, 1875-09-26
HATHORN SPRING WATER.


faca5bocate OF hne.. .1:u.6A6 "
Bsearbonate Of etront1a. trace.
hlcarboHate OF batyts....-............. 1,7S7
! o'ea1uoua1e o1 IRON. 1123 Z"
1noepaase oi eoo2. .Qo6
! AA'7 ~ eeoa'-.''- .......a uace.
Aiumtua. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Isl
] 1.a4Ca ........................... 1+1e1 !"
| 01xa444o 1G3st<1. tT1ce.
| Toeal aond contents. .8s8.4p3
oasoonic acsd gaa IN gallon a76.747 inches. DAM
tty. Lou3.
will be observed that tho quantity Of suit
contained IN this water, excepting the chlorid
OF sodium, Is comparatively small. It's thern
feuslc action, howevor, when taken in the usua
quantity Is much greater than the small 1mouu
OF the salts would prodace II combined artificial
y. In It's remote action it Is. like other minera
waters, powerful Alternative whsn taken in mod
crate quantities. for q considerable time.
when en- explanation Of these facts Is aaEet
1or, ne can only quote in reply that CAIN an!
careful investigator sud most brilliant p1acti
tlonec OF our day. tho laInented Trousseeu, VITO
writing Of the peculiar therapeutic effect OF min.
eral waters. Gays: "Whateyer may be said 0,
them, mineral waters are not simple medica,
ments; whatever ma7 be the predominant min,
| ere!1z1ng agent as demonstrated BY analysis il
| acta not alone. Nature, in combining with the
| more OF less notable clements which chemistry
may isolate other exceedingly variable ingredi.
ents and principles which hare not yet been dis
covered, has done for this miueraized agent
that which We seek to initiate each day in ou1
prescriptions when ne endeavor to reinforce Or
diminish the effects of = medicinal substance by
associa'ing others With it. In making duo a.
lonance for the particular phenoneua Which
may result from the action OF such or such cle-
ments which enter into the composition OF a
mineral water, we should not attribute to 3 sin
gle principle, however dominant it appears in
the chemical analysis, nj tho properties Of the
watef; and clinical experience only can permit
Us to judge This ia 80 exceedingly true that
dyspepsias, allied to grave cachectic state 4 do
not now speak OF paludal caohe1ia) are admira-
bly, modited BY very different waters: by those
waters in which the mineraliztng principle e.
capcs, 90 to speak, chemical analysis. i.
Piombieres and Basneres-de-Bigorre in the par
ticular disease which occupies Us in virtue Of
an action which escapes us, and which
know not how to explain, triumph orer rebell-
ious dyspepaias- Under their saluta1y indu-
ence the appetite revires, the constitution is re-
organized; patients affected with dropsy, with
viscerA engorgemea,t, arrive At Plombjeres OF 1t
Bigorre in q deplorshle state, aud depart after u
single seaeoa, in condition notable ameliora-
ted, and arc often cured in manner aItpgether
unexpected"
What T1cuseeau says Of Plonbie1es, am able,
from personal experience, to say Of Hathorn
Spring water. Its therapeutic action is very
prompt. When t.kan in the morning, 1t is agree
sble to the taste, grateful to the stomach, und
acts efficiently ae IN evacuant; and while it may,
and in MANY cases doea INDUCE full and copious
objections, they are not attended With pam !:
neither is lanGuor nor debility experienced by
the patient; but, On the contrary, q feeling OF
refreshment and invigoration- The immediate
effect upon the digestive organs, whether ho-
paired by disease or exhausted from any cause,
Is to increase their powers Of assimilation and
nutrition, the appetite being increased al once.
That oppression which ia often felt. that sense
OF ful}ness which was termed " abdominal pleth-
ora" BY the old hors. that condition. in ahork
fo which the liver, spleen, and mesenterY are
usually filed with blood, slowly moving, and
when hRmor1hoids are troublesome, IS quickly
relieved by it, The abdominal circulation is in
creased and the engagement OF the blood Tessels
is diminished with gratifying senee Of relief
To those affected NTH what has been SUD-
posed to bo IN e1gorged condition Of the Irer,
characterized by a dueky complexion, a coated
tongue, pasty, bad ta5te IN the mouth, capri
cious appetite and sluggish action Of tho bowels,
with sense Of fulIness In the head and OF mea-
tai dnllness, this water proves most valuable.
It Heems to Iquify the bile, causing it to flow
freely, and gives increased action to the iates-
tinal canal
When taken more frequently and in smaller
quantities than the cathaftic dosa its effect upon
The kidneys is no lees happy. It's action noon
tho renal aecretions is prompt, uniform, and
quite certain. A turbid, irritating urine il
quickly cleared up by it; the uretorB and blad-
ler are soothe1. and many casey Of veaicai ca
:arrh arc quite relieved by it.
In some OF the cutaneoas diseases, those |
more especially dependent upon An acid state Of I
he secretionB. these mineral waters are benef- |
ial, both from their alkaline properties and |
rom their dopurative effects.
Such, in brief are some Of the therapeutic I
fleets Of the Hathorn Spring water, to the use |
Il which attribute the entire relief have OBJ
aimed from tho uncomfortable symptoms de-
allied above. Sleep quiet and refreshing, has
eturned to my pillow. The only consciousness |
nov have OF stomach, when it is kindly |
tea.ed. is from it's inti1nations OF hunger; and |
he dropBy, which vas troublesome for 70 long I
time, and which suggested serious reflections
as disappeared; strength and comfortable
mount Of endurance have supplanted feeling
languor and OF debility. Tho dyspepric symp-
oms and the dropsy we're speedily relieved By
hort season at the springs they returned, how
yer, after little time. but continued uso Of
10 water for few months brought about par
[anent condition Of health.
hsYe referred to my own cs.e with 50 much
detail as it is illustrative Of thus subject and
ecause some Of you are familiar with it, and to
u am under obligations for kind professional
lvice aud assistance
DR.. Fisk w.s 1ate1y President of tho Hassschuset
ate Medical 6octety.-lED.
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