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Title: An experimental enquiry into the chemical properties and medicinal qualities of the principal mineral waters of Ballston and Saratoga, in the state of New-York : with directions for the use of those waters in the various diseases to which they are applicable ; and observations on diet and regimen ; to which is added an appendix, containing a chemical analysis of the Lebanon spring in the state of New-York
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Meade, William Fry, William, 1777-1855, printer Hall, Harrison, 1785-1866, publisher Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846, illustrator Hill, John, 1770-1850, engraver
Subjects: Mineral Waters
Publisher: Philadelphia : Published by Harrison Hall, at the Port Folio office, no . 133 Chesnut Street William Fry, printer
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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re is uniformly atall seasons 52. Its specific gravity, when taken withgreat care and by repeated trials, was found to be as1012 to 1000; thus it will be seen that it is muchgreater than the water at Ballston, affording strongproof that its saline contents is in much larger pro-portion. The appearances of Saratoga water at the springare very similar to the description which I have givenof the Ballston springs. Great quantities of gas areemitted from the bottom of the well, and passingthrough the water, burst on the surface. Those bub-bles are found to be carbonic acid gas, forming anatmosphere on the surface of the well deleterious toanimal life and incapable of supporting flame. When a glass of the water is first taken from thespring, it is perfectly clear and transparent. Minuteair bubbles are seen extricating from it, many ofwhich, in a few minutes, adhere to the inside of theglass. Owing to the quantity of this gas, if the water isimmediately bottled when taken from the spring and
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the Congress Spring at Saratoga. 65 well corked in warm weather, the bottles are liableto burst, from the expansion of the air. But no mine-ral water bears bottling better than this; and whencarefully performed, it will bear carrying to any cli-mate, while its essential qualities are but very littleimpaired. This practice of bottling the water is nowwell understood, and is carried on at this spring withgreat success. The demand for it not being aloneconfined to this country, and as it fortunately hap-pens that the spring is so abundant that the supplyof water is inexhaustible, it may hereafter become alucrative article of commerce. The taste of the water is highly saline, but briskand pungent; much more saline than the Ballstonwater, and rather more stimulating and acidulous. It has no sensible chalybeate taste, and no smell.Its saline taste being very much counteracted by thesmart pungency which it possesses from the carbonicacid, renders it less disagreeable to the palate than itwou

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