Some experiments on the chalybeat water lately discovered, near the palace of the Lord Bishop of Rochester, at Bromley, in Kent. With Observations on Chalybeat Waters in general, and the most successful Method of drinking them: in which an Expedient is offered, to reconcile the different Opinions of Dr. Hoffman and Dr. Short, concerning the Existence of Alkaline Salts, in those Chalybeat Waters, which are commonly but improperly called Acidulae. With some plain and easy directions to make artificial chalybeat waters; and to distinguish, with absolute certainty, the Factitious from the Native. To which are added, some directions for discovering the unwholsome contents of common water; and some Methods of correcting them, so as to render them more safe for Alimentary Purposes. By Thomas Reynolds, surgeon

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Reynolds, Thomas
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for J. Payne, at Pope's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row 1756, M.DCC.LVI. [1756]
Subjects:	Mineral Waters / Therapeutic Use / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0353500400?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa