Woodhall spa : cases, results and remarks / by C.J. Williams.

  • Williams, C. J.
Date:
[1892]
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Credit: Woodhall spa : cases, results and remarks / by C.J. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    flushed daily, and the sewage pumped on to land well removed from all buildings. These precautions, together with the ventilation of house drams, have kept the Spa in a perfectly healthy condition, and since the formation of this system of drainage no epidemic has occurred, even when epidemic diseases have been rife in the neighbouring villages. It is interesting to note that during the outbreak of influenza, which was prevalent in the spring of 1891, only one patient, who was taking the baths, suffered from the com- plaint, and it may be further mentioned that the neuralgic pains and profuse sweats so common after the disease, are always removed by a course of these waters. DURATION OF THE COURSE. One of the first questions a patient asks on arrival is, The Duration of the Course of Treatment. This it is impossible to definitely state, as so much depends on how the baths agree, and my experience is that the number can only be regulated by carefully watching each individual case, but it may be stated as a general guide that the period of saturation is seldom reached before twenty-one baths have been taken, whilst in some chronic and obstinate cases it may be necessary to continue them until thirty or even more have been given, and it is com- mon for patients to have to submit themselves to an annual course. This is especially true of those cases where the gouty diathesis is inherited, and the proclivity to the formation of an excess of uric acid pronounced. INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE WOODHALL WATER. At the Spa it is customary to prescribe the water to be taken in two or three doses during the day, commencing