Virginia Springs

Excerpt from The Virginia Springs: Comprising an Account of All the Principal Mineral Springs of Virginia, With Remarks on the Nature and Medical Applicability of Each For more than thirty-five years I have given special attention to the investigation of the nature and medicinal applicability of mineral waters. During this time I have resided, throughout the watering season, at the White Sulphur Springs, where, in the character of physician to the springs, I have enjoyed ample opportunities of witnessing the various and modified effects of the water in almost every variety of disease and state of the system. Although my attention, during this time, has been particularly directed to the investigation of the character of the water of that spring, I have not neglected the other valuable waters of the country, nor failed personally to observe and appreciate their various peculiarities, and their relative and positive merits. While my position has enabled me to witness the virtues of mineral waters in diseases, it has, at the same time, fully satisfied me not only that their good effects are often lost, but that consequences highly injurious frequently result from their injudicious use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.