Adelheidsquelle

▲   GENERAL

General

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

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 Natrum Carbonicum ^{Nat. carb}. relieved the diarrhoea),.

▲   MIND

Mind

Much trilling and tra-la-ing, which formerly she never did,

▲   HEAD

Head

Confusion of head, better in open air,

▲   EYES

Eyes

Eyes feel swollen, as after taking cold; without redness,

▲   FACE

Face

Cheeks became full, and the face red; was formerly thin and pale,

▲   NOSE

Nose

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

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

▲   MOUTH

Saliva

Salivation, especially nights,

▲   CHEST

Chest

Chest is tired; reading fatigues (comp. Nat Mur ^{Nat. mur}.),

The whole chest is painfully sensitive, as if inflamed (Spt. Nit. Dulcamara ^dulc., antidote),

▲   SKIN

Skin

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. Silicea ^Sil.),

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

▲   BACK AND NECK

Neck

The thyroid gland became much swollen, but not the cervical and inferior maxillary glands,

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Stomachache in upper abdomen wakes him,

Lower abdomen became thick and protruding,

Flatus

Copious flatus after Gun Powder ^gunpowder,

Stomach

Soon after commencing the water, appetite increased, became conversational and lively,

Appetite for potatoes and sour fruit,

Thirst unusual,

Aversion to meat and roasted articles,

Painful flatulent distension in pit of stomach,

▲   GENITALS ETC

Male

Testicles sensitive,

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

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,

Lower extremities

After rising in the morning, cramp in left calf twice disappeared after going around,

▲   APPENDIX

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.

Analysis (pettenkofer)

ANALYSIS (PETTENKOFER).

Sod. Iodium ^Iod. 0.22

Sod. Bromium ^Brom. 0.867

Sod. Chlorinum ( Chlorum ) ^Chlor. 38.068

Sod. Sulphur ^Sulph. 0.048

Potass Chlorinum ( Chlorum ) ^Chlor. 0.020

Carbonate of Soda 0.216

Calc Carb ^{Carbonate of Lime} 0.584

Carbonate of Magnes. 0.144

Carbonate of Iron 0.072

Alumina ^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

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