An enquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England ... to this is added I. an extract of Dr. Jones's treaty on Buxton-Bath ..., II. a letter from Dr. Clayton ... concerning the use of St. Mungus-Well, III. an abstract of some cures perform'd by the bath at Buxton / by Sir John Floyer, Kt. ...

Title

An enquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England ... to this is added I. an extract of Dr. Jones's treaty on Buxton-Bath ..., II. a letter from Dr. Clayton ... concerning the use of St. Mungus-Well, III. an abstract of some cures perform'd by the bath at Buxton / by Sir John Floyer, Kt. ...

Author

Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.

Publication

London :: Printed for R. Clavel ...,

1697.

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Subject terms

Baths -- England.

Baths -- England -- Buxton (Derbyshire)

Baths -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.

Perspiration -- Early works to 1800.

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"An enquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England ... to this is added I. an extract of Dr. Jones's treaty on Buxton-Bath ..., II. a letter from Dr. Clayton ... concerning the use of St. Mungus-Well, III. an abstract of some cures perform'd by the bath at Buxton / by Sir John Floyer, Kt. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39842.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 15, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• imprimatur
• title page
• To His Excellency, the most No∣ble Prince, WILLIAM Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Har∣tington, Earl of Devonshire, and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick; One of the Lords Justices of the Realm of England during His Majesty's absence, Lord Stew∣ard of His Majesty's Houshold, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby, and one of His Majesties most Honou∣rable Privy-Council.
• THE PREFACE.
• by the same author
• An Inquiry into the right Ʋse and Abuse of the Hot, the Cold, and Temperate Baths in England.
  • CHAP. 1.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
    • Bitter detergent Baths.
    • Nutritive Milky Baths.
    • Wine Baths.
  • CHAP. IV.
• A Letter from Dr. Clayton, concern∣ing the Virtues of St. Mungus. Well, near Knaresborough in York∣shire.
• An Extract of what is useful from Dr. Jones's Treatise of Buxton-Bath; writ 1571; with some Ad∣ditions and Remarks upon it.
• appendix
  • An Abstract of some Cures performed by Buxton-Bath; taken from Di∣vers Certificates and Letters sent to me by Mr. White, the Keeper of that Bath.
  • A brief Description of divers rare and admirable Cures (from Lidia More∣wood) and the same perfectly effected by the Virtue of Buxton-Bath.
    • testimonial
    • testimonial
  • New Improvements at Buxton-Baths, Anno Domini 1695 and 1696, by Cornelius White, an Attorney of his Majesty's Court of Kings-Bench at Westminster, and one of the So∣ciety of Clement's-Inn, London; present Tenent to the Premisses, un∣der his Grace William Duke of De∣vonshire.