SEMIGORIE
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Semigorie is a drinking water spa located 23 km from Anapa in the North Caucasus region. The mineral source, discovered by Budzinsky, belongs to the salt-bromo-iodine type and is used for various gastrointestinal disorders, including chronic gastritis with normal or reduced acidity, neurosis of the stomach, chronic enterocolitis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, gout, and general obesity.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
SEMIGORIE, a drinking spa located 23 km from Anapa and 9g,2?shchot from the Tonnely station, near the stanitsa of Nakhayevskaya, in the Anapa district of the North Caucasus region. The spa is situated in a picturesque mountainous area on the watershed between the basins of the Maskacha and Psebek rivers. The mineral source (discovered by Budzinsky) belongs to the salt-bromo-iodine type and is used for prolonged catarrhs of the stomach with normal and reduced acidity, neurosis of the stomach with reduced secretory function, chronic enterocolitis with a tendency toward constipation, cholecystitis and cholangitis, gout, and general obesity. The temperature of the source is 16°, the flow is about 1,500 liters per day, there is no capture, and the outlet is fitted with a small reservoir. The spa has a sanatorium. The season is from July 1 to September 30.
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“SEMIGORIE.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/semigorie/