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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	boil_v	sugar_n	syrup_n	5,858	5	11.4323	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60039	A short account of the mineral waters lately found out in the city of Canterbury		1690 (1690)	Wing S3541; ESTC R221187	3,455	9

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE Mineral Waters Lately found out in the CITY of CANTERBURY I. VVHEREAS some Persons have and do still endeavour to divert People from the Use of the Mineral Waters found out in this City a few Years past either out of Prejudice to the Persons concern'd or for other Reasons better known to themselves It is thought adviseable that the Publick may not be depriv'd of the Benefit of so great a Remedy to publish this short Account of 'em and at the same time to desire those Persons that find so much fault with these Waters that if they have any thing to object against 'em or against the Account here given of 'em to acquaint the Publick with it that the World may not be impos'd upon and damnify'd by what is here said of ' em II. In digging these Wells they first observ'd a fat black Mold extending it self three foot deep and gradually changing into another sort of Earth very fat and like Butter if squees'd between the Fingers This second Lay of Earth was two foot thick the Colour of it was yellow something mixt its Odour very strong and mineral and being expos'd to the Sun for a while it smell'd like Brimstone After this they met with a Quicksand of a darker Colour than the first Earth mixt with several little black Stones the Smell was stronger than before Two foot further under this Quicksand a hard Rock appeared out of which the Water gush'd out They dug two Wells at about seven Foot distance from each other The Bigness is between 8 and 9 Foot deep from its own Surface and 12 from the Surface of the Ground about it and reacheth the Rock The other Well is not so deep by two Foot and only toucheth the Sand. The first is stronger of the Spirit and the Mineral is more ferruginous but the second is stronger of the Sulphur III. Two Drams of the second Lay of Earth found in digging these Wells being put into four Ounces of Spirit of Vinegar there presently arose a considerable Ebullition and soon after the Spirit was ting'd with a yellow browny Colour This Tincture suffer'd no Alteration with the Infusion of Logwood nor with Galls but with Oil of Tartar p. deliq turn'd greenish and with the Tincture of Lignum Nephriticum of a pale Red. IV. This Water taken up at the Well is extraordinary limpid but grows something whitish in a quarter of an Hour and in half an Hour the Spirit is lost and the Mineral hangs first on the sides of the Glass and then falls gradually to the bottom and if a Bottle with this Water be never so well stop'd it will not keep its Spirit It s Taste is Masculine and austere The Smell is mineral and strong much upon the Sulphur especially the little Well V. The Root of the Tongue and Stools of them that drink of the little Well are grayish but if they drink of the great Well they are brown VI. This Water is commonly cold but in Frosty Weather it is so warm as to smoak and melt all the Ice and Snow that comes near it VII By Distillation it giveth nothing but a Water in every respect like common Water VIII Mutton boil'd in this Water is more white and tender than in common Water Some think it hath made their Beer stronger being brew'd with it Linen wash'd in it turns yellow It will not lather with Soap The Glasses the Water is dip'd with grow yellow at the bottom which no Scowring can take off IX The Weight of it varies much according to the Seasons and Weather In May 1704 it weighed three Grains lighter than common Water in the Quantity of a Pound In the Spring of 1705 it was equal in Weight with common Water but in the Month of August of the same Year the Weight was considerably increas'd because of the exceeding dry Weather of that Summer which made the Water so strong with the Mineral that it lost its Limpidity In general about Midsummer if the Weather is not over dry the Weight of this Water is equal to common Water X. A single Grain Weight of Gall will turn a Pint and a half of this Water of a very noble deep red and that in an instant Syrup of Violets turns it of a Grass-green With the Infusion of Brasil it giveth a deep lovely blue With that of Lignum Nephriticum first a light green then a light yellow with a blue Crown on the Surface With the Infusion of Logwood a blue black With that of Fustick Wood a dusky yellow With the Flowers of Pomegranates a fair Violet With Leaves of Green Thea a fine purplish blue With good Nants Brandy an elegant Sky Colour XI This Water turns a Solution of the Sugar of Lead milky in one instant and even the Solution of Sublimate in a quarter of an hour But Oil of Tartar Spirit of Vitriol Spirit of Sal Armoniac make no Alteration with it XII In calm Weather a thick fat Film covers the Surface of this Water of more Variety of Colours than a Rainbow A Spoonful of it drunk hath the Effect of and composeth as much to Sleep as a moderate Dose of Opium Being dry'd by Evaporation it tasted very fat and set so between the Fingers Some of this Powder being cast upon a red hot Iron most of it immediately consum'd away with some Sparkling and what remain'd was of the Colour of Rust of Iron and tasted partly Stiptick and Earthy and partly Salted XIII By gentle Evaporation this Water yeilds a yellowish Sediment more or less according to the Seasons Last Spring a Quart yeilded but six Grains of it but in September following it afforded me about nine Whereas a Pound of Tunbridge Water gave but one Grain Weight of this Sediment to the Honourable Robert Boyle as may be seen in his Short Memoirs of Mineral Waters so that when these Waters are weakest they are three to one stronger of the Mineral than that of Tunbridge XIV This abovementioned Sediment being boil'd in River Water made a strong Lixivium with which the Tincture of Galls nor that of Brasil nor that of Logwood nor the Solution of Sugar of Lead made no remarkable Alteration But Syrup of Violets turn'd it green Spirit of Nitre Spirit of Sulphur caus'd no sensible Fermentation XV. Some of the aforesaid Lixivium being gently evaporated yeilded a fat sulphureous kind of Salt There is more or less of this Salt according to the Seasons This Spring I had about two Grains of it out of ten Grains of Sediment but last Autumn I had about three XVI The Stones on and the Chanel in which this Water glides along is always lin'd with a yellow hard Crust XVII I will at present supersede several more Experiments made upon this Subject designing God willing to enlarge upon it another time and I have reason to hope here is enough to show 1. That what some have said that this Water was Artificial others that it was ting'd with Copper others that it comes from the Tan-Pits of the Neighbourhood c. is the Effect only of Prejudice or Ignorance to give it no worse Name 2. That this Water is animated with a considerable Quantity of a fine volatile sulphureous Spirit admirably sympathizing with that of our Body 3. That it is impregnated with a ferruginous liquid Sulphur a Liquamen Martis Iron in Embrio and that to three times as much more as Tunbridge Water to which it is also preferable on account of its not being so fixt 4. That there is in it an alcaleous sulphureous Salt to about a fourth part of the whole mineral Substance and that it is of the same Nature with the Salt found in the German Spaw-Water THE OPERATIONS and VIRTUES OF THIS WATER I. THIS Water being drink'd set pleasantly upon the Stomach except sometime in the Beginning when the Stomach is foul works it self off by Urine keeps the Body moderately open and sometime purges It creates a good Stomach but not such a voracious Appetite as to make the Drinkers sick after Dinner nor is it so cold nor does it go off with a kind of Tenesmus as Tunbridge Water often does II. It manifestly raiseth the Pulse chears the Heart quickens the Spirits invigorates the Fibers of the Blood Glands and other Vessels and restores their springing Property It cleanseth the Body and gently evacuates all superfluous and noxious Humours by Stools Urine and Perspiration III. These Waters remove the Diseases arising from preternatural Heat by washing away all bilious and adust Humours and dissolving acrid alcaleous Salts IV. They cure the Diseases proceeding from want of sufficient Circulation in the Blood and Humours or from cold phlegmatick Juices by giving the Blood a higher Degree of Motion increasing the Spirits and attenuating dissolving and evacuating all excrementious Humours and assimilating them that are good V. They remove all kind of Stoppages and the Diseases depending upon 'em and Wind and upon that score cure many Diseases of the Head and Breast and almost all the Diseases of the Belly VI. But the Cases in which they are an admirable and almost an infallible Remedy are 1. The Infirmities attending Old Age and Consumptions to which the little Well is an adequate Remedy 2. The Stone and Gravel which they not only cure by their expulsive but also by their abstersive and dilating Property 3. The Gout and Rheumatick Pains for which it is an unparallell'd Remedy 4. The Scurvy Melancholy and Maladies depending upon the Mind 5. Vapours and most Diseases of Women 6. Colicks of all sorts 7. All inward and outward Ulcers if not too far gone 8. All Scabs Itch periodical Inflammations and other Breakin gs out of the Skin if never so rebellious VII The only Cases I have found these Waters disagree with are the Diseases incident to the hot florid and pletherick Constitutions of some strong young People FINIS