NEW ZEALAND SULPHUR SPRINGS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 21 December 1880, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND SULPHUR SPRINGS.

The following letter, addressed to tho Post, Wellington, will be of particular interest to those who suffer from oomplaints fop which mineral waters aro a specific ~

S}B, —I should like to plaoe before my fellow-colonists tlie information and experience I have reoently gained with reference to the mineral springs of the North Island.

For many years I have suffered from a,

complaint which my New Zealand doctow found difficult to relieve, and in May last I proceeded to London for further treatment, and was advised by the physician whom I consulted to try the effect of the sulphur springs at Aix--la-Qhapelle, Germany, upon my constitution. These watera are celebrated for their curative powers in cases of gout, rheumatism, paralysis, scrofula, and syphilitic affections, amongst other complaints. I found, upon my arrival hero in August, a large number of visitors under treatment from all parts of the globe (ovey 20,000 having been here during tha pro-, sent season now closing) ; and flow, aftep a stay of two months, during which timet have been using the waters daily in can-, junction with the irjedicinal treatment prescribed, J f\m assured by my medical adviser that the course has proved very beneficial to my constitution, and that I need have no fear of any relapse in the future.

While here I have communicated with : Sir Julius Vogel, asking for information as to the medioinal properties of the auk phur springs in New Zealand, thinking probably there might bo some agjnity with those at this place, and in reply he kindly sent me some Parliamentary papers marked H. 13, session 2, 1879. I handed these to my medical adviser, who, after a careful perusal, informs niQ that tl a analysis given of the waters Nob. 13 and 15, pages 9 and 10, situate at Lai o Rotorua and Ohinemutu, are similar in their medioinal qualities to those here, and that if conveniences for bathing, with proper medical supervision and treatment, were obtainable, I might have derivi c| the same benefit that I am receiving hen , with, I need hardly say, a great saving i tl time and expenditure. The temperaturo of the water is from 113 to 131 dogreea Fahrenheit, varying at the different springs, and the treatment also, variea in accordance with the complaint—iu some instances merely drinking tho waters is prescribed, or drinking anil bathing combined (plunge, vapour, and douche), and in others a course of medical treatment is found necessary, in addition to the waters ; in some cases a visit of three or fonp weeks is sufficient, but in others a longer stay is necessary. Beingt oi opinion that this information cannot bo

too widely spread amongst my fellowcolonists who may be sufferers, and with a hope that the attention of the medical profession may be more closely called to the study and beneficial use of the New Zealand sulphur springs, I am induced to trouble you with this letter, the subject of which I hope you will consider of sufficient interest to insert in your columns. — I am, &c., Thos. Gabkaed. Aix-la-Chapelle, 25th October.