Du Pont's artesian well, Louisville, Kentucky : report, analysis, and medical properties of its water : with remarks upon the nature of artesian wells / by J. Lawrence Smith.

  • Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Du Pont's artesian well, Louisville, Kentucky : report, analysis, and medical properties of its water : with remarks upon the nature of artesian wells / by J. Lawrence Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    testines alone, without any complication with the stom- ach; in either case good results may be expected from proper use of this water. But we must not be aston- ished if laxative effects are not produced by the water when the action of the skin is defective. The skin must first be brought into proper action by the bath or other proper medical treatment. Derangements of the Liver. When these do not arise from organic disease of the Liver. liver, but it has become affected sympathetically, or by its connection with the stomach and intestines, this water may be resorted to with good effect. In other diseases in which defective digestion or assimilation seems to be the prime cause, as in gravel, gout, etc., the use of this water may give relief. Nervous Diseases, Nervous Dis- Arising from derangement in the blood, or from local causes, as those violent headaches from indigestion or functional derangements of the stomach. The water removing the cause, removes the disagreeable nervous symptoms. As regards the effects of the water on mucous mem- branes, besides that of the intestinal canal, we are not prepared to assert anything, although the distinguished German writer, on mineral waters, Dr. Vetter, states that the saline waters at Baden-Baden, when taken internally, exert a beneficial effect on chronic catarrh, leuchorge, etc. Action on the Kidneys. This water acts on the kidneys; in part, on account of its constituents, and in part, from the water alone. Action on the Glandular System, Scrofula, &c. Glandular ** is Deyond a^ dispute that waters containing salt System, Scro- have a healthy action upon the glandular svstem, and fula, <fec. . . x ° J / when there is iodine present, however small the quantity