situated in a retired dell near the margin of the Reabrook, and the
property of the Right Hon. Lord Berwick.
The spring issues from a rocky stratum of ash-coloured clay, or
argillaceous schistus. The water is colourless, and exhales a faint
sulphureous smell, much more perceptible in rainy weather. It has been
compared with the Cheltenham water, but in reality bears a stronger
affinity to sea water, possessing, however, an advantage over that in
containing iron. In those cases, therefore, for which sea water is
usually recommended it has been found most beneficial, and proves highly
serviceable in the treatment of glandular affections, scrofula, and other
diseases of the skin. A tumbler glassful operates as a brisk aperient.
The following analysis of the water was recently read at one of the
scientific meetings of the Shropshire Natural History Society:—
Eleven cubic inches of the water contain about half a cubic inch of
carbonic acid, partly free and partly in a combined state, a quarter
of a cubic inch of atmospheric air, and a trace of sulphuretted
hydrogen.