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la the work now before us, Dr. Saunders applies, with 

 Confiderable (kill, the information of chemical analysis to 

 affift in explaining the proper remedial ufes of the waters of 

 the moft celebrated mineral fpfingS in Britain and on the 

 Continent. 



His work begins with an account of the phyfital qualities 

 and the chemical compofi lion of water, and of its natural 

 fifes in the animal economy! He then examines, what ex- 

 traneous fubftances are liable to exift in folution in water, 

 and by what chemical tefts or re-agents the prefence of any 

 of them mi? be afcertained. A judicious chapter follows 

 hext, concerning the natuie, as more or lefs falutary, of the 

 waters in common ufc. 



After this preliminary matter he defcends into a particular 

 account of the chemical analyus and the medical ufes of 

 three-and-twenty different fpecies of miheralifed wafers. 

 Thefe are, the waters of Malvern, Holywell, Briftol Hotwell, 

 Matlock, Buxton, Bath, the Sea, Sedltz, Epfom, Seltzer, 

 Tunbridffe-, Spa, Pyrinont, Cheltenham, Scarborough, 

 Vichv, °Carlfbad, Hartfoil, Harrogate, Moffat, Aix-la- 

 Chapelle, Borfet, Barege. A lynoptical tabfe-, exhibiting, 

 in one view, the chemical compofitions of all thefe diSerent 

 waters* is fubjoined at the clofe of the chapter. 



The medical ufes Of Water, are, next, more particularly 

 confidered. Water in general, as he here nates, is ufefulj 

 in proper quantity, to dilute and fufpend the folids which are 

 taken into the uomach, fometimer, to ftimulate languid di- 

 geltion j fometimes, perhaps, to retard that which might be 

 othcrwile too rapid. In acute difcafes, its internal ufe as a 

 diluent is highly beneficial. Tepid water, taken in moderate 

 dofes, a&B, generally, as an agreeable ftimulant to the fto- 

 mach. A draught of water, at the greateft warmth at which 

 it can be drunk,\vill commonly give hidden relief from heart- 

 burn. To fedentary perfons, in acute fevers, for topical in- 

 flammations, cold water and the cold bath may be very ufe- 

 fnllv employed, and in ice for burns. The warm, or tepid bath, 

 is adapted to prove ferviceable in, perhaps, a ftill greater variety 

 of intianees. Artificial chemical waters are not without their 



ufe. 

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