A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner.
- Turner, George, M.D.
- Date:
- 1734
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A full and distinct account of the mineral waters of Pyrmont, and Spa ... / Collected from the best authors, and improved by Dr. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![mix’d itfelf with a little earth and fulphur, as we obferved before; fo that it is not without reafon that they are prefcrib’d to cool the Blood, and diffolve the gravel and ftone in the urinal paf- fages, preferring, however, Sauventere to (Tonnelet, both becaufe of the crudity of its fulphur, and for its containing allom, whole aftridtion I always thought pernicious when it was neceffary to di¬ late thofe paffages to give vent to the grofs and fandy humours. * 1 I * ] | 1 , | C H A P. IIL A brief account of the qualities , and virtues of the waters of Sr a. E^VERY body that conhders the feveral mi- j nerals that are contained in the waters ot Spa, will eafily grant that they are of a warming and drying Nature, tho’ at the fame time they are adtually cold and moift, and daily experience fhews us that they often produce contrary efiedis, particularly in women afflidted with divers di- ftempers proceeding either from the fuppreffion or too great flux of the Menfes, in both which cafes, the difmal confequences of which are well known, thefe waters are a moft powerful remedy, yield¬ ing to no other whatfoever, of which many ex^ amples might be given. They are alfo very effedhial in curing the green ficknefs, the whites and diforders of the matrix, in which they not only give relief by drinking them, but alfo by injection, fomentation and bathing : they alfo cure, harrennefs proceeding either from the too great humidity of the matrix, or relaxa- li tion](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30778827_0137.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
