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Article: Troubled waters; Malvern played a central role in the tragic story of Darwin's daughter Anne. Chris Upton explains.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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Byline: Chris Upton
It is in the nature of humanity to search for all manner of medical miracles in the face of their own mortality. When conventional medicine seems powerless, every generation turns to alternatives, and hope (in the shape of royal jelly, tiger's blood, homeopathy, acupuncture, liver salts and de-toxing) triumphs over despair.
From the late 18th to the mid-19th century it was pure and simple water which appeared to hold such promises.
The spring water which bubbled up in Bath and Cheltenham, Tunbridge Wells and Droitwich, ...