56 On Sallwaters of Alleghany and Keskem 



are counted by the analysis only 48 46! 



s were weighed, they had not been perfectly 

 pon the single combinations, then we will 





I„.0«,pans. 



'"rHSo'g^ai'i^ 





33-010394 



0-006715 



0-095970 



2-168541 



0-080476 

 0-003787 

 0-059334 

 2-766431 



0-038457 



0-040870 

 0-102541 



253-519827 

 0-312945 

 0-051571 

 0-047055 

 0-736949 

 65-944942 

 16-654496 



0-618055 



0-455685 

 21-246190 

 10-582281 



0-295349 

 traces. 



0-313881 



potassium, 



barium, 



„ strontium, 



" raaJ^nS'um 





lodid of calcium, ' 





stromi'a, 



" magnesia, 



" iron, 





Free silicic acid, 



Solid matters 



48-500000 



372-480000 



Carbonic acid, loosely bound, as bicarbonate, 

 " really free, 



0-007887 



14-998187 

 0-060572 





50-460776 



387-538759 



The large quantity of compounds of "bromine and iodine con- 

 tained in the brines of the Alleghany and Keskeminetas val- 

 leys, which are greater than in any other saltwater hitherto 

 subjected to analysis, of which the results are known, together 

 with their other constituents, recommend them strongly for use 

 as baths in various diseases of the skin, in rheumatic-arthritic 

 diseases, in certain pains of the abdominal and nervous system. 

 in amenorrhoea and menstruatio suppressa, as a preparatory 

 course to the use of iron baths. They have been found particu- 

 larly useful in glandular diseases, and various forms of scrofula. 



For therapeutic purposes baths of the crude brine may be 

 used with advantage, as well as the mother-lye ; the latter of 

 course contains the combination of bromine and iodine in a 

 much more concentrated form, and when used should be diluted 

 as may be required by the addition of brine or fresh water. 



I would pointedly call the attention of the medical profession 

 to the powerful medical effect of these saltwaters, the 



I experience persons 



afflicted with the i 



