OF LOKARNK. 4ir 



dour of that gas for, at lead, two days. But far- 

 ther obfcrvations arc required, to determine how 

 far the mere internal ufe of tliis 'water may be 

 beneficial : for at prefent all who drunk the Lo- 

 karnc water, bathe at the fame time. 



iv. The earth of Lokarne. 



THE earth ufcd in bathing by thofe who fvc- 

 (juent the Lokarne wells is foundonthc fide of a 

 rivulet at a fmall di (lance from the wells. It is 

 fine, tenacious, contains very little fand, and is 

 often infected with a hepatic fmcll. In the 

 baths this earth fcrvcs two purpofes it lubri- 

 cates the (kin by friction; and keeps the body 

 cool. Any fort of fine earth, or foft muddy clay 

 would do the fame thing. But if the mud con- 

 tain hepatic air, an irritation of the fkin is pro- 

 duced, and an itch breaks out. This earth, 

 ufed in the baths of Lokarnc does not unfrc- 

 qucntly produce this effect, after the bath has 

 been fcvcral times ufed. /The vitriol intermixed 

 with it co-operates with the cold in contracting 

 the veJFelsof the ikin. 



Bcrgc has proved, by various arguments, that 

 this earth is produced by putrefaction from the 

 fyhagnum palitflrc. Its fpongincfs and lightnefs 

 I take to be owing to nothing but the dry cha- 

 racter of that mofs. But, in order to invciti<nite 



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