An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland, and Those Most in Repute on the ... With Fixed Air ... Extracted From Dr....
This historical medical treatise surveys the mineral waters most highly regarded in Great Britain and Ireland. It considers their reputed medicinal virtues and discusses fixed air, presenting a period account of how mineral springs and their properties were understood in eighteenth-century medicine.
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This historical medical work examines the principal mineral waters of Great Britain and Ireland.
It focuses on waters regarded as notable or therapeutically valuable during the period in which the book was written.
The title also highlights fixed air, reflecting contemporary interest in the chemical and medicinal properties of mineral waters.
The work offers a period perspective on medical practice, natural substances, and the study of therapeutic waters.
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