On the effects of the thermal waters of Ems / by N. Geisse.

  • Geisse, N.
Date:
1867
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Credit: On the effects of the thermal waters of Ems / by N. Geisse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    age, luxurious feeding, intemperance and indolence, malas- similation, etc., produce in the organism a disposition to form calculus of varied composition. Cystitis and pyelitis eatarrhalis are also frequent causes. The concretions afford more or less irritation according to their size; they cause dysuria, stranguria, anuria, enuresis, atrophia calculosa of the kidneys, renal colic, pain in the ureter, bladder and urethra, fever and chronic inflammation with all its consequences. The urine is concentrated, dark, sometimes bloody and like pus. Albumen and deposit crystals of uric acid are often noticed. The Ems waters have effect only on such calculi, as contain phosphoric or uric acid, and when the urine is acid. , / Treatment: A prolonged administration is required ; in general I order Kraenchen internally, sometimes I prefer to this the waters of Eachingen or Geilnau (near Ems), which contain more bicarbonate of soda, and more carbonic acid. Baths are of great use for the colic pains. When mucocystitis is very troublesome, I order tepid injections. When the urine becomes alkaline, the drinking is to be avoided, until acidity prevails again in the urine. The chemical and diuretic power of the waters prevent stagnation and deposition of uric acid, which is a cause for fresh concretion. The waters relieve the pain during the passage, because they remove the swelling of the lining membrane in the tubuli recti, ureter, bladder and urethra. The diet is to be regulated according to the individuality, the cause of the concretion and the chemical composition of the calculus. Diabetes Mellitus.—Small and frequently repeated doses of the warm Ems waters prove to have an excellent effect on diabetes mellitus, when it is produced by depressing emotions or from affection of the biliary ducts. Pavy produced glycuria by destroying the ganglia cervicalia superiora of a dog or rabbit;