Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1884
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Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PliKr^ACE Tlif Buxton iiiiiH'ial w;it«*r is ilisrhnrp-ed from several (•pfiiin^'s in ycry lar^n'(pm!ititi»<'<. at tlu» teinix-ratiin* of s-J {l»«jrre»*s, Fahrenheit. It is cliarired with nitroprMi pr>»s in. proljably, n larir»'r d»'irn*f than any r)th<'r mineral water. This p'as is presented in water, which has, otherwise, alkaline, eai-tliy. and saline ])r(.]»erties : and is remarkaltly deferj^'ent and softening to th«' skin when used as a hath; while it is free from (nlour or di«ntrr»'eal)le taste, is <dear and hriylit in its appearaTice. and of a ^inL'nlarly heautiful faintly hlue rolour. TIm* me<licinal aetion of th<' water, whether usrd a- hallis. or drunk, has Keen from time imniem<»rial known to he irreat in relieving* or curing- all <'onditi(»us of a rheumatic or g-outy character. It is .stated by Dr. .Tones, so long atro as the year ir>7'J. that it was then used for the relief of the sam<* ailiu'-nts as it. is at the present time. Dr. Jones says t hat in his time Huxton was much resorted to In poor afflicte(l persf>ns ; and towards the end of the sixteenth i-eutury this was considered to he so serious an in.jurr by the inliabitants of the ad.joininir t ha))elrv of Fairfield, as to ien«ler them unable to provide funds f«>r the maintenanc** of their cliaphiin, by reason of the urg-ent and continued claims of the many poor sufferers resorting- to the Huxton Ihiths. as set fortli in a petition on this matter addres-sed by them to Queen Klizabeth. Thes** p(»or ])ersons had been from time immemorial so far ai»b*d. as to have had gratuitous baths of the mineral water provided f(»r them ; and there .seems to have been a fund called the Treasury of the Hath.' by which their pecuniary necessities were more or less ministered to. Dr. Jones writfvs. in reference to this fund, what may be »|Uoted in this plac»*If any tliink this magisterial imp(»sing on people's ])ockets. let tfiem consider their abilities and the sick p(»or's neces.sities. and think wliether they do not in idle pastime^ throw away in vaiu. twice as mucli yearly; if may entail the blessing-s (tf tliem who are ready to perisli upon you, and will afl'ord a pleasant after-reflecti(ni. God has griveii you physic for notliinir; I' t thepcxu- ami afflicted (it may be membe?-s of Christ) have a little (.f your money.—it may be the better for your own health : Heaven mig-ht have put them in your room and you in theirs; then a supply would have been acceptable to you.