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 difficulty through the accumulation of fat; perspiration easily sets in; short breath, palpitation of the heart, giddiness and dull headache supervene; the bowels are confined; there is pruritus ani, and piles soon form; eructations, heartburn and flatulence after meals are of common occurrence, and often accompanied by a peevish, irritable temper, desponding habits, &c. This state is called by medical men, “Plethora Abdominis”, or congestion of the bowels.

The mineral waters of Carlsbad are not considered advisable where there is a tendency to active congestion of the blood, in hæmorrhage, in the different wasting diseases in consequence of suppuration of important organs, principally in fully developed phthisis; in all affections arising from great poverty of the blood and general debility; in cases of aneurism and ossification of the large blood vessels; and, eventually, they are dangerous to pregnant women, if they are at the same time weak, anæemic, and emaciated; otherwise pregnancy is no impediment to their use.

Any season of the year is suitable for drinking the mineral waters of Carlsbad (even during the winter); but they certainly are more efficacious if the cure is confined to a time of the year when