Medical guide to the alkaline, sulphurated, iodurated and bromurated Marlioz waters near Aix (Savoy) : chemical composition of the Aesculapius spring, its curative effect in some affections, chiefly in lymphatism, scrofula, syphilis, skin and lung diseases : with remarks on the possibility of extending the hydrologic treatment to the indigent / by Dr. Macé ; translated by John P. Leonard.
- Macé, Dr.
- Date:
- [between 1870 and 1879]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical guide to the alkaline, sulphurated, iodurated and bromurated Marlioz waters near Aix (Savoy) : chemical composition of the Aesculapius spring, its curative effect in some affections, chiefly in lymphatism, scrofula, syphilis, skin and lung diseases : with remarks on the possibility of extending the hydrologic treatment to the indigent / by Dr. Macé ; translated by John P. Leonard. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![waters taken at the springs that the treatment must be made. To solve thal problem, we have two apparatus, the Hydrofere, of Mathieu de la Drome, which for some time back has enabled us to take far from the springs a bath] of pure mineral water, and Carre’s freezing apparatus, by which we can have, at a distance, and at a low price, concentrated mineral water. Unable to transport the indigent to the mineral waters, an effort should be made to bring the waters to them. This is possible, if advantage is taken of a discovery made by Mr, 0. Henry, and which was suggested to him by a memoir presented to the Academy of Medecine by the celebrated chemist, Robinet. In this memoir, Mr. Robinet shows that congela- tion applied to plain drinking water separates from it the purely aqueous portion, leaving intact the salts remaining in the non-congealed water. This fact, long known, was put into practice in the north of Europe, for the extraction of salts from sea water. Acting on this, Mr. 0. Henry endea- voured to concentrate, with Mr. Carre’s freezing apparatus, the salts of the different mineral springs, ny placing them in a state of congelation. The experiment succeeded, and the learned chemist proved that a mineral water concentrated by this process, preserves intact its elementary compo- sition, and only acquires a higher degree of minerali- sation. Thus congealed by Mr. 0. Henry, the mineral waters lost no gas and left no deposit.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22315159_0084.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
