A chemical and medical report of the properties of the mineral waters : of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern, and the Isle of Wight
1820, First Edition. London : Printed for the author by Joseph Mallet, 59, Wardour Street, Soho; and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row. Manuscript direction/formula covering the whole of the front fly-leaf for the creation of a 'hot bath for Rhuematism, Paralysis (?), gout and some cutaneous diseases (?)' Signed, Evans 1833. Scattered, minor marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern modern grey boards with a contrasting paper title label. An uncommonly good example - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages; Scudamore, M.D. was a member of the Royal College of Physicians, of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, &c. &c. Physical description; viii, [1], viii-ix, [1], 265, [1] p. ; 23 cm. (8vo). Notes; With a dedication to the Duke of Devonshire dated 30 Septem ber 1820. Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Mineral waters - Analysis. Mineral waters - Health resorts - Therapeutic use - Balneology - Hydrotherapy - Baths, Hot & Cold - Therapeutics - Mineral waters - Water chemistry - Mineral waters - Buxton (England), Bath (England), Tunbridge Wells (England), Leamington (England), Malvern (England), Isle of Wight (England) - SPAS - 19th Century. Item #221835
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