Adelheidsquelle

"Mineral" Spring at Heilbrunn; contains among other substances, Iodine, Bromine, Alumina, Soda, etc.

ANALYSIS (PETTENKOFER).

Sod. Iod.: 0.22

Sod. Brom.: 0.867

Sod. Chlor.: 38.068

Sod. Sulph.: 0.048

Potass Chlor.: 0.020

Carbonate of Soda: 0.216

Carbonate of Lime: 0.584

Carbonate of Magnes.: 0.144

Carbonate of Iron: 0.072

Alumina: 0.142

Silicia: 0.147

Organic: 0.165

Free Carb. gas: 13.18 c.c.

Carburetted H.: 8.02

Oxygen: 1.38

Nitrogen: 6.54

Authorities. Bethmann (Arch. 15). 1 , Man 61 years old, with chronic catarrh, took 20 ounces daily, fasting; 2 , Girl, 12 years old, well except a enlarged thyroid, drank three or four wineglasses daily after breakfast.

Much trilling and tra-la-ing, which formerly she never did, [2] .

Confusion of head, better in open air, [1] .

Eye. Eyes feel swollen, as after taking cold; without redness, [1] .

Toward the end of the cure, she had nose-bleed , and much tossing about the bed at night (comp. Iod.), [2] .

Nose-bleed (the second day after beginning to take the waters the second time.), [2] .

Cheeks became full, and the face red; was formerly thin and pale, [2] .

Salivation, especially nights, [2] .

Soon after commencing the water, appetite increased, became conversational and lively, [2] . Appetite for potatoes and sour fruit, [2] . [10.]

Thirst unusual, [1] .

Aversion to meat and roasted articles, [2] . Painful flatulent distension in pit of stomach, [1] .

Stomachache in upper abdomen wakes him, [1] .

Lower abdomen became thick and protruding, [2] . Copious flatus after gunpowder, [1] .

Diarrhoea, watery, clear brown, then yellow and watery, four or five times a day, with much offensive flatus; no pains, but loud rumblings, grumblings, and noises in the lower part of the abdomen, after every eating or drinking, especially after use of pears; good appetite (coffee, or coffee-drinking, relieved the attacks, especially the rumblings: Nat. carb . relieved the diarrhoea), [1] .

Testicles sensitive, [1] .

Neck And Back. The thyroid gland became much swollen, but not the cervical and inferior maxillary glands, [1] .

Upper Extremities. Small, hard indurations (large as a flaxseed) in the palm of the hand, very near the last joint of the fourth finger, adherent to the bone, [2] .

Lower Extremities. After rising in the morning, cramp in left calf twice disappeared after going around, [1] .

Hard pimples, with a red, inflamed areola, itching somewhat, with a yellow, pustular apex, somewhat moist on scratching it off (like small boils), on neck, chest, fingers, and toes (comp. Sil .), [1] .

( Note . This water has been used for hundreds of years for goitre, scrofulous troubles of various kinds, enlarged glands, etc.)