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and in making practical experiments on different individuals 

 of both sexesT Having observed their various effects^ ui va- 

 rious diseases, on difiercnt constitutions, they successfully 

 acquitted themselves of the task imposed upon them, and 

 produced their accounts, from which the following particu- 

 lars are extracted : 



The temperature of the hot spring, during the warmest 

 parts of summer, is, in the evening, from 35 to 37 de- 

 crees, according to Reaumur's thermometer. The quan- 

 tity discharged in three minutes and fifteen seconds is 3580 

 pou;ids, and its weight is equal to that of distilled water 

 brought to the strength of a mineral water. It has a smell 

 of sulphur, and contains the gases of sulphuric and car- 

 bonic acid : after the evaporation of 300 pounds, till the 

 vessel was quite dry, there remained liJ ounces 7 drachms 

 and 35 grains of solid matter. The water of this spring is 

 good for curing eruptions of the skin, intermittent agues, 

 scorbutic, chronical, and venereal diseases, dropsy, and long 

 standing rheumatism. 



The cold spring, according to the same thermometel-,- lias 

 at all times lO degrees of temperature. The weight of its 

 water to that of distilled water is in the proportion of 50 to 

 30. It is very transparent, has a sharp acrid taste, and a 

 smell of carbonic acid, which enters into its composition : 

 after the evaporation of 400 pounds, by boiling, there re- 

 mained 9 ounces and 1-:^ drachm of solid matter. The ef- 

 fect of this vwiter, whether drunk, or only applied exter- 

 nally, is very beneficial in chronical rheumatisms, in cases 

 of general debility occasioned by venereal excesses, in he- 

 morrhoids, king's evil, ring-worms, palsy, internal ob- 

 struciions, and in all diseases where it is necessary to sti- 

 mulate and strengthen the action of the vitals. 



It may be safely afHrmed that these waters arc equal to 

 some of the most celebrated in Europe, and to some arc su- 

 perior. 



As the warm spring flows from a great height, and many 



of the patients cannot, therefore, ascejid the sleep d>:chvuy ; 



and as the two bathing-places at the top of the hill, one 



covered and ihc other open, are not sufficient for the ae- 



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