6o  Analyses  of  Dialyzed  Iron.  { A  VeC'iST"1, 
uThe  waters  of  the  Bedford  Springs  have  been  extensively  used 
for  many  years  and  are  regarded  by  many  as  efficacious  in  the  treatment 
of  a  considerable  number  of  chronic  diseases,  where  almost  generally 
the  effects  of  mineral  waters  are  more  particularly  noticeable.  Gout 
and  the  different  forms  of  rheumatism,  essentially  depending,  as  they 
do,  upon  an  abnormal  composition  of  the  blood,  are  perhaps  the  two 
diseases  most  benefitted  by  the  use  of  mineral  waters,  of  course  not 
without  some  special  exceptions.  The  cure  of  dyspepsia  may  also  be 
powerfully  assisted  by  the  use  of  such  waters,  especially  those  cases 
in  which  constipation  and  cardialgia  are  marked  symptoms.  Much 
advantage  is  also  derived  by  dyspeptics  by  a  sojourn,  under  agreeable 
circumstances,  at  a  pleasant  watering  place.  Indeed,  it  is  frequentlv 
difficult  to  determine  which  has  exerted  the  greatest  influence,  the  use 
of  the  waters  or  the  change  of  diet  and  habits,  together  with  the 
renewed  hopes  of  improvement  and  cure.  Functional  derangements 
of  the  liver  are  sometimes  benefitted  by  the  catharsis  produced. 
"  The  preceding  remarks  refer  more  particularly  to  the  effects  of  the 
water  of  the  so-called  Bedford  Mineral  Spring. 
"The  water  of  the  Bedford  Sulphur  Spring  differs  chiefly  from  that 
of  the  mineral  spring  in  containing  sulphuretted  hydrogen.  Its  medical 
properties  are,  to  some  extent,  identical  with  those  of  the  mineral 
spring.  Sulphurous  waters  have  been  greatly  extolled  in  the  treatment 
of  various  chronic  skin  diseases,  especially  the  squamae  (both  simple 
and  venerial),  the  itch,  the  various  forms  of  eczema,  etc.  Especially 
are  its  effects  more  marked  when  accompanied  by  frequent  baths  in  the 
water,  the  temperature  of  which  has  been  elevated  to  about  I50°F." 
Black  Diamond  Steel  Works,  Pittsburgh,  Dec.  21,  1877. 
SOME  ANALYSES  OF  DIALYZED  IRON. 
By  Henry  Trimble,  Ph.G. 
(Read  at  Alumni  Social  Meeting,  January  3,  1878.) 
No  pharmaceutical  preparation  of  recent  times  has  met  with  such 
universal  favor  as  dialyzed  iron.  The  physician  employs  it  with 
marked  success,  and  the  pharmacist  refers  to  it  as  a  type  of  the  so- 
called  elegant  remedies  to  which  he  has  of  late  years  directed  a  great 
part^of  his  energy.  So  far  it  has  chiefly  been  prepared  by  a  few  whole- 
sale manufacturers,  who  are  constantly  calling  attention  to  its  strength, 
