An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout. Written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq., together with an account of the nature and quality of the Bath waters, the manner of using them, and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne].

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1724
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Credit: An essay of the true nature and due method of treating the gout. Written for the use of Richard Tennison, Esq., together with an account of the nature and quality of the Bath waters, the manner of using them, and the diseases in which they are proper: as also, of the nature and cure of most chronical distempers, not published before / [George Cheyne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 4«] retaining it longer than any other Water, heat¬ ed to the fame Degree, will. Wherefore there can be no Necemty of having Recourfe to Vulcano’% or fubterranepus Fires, to account for this Appearance. There are no burning Mountains known in this our Northern Cli¬ mate; and tis’ pretty hard to conceive, how Fires fhould have burn’dfo long underGround without a Vent, or any other remarkable Sign. The Sulphur in the Bath Waters is evident to the Senles, fwimming in large Clufters on the Tops of the Baths mix’d with Earthy and forne vegetable Subftances, wherewith the Guides commonly giPd Silver; and is found an excellent Remedy in ScurviesLeprofies„ Ringwormsj and other Foulnefs of the Skin. The Steel is manifefted by the blueifh TinTure given to the Water from the Pump, by an In- fufion of Nut-gall. It is true, this Tinflure is neither fo deep, nor is it to be had from the Water, in any Ihort time after it comes hot from the Pump, thereby to manifefl: any great Quantity of Steel in the Compofxtion, fuchas can have the full Proportion to the Experi¬ ment now mention'd. But, to fet this in a clear¬ er Light, let us put together thefe Confxdera- fions. Firjlj That upon Diftillation of Bath Water, there remains little in the Bottom of the Glafs but the common Calx or Sea-falt, that is found in the Diftillation of fpring Wa¬ ter, if we except fome Sand or Earth, that is forc’d up by the voilence of the Pump ; where-