An inquiry into the contents and medicinal virtues of Lincomb spaw water, near Bath / [William Hillary].

  • Hillary, William, -1763
Date:
1742
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Credit: An inquiry into the contents and medicinal virtues of Lincomb spaw water, near Bath / [William Hillary]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38. The Water generally paftes off very quickly by Urine, and keeps the Body temperate 5 to fome it gives two or three Stools a Day, elpecially at firft ufing it 5 to others, it is apt to occafion fome Degree of Coftivenefs : It moftly procures a quick Appetite, and ftrong Digeftion^ railing and maintaining a great Flow of Spirits. 39* From hence we learn, that this Mi¬ neral Water, however homogeneous it may at firft appear, fpontaneoufly difeovers in a fhort Space of Time very different Parts* § 9. 10. 11. That it contains a large Quantity of elaftie Air, [8.] a Sulphur, Part of which is very volatile and incoercible [17.J and another Part [if. 34.] more fixed. That it alfo contains a very fubtile, cha- lybeat Principle, [21. 22. 23. 24.] which., if the Water be kept in a Bottle very clofe flopp'd, feems not to lofe much for fome time, [32. 33.] but foon difappears when it is expofed to the open Air [ 3 f.]. And that itlikewife contains a Quantity of an alkaline Earth [26 27. 29. 31.J. What Proportion thefe bear to the whole Quantity of the Water, and to each other, will be examined into in the following Experi¬ ments. sect: -i 1