Practical observations on the Harrogate mineral waters and chronic diseases : with cases / by Andrew Scott Myrtle and James Aitken Myrtle.

  • Myrtle, Andrew Scott
Date:
1893
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Credit: Practical observations on the Harrogate mineral waters and chronic diseases : with cases / by Andrew Scott Myrtle and James Aitken Myrtle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    ~xfucr \5ffiffiffl®>^ £ffi)SQ3':^>5]p^ CHAPTER IV. CLASSIFICATION OF THE HARROGATE WATERS. OCTOR HOFMANN, after careful analysis, divided them into four classes— The Strong Sulphurous. ,, Mild Sulphurous. ,, Saline Chalybeate. ,, Pure Chalybeate. The following tables give the most recent analyses of the principal springs, and represent the amount of saline constituents in a gallon of water:— The classification of Dr. Hofmann, although made 50 years ago, when chemical analysis was very imperfect compared to what it is now, is most thoroughly characteristic of the different springs; showing close affinities to each other in their component parts and therapeutic properties.