34 On the Mineral Waters near Landour. 



stiffness in the joints, subsided ; the enlargement of the spleen dis- 

 appeared ; and he slowly regained strength and flesh. He was dis- 

 charged from hospital on the 17th April 1843, and continued free 

 from complaint, regaining flesh and colour, till the end of the rainy- 

 season, when he had an attack of dysentery, which, ultimately, 

 proved fatal. 



Syphilis secondary. — The climate has proved injurious 

 to a large proportion of these cases ; more especially during 

 the rainy and cold seasons. 



The Harrowgate water has proved very beneficial in these 

 cases, it was drank to the extent of from three to six bottles 

 per diem, in some cases. The most decided benefit was 

 derived from bathing in the water, during the short period 

 the men resided at the baths last hot season ; but it was 

 only temporary in some of the cases. The advantage was 

 most marked in cutaneous affections. 



Case 6th. — Private Rourke, H. M's. 16th Lancers, aged twenty- 

 four years : suffered from repeated and most dangerous attacks 

 of dysentery at Meerut in 1842, and was much debilitated, and 

 still suffering from the same disease, on his arrival at Landour 

 in March 1843. He used the compound ipecacuanha pills for a few 

 days, followed by the chalybeate water, under which he gradually 

 regained colour, strength and flesh. When the rains set in, his 

 bowels again became loose, and in August a scaly eruption appeared 

 over his body. He used sudorifics, alteratives, local applications, &c. 

 without advantage. His mouth became aphthous ; his stools white 

 and watery ; his appetite failed ; and his strength rapidly diminished. 

 Many of the patches on the body became sores, with prominent crusts, 

 (Ruppia Prominens) and his head was completely covered with scales. 

 In this state he was sent to the sulphur bath on the 9th November 

 1843. His general health rapidly improved, his bowels became 

 regular, the eruption faded and assumed its original scaly appear- 

 ance. He used the bath two or three times a day, and drank much 

 of the water. The only medicine given was mudar in December, 



