The mode of employing the mineral waters of Vals (Ardèche) / by Dr. Tourrette.
- Tourrette, Auguste.
- Date:
- [1866]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The mode of employing the mineral waters of Vals (Ardèche) / by Dr. Tourrette. 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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![with new vigour on tiie food. Digestion dillicult and slow before takes place with marvellous facility. » But we shall not proceed with the quotations we might borrow Irom men held in high repute in hydrologic scien- ces.We shall only add that these testimonies come from men by no means interested in the matter. In short the composition of the waters of Vals is most remarkable whether we consider the nature of the principles to be found in solution, or the association of all those thera- peutical agents found in such relative proportions that it ivould be hard to mi^x them better and one would think them calculated beforehmd. We h ive now to acquaint the reader with these proportions as they aie found in the six spring-s of Vals. Saint-Jean : Carbonic acid, 0,425 ; bicarbonate of soda. 1,480 ; magnesian-calcic, 0,430; iron and manganese, 0,006; chlorure of sodium, 0,060. Higoletfe: Carbonic acid, '2,095; bicarhonate of soda, 5,800; magnesian-calcic, 0,259; iron and manganese, 0,024 ; chlorure o( sodium, 1,200. Precieuse : Carbonic acid, 2,145; bicarbonate ofsoda, 5,940; magnesian calcic, 1,380; irop and manganese, 0,010; chlo- rure of sodium 1,080. DJsiree: Carbonic acid, 2,218; bicarbonate of soda, 6,040; magnesian-calcic, 1,471 ; iron and maganese,0,OlO; chlorure ofsodijm, 1,100. Mngdeleine: Carbonic acid, 2,050; bicarbonate of soHa, 7,280; magnesian-calcic 1,192; iron and maganese 0,029; chlorure of sodium, 0,160. All lliosc springs contain also bicarbonates of potassium an lilhinuin, suljjliates of soda and calx, silicate and sili(;a, alu- rnin, alkaline iodtire, arsenic and organic su!)slances. Tlio \shole in small qnanlities. One glance at what is statcf] above is sufficient to prove that it is not an indiflerent q'lestion to prescribe such or such spring; it is evident that the expectations of the phy- sician would be deceived were the patient to drink the waters](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22282208_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
