Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… the nature of the cure. Taking the waters was no longer principally associated with bathing, but it also involved drinking them, as recommended by Dr John Jones in The Bathes of Bathes Ayde (1572) and Dr William Oliver in A … with renowned springs, in particular Pyrmont, owed their reputations to the belief in the quality of their waters. 9 Drinking thermal mineral water for its purported medicinal properties, was the predominant form of taking the waters in … translation and adaptation of Johann Philipp Seip’s 1717 German description (1733), which included instructions for both drinking and bathing, with a typical admonition to always first consult a physician, even if visitors often chose to do …
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