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These remedial actions render the mineral waters of Carlsbad of the highest importance in such affections as: chronic inflammation of the stomach; loss of appetite; cardialgia; chronic vomiting; flatulence accompanied by frequent eructations; heartburn caused by acidity; chronic ulcer of the stomach; rodent ulcer with hæmatemesis and black evacuations, containing blood; tardy motion and chronic obstinate constipation; some forms of chronic diarrhoea; enlargement of the liver, occasioned principally by the accumulation of fat or fatty granulations; and congestion through the accumulation of bile. They are, however, of little or no use if the enlargement of the liver is caused by some kinds of tumours, such as cancer, encysted abscess, ascarides, tubercles, &c., or if there is an atrophy of this organ, called cirrhosis. They often cure jaundice in its many forms; also biliousness; gall-stones; some tumours of the spleen and of the mesenteric glands; some forms of dropsy; obesity; stones in the bladder and kidneys, principally when caused by uric acid; diabetes; slight cases of albuminaria (they are of little or no use in fully developed Bright’s disease of the kidneys); chronic inflammation of the bladder; swelling of the testicles and the prostatic gland; of the ovaries and the womb; chronic bronchitis; certain forms of asthma; nightmare;