2. Sugar of lead, 10 gr.; pure vinegar, 1⁄2 teaspoonful; distilled water, 1⁄2 pint. In ophthalmia, as soon as active inflammation ceases; also as the last.
3. Wine of opium, 2 fl. dr.; sulphate of zinc, 20 gr.; distilled water, 1⁄2 pint. Astringent and anodyne; in painful ophthalmia and extreme irritability.
4. Opium, 15 gr.; boiling water, 8 fl. oz.; when cold, add of solution of acetate of ammonia, 21⁄2 fl. oz., and filter. As the last.
5. Sulphate of zinc, 20 gr.; distilled water, 1⁄2 pint; dissolve. Au excellent astringent water in chronic ophthalmia, weak and irritable, eyes, &c.
6. Sulphate of copper, 10 gr.; camphor mixture (julep), 1⁄2 pint; dissolve. In the purulent ophthalmia of infants.
I. Table exhibiting the Composition of several of the more celebrated Mineral Waters.
16 fl. oz. in the following Ingredients:—
| WATERS. | Nitrogen in cubic inches. | Carbonic anhydride in cubic inches. | Sulphuretted hydrogen in cubic inches. | Carbonate of sodium in grains. | Carbonate of magnesium in grains. | Carbonate of calcium in grains. | Sulphate of sodium in grains. | Sulphate of magnesium in grains. |
| CARBONATED. | ||||||||
| Seltzer | 17· | 4· | 5· | 3· | ||||
| Pyrmont | 26· | 10· | 4·5 | 5·5 | ||||
| Spa | 13· | 1·5 | 4·5 | 1·5 | ||||
| Carlsbad | 5· | 5· | 1·5 | 8·5 | ||||
| Pouges | 30· | 10· | 1·2 | 12· | ||||
| Saint Parize | 22· | 0·5 | 11·5 | |||||
| CHALYBEATE. | ||||||||
| Tunbridge | 0·59 | 1· | trace of oxygen | 0·03 | ||||
| Cheltenham Chalybeate | 2·5 | 0·5 | 22·7 | 6· | ||||
| Brighton | 2·2 | |||||||
| SALINE. | ||||||||
| Seidlitz | 2·5 | 0·8 | 180· | |||||
| Cheltenham Pure Saline | 15· | 11· | ||||||
| Bristol | 3·5 | 1·5 | 1·5 | |||||
| Buxton | 0·2 | 1·3 | ||||||
| Bath | 1·2 | 0·8 | 1·5 | |||||
| Scarborough | a trace | 20· | ||||||
| Barèges | uncertain | 2·5 | ditto | |||||
| Plombières | 2·2 | 0·3 | 2·3 | |||||
| Kilburn | 3·5 | 8·54? | 0·5 | 1· | 12· | 37· | ||
| Leamington New Bath | 0·4 | a trace | a trace | 19· | ||||
| Leamington Old Bath | 0·3 | ditto | 7·5 | 7· | ||||
| SULPHUROUS. | ||||||||
| Harrogate | 0·8 | 1· | 2·3 | 0·7 | 2·5 | 1·3 | ||
| Moffat | 0·5 | 0·6 | 1·2 | |||||
| Aix-la-Chapelle | 5·5 | 12· | 4·2 | |||||
| Cheltenham Sulph. Spring | 1·5 | 23·5 | 5· | |||||
| WATERS. | Sulphate of calcium in grains. | Chloride of sodium in grains. | Chloride of magnesium in grains. | Chloride of calcium in grains. | Ferric Oxide. | Silica. | Temperature. | Total of saline contents. | AUTHORITY. |
| CARBONATED. | |||||||||
| Seltzer | 17· | Cold | 29· | Bergman. | |||||
| Pyrmont | 8·5 | 1·5 | 0·6 | ditto | 30·6 | Ditto. | |||
| Spa | 0·2 | 0·6 | ditto | 8·3 | Ditto. | ||||
| Carlsbad | 4·5 | a trace | 0·3 | 165° | 19·8 | Klaproth. | |||
| Pouges | 2·2 | 2·5 | 0·5 | Cold | 28·4 | Hassentratz. | |||
| Saint Parize | 13·5 | ditto | 25· | Ditto. | |||||
| CHALYBEATE. | |||||||||
| Tunbridge | 0·17 | 0·30 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·28 | ditto | 0·86 | Scudamore. | |
| Cheltenham Chalybeate | 2·5 | 41·3 | 0·8 | ditto | 73·8 | Parkes & Brande. | |||
| Brighton | 4· | 3· | 0·75 | 1·4 | 0·14 | ditto | 9·29 | Marcet. | |
| SALINE. | |||||||||
| Seidlitz | 5· | 4·5 | ditto | 192·8 | Bergman. | ||||
| Cheltenham Pure Saline | 4·5 | 50· | ditto | 80·5 | Parkes & Brande. | ||||
| Bristol | 1·5 | 0·5 | 1· | 74° | 6· | Carrick. | |||
| Buxton | 0·3 | 0·2 | 0·03 | 82° | 1·83 | Pearson. | |||
| Bath | 9· | 3·3 | a trace | 0·2 | 116° | 14·8 | Phillips. | ||
| Scarborough | 9· | ditto | Cold | 29· | Saunders. | ||||
| Barèges | a trace | 0·5 | 120° | 3· | Ditto. | ||||
| Plombières | 1·5 | 0·3 | ? | 6·6 | Vanquelin. | ||||
| Kilburn | 5·5 | 2·5 | 5·5 | 0·2 | a trace | Cold | 64·2 | Schmeisser. | |
| Leamington New Bath | 14· | 53· | 1·5 | 0·8 | ditto | 88·3 | Lambe. | ||
| Leamington Old Bath | 18· | 41· | ditto | 73·5 | Ditto. | ||||
| SULPHUROUS. | |||||||||
| Harrogate | 77· | 11· | 1·5 | ditto | 94· | Garnet. | |||
| Moffat | 4·5 | ditto | 4·5 | Ditto. | |||||
| Aix-la-Chapelle | 5· | 143° | 21·2 | Bergman. | |||||
| Cheltenham Sulph. Spring | 1·2 | 35· | 0·3 | Cold | 65· | Parkes & Brande. | |||
II. Table exhibiting the Composition of the principal Mineral waters of Germany, and of the Saratoga Congress Spring of America, re-arranged expressly for this work.