1824.] Malvern Waters. 



flammation of my right eye, (suffering 

 under an old wound,) produced opa- 

 city, and almost blindness, until re- 

 moved by the professional skill and 

 kind attention of Sir William Adams, 

 allhougli a hole remained round the 

 wounded eye, which determined me in 

 drinking the waters at Chcllenliam for 

 three weeks, as preparatory to applying 

 the crystal stream of Malvern, which has 

 nearly restored the sight to its former 

 state. 



The wafer of Malvern wells being 

 the pure clement impregnated by mi- 

 neral alkali, or oxygen tinctured with 

 sulphurct and prussiate of iron com- 

 bined with fixed air, and a fine subtle 

 j)enetniting spirit ; Nature sujjplies a 

 collyriuni (of which I send a specimen,) 

 that has producetl uncommon ctfects in 

 ophthalmic and sciatical cases, as related 

 by Dr. Wall. 



A yoiniK woman from Bevvdley, when 

 brongiit to the Holy-well, couid not open 

 her ^ycs, and was forced lo be led by 

 anollicr person ; but she hud not used the 

 waters more tlian a week, before she was 

 so much iccoveied as to see well, and her 

 tycs continued perfectly clear, and her 

 sight good. 



A child, about three years of age, who had 

 the {glands of tlie neck much hardened 

 and enlarged with a scrophidous ophthalmy 

 in each eye, and his lips much swelled, was, 

 after being attended by an eminent sur- 

 geon and physician, whose joint endea- 

 vours were imsuecessfiil, sent to Malvern 

 wells; and, on using the waters two or 

 three months, he returned home with his 

 eyes and lips (phte healed. 



John Townsend had a scrophulous 

 ophthalmy, to remove wliich the most 



beach, and similarly covered, filling the 

 upper part with sand, by which process, 

 the water ascending lo the top was per- 

 fectly sweet and very clear ; but the lower 

 strata soon became saturated, from the 

 toulness of ihe water poured into the 

 space below the false bottuin by the tube 

 nbdve the head. On rejoining Lord Nel- 

 tun in the Victory up the Mediterranean, 

 and havnig the same object in view, I got 

 the carpenter to make a small oblong 

 lank, with a partition in the middle ; and, 

 having the layers in trays, by which the 

 fold and .'■aturatcd parts were easily re- 

 moved, and the clear sweet water ran into 

 ilie vacant space ready to be drawn when 

 wanted ; and, if all ships had tanks so 

 litU'd, (hut not leaded,) it would very 

 much tend to the comfort, as well as 

 health of 'he ciew, allhougii the surveyors 

 of the navy, in tlie name of the Uuard, 

 were pleaacd lo lejcct the proposal. 



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powerful medicines, and various external 

 applications, bad been tried without 

 effect; but, by persevering in the use of 

 Malvern water internally and externally, 

 he was perfectly cured. 



William Smith had long been afflicted 

 with a pain and tumor in the hip, which at 

 last suppurated, and discharged itself by 

 several 0|>enin!;'!. These afterwards grew 

 fistulous ; and the sores, upon exarriination, 

 were found to penetrate quite down to 

 the hip-bone, which was bare and foUI. 

 On being brotight to Malvern-wells, lie 

 drank the water constantly ; applied it ex- 

 ternally ; and, after a little time, bathed 

 every morning. In a few weeks several 

 exfoliations of the bone were thrown off, — 

 the discharge thickened, and lessened iu 

 quantity, — he recovered his strength and 

 llesh daily. After continuing at Malvern 

 all the summer, in the winter Jie was 

 so much recovered as to be able to under- 

 take a journey to see his father, who lay ill 

 at forty or tifty miles distance. 



A young gentleman, Thomas Miller, 

 about eight years of age, had been dis- 

 eased from his cradle, anti tried the most 

 approved remedies without success, his 

 complaints gradually increasing under 

 every method. When brought to Mai- 

 vern wells, the .uj)per and lower jaw-bonj's 

 on the left side were foul, and so enlarged, 

 that the cheek was almost level with the 

 nose. The left leg was enlarged ; and, iu 

 this limb, were several foul ulcers qiule 

 down to the bone, which discharged a 

 very fetid sanies. The joint had very 

 little motion, and he had not put l.is foot to 

 the ground for five years. He drank the 

 Malvern-well water twice a-day at the 

 spring-head, and it was his only drink at 

 home ; the diseased parts were washed 

 twice a-day under the spout, and were 

 afterwards wrapt up iu linen kept con- 

 stantly wet with the water; and, after 

 using it in this manner for a fortnight or 

 three weeks, he was every morning put 

 into the bath. This was the whole 

 method, for he took not a grain of any 

 medicine after he began the use of the 

 waters; and, before he left the place, vras 

 able to walk up to the summit of the hill, 

 which is very steep and high, without any 

 other support or assistance besides that of 

 a stick. 



The water of St. Ann's well, above 

 Great Malvern, contains less soda and 

 medicinal qualities than that of the 

 Holy well ; but the well in a field below 

 the abbey, being more impregnated 

 with iron, is slightly chalybeate ; and, as 

 1 have experienced, is the greatest 

 restorative and strengthencr to the 

 sight. 



In my research after water last sum- 

 mer, I (iiscuvcrcd, ou the western side 



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