 1 HE village of Leamington in Warwickshire is situated, as its name denotes, on each side of the Learn, This is a small stream, torpid in its course from want of sufficient descent, which falls, or rather glides into the Avon about a mile thence, on the back road to Warwick. Leamington is a place of some antiquity, and retains the agnomen of Priors from its being formerly at¬ tached to the monastery of Kenilworth. Though originally an obscure hamlet, it has risen, in consequence of the repute of its mineral springs, to be a village possessed of many elegancies to afford amusement to the gay, pastime to the idle, and health and comfort to the pitiable victims of