A short description of Pyrmont : with observations on the use of its waters / abridged from the German 'Description of Pyrmont of Dr. Marcard' ; revised by the author.

  • Heinrich Matthias Marcard
Date:
1788
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Credit: A short description of Pyrmont : with observations on the use of its waters / abridged from the German 'Description of Pyrmont of Dr. Marcard' ; revised by the author. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 62 ] after other warm baths. That fome part of it enters into the abforbent veffels of the fkin, is certain, becaufe, feveral days after leaving off the baths, and after wafhing the whole body, a perfpiration will tinge the linen reddifh. At Pyrmont, people generally bathe either in the very elegant and neat marble baths at the bathing houfe, which admit one perfon « only, or in the bed-rooms, by means of bath¬ ing tubs; for which purpofe every conve¬ nience is provided there. The greateft part of the water for bathing is put into the bath, frefh and cold as it comes from the well, and fome hot water is afterwards mixed with it, as much as is required to produce the pre- fcribed temperature. By that means, a great part of the aerial acid is preferved in the water, which is apparent from the tafte, and from a whiftling noife which is heard in the bath for a great while. This fixed air will probably aflift in the bracing operation of the iron, by Simulating the Ikin; and it will alfo be of ufe in eruptive complaints, as indeed conftant experience jflhews that it is. ✓ 1
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