A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water; with a concise account of the diseases wherein it is chiefly indicated. And the diet and regimen, necessary to its successful use / by A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1785
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Credit: A new experimental inquiry into the nature and qualities of the Cheltenham water; with a concise account of the diseases wherein it is chiefly indicated. And the diet and regimen, necessary to its successful use / by A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    t ^ 1 throughly concerning its Mineral Contents, which have been fo differently reprefen ted. But being wholly unprovided with the appa- ratus neceffary to the undertaking, I was obliged to content myfelf with fuch materials as the place afforded. Thefe were fupplied in the moft obliging manner, by Mr. Clarke, an ingenious Surgeon in Cheltenham, who, together with the Gentlemen who accompa- nied me from Bath, kindly lent every affifl- ance in their power. The following Experiments being intended chiefly as the amufement of a few leifure hours, were neverthelefs carefully condudled, and the phoenomena minuted down as they occurred, though without defcending to un- neceffary minutenefs. A paper, containing the refult, was afterwards communicated to my