Pilgrimages to the Spas in Pursuit of Health and Recreation: With an inquiry into the comparative merits of different mineral waters: the maladies to which they are applicable, and those in which they are injuriousJohnson, James
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Pilgrimages to the Spas in Pursuit of Health and Recreation: With an inquiry into the comparative merits of different mineral waters: the maladies to which they are applicable, and those in which they are injurious
Johnson, James
Balneology; Health resorts; Mineral waters
Before quitting Prince Lobkowitz and his springs, I may notice another
ingenious application of the Saidschitz water. At Bilin there is a
mineral spring, containing the carbonate of soda, about 23 grains in
the pint. The result is anticipated. It is concentrated considerably by
evaporation, and mixed with the Saidschitz water, also much concentrated;
a double decomposition of the proximate elements of the carbonate of soda
in the one, and the sulphate of magnesia in the other water, ensues: and
a very capital carbonate magnesia is precipitated. The prince is said
to add 500 more florins of good Austrian money to his income by this
preparation.
PÜLLNA,
The last of the three bitter springs, lying on the road from Carlsbad
to Teplitz, is the property of the village of that name, close by, but
is rented at present, by a private individual. Compared with the two
former, it is quite an elegant spot. There is even a small white hotel
opposite the wells; where, if fortune smiles, and you are in time for
Table-d’hôte, you may get a dinner; but if not, you must fare, as we did,
on “butter-brod.” It contains, moreover, a few baths, supplied with water
from the springs; and one patient, Baron Christophe de Campenhausen, with
his medical attendant, was resident there for the cure. An attempt at
a registry of the visitors is also made. About thirty people, perhaps,
may have seen Püllna, certainly not more than half a dozen English. Of
the three bittersprings, the waters of Püllna have been by far the most
drank—it is said that 300,000 of the Püllna dumpty bottles are annually
circulated. Bittersalz is also made here in considerable quantity.
The wells are scattered over a larger area than either at Saidschitz or
Sedlitz; but have the same odd appearance. The physical characters of
a bitterwasser, its yellow tint, oily consistence, and horribly bitter
taste, are here most strongly marked. The last analysis (which I obtained
at Püllna) is by Dr. Ticinus, professor of chemistry at Dresden; and it
will be seen how extremely concentrated a water it is.
Sixteen ounces contain—
Sulphate of soda 10.125
Sulphate of potash 82.720
Sulphate of magnesia 96.975
Sulphate of lime .800
Chloride magnesium 19.120
Bromide magnesium .588
Carbonate of magnesia 2.280
Carbonate of lime .760
Carbonate of iron traces
Nitrate of magnesia 4.602
Crenate of magnesia 4.640
Phosphate of soda .290
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222.900
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Carbonic acid gas .49 cubic inches.
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