Virginia White Sulphur Springs : with the analysis of its waters, the diseases to which they are applicable, and some account of society and its amusements at the springs / by J.J. Moorman.

  • J. J. Moorman
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Virginia White Sulphur Springs : with the analysis of its waters, the diseases to which they are applicable, and some account of society and its amusements at the springs / by J.J. Moorman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ficcl to assume a place in the great medical mind of the world like well defined articles of the Materia Medica, stand proraij forth as most valuable resources of the healing art. These views are sanctioned by a sufificient amount of trut| importance, to influence me against the common practice of publ certificates of cases of diseases, unless such cases had been car diagnosed by a party competent to such duty, and so clearly des| as to give them a fair claim to an intelligent public reliance. , this branch of the subject, therefore, I propose to rely upon th(f eral results of public opinion formed from the use of the wai more than nimty years, and from my own professional experiei their administration for thirty-jive years in cases the 2^ pathology and nature of which loere carefully investigated in tion with the use of the waters in each case. H a il D The White Sulphur Springs are situated on Howard’s Cret Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and upon the western slope j fc great Apalachian chain of mountains which separate the water] a flow into Chesapeake Bay from those that run into the G ( Mexico. The situation of the Spring is elevated and beautifully^picturc surrounded by mountains on every side. Kates Mountain is i view, and about two miles to the south; to the west, and d about one mile, are the Greenbrier Mountains, while the towj i; Alleghany, in its magnificent proportions, is found five miles ^ hi north and east. J The Spring is in the midst of the celebrated Spring Bed '4 having the “Hot,” “Warm,” and Healing Springs from thi; t< thirty-five miles to the north; the “Sweet” and the Sweet C if beate, sixteen miles t'o the east; the Salt” and the Red Sulj ^ the one twenty-four, the other forty-one miles to the south. Its latitude is about 37^° north, and its longitude 34° west) B Washington. Its elevation above tide water is 2,000 feet. 8 temperature of its waters is 62° Fah., from which they do notj !J during the heat of summer or the cold of winter. The Spring yields about thirty gallons a minute ; and it is markable fact that this quantity is not perceptibly varied duriiq longest spells of wet or dry weather. The quantity and tempen of the Spring being uniform under all circumstances, give a i dence, which experience has verified, of its uniform strengtUi efficiency. The Spring is surrounded by mountain scenery of great bei and blessed with a most delightful summer and fall climate. 1 pendently of the benefit to be derived from the waters, a'better tion for the residence of invalids and delicate persons during summer and fall months can scarcely be imagined. They have
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