Case of Mr. C A SOLVENT OF STONE IN THE BLADDER. STONE OF THE TRIPLE PHOSPHATE. of North Carolina, stated by Dr. G. Halstead Boyland, Professor of Surgery, Balti- more Medical "The case of Mr. C of North Carolina, who arrived at the Springs June-21, affords undoubted evidence that Buffalo Lithia Water Spring No. 2, is a Solvent for Urinary Deposit, commonly called Stone in the Bladder.' About a year previous he was operated upon for Stone, the operation affording but partial and temporary relief. He complained of pain in the Lumbar Region, and pain and irritability of the neck of the Bladder. He was emaciated; suffering greatly from Insomnia, and his general condition very unfavorable. Upon arrival at the Springs he was passing small quantities of a Urinary Deposit of the Triple Posphate of Ammonia and Magnesia variety. Large flakes of bloody mucus were found in the urine. For the relief of present suffering he was making frequent and free use of opiates. He was put upon the water of Spring No. 2-from six to eight glasses a day. In a few weeks the Solvent Properties of the Water were evident in the diminished consistency of the Deposit, the increased quantity discharged, and by its change from Concrete Lumps to Fine Sand, which he discharged to the amount of four ounces. The quantity, however, diminished, until, after a stay of six weeks at the Springs, he has returned home with the Deposit dissolved and washed out of the system, and the Diathesis Foms et Origo Morbi altered. There has been a disappearance of the attending distressing symptoms described, and great improvement in his general condition." STONE IN THE BLADDER (URIC ACID). Case of Dr. B. J. Weistling, Middletown, Pa., stated by himself. "Experience In its use in Stone of the Bladder in my own person enables me to attest the wonderful efficacy of the Buffalo Lithia Water in this painful malady, After having been long subjected to sufferings, the intensity of which cannot be described, I have, under the influence of this water, passed an ounce of Calculi (Uric Acid), some of which weighed as much as four grains, affording inexpressible relief and leaving me iu a condition of comparative ease and comfort. "On one occasion I passed thirty-five Calculi in forty-eight hours. The appearance of this Calcu'us Nuclei indicates umistakably, I think, that they were all component particles of one large Calculus, destroyed by the action of the water, by means of solution and disintegration. At my advanced period of lif (I am seyenty-seven year and six months of age) and in my feeble general health a surgical operation was not to be thought of, and the water seems to have accomplished all that such an operation, if successful, could have done." STONE IN THE BLADDER, AND HEMORRHAGE FROM THE BLADDER. "Mrs. suffered with Stone in the Bladder, composed of alternate concentric layers of Calcareous Matter and Lithic Acid, attended with occasional alarming Hemorrhage from the Bladder. "In a critical condition I prescribed for her Buffalo Lithis Water, Spring No. 2, the continuous use of which arrested the formation of Stone and diminished both the frequency and the violence of the Hemorrhage," URIC ACID CALCULI. Case of Dr. J. D. Eggleston, Hampden Sydney, Va., Member Medical Society of Virginia, stated by himself. "The action of the Buffalo Lithia Water in the so-called Uric Acid Diathesis is especially happy. "I have a very gratifying experience in its use in a case of Uric Acid Calculi, in my own person. Between February 1st and May 1st, 1881, I had thirty attack of great severity, passing in each one of them a number of Calculi, aggregating 165. Finding no permanent benefit from any treatment of the profession, I made a vist to the Buffalo Lithia Springs. The happy adaptation of this water to my condition was soon evident, and its use for a 'ew weeks arrested the Calculus formation and resulted in my entire relief, which I have reason to hope is permanent, as more than a year has elapsed since there has been any manifestation of the trouble. In affections generally of the Urinary Pass iges requiring Alkaline treatment, I know of no remedy of equal potentey with this water." STONE IN THE BLADDER (URIC ACID), SYMPTOMS OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE. Case of Mrs. — stated by Dr. David E. Smith, of Bronxville, Westchester, N. Y. "Mrs. was subject to severe attacks of Gout, a consequence of an inherited Gouty Diathesis, followed after some time by Stone in the Bludler. The limbs were very Edematous, so much so as to pit readily on pressure with the finger, leaving an indentation long after its removal. The urine was loaded with Urates and 25 per cent. Albumen, and the microscope rev aled Casts, showing unmistakably, as I thought, Bright's Dise ise of the Kidneys. I prescribed the Buffalo Lithia Water, Spring No. 2, which afforded prompt relief in the Gouty Affection, and resulted, in a few weeks, in the passage of a stone of an inch long by 4 of an inch in diameter. Under the continued use of the water the urine has been relieved of Albuminous Impremations, and restored to a normal condition, no Casts can be discovered, the Elematous condition of the limbs has been relieved, and the general health of the patient, to a great extent, restored." STONE IN THE BLADDER, PHOSPHATIC. A Case stated by Dr. B. S. Hardy, Hookerton, Green Co., N. C. My son. a young man, suffered from Stone in the Bladder, of a mixed character, consisting chiefly of Calcium, Carb mate and Phosphate. After persistent ase of all remedies indicated in the case without benefit, I put him upon Buffalo Lithia Water, Spring No. 2, the use of which for some six weeks, resulted in the passage, at short intervals, of Gravel, of small size, and at times of particles of Sand, followed. some time afterward, by the discharge of a Stone weighing twelve grains (the largest, I am confident, I ever knew to pass through the Urethra). virtually ending his troubles, since which time any unpleasant symptom has been relieved by the use of the waters for a short time. Its action in this case has been indeed wonderful." URIC ACID GRAVEL. A Case stated by Dr. Hasford Walker, of Georgetown, S. C. "Mr. George C Conglon, of this place, suffering from Uric Acid Gravel has been under my treatment for some time past. He had as many as six separate attacks (all of them of very great severity), between June the 28th and July the 16th, a space of eighteen days He declined in flesh and strength rapidly, and to such an extent as to excite serious apprehension as to the result Having exhausted the most approved remedies of Materia Melica without beneficial results, I prescribed for him, as a last resort. Buffalo Lithia Water, Spring No. 2, with the happiest effects. In a very short time after beginning its use he passed a Calculus of about six grains in weight, has not been troubled since, and is now, to all appearance, entirely well." Springs now open for Guests. Water ia Cases, of One Doze a half-gallon Bottles, $5 at the Springs. Springs Pamphlet sent to any address. P. SCARRER & CO., W. H. SCHIEFFELIN & CO., CASWELL HAZARD & CO., Agents, New York City. THOMAS F. GOODE, Proprietor, Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. ARTICLE I.-METHODS OF INFLATING THE MIDDLE EAR. BY THOS. F. RUMBOLD, M.D., of St. Louis, Professor of Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, in the College for Medical Practitioners, St. Louis. Mo., and Editor of the St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. (Illustrated.) Forcing air through the Eustachian tube into the tympanum is a means frequently resorted to for both the examination of the ear and the treatment of catarrh of the Eustachian tube, also for the purpose of preventing or correcting a partially ankylosed condition of the ossicula auris, and for detaching synechia of the membrane to the promontory. There are several methods of inflation, but no one of them is adapted for all varieties of cases. It is taken for granted, at once, that the method which will accomplish the inflation and produce the least irritation to the mucous membrane of the part operated upon is the one to be preferred. To be enabled to make a selection of the method suited to a particular case necessitates an analysis of all of them, namely: Valsalva's method; Eustachian catheterization; Politzer's method; and Gruber's modification of the last named. THE VALSALVIAN METHOD. This method of inflation should not be employed as a rule. It is performed by the patient closing his nostrils with his thumb and finger, and forcing air from his lungs into the pharyngo-nasal cavity, and through the Eustachian tubes into the middle ears. This method, if frequently practised, is liable to aggravate the congestion of the mucous membrane. I have treated several patients who claimed that their tinnitus was caused by the continued employment of this means of inflation. EUSTACHIAN CATHETERIZATION. The popularity of the Eustachian catheter has varied, according to the good or negative results following its use, by those who have employed it. If the 241357 |