BUFFALO LITHIA WATER,

FOR BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, THE GOUTY DIATHESIS,
STONE IN THE BLADDER, ETC.

Case of Mr.

REPORTED

CASES.

CHRONIC BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

of Va., stated by Dr. G. Halstead Boyland, late Professor Surgery, Baltimore Medi-
cal College; late Surgeon French Army (decorated); Member American Medical Association, etc.
"Mr.
suffered with Chronic Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. The urine contained twenty per cent. of
Albumen, and was heavily loaded with casts. There were decided symptoms of Uramic Poisoning, intense frontal
headache, double vision, flushed countenance, general nervous irritability and distinctly-marked Cerebral Hyperæmia.
In this condition he was sent to the Buffalo Lithia Springs where he remained five weeks, drinking from eight to ten
glasses per day of the water of the Spring No. 2. At the expiration of this time the amount of albumen was reduced to
a minimum, no casts could be discovered, there was an entire disappearance of other distressing symptoms, and com-
plete restoration of the general health."

Case of Mr.

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BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

stated by Dr. Z. M. Paschall, Oxford, N. C., Member Medical Society of N. Carolina.
"I spent the summer of 1880 at the Buffalo Lithia Springs, and while there witnessed the marked beneficial action
of this water in a case of Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Mr.
the sufferer, reached the Springs in a condition
of emaciation and extreme exhaustion. The urine was heavily charged with albumen, and its specific gravity deci-
dedly below the healthy standard, with general œdema and comatose symptoms, In three weeks there was evident
improvement, which continued during a stay of two months at the Springs, the urine becoming free from albumen,
natural both in appearar ce and quantity, and regaining to a great extent a healthy density and a disappearance of the
dropsical symptoms. In the meantime there was great improvement in the general health, the patient gaining some
twenty-five pounds in weight, and leaving the Springs in a comfortable condition."

BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, COMPLICATED WITH A GOUTY
DIATHESIS, STONE IN THE BLADDER, ETC.

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 Bladder. The limbs were very edematons, so much so as to pit readily on pressure with
finger, leaving an indentation long after its removal. The urine was loaded with Urates and 25 per cent. Albume »
and the microscope revealed casts, showing unmistakably Bright's Disease 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, three-eighth of an inch long, by one-quarter of an inch in diameter. Under the continued use of
the water the Urine has been relieved of Albuminous Impregnations, and restored to a normal condition, no Casts can
be discovered, the Edematous condition of the limbs has been relieved and the general health of the patient to a great
extent restored."

BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, UREMIC POISONING, ETC.

A Case stated by Dr. Jro. W. Williamson, Boydton, Va.

"Several years since, when a resident of the State of Tennessee, my wife suffered from a well-defined Bright's Dis
ease of the Kidneys, resulting in Uræmic Poisoning. After a signal failure of every remedy suggested by several
eminent medical men, and when her condition was regarded as well-nigh hopeless, trial was made of Buffalo Lithia
Water, Spring No. 2. The result was relief from the threatening symptoms so prompt and decided as to be almost
incredible to any out an eye-witness. She continued the use of the Water for several months, making a complete
recovery, having no return of the malady, and is now in good health. I will add that in diseases of this character I
know of no remedy, either among mineral waters or medicines, at all comparable to this Water."

BRIGHT'S DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

A Case stated by Dr. Wm. B. Towles, University of Virginia, Member Medical Society of Va.
"In a single case of Bright's Disease of the Kidneys I witnessed very marked beneficial results from the use of
Buffalo Lithia Water, Spring No. 2, and from its action in this particular case I should have great confidence in it as a
remedy in this disease."

Water, in Cases of One Dozen half-gallon Eottles, $5 per Case at the Springs. Springs Pamphlet
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For Sale by Leading Druggists.

THOS. F. GOODE, Prop'tor,

BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VA.

A Lecture delivered

ARTICLE I. THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY PHTHISIS.
at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, December 2, 1884. By AUSTIN
FLINT, M.D., LL.D. (From the Author.)

The subject of my lecture to-day will be the "Treatment of Pulmonary
Phthisis," and as a preliminary to the consideration of this subject I will review
briefly some of the facts in relation to the etiology of this disease. The facts
to which I refer have important practical bearings.

In the light of recent developments of our knowledge of phthisis, we are to
consider it as an infectious disease. Let me define what I mean by the term
infectious.

I mean a disease which depends upon a special cause-a specific agent
which is capable, under favorable conditions, either within or without the body,
of indefinite increase or multiplication.

Phthisis, then, being one of the infectious diseases, has a special cause—a
special pathogenic agent, and, if we adopt, as I do, the parasitic doctrine, this
pathogenic agent is a micro-organism, a contagium vivum. Now, according to
the parasitic doctrine, the presence of this specific agent is essential. But the
presence of this agent is not alone sufficient. The parasite does not, in itself,
suffice for the production of the disease. There are certain auxiliary or co-op-
erative conditions which are necessary, in order that the micro-organisms on
which the disease depends shall undergo development, growth, multiplication.
These auxiliary conditions are embraced under the names predisposition and
diathesis. When we make use of the terms phthisical predisposition and
phthisical diathesis, we refer to the auxiliary or co-operative conditions which
are just as essential as the presence of the pathogenic agent-the bacillus tuber-
culosis.

Bear in mind the distinction which I made yesterday between diathesis and
vulnerability. The latter denotes a general susceptibility to any kind of morbific
agency, whereas diathesis involves the conditions which are essential to the pro-
duction of a particular disease.

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