Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations / [William Baylies].

  • William Baylies
Date:
1757
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Credit: Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations / [William Baylies]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [4] “ ¢9, be the fame as they have hither- * to been, and are found. effectual, in’ conjunction with fuch” other « Aids from the Shops, as have from “ time to time been adminiftred with “ them?” | But in anfwer to all this fpecious Shew of Argument, it may be fufh- eient to obferve, That the fame che- mical Knowledge which difcovers the true Contents of the Waters, will dire& the Phyfician not only to avoid the Ufe of improper Medicines with. them, but enable him alfo to cenfure bad Practice, and to oe out what is good. He, for example, muit know, that the Admixture of Soap, or of any fix'd or volatile Alkali, given with the Waters, will deftroy their Nature and Efficacy; and on the other hand, that the Union of the Waters with | : proper