A treatise on the origin, nature, and virtues of chalybeat waters, and natural hot-baths. With a Description of the Mineral Waters in England and Germany. Likewise Directions for the Preparation and Use of Artificial, Hot, Mineral-Water Baths. To which is added, an appendix, on the selter water; With many Remarks, Especially on its Mixture with Tar-Water. And also a dissertation on Baron Schwanberg's liquid-shell; With the Process for preparing the same. To which are annexed, Occasional Remarks and Queries on the Glastonbury Waters. With Copper-Plates. By Diederick Wessel Linden, M.D.

People / Organizations

• Diederick Wessel Linden (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Daniel Browne, without Temple-Bar; and John Ward, in Cornhill, MDCCLV. [1755]

Publication year

1755-1755

ESTC No.

T133715

Grub Street ID

182445

Description

[2],xx,[4],341,[7]p.,plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

A reissue of the 1748 first edition, printed for T. Osborne, with a cancel titlepage, sig. Z1 reset, and two additional unsigned leaves, pp. 229-341, containing 'Occasional remarks and queries on the Glastonbury waters' inserted between sigs. Z1 and Z2.

With a half-title.

Two leaves containing an advertisement for mineral waters sold by Fairly Jones appear after the preliminaries.

Uncontrolled note

Text to 'Occasional remarks' starts on p. 337