An index of diseases and their treatment / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

  • Thomas Hawkes Tanner
Date:
1883
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    grs. of solids in tho 10 ounces, with 'y'.ii cubic incljes o{carbonic add f/as. Tlio c\ni2l mgvaAU'.nts ;iV(i rliloridc of sodium Q'A), siilplmle of sodri (40), sulphate of nuif/iu-sin Qi'.)), chloridi- of iiuiijiicsium (30), si/lpliale or lime (iO). -ivith small proportions oi sulphate of potash, carboiuile ofnuu/nesia bromide of mar/iicsiitm, carbonrite of lime, nnd silica. —Tho dose is from three ounces to a pint or a pint and a half, according to the aperient effect required. Largo quantities of this ivater are exported aumially to different parts of Europe. 496. Garlshad, in Bohemia. This town occupies the bottom of a naiTow winding valley, on the banks of tho Topi, 70 miles W.N.W. of Prague. The season extends from the beginning of June until the end of September; but the month of May is very quiet and pleasant and healthj-, although the mornings aro often cold. Tho cure generally occupies from five to six weeks. Carlsbad is 1,200 feet above the sea. There are several important springs, chiefly differing fi-om each other only in temperature. The most important is the SPRfDEL; the waters of which bound upwards for four or five feet, and then fall back in foam, Avhile giving off clouds of vapour. The temperature is about 165' Fahr., and there are some 45 grs. of solids in the 16 oz. The principal salts are snlpliate of soda (20), salphaie of potash (9), chloride of sodium (8), and carbonate of time (2) ; with small Quantities of car- bonate of soda, carbonate of iron, phosphate of alumina and silica. The carbonic acid gas is nearly 8 cubic inches.—The Schlossisruxxex con- tain only half the amount of sidphate of soda, double the quantity of carbonic acid r/as, and have a temperature of 123^ The heat of the waters of the Thekesiexbrl-nxex is 131°, and as regards important ingredients may be said to resemble the Schlossbrunneu. The Maiikt- BRUNXEN differ from the others principally in containing a little iodide and bromide of sodium. The temperature is 130°. The waters are chiefly taken infernally, early in the morning and again in the evening. The dose varies from one'or two glasses to ton or twelve; according to the stimulating and alterative and aperient effects on the digestive organs and abdominal viscera generally, which it is desirable to produce. Tho oases most benefited are,—liver and abdominal diseases, diabetes, gouty and rheumatic disorders, calculous affections, and hypochondriasis M'ith dyspepsia and constipation. Tho waters aro also useful in rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, and in jaundice from obstruction by gallstones. Old Indians, with enlarged livere, often derive remarkable relief. Baths of tho cooled mineral water are noAv but seldom resorted to, though for one Inmdred and fifty yeai-s invalids only visited Carlsbad for fiie pui-jiose of bathing. Son'ietimes tho peat soil from tho ]u>ighbonrhood, mixed \y\\\x Sprudel water, is used as a poultice, A-e. 497, Marienhad, in Bohemia. Marioubad, in tho territory of tlie abbey of Topi and tho distriotof Egor in liohemiii, is iibout five hours' drive from Carisbad. The air is pure' and dry, but clianges in temperature take place rapidiv owiuc to tho height of the villiige—1,'J12 feet above tho level of thoKorth Sea.