Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Pyrmont-Water

PYRMONT-WATER, a celebrated mineral spring, discovered at Pyrmont, in the Circle of Westphalia. It is of an agreeable, though strongly acidulated taste, and emits a large portion of gas; which affects the persons who attend at the well, as well as those who drink the fluid, with a sensation somewhat resembling that produced by intoxication.

Pyrmont-water may be advantageously used in all cases of debility, where the constitution requires an active tonic, which at the same time does not excite a permanent heat; in bilious vomiting; diarrhœa; and other affections of the alimentary canal; and, when mixed with milk, in cases of the gout. It increases the secretion of urine, and sometimes occasions a temporary eruption of the skin.

The dose varies according to circumstances, and the nature of the patient's complaint; but, in general, the quantity to be taken should not exceed three pints per day.—We have given this brief account of the Pyrmont-water; as it is not only imported into Britain, but also often artificially prepared in the metropolis.