Medical notice upon the mineral waters and laxative salts exported from Marienbad.

Date:
[1863?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical notice upon the mineral waters and laxative salts exported from Marienbad. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL NOTICE UPON THE MINERAL WATERS AM LAXATIVE SALTS EXPORTED FROM MAR1ENBAD. The most ancient documenls concerning our mineral waters go back to the time when the Emperor Ferdinand the Ist com¬ manded that the spring bearing his name (Ferdinand) should be examined. The hope that had been entertained of turning it to account in the manufacture of salt having failed was probably the reason why this examination produced no other conse¬ quences. The hygienic mineral spring which was formerly best known and which was most resorted to, was the Kreuzbrunn. Nearly a century ago occasionally might be seen a few passing invalids coming from the environs and drinking our acidulous waters. Delighted with the beneficial results obtained from this purga¬ tive water, they returned to their own countries eloquent in its praise and thus increasing the reputation of the place. Fifty years ago physicians began to recognize cinal virtues of Kreuzbrunn and the different modes the medi- of turning