Ana I 'itwood Mineral Water. l'i 1 1 



pox, iim a 1 According to the views contained in this paper, all 



personi are not eqtially Liable to be affected by khece diseases. The 

 dise&sefl arc all prodmcd by a poison, or seed, but the seed will not take 

 root onlcM it falls on a congenial soil, that is, a diseased state of the 

 blood, generated by a defective, or impure <liet. Scurvy and typhus 

 fever arc atwompanied by gymptoma which indicate a defect in the blood, 

 and, therefore, an error in the equilibrium of the food. Scurvy on 

 board ship ifl cored by lime juice, because in salt meat the soluble salts 

 of the beef bavc been removed in the brine; and lime juice, the author 

 found to contain the soluble salts which have been removed. Turnips, 

 potatoes, and succulent vegetables, cure scurvy, because, from the 

 quantity of water which they contain, they are less easily deteriorated by 

 the variations in the climate, than the dry corn plants. The importance 

 of pore air was insisted on in all conditions of society ; but a more exten- 

 sive view, it is obvious, must bo taken of the cause of disease. The 

 baneful influence of fermented fluids in undermining the constitution, and 

 their tendency to supply congenial soil for poisonous miasmata, were 

 referred to. The importance of pure water, and the circumstance, that 

 the fluids in the common sewers and from churchyards, filter into the 

 wells of large towns, were also alluded to — the constituents of the Glas- 

 gow wells being given. 



The following contribution was communicated by Dr. R. D. Thomson : — 



XXXIX. — Analysis of a Mineral Water from Titwood, near Pollockshaws. 

 By Mb. Edwabd T. Wood and Mb. Thomas Coutts. 



This water was discharged from a bore now making near the Titwood 

 coal works, on the property of Sir John Maxwell, Bart., three miles south 

 of Glasgow. The water was come upon when at the depth of 780 feet 

 under the surface. 



Specific gravity, 1008-8. Weight of an imperial gallon, 70,616 grains. 

 Constituents in the imperial gallon — result of several analyses. 



Titwood Water. Airthrey Water, 1842. 



Carbonate of Lime, 9*462 



Sulphate of Lime, 1*341 16*062 



Chloride of Calcium, 130*286 300*883 



> Magnesium, 84*739 9*234 



i Sodium, 543*743 363*825 



Peroxide of Iron, trace 



709*571 690-004 



An analysis of Airthrey water, made by Dr. It. D. Thomson, is annexed 

 for the sake of comparison. 



