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In October 1769, I palled a few days at Buxton:; 

 and during my fray there amufed myfelf with the 

 following experiments on the effects of the water of 

 Saint Ann's well, on my pulfe. 



Experiment L 



October 12, eight o'clock in the morning. The 

 day cold and moift, my pulfe beat 84 ftrokes in a 

 minute ; I drank at the well, the third of a pint of 

 water, and, ufing every neceffary precaution, exa- 

 mined my pulfe at certain intervals of time; in. five 

 minutes, pulfe 80, in ten minutes pulfe 80, fuller and 

 harder; in twenty minutes pulie 85 ; in half an 

 hour pulfe 90. 



Experiment II. 



Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, two hours after 

 breakfaft, the air warm and ferene, pulfe 90 ; I re- 

 peated the draught of water. In feven minutes pulfe 

 109 j in fifteen minutes pulfe 103 ; in thirty minutes 

 pulfe ioo, head-ach ; in an hour and a half pulfe 95, 

 head-ach abated. 



Experiment III. 



-October 13, eight in the morning; the day cold, 

 pulfe 92 ; I drank the quantity of water above-men- 

 tioned ; in five minutes" pulfe 86; in fifteen minutes 

 pulfe 86, full and hard ; in twenty minutes pulfe 

 ,100; in half an hour pulfe 92. 



From the firft and third experiments, it appears 

 that the coldnefs of the morning counteracted for a 

 time, the effects of the Buxton water ; and reduced 



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