Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-11

rndo and travel IN these days oil steam ignore
hose ancient necessities that depend upon the
onagurntlon OF the earth's surface. Rail-
Dads and electric telegraphs pass In straight
Ines under mountains, or over them, regard,
ng only the shortest way to their destiny and
rom thls fact the little burg of the fertile
basin had been left oui OF the
great trade maps.
But there came a day when steam was laid
asido--when war went back on our modern civ
Alzatlou, as the philosophical slang phrasehas
ilependcd on the moycmt Of men carried
forward on their own ie1ASOrb by the feet Of
iOrses. Then Il happey that two armies,
'triklng from Virginia Tor the heart Of Penn
ylyaniR, found That their lines Of March
anne together at Gettysburg. At Gettysburg,
therefore,, they met In three days of terrible
armed collision, and from that day the quiet
picturesque village became famous place In
But there Is another reason likely to give
/ intcrest-the discovery there Of mcdi-
final spring Of raro virtue. The chcml-
al constituents Of these waters and
Inc already observed effects Of their use
promise TO give 10 the Gettysburg spring q
reputation greater than that Of any other In
this country, and not second to that held by
such famous sources In Europe as Marlcnbcrg,
klsscngen, and Nichy. II Ia not 10 be doubted
that wo have on this continent medicinal
springs OF a. great value as any known else
where. The difference Is that In such anciontly
countries as those Of Europe, the
curative qualities Of the waters Of every spring
have become known through long observation
Of their effects. With US all this observation,
or much Of II, has yet to be made, and the
discovery Of the Gettysburg spring Is q valua-
bic contribution TO that kind Of knowledge
most desirable for those afflicted with chronic
diseases Of the digestive organs or Of the
hat .a.1 1..l2 L..
equity parents.
MGgnesia, limo, lithia and soda In combl-
nation with carbonic acid arc the main bodies
by weight Of this water, but Of these llthia Is
the most important substance. This In all
probability gives the water its peculiar vlr-
tue; for this Is the body whose presence en-
ablcs the system to throw out certain pOlsons
that II Is otherwise impossible TO eliminate.
Certain Inorganic substances taken In with
the food make combinations In the system
that are insolublo, and these combinations
arc deposited by the blood In the various
tissues. SO-callcd chalk stones found In the
joints, and the stones that are so often pres
ent In the bladder are familiar Instances of
these. These connections (calculus) cannot
be gotten rid Of because OF the difficulty of
up the combinations between their
acid and It's base, but llthia Is the body with
which medical chemistry has most success in
this process. Tho acid In these cOncrctions
has greater affinity for lithia than for the
llkalis with which they usually combine.
Thus the presence in quantities OF this alkali
favors the efforts OF the natural powers
greatly In all attempts TO get rid OF these
causes Of Understandable trouble, and there Is
no other way In which this body can DO go
effectively and satisfactorily kept present as
by means of such mineral water prepared
in the great laboratory Of nature. 4 writer
In tho Philadelphia Medical aud Stirgicdl Re
HRtalla
Iects Of this water.
THE SOLUTION OF CALCULUS.
He says: "Tho patients own account of his
,ase presents some features both of n pathO-
ogical and therapoutlcal interest to the
medical inquirer. lie had suffered, he tells
rs, more or less from rheumatism for thirty
years past, and during more than o third Of
hat time from diabetes In Its most aggravated
form. During ten years past hard Jumps
lad formed above and around his knee Joints.
The diabetes was so severe for many years
hat he did not get an hours sleep at any
INC time, and Ii was only kept under by rigid
letting"
This invalid was relieved Of his rheumatic
gOut, Of his Jumps and of his diabetes by this
water, and In a few weeks threw away his
'rutches and resumed hSs bssLtI- L--isl-
,arly years. In reference 10 the effect Of this
winter upon tho chalkstoues OF rheumatism or
govt the same writer says:
"This case Is truly extraordinary. The
nodes or hard tumors on the joints were Of
very unusual size. As regards their hardness
and composition, we are forced TO believe
that their main bulk consisted Of inorganic
Carbonate of llme,) true
chalk stone, or urate Of soda, commonly but
called by tho same name. Both
Of these deposits are met with on the joints
IN rheumatism, as well as (though not SO fro
lucntly) In govt. We're we 20 suppose these
Iwclllngs to be ligamentOus or cartllaginous,
with bOny matter deposited, our surprise at
heir disappearance would be none the less
Recourse 10 all known therapeutical agents
and modes Of treatment Is Intellectual beyond,
aroductiOn Of the size Of the nodes
Of equity or rheumatic nature by absorption
VI part Of the outer and investing structure.
But the entire removal Of the Inorganic body
without surgical Intervention has not, we be-
leve, hitherto been brought about by either
Internal remedies or external applications or
by both united. In the case now under no
tice we cannot believe that the absOrbents
would be equal TO the task Of sucking up, as II
were, the deposited Inorganic matter, unless
this deposit had been subjected 10 the solvent
action Of the blood brought TO the part by tho
delicate cRpillaries. Whence comes this SOL
vent property ~
Another cure was OF dyspepsia. It is thus
stated
:" As illustrating the benign effects of the
water In dyspepsia, the case OF a
lady living near the town may be cited. She
had been afflicted with stomach disease or
dyspepsia In one Of It's most terrible forms for
twenty years Such was the state Of her
for many years that she was unable
10 drink tea or coffee or any other liquid,
even common water itself, without vomiting,
and could barely take nutrimcnt Of any kind
in quantity enough TO sustain life. She was
reduced 10 a state Of extreme cma-
citation, and was so weak as TO be unable TO
III up In achair. Her malady was aggravated
till farther by pains and great depression of
pirits. Recourse was ultimately had to the
gettysburg water, Of which she drank for
ono months, and found, among other dis
Overios, that 1t was the only thing that would
1t on her stomach. Under this course the
ady rcgained entirely her health. We can
veil appreciate her Joy when she says, In the
,xuborance OF her ieellngs 1t has proved 10
ne q yeritable water Of life"
CURE OF OUR NATIONAL DISEASE.
Ills remarks In relation to the cures of this
class Of diseases cannot hut proyLdooply in
ioresting 10 nation Of dyspeptics. He says:
The manifest sanitary influence exertod
by the Gettysburg water over dyspepsia nat
irally prompts to some remarks on the pro-
elfOrm character Of this disease. Imperfect
md disOrdered digestion, which Is called
dyspepsia, Is attended by host Of symptoms,
tut the smaller number of which are directly
bowels. The dyspoptlc often suffers from one
,r more of the following secondary disor-
leTs, viz: Headache, vertigo, neuralgia, cough,
and pain of the chest, asthmatic OPP
preston, palpitatiOns and hypOchondTiasis,
md, II the invalid be female, hysteria and
Of health depending on her
peculiar organization. Tho digestive appa-
ratus falling 10 do Its duty, the food cannot be
into chyle and blood Of such
! quality and In such quantity Us TO meet the
wants Of the other organs. The brain and
leryes and muscles suffer In consequence, and
,orfOrm their respective Offices Of thought
cnsatlOn and lOcOmotlOn feebly, and with
fort.
1.-THE heart suffers from palpitation and ir-
ocular contraction of Its muscular walls, and
he bloOd-Tessels transmit an impoverished
ltal fluid 10 the organs through which they
IRE distributed, and In which they deposit the
Iutritlye matter required by each Of them for
Is growth and the performance Of It's partic-
liar duty. The skin Is pale when not sallow
u jaundloed, and Is cold and rough TO the
ouch. From this imperfect nutrition, aided
y impure air and damp and dark lodgings,
here ensue scrofula with Its many guises, and
hronic affections OF the skin. The kidneys,
which arc In such close sympathy with the
gcstlye organs, soon cyineo responsive
lsease. Many Of these remote symptoms arc
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