A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate : containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use / by Thomas Garnett. With an appendix by John Jaques.

  • Garnett, Thomas, 1766-1802.
Date:
1804
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Credit: A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate : containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use / by Thomas Garnett. With an appendix by John Jaques. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    her to drink the Crescent water to the extent of three glasses every day, viz. one before breakfast, another at eleven o'clock, and ano- ther at three o'clock. She found some relief in about a week, and in a fortnight thought her- self much better. If she omitted the water even for a day, the complaints returned, but on hav- ing recourse to it again, she always found im- mediate relief. After persevering in the use of it for about three weeks she got quite well, and has since enjojed a good state of health. CASE III. In 1803, I attended a young lad}^ who had been afflicted for four years with a dry scaly eruption, covering almost every part of the bo- dy. Her appetite was bad, and very much de- bilitated. By drinking the Sulphur water and using it as a bath she soon got much better, fatter, and stronger, and at the end of seven weeks obtained a cure. CASE IV. In August 1803, I was consulted by a gen- tleman, who had been for three months subject to violent spasms in his stomach, want of appe- tite, restless nights, and a frequent discharge of loose stools both night and day, his legs and thighs