Volume 2

Three tracts on Bath water. : By R. Charleton, M. D. ... Tract the first. A chymical analysis of Bath water. Second edition. Tract the second. An inquiry into the efficacy of Bath water in palsies. Second edition. Tract the third. Histories of hospital cases under the care of the late Dr. Oliver; with additional cases and notes, by the editor.

  • Rice Charleton
Date:
MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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Credit: Three tracts on Bath water. : By R. Charleton, M. D. ... Tract the first. A chymical analysis of Bath water. Second edition. Tract the second. An inquiry into the efficacy of Bath water in palsies. Second edition. Tract the third. Histories of hospital cases under the care of the late Dr. Oliver; with additional cases and notes, by the editor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] hot and fe^erifli; or at Icaft in tliat iiate at Ae lime of ufing the an inflammation of the part mufi be the confequencc whicb^ if great care be not taken^ is followed by a generatioB of matterX whofe mofl: favonrablc termiaation calls for the caujiic or mcijiau-knife.. But none of thefe ills can proceed from, tlie vapour bath : It removes obAieffions by dif- folding the hardened jmces which form them, and not by ftsmulating the vefTeis to pufii tliem foi^vyard through n2iiiowtT pafes into tlie wider roads of drculatmn. The particles of water in this attenuated ftate, find an entrance througli the pores which is denied them in any others and by the relaxing quality which thefe vapours poffefs, they open an eafy paffage throegli the fkin for the obftrafted Immmrsx while, they li¬ quify them fufficientiy to make their efeape,. C C H A P.
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