A practical dissertation on Bath-Waters. [electronic resource] : I. Of the Antiquity of Bath, and its Waters. II. The Origin of Springs. III. Of the Ingredients in the Waters. IV. The Cause of their Heat. V. Of Drinking the Waters, and Bathing, and Directions in Both. VI. Of the Virtues of Bath-Waters in particular. Vii. That they are of great Use in the Gout. Viii. That they are extraordinary good in Womens and Childrens Cases. IX. That the City of Bath is very healthy. X. Of Cold Bathing. To which is added, a relation of a very extraordinary sleeper near Bath. By William Oliver, M. D. Fellow of the Royal Society, of the College of Physicians, London; and Physician to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.