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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    Tlie water is generally warmed before being drunk, Grood in chest diseases, in gout, rheumatism, and herpetic affections, and in lead and mercury poisoning. Imported. Fresenius's Analysis of ].6 oz,:— Sulphur Spring, Temperature 57° F. Bicarbonate of Soda . . . 3'123 Bicarbonate of Lithia . . '006 Bicarbonate of Baryta . . '009 • Bicarbonate of Strontia . . '001 Chloride of Sodium . . . 2-083 Chloride of Potassium . . '214 Sulphate of Potash . . . '298 Phosphate of Alumina . . '001 Phosphate of Lime . . . 002 Carbonate of Lime . . . 2-909 Carbonate of Magnesia . . 2-758 Silica -Ill Organic Matter .... '037 New Soda-Lithia, Temperature 54-5° F. 7-3748 -0452 -0193 •0039 9-6677 1-7073 •4233 •0056 •0010 •7504 •5563 •0943 •0871 Carbonate of Iron . . Carbonate of Manganese Sulphate of Soda . . . Bromide of Sodium . . Iodide of Sodium . . Carbonate of Ammonia. 20-6581 11-566 Gases. Carbonic Acid .... 3*126 c. in. Carbonic Acid . . . 5'9553 Sulphuretted Hydrogen . ^169 „ Sulph. Hydrogen . . -0026 WIESBADEN (Nassau). Altitude 346'. virons. Mean annual temperature 51°. There are twenty-three springs; the Kochbrunnen is the principal. Useful in chronic rlieumatism and gout. The baths are allowed to cool before using them. Open to the south, with charming en- Season, May to September. Fresenius's Analysis of 16 oz.:— Temperature, 160° F. Chloride of Sodium Chloride of Potassium Chloride of Lithium Chloride of Ammonium, Chloride of Calcium Chloride of Magnesium Bromide of Magnesium Sulphate of Lime Silica Carbonate of Lime Carbonate of Magnesia Carbonate of Protoxide of Iron Carbonate of Protoxide of Manganese . . Phosphate of Lime Arseniate of Lime Silicate of Alumina 52-50 112 •001 •130 3-620 1-570 •030 •690 •460 3^210 •080 •040 •004 •003 •001 •004 grams. Gases. Carbonic Acid 16-72 c. in. Nitrogen 10 „ WILDBAD (Wiirtemberg). Altitude 1300'. Scenery wild and romantic. Season, June to September, when the weather is hot j the other months very cold. There are about fifty warm springs. These baths are tised in chronic rheumatism and gout, and in paraplegic paralysis of the lower extremities. Plethoric habits require care in using the baths.