CURES BY SEA WATER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1009, 24 June 1911, Page 4

CURES BY SEA WATER.

People will shortly be cured of their ailments in London by sea water. Water is to be brought from the depths of the ocean, where it possesses exceptional purity and virtue, and will be employed at a sea water dispensary in the treatment of skin and digestive diseases. Dr Rene Quinton’s new system is to be given an extended trial, largely through the financial aid of Mr Otto Beit. A committee of physicians who have investigated the treatment have taken premises in Poland street, the equipment of which will be completed this month. A qualified staff of physicians will be in regular attendance, and several nurses have just returned for service there from Paris, where they have studied the treatment at M. Quinton’s Institute. The cures are wrought by the simple injection of diluted sea water. The injections vary according to the needs of the case, as much as 2co grammes being injected on occasions. The relief from pain is said to be almost instantaneous. Tuberculosis of the bones, lupus, eczema, and other dre;adful diseases, have been cured in from 10 days to eight months, according to their severity. For children’s ailments the new treatment is especially valuable. Cases of gastro-enteritis in infants, where the little patients die at the rate of 98 per cent, in the ordinary way, have been usually cured in one hour. Skin diseases and the troubles resulting from mal-uutrition are likely to be the chief concern of the doctors at the Poland street Dispensary.