A hand-book of the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson ; with ... a botanical commentary & list of plants by the late Miss Hawkins.

Robertson, William Henry.

Date:: 1872

Credit: A hand-book of the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the use of the Buxton mineral waters / by William Henry Robertson ; with ... a botanical commentary & list of plants by the late Miss Hawkins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$is consequent upon exposure, intemperance, or advanced life —much of the disordered and painful conditions of the bladder, &c., dependent on old age, gout, &c.—much of the local loss of nervous, and thence of muscular power, depen- dent upon the poisonous effects of lead, mercury, &c.—are usually remediable, and in an important degree, by the use of these mineral baths. And, as has been previously urged, the painful or crippling consequences, which often follow such injuries as fractures, dislocations, sprains, bruises of tendons and ligaments, and the like, are commonly influ- enced and relieved by the use of these baths, in the most satisfactory degree. The piesence of acute inflammation, and the existence of organic disease in any of the great organs essential to life, usually contra-indicate altogether the use of these baths. The intimate connection between paralysis and disease of the brain, or spinal chord, or their immediate envelopments —the equally intimate connection between rheumatism and affections of the heart—the frequent occurrence of pains of rheumatic character, in connection with the general derange- ment of health, consequent upon affection of the liver or the kidneys—the connection between gout and visceral con- gestion, and all the important bearings and consequences of such congestion-the degree of liability there is, in acute or subacute gouty and rheumatic states, to metastasis—are severally, cogent reasons for the exercise of care and judg- ment in the use of the baths. It cannot be said too strongly that no invalid should leave his home in order to make use of these baths without the express advice and sanction of his usual medical attendant, and medical men cannot be made too fully cognizant of the stimulating and alterative$