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fo volatile as theirs : Hence, in general, it 

 may be faid to be aperient and fhrength- 

 ening, both whentifed internally and ex- 

 ternally : Whence it muft be of ufe in dip 

 (safes where the folids are relaxed, and the 

 blood too watery and weak. But akho', 

 when the principles of a mineral water 

 are known, we may, from analogy, de- 

 duce its virtues in particular difeafes ; yeC^ 

 as this method is not fo certain, no rea- 

 foning i3eing equal to experience, I iliall 

 confine myfelf to the lafl: alone ; though 

 it is to be prefumed, that there have not 

 been yet fufEcient opportunities of difco- 

 vering all the virtues of a water fo lately 

 found out. However, it has been obfer- 

 •ved to be of great ufe in curing itchy, hot, 

 tettarous, eruptions, old obftinate ulcers 

 and fores, internally ufed, and externally 

 applied : It has likeways been of great 

 fervice in diforders of the ftomach and 

 bowels ; in the bloody flux; bloody u- 

 rine ; fpitting of blood j immoderate flux 

 of the menfes ; obftril6lioti of the menfes ; 

 the fliior aibtu ; gleet ; rheumatic pains ; 

 in the firll ftage of confumptions, and 

 VoLil. Fff even 



