BONDONNEAU.
Bondonneau Mineral Water. (Saintes-fontaines).
Chemical Analysis.
In one litre, there was contained:
Free Sulphuric Acid, a trace, but it is very
perceptible at the spring.
Free Carbonic-acid, 2/3 the volume of water.
Bicarbonate of [Lime, Magnesia] 0.390 grammes.
Bicarbonate of Soda, 0.006 grammes.
Potash, salts, a trace.
Sulphates (probably anhydrous) of [Soda, Lime, Magnesia] 0.043
grammes.
Chloride of Sodium, 0.030.
Alkaline, Iodides and Bromides, 0.008.
Arseniates, a trace.
Sesquioxide of Iron with Manganese, 0.002.
Silica and Alumina, 0.128.
Earthy Phosphates, a trace.
Nitrogenized organic matters, an uncertain amount.
Authority.
Dr. Espanet, Journ. de la Soc.
Gallicane, 2d Series, vol. 4, p. 65.
MIND.
►
Gloomy thoughts; painful anxiety. ►
Irritability, bad humor (from the first).
HEAD.
►
Slight vertigo, sometimes followed by obnubilation (during the first
days). ► Dulness, heaviness and
uneasiness in the head, with bad humor. ►
Compressive headache (continuing after leaving off the water). ► The head seems too full, with internal
pulsation at the base of the brain, nearly all the time in the evening. ► Throbbing in the head, with pricking in
the throat. ► On moving the head,
bruised pain internally, with vertigo (at the beginning). ► Feeling of constriction at the forehead,
with irascibility. [10.] ► Swelling of the temporal veins and of the
hands, with throbbing, but without redness (after fifteen days). ► Slight lancinating pain, with heat, at
the temples. ► Drawing and itching in
the hairy scalp.
EYES.
►
Lancinations in the orbits and in the head, with evening chilliness. ► Red, painless swelling of the puncta
lachrymalia (in an old man). ► A
succession of sties for a month after leaving off the water. ► The lids feel swollen and tense,
especially in the morning. ► Drawing
in the eyelids from time to time; they are opened with difficulty during
the first fortnight. ► Itching of the
lids and sensitiveness of the eyes to light (after one month). ► Yellow tinge of the albuginea, with
paleness of the conjunctiva and of the mucous membrane of the palate and
lips (after five weeks). [20.] ► Redness of the conjunctiva, without pain
(after three weeks). ► The eyeball
feels as if compressed, during the first week. ►
Sparks before the eyes (during the first fortnight, in a patient
laboring under hepatic obstruction).
EARS.
►
Increased discharge of a clearer mucus (after three weeks). ► Dryness with heat in the ears (in the
beginning). ► Heat and throbbing in
the ears (at the beginning). ►
Sensation of fulness in the ears, with deafness.
NOSE.
►
In the morning, several times, a slight discharge of black blood from
the nose (after fifteen days). ►
Chronic stoppage of the nose, in a gouty subject. ►
Repeated, short-lasting stoppage of the nose. [30.]
► Dryness of the nose, with pricking.
► Throbbing at the root of the nose,
with redness of the nose (after two weeks).
FACE.
►
Paleness and varying color of the face, towards evening. ► Chapping of the lips, as from winter
weather (just before leaving off the water).
MOUTH.
►
Discolored and denuded teeth, with small ulcers on the gums. ► Grinding of the teeth at night (at the
close of the season). ► Several molar
teeth feel too long, and are painful every night. ►
Tongue pointed, yellow, with bright-red tip. ►
Tongue coated white, with red papillæ. ►
Clammy mouth, with sour taste (at the last). [40.]
► Dry mouth without thirst (unusual).
► Sensation of heat and swelling in
the mouth (after a repetition of the water). ►
Abundant saliva (after one month).
THROAT.
►
The bottom of the throat is bright-red. ►
Dryness of the throat. ► Heat with
pricking and lancinations in the tonsils (the first days). ► Uneasy feeling, as if from congestion of
the tonsils (after three weeks).
STOMACH.
►
Great and continual hunger (while taking the waters, and afterwards). ► Thirst during the first days; afterwards,
entire absence of thirst. ► Insipid,
mucous eructations, after taking the water. [50.]
► Epigastric swelling, with habitual
heat. ► Liquid gurgling in the
stomach when lying down in the evening (at the last). ► Burning heat, with uneasiness at the
stomach after a meal (after two weeks). ►
Painful heat at the epigastrium, as from flatulence. It shifts about,
often becoming seated at the hypochondria, towards the last. ► Sensation of fulness, which takes away
the appetite (at first). ► The
epigastrium and hypochondria are sensitive to touch, after the first
week.
ABDOMEN.
►
Inflation of the abdomen. ► Sensation
of heaviness in the abdomen. ►
Tension and heat of the abdomen (towards the last). ► Colic, followed by a diarrhœic stool,
with tenesmus, after the first days. [60.]
► Lancinating pains here and there in
the abdomen.
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
Protrusion of the anus, after every stool, in a child troubled with
worms. In a week, this symptom disappeared permanently. ► Heat and pricking at the anus (after one
month). ► Itching at the anus (after
fifteen days). ► Profuse sweat of the
perineum (after the season).
STOOL.
►
Towards the last, the evacuations become easier and more regular. ► Watery and mucous stools (in the
beginning). ► Stools yellow,
afterwards green (in a patient who had had jaundice). ► Hard, curled, dark-green evacuations
(after one month). ► In the
beginning, difficult stools at long intervals (in a cachectic patient,
previously dyspeptic).
URINARY ORGANS.
[70.]
► A former discharge from the urethra
reappears at the end of the season. ►
Pricking in the urethra. ► Frequent
and abundant discharge of urine, which becomes turbid after passing. ► The urine is very abundant and clear (in
the beginning). ► In the beginning,
reddish urine, having a strong odor.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Mucous discharge from the prepuce, with itching. ►
More frequent erections in the morning. ►
Dry heat of the vagina (in the first fortnight). ►
Mucous or serous discharge (after three weeks). ►
The menses appear for the first time (after three weeks). [80.] ►
Regular return of the menses after a five months’ suppression. ► Menses too early (in a very lymphatic
young woman). ► The menses, usually
regular, are retarded for one week (after fifteen days).
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
► Constant snorting, as if there was a
foreign body in the larynx. ► In the
beginning, irritation and dry cough, with headache. ► From time to time, short-lasting
hoarseness (towards the end). ►
Slight dry cough (in a patient with gastritis). ►
Blood-streaked expectoration (in chronic bronchitis).
CHEST.
►
Paroxysm of spasmodic oppression, with hiccough. ►
Habitual oppression, with sensation of heat under the sternum, after the
first days. [90.] ► Sensation of heat, fulness and oppression
of the chest (towards the last). ►
Stitchlike pain in the right lower portion of the chest.
HEART.
►
Palpitation, the first days. ►
Tumultuous action of the heart after a meal (after three weeks). ► Sense of tension and fulness at the
region of the heart (after one month).
NECK AND BACK.
►
Drawing and stiffness in the cervical muscles. ►
Slight pain in the back, shifting about rapidly. ►
Pains in the kidneys, extending towards the bladder, after every meal. ► Slight lancinations, with heat, in the
region of the kidneys (after one month). ►
Compressive pain in the loins (at the last).
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
[100.] ►
The veins on the limbs are more prominent (after the season). ► Heaviness of the limbs, with difficulty
in moving them (after the season). ►
Nervous tension and greater agility in the limbs (after one week).
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
►
Extreme sensitiveness, with scarcely any swelling, of the axillary
glands. ► A previous induration of a
mammary gland continues. ► Constant
heat in the palms of the hands. ►
Stiffness and sensitiveness of the finger-joints.
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
►
Dull and deepseated pain in the inside of the thighs (at the last). ► Pains, when in bed, in the long bones of
the lower extremities.
GENERALITIES.
►
Increased sensitiveness of the whole cutaneous surface (in the first
fortnight). ► Cachexia, the results
of antisyphilitic and febrifuge treatment. [110.]
► Convalescences which left the
patients in a confirmed cachectic condition. ►
Various symptoms of former syphilis.
SKIN.
►
Mottled skin, as in cold weather. ►
Sensitive, colorless pimples, like tubercles, appear in succession, on
the scalp, for several days (after six weeks). ►
Eruption, here and there, of large, red and very sensitive pimples
(after the first week). ► Small, red,
acuminated pimples on the face (after six weeks). ►
A very itching kind of eruption, like nettle-rash, appears, on the same
patient, every time after leaving off the water. ►
General eruption of furfuraceous blotches (after the fifth day and fifth
bath, and lasting until a week after leaving off the water). ► A furfuraceous tetter on the nose extends
to the external ear, and causes a discharge from the fold of the latter,
which disappears with the eruption, in fifteen days, and after taking
the water for six weeks. ► Eruption
of very painful boils, which succeed each other for five weeks. [120.] ►
Ulcers cease suppurating while taking the waters and for a long while
after, with general improvement of the health. ►
A profusely suppurating fistulous ulcer on the tibia leaves off
suppurating. ► General itching,
especially troublesome over the more muscular portions of the limbs. ► Itching of the wings of the nose and of
the eyes followed by redness and very small pimples (after one month).
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Frequent yawning with shivering (after fifteen days). ► Drowsiness in daytime (after four weeks).
► Light sleep, frequently interrupted
(unusual). ► Habitual sleeplessness,
with starting when on the point of falling asleep. ►
Dreams which interrupt sleep (in the beginning).
FEVER.
►
Shivering all over the body (at the beginning). [130.]
► Internal heat, with flushes of heat
in the chest (after the season). ►
Sensation of external cold, with transient shivering followed by heat
and by pricking on the skin. ► Easy
sweat (from the beginning). ► The
least exertion brings on a profuse sweat (at the last).
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Eyelids feel swollen, etc.;
bleeding at the nose; more frequent erections. ►
(Towards evening), Paleness, etc. ► (Evening),
Head feels too full; chilliness; when lying down, gurgling in stomach. ► (Night),
Teeth feel too long, etc. ► (After a meal), Burning heat at stomach;
tumultuous action of heart; pains in kidneys.® 2000
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