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they tinged with Galls. Thefe being very good,- 1 put 
part of the Waters to cold Milk ; Tome I only made luke- 
warm, and Tome I boil’d together, in equal proportions : 
But they were fo far from affording any Curd or Coa- 
gulation, that they continued feveral Days without be- 
ing fowr. 
Since Mineral Waters, efpecially thofe that are Cha- 
lybear, are of fuch important ufe in Phyfick, and have 
gain’d amongft us fo juft a Reputation for their excel- 
lent Virtues, and are the greateft refuge in very potent 
and obftinate Difeafes ^ this has made me judge it a 
work not unacceptable to Virtuofo’s, efpecially thofe 
of the faculty of Phyfick, to have this Medicine fairly 
examin’d, its genuine Properties aflerted, and what was 
call’d an Acid to be demonftrated-an Alkali . Is it not 
a fort of Juftice due to the World, that the Germans , 
who fent us over thefe Waters, with this falfe Character 
of Sowre Waters, fhould banifti this mifguiding Term 
from their Spa's .<? 
It is from this miftake, that their Phyficians do pro- 
hibit the ufe of all manner of LaUicinia , as if they 
were as noxious as deadly Poifons, whilft they are in a 
courfe of their Medicinal Waters. 
Since this prejudice has prevail’d very much amongft 
moft of our Water Drinkers in England , I do atteft that 
l have frequently advis’d, in fome Cafes, Milk to be 
given daily in the Evening, thro’ a whole courfe of 
Steel Waters, with good £ffe<ft : Nay, I do affirm, that 
fome others could not bear the Waters without having 
a third part of Milk or more mix’d with ’em, and have 
continued ’em fo for many Weeks with good advantage : 
Nor do I find the leaft reafon to prohibit the ufe of Milk 
in a courfe of Bath Waters, having been here above a 
Tear and half 3 making the beft Scrutiny I can into the 
Properties, Virtues, and Vices (if they have any) of thefe 
Waters : But of thefe Waters I may probably give fome 
Account hereafter. 
VI. Since 
