178 • On the Thconj of Vegetation. 



maladleS; avec beaiicoup de siicces, C'est aux medecins a 

 en constater les bons efFets par Tusage, et en observant les 

 dilTerens etats ou degre de I'eau quand ils Temployeront. 



II se pr^sente une difficulte dans I'usage ; c'est son ctiange- 

 mcnt subit : ccpendant dans cet etat plus foible elle presente 

 les memes vertus, mais ^ mi degre peiit-etre inferieur. II 

 seroit possible, dans le terns oii elle est forte, de la conserver 

 en boiiteille, comme on fait celles de ^jpaio et Pyrmont, en 



r 



y dounaiit les memes attentions. 



Si mes occupations et le terns que je passerai ici avant 



d'aller en Europe, me permettent d'analyser I'eau des autres 



puits dont j'ai parle, elles donneront peut-etre les memes 



T 



resiiltats sans avoir le meme inconvenient. . 



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cd In Europe, in many diseases. It is the province of the physician, to demonstrate 

 their good eiFects by trial, and by observing the different states, and degrees, in -which they 

 may be drank. If directing the use of this -water is attended -with any difficulty, it must arise 

 from the sudden changes to which it is liable ; but in the state of its weakest impregnation, 



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it seems to possess the same qiiah'ties, though perhaps in an inferiour degree. In its 

 highest impregnation, it might be preserved in bottles as the waters of Spa and Pyrmont 

 are, if the same attention was employed. 



If my engagements, and the time I have to spend before I embark for Europe, should 

 permit me to examine the other springs mentioned; perhaps they might afford us the 

 same agreeable qualities, without the concomitant inconveniences. 



XXVI^ On the Theory of Vegetation. By NOAH WEB- 



- STEE, JUN. ESQ. 



SIE, 



Hartford, June 12th, 1790 



HE theory of vegetation is a subject in itself curious 

 and amusing to a philosophic mind, and has always 



been 



