Observations on the mineral waters in the south western part of Virginia : in a series of letters / By a physician of Philadelphia [William E. Horner].

  • William Edmonds Horner
Date:
1834
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Credit: Observations on the mineral waters in the south western part of Virginia : in a series of letters / By a physician of Philadelphia [William E. Horner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IP IE 2? A ® IS q The ensuing observations were made during a visit to Vir¬ ginia in the month of August 1833, and were communicated in letters for the National Gazette, with considerable doubts on the part of the Author of their being worthy of publication. The highly accomplished conductor of that paper, having received the earlier numbers kindly, and expressed a desire to have the sub¬ ject continued, the Author, was induced to proceed with it in de¬ ference to his judgment; and also with the view of imparting in¬ formation which it was thought might be useful, to the medical profession and to the valetudinarian. The Letters as published in the National Gazette, were without proper signature, but as from accidental causes their source became partially known, nu¬ merous applications were made for information on the matter, and for copies of them. A wish to supply the latter deficiency has induced the Author to superintend a more accessible and a somewhat improved edition of them. The region of Virginia in which those Springs are situated, is one of the most attractive in our country as a summer resort; its elevation being about fourteen hundred feet above tide water se¬ cures it from the intense and unmitigated heats of the same lati¬ tude elsewhere; while its position on that parallel prevents what is common to the mountainous districts of the middle and nor¬ thern states, to wit frosts and severe cold occasionally at all seasons. It is however not pretended that the temperature is ab¬ solutely uniform during the visiting season, which extends from the first of July to the middle or last of September; it presents varieties depending upon fluctuating currents of air, like all parts of the United States: but the following may be stated as a gen¬ eral rule; the forenoon and afternoon are pleasant, mid-day is ra¬ ther warm, and from sunset to sunrise a fire is frequently agreea¬ ble. This district being in the midst of the Alleghany moun-
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