Books and territory / Water and silk
Traité des Eaux Minerales de Courmayeur
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The essay has a medical goal: in the first part, it explains the composition and the quality of Courmayeur waters, so that everybody can get to know them. In the second part, the author describes some illnesses that could be treated with the employ of these waters, and also other ones that shouldn’t be treated with such a method. The book was written with the help of doctors and chemists, aiming to improve the health of anybody who may want to read and get information about the healing properties of Courmayeur waters.
J’ai connu le vrai degré de chaleur de ces eaux par le moïen d’un Thermomètre que j’y ai enfoncé & laissé pendant un tems assés considérable; elles ont fait monter la liqueur jusqu’au degré du tems chaud: C’est sans doute en partie à cause de cette chaleur qu’elles exhalent une petite odeur de soufre & de vitriol de Mars.