On the Mineral Waters near Landour. 27 



The Harrowgate water was very beneficial : it was preceded 

 by mercurial purgatives,, which were occasionally repeated ; 

 and in some cases, the sulphate of magnesia was added with 

 advantage. It removed the weight and uneasiness in the side, 

 and increased the appetite and strength. The chalybeate 

 water was injurious, causing an increase of the pain with 

 looseness, except in cases of spongy congestion, in which 

 there co-existed enlargement of the spleen ; in these cases 

 the alternate use, of both the waters, proved beneficial. 



Case 1st. — Sergeant Thomas Dynon, H. M's. 16th Lancers, aged 

 twenty-seven years, suffered at Meerut from a severe attack of fever 

 complicated with liver complaint, and pain in the left hip. He 

 arrived at Landour on the 17th April, 1844, extremely emaciated, 

 (scarcely able to turn himself in bed) with pain in the right side, 

 and enlargement of the liver, and acute pain in the left hip, — purga- 

 tives, with fomentation to the hip, were employed till the 23rd, when 

 the following pills were ordered. 



$> Pil. Hydr., Ext. Hyosciami, Ext. Urticae, Ext. Colocynth 

 c. a. a. 3j. m. divide in pil. xviij. ssj. mane and vespere. 



A stimulating liniment was ordered for the hip. This was con- 

 tinued till the 6th May, when vesication appeared, and the liniment 

 was omitted ; and he got a pill every second night, with twelve 

 ounces of the Harrowgate water every morning. On the 9th the 

 pills were omitted, and he got a dose of jalap. After this date 

 he got no medicine except the Harrowgate water, which he drank 

 daily. He gradually regained strength, and the pain slowly dimi- 

 nished. In July he was free from pain. In October he was florid, 

 muscular, firm, and free from complaint. 



Fevers with enlargement of the spleen. — The climate is 

 favourable for these during the hot, and more particularly 

 during the cold season ; but unfavourable during the rainy 

 season, which is apt to cause relapse. This season may be 

 escaped, by crossing the snowy range in June, and returning 

 in October. I followed this course in 1836 with the greatest 



