€xtraciedfrom Crcfs-Urh , white. This Doilor concluded, 
that the Crofs-hath had more of Atlum dSid Niter ^ than the hot- 
ter Bathes , which abouud more with Sulphur, And yet that 
Bath loofens flirunk finews , by which it (hould feem it abounds 
not much with Allum. It is harflicr to the tafte thtn the o- 
ther Baths , and foaks the hands more. 
9. A man cannot drink half the quantity of ftrong drinks in 
the Bathjthat he can out of it but if he hath drank before to ex- 
cefs 3 it alhy's much, and is a great refrefliment to the body. 
The Bath provoketh Urine. 
TO. They are very ^fefuU indifeafes of theHead^ Palfies , 
Epilepfies and Convulfions; In Cuticular difeafes , Leprofies, 
Jtches and Scabbsrin all Obftrudions of theBowels^as Splecn,Li- 
ver,and Mefenteryjand the fcirroficy and hardnefeof thofe parts: 
Inmoft difea[esofWomen> In the Scurvey and Stone: as to 
which laft, while! am writing, aa Alderman of the Citty af- 
fares me? that his Wife, who had been exceedingly troubled 
with the Stone, went into the Crofs-bath iox it, and voided 
there ftveral ftones as bigg as thofe of Olives , and was never 
troubled with that diftemper after. The Bath isalfo goodia 
(sMGoxxii^ as they call them. The fame Alderman tells rae, 
that it gives him preftnt eafe , when he is troubled with the fits 
of it. He ufcs to goein^ affoon asthefit takes- him, which: 
then goes off prefently , and returns not in a confiderable time af- 
ter : He puts his feet upon the hotteftTprings in the Kings -Batk 
But it hath a contrary effeft in hott Gouts > and fome, who are 
troubled with that diftemper, tell me , that the Bath puts them 
into a fitjiFthey goeineo it without preparation v or, if they have 
the fit before, it inflames it more, and fends it; about the bo- 
dy, and difables thejoyntfo, that there is no treading on it 
for theprefent. Further, the Bath is effe^luall in thedifea- 
fes of Children , particularly the Bicketi ^ removing the humors, 
that proceed from it, without faile. 'Tis alfo good for Wo- 
men, that areaptto mifcarry , ifus'd moderately. The Bath- 
guides goc in , when they are ready to lye down and other woe- 
men of the Town ufe it ordinarily throughout their time, and 
are never obfer ved to mifcarry. It facilitates deliverance. Befides, 
ins very effccluall for the ftrengthning of broken BoBes, and 
