Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters.

  • John Wall
Date:
[1757]
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Credit: Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was formed without giving him any great Uneaiinefs. When the Water is applied ex¬ ternally, efpecially to old Sores or glandular Obftructions, it is apt at ftrfl to bring on a flight Fever and inflame the Parts. This adventitious V Pleat is commonly foon reliev’d by drinking freely of the Water; which wafhes out of the Habit any morbid Particles, which may have been re ¬ ceiv’d into the Circulation and the Fever ufually goes oft in four Days at fartheft. Sometimes where the Water is applied to indurated Glands, or incyfted Tumors, the Heat rifes higher, fo as to bring on Suppurations ; an Event by no means to be dreaded ; fince thereby the vifcid ftagnant Juices are atte¬ nuated, concodted, and fo fitted for Evacuation ; and the Circulation (which in Schrophulous Perfons is