Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-14

I I.ithIa Water. Spring No. /, Is perhaps
| more unmistakably displayed I'm the pecu-
| liar affections OF women. And more
| notably In functional Irregularities. On
| one occasion | sent patient to the
| springs suffering from puerperal mania
| and insomnia 10 a degree that required
the use Of opiates to frightful extent 20
produce sleep. Under the influence OF
| the water at the springs she In short
time slept profoundly. without the use
of any opate whatever, and after some
weeks returned home in usual health.
DIR. Il. NJ. PASCAL. oxford n. c., refer
ring TO Spring No. I, has found 1t efhca-
cious "in amenorrhoea and dysmen-
orrhoea, leucorrhoea, and other anecuohs
peculiar 10 women In exhausted OF en-
feebled conditions OF the nervous system
Dr. James Shelton, formerly resident
physician at these springs: In gynaeco-
logical practice IL Spring No. ID mas
proved to be, in my hands. remedy OF
remarkable efiicacy-notable in amenor-
rhoea. whether the menses were partl-
ally or totally suppressed. In the de-
ficient and painful menstruation OF dys-
menorrhoea, accompanied by irregularity
of recurrence as well in some
cases Of menorrhagia, Buffalo Lithia
Water. Spring No. !. not only aleviates
the pain, but lessons the flow, causing
1t TO reappear at the regular Intervals
Ii should be exhibited unhesitaungiy IN
all catamenial disorders. These troubles
are often associated with a severe form
of dyspepsia. anoreXia. nausea, ana Vomlt-
ing The water acts kindly in allay-
ing this nausea, promoting the appetite
I'm a remarkable degree, and impartlng re-
newed activity TO the whole digestive
tract thus meeting an important indica-
. 1,. l4a nj
arrangement of prolapsus uteri, IL relieves
again by its tonic power. re-establishing
the general health. In leucorrhoea and
anaema Spring No / has been prescribed
with marked success. being. at the
same time, a very valuable remedy for
women at the menopause. In neuralgia
it is of uniform efficacy. Its power as
an aphrodsiac is unmistakable, relieving
sterlity in women and impotence in men
in a number of cases"
TESTIMONY FROM PARIS.
G.. Halstead Boyland, A. NJ, NJ. D.,
Paris, member OF the Academy Of Medi'
cine, Paris, former resident physician at
the springs: Spring No. l Is perhaps
more than any other water in the world
a specific for diseases Of the female
pelvic organs, such as anteversion or
fiexion, retroverson or fleXion, and dis
placements generally. II not only forth
fies the constitution. but has direct in
fluence upon the broad and round liga-
ments of the uterus, Strengthening these
when relaxed. so that cases that came
TO the springs with very decided dis
placements returned home with the uterus
in situ all the unpleasant sensations OF
dragging and pain in the back gone, ana
the general health perfect. Both Springs
l and regulate the menstrual flow in
much the same manner that digital!s
regulates cardiac action In dysmenor
rhoea the excessive discharge is lessened
in quantity and the overalgic pa'3 ale
Waited in amenorrhoea the appearance
Of the catamenia is brought about at the
regular interval of twenty-eght days, not
only in cases where the menses have
been suppressed temporarily, but also
in those in which they have been entirely
absent for a protracted period. We have
here. the same neurosis, causing In one
case dysmenorrhoea, in another amenor-
rhoea, according to the idiosyncrasy of
the individual patient, an illustration of
the physical phenomenon that the same
cause produces different effects; the same
neurosis productive Of different patho-
logical processes. The nerve cells are
revitaliZed under the influence Of the
waters. the cause is removed. and the
effect ceases. The majority Of my own
cases of this class were treated with
Spring No. l."