Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-28
DESERVED TRIBUTE.
Use OF BUFFALO LITHIA WATER
DISCUSSED BY DIR. HODGES
At The ACADEMY OF MEDICINE.
The Distinguished Professor OF Ner-
vous Diseases Speaks of the Disin-
tcgration of Phosphate Cnicui-
Some Wonderful Cures Effected.

The great benefits to be derived from
the use of the Buffalo Lithia Waters or
Virginia in the disintegration of phos-
phatic calculi formed the subject Of
vastly interesting aud instructive address
delivered recently by Or. j. Allison
Hodges. of this city, before the Rich
mond Academy Of Medicine and Surgery.
The lecture was listened to with the
closest attention by an unusually large
representation Of members of the medi-
cal profession, and in the discussion
that followed the views of DR.. Hodges
were emphatcally endorsed.
a synopsis Of the address appeared in
a subsequent issue of the Virginia Medi-
cal Semi-Monthly. 1t quotes the distin-
guished lecturer, who is Professor Of
Diseases of the Nervous System at the
University College of Medicine, as say
ing, in part:
The reading tonight of the paper on
"Oxaluria." and the discussion on IL. has
brought 10 mind a case that recently
came under my observation, which,
though not bearing directly on that
subject, has been so full of interest TO
myself that have thought a brief report
Of IL would prove likewise of interest
and profit to the practitioners present.
a REMARKABLE CASE CITED.
About year ago l examined a patient
in the country and found, upon explora-
ton of the bladder that there were at
least two calculi present, and advised
him TO come to the city for an operation
for the relief of his distressing bladder
symptoms. At the same time, however
l advised him 10 drink large quantities
Of Buffalo Lithia Water No. 2, hoping
thereby to give him some temporary re-
lief.
About the first of September last he
presented himself at the Virginia Hos
pital for treatment; ana. being confident
that the same stones were present which
l had discovered at my first examination,
/ did not re-cxamine him fundamentally.
but put him upon preparatory treatment
for operation, and four days afterwards
referred him % the surgical clinic for
operative procedure.
The patient was, at this time not suf-
fernS from the same severe irritability
Of the bladder as when first saw him.
but was still passing a large quantity Of
urine. which contained a sediment, which,
upon evaporation. proved to be a fine,
sandy powder Of a light yellow color.
composed principally of the phosphatcs
and urates.
The patient was put upon the operating
table, and DR.. Hunter McGuire, after
some difficulty, introduced ithrotrite,
intending TO crush the stone, If possible;
but, upon careful examination. found alb
solutely no calculi in the bladder.
Io
slight symptoms Of irritation which had
existed previously were relieved, because
a structure near the neck Of the bladder
which had obstructed the free passage
Of the calculous material, was diated
and overcome by the passage Of the large
instrument used at the time.
THE USE OF BUFFALO WATERS.
During the period intervening between
my first acquaintance with this patient
and the time of his arrival here he had
been constantly using liberal quantities
Of Buffalo Iithia Water; and. after his
admission. the same was continued He
had taken no other medication Of any
Importance i'm the mean time. and none
was given him after arrival at the hos
pital.
This case, / say. was an instructive one
10 me- for it proved that the Buffalo
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had thought would be impossible without
operative Intervention. 1t also conclu-
siyely proves what Or. j. W. Malet re-
Gently said I'm regard TO the Buffalo
Lithia Water-viz.: TT seems. on the
whole, probable that the action of the
water is primarily and mainly exerted
upon uric acid and the urates, but that
when these constituents occur along
with. and as cementng matter 10. phos-
latter may be 50 detached and broken
down as 70 disintegrate the calculus as
a whole in these cases also, thus admit
ting OF its urethral discharge"
AN EDITORS NOTE.
The following note was added 10 the
above report by the editor OF the Virginia
Medical Semi-Monthly:
This report reminds the editor Of case
some years ago under his professional
care. The less than middle-aged man
had suffered many severe attacks of the
gravel" i'm the bladder. The use Of the
sound verified the diagnosis OF vesical
calculOus. Besides, several times while
urinating. the stream was suddenly stop
ped as If by something falling into the
current of urine as it was passing from
the bladder into the notwithstanding in
intense spells of Vesical tenesmus. AS he
refused operation, he was put upon the
free use of Buffalo Lithia Water. Within
few days. dsintegration of calcul-
chiefly phosphatic-was noticeable. A few
| days later, the passing Of large quanti-
ties of calculous debris became more
apparent. scratching the urethra in
its passage. In q short while. the evil
dences of vesical calculus passed away;
no click nor well-defined grating could be
detected; vesical COLES REQUIRED no more,
and when last seen-a year or so ago
the patient was doing well. All the
proofs pointed 10 Buffalo Lthia Water
as the principal, If not the sole, cause
Of the disintegration Of the phosphate
gravel