The mineral waters of Europe : including a short description of artificial mineral waters / by C.R.C. Tichborne and Prosser James.

Date:
1883
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Credit: The mineral waters of Europe : including a short description of artificial mineral waters / by C.R.C. Tichborne and Prosser James. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    alkaline. They are stated to contain a larger proportion of free carbonic acid gas than the other waters of Vichy ; but it is absurd to give in a bottle-water any estimation of carbonic acid gas, as it will always be a varying quan- tity. We have already drawn attention to the fact that the Vichy waters seem, from their composition, to retain the gas with great tenacity ; therefore, they are all good waters for bottling. Mesdames. Another Vichy water of some importance. It contains— Bicarbonate of sodium 240-30 Bicarbonate of potassium 11-25 Carbonate of magnesium 26-31 Carbonate of strontium 0-20 Carbonate of calcium... 36 01 Ferrous carbonate 2-01 Manganese oxide, trace Sulphate of sodium 16-30 Phosphate of sodium 0-32 Arsenic 0-38 Boracic acid, trace Chloride of sodium 21-14 Silica 2-00 Organic matter, trace Total 35622 Skeleton analysis of half-a-pint, or 10 fluid, ounces :— Total Solids. Antacids. Salines. Purgatives. 22 grs. 19 grs. 1 gr. 1^ grs. This water and the next (Hdpital) are supposed to be the most ferruginous of the Vichy springs. It is also