The York-shire spaw, or, A treatise of foure famous medicinal wells viz. the spaw, or vitrioline-well, the stinking, or sulphur-well, the dropping, or petrifying-well, and S. Mugnus-well, near Knare borow in York-shire : together with the causes, vertues and use thereof : for farther information read the contents / composed by J. French, Dr. of Physick.

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The York-shire spaw, or, A treatise of foure famous medicinal wells viz. the spaw, or vitrioline-well, the stinking, or sulphur-well, the dropping, or petrifying-well, and S. Mugnus-well, near Knare borow in York-shire : together with the causes, vertues and use thereof : for farther information read the contents / composed by J. French, Dr. of Physick.

Author

French, John, 1616-1657.

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London :: Printed for Nath. Brook ..,

1654.

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Subject terms

Mineral waters -- England -- Yorkshire.

Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.

Health resorts -- England -- Yorkshire.

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Contents

• title page
• Celeberrimo viro, THEO∣DORO de MAYERNE, Equiti Aurato, triumque Monar∣charum Archiatro
• To the READER.
• CHAP. I. The place together with the Nature of the same, where four famous Medi∣cinall Springs are discovered, in York-Shire.
• CHAP. II. Of the original of Springs in general.
  • Arguments for the first opinion alleadged∣and answered.
  • Arguments for the second opinion Al∣leadged and answered.
  • Arguments confirming the third opinion, and objections made against it, answered.
• CHAP. III Of the strange variety of Fountains, and other Waters.
• CHAP. IV. Of the nature, and vertues of simple Waters.
• CHAP. V. Of the several kinds of mixtures in mineral waters.
• CHAP. VI. Of the Original of Vitriol, and the causes of Vitrioline waters, or Spawes, difference of them the one from the other, and the reasons of their different opera∣tions.
• CHAP. VII. Of the Spaw-well near Knares-borow.
• CHAP. VIII. Of the vertues of the Spaw-well, to whom, and in what cases profita∣ble, or hurtfull.
• CHAP. IX. Of some general directions to be ob∣served before, in the time of, and after the taking of the Waters.
• CHAP. X. Of particular directions, and cautions in particular cases, and of preventing and curing such accidents and symptomes, which sometimes happen in the taking of the waters.
• CHAP. XI. Of the necessity, and manner of exer∣cise, in the use of the waters.
• CHAP. XII. Of the time of the year, and day when the Spaw is chiefly to be taken.
• CHAP. XIII. Of the Dyet to be observed by Spaw∣drinkers.
• CHAP. XIV. Of the Sulphur-well.
• CHAP. XV. Of the vertues, and uses of the Sul∣phur-well together with directions and cautious for the taking of it.
• CHAP. XVI. Of the Dropping, or Petrifying-well.
• CHAP. XVII. Of St. Mugnus Well.
• A TABLE of the Con∣tents of this Treatise.