Natural mineral waters : their properties and uses.

  • Ingram & Royle (Firm)
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Natural mineral waters : their properties and uses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The Bourboule water is invaluable for the treatment of cachexia of all forms, chlorosis, anemia, lymphatism, scrofula, herpetism, cutaneous affections, tetter, eczema, psoriasis, angina, bronchitis, laryngitis, asthma, pulmonary phthisis, and all herpetic affections of the respiratory passages, intermittent fever, visceral obstructions, chronic rheumatism (arthritic), paralysis, chronic gout, albuminuria, and diabetes with cachectic complications. .The dose varies from half a tumblerful to two or three tumbleriuls a day, one-half the quantity for children. It may be taken at mealtimes, pure or mixed with wine. Sometimes it is best taken half an hour before meals. If the digestive organs are at all unfavourably affected by it, it may be warmed by the bain-marie, or mixed, either with a warm infusion of limes, or with orange-peel juice, or Selters waters, etc. In case of colics or diarrhoea, two or three drops of tincture of opium, or belladonna, may be added. Bourboule water, used as a lotion, local douche, or pulverised in the form of spray, is in general an effective cure for slight cutaneous diseases, or affections of the mucous membrane, where accessible, especially when imbibed at the same time. It preserves the freshness and beauty of the complexion, and heals chaps, by restoring the supple- ness of the epidermis. Bourboule Water undergoes no deterioration by bottling and exportation. (Mecklenburg Co.| BUFFALO LITHIA. (Altitude 500 ft.) This alkaline water, fresh from the spring, is devoid of taste or odour, and undistinguishable from ordinary potable water. There are three Springs, known as Nos. 1, 2, and 3, all of well established remedial value; but Spring No. 2 is the most important from the therapeutical point of view. Professor W. P. Tonry, of the Maryland Institute, Baltimore, gives the following analyses of the Buffalo Lithia waters, of the three Springs. Results in grains per gallon. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. Sulphate of Magnesia 1-530 0-885 0-150 „ Alumina 8-180 9-067 ' 3-035 „ Lime 19'251 33-067 2-353 „ Potash 0-4G3 — — Carbonate of Potash — 29-300 1-852 Bicarbonate of Lime ; 39-277 14-963 2'524 Lithia 1-484 2-250 Traces „ Baryta — 1750 — „ Protoxide of Iron ... 0-500 0-300 3'774 Chloride of Sodium ]-256 4 921 0-217 „ Silicon 1-725 1-873 0-570 Phosphoric Acid Traces Traces Traces Iodine Traces Traces — Organic Matter Traces Traces Traces Total Number of grains, per gallon 73-606 98-376 14-475 Sulphuretted Hydrogen 59 cubic ins. 8'3 cubic ins. 3*4 cubic ins. Carbonic Acid Gas G9\L „ 59-2 „ U«6 „ The Buffalo Lithia Water is superior to any solution of Lithia Salts, artificiallv prepared, for therapeutic use ; and is, moreover, better borne by the stomach. It has come into note, of recent years, as a valuable aid in the cure of all that large class of disorders dependent on a Uric Acid Diathesis ; Gout, Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Gravel, and Calculus ; in chronic Blight's Disease, and all affections of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urethra, requiring alkaline treatment; in the various diseases of the digestive organs, including Dyspepsia, Liver disease, Jaundice, Diarrhoea, Constipation, Htemorrhoids; in Blood Poisoning, Chronic Malarious Fevers, chronic Gonorrhea, Weet, and Scrofulous Affections; in some of the affections peculiar to Women, particularly in Suppressed, Difficult, and Painful Menstruation ; in Albuminuria, Nausea, and Uraemic Poisoning, arising from Pregnancy ; as well as in Albuminuria and •Dropsical Effusion, in Scarlatina patients.