Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters.

  • Wall, John, 1708-1776.
Date:
[1757]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Experiments, and observations on the Malvern waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It may be proper here to obferve* that this Earth (by which Word We mean the Matter left upon the Evaporation of mineral Waters when perfectly clear’d of all Salts) is foluble only in part by the ftrongeft Acids; but that the much greater portion of it eludes their force, and even the violence of Fire itfelf: much lefs therefore can it be conquer’d by the digeftive Powers of the human Body- Thofe Waters confequently muft be jnoft falutary which contain the few> eft of thefe infoluble Particles J . -. r „ ^ J It is an old and juft Obfervation that Per- ions who drink Waters loaded with thefe Styp- tick Particles are liable to ftrumous Complaints and Glandular Obftrudlions, particularly to a dwelling in the Throat named the Bronchocele. The Reafon of which feems to be that thofe Earths, tho’ fmall enough to enter the Lac- teals, and circulate through the larger Veftels, yet are not reduced to g fufficient Degree of Tenuity to pafs the Glands, where the Veftels are fmalleft and moft convoluted, and the Force of the Circulation moft Languid. The Inhabitants of Paris are. extremely fub- : “ _ The