Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters.

  • John Wall
Date:
[1757]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    readily and intimately mixt with the Blood and Juices, whilft the Water, by its extreme Purity perva¬ ding the fineft VelTels, wafhes away the acrimonious Salts and obftrudt- ing Vifcidities. From the moll accurate Analyfes it appears that at the Spring Head Pouhon Spa Water contains 4 times more of the Chalybeat Principle than this Spring; but at the fame Time is loaded with 4 times more Earth. Tunbridge Water contains 3 times more Iron; but has 6 times more Earth. Cheltenham and Scar¬ borough Waters have only the lame Quantity of Iron, but are very much loaded with Earth: Chelten¬ ham Water in particular contains 88 times more than this Spring. And, to inftance no more,. Bath Water has 9 times lefs of the Cha- e, and contains 28 times