Iodine in the Mineral Waters of Saratoga. 245 
Nearly all the mineral springs at this place have been 
carefully examined and found, uniformly, to agree in afford- 
ing indications of the presence of iodine. The waters of 
Baliston, have not yet been examined, with a view to this 
particular object, but, from the striking similarity of the 
waters in the two places in other respects, there can be but 
little doubt of their agreeing in this. I had expected to have 
discovered it in the brine springs of Onondaga, but a bottle 
of that water, procured through the politeness of Dr. Kirk- 
patrick, afforded no indications of it. 
subjoin the result of an analysis of the Hamilton Spring, 
with a view to illustrate the relative quantities of the various 
saline ingredients contained in its water 
This fountain is situated in the low ground immediately 
behind the Congress Hall; it was discovered and named by 
Mr. Gideon Putnam, one of the early settlers of the place, 
not long after the discovery of the Congress Spring. It was 
cleared out to the depth of only a few feet, and the water 
secured by a small wooden curb, and in this situation it re- 
mained for a number of years, its water being devoted most- 
ly to the supply of a bathing establishment, erected in its 
immediate vicinity. After the decease of Mr. Putnam, the 
property passed into other hands, and the well has been re- 
The water, when first dipped from the fountain, is remark- . 
ably clear and sparkling, but on standing exposed to the at- 
mosphere, soon becomes turbid. It is saline, and acidulous 
to the taste, and when taken to the quantity of five or six 
half pints, is usually, powerfully cathartic and diuretic. 
The temperature at the bottem of the well is uniformly 
at 50°; and its specific gravity, at the temperature of 60°. 
Barometer at thirty inches, is* ee 
The analysis was conducted upon the most approved prin- 
ciples of modern analytic chemistry, and affords conclusive 
* As there was evidently an error in copying the number in the MS. we 
leave the specific gravity blank, rather than hazard the filling of the space 
erroneously.—EpiTor. 
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