An account of the Tilbury water : containing, a narrative of the discovery of the medicinal qualities of this spring, experiments on the water, observations on the experiments, the vertues of the water interspers'd with various cases, the manner of drinking it, and lastly, several remarkable cures.

  • John Andree
Date:
1740
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Credit: An account of the Tilbury water : containing, a narrative of the discovery of the medicinal qualities of this spring, experiments on the water, observations on the experiments, the vertues of the water interspers'd with various cases, the manner of drinking it, and lastly, several remarkable cures. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For as Mr. Kell aw ay was not converfant in analyfing Mineral Waters, and forming a pro¬ per Judgment from thence of their Vertues himfelf, or had not the Opportunity of ma¬ king Experiments upon Sick Ferfons, he ap¬ ply ki to fome of the Faculty *, but being coldly told, that there were more Mineral Waters al¬ ready in Ufe than are neceffary, he declined making any farther Attempts that Way, his Bufinds ingaging his Attention to other Affairs, and contented himfelr with diftributing the Wa¬ ter gratis among his Acquaintance in Town, as alfo to the People at and about Tilbury, who began to drink it for various Complaints. In the Year 1736 the Water began to be talk’d of pretty much, on account of its extra¬ ordinary Vertues, which induced me to make fome Inquiry about it : And after Mr. Kella- way had given me the foregoing HifWical Ac^ count, and Mr. Deputy P<-- having affured me that his Spoufe had been cured by it of an obftinate Diarrhma, after all the Advice £he had taken had prov’d ineffectual, and that fome of his Acquaintance had alfo experienc’d the fame good Effedl, I undertook to examine the Water by various Experiments. Mr. White, be¬ fore mentioned, at the Requeft of fome Gentle¬ men of the Royal Society, did the fame, and upon comparing Notes, we agreed in the fol¬ lowing Particulars, viz. Experiments on the Tilbury W.a ter, Experiment I. The Tilbury Water is heavier than the Thames or common Spring Water. It
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