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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66543	Spadacrene Dunelmensis, or, A short treatise of an ancient medicinal fountain or vitrioline spaw near the city of Durham together with the constituent principles, virtues and use thereof / by E.W. ...	E. W. (Edward Wilson)	1675 (1675)	Wing W2891; ESTC R38665	31,334	124

Non ita deterremur saith that Object of the Worlds wonder Kircherus ut proinde nobis hastam abjiciendi animus sit est aliquid prodire tenus si non datur ultra Let us wish therefore we had Pliny's fontem Leontinum cujus aquas qui bibisset scientem evadere medicum recitat and being arm'd with this phantastical conceit take upon us to tell you that all waters are either mixed with different Glebes of terrestrial matter wherein we comprehend all species of Earth or with the different sorts of Salts which are called concrete Juyces and so there will be as many different species of waters as there are different sorts of Salts or they are adjoyned to the different species of liquid juyces such as are unctuous and fat as Bitumen or not unctuous as are all strong caustick waters or they are mixed with the Metalline Bodies and so invest themselves with the same nature they are ting'd withall or lastly they are imbodied with divers kinds of stony Se●inalities such as that at Knarsborough Out of the manifold complication of all which ariseth that admirable variety of waters which if you conjugate according to the principles of Art combinatory there will be according to renowned Kircher 479001600 different species that is four hundred seventy nine millions one thousand and six hundred sorts of waters Let none therefore wonder if we be not dogmatically positive in our Assertions concerning the Virtues of waters since no less than an approach to infinity can determin the various complications of Mineral Metalline and Saline Principles with which these are impowred yet so far as sensata experientia and natural Philosophy which is an experimental Chymistry and mechanical knowledge of things can carry us we may safely believe as one well observes Spagyria sola est speculum veri intellectus monstratque tangere videre veritatem I shall not therefore go about to obumbrate the Truth under the veil of obscure Appellations nor attach other Mens Reasonings of weakness nor sing Matins and Evening-song to my own 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by a sort of big and exotique expressions calling with Basilius Valentinus Hippocrates's Ignis and Aqua Gladiatores and Asa and Phalaia nor with Paracelsus shrowding the same Instruments of Nature under the names of divers Spirits Spiritus alter trahit alter protrudit idem autem uterque facit nor with Helmont stiling the animal vital and natural Spirits of the Ancients by that bugbear name of Archaeus which can be nothing else but the most fine volatile and Aetherial parts of the Blood contained in the Veins Nerves and Arteries But I shall endeavour clearly and spagyrically to demonstrate the true Principles and Constituents of this our Spaw in our following Discourse Soli illi docent qui per causas principia docent In the interim for more clearness sake I shall set down since the first qualities give us but an uncertain and conjectural rule of finding out the true Essences of waters a threefold manner of proceeding for discovering in general the genuine and true mixtures of all Medicinal waters I. The first is by Concoction thus Take a glass vessel or an earthen one glazed and boil therein your Mineral water 'till a third part be wasted afterwards let it settle well for three days space for separating its Faeces then take a gross thick Cloth fit for filtration and shape it in the form of an inverted Pyramis hang the pointed pyramidal end in the water and let the other extremity first being moistened hang down without the vessel and it will come to pass that the moistened end hanging without the vessel shall draw the water in the other extremity of the filter which was plung'd in the water and thus by little and little all the water and only the pure water shall be drawn out the sediment remaining which being expos'd to the Sun you may thence discover the mixture of the Minerals II. The second way of judging Mineral mixtures in Spaw waters is by evaporation thus Take a glass vessel with a large orifice place it midway deep in another earthen vessel full of sand and evaporate all the moisture and dry the sediment or Faeces in the Sun and you shall know the mixtures by the diversity of the Mineral particles the difficulty of this way of trial is that together with the water the Mineral Spirits flye away which happeneth not in the former nor in this following way of proceeding III. The third and indeed the securest way of finding out the nature of Mineral waters is by distillation because hereby not only the grosser particles of every Mineral but even the predominant spirits and vaporous are infallibly made known and it is thus Prepare a furnace with vent-holes and place therein a proper earthen vessel full of sand in this sand another vessel filled with water up to the middle v. g. a Cucurbita or glass still bottom with a prety strait mouth to this Cucurbita you must fit a Capitellum with a nose or an alembick rostrated being well luted that nothing can expire and to this nose of your Capitellum you must adapt another Fistula or glass pipe well luted which pipe must run through a wooden vessel full of cold water this done put fire to your furnace and draw off all the water and what remains of sediment expose to the Sun to be dryed which done for dissolving the several species of the Minerals proceed thus Expose the sediment upon a polish'd Iron Table red hot and being mixed with water the Chalk Marble and Gypsum or Plaister will not be burnt but after all the others are burnt they will remain more shining white than formerly the Gypsum presently but the Chalk and Marble require more time If there be Brimstone it discovers it self by its accustomed strong sent Salt and Niter sparkle Salt with crackling but Niter without any If Ceruss be there it is turn'd into an intense redness an evident sign of Lead Allum being melted turns white like Milk and Vitriol darkly reddish like Colcothar and this effect had the sediment of this our Spaw-water without any sulphureous smell at all the Faeces whereof I gathered both by Coction and Distillation but less remained of Faeces by Evaporation an evident sign of the spirituous subtilty of the Mineral mixture Now as to the discovery of Metalline tinctures in waters they are known by their proper excrements and corruption of their sediments therefore the manner of proceeding is thus If Metal be in waters infuse the sediment of the Metalline water in some Chymical corrosive water or in some generously sharp Vinegar and if you see an Ironish rust upon the sediment you may be sure of the mixture of Iron with the water and so of Brass Gold and all others Thus have I given some Remarques in general and hinted only by the by at my greatest concern the Constituents of our Spaw of which hereafter I shall now only

you to Dr. French and Dr. Wittie's Books of the Spaws and others Animadversions thereon Only I will say briefly for Children and old Men that if their temper and constitutions be otherwise good they may safely drink thereof proportionably to their vigour and strength of natural heat but for Women with child for some important reasons I would advise them to forbear CHAP. VI. Directions concerning the rational and methodical use of this Spaw 'T Is a vulgar and unpardonable errour to drink these waters without a due preparation of the Body therefore let every one who expects the true benefit thereof consult some honest and able Physitian for their instruction such an one as can judge aright of the age and constitution of the Patient the nature of the Disease its motion and the strength both of the Party and the Medicine Such an one will surely direct some gentle Vomit in case the Stomack be fowl and the Patient hath an inclination and be apt to Vomit otherwise some Cathartick such at least as may disburden the primas vias and remove such viscous and vitious matter as may either hinder the waters journey into the parts affected or that may be carried along therewith into the narrower passages and nobler parts and there produce stronger and more dangerous obstructions Dropsies Tensions Gripings c. yet if any Purgation in general may be recommended I dare prefer the use of chewing Rubarb before any other or in case this disgust then those delicious hydragogical Tablets which are to be had at Mr. Dents an Apothecary of Durham together with the true Dose and manner of using the same The Body thus prepared let him drink cheerfully about three half pint glasses at a time more or less as his Stomach can bear it then exercise according to strength for a quarter of an hour or thereabout avoiding all such exercise as may cause them to sweat for by sweating the water may be drawn into the habit of the body and produce that Dropsie called Anasarca whilst he walks or rides c. he must eat some Orange Chips Caraway Confects Citron or Limon Pills or chiefly Elicampane Roots candied for these comfort the Stomach promote the waters passage and make its operation more effectual when he finds his Stomach somewhat emptied then three or four more glasses exercising as formerly and so on 'till he hath taken his full Dose which will be when his Stomach cannot conveniently receive any more without vomiting oppression and naufeating the same Next day he may advance to one two or three glasses more than he took the first day and so every day more 'till he arrive unto a pottle or three quarts more or less according as his Disease requires and his Stomach can pass it off and then stand at that quantity 'till he thinks of giving it over and then as he encreased daily at the beginning so must he decrease and lessen his Dose 'till he come to the same quantity he began withall The time of continuing its drinking must be proportion'd to the nature of the Disease for some two weeks some three others a month or more may be necessary during all which time 't will be requisite to take something to keep your Body soluble If any one by reason of his weakness can neither exercise nor come to the Spaw let him drink it in bed the natural warmth thereof compensates the benefit receiv'd by exercise Now though this water may of it self in some good measure help most Diseases yet can it not be thought but for rendering it more successful in some particular cases 't will be convenient to take such other things often times as the Disease specifically requires and these may be intermixed with the first two or three glasses v. g. some Steel-wine or other Preparations thereof in case of great obstructions or other Diseases of the Liver but then no more water for about half an hour after nay I altogether admit of Sugar or some opening Syrup in the first glass it being thereby the better accelerated to the Liver as also a glass of White or Rhenish-wine mixed with three or four glasses of the water or some drops of Spirit of Salt or Vitriol or Crystals of Tartar so that the Crystals be made of Tartar and not of Allum as some do for having with less labour the greater quantity of Crystals All these I say and such like being piercing and attenuating make way for the speedy and free conveyance of the water and of themselves contribute much to some Cures After you have drunk all you intend you must then necessarily use some hydragogical Medicine or such as evacuateth waterish humours which for the most part remain in the abstruse crannies of the Body as likewise such things as cool and moisten the Bowels otherwise they may partake too much of the potential virtue of this chalybiate water being hot and dry and thence incur the prejudice of Sore Eyes and other Inflammations as I my self have experienced Before you drink the water every morning disburden Nature of her ordinary excrements either naturally or by Art Those who have strong digestions may drink half the quantity in the Afternoon about four or five hours after Dinner but then they must eat little or nothing at Supper others had better forbear If any one find himself after due preparation and several tryals not able to drink the water without reluctancy and oppression thereupon let him forbear and address himself to other Remedies more agreeable to his constitution CHAP. VII Directions in order to Diet and time for drinking it THe truth is though a regular Diet be commendable and of great concern at all times especially when we run any course of Physick for repairing health yet I approve not so much of being so sceptically scrupulous as many are either in directing or observing so precise and narrow compass of Diet. The only great fear is that of excess the quantity is much more considerable than the quality and the rather because the water in most if not in all begetteth appetitum caninum a devouring appetite so as Men are apt to receive more than they can well digest and thence arise crudities and corruption in stead of concoction and chylification A temperate Diet both prevents and cures many Diseases and is the chiefest medium we have for a lasting and possibly an everlasting life hence it is that Italians say Manger molto è manger poro who desires to eat much must eat little for by eating little he lives long and consequently eats much All things that are of laudable juyce and of easie digestion may be admitted I shall only forbid Meats too much salted Geese Eels Salmon all sorts of fat and in fine such things as are found disagreeable to the temper and constitution of the party but if otherwise Nature takes delight in a Meat though not at all proper for the Disease yet is it allowable and therefore Hipp. l. 2. Aphorism 38. affirmeth Paulo pejor sed suavior cibus potus meliori quidem sed ingrato praeferendus Sometimes we must permit Meat and Drink though something worse for the Disease if otherwise it be grateful Your Drink also must be suited to your Stomach and temper cold Stomachs may drink strong Ale or Sack hotter and stronger Stomachs must be content with smaller Beverage and Wine diluted 'T is not good to eat any thing 'till the water be most if not all passed thorough your Body which is known best by the colour of your Urin changing from a pale to a higher tincture To close all as to Diet I advife all never to eat so much as their appetite may crave but as we commonly say to leave off with a stomach As to the time and season of the year 't is certainly then best generally speaking when the weather is hottest and dryest which happens most commonly in June July and August though we have by no little cost and labour having the benefit of a declivity so ordered the adjacent parts thereof that the Rain glides off without sinking any wise considerably into the ground and consequently it may be drank in rainy weather without any apparent diminution of its virtue I have observed it before Sun-rise to be inclined to luke-warmness which after two or three hours of a Solar influence becomes briskly cold which alteration is doubtless from the constriction and dilatation of the pores of the earth locking up or ventilating the fuliginous Vapours accordingly as the coldness of the night or heat of the Sun disposeth them and therefore 't is fittest to drink it after the Sun hath by its lustre and beams dissipated those Vapours and enlivened the Mineral Spirits What further may be said in imitation of the Rabbins Revealments by Elias rescrvetur in adventum alterius Sit laus Dei Patri summo Christo decus Spiritui Sancto tribus honor unus Amen FINIS