On the Mont Dore cure and the proper way to use it : in the rheumatic, gouty, scrofulous, syphilitic, tuberculous, dartrous, and other morbid constitutional states; also in asthma, consumption, bronchitis, emphysema, naso-pulmonary catarrh, and other affections of the throat, chest and mucous membranes / by Horace Dobell.

Date:
1881
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Credit: On the Mont Dore cure and the proper way to use it : in the rheumatic, gouty, scrofulous, syphilitic, tuberculous, dartrous, and other morbid constitutional states; also in asthma, consumption, bronchitis, emphysema, naso-pulmonary catarrh, and other affections of the throat, chest and mucous membranes / by Horace Dobell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    seldom served, except for show; tlicy are always picked before they are ripe, in order to bring them in good condition from Clermont. The ordinary wine is better chosen and of better quality than formerly. [See p. 105.] Mixed with drinking water, it is very good; this drink suits the stomach and sustains the strength. When it is very hot, the patients like to mix the wine with the gaseous water of St. Mar- guerite, which is very agreeable and very cool; but it is generally forbidden, because it produces cough and dis- tresses the chest. Liquors are prohibited. Coffee, from time immemorial, is recommended, especially to asthmatics, and to those who are habituated to its use; it is very well prepared, and of good quality. During the course of treatment, many persons complain of excessive thirst, and ask the physician what they may drink without harm. Boudant recommends water without sugar, with two spoonfuls of coffee, and one of cura9oa to each glass. Of course, these directions only apply to the invalids; others may do as they like. Duration of Treatment and how the Bath is Taken.—Lavialle du Masmorel. The patients bathe in the very basin in which the water is received at its source. (See Table II., pp. 46-51.) The time devoted to the bath is fixed by various causes, according to the nature of the malady and the constitu- tion of the patient. The normal and customary period does not exceed a quarter of an hour. The bath is used in v-arious ways to suit the requirements of the case and the part affected, either by complete immersion, as a