The use and abuse of the Harrogate mineral waters / by Arthur Roberts.

  • Roberts, Arthur.
Date:
1901
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    The Tewitt Wa.tet is unique. It contains some of all the salts in the other water except sulphuretted hydrogen, which is replaced by iron. It acts as a tonic and alterative, and is very useful in certain forms of skin disease. It is the most suitable iron water for children and has always had a reputation as an external application in painful conditions of the eye, where there is no ulceration; but it ought not to be used until the eyes have been examined by an eye specialist. ARE THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE WATERS FAIRLY CONSTANT? Mr. Davis, F.C.S., the borough analyst, kindly collected a specimen of the magnesia water on the first day of every month for a year. The object of this was to ascertain whether the sulphur and the salts m the water were constant in their amount. The sulphur varied only from 0-6596 grains in April to 0-5101 grains in June, a difference of only 0-1495 in the gallon, that is, the sulphur practically remained the same all the year round. These facts are of great value, when we learn from the analyses of Mr. Bothamley, of the Yorkshire College, that the sulphur, in the form of sulphuretted hydrogen, varies at Askern from 55-0 c c. to 22-5 c.c. The solid constituents varied only 35 grains from tne highest to the lowest. The full table will be found on page 49. Hence we are able to prescribe the Harrogate Mineral Waters at all times of the year, and know that their composition does not vary. THE KURSAAL. The Corporation have in hand a scheme for the erection of a large Kursaal to hold upwards of 2,000 persons, and of a new Pump Room, with an extensive covered promenade for the water-drinkers. Those schemes are now only waiting the sanction of the Local Government Board and completion of the details, prior co ^-ection.