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and foon left ber. She dill remains at bath, has perfedly 

 recovered her fpeech, and at this time, without the ftridl 

 eft examination, you cannot difcover the leaft remains of 

 her diforder; fhe can now work with her needle, and 

 drefs herfelf as ufual. She took feme few nervous ftimu- 

 lating medicines during the time of bathing. 



i)th. Mr. Z): Who had been for fome years conftantly 

 fu1)je(St to a nervous cholic, which rendered his life a bur- 

 then to him, came to Briftol, and, after ufing the bath 

 and drinking the waters for two weeks, left the place per 



fedly cured without theufe of any other medicine. 



10//?. Mrs. — For the laft twelve years of her life was 

 fubjecl to obftrudtions in her liver, attended with an al- 

 moft conftant menftruation, lofs of appetite, oedematous 

 fwelling in her legs and feet, and difturbed and reftlefs 

 nights. At the folicitation of her friends, ihe came to 

 Briftol with a conftitution almoft wore down, and with a 

 prepoffeflion that her cafe did not admit of any relief. Af- 

 ter a ftiort time bathing, and drinking the waters, the 

 fwelling in her feet and legs abated, her appetite andfleep 

 returned, the diforder in her liver, and every other com- 

 plaint abated, her colour returned, and fhe now enjoys a 

 much better ftate of health than ftie had experienced for a 



number of years, with the pleafing profpe£t of a perfedt 

 recovery. 



From thefe cafes, as well as from the fenfible eff'efts 

 upon firft drinking thefe waters, it is evident that they are 

 a fafe and adive Chalybeate, exerting the moft powerful 

 effects upon the human conftitution, and agreeing with 

 the moft delicate fubjeds; and that they are fafely and 

 fuccefsfully drank in many cafes where the common and 

 ufual preparations of Iron are attended with dangerous 

 confequences; which perhaps may be owing to the ex- 

 treme fubtlety and minutcnefs of its parts, and the inter- 

 pofition of fo large a quantity of pure water; or it may 

 poflibly depend on the nature of the mixture, which can- 

 not eafily be imitated by any artificial preparation, 



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