Transcribed from the 1892 John Heywood edition ,
BUXTON
and its
MEDICINAL WATERS.
by
ROBERT OTTIWELLGIFFORD-BENNET, M.D.,
Senior Acting Physician to theDevonshire Hospital and
Buxton Bath Charity.
 
johnheywood,
Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchester;
2, amen corner, london, e.c.
p.5PREFACE.
Knowing from long experience the powerful action exerted uponthe human system by the Buxton Medicinal Thermal Water, and theunsatisfactory results arising from its indiscriminate andincautious use, either in the form of baths or by taking itinternally, I have in the following pages, as briefly andsuccinctly as possible, endeavoured to make some practicalsuggestions for the guidance of those of my professional brethrenwho have had no opportunity of becoming personally acquaintedwith the Buxton Spa, with the hope that they may prove ofservice.
R. O. G. B.
Tankerville House,
      Buxton, May, 1892.
p. 7CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
topographical and descriptive.
 
page
Situation—Altitude—Geology—RomanBaths—Climate and Temperature—Death Rate—WaterSupply—Rainfall Drainage—RailwayCommunication—Public Buildings—Devonshire Hospitaland Buxton Bath Charity—Visitors’Accommodation—Antiquarian
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CHAPTER II.
the medicinal waters and theiraction.
Physiological Functions in HealthyIndividuals—Performance of the Physiological Functions inHealth and Disease—Action of Oxygen upon the Nitrogenousand Non-nitrogenous Compounds—Origin of Calculi,Nodosities, and Tophi—Action of the Thermal Water upon theGreat Emunctories—Chalybeate Water when Used as a Douche,or Taken Internally—Analyses of the Waters—Selectionof Buxton by the Romans—First Treatise upon the Buxton Spa,written by Dr. Jones in 1572—Source and Nature of theWaters
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p. 8CHAPTER III.
the baths and mode of application.
Kinds of Baths—Natural and Hot—Action ofThermal Water upon the Skin—Natural Baths—Swimmingand Plunge for Males and Females—Necessity of Caution intheir Use—Importance of Time and Frequency in Taking theBaths—Directions During and After Bathing—MostFavourable Time for Taking Warm or Hot Baths—Directions forthe Use of Half, Three-quarters, and Full Baths—Drowsinessafter Bathing—Massage, When and How Used—When BathsInadmissible—Hours for Drinking the MedicinalWaters—Diseases in which the Thermal Water should Not beDrunk
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