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CLASS III .—With Sulphate of Soda varying from 5.2 to 2 in amount, and Carbonate of Soda varying from 3.55 to 0.51 in amount. Locality. Height Therapeutic Uses. in Ft. See also:

ELSTER

Elster, See also:

Saxony 1460 3 See also:

ACTION

Action on abdominal See also:

ORGANS

organs, See also:

FEMALE

female complaints. See also:

MARIENBAD

Marienbad, Bohemia. 1012 1)o. ; See also:

SPECIAL

special use in obesity. See also:

FRANZENSBAD

Franzensbad, do. . . 1293 Do. ; specially a ladies' See also:

bath.

Tarasp, See also:

LOWER

Lower See also:

ENGADINE (Ger. Engadin; Ital. Engadina; Ladin, Engiadina)

Engadine 4000 Powerful action on abdomi- nal viscera. See also:

CARLSBAD

Carlsbad, Bohemia (121° See also:

GOUT

Gout, See also:

LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver affections, biliary -164° F .) . . . ( 1200 3 and renal calculi, See also:

DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)

diabetes. them are stronger than the See also:

HUNYADI, LASZLO (1433—1457)

Hunyadi, of which an See also:

ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis has been given in Table I. They are easily imitated. Some of the best-known are Ofen, Pullna, Saidschutz, Friedrichshall, Birmerstorff, See also:

KISSINGEN

Kissingen. Two other classes of See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters demand a few words of See also:

NOTICE

notice.- The See also:

French have much faith in the presence of See also:

minute quantities of See also:

ARSENIC (symbol As, atomic weight 75.0)

arsenic in some of their springs, and trace arsenical effects,in those who drink them, and some French authors have established a class of arsenical waters. Bourboule in See also:

AUVERGNE

Auvergne is the strongest of them, and is said to contain i'-2th of a See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain of arseniate of soda in 7 oz. of See also:

WATER

water. See also:

Baden-Baden, according to See also:

Bunsen's latest analysis, has a right to be considered an arsenical water. It is, however, extremely doubtful whether the small amounts of, arseniate of soda which have been detected, accompanied as they are by preponderating amounts of other salts, have any actual operation on the See also:

SYSTEM

system. The following are among the most noted springs: Bourboule, Mont See also:

DORE, LOUIS AUGUSTE GUSTAVE (1832-1883)

Dore, See also:

ROYAT

Royat, Salies (Bigorres), Plombieres, Baden-Baden.

Of See also:

LATE

late years See also:

LITHIUM [symbol Li, atomic weight 7•oo (0=16)]

lithium has been discovered in the waters of Baden-Baden; and various other places boast of the amount of that sub-stance in their springs. Indeed a new bath has been established at See also:

ASSMANNSHAUSEN

Assmannshausen on the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine in consequence of the See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery of a weak alkaline See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring containing some lithium. Not very much is known of the action of lithium in See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

MEDICINE

medicine, and it undoubtedly does not exist in medicinal doses even in the strongestsprings. Among these springs are those of Baden-Baden, Assmannshausen, Elster, Royat, Ballston See also:

Spa, and See also:

SARATOGA, BATTLES OF

Saratoga (U.S.). Designation and Locality. Therapeutic Application. See also:

Lebanon, See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia co., N.Y. (73° F.) . . . . Scrofulous ulcers and oph- thalmia, ozoena, chronic Healing, Bath co., Va. (88- F.) See also:

DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

diarrhoea and dysen- tery, secondary and Chronic See also:

TERTIARY

tertiary syphilis. - and subacute Warm, Bath co., Va.

(98* F.) See also:

RHEUMATISM (from Gr. /56µa, flux)

rheumatism, gout, neur- F, Chronic See also:

ALGIA

algia, nephritic and calculous diseases. rheumatism, gout, Hot, Bath co., Va. (Ito° F.) diseases of liver, neur- t algia, contractions of [ Paso Robles, See also:

San Luis Obispo - See also:

JOINTS

joints. co., Cal. (122° F.) Dartrous diseases of skin, Hot, co., See also:

ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark. (93–1500 Cal Calculus, See also:

GETTYSBURG

Gettysburg, See also:

Adams co., See also:

Penn. • I functional diseases of Sweet, See also:

Monroe co., W. Va.(74°F.) L uterus, chronic mer- curial and See also:

lead See also:

POISON

poison- See also:

ing. See also:

CATARRH (from the Gr. Karappeiv, to flow down)

catarrh of See also:

STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

stomach See also:

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel or , See also:

BLADDER (from A.S. blaeddre, connected with bl¢wan, to blow, cf. Ger. blase)

bladder, See also:

DYSPEPSIA (from the Gr. prefix Sur-, hard, ill, and 'irirreiv, to digest)

dyspepsia. ' Gravel, dyspepsia (See also:

diu- o See also:

Berkeley, See also:

Morgan co., W. Va. retie, diaphoretic). See also:

NEURALGIA (Gr. veiipov, nerve, and iXyos, pain)

Neuralgia (restorative).

(74° F) ^y See also:

ALLEGHANY, or THE ALLEGHANIES (a spelling now more common than Allegheny)

Alleghany, See also:

Montgomery co., Va. Purgative, diuretic. U See also:

Bethesda, See also:

WAUKESHA

Waukesha co., Wis. . Diabetes See also:

MELLITUS (d. 624)

mellitus, gravel, Lower See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue Lick, See also:

Nicholas co., inflammation of blad- K der, See also:

DROPSY (contracted from the old word hydropisy, derived from the Gr. 154w¢; i Swp, water, and appearance)

dropsy, See also:

ALBUMIN, or ALBUMEN (Lat. albus, white)

albumin- See also:

SHARON

Sharon, Schoharie co., N.Y. uria (diuretic). Aperient and alterative. Do. do: a . Dartrous skin diseases, See also:

White See also:

SULPHUR

Sulphur, Greenbrier co., diseases of the bladder, S See also:

JAUNDICE (Fr. jaunisse, from jaune, yellow), or IUTERUS (from its resemblance to the colour of the golden oriole, of which Pliny relates that if a jaundiced person looks upon it he recovers but the bird dies)

jaundice, dyspepsia. See also:

Salt Sulphur, Monroe co., W. Va. Do.; See also:

SCROFULA (Lat. for " little sow "), or STJTMA

scrofula and syphilis. {= f See also:

ANAEMIA (from Gr. ay-, privative, and aiµa, blood)

Anaemia, gravel, calculus See also:

BEDFORD

Bedford, Bedford co., Penn. a (strongly diuretic).

Rheumatism, gout, scro- ' St Catharines, See also:

Ontario, See also:

CANADA

Canada See also:

FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

fula, neuralgia. 0 . See also:

CALEDONIA

Caledonia, Ontario, Canada . Rheumatism, gout. E Hathorne, Saratoga, N. Y. Dyspepsia, jaundice, ab- ti. Ballston, Saratoga co., N. Y. . dominal dominal plethora. al See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak-See also:

ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

Orchard See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

Acid, Genesee Do. do. do. co., N.

Y Ulcers, diseases of the Rawley, See also:

ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES WATSON WENTWORTH, 2ND MARQUESS OF (173o-1782)

Rockingham co., Va. . skin, passive haemor- Sweet Chalybeate, Alleghany rhages, atonic diarrhoea co., Va. { (has to grains of See also:

FREE

free Rockbridge See also:

ALUM

Alum, Rockbridge sulphuric acid in the co., Va See also:

PINT (derived probably through Spanish, from Lat. pincta, pitta, a painted or marked vessel)

pint). See also:

Cooper's Well, Hinds co., See also:

MISS

Miss. See also:

CHLOROSIS (Gr. xXwpbs, pale green)

Chlorosis and anaemia Crab Orchard, See also:

Lincoln co., Ky. generally; tonic. Midland, Midland co., Mich. Do. do. do. Bladen, See also:

CHOCTAW

Choctaw co., See also:

Ala. (See also:

CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car- Scrofula, chronic diar- bonated alkaline) rhoea. See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, See also:

SANTA

Santa See also:

CLARA, SAINT (1194-1253)

Clara co., Cal. A n a'e m i a, c h l o r o s i s, (saline-alkaline) chronic diarrhoea, St See also:

Louis, Gratiot co., Mich. dropsy. (See also:

SIMPLE

simple alkaline) ( Dyspepsia, neuralgia, 5l chronic and subacute rheumatism.

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