The mineral springs of Wiesbaden and their effect in disease : with instructions as to their application / by Henry Roth ; translated from the fourth German edition by Chris. Benson.

  • Roth, Heinrich.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The mineral springs of Wiesbaden and their effect in disease : with instructions as to their application / by Henry Roth ; translated from the fourth German edition by Chris. Benson. 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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    of the source is often during the height of the season a serious obstacle as it is not easy to. procure a sufficient supply of cooled water for the immense number of baths required. This problem is one which in Wiesbaden 'still awaits solution. The following comparative tabular statement of the most important mineral waters, employed in the treatment of the same diseases as those for which the Wiesbaden springs are indicated, will facilitate a just estimate of their virtues. I’d Temp. o g Total 5' contents. CO Chlor. of sod. (Sulpli. of sod. and potass.) [Sulpli. of magnos. and lime.] lodid of sod. (Brom. of sod. and magnes.) Chlor. of lime (or magnes.) Carbonate of lime and raagn. (Carbonate of soda.) Carbonate of protoxide of iron. o '£ _j r? O d * Cub. in Teplitz 118,6 4,84* 0,43 0,32 0,037 0,39 (0,43) - (2,68) Baden-Baden . 153,5 23,14 16,00 1,75 1,66 0,10 0,5 [3,00] Aachen ..... 135,5 31,50 20,27 0,004 1,21 0,07 4,06 (3,35) (0,027) (4,99) Soden 3 72,5 36,72 26,31 7,81 0,009 35,9 [0,31] (0,005) Cannstatt .... 69,8 38,60 16,29 7,S9 0,16 23,5 (7,09) [6,43] Karlsbad .... 164,8 44,49 8,72 0,02 2,01 0,03 33,7 (24,33) (9,01) Adelheidsquello 50 46,19 38,06 0,21 0.58 0,07 13,18f (Heilbrunn) (0,04) (0,36) (6,21) Wiesbaden . . . 155,8 63,45 52,49 3,61 3,21 0,04 6,46 Kissingen. . . . 52,3 85,36 62,05 6,05 0,68 26,25 (2,00) (0,702) (6,85) [2,50] Kreuznach . . . 54,5 93,71 72,88 0,03 13,88 1,69 3,9 (2.41) (0,27) (4,07) Homburg .... 50,9 102,12 75,73 ft 5,27) 11,81 0,17 48,6 (0,02) (5,59) Soden 4 70,2 127,82 109,30 10,08 0,11 29,9 Nauheim .... 90,5 220,41 (2,41) 181,24 0,07 14,S6 16,38 0,50 12 (2,60) Itehme 87,3 307,08 240,04 9,86 0,33 21,55f (25,18) (0,01) (9,00) [22,06] * The following waters have still less solid constituents: Wildbad 3,58, Chlor. of sodium 1,28, temp. 95° F. — Gastein 2,62, Sulpli. of sod. 1,49, temp. 115,2® F. — Pfafers 1,78, temp. 97,2® F. *' Besides 0,07 Sulphuret of sodium, f Plus 8,02 sulphuretted hydrogon, 6,54 nitrogen, ft Plus 2,65 Chloride of potassium, t* Free and combined with carbonates. Leaving aside the sources containing few mineral consti- tuents, whose healing virtues arc specially attributable to the baths, it will be seen that the Wiesbaden water, from