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The ninth experiment feems to prove them to tend ra 

 thcr to an alkaline nature, but as this was in a very trifling 

 degree, it may be accounted for from the efcape of the acid 

 Nvhich is extremely volatile, 



Thefe experiments compared with thofe I have already 



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communicated to you 

 parts of thefe waters 



From fome other experiments I find they inftantly^ la- 

 tlier with foap, are fomewhat lighter than common water, 

 that they no ways coagulate milk? even when boiled with it, 



and that when mixed with an equal quantity of it^ they pre- 

 vent in fome meafure its acefcency; from the firft and fe- 

 cond of which fads, w^e may naturally fuppofe them more 

 powerfully deobftruent, and from the two laft we may 

 draw this ufeful coroHary^ that they may not only be ufcd 

 with fafety along wdth a milk diet^ but that they rcaly 5a 

 a chymical fenfc prevent the ill confequences which often 

 attend fuch a diet in a weak ftomach. From this circum- 

 ftance their cfncacymuft be in many cafes greatly increafed. 

 When drank, they a£t as a quick diuretic, always hi* 

 creafmg the quantity of urine. They generally at firft 



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drinkhig prove cathartic, always tinge the excrements 

 black, and fometimes, from the ftate of the ftomach prove 

 emetic. They exhilarate the fpirits, and in fome inftances 

 produce a momentary intoxication. They communicate 

 an immediate vigor and ftrength to the whole conftitution, 



as is evident to many patients, who with fatigue walk to 



tlie wells; but in returning home, are not fenfible of any 

 v/earincfs or languor. 



They promote digeftion, ftrengthcn the ftomach and 

 create an a})petite. Thefe are their conftant and immedi- 

 ate cffeds in almoft every ftaie of the body, from which 

 one might realbnably conclude, that llicy would be highly 

 beneficial in many difeafcs. But as the beft teft of their 

 utility are fads, I fhall feled fome few^ out of thole cafes, 

 which this feafon has already afforded me. 



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