The evolution of artificial mineral waters / by William Kirkby.
- Kirkby, William
- Date:
- 1902
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The evolution of artificial mineral waters / by William Kirkby. 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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![parts of the Cream, filter the Solution, and evaporate it, and you will obtain a salt called Vegetable Salt. R. Of Nitre depurated 3ij, dissolve it in one pint of fair water, and drink it by cupfuls in the space of one day, for the inflammation of the urinary passages. R. Of Chrystal Mineral 5ss, of the Salt of Lead gr. ij, dissolve them in three pints of water, and drink it by cupfuls to qualify the heat of the bowels. R. Of Cream of Tartar ft)ss, of Nitre gij, of Salt Armoniack 3j, dissolve them in two pints of water, adding of the Spirit of Sulphur OSS, take it by cupfuls in continual and intermitting fevers, R. Of Salt Armoniack depurated 5], of the Syrup of Raspberries ftss, dissolve them in tbxij of water, taking it instead of ordinary drink, in the Dropsy and Green sickness. An excellent Mineral Water is thus prepared : R. Of Salt Armoniack and Quick Lime, of each equal parts, melt them in a crucible by the help of a strong fire, and pour out the liquor upon a marble stone, setting it in a cellar until it dissolve, and then filter it thro' cap paper. Pour ibxij of fair water upon oj of this liquor, drinking to the quantity of two, three or four cupfuls of it every day, if necessity so require. The foregoing were not used by physicians under an impression that these solutions were really imitations of natural mineral waters ; they were content to use them simply as substitutes, many of them believing that the natural waters were inimitable. Boyle, who was not sway'd by the authority of the ancients in this enquiry, but was possessed of the true spirit of philosophy which indulges in visions out of the range of the so-called practical man, saw that chemical science would not only ultimately spy out the secrets of natural medicinal waters, but also that it was necessary for the intelligent use of them that medical men should be informed of their composition. His views as to the value of synthesis in chemical philosophy,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b23983267_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
