relief, the full effects of the medicinal water being
obtained more rapidly, and the ultimate result being more satisfactory.
This, however, need not be a discouragement to those advanced in life,
whose misfortune it has been to suffer from repeated attacks of gout or
rheumatism, as may be gathered from a perusal of the annual report of the
Devonshire Hospital, an institution mainly for the reception of patients
of all ages, suffering from the gouty and rheumatic diatheses.

Subjoined I give an extract from the medical report of the Hospital,
which clearly indicates the nature and character of those diseases
specially benefited by the use of the Buxton thermal water. According to
the report, 2,351 patients were admitted under treatment during 1891,
2,222 suffering from gout rheumatism or some of the allied affections,
and 129 unconnected with either diatheses. The following types of
disease, as connected with the two diatheses, are included in the
2,351:--

DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTORY SYSTEM.
Rheumatism 1322
Specific Rheumatism 5
Podagra 51
Rheumatic Arthritis 550
Synovitis 2
Chronic Periostitis 1
Sciatica 197
Lumbago 15
Sciatica and Lumbago 14
Neuralgia 10
Peripheral Neuritis 3
Poliomyelitis Anterior Chronica 1
Lateral Sclerosis 7
Progressive Muscular Atrophy 1
Pseudo, Hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis 1
Locomotor Ataxia 15
Multiple Sclerosis 1
Chronic Myelitis 1
Hemiplegia 8
Chorea 10
Paralysis Agitans 1
Lead Poisoning 10
2222

I find that during thirty-two years, the Devonshire Hospital, which
contains 300 beds, has admitted between fifty-two and fifty-three
thousand patie