White Sulphur papers; or, Life at the springs of Western Virginia
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156 APPENDIX.<br />
j<strong>at</strong>ion: thus <strong>the</strong>ir sensible oper<strong>at</strong>ion is aperient, diaph<strong>or</strong>etic,<br />
diuretic,<br />
<strong>or</strong> expect<strong>or</strong>ant, acc<strong>or</strong>ding to <strong>the</strong> manner in which<br />
<strong>the</strong>y are used, <strong>the</strong> constitution and disease <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>- p<strong>at</strong>ient, <strong>the</strong><br />
n<strong>at</strong>ure and quaUty <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sahne substances <strong>the</strong>y contain.<br />
They may generally be employed with advantage in some<br />
<strong>at</strong>onic conditions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> circul<strong>at</strong>ion, especially <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> abdominal<br />
venous system giving rise to piles, and heph<strong>at</strong>ic obstruc"<br />
tions; in affections <strong>of</strong> mucous memberanes accompanied<br />
with increased secretion, as clii-onic disease <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> urinary<br />
apar<strong>at</strong>us with mucous discharge, and chronic pulmonary<br />
c<strong>at</strong>arrh. In cutaneous and rheum<strong>at</strong>ic aifections, <strong>the</strong>y frequently<br />
prove m<strong>or</strong>e efficacious than any o<strong>the</strong>r class <strong>of</strong> remedies.<br />
Among <strong>the</strong> most powerful virtues <strong>of</strong> this class <strong>of</strong><br />
Europe, are those <strong>of</strong> Aix La Chapelle, Baden near Vienna.<br />
Harrowg<strong>at</strong>e and <strong>the</strong> Pyrenees.
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