Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-09-13

The Clarendon Springs. in Rutland County, Vt.
To The Editor cfthc Boston Medical and Suroi,o1
Journal: ''"'
DEAR SIR,-Notwithstandng the observations
which have been made ut different times b,, vor;.
Gus individuals, OF the recuperatve Qualities of the
Clarendon-Sprng waters, must saw that I do not
believe their beneficial agency is fully apnrecin.
ted, and that their value in mitigating manv dis
eases IS yet to be made known bya more liberal
use of them
The waters are called mintral tcaters. from the
Tact that they are impregnatcd with mineral sub
stances, which they contract from the different
strata through which they flow Mineral waters
are necessarily diversified in their nature. and are
generally arranged under the four heads of car
Donated, su,Phuretted chalybeate and saline The
waters which form the bass of these remarks. con.
tam the carbonate of lime. suphatc of soda. sul-
phate OF magnesia, &c, which are held in solution
by the carbonic acid which they contain From
the fact that many people condemn these waters MS
oelng no better than any other spring water.
through their ignorance of the medicinal proner
ties which they possess l subjon the following
analysis OF them, as given by Professor HAYES, of
Roxbury, Mass. One United States gallon, being
$50 cubic inches, was ascertained by him TO con-
tam OF nitrogen gas, or azote, 963 cubic inches;
carbonic acid gas, 46 10 cubic inches; besides at
o.
sisting of carbonate of lime, 500 grains. murate
OF lime, sulphate of soda and sulphate of magne-
sia 2 "a
The gas evolved from these waters was also
analysed. The results obtained from 100 cubic
inches, were as folows:-Carbonic acid gas O5:
oxygen gas, LOS; nitrogen gas, 9S45.
There is calcareous deposition around the
springs which consists ofcarbonate of lime, oxide
of iron and carbonate of magnesia
AS these waters are light and gaseous, and con-
tam but small amount of cathartic properties.
they pass very rapidly into the circulation by the
endomOse operation which is continually going on
IN the Intestinal mucous tissue; thus proving a
most powerful dluretic. During short STAY in
the month OF July at these mineral fountains, had
the pleasure Of seeing many, who, when thew
came there, were laborng under the paralvzino
hand of disease, leave with wonderful decree of
elasticity OF spirits, invigorated strength Of body
and OF mind; with an increased desire for life and
the many blessings which an indulgent Heaven
mas seen ut to bestow upon us But notwithsand-
ing all this, very few, comparatively speaking, are
apprised OF the remarkable sanave powers these
waters possess over a large number of diseases
which have for years resisted every conceivable
mode oftreatment While there, was astonsh
ed to see with what rapidity they effected cures in
various eXanthematous affections of the surface.
win SKIN pretenaturally dry and hot the relief
they afforded was immediate and permanent
But the appropriateness OF these waters is not
confined altogether to affections of the cutaneous
tissues. In affections of the pulmonary ORGANS
and especially those which arise from scrofIlous
diahesis, they afford relief and many times proye
curative. Ii this be true, how important it is that
their power IN mitigating the suflerings attendant
upon these complaints, should-be made more ex-
tensively known
There are still other forms ofSsoasc. over which
these waters have exhibited their power. and
among them we may reckon affections oftbe re-
nal organs, and in particular where there is a cal
cuous disposition
Mr. Rhodes, of Taunton. Mass, who from an
affection OF the kidneys, had been for years nearly
incapaclated for business and at times had suffered
intensely, arrived there few days before | did
BENG anxious to get relief if possible he went
Girecly from home to Saratoga, in order to avail
himself of these delectable waters He drank of
them for awhile with no benefit and feeling
great reluctance to returning home without nit,
lgatIon oil his sufferings he came to these springs
After drinking of these waters for few days he
told me that they had given him more relief than
either physician or anything else had ever done.
He took me into his room, and showed me eight
or ten calcuh in the vesse l. the size ola small pea.
which he said he thought came from the renal or.
gans. He thought, after drinking of these waters
Tor few days longer, he should be able to return
home free from any disease
In dyspepsia these waters have been found sin
gularly beneficial. Indeed, the benefit derived
from them in heterogeneous of the digestive organs.
by those who drank them while was there, more
than answered my expectations Another disease
over which these waters have remarkable sana-
tive influence, is that kind ofdisease which devel.
opes itself in branny scales the surface, tech
nlcally called ferturaceous herpes
LEVI ALDRIcH.
Shrewsbury, W Aug 1912
Post Office Surrendered to John Tyler.