Bath memoirs: or, observations in three and forty years practice, at the Bath what cures have been there wrought, (both by bathing and drinking these waters by God's blessing, on the directions of Robert Peirce, Dr. in physick, and Fellow of the College of Physicians in London, a constant inhabitant in Bath, from the year 1653. to this present year 1697.
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Bath memoirs: or, observations in three and forty years practice, at the Bath what cures have been there wrought, (both by bathing and drinking these waters by God's blessing, on the directions of Robert Peirce, Dr. in physick, and Fellow of the College of Physicians in London, a constant inhabitant in Bath, from the year 1653. to this present year 1697.
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Pierce, Robert, 1622-1710.
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Bristol :: printed for H. Hammond, book seller at Bath, and the Devizes; and are to be sold by most booksellers in London, and the countrey,
1697.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Mineral waters -- England -- Bath -- Early works to 1800.
Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use -- England -- Bath -- Early works to 1800.
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"Bath memoirs: or, observations in three and forty years practice, at the Bath what cures have been there wrought, (both by bathing and drinking these waters by God's blessing, on the directions of Robert Peirce, Dr. in physick, and Fellow of the College of Physicians in London, a constant inhabitant in Bath, from the year 1653. to this present year 1697." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54826.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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OBSERV. III.
Richard, Earl of Tyrconnell, in the King dom of Ireland; was advised to come hithe•• to drink these Waters, by Sir Thomas Wither••∣ly, and Dr. Wallgrave, (afterwards Sir Wil∣liam.)
His Lordship came hither in April, 86. and by a Letter, from the last mention'd recommended to my House for Lodgings and to my self for Advice. He had been a long time, Hypochondraick and Scorbutical, but for some Months past (especially in the preceding Winter) was seldom free from the Palpitation of the Heart, and an inter∣mitting Pulse, and a decay'd Appetite, and ill Digestion; which greatly dismay'd him. After the tryal of several Remedies (par∣ticularly a long Chalybeat Course) they sent him hither to drink the Bath Waters; and the earlier in the Year, because his Lord∣ship was appointed to go for Ireland in Two or Three Months for which reason (that he might lose no time) I presently order'd his Lordship Quercitan's Tartar Pill, over Night, and to drink two Quarts of the King's Bath Water next Morning. He did this Three or Four Nights following, which prov'd a sufficient Preparation for his fat∣ther
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drinking of them alone, without Pills, which he did, but increased the Quantity, by degrees, to Five Pints; and at last to Three Quarts. His Lordship continued thus to do (interposing now and then a gentle Purging, and but Two or Three times bathing) Five or Six Weeks; and at the end of which time he went hence chear∣ful and well, and with a good Stomack; the Palpitation almost wholly abated, and the intermitting of his Pulse scarcely discernable.
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