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Bareges is a village in the department of Hautes Pyrenees, near which are several springs. They are sulphureous and thermal, the heat varying from 85 to 112 Fahrenheit. They contain chlorides of magnesium and sodium, sulphates of magnesia and lime, carbonate of lime, sulphur, &c. These springs have long enjoyed a high reputation, and are daily advised in cutaneous and scrofulous affections. A nitrogenized matter was first found in these waters, and afterwards in other sulphureous springs, to which Longchamp gave the name Baregine.