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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    Floor, whenever She fat up a quar¬ ter of an Hour. Soon after this She was carried to the Holy Well j and She had drank the Water, and ap¬ plied it to the Sores but a fhort Time, before the Difcharge was con- Fiderably leften’d thereby; and the Pastor entirely removed. The Mat¬ ter, which before was thin and ichorous, grew thick and well con¬ dition’d ; She loft the hectic Symp¬ toms ; her Srength improved daily; and the Ulcer in the Groin was foon heal’d perfectly. The Thigh, which before was emaciated, recover’d its former Flefh and Firmnefs ; but there being a Lodgement of Matter below the opening, Mr. Mountfort of Ledbury, a very ingenious Sur¬ geon, was applied to, who open’d the Sinus downward its whole Length; and it is ftnee perfectly heal’d, by the Application of the Water alone ; but unhappily there