Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-20
A HFlRT TONIC.

A HEART TONIC.
DIR. Hammond then describes the two
WAYS the kidneys are acted upon, and
after stating that the water OF No. | acts
upon the kidueys and depurates the
blood by both these methods, adds : " IL
acts rs tonic TO the heart and as true
physiological duretIc in addition TO its
solvent power over uric acid and its COM
| pounds.
Recognizing the fact that the water Of
Spring No. 2ls an admirable tonic To the
nervous system and promoter OF dlges-
ton in cases Of nervous dyspepsia. | am
! very sure from my personal experience
| that the water of Spring No. IL superior
| in many cases. 1t Is difficult TO lay down
any definite rules 10 establish the relative
value of the water Of these two springs
when both are so good. / think, however,
that the water of No. spring Is especially
to be relied upon in cases IN which the pa
tent is decidedly annmlc. | have deh-
nitely established this point by examlna-
tons of the blood with h9macytone
and hmmatOmeter.
DIR. Herbert A. Claiborne, Of Petersburg
reinforces this testimony by declaring
that be has special faith III Spring No. i.
and continues:
The peculiar nerve-tOnic properties OF
this water give to it very remarkable re-
cuperative power in cases OF persons
broken down by Over-work or excess or by
tarcy and imperfect convaleScence.
In hthiasis in which Spring No. Is
held in such high repute. very much pre-
fer IN my own practice Spring No. /. In
govt and rheumatism, dependent upon
uric acid in the blood, / think No. Is also
to be preferred
Dr. G.. Halstead Boyland. of the faculty
OF Paris and University Leipsig, writes:
Il now prescribe the water Of spring
No. freely in oil cases where loss of nerve
force and want of tone are present with
out further classification OF the malady.
That Spring No. 2 Is equally beneficial IN
properly selected cases has been well
established in my own practice as we'll as
i'll that of many Others"
The experience Of DR.. James Shelton,
who was for twenty-seyen years resident
pnysicIan at Buffalo, is thus recorded:
lin IA number of cases Of gravel and
stone in the bladder have prescribed No.
in preference to No. and with the most
gratifying results In each case"
These testimonials might be spread out
to columns III the DISPATCH.
THE ANALYSTS.
The analyses OF the waters of the Buffalo
Springs, while they afford from a known
medical standpoint an intelligent basis
from which the physician can work in
EINlUI Iutlll. w IOl lullN lOI lutlI
action. | think DR.. John Herbert Clai-
borne, in commenting on remarkable de-
monstration OF their power in dlsintegra-
ting stone in the bladder. hits the nail on
the head. He says:
There Is nothing in its analysis which
would warrant such results, but the re-
suits are there, and seeing is believing. |
Oan only suppose that in Natures alembic
there has been some subtle solvent evolved,
% Il. g 10 !, H.,
agents. which make this wonderful dIslnte-
grafton. There are many things in
heaven and earth not dreamed of in our
philosophy and his is short creed who
only believes what he can prove or ex-
PLAIN"
AS emphasizing this would say that
every year the field OF cures of Buffalo
seems to be widening, and that important
results are being obtained that are new
aud surprising even TO those who have
gwen the effect of the waters the most
careful study. Nothing Is hazarded in the
assertion that the limit of possibilities of
the Buffalo Springs has by no means been
reached. Recurring TO No. specifically. |
want 70 accentuate my reference to its
water as a heart tonic. Heart trouble in
some form Is one of the most common
complaints of the day, and one of the most
demoralizing. Where the troubles arise
from n rheumatic predisposition it goes
without saying from the certificates |
have quoted that the water of this
spring must prove efficacious. But thou
sands of people suffer with arrangement
of the heart who have no tendency
TO rheumatism. Thousands have sympa-
thetic heart trouble which arises from dys-
pepsia. nervous conditions, and in the
cases of women from various diseases and
disorders peculiar TO their sex. For all
this latter group No. Buffalo seems pecu-
LARRY adapted have noticed that per-
sons who suffer from heart affections.
whether organic or functional are subject
to periods of mental depression. The eff
feet of this water is not only to tone them
up physically but mentally us well. and this
Is most important consideration, espe-
ciaily in respect of nervous women.
LIQUOR AND OPIUM.
Another class of cases in which most
gratifying cures are being made is that IN
which the patients have become the VIC
tins of the liquor or tho opium habit
Regarding the experience of the resort
with this class / shall be more explicit in
my next letter. and in that letter shall
also have something to say of Spring No.
and the baths. both of which play an i'm
portant part IN making up Buffalo's re-
markable record.
Before closing. however, Ishould say for
tho benefit OF those contemplating coming
here that Buffalo is still run on the cot.
tage plan, and that OF late years number
OF new and modern cottages have been
built. 1t will DO readily recognized that
for invalids aud semi-invalids this plan of |
separate family establishments IL far pre-
fszsble to being crowded into Q hotel One