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About the year 1640, a Welsh Gentleman, Operator, concern∣ed in the silver Mines in Wales, was stricken with a poysonous steam, to the loss of use of all
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About the year 1640, a Welsh Gentleman, Operator, concern∣ed in the silver Mines in Wales, was stricken with a poysonous steam, to the loss of use of all
his Limbs, in the place where they wrought; and presently coming in a Coach to Bath, was advised by Doctor Bave, an old Fminent Physician, then practi∣sing on the place, to the use of the Kings Bath, where by the help of bathing, and the scum of the Bath applied to the parts affected, in the nature of a Pultice, in a months time he could stand and walk a little; and in three months time so well recover∣ed, that he could go without the help of a Staff, and rid a mettle Horse home well▪ He was cured in one Season of bathing. This from William Purle••••t an Old Servant of the Doctors, now living, and Green-keeper at Bath, who attended the Patient.