Memoir concerning the acidulous, gaseous, bicarbonated, sodaic waters of Vals (Ardèche) / by Dr. Tourrette.

  • Tourrette, Dr.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Memoir concerning the acidulous, gaseous, bicarbonated, sodaic waters of Vals (Ardèche) / by Dr. Tourrette. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONCERNING THE ACIDULOUS, GASEOUS, BICARBONATED, SODAIC WATERS OF YALS (ARDECHE) By Dr. TOURRETTE. Analysis by Mr. 0. Henry, a Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Medicine. In the remarkable treatise in which Mr. 0. Henry sets forth his opinion on the mineral waters of Vais, the learned academician expresses himself thus:— The thermal station of Vais, department of the Ardeche, is, it is known, rich in springs of acidulous, bicarbonated, sodaic and chalky mineral waters, the most of them well known for some time back, and justly appreciated by medical practitioners. Requested to make a new chymical analysis on the spring's, the waters of which are exported in considerable quantities, there were forwarded to me 15 litres of each, taken out at the right time, as certified by the mayor of Vais, with some information concerning the actual state of the waters, their delivery, etc., etc., as well as pieces of the different rocks taken on the ground from which they spring out. The samples came in good condition. They were at once sub¬ jected to analysis i