Vichy and its mineral springs : extracted from the fourth edition of the Baths of France / by Edwin Lee.

  • Edwin Lee
Date:
[1866?]
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Credit: Vichy and its mineral springs : extracted from the fourth edition of the Baths of France / by Edwin Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    modifying the morbid state upon wbicb tbeir de¬ terioration depends, and by arousing the ensemble of the digestive and assimilative functions. They, also constitute the alterative specific remedy most favourable for removing the poisonous effects ofh marsh miasmata, the presence of which in the blood I hinders the return to a perfect state of health. The waters act in these cases like fresh vegetables s in scurvy, or mercurial or iodine preparations ini] other affections.’’^ Dr. Durand, the actual phy¬ sician to the hospital, speaks highly of the effects! of the waters in these cases. The Yichy springs are most efiicacious in ai variety of deranged states of the digestive appa¬ ratus, especially connected with abdominal en-- gorgement or obstruction, chronic enlargement of the liver or spleen, and their frequently con¬ comitant hemorrhoidal complications ; in long¬ standing stomach disorder with acidity, but notH too greatly depressed powers, in some forms of; gout, and in calculous affections. They are less! generally employed in chronic rheumatism (to many cases of which, however, the baths would be well adapted), and in cutaneous diseases. Some; patients used to begin with a cool spring before! taking a hot one—the Celestins, which was sup- ■ posed to be milder and less exciting—though this, opinion is controverted by Dr. Barthez, owing toi the greater richness of this spring in salts and: gas. Its low temperature must, however, in some: measure counterbalance the more exciting effects; * “ Guide pratique aux Eaux de Vichy.”
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