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Brotherton Collection23
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society7
Cookery Collection4

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SubjectCount
mineral waters65
balneology7
water6
health resorts6
medicine3
hydrotherapy2
mineralogy2
phlogiston2
baths2
chemistry2

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PlaceCount
Scotland3
Clyde, Firth of (Scotland)3
Askern (England)3
Rome2
Staffa, Isle of (Scotland)2
Iona (Scotland)2
Harrogate (England)2
Hebrides (Scotland)2
Greece2
Western Isles (Scotland)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Short, Thomas (1690?-1772)11
Garnett, Thomas (1766-1802)8
Gyles, Fletcher6
Gyles, Fletcher (1741)6
Short, Thomas4
Rutty, John (1698-1775)3
Shaw, Peter (1694-1763)3
Hunter, Adam (1794-1843)3
Lankester, Sir E Ray (1847-1929)3
Barry, Sir Edward (1696-1776)2

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Dinsdale and Croft

Walker, Thomas Dixon

1849

Binding: blue paper wrapper.

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An enquiry into the contents, virtues, and uses, of the Scarborough spaw-waters : with the method of examining any other mineral-water

Shaw, Peter (1694-1763)

1734

Errata: p. viii. Format from ESTC; wove paper. Author's and others' advertisements: p. [167-168]. Also issued as part 2 of Friedrich Hoffman's "New experiments and observations upon mineral wate...

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Synopsis of the analyses of the mineral springs of Harrogate

Hoffman, A W; Harrogate (England). Water Committee

1854

P.9-12 are medical remarks appended to Dr. Hoffman's report by the Committee.

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The Harrogate mineral waters : new analyses. With observations

Roberts, Arthur

1894

Contents: I. The chemical constituents of the mineral waters. -- II. The therapeutics of the waters. -- III. The baths. -- IV. The climate of Harrogate. -- V. The recent improvements at Harrogate.

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An essay on two mineral springs, recently discovered at Harrogate; and on the springs of Thorp-Arch and Ilkley : including the history, chemical analysis, and medicinal properties of these waters, with some observations on their use

Hunter, Adam (1794-1843)

1819

Printer: Headley and Mudie, Leeds. Errata on unnumbered page after p. 134. Half-title: Essay on two mineral springs, recently discovered at Harrogate, with remarks on the springs of Thorp-Arch and...

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An enquiry into the contents, virtues, and uses, of the Scarborough spaw-waters : with the method of examining any other mineral-water

Shaw, Peter (1694-1763)

1734

Errata: p. viii. Format from ESTC; wove paper. Author's and others' advertisements: p. [167-168]. Also issued as part 2 of Friedrich Hoffman's "New experiments and observations upon mineral wate...

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