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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    These baths are used in chronic rheumatism and gout, and in paraplegic paralysis of the lower extremities. Plethoric habits require care in using the baths. Analysis of 16 oz. Troy =7680 grs. :— | Temperature, 96° F. Chloride of Sodium 1*82 grains. Carbonate of Soda '53 „ Sulphate of Soda -40 „ Sulphate of Potash -20 „ Carbonate of Lime *34 „ Carbonate of Magnesia '70 „ Carbonate of Protoxide of Iron and Manganese . . . . *29 ,, Silica -39' „ 3-58 grains. Gases. Carbonic Acid Nitrogen . Oxygen WILHELMSQUELLE (Nassau, Germany). See Kronthal. [The above have been condensed from the works of Dr. Sutro, Dr. Althaus, Dr. Glover, and the various pamphlets issued at the sources of the several Spas.] The following have been imported in bottles :— ADELHEIDSQUELLE (Heilbrunn, Germany). Contains a large proportion of Salts of Bromine and Iodine; acts powerfully on the glandular, lymphatic, and cutaneous systems. Vide analysis. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE (Rhenish Prussia). For cutaneous diseases, &c. * ALET (France). Chalybeate. Useful in cases of debility. APOLLINARIS (Neuenahr). Acidulous, gaseous, and combines the properties of Seltzer and Ems (Kranchen). Good for sickness, dyspepsia, and bad appe- tite. When impregnated with Carbonic Acid is drunk at meals. * BAREGES (France, Hautes-Pyr knees). Sulphureous; effective in skin dis- eases, scrofula, diseased bone, and ulcers. Vide analysis. BILIN (Bohemia). A table water. * BIRMENSDORFF (Switzerland). Alterative bitter saline, consisting chiefly of Sulphates of Lime, Magnesia, and Soda. BONNES (France, Basses-Pyrenees). Sulphureous; is highly extolled for inci- pient consumption, scrofula, rheumatism, and as a purifier of the blood. Vide analysis. BOURBOULE, LA (France, Pay'-de-Dome). For impoverished blood, gout, &c. BUSSANG (France, Vosges). Saline chalybeate; strengthens the digestive organs, acting mildly on the bowels and kidneys. CARLSBAD (Sprudel, 165° F. Muhlbrunnen, 127° F., and Schlossbrunnen). Alkaline and gaseous; Sprudel is the favourite; drunk for bilious affections, gall stones, jaundice, gout, and gravel; are powerfully purgative. Vide analysis. CARLSBAD-SALT. In bottles. * CAUTERETS (France, Sautes-Pyrenees). Sulphureous; more exciting than Bareges and Bonnes; useful in skin diseases, rheumatism, and scrofula. * CHALLES (Savoy). Sulphureous ; milder in action than Bareges.