( 5019 ) 
An Aumpi of fome Boo\s. 
I. SCABJSROVHG S P AW spa^^yrhaUy Anatomised, An, 1670'^ 
AndaNEW'TEAI^S'GVlFtfor Dr, Witty; London 1^71 ! 
Both in 12^. by George Tooftal DoU^ ef Pbyfcl^. 
TH E Exanjination of Medical waters being fo ufeful 
both for the improveiDent of Phyfiology , €ind the 
Relief of the Health of man i we cannot but takepublick no* 
tice in thefe Trafts of the difcourfes of that Subjedtjthat come 
abroad by the Prefs t wifliingonly, that the Examiners oi 
fuch matters, as well as of all others ^ would confider them 
without partiality and invedives^with all poffible care and fm- 
cerity * thereby to ftock the Philofophical Magazeeoj that is 
now every where a furniftiing by Experimental Philofophers, 
with fuch obfervations as commend themfelves by their Truth 
and Exaftnefs : For the finding out of which in the matter of 
tht S$arbrough Sparv, treated of in thefe two pieces, and con- 
troverted between their Author and Dr. fFitty:^ it feems to be 
very neceffary to commit the examination of what they both 
have deliver'd thereon to fome as well impartial as intelligent 
Naturalifts, to review what they have written, and to repeat 
the Trials they have made , the better to enable themlelves to 
decide the dilpute* 
In the mean time ic may not be amifs to give fome account 
here^o^Aof theftate of the Controverfy, as 'tis delivered in 
thefetwo difcourfes, W of the Aflertions made byDr.Te/i- 
fial concerning thefe waters* 
The Controverfy is, whether the Scarbrough- spaw do cok» 
tainforIngredients,P«r//V/^/ of Stone^zNuro-alumimm ^^/^jaod 
a Glebe of Allom 5 and confequently be apt, upon the account 
of that Stone-Powder and clay, to breed the Stone ? This is 
denyedl>yDr. IVuty^ who judgeth its material principles to 
hQ C^^^^y ^^llom.Nitre, and Fitriol of irc?w which he faich he hath 
extradied out of it. Whereas Dr. Tenfial pofitivcly ElBrms, 
that the Scarbrough-water hath no vitriol or iron in it, but a 
Scone-powder, and a clay , leaving fand at the bottom ofrhe 
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