24 On the wffyaerat] Waters near Landour, 



remained stationary, a flight preparatory treatment (gene- 

 rally one or two purgatives) was employed ; after which they 

 came every morning to the hospital for the mineral waters. 

 Where the disease was very obstinate, an occasional dose of 

 medicine was given ; and a drachm of sulphate of magnesia 

 was added, where more free action on the bowels was requir- 

 ed. When the disease was severe on arrival, or when acute 

 relapse occurred, regular hospital treatment was employed 

 till convalescence was established ; after which the mineral 

 waters were generally given, to eradicate the sequelae of the 

 disease, or the medicines, and to restore, and confirm the 

 general health. They were powerful auxiliaries, and the re- 

 sult was favourable. The progress of each case, and the 

 remedies exhibited, were recorded at first weekly, then month- 

 ly. The tables appended, show the general result in the 

 different diseases for which the convalescents have been sent 

 to Landour during the seasons 1843 and 1844, with those of 

 the season 1842, who remained a second season. 



In estimating the value of these tables, the beneficial in- 

 fluence of the change of climate, combined with regular 

 medical treatment, must be taken into account ; as well as 

 the nature and extent of the organic disease, on arrival : as 

 many died within a few days, and others could not be ren- 

 dered fit for service, more than an infantry soldier, whose leg 

 had been shot off. 



Of the cases which arrived in 1844, one was moribund, and 

 six died a few days after their arrival. Of thirty cases sent 

 from Sukkur, nineteen died on the march. 



A large proportion of the cases in Table No. 2, in the co- 

 lumns u not cured/ ' will ultimately recover after another 

 year's residence ; and some in the column u benefitted" will 

 have to remain a second season to complete the cure. 



The chalybeate waters proved very beneficial in the sequelae 

 of miasmatic fevers, viz. debility, diseases of the spleen and 

 bowels, and in some forms of rheumatism. They were of the 



