The therapeutic action and application of the mineral waters of Aix-les-Bains, Savoy : a paper presented to the Section of Medicine of the British Medical Association at Brighton, Aug. 1886 / by Stanley M. Rendall.

  • Rendall, Stanley M.
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1887
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    THE THERAPEUTIC ACTION AND APPLICATION OK THE MINERAL WATERS OF AIX-LES-BAINS, SAVOY. 1 have no intention of giving a full and complete description of the mineral springs of Aix-les-Bains, or of the Thermal Establish- ment ; but a short account of the nature of the water, and of the means employed for its application, is necessary for the proper appreciation of its therapeutic value. The mineral springs employed at Aix-les-Bains are two in number, but differ so slightly in their temperature (which varies from 114* to xi 7* F.) and composition, that practically they may be considered as one in their application. The springs arise at a depth of about three-quarters of a mile from the surface of the earth, with a temperature varying but slightly (114* to 117’ F.), and a constant daily output of nearly a million gallons, a quantity doubled by the addition of cold water necessary to reduce the temperature to a point suitable for bath employment. Their chemical conqjosition classes them amongst the sulphur series, though, as compared with many other sulphur springs, their mineralisation is but feeble. The most important chemical