Guide to the Health Resorts in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Centennial edition / edited and compiled by Ludwig Bruck.

Date:
1888
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    9.—IODO-BROMATED MURIATED WATERS. The principal ingredients in these springs are Chloride of Sodium, Iodide of Sodium, and Bromide of Mag- nesium. Taken internally, they increase the secretion of saliva, and stimulate the mucous membranes ; they are useful in Scrofulous Diseases, Female Diseases, Diseases of the Skin, Ears, Eyes, Respiratory Organs, Bones and Joints, and in Chronic Affections generally. Cold.—The Parkes Spring (see Taupo, N.Z., Spring No. 2) ; The Palma Spring (see Masterton, N.Z., Spring No. 1) ; Burton’s Spring, contains also traces of Arsenic (see Masterton, N.Z., Spring No. 3.) Hot.—Tarawera, N.Z. 10.—MERCURIAL WATERS. Waters strongly charged with Mercury, and, therefore, should be efficacious in Hepatic and Syphilitic Affections. Ohaeawai, N.Z. (both hot and cold.) 11.—MURIATED LITHIA WATERS. Waters containing Lithium and Chloride of Sodium. Useful in Gout and kindred affections, Uric Acid Diathesis, Chronic Rheumatism, Gravel, Stone in the Bladder, etc. Traces of Lithium have been found in the following springs :— Cold.—Dubbo, N.S.W. ; Puriri, N.Z. ; Taupo, N.Z., Spring No. 2. Hot.—Hanmer Plains, N.Z., Springs Nos. 1 and 8 ; Herberton, Qu. ; Ohinemutu, N.Z., Springs Nos. 8, 10, 11 and 14 ; Tarawera, N.Z. ; Te Aroha, N.Z. ; Waiwera, N.Z. 12.—SALINE WATERS. The characteristic element in these waters is the large amount of Chloride of Sodium which they contain. The cold