Author: John Honeywood Steel

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-26

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781331996132

Excerpt from An Analysis of the Mineral Waters of Saratoga and Ballston: With Practical Remarks on Their Medical Properties; Together With a History of the Discovery and Settlement of These Celebrated Watering Places, and Observation on the Geology and Mineralogy of the Surrounding Country Is presenting to the public a new work on the mineral waters of Saratoga, some explanation may be deemed necessary. These waters had been considerably resorted to, and had become quite celebrated for their medicinal qualities, particularly about the country, long before any thing more was known of their properties than what was gathered from the effects which they produced, when taken into the stomach. Dr. Seaman, of the city of New-York, who visited the place as early as 1793, undertook, while on the spot, some chemical experiments on the water, in order to determine its real character; and to him the public are indebted for the first scientific effort ever made to elucidate its true properties. His publication contained much useful information on the subject, but his experiments were limited to only one of the fountains, and his deductions were not always conclusive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.