An analysis of the Malvern waters / by A. Philips Wilson.

  • Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847.
Date:
1805
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An analysis of the Malvern waters / by A. Philips Wilson. 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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    41 knows a gentleman in Warwickfhire who has “ a cancerous ulcer in his face, which he ufes 44 to bathe every day with Malvern water before 44 he applies his other dreffings to it. The wa- “ ter, when ufedalone, frequently makes the ulcer 44 fmart to a degree, which he is not able to bear 14 till he adds a certain proportion of common 44 water to it; but when the Malvern water is ** thus diluted with river or other water, he 44 can bear it very well. 44 This remarkable obfervation has been fince 44 confirmed to me by Dr.Turton,a very eminent 44 Phyfician, of Birmingham, wrho himfelf alfo 44 felt a very fenfible effed from this water, dif- 41 ferent from that of a common fpring. He 44 has lately had a putrid fever, attended with 44 ulcerations on the throat and tongue, which 44 left the parts very tender: upon walhing his 44 mouth with this water, and drinking a glafs 44 of it at the fpring head, he felt great pain and 44 fmarting in all the parts which had been ul- 44 cerated : however he continued to wafh his 44 mouth frequently, the uneafinefs gradually 44 lelfening upon every lotion ; and he drank 44 large quantities of the water that whole day. 44 The next morning he found his mouth ancj. 44 throat quite easy and free from any tender^ 44 nefs, which it had never been before fince 44 his illnefs.” Before relating my experiments and conclu- fions,