JOHNE, MINERAL WATERS OF
\d͡ʒˈɒn], \dʒˈɒn], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n]\
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Johne is a village near Dol in Franche-Comte, France, where is a mineral spring, which contains subcarbonate of soda, and subcarbonates of magnesia and iron. It is used chiefly as a bath in certain diseases of the skin, and in atonic affections.
By Robley Dunglison
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