INDEX. 



Preface 5 



Carlsbad 11 



The wells 31 



Analysis of the waters, and the Carlsbad salt . 37 

 Insufficiency of the theories proposed for explai- 

 ning thermal heat 42 



Ancient and present method of using the waters, 



and choice of the season 45 



Mode of action of the waters 54 



Complaints which Carlsbad can cure or relieve, 



and those which it aggravates 58 



Miscellaneous practical observations: 



Habitual costiveness 65 



Biliary and urinary calculi 66 



Arthritic and hemorroidal disorders, chlo- 

 rotic and other female maladies; metallic 



influences, etc 71 



Refutation of some erroneous notions concerning 



Carlsbad 77 



Water and steam -baths 83 



Regimen 87 



Observations on the microscopic animalcules about 

 the hot springs of Carlsbad, by Mr. A. J. C. 



Corda of Prague 



Explanation of the plates 1 



Flora of Carlsbad by Dr. C. B. Presl .... 1 



