Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-15

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v'as. dtnlnished and approached ihe
quantities contained in the analysis Q,
, Surfing No e which Ia justly conSioeic -
Ia be the most powerful and pefiect So,,
vent Of the various forms OF e~i0u' vi
Known TO science and not of calculi ol'F.
whether Of the red lithic or uric acid W
tho triple phosphate of ammonium mag
nesium variety. but also of morbid con
cretions in general. such as sugar, choles-
term crystals, ETC.
APPLICABLE TO GREATEST VA
RIETY OF CASES
TIA Same distinguished authority has
written: Were | called upon 10 s'a.e
what mineral waters were applicsbie 70
the greatest variety Of cases In which
ithia potash. and soda are especially
Indicated and what mineral waters pre-
scrfbed by themselves alone, leaving incur
cines and diet entirely out OF 'he luz
,ton will effect the most speedy, radical'
ara nermauent cure In such, shoulo I'M
beeitatingly answer. The Buffalo LUNA
waters OF Virginia | consider tne sai's
of nthium as held In natural soluuoi, VI
those waters far more eficacious IMAM
any pharmaceutical piepai "''V''
! salts , .,o
Colonel Goode. the proprietor OF tne
| snrinps has always claimed Tor the
| water that ii Is solvent or uric aciu'
i,nbosnhatic and oxalic calculus, but more
particularly Of the first. When ne as
sumed this position physicians al over
| the country took Issue with MIN, con-
tending that the claim was enurely III
| CONSISTENT for they asserted that the
same agent could not act upon all three.
They even used this seemingly extraVa-
CANT claim of Colonel Goode as an ar
suruent against the water containing any
! Of the DrODqrtics claimed iOf IT,
PROFESSOR WALLETS TESTIMONY.
The question was. however, very soon
set at rest by the able and distinguished
! Professor OF Chemistry in the University
| oftirginia. who made the following state
| ment after examining four or hNe
specimens OF calculi passed by patients
under the action Of the water OF spring
| No. .: 1T seems. on the whole proDab.e
| that the action Of the water Is primarily
| and mainly exerted upon uric aciu anu
the urates. but that when these consti-
tuentg occur along with and as cement
ing matter 10. phosphate or oxalic cal
culus materials the latter may be 80
detached and broken down az TO disinte-
crate the calculus as a whole in these
cases also. thus admitting OF uretheral
discharge"
The importance Of the suggestion Of
Professor Mallet cannot be oyerestimated.
and the solution of the whole question or
controversy between the proprietor OF
the springs and the physicians was adj
mitted by the latter. and accepted as en-
tirely satisfactory
No less eminent authority than DR..
Thomas II. BuclIler, Of Paris. formerly Of
Baltimore, and the suggestor Of lithia as
a solvent for uric acid says Of Buffalo
Idthia Water: Il have frequently used II
with good results in uric acid dlathesls'
rheuma tism, and govt, and with this OBJ
iect ] have ordered ii to Europe. Lithia
is I'm no form so valuable as where 1t
exists in the carbonate. the form in which
Il is found i'm Buffalo Lithia Water, Ma
lures mode of solution and division m
water which has passed through Lepido-
lite and Spodumene mineral formations"
VASTLY SUPERIOR TO PREPARA-
TONS.
1t was a well-established fact that the
Buffalo I.ithia Waters are vastly superior
TO any Of the preparations OF nina or
potash Of the pharmacopoeia. Indubitable
testimony exists in support Of this in the
written acknowledgment Of many emil
nent physicians.
Or. William a. Hammond, OF Washing
ton ID. c.. says:
1T is well known that many cases OF
diseases Of the nervous system are COM
plicated with lithaemia, and that unless
this condition is removed cure IS very
often retarded. and not infrequently en-
tirely prevented II is quite commonly
the case that in cerebral congestion. pro-
ducing insomnia. nervous prOstratiOn. re-
sulting from governmental work or much
emotional disturbance. and in epilepsy tto
say nothing OF many cases Of insanity
an excess Of uric acid in the blood is
often observed. This state appears to be
altogether independent OF the character
OF the food. for no matter how careful
the physician may be I'm regard 10 the
diet Of the patient. the lithaemic condi-
ton continues. l have tried TO overcome
this persistence by the use of phosphate
Of ammonia and other so-called solvents
for uric acid. but without notable effect
Several years ago, however, | began 10
treat such cases with Buffalo Lithia
Water. with result that was astOn.sh-
ing to mo as it was beneficial TO the pa
tent"
Dr. Halsted Boyland. A. NJ. Of the Fa-
Guilty Of Medicine of Paris, has gone on
record as follows:
In uric acid d.athesis, govt. rheuma-
tsm. lithacmia, calculi, &c. in which
lithia and potash are regarded as most
specially indicated. / have obtained far
better results from the Buffalo Lithia
Water than from any Of the preparations
of the lithium salts of the pharmaco-
poeia. In calCuli of the red lithic acid
and the white phosphate deposit the
solvent power Of this water is unmis-
taxable. In cases of Bright's disease. in
which albumen in the urine reached as
high as 50 per cent. l have known 1t, un-
der course OF this water gradually
diminish: at sthe same time other alarm
ing symptoms were relieved and the suf-
feiers restored TO health"
Dr. r. G. Laird. resident physician, Hot
Springs n. c., in the New York Medical
Times Of March, 1896, says: II have fire.
qucntiy prescribed the various prcpara-
tons Of lithia and potash. but am
thoroughly convinced that Che results OBJ
tanned from the pure Buffalo Llthla
Water are far superior"
4 WONDERFUL CURE.
One Of the first cures effected by Spring
No. was I'm the case of an old negro SER
want about SO years Of age. who was a
victim of dyspepsia and rheumatic govt.
DR. James Shelton has stated the case,
which is a truly remarkable one as fol-
lows:
Dolly Shelton. formerly q family ser
want. resides mile from Buffalo Springs.
When about 50 years OF age she was bed
ridden. a sufferer from atomic dyspepsia
and rheumatic govt | advised remedies
I'm the case as palliatves merely. not re-
garding her recovery as among POSSIBLE
ties While she was in this condition a
spring was discovered at Buffalo now
known as Spring No ?. without sugees-
ton she at once commenced the use Of IT,
and in a few months q saw her only AT