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WILDBAD.

CHAPT. III.

Tlie waters of the inky spring contain in sixteen ounces 0,213 of a cubic incli of rarbonic acid, along with

Chloride of soda and chloride oflime

Chloride of magnesia.

Carbonate of soda and sulphate of

0,3152

traces.

grains.

potash .

Sulphate of Ihne.

Carbonate of iron, with traces of

0,4144

traces.

55

carbonate of manganese ....

0,121G

55

Carbonate of lime.

0,6576

55

Carbonate of magnesia.

0,0800

5)

Silicia.

0,0432

55

Total

1,5120

grains.

Since 1839 sevcral otber spvings of a similar compositiou have beeil discovered.

The medical properlies of the aridulous waters of Tei- nach partake of the character of the alcaline spvings also, in tlieir elfect upon the human Constitution. In faulty di- gestion, and otber complaints of the stomach, wliere the appetite is lost or vitiated, as well as wherc heart-burn follows the ingestion of food, the acidulous Teinach has proved extremely useful. For the same reason, wliere gout or a rheuinatic affection is allied to a disturbed or depravcd digestion, the acidulous water is said to be wonderfully effective; a power which it extends with niarked benefit to certain disorders of the urinary organs also. But it is principally in the eure of insane patients, that Teinach has long acquired no mean celebrity; and many of that dass of patients, including hypochondriacal and melancliolic per- sons are to he found here every season.

The late Queen Dowager of Wiirtemberg and Princess Royal of England, Charlotte Mathilde, used to visit this