A treatise concerning the medicinal Spaw waters / by M. Nessel. Translated out of French. [With French text].

  • Nessel, Matthieu, approximately 1685-1763
Date:
1714
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Credit: A treatise concerning the medicinal Spaw waters / by M. Nessel. Translated out of French. [With French text]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c ■ 01 Liege, the moft ufe- ful and moft neceffary Bleffings for curing the Sick, and the Preferva- tion of humane Life; feeing that on the one Hand, the Waters of the Spaiv contribute to the .Cure of an infinite Number of Diftempers, which are caufed by differeni: Salts, and a thoufand Obftruâions; and that we find in that of Tongjren, a Steel JLali üizt is proper for curing a great many thers, Which are occafi- pned by different Acids. Seeing the Virtues pnd good Qualities of the Spaiv Waters have been fo long experi¬ enced, and that fo ma¬ ny ablePhyficians, who made a Trial of the Waters ofTo^gerer/, who have own’d their good Qualities to be different from thofe of the Spaiv, Wio would not fwear, that thefe Waters grew more and more in Re- queft in foreign Coun- '' ' ' '■ tties : * <• / V - .x-t -, 8 ] confervation de U vie de Phomme, puis que pendam que d/une eke, les Eaux des diverfes Fontaines de Spa fournirent a la cure d'aune infinite de tnala^ dees, caufees par dijferens fels ifr par milk fortes d^ohJlruBions, nous trou-- vons dans cedes de Ton^ gres, un alkali martial tres-convenahle dans la cure de quantité dl^autres caufées par differens acL de So Apres une experience Ji longue des vertus ér bon- nés qualités des Eaux de Spa ; apres le témoignage de tant d'^habiles Mede* ci ns, qui ont fait Panalyfe des Eaux de Tongres, cf qui fe font déclarés pour leurs bonnes qualités dif¬ ferentes de cedes des Eaux de Spa, qui feroit-ce qui n'^.auroit pas juré, que cesE- aux jeroient de plus en plus venues en reputation dans les Pais éloirgnéso Cksi