Mineral waters / [Allen & Hanburys].

  • Allen & Hanburys.
Date:
1861]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mineral waters / [Allen & Hanburys]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Magnesia, and Lime, Cliloride of Sodium, and several other Salts in small proportions, with traces of Iron. The Waters of Vichy are regarded as the type of their class, and are pre-eminently esteemed in all cases in which a strongly alkaline water is indicated. They are said to possess special efficacy in biliary disorders. The Water from the source of Hauterive contains a notable proportion of Iron. Dose : one or two pints daily. CHALYBEATE. HOMBOURG (Germany, Hesse-Hombourg).—Gaseous, saline, chalybeate (Chloride of Sodium). Principal constituents.-—Alkaline and Earthy Chlorides, with Carbonates of Iron and Lime. Alterative, aperient, and tonic. Employed in some forms of dyspepsia, in chlorosis, hypochondriasis, and various derange¬ ments of the abdominal viscera. Dose : from half-a-pint to a pint daily. KISSIVGEISr (Bavaria).—Gaseous, saline, chalybeate (Chloride of Sodium). Principal constituents.—Chlorides of Sodium, Potassium, Mag¬ nesium, and Lithium. Carbonate of Iron. Sulphates of Magnesia and Lime. Laxative and tonic; considered to stimulate the secretions of the mucous membranes generally, but especially those of the digestive organs, and to accelerate and equalize the circulation. These Waters are consequently recommended in habitual con¬ stipation, congestion of the liver, and analogous affections of abdominal viscera, in feeble, scrofulous, or lymphatic consti¬ tutions. They are said to possess specific efficacy in various forms of disordered menstruation. Dose : half-a-pint to one and a-lialf pint daily.