The dispensatory of the United States of America / by George B. Wood and Franklin Bache.

Date:
1865
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    Pennsylvania. The mineral springs at Saratoga contain a small proportion of iodine and bromine. The principal saline waters are those of Seidlitz in Bohe- mia, Cheltenham and Bath in England, and Harrodsburg and Saratoga in the United States. To these may be added the water of the ocean. We subjoin a summary view of the composition of most of the mineral waters enumerated under the foregoing heads. 1. Carbonated. Seltzer. In a wine pint. Carbonic acid IT cubic inches. Solid contents;—carbonate of soda 4 grs.; carbonate of magnesia 5; carbonate of lime 3; chloride of sodium IT. Total 29 grs. (Bergmann.) Spa. In a wine pint. Carbonic acid 13 cubic inches. Solid contents;—carbo- nate of soda 1*5 grs.; carbonate of magnesia 4*5; carbonate of lime 1*5; chlo- ride of sodium 02; oxide of iron 06. Total 8*3 grs. (Bergmann.) Pyrmont. In a wine pint. Carbonic acid 26 cubic inches. Solid contents;— carbonate of magnesia 10 grs.; carbonate of lime 45; sulphate of magnesia 55; sulphate of lime 85; chloride of sodium 1*5; oxide of iron 0*6. Total 30*6 grs. (Bergmann.) Vichy. Grand-Grille spring. In 1000 parts by weight. Water 992572; car- bonic acid 0 983 ; carbonate of soda 4 971; carbonate of lime 0 349; carbonate of magnesia 0-084; carbonate of iron 0012; chloride of sodium 0-570; sul- phate of soda 0472; silica 0*073. (Longchamp.) 2. Sulphuretted. Aix la Chapelle. In a wine pint. Sulphuretted hydro- gen 5 5 cubic inches. Solid contents;—carbonate of soda 12 grs.; carbonate of lime 475; chloride of sodium 5. Total 2175 grs. (Bergmann.) Harrogate old sulphur well. Sp.gr. 1-01113; temp. 482°. In an Imperial gallon. Gaseous contents;—carbonic acid 2203 cubic inches; carburetted hy- drogen 5-84; sulphuretted hydrogen 531; nitrogen 2*91. Total 3609 cubic inches. Solid contents;—sulphate of lime 0-181 grs.; carbonate of lime 12*365 ; chloride of calcium 81-735; chloride of magnesium 55-693; chloride of potas- sium 64'TOl; chloride of sodium 866-180; sulphuret of sodium 154T9; silica 0*246; with traces of fluoride of calcium, bromide and iodide of sodium, am- monia, carbonate of iron, carbonate of manganese, and organic matter. Total 1096-580 grs. (Hofmann. Pharm. Journ. and Trans., xiv. 123.) White sulphur. Gaseous contents in a wine gallon;—sulphuretted hydrogen 2-5 cubic inches; carbonic acid 2; oxygen 1*448; nitrogen 3 552. Total 9-5. Solid contents in a pint;—sulphate of magnesia 5-588 grs.; sulphate of lime 7 744; carbonate of lime 1150; chloride of calcium 0204; chloride of sodium 0-180; oxide of iron a trace; loss 0-410. Total 15276 grs. (W. B. Rogers.) 3. Chalybeate. Tunbridge. In a wine gallon. Solid contents;—chloride of sodium 2-46 grs.; chloride of calcium 0-39; chloride of magnesium 029; sulphate of lime 1*41; carbonate of lime 0*2T; oxide of iron 222; manganese, vegetable fibre, silica, &c. 0-44; loss 0-13. Total 7*61 grs. (Scudamore.) Brighton. In a wine pint. Carbonic acid 2 5 cubic inches. Solid contents;— sulphate of iron 1*80 grs.; sulphate of lime 4*09; chloride of sodium T53; chlo- ride of magnesium 075; silica 014; loss 0-19. Total 8-5 grs. (Marcet.) Cheltenham (chalybeate). In a wine pint. Gaseous contents;—carbonic acid 2-5 cubic inches. Solid contents;—carbonate of soda 0-5 grs.; sulphate of soda 22T; sulphate of magnesia 6; sulphate of lime 2-5; chloride of sodium 41-3; oxide of iron 08. Total 73*8 grs. (Brande and Parkes.) Bedford. In a wine pint. Carbonic acid not estimated. Solid contents;—car- bonate of lime 2-120 grs.; sulphate of lime 11*274; sulphate of magnesia 3*9T4; sulphates of alumina and sesquioxide of iron 1-280; sulphate of soda 3-092; chloride of sodium 0-343; free sulphuric acid [?] 0-128; silica and organic mat- ter a trace. Total 22-211 grs. (J. Cheston Morris. Med. Exam., June, 1852.) Sharon (chalybeate). Gaseous contents in a wine gallon;—sulphhydric acid gas [sulphuretted hydrogen] 07702 cubic inches. Solid contents in a gallon ;—