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Tinwholesome for internal use. A curious testimony to the virtues of 

 one is given in the case of Mat (No, 2), in the Konkan, where, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Duncan/ the people are afraid to drink the water on 

 account of the increased consumption of food it occasions by creating 

 a voracious appetite. 



According to Gerrard a group of springs at Changrizang (No. 121), 

 near Shalkar, in the northern Himalayas, have " great repute for their 

 curative powers, each being considered specific for some special com- 

 plaint, just as it might be at some European spa," and with a cruel 

 indifference to the interest of the "profession" in that part of the 

 world, "the names of the different diseases and directions for bathing 

 and drinking are engraved in the Tartar tongue upon flat stones beside 

 ■each."2 



The water of Sita Kund at Monghyr used formerly, in consequence 

 of its great purity, to be bottled for export, and indeed is still largely 

 used in the manufacture of soda water. Its purity is attributed to the 

 fact already referred to that Sita once bathed in it.^ 



According to one writer,* to frequent bathing in a particular hot 

 Bpring, namely, Sohna, near Delhi, which has already been referred 

 to, an unhealthy and cadaverous appearance among the people is 

 attributable ; the bath is said to be crowded by men during the day 

 and by women at night. But it is stated^ that the water is consi- 

 dered a specific for the well known " Delhi ulcers," and that "it 

 possesses remarkable curative properties in rheumatism and skin 

 diseases." 



At Attaran, in Amherst, there are ten springs which have a tem- 

 perature of 130° P. ; carbonic acid gas is said to be abundantly evolved 

 by three of these springs which are in active ebullition, and a cold 

 fetid spring yields sulphuretted hydrogen gas. The water is said to 

 approach nearest in character to that of Toplitz, and it is excellent 

 in many diseases, especially in liver complaints. The Burmese use it 

 in fever and skin diseases.^ 



Jhilanand, an island in the Bann of Cutch, contains a hot spring, 

 called Bholwa. And Anand, a king, is said to have been cured of 

 leprosy by bathing in it.'' 



1 Trans. Med. and Phys. Soc. Bombay, vol. i. - " Koonawar," p. 142. 



^ Hooker, Himalayan Journals, vol. i., 1855, p. SO. 



* T., in Gleanings in Science, vol. ii., p. 34. 



^ Hunter, "W. "W., Imp. Gaz., vol. xiii., p. 48. 



^ Hunter, W. W., Imp. Gaz., sub voce Amherst 



^ Hunter, "W. "W., Imp. Gaz., sub voce Jhajawara in Kathiawar. 



