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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    rp ] VYon Watei*s. I expe£t it will 'be done very loon, that is, before the Seafon comes on ; I piean, ,that they will publifh what Difcove- ries they have made, or fliall make of their good Qualities, with fe¬ deral curious Obferva- r ? * tions, even beyond the Effects wrought by the Sfixrv ; and that for this they have employed Phyficians, who have a long Time prefcribed their Waters, which I iook upon as a Remedy that is as much empiri¬ cal as rational. Xhat they may not make imperieft Work pfit, and fo be liable to be juflly criticiz’d up¬ on, I am willing to put them in Mind of fonie * j Particulars, which they ought not to forget, I. Let them prove, that the Chevron Wa¬ ters arp lighter than the $patv^ bpcaule they are tiiqre chalybeate avdut Id f^ifon^ faire part au Publicj de ce qu'mon y a aura découvert de meilleHr^ avec plujieurs objervâtions curieufes^ bi¬ en 4u-dela des effets que produifent les Eaux de Spdj (ÿ* qu'élis auront pour cela employé des Médecins qui auront long-temps pratique les Eaux^ que je regarde comme un remede autant empirique que îioneL Je veux bien^ pour qu'fais ne produijenî p0 un ouvrage imparfait^ ci'' qu'fais n]encourent une jujle critique^ les avertir de quelquej points qcPili ne doivent oublier ; /çcivoir^ I. De prouver que les Eaux de Chevron font plus legeres que celles de Spdj potir être plus Mar- tides ■'t