A treatise concerning the medicinal Spaw waters / Published for the discovering ... of the common imposition ... of bad Spaw waters.

Nessel, Matthieu, approximately 1685-1763

Date:: 1715

Credit: A treatise concerning the medicinal Spaw waters / Published for the discovering ... of the common imposition ... of bad Spaw waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$neceflary ; but thefe Waters, by an Effeft which fhe expected not, and to the mighty A- ftonifhment of every Body, did not only flop her Vomiting, but in a few Days reftored the Fibres of her Stomach and Entrails, that were too much relaxed, to their priftine Firmneis; all the Ferments of the Bowels were revived at the fame Time, the na¬ tural Heat reftored, her true Colour returned ; and, in fhort, die went home from the Span? with all the Satisfaftion imaginable. If ever any Remedy has been juftly recom¬ mended for the Cure of the Gravel, ’tis the Sparv Waters. Never- thelefs, the fame Wa¬ ters, though diuretick, very often, as I faid be¬ fore, ftop an Inconti¬ nence of Urine, and a Diabetes, which I fliould hardly have believed, if I had not been convinc- ...• • ed Mais par un ejfet auquel elle ne s'attendoit pas, & au grand etonnement, de tout le rnonde, ces eaux rParreterent pas fie ul erne nt le vomififiement, mats en peu de jours rajfermirent tout-a-fait les fibres trop reldches de fon Eftomac dr des Intefiins ; tous les levains des vificeres fe ra- nimerent dans le meme temps, la chaleur naturelle fie r eve ilia, Jon teintreprit Ja couleur natutelle\ dr en un moty elle reiourna chez> elle la plus contente da monde. Si jamais remede fut jujlementrecommende pour la cure de la Gravelle, ce Jont les Eaux de Spa : ce- pendant ces memes EauXy cjtioi que diuretiquesy ar- retent bien fiouvent com- me j ai dit, E incontinence d Urine, dr le Diabete ; ce que fiaurois eu peine a croire, ft je rEavois ete corivaincu de cette veriie, tant par l3experience fitti- vante,$