Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-11
"Tho Therapeutics Of Mineral Springs

/ THE Therapeutics Of Mineral Springs
and Climates" BY I. Burney Yeo,
Md, Professor of the Principles
and Practice Of Medicine. in
Kings College. London, England.
Cloth, AZ x7Hin.. 745 Pr; w. T.
Keener & Co.. Chicago.
Where to go when you are sick and
must go somewhere-is the great sub.
ject of this book. II is intended for
physicians. but 1t Is 30 written and ar
ranged that any intelligent person in.
terested in such subjects as thermal
springs, climate. the adaptation OF
certain climates to particular diseases,
may derive great deal Of information
from 1t.
Indeed, no matter who you are, II
your physician has ordered q change
, OF surroundings without specifying
where you shall go, get this book and
read II.
DR.. Yeo begins with discussion OF
the nature, composition, classi fca ton,
application and internal action Of min
eral waters.
Dealing with the nature Of mineral
F., springs, we may point out that. strict
ly speaking, all waters found In No
ture are mineral waters. for as water
Is q universal solvent, even rain wa.
ter, which is the purest natural water
known, contains minute amounts OF
mineral substances and gases in solu
ton. which II meets with in the at
, mosphere. It Is pointed out, with
truth, that the effects Of the salts In
natural mineral waters are such as
cannot be obtained from any artificial
imitation OF them; that the newly dis
covered property OF radio-activity is
in probability possessed by all mineral
waters. More remarkable still Is
F., the conclusion, arrived at by expert
mental psychologists, that absolutely
pure water, that is. water without
traces Of mineral substances. Is poi
sonous."
Under Accessory Measures" the
, author takes up the different thera
peutic methods common to health re.
, sorts, indicated, pine-needle, bran,
starch or malt baths; peat, mud, sea
mud. gas, steam, hot-air, spray, sun
and light and electric baths with all
their variations and appliances; mas
sage, mechanical exercise, and, last
but not least indeed. diet.
In reference to After Cures. DR.
Yeo says: 1T Is certainly most unde
sirable, after a course Of mineral wa
tiers and baths, to return at once to
the cares and anxieties Of business
, or household management. or to fulfl
social engagements. =. Except fol
some anaemic and neurasthemic cases
we do not consider places situated al
great elevations well adapted for after
cures. The air often proves exciting
and irritating. the rapid changes Of
temperature are keenly felt, and IL
cold seasons and In persons with fec
BILE constitutions, chilliness and do
preston are apt to be complained Of
Medium elevations are safer and
more generally suitable"
The following mineral springs arr
carefully described: AK Ia Ohapelle
AK les Bains, Allevard, Am'ehe lie!
Bains. Apenta, Appolinaris Whose wa
tiers, DR.. Yeo says. may be taken al
the type Of alkaline waters. The diet
etic value of such a water depends OF
It's containing a definite and moder
ate amount of sodium bicarbonate ant
sodium chloride and considerable
amount of free carbonic acid gas :
Ashly de Ia adeweiter. Bogneres d.
Bigone. Bagnoles de r0rnj,, Bath
Carlsbad. Ems. Harrogate. Kissingen
Spa. vichy and hundreds Of others no
so well known.
The Doctor then devotes O section
10 diseases, suggesting some particu
lar climate for the disease indicated
Physicians who send patients ava,
viii find this discussion profitable,
"What Kind Of climate has any par
tlonlar placer We generally mean b.
q question OF this Kind that We deslrl
! 10 know how the natural condition.