A dissertation on the contents, virtues and uses, of cold and hot mineral springs; particularly, those of Scarborough: in a letter to Robert Robinson. Esq., recorder of that corporation / [Peter Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763
Date:
1735
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Credit: A dissertation on the contents, virtues and uses, of cold and hot mineral springs; particularly, those of Scarborough: in a letter to Robert Robinson. Esq., recorder of that corporation / [Peter Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] Head, and not have Hiccoughs, burning Heats, Thirds, and Fa:tor of the Mouth, common to high living. A Cold Bath. He advifes it in an Afthma, and condemns all hot Regimens in that Diltcmper, bids the Patient to fhave often, wafh the Head ,• to drink cold Water in a Morning, and ufe a total lmmerfion only once a Fortnight. Dr. Baynard commends the hot Baths of Somerfetjhire, as of wonderful Efficacy : A friendly Fomentation, a natural Sal Volatile, that relieves and cures Diftempers, both of Relaxation and Contraction. The Weft-India Gripes, Chotics, Aphonia, Agues, Cramps, ftiff Joints, Fluor AMs, paralytic'k and waft¬ ing Limbs, Scorbutick Atrophies, and to be fpecirical in Difeafes of the Liver. They contain a volatile Vitriolick Gas, (feen in their changing Purple with Gauls, Oak Leaves, Tea, or any auftere Alkaiy,) which is loft, if carried elfewhere. Their in¬ ward Ufe is Drinking them hot at the Place: augmenting the Quantities by Degrees, con¬ tinuing them a great while together, and un¬ der a Regularity of Diet; forbearing eating, or fwallowing any other Liquid, till they are pafs’d. At Dinner, he allows a Glafs of Wine. The only Bitters he found agreeable, were wild Sage, Horehound, and Heps $ which laft he recommends in a Beer of mode-