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la particular, thefe cafes teach us, the moft happy ef- 

 fcfts are to be expedecl from thefe waters in old and ob- 

 itinate ulcers, which they quickly and readily difpofe to 

 heal. That they penetrate the moft remote and minute 

 vefiels of the body, prove powerful deobftruents, and re- 

 move the moft obftinatc of difeafes, glandulous obftruc- 

 tions, even after they had refifted the moft powerful me- 

 dicines. And hence they may prove highly beneficial in 

 ftrumous and fcrofulous cafes of children, in jaundice, 

 and other obftrufllons of the liver, fpleen, and myfenteric 

 glands, which lay the foundation for fo many and Inch 

 obftinate chronical complaints; as alfo in cafes of obftru£t- 

 ed catamenia, and where, from relaxation, the flow is too 



abundant. 



They likewife, as appears from the cafes of7V.JV,and- 



L.M, cure moft obftinate rheumatifms, and that languor 

 and uneafinefs which often arife from too violent exercife, 

 and which are nearly allied to the rheumatifm'. 



And however prejudices may operate againft the ufe of 

 Chalybeate waters in diforders of the lungs, nothing 

 is more certain than that thefe I am now treating of, have 

 aff'orded cff^e£lual relief in violent coughs, even where 

 they have been of long ftanding, and when attended with 

 heftic complaints; as is evident from the cafes of Mrs. H. 

 Mifs i2. and J. F. which laft was the only cafe in which 

 drinking the ^^[aters without bathing completed the cure. 

 Nor indeed is this dodrineofthe ufe of Chalybeate wa- 

 ters in pulmonary and hedic complaints intirely new- 

 Morton prefcribes them in the phthifis pulmonalis, in 

 which he does not ftand fingle. And there have been in- 



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fiances of confiderable relief aff'orded by them even in the 

 laft ftages of a confumption. Some reftridions and cauti-^ 

 ons are certainly necelTary in their ufe, but they would be 

 too tedious to mention here, and muft be left to the jugd- 

 ment of the phyfician. 



In nervous diforders arifing from relaxation, one would 

 naturally expert from them the happieft eff'eds, and in 



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