ADELHEIDSQUELLE.
“Mineral” Spring at Heilbrunn; contains among other substances,
Iodine, Bromine, Alumina, Soda, etc.
ANALYSIS (PETTENKOFER).
Sod. Iod.: 0.22
Sod. Brom.: 0.867
Sod. Chlor.: 38.068
Sod. Sulph.: 0.048
Potass Chlor.: 0.020
Carbonate of Soda: 0.216
Carbonate of Lime: 0.584
Carbonate of Magnes.: 0.144
Carbonate of Iron: 0.072
Alumina: 0.142
Silicia: 0.147
Organic: 0.165
Free Carb. gas: 13.18 c.c.
Carburetted H.: 8.02
Oxygen: 1.38
Nitrogen: 6.54
Authorities.
Bethmann (Arch. 15). 1,
Man 61 years old, with chronic catarrh, took 20 ounces daily, fasting; 2, Girl, 12 years old, well except a enlarged thyroid, drank
three or four wineglasses daily after breakfast.
MIND.
► Much trilling and
tra-la-ing, which formerly she never did, [2].
HEAD.
► Confusion of head,
better in open air, [1].
EYE.
► Eyes feel swollen,
as after taking cold; without redness, [1].
NOSE.
► Toward the end of
the cure, she had nose-bleed, and much tossing about the
bed at night (comp. Iod.), [2]. ►
Nose-bleed (the second day after beginning to take the waters the second time.), [2].
FACE.
► Cheeks became full,
and the face red; was formerly thin and pale, [2].
MOUTH.
► Salivation,
especially nights, [2].
STOMACH.
► Soon after
commencing the water, appetite increased, became conversational and lively, [2]. ► Appetite for potatoes and
sour fruit, [2]. [10.]
► Thirst unusual, [1].
► Aversion to meat and roasted articles, [2]. ► Painful flatulent
distension in pit of stomach, [1].
ABDOMEN.
► Stomachache in
upper abdomen wakes him, [1]. ►
Lower abdomen became thick and protruding, [2]. ► Copious flatus after gunpowder, [1].
STOOL AND ANUS.
► Diarrhœa,
watery, clear brown, then yellow and watery, four or five times a day, with much offensive
flatus; no pains, but loud rumblings, grumblings, and noises in the lower part of the
abdomen, after every eating or drinking, especially after use of pears; good appetite
(coffee, or coffee-drinking, relieved the attacks, especially the rumblings: Nat. carb. relieved the diarrhœa), [1].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Testicles
sensitive, [1].
CHEST.
[20.] ► Chest is tired; reading fatigues (comp. Nat. mur.), [1]. ► The whole chest is painfully sensitive, as if inflamed (Spt.
nit. dulc., antidote), [1].
NECK AND BACK.
► The
thyroid gland became much swollen, but not the cervical and inferior maxillary glands, [1].
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
► Small,
hard indurations (large as a flaxseed) in the palm of the hand, very near the last joint of
the fourth finger, adherent to the bone, [2].
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
► After
rising in the morning, cramp in left calf twice disappeared after going around, [1].
SKIN.
► Hard pimples, with
a red, inflamed areola, itching somewhat, with a yellow, pustular apex, somewhat moist on
scratching it off (like small boils), on neck, chest, fingers, and toes (comp. Sil.), [1].(Note. This water has been used for
hundreds of years for goitre, scrofulous troubles of various kinds, enlarged glands, etc.)® 2000
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