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"Brieskc, physician to field- mars hall Bliicher; and 

 "Dr. Mitterbacher, of Carlsbad, to whom the patient 

 "was recommanded, allowed him, without hesitation, 

 "to begin the cure, on the 4th of July. He drank at 

 "first moderately, increasing gradually to fourteen 

 "beakers a day. The water operated much more 

 "upon the kidneys than upon the bowels, and pro- 

 duced now and then shooting pains in the fracture. 

 "The medical attendants observed \ery soon that the 

 "callus was turning soft; the patient however con- 

 tinued drinking 5 the shooting pains increased till; 

 "to their utmost surprize, they found, on the 9th of 

 "July (6th day of the water treatment) the callus 

 "completely gone and the fractured parts moveable. 

 "The waters were then discontinued, and, with the 

 "help of a proper bandage, the local accident was 

 "completely healed in a few weeks. This is a most 

 "remarkable case. What prodigious activity must not 

 "that water have! What better proof do we want 

 "of its resolving quality, and of its power to destroy 

 "the reproductive quality of the lymph ? Can we 

 "longer wonder that such a water dissolves more 

 "efficaciously than any other known remedy, the 

 "obstructions and coagulations of the bowels?" 



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The crystals of Carlsbad salt having been dis- 

 covered, with the help of a strong microscope, in the 

 perspiration of water-drinkers , why should not that 

 salt have penetrated the bones of the above-mentioned 



