Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-13
REMARKABLE CASES.

kEMAlthABJE tASfS.
A new arrival at the springs jus. at
present will find the guests all agog
regarding two remarkable cases that
have been added TO Buffalo's record this
season. Remarkable cures effected by
Buffalo waters are not remarkable I'm
certain sense-that is. they are not un-
common. Living witnesses may be
found all over the land to bear testi-
mony to these cures, and who rise up
and call these fountains blessed. But
the two cases referred to are so fresh
and have created so much talk that
the statement of DR. r.. G. Laird, the
resident physician, regarding them, will
not only prove OF interest, but ought to
be given publicity in the interest Of, and
as an encouragement to-, suffering hui
mainly.
In answer TO questions regarding these
cases, DIR. Laird said Of the first that
State was a sufferer from Bright's dis
ease. and was apparently In extremis
when he came to the springs, some
twenty-one days ago. His face and
limbs were very much swollen. his eyes
were bloodshot and almost closed from
swelling Of the lids. and there was Gu
remic poison to such an extent as that
it greatly impaired the vision The
heart action. continued the Doctor.
was exceedingly weak and irregular. and
intermittent with respiration so diff
cult that he had not been able to lie
down for fourteen nights. During that
period his only rest had been sitting
i'm a chair, and Il was the simple truth
to say his symptoms pointed TO an inn
mediate fatal termination.
In a few days, however. the water
acted freely upon him (as shown by de-
posiO, there was a rapid and marvellous
abatement OF his distressing symptoms,
and now, said the Doctor, there has
been total disappearance of those
symptoms He Is to-day in apparent
good health and cheerful and active
for one Of his years. and there Is no.
thing about him to suggest that ne
was seriously an invalid.
The Doctor added that he regarded his
recovery as little short OF miracle.
THE OTHER CASE.
The second case was that OF gentle
man from North Carolina. who arrived
| at the springs last month extremely
emaciated and feeble and weighing only
| % mounds. Dr. Laird diagnosed his case
as stone i'm the bladder. and put him on
No. 2 water. In speaking OF this case
| DIT. Laird said:
I'm a few weeks the patient commenced
| the free discharge Of calculus matter
| i'm the form of sand or powder OF the
phosphate variey. All OF this matter
| has not been preserved, but / think II
safe to say that IL has amounted 10 mol
| less than five or six ounces.
Upon the arrival at the springs ,ht
vitality of this patient was so low tha'
/ think no surgeon would have felt JUS
| tilted in attempting an operation upon
| him.
| "He now weighs 1S5 pounds. making q
gain of IS pounds. and is in good genera
| health, though still discharglng caicuiou'
| matter" IL,
! Or. Laird is always very conservative
| i'm his statements; as conservative, III
! deed, as Colonel Goode, the proprie,o'
is cautious about publishing anythint
about what the waters will do. unless ~
has absolute proof or unimpeachaon
testimony. DIR. Laird can tell OF man,
| other cases almost as remarkable As th'
above. TO which there are hundreds o
| witnesses.
There are now about fifty guests mere
| and the prospect Is that the season VII
be an unusually full one. the guest
receive every care and attention. ana III
table is supplied with the best the maj
ket affords. Mr. A. w. Archer so ioh'
the popular proprietor OF the Exchahg
Hotel. Richmond is managing bunai
this year, and has a competent corps
assistants in each department. ".
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