Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-08-24
K A I Al Y SIN E
" AFTER
FROM THE FAMOUS
Gettysburg spring.

WDr John Bell, author OF standard work on Min.
eral Springs, says of it
The Gettysburg Water has produced signally
curative and restorative effects in different forms
of Dyspepsia, Sickness Of the Stomach, Heartburn,
Waterbrash, Acute Neuralgia Pains, Loss of Ape
te, Chronic Diarrhea, Torpid Liver, Govt, Chronic
rheumatism, Nodosities of the joints, Approach
ing and Actual Paralysis, Diabetes, Kidney Dis
ease, Gravel" &C., &c, &c
Dr. j. j. Norman, resident Physician at the
White sulphur Springs, Professor of the Washing
ton University at Baltimore, and author OF one of
the best works on the use Of Mineral Waters.
writes:
"That as solvent of the uretic concretions in
rheumatis m and govt, it promises to take high
rank among the medicinal springs of Europe and
America. This solvent power is not claimed. that
am aware of, in behalf OF any other mineral water
or medical agent
A correspondent ofthe Boston Medical and Surg
ical Journal, gives his experience and observations
in the use of the Gettysburg Water follows
'My own experience in the therapeutical value OF
the Gettysburg Water enables me to speak OF its
usefulness i'll that most troublesome variety of dys
pepsia, the colonic also, in hematuria and abdom
lnal dropsy. In two Of the latter disease it
restored the almost suspended action of the kid
neys, alter the usual diureties had failed to do any
good. In the diarl heal stage of cholera ntanuIn
when gwen IN a dose OF tablespoonful at stated
intervals il will sometimes diminish and alnio It ar
rest the intestinal scharges, and alter beneficial
ly their character by substituting slight bilious for
watery ones. As tonic its actions are well mark
the patent in few days lrom extreme debility and
prostration."
a Correspondent of the North American Journal
of Homeopathy, after reporting number OF cures
with this water, OF Rheumatism, Gout Affections OF
the Kidneys and bladder, involving the solution of
urates or calculus in the first named diseases and
the removal of impotence i'll the last named, re.
marks:
thus far have confined myself in its admins
\ "A Ism IL
diseases of the kidneys and bladder, being guided
in great measure by the effects produced during
the proving by Dr. Herring l am, however, per
fectly satisfied from the strictly alkaline character
with which the lithia is combined, that it most prove
slgnally curative in different forms of dyspepsia
diseases OF the liver, stomach and bowels"
The New York Medical Record in an Editorial
on the Gettysburg Cataysine Water, says:
From experiments made ON our own person "a
we'll others, we can state that the Getty sbut I
Water is Il regulator OF all the secrctlcn- and eN-
cretions; under its influence the kidneys and liver.
the glands OF the Intestinal canal and the skin, all
perform their normal functions; the bowels if
| stipated become regular; the skin, if dry. becomes
moist: the torpid liver is excited to ea ty action
ami the kidneys perform their fun tons with per
feet regularity. There is total abstinence OF
iisagreeable sensations whatever; the riE medical
tr seems reused 10 increased activity and all NOR
bid causes of bodily or even disorder seem rapidly
| TO pass away. The result is: Increased appetite
and digestion, freer circulation, stronger pulse,
Il calmer mind, a more tranquil sleep, clearer
compile xion, and an increasing nervous and mus
cular power"
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