1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

114 Aerated Waters, is made from calcined Carrara marble, each bottle containing 8 to 10 grains of carbonate of lime; it is administered to strengthen the bony structure. Lithia Water is a solution of the freshly preci- pitated carbonate of lithia (Lithia cavbonas) ; this water is becoming popular, being very useful in calculous complaints. Magnesian Water is useful in indigestion, &c; being an aerated solution of carbonate of magnesia, it is an agreeable mode of taking magnesia. Potass Water is a solution of bicarbonate of potass in distilled water, and aerated with washed carbonic acid gas. Soda Water is properly a solution of crystallized carbonate of soda, in distilled water, aerated with washed carbonic acid gas, upon the purity of which the excellence of this article mainly depends. That made by Messrs, Rawlings, and other eminent makers, contains from 4 to 15 grains of crystallized carbonate of soda in each bottle (all proportions in excess of 4 grains being usually prepared from a medical prescription). When employed as an anti-acid, it is highly important to obtain this article good. . Seltzer Water is carbonate of soda, common salt (chloride of sodium), and carbonate of magnesia.