Lisdoonvarna spas and sea-side places of Clare / by E.D. Mapother.

  • Mapother, E. D. (Edward Dillon), 1835-1908.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Lisdoonvarna spas and sea-side places of Clare / by E.D. Mapother. 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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    than a gallon of water was contained when I visited it. It is immediately close to a pretty alcove, deco- rated hy ferns and foxglove, from which the chief spring water supply of the town is derived.. In 1844 Professor (now Sir Robert) Kane gave the following analysis of this water— Specific gravity, . . . 1000-61S 10,000 grains having been evaporated to dryness, left a yellow residuum weighing 2 -29 grains, which was found to consist of. Muriatic acid, . 0-15 Sulphuric acid . . 0-57 Soda, 0-58 Protoxide of iron, .. 0-28 Lime, .... 0T1 Carbonic acid, 0-24 Loss and Organic matter, 0-36 Total, 2-29 A gallon contains 70,000 grains, and the total solids in that quantity would he, therefore, 16-03 grains, of which but 1-96 are iron. The iron exists as Carbonate, as it falls hy boiling, so that no copperas or sulphate of iron is present,; ; but large amounts of sulphate of lime and soda are I there. It is largely used for bathing sores and skia j diseases, but is regarded as poisonous if taken 1 internally. In the cases in which I saw it used, I believe that lead-wash or strapping with plaster j would have produced a more rapid cure. The water ;] is said to irritate some inflammatory eruptions, as one would suppose from its composition.