LECTURE XV. 



Salines with Enemata constitute the most effective Treatment 

 Saline Mineral Waters especially recommended Some Patients 

 cannot bear vigorous Treatment of any kind Cases LX. to 

 LXV. Personal Cleanliness is the best Preventive against 

 Infection. 



GENTLEMEN, If it be asked what remedies I have 

 found most beneficial I do not hesitate to say that 

 the exhibition of salines generally, and especially of 

 natural mineral waters, aided by the use of injec- 

 tion, has afforded me the most satisfactory results. 

 Of course a judicious choice of these waters is 

 necessary ; but those which contain the largest 

 proportions of chloride of sodium and sulphate of 

 magnesia, in combination with iodides and bromides, 

 are most worthy of trial. In this view I am in the 

 habit of recommending, more particularly, the waters 

 of Friedrichshall and Pullna; but the Carlsbad, 

 Homburg, and Kissingen waters are perhaps nearly 

 as efficient. Upon further trial it would not 

 surprise me if the Woodhall Spa of Lincolnshire 

 should prove itself superior to any of the foreign 

 waters; but as this water requires to be aided by 

 purgative drugs, I have chiefly relied upon the 



