A guide to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson.

  • Robertson, William Henry, 1810-1897.
Date:
1891
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and consisting of the dry formations of mountain limestone and millstone grit, secures for it a dry and bracing atmo- sphere, which must conduce much to the restorative and medicinal value of the thermal water. The sanitary character of Buxton is secured by a full water-supply for domestic purposes, of undeniable purity, obtained from the summit of the gritstone forma- tion ; and by a completed drainage, carried out from the plans and under the supervision of Sir Robert Rawlinson in the first instance, and by complete purification of drainage by the use of a local iron water and lime, under the skilled plans of Dr. Thresh, which has reduced still more a previously low death-rate, as recorded officially and tabulated by Mr. F. Turner, the Medical Officer of Health for Buxton; and thus the character of Buxton as a Health-resort, whether on account of its Mineral Water, or on account of its dry, pure, and bracing mountain air, or on account of its other sanitary ad- vantages, justifies any claim that can be advanced on its behalf. All these claims are set forth in this little work, that has been so long before the public. It would surely be well if similar claims as to sanitary conditions, could be advanced as to every place made use of as a health-resort, whether on the Continent or in the United Kingdom; and it is surely desirable, that such conditions should exist in all places, to which invalids may be sent, whether in- land or on the sea-coast, and whether connected or not with the use of any specially indicated mineral water. The records of some health-resorts, more particularly on the Continent, have shown with sad frequency that these important conditions have not been secured, and that both drainage and water-supply are inadequate and impure. Surely such conditions should be fully and satisfactorily ascertained, before patients are sent, with weakened strength, and correspondingly increased susceptibility, to the risk of such dangerous liabilities. The municipal character and importance of Buxton have been advanced by the erection of a Town Hall of considerable architectural merit, at the summit of St. Ann’s Cliff, and of the terraced walks in front of the Orescent. This admirable building was opened to the public by the Marquess of Hartington, in June, 1889/