East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-31
@ qualities Of ear snIimes.

noticed an editorial article in your paper
Of December 10Th, in regard to the
medicinal qualities of the salt water in
this vicinity, and having seen much to
approve in the arguments maintained by
you, have thought proper to continue
the subject, trusting that few remarks
treating more in detail Of the medicinal
character Of the water will not be unin
teresting to the public. l do not propose
to give an elaborate or finished treatise
on the subject of mineral waters, which
has been done long ago by those better
qualified TO do il than myself, but to call
attention to the remedial powers of the
water in this vicinity, by few hastily
considered ideas, directed to the people
of the Saginaw Valley more particularly
| shall therefore dispense, as far as con-
venicnt, with the technical terms peculiar
to medicine, and endcavor to make myself
understood by those for whom this is
written.
Natural mineral waters have for a long
time constituted large share of the
remedial agents used by the physicians
in the prevention or cure Of disease -
SO important are they considered, that
the difficulty which exists, in procuring
them readily in places remote from the
springs, and the changes induced fire.
quently by decomposition during the
length Of time they are often required
to be kept, have suggested the idea OF
making artificial waters, which possess
to greater or less extent the properties
of the genuine. These artificial produc-
tons in imitation Of the most celebrated
, waters in Europe especially, have long
been used with good results and continue
to be so, but owing to the impossbilty
: of accurately initiating the natural
waters, they are manilestly Of faU Hes,
| utility, and should only be used when
= the latter is not TO be obtained. The
mineral water in this region undoubtedl,
= belongs to the class of salines or sal
D. water, though it partakes to a considera
e bic extent OF the chaly beate, the sulphur
Gus and acidulous, these being water
imprcgnated with iron, sulphur or acids
n The composition Of the water from tn
well of the East Saginaw Salt Manufac
turing Company, which is the only speci
men of the water here which has beer
analysed to my knowledge, is as follows
Chloride of soda, lime and magncsia
0 carbonate Of lime and iron, sulphate o
y lime, carbonic acid and bromide of soda
The above is the composition for tn
5 most part of the different saline water
c in this country and in Europe, the differ
8 ence being in the amount, presence o
IS absence Of unimportant ingredients, o
G rather of important ingredients in mnut
IS quantities. To show that the salt waite
t of this locality is of great value as a re
d medal agent, | will take up the differen
d component parts in the order above givel
N and consider their effects in some of til
diseases to which they have been ad
ministered, and to the cure and relief c
o, which believe them in a great degre
instrumental. Chloride Of soda or con
II mon salt, when given in solution, is
'r tonic, refrigerant, emetio and catharti,
N according to the amount given and tn
lie mode of application, and is, also, a
anthelmentic or worm destroyer, a
anteseptic or preventive Of putrefactioI
, and domestic as well as professions
remedy for many Of the minor ailment
of human nature. Taken internally
disorders attended with arrangement
the digestive organs, which are the frui
:, rul source of many of the most trouble
some affections which afllict mankin,
> such as dyspepsia, govt, eruptions
various kinds, and many others unnece
. sary to enumcratc, it assists digestio
corrects the formation of acid product
which frequently lay the foundation
" many serious troubles, the most commc
= and painful of which are govt, gravel So
" and promotes the perfect assimilation
the food, thereby preventing those cru
~ tons of the skin which are dependent {
this arrangement Of the stomach; dissol
J.. ing readily, it passes into the bloc
!. greatly improving its quality, and a
cording to Plouviez, has the effect
- increasing the weight and strength
the body ! has been tried with succe
" by many physicians, both in this al
:" other countries, as q remedy for inte
&c ,,,;tto,t fayors oo1 baa Tho ofra,t &c ,