A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, Comprehending The most celebrated Medicinal Waters, Both Cold and Hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World. Wherein Their several impregnating Minerals being previously described, and their Characteristics investigated, each Water is reduced to its proper Genus; and, beside the particular Analysis, the Virtues, Uses, and Abuses of the Water are described, in a Method Entirely New. . .

RUTTY, JOHN :

Published by First Edition, Printed for William Johnston at the Golden Ball in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1757. ESTC T77193. GARRISON & MORTON. John Bayly's copy with his signature dated 1780, prices 18s., 1757

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Title in red and black, tables, indexes; xvi, xxiv, 660, viiipp, blocks of tables unpaginated; some spotting and occasional staining. 4to contemp. full calf gilt, worn, joints cracked, spine damaged, John Rutty [1698-1775] a physician was born into a Quaker family in Wiltshire. He graduated in medicine from Leiden University under Boerhaave. In 1724, he began to practise medicine in Dublin. He conducted research and had many papers published by the Royal Society and the Medico-Philosophical Society of Dublin. Rutty's studies on the composition of mineral waters resulted in the present work.

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• Title: A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, Comprehending The most celebrated Medicinal Waters, Both Cold and Hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World. Wherein Their several impregnating Minerals being previously described, and their Characteristics investigated, each Water is reduced to its proper Genus; and, beside the particular Analysis, the Virtues, Uses, and Abuses of the Water are described, in a Method Entirely New. . .
• Publisher: First Edition, Printed for William Johnston at the Golden Ball in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1757. ESTC T77193. GARRISON & MORTON. John Bayly's copy with his signature dated 1780, prices 18s.
• Publication Date: 1757
• Binding: Hardcover