Chapter 4

DISEASES IN WHICH THE WATERS ARE USEFUL. Acute Gout and Rheumatism--Chronic Gout and 41 Rheumatism--Chorea--Many Forms of Paralysis--Muscular Atrophy consequent upon the Gouty Diathesis--Loco Motor Ataxia--Syphilis--Local Injuries--Neuralgia--Sciatica, Lumbago, &c.--Number of Baths Constituting a Course--Length of Residence Required--Action of Water upon Acute and Chronic Diseases--Extract from Devonshire Hospital Report--Inference