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 OBSERVATIONS ON THE

GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.

BY JOHN H. STEEL, M. D.

"The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he
that is wise will not abhor them."-BIble.

Second Edition.

SARATOGA SPRINGS:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY G. M. DAVISON.

1838. J

Entered according to act of congress, in the year 1838, by G. M. DAVISON, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Northern District of New-York.

TO THE

NEW-YORK

HISTORICAL SOCIETY;

Formed for the express purpose of eliciting and preserving whatever may relate to the Physical History of the state, this Analysis of some of the most distinguished and celebrated Mineral Waters which our country any where affords, is respectfully inscribed,

By the

Saratoga Springs, July 1, 1831.

AUTHOR.