East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-12-20
THURSDAY,
The Medicinal Properties Of Our
tsaiirOS.

notice from the "rest Of mankind" that
it is desirable resort for invalids. But
we propose now, not only to take that
position, bnt to give good reasons for
the faith that is in us. And If the rca-
sons are sound, we invite the world of
ipvalids, and especially that large class of
chronic sufferers, who under treatment for
years, find themselves no better, but
rather grow worse, to try the mineral
waters of Saginaw. We claim for them
medicinal properties equal to the most
celebrated in this country or Europe
That is a broad proposition, and will
awaken the suspicion that we are either
visionary or speculative, and are over
rating the value of the recent discoveries.
Let the proofs decide. We contend that
our brine will cure invalids, as certainly
as our salt will cure meat. How well
that may be, an article in another column
vii! show.
Mineral waters, valued for medicinal
properties, are either saline, chalybeate,
! (impregnated with iron,) sulphureous or
acduous. If we claim to rank among
them, it must be under the first, or second
class, or both. The salts commonly
found in the celebrated medicinal springs
are the chlorides of sodium, common
salt J of calcium, Qime, and Of magnesium
with the sui phates Of soda, (Glauber's
salt, and of lime, (gypsum,) and the
carbonatcs of soda, lime and magnesa.
The Cheltenham waters in England,
greatly resorted to since 1710 by inva.
lids, particularly those suffering from the
effects of high living, or residence in hot
climates, contain in gallon SCI grains
of salt, 50 Of chloride of lime, 81 of
chloride Of magnesium, and 40 of Glau-
ber's salt. All these substances are pow
erful cathartics, and are only valuable
incidentally, when largely diluted, as they
are in these springs. The water at
bennington, England ut Scarborough,
at EPSON, the Spital water on the south
side of the Tweed, and the waters of
most of the famous Scotch springs, are
nearly Identical with those OF Chcltcn,
ham. The water of lnncrleithcn, a
fashionable place of resort to the inhabi-
tants of the south Of Scotland, which
owes its celebrity to Sir Walter Scots
romance of "St. Romans Well, contains
in gallon $50 grains Of salt, 81 OF
chlor. of lime, and 80 of carbonate OF
nagncnia. The springs of Seiditz in
Bohemia, are remarkable for the bitter.
ness of their taste, and owe their medi-
cinal virtue to a large quantity Of sui.
phatc Of magnesia, (cpsom SALTY OF all
these, as Of sea water, it may be said
that they are chiefly beneficial as baths.
Sea water contains in a gallon, 1915
grains of salt, 335 Of Glaubcr's salt, 81
of chlor. of magnesia, and IS of chlor. Of
, lime. The saline waters of Balston,
y. Y, contain in the same quantity,
143 grains Of salt, 43 Of carbonate Of
l. E
Those of the Pavilion spring at Saratoga
243 grains of salt, 81 of carbonate Of
magnesia, 4 1 of carbonate of lime, II o.
, carbonate Of soda, and of carbonate Of
{ IRON The waters Of the Congress spring
and the iodine spring arc about the same
except as to the presence of proportions
Of iodine. In the chaly beate waters, the
T iron is most frequently held in solution by
: carbonic acid, and in nearly all Of then
q are large quantities of the same material,
4 mentioned as found in other salincs.-
Where these qualities are combined, and
lllc lDUlC clIcClS vi iliC llOu uiC uulttt
with the aperient action of the salt, the
most valuable results are obtained. The
celebrated Bath waters contain as prom
, nent ingredients, gypsum, common salt,
, Glauber's salt, and iron. These water;
! are valued in cases Of dyspepsia, palsy
rheumatism and in all the disorders o
: the head, stomach and bowels, growing
!. out of the abuse Of the appetite -
D Especially are they serviceable in cases
of scrofulous habits, cutaneous complaint
and of the various diseases Of fcmaes.-
/ The waters of the st. GATHERINGS well in
= Canada, which have attained great celeb
, rity within the past six years, show al
, analysis very nearly identical with thos,
: referred to first. They were visited dur
ing the past season by hundreds of inva
lids, with the best results And the
< concentrated water, which is simply the
residue in the kettles after removing the