Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia ... / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons, Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire.

  • Squire, Peter.
Date:
1880
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia ... / by Peter Squire ; assisted by his sons, Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPAS OF EUROPE. ISCHL (Austria). Altitude 1400'. Air peculiarly soft and refreshing, and is its chief attraction. The brine from the salt-works, when diluted, is used for baths. Season, May to end of September. KISSINGrEN (Bavaria). Altitude 800'. Climate mild, dry, and salubrious. Pleasing and healthful place of residence. The waters are laxative, and used in indigestion, obstructions of the liver, morbid conditions of the kidneys, giving tone to the organs. The season lasts four months, May to September. There is also a Kissingen bitter- wasser, which closely resembles Friedrichshall. JAebig's Analysis of 16 oz. Troy =7680 grs.:— Rakoczi. Pandur. Maxbrmmen. -temperature, lanr 01 51° Chloride of Sodium 44-71 42-39 17'52 grains. Chloride of Potassium . . 2-20 1-85 1-14 ., Chloride of Lithium . . t. •15 •12 •004 „ Chloride of Magnesium . . 2-33 1-62 •51 „ Bromide of Sodium . . . •06 •05 0 Iodide of Sodium .... traces traces o Nitrate of Soda .... •07 •02 •65 „ Sulphate of Magnesia . . 4-50 4-59 o Sulphate of Lime .... 2-99 2-30 1-06 „ Phosphate of Lime . . . •04 •04 ■03 „ Carbonate of Lime . . . 8-14 7-79 4-62 ., Carbonate of Iron •24 •20 0 Silica •09 •03 •07 „ 65-70 61-30 28-10 grains. Gases. Carbonic Acid 41-77 48-17 41-85 c. in. Ammonia •007 •029 0 » Imported. KOSEN (Saxony, in a valley sheltered from the N. and N.E. winds). Baths. Useful in scrofulosis. Analysis of 16 oz. Troy =7680 grs. :— Temperature, Fahr. 65°. Chloride of Sodium 335- grains. Sulphate of Soda 2-2 Sulphate of Potash 2*4 Sulphate of Lime 33'5 Carbonate of Lime 1*0 Sulphate of Magnesia 79 Oxide of Iron. 0-1 ,, 382-1 grains. IvCENIGSDORFF-JASTRZEMB (Upper Silesia). Not much known. Drunk for glandular enlargements. Analysis of 16 oz. Troy =7680 grs.:— Chloride of Sodium 87'9 grains. Chloride of Potassium 0-5 ., Chloride of Calcium 4*25 ,, Chloride of Magnesium 2*6 „ Iodide of Magnesium -04 ,, Bromide of Magnesium 22 ,, Carbonate of Lime -33 ,, Carbonate of Magnesia -01 ,, Carbonate of Iron -03 „ Sulphate of Lime *08 „