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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    into the economy, that the Vichy waters are ap¬ plicable to all calculous affections of the urinary organs. They modify the pathological condition ■ of the mucous membrane of the bladder, fluidify , the mucous secretions, and by acting on the com¬ position of the blood, by preventing the formation,] either of uric acid or of the neutral phosphates, they change the constitution of the principles of the urine, so that on reaching the kidneys and thes bladder they no longer contain insoluble substances calculated to form precipitates. Thus, both practical facts and the deductions of chemistry are in accordance to confirm that which prior experience and observation had already demonstrated to remove prejudices engendered by a faulty appreciation of the phenomena.’’ * Stomach disorder, attended with heartburn and acidity, and indigestion in the general sense of the term, are in many cases capable of being cured or materially relieved, by the use of one or other of the Vichy waters. When complicated with pain (gastralgia) and diminished power of the stomach, the Hopital spring in some cases, the Lardy and Mesdames in others, would be most likely to have a beneficial effect; in other cases, where a more energetic action is required, the Grande Grille would be preferable. There is, however a great number of waters calculated to render service in the varieties of dyspepsia. The preference to be • accorded to one kind over another in any given * “ Notice sur les Eaux de Vichy.”