A history of the mineral waters and medicinal springs of the county of Essex / by Miller Christy and May Thresh ; with a critical note by W.H. Dalton.

  • Miller Christy
Date:
1910
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Credit: A history of the mineral waters and medicinal springs of the county of Essex / by Miller Christy and May Thresh ; with a critical note by W.H. Dalton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I5/>—RUTTY, John, M.D.—A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, comprehending the most celebrated Medicinal Waters, both Cold and Hot, of Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World ; . . . London : Printed for William Johnston at the Golden.' Ball, in St. Paul's Churchyard. MDCCLVII. . xxxvi + [47] + «£o + [8J pp., demy quarto, with various tabular statements insetted. This is a large and important work, incorporating much original research. It was attacked violently in An Analysis of Dr. Rutty's Methodical Synopsis (London, 1757), written by Dr. Charles Lucas, a Dublin physician of a contro- versial and disputatious turn of mind. Lucas describes Rutlv'sbook as a most heavy, massive, muddy work, and applies to it many other similar epithets ; but his strictures seem to have been due in the main to professional jealousv. Butty replied effectively and with dignity in a pamphlet entitled The Analyser Anal) sect (Dublin, 1758: reprinted, with variations, in London, in same year). The controversy was, however, nothing more than an unprofitable professional squabble. Rutty describes only three Essex Mineral Springs—namely, those at Upminster (pp. 124-5), Witham (pp 3S4-386). and Tilbury (pp. 426-429). From both Upminster and Tilbury, he had had samples of the water sent to him in Dublin and had there analysed them, with results which he gives ; but, as regards Witham, he merely condenses the information given by Taverner. Dr. John Rutty (1698-1775) was born in Wiltshire, of Quaker parentage. He- settled in 1724 in Dublin, where he practis-d as a physician and lived throughout life. He wrote on the history of Quakerism, the natural history of the County Dublin, and other subjects, medical and scientific. 1764 —\ANDREE, John, M.D.].—An Account of the Tilbury Water, containing a Narrative [&c, as in the 2nd ed.\ . . . The Third Edition, with Alterations. Londou : Printed for J. JBrotherfon, at the Bible, in Cornhill. . MDCCLXIV. .(Piice Six Pence.) 40 pp., demy octavo. The Dedication to Sir Hans Sloane (who had died in I7ti3) is retained, the wording being the same as in the second ed., but the- dating is altered to Austin-Fryars, Dec. 15, 1739. There is also a Preface, the matter of which differs largely from that of 174O. This is another completely-new edition, reset throughout. There were later editions in 1779 and 1781. 1770. MONRO, Donald, M.D.—A Treatise on Mineral Waters. In two volumes. London : Sold by D. Wilkinson and G. Nicol in the Strand, and T. Durham, Charing Cross. MDCCLXX. Vol. i, xxiv-f- 475PP-, and vol. ii, 8 -(-419 pp., demy octavo. This work is mainly a compilation from earlier works, and shows little original research. The author notices eight Essex springs—namely, those at Tilbury (pp. 78-82), Colchester (p. 151), South Weald (p. 151), Upminster (pp. 151 and 218), Lees (p. 268), Marks Hall (p. 268), Felstead (p. s6o), and Witham (pp. 359-360). In nearly every case, however, the notice given is very brief and in no case is new information added to that given by earlier wiiters, chiefly Allen and Rutty. Dr. Monro (1717-1792) was born at Edinburgh, where he took his degree of M.D. on 8 June 1753. He became an Army Surgeon, but afterwards settled in London, where he became eminent in his profession. He was elected F.R.S. in 1766 and F.R.C.P. in 1771, holding afterwards many posts connected with the College. He died in London. 1779.—\ANDREE, John, M.D.]—An Account of the Tilbury Water, containing a Narrative [Sec., as in the 2nd and 3rd eds.]. . . . The Fourth. Edition, with Alterations. London : Printed for John Ellison. MDCCLXX1X.