Buffon, who suffered from Gravel, wrote to his son in 1784, as follows; "I drink nothing but Contrexeville Water.
Speake, who appeared in court with his left ear bandaged and in plaster said that part of his ear had been bitten away and a finger and thumb were bitten: through.
Dr. W. H, Grace, the official expert io Cheshire County Council, was called to explain how the gas-gun was operated. He said that it was capable of releasing tear gas with considerable force.
Dealing with certain experiments he made, Dr. Grace said that ata distance of 20 yards from the gun and not in a direct line of fire he experienced considerable effects as a result. He was unable to drive his motor-car ior a quarter of an hour because of the tears and the difficulty he had in closing his eyes.
Mr, Emlyn Jones (for the defence) Is this gun used by American G-men for dealing with stay-in strikers?
Witness: I don't know, but it would be very useful.
Professor H. Roberts, Liverpool To mention Gravel is to talk of Contrexeville!
No matter what the chemistry of the Gravel (uric acid, oxalic, phos-photic, or combined) and no matter the anatomical or clinical location of the affection (sandy sediment, gravel, caleulus—be it renal, pelvic, uretic or vesical—with vesical pain (frequent in oxalivric cases), simple lumbar pains or definite nephritic.colic.
The cure has the effect of provoke ing: the mechanical expulsion of sand or gravel already formed in the urinary passages, and, furthermore, it reduces the sensibility of the passages and so the spasm which is secondary to it and, on this account, will bring about less frequent and less painful nephritic colic.
A pamphlet dealing with the properties of Contrexeville Waters will be sent, on application, by Messrs, Egal Cie, 709 Avenue Joffre, Telephone 73013 or 874 Bubbling Well Road, Telephone 83923—Anvr.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.