Hunyadi János, aperient Hungarian mineral water, from the Hunyadi János Bitter Salzquelle, Buda-Pest : an account of its history, chemical composition, physiological and therapeutic properties / by Alois Martin ; with opinions of Professors Liebig [and others] and from the English medical press.

  • Martin, Aloys, 1818-1891.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Hunyadi János, aperient Hungarian mineral water, from the Hunyadi János Bitter Salzquelle, Buda-Pest : an account of its history, chemical composition, physiological and therapeutic properties / by Alois Martin ; with opinions of Professors Liebig [and others] and from the English medical press. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    were followed, in 568, by the Hunno-Avars ; these, after retaining their independence for more than two hundred years, were totally subdued by Charlemagne (790—799), who, on their embracing Christianity, built the first church for them at Buda, ' near a spiing.' In 884, the Magyars, under their leader Almus, invaded Pannonia, and, having become masters of the country under Arpad, settled in the district of Buda, along the Danube, 'as far as the upper warm waters.' In 1211, the 'warm waters' are referred to in an order of King Andrew II., fixing the boundaries of an ecclesiastical district at Buda. In the reign of King Matthias Corvinus, the Buda waters enjoyed a high degree of popularity. The Turks, after their invasion of Hungary in 1541, added much to the comfort of the baths. The Hunyadi Janos spring was accidentally discovered in 1863, during the digging of a well; and was soon after- wards sold, with the adjoining land, to Herr Andrew Saxlehner, of Pesth, who gave the spring its present name in honour of the celebrated Hungarian leader of the fifteenth century, Hunyadi Janos (John Hunyadi), the father of King Matthias Corvinus. SITUATION, GEOLOGICAL ORIGIN, AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. The City of Buda (German Ofcn, oven or stove, from its hot springs) lies on the west bank of the Danube, which separates it from Pesth on the east, in latitude 47° 29' N., longitude 19° 3' E. The plain in which the Hunyadi Janos water is found is a portion of the great plain which, watered by the Danube, runs through Central Hungary, and in the neighbourhood of Buda is limited in extent by the moun- tains. The plain is separated by the mountains into three great divisions, each of which is of especial interest with reo-ard to the Hungarian thermal and bitter waters. From