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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    \ Drefiings; till at lafl, by drinking Malvern Water, and applying Lin- nen to the Sore kept conftantly wet with the fame, it was perfectly heal-’ ed in a Fortnight. The Scorbutic % O Eruptions were for the firft 4 or 5 Days prodigioully encreafed over the whole Body ; and particularly the Parts which were cover’d with the wet Rags, appear’d intenfely red from innumerable Pimples which were brought out by the Water ; but thefe went off by perfevering in the fame Regimen and Applica¬ tion.—During this Courfd, She ac¬ cidentally had a Fall down Stairs, by which her Leg was much bruif- ed, and a lacerated Wound made on the Skin almoft down to th® Bone. She did not mention this to her Surgeon ; but only applied the Water to it, in the fame manner as had been directed for her other Leg; by which the Wound was heal’d in three