The mineral waters of Kreuznach / by J. E. P. Prieger; tr. by Oscar Prieger.

  • Prieger, Johann Erhard Peter, -1863.
Date:
1846
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Credit: The mineral waters of Kreuznach / by J. E. P. Prieger; tr. by Oscar Prieger. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    GRAINS. Muriate of Potass 0.9717000 „ of Soda 72.9223680 „ ofLithia 0.0750000 „ of Lime 13.2769370 ofMagnesia 0.2515250 Bromide of Soda 0.3072000 Iodide of Soda 0.0032145 Carbonate of Magnesia 1.3511240 „ ofStrontian 0.6835100 „ of Baryta 0.2994200 Proto-Carbonate of Iron 0.1993550 of Manganese ... 0.0095665 Alumina 0.0215320 Silica 0.3139530 90.6864050 Besides these solid substances, we find carbonic acid in this Spring just sufficient to render it easily digestible, and not so much as to produce congestion of the lungs and head, as is sometimes occasioned by other mineral waters, richer in that gas. The water of the source at Karlshalle, contains, in sixteen ounces, (at a temperature of 15° Reaum,) according to the analysis of Professor Osann: