Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STRATHPEFFER (Ross-sliire). Two springs ; the Upper contains 18 grs. in 20 oz., chiefly Sulphates of Soda and Lime, with 3^ c. in. of Sulphuretted Hydro- gen ; the lower contains IS^- grs. in 20 oz. of same Salts, but with only If c. in. of Sulphuretted Hydrogen. The upper containing the largest quantity of Sulphuretted Hydrogen of any spring in Britain. Much resorted to for gout, rheumatism, scrofula, and skin diseases. TTJNBRIDaE (Kent). Altitude 289'. Chalybeate; temp. 50° F. ; contains only 1 gr. in 20 oz., including |th of a grain of Iron with Carbonic Acid. TYNEMOTITH (Northumberland). Scenery picturesque. Chalybeates which may be drunk as an auxiliary to the sea-bathing, as at Scarborough. VICTORIA (Stratford, Essex). Saline Aperient; contains 81 grs. in 20 oz., chiefly Sulphate of Soda, and ^ c. in. Sulphuretted Hydrogen. Useful in sto- mach and liver diseases. WHITBY (Yorkshire). Bagdale, Chalybeate; nearly 3 grs. in 20 oz., and ^th gr. of Carbonate of Iron. WINFRED at Holywell (Flintshire). Pure water, and flows at the rate of 21 tons a minute. WOODHALL (Lincolnshire). 55° F. Iodine amd Bromine, with Chlorides of Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, more than ^ gr. Bromide of Sodium, and i gr. Iodide of Sodium : 190 grs. in 20 oz. ; strongly impregnated with Carbonic Acid. Useful in chronic rheumatism, scrofula, tertiary syphilis, etc. Purton and Woodhall are sold in bottles. FOREIGN. The dose is from a wineglassful to a tumblerful, and at the spas the gas is often allowed to escape. ACHSELMANNSTEIN (Bavaria), altitude 1407'. Saline, aperient, and shghtly chalybeate. Climate mild and equable. Season May to September. Baths and Vapour Baths, for incipient tuberculosis, cutaneous diseases, and derangements of the uterine system. jBuchner's Analysis of 16 oz. of theEdelquelle brine spring :— 1757-69 Chloride of Sodium . . l723-]0 Sulphate of Lime . . . 31-98 Chloride of Ammonium . '19 Carbonate of Lime . . . '07 Chloride of Magnesium . 13-84 Carbonate of Magnesia . traces. Bromide of Magnesium . '23 Peroxide of Iron and Alu- Sulphate of Soda . . . 15-63 mina . 06 Sulphate of Potash . . 4*70 Silica '08 1757-69 1789-88 grs. Gas.—Carbonic Acid. ADELHEIDSQUELLE (Heilbrunn, a healthy town in Bavaria), altitude 2000'. Saline, with Iodine and Bromine. Temp, of spring, 50 F. Season May to Sept. Powerfully alterative and tonic. Useful in scrofulous complaints, strumous affections of the skin, rheumatism, and gout, and for complaints peculiar to females. FettenTcofer s Analysis of 16 oz.—Contains 47 grs. of solid matter, viz.:— Chloride of Sodium . . . 38.06 45-48 Iodide of Sodium . . •21 Carbonate of Magnesia . -14 Bromide of Sodium . . •36 . •u Carbonate of Soda . . . 6-21 Carbonate of Iron . . . -07 Chloride of Potassium . -02 . •M Sulphate of Soda •04 Phosphate of Lime . . . traces Carbonate of Lime . . •58 Organic matter . . . . ^16 45-48 46-13 gr