Hunyadi János, Hungarian aperient water : an account of the history, chemical composition, & curative properties of the waters of the Hunyadi János bitter Salzquelle, Buda-Pest : with opinions of eminent German and English medical authorities.

  • Aloys Martin
Date:
[1876]
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Credit: Hunyadi János, Hungarian aperient water : an account of the history, chemical composition, & curative properties of the waters of the Hunyadi János bitter Salzquelle, Buda-Pest : with opinions of eminent German and English medical authorities. 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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    In the above-named conditions the Hunyadi Janos water is given in medium and small doses (from a tablespoonful to a tablespoonful and a half, rarely a wineglassful), once or twice daily, or on alternate days, according to the disease and the individual. It is generally given at bedtime or in the morning before meals, more rarely once in the course of the day; it should not be too cold, but should have a temperature of lo to 15 deg. Reaumur (48° to 50° Fahr.). It is sometimes used for a fixed period (three, four, or five weeks), the diet being specially regulated, and the quantity of the water gradually increased from the beginning, and decreased towards the end ; or less systematically, during an undetermined period, and without any change of diet or mode of living. > There is probably no other bitter-water which can be so pleasantly used in the conditions above mentioned at any time of the year, even in winter, and which produces such favourable results, as the Hunyadi Janos water. The nature of each individual case must show whether the patient should undergo a regular or a less systematic course of treatment with the Hunyadi Janos bitter-water. The use of the water may, as has been already stated, be continued for some time without the least injury.' II. Asa laxative in all diseases which require the use of a mild so-called antiphlogistic evacnant, tolerably rapid and yet safe in its action; as in threatenad cerebral or pul- monary haemorrhage, in pulmonary oedema, its commencing inflammation of the meninges, in inflammations (except those of the bowels and kidneys), in gastric and intestinal catarrh commencing with constipation, &c., especially in strong and full-blooded persons. In the above-named diseases—mostly acute—the Buda bitter-water must be given in larger doses (a wine-glass or tumblerful in the morning, before meals, and, if necessary, repeated once in the course of the day). In these doses, its administration produces several actions of the bowels, without being fol- lowed by congestion of the gastro-intestinal canal, or, as a rule, by colicky pains.
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