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.

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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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    Almost always, the perspiration is general. Some- times, however, there are some parts which do not par- ticipate in it. It is principally when a member has been weakened, has diminished in volume after some accident—above all, after prolonged chronic rheumatism —that these exceptions are observed. Bertrand says he has seen patients in whom the whole of a lower extremity remained free from the colouration and perspiration which the other parts presented. There are cases in which this indifference of a part to the action of the remedy goes off towards the middle of the treatment. When it continues it is rare for the waters to be successful. There are many bathers who, on leaving the bath, return to their bedroom on foot. Bertrand had never seen the perspiration stopped by this, not even when the weather was cold and damp at the time. The in- creased action of the solids, principally of the skin, and the expansive effort impressed upon the fluids, he thinks, explain this. State of the Bather during the Day.—Bertrand. A mild and agreeable perspiration replaces the abun- dant sweat experienced during and after the bath; and, if this was pi'operly moderated, in place of finding himself weakened during the day, the patient feels more active [see Dr. Brockwell's letter, p. 20]. The articulations have more flexibility, the skin retains its suppleness and unctuosity, and loses the colour and part of the density acquired during the bath. The appetite is better. The quantity of urine diminishes, unless the skin does not dry, a thing which is rarely observed.