A Guide to the Virginia Springs: Giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs and also of the natural curiosities of the stateMoorman, J. J. (John Jennings)
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A Guide to the Virginia Springs: Giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs and also of the natural curiosities of the state
Moorman, J. J. (John Jennings)
Health resorts -- Virginia; Springs -- Virginia; Virginia -- Description and travel
Sulphuretted hydrogen, 0.66 to 1.30 cubic inches.
Nitrogen, 1.88 " "
Oxygen, 0.19 " "
Carbonic acid, 3.67 " "
"The White Sulphur Water is peculiarly adapted to chronic affections of
the organic system.
"It is highly beneficial in diseases of the stomach, liver, spleen,
kidneys, bladder,--some derangements of the nervous system,--female
disorders,--and scrofula, neuralgia, and rheumatism."
Nine miles west of the White Sulphur Springs is LEWISBURG, the
next place on our route. This is the county seat of Greenbrier, a
flourishing town, and the most important in this region of country. The
Court of Appeals holds its summer session in this place.
BLUE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
Thirteen miles west of Lewisburg and in the same county are the BLUE
SULPHUR SPRINGS; this is also a popular watering-place. There are
considerable improvements here, and the situation is one of great
natural beauty. The water tastes somewhat like that of the White
Sulphur. The analysis of this water, by Professor Rogers, is as
follows:--
_Solid Ingredients._
Sulphate of lime,
Sulphate of magnesia,
Sulphate of soda,
Carbonate of lime,
Carbonate of magnesia,
Chloride of magnesium,
Chloride of sodium,
Chloride of calcium,
Hydrosulphate of sodium and magnesium,
Oxide of iron, existing as protosulphate,
Iodine,
Sulphur,
Organic matters,
Gaseous ingredients,
Sulphuretted hydrogen,
Carbonic acid,
Oxygen,
Nitrogen.
"The Spring is a bold one, furnishing fifteen gallons of water to the
minute. There is a great deal of red; white, black, and other deposit
from the water. In female diseases this water is superior to many
others."
Three hundred persons can be accommodated at the Blue Sulphur.
SWEET SPRINGS.
In the county of Monroe, in one of the most beautiful valleys _by
nature_ in Western Virginia, seventeen miles southeast of the White
Sulphur, are the Sweet Springs. The improvements here are extensive and
comfortable, but not so handsome as some of the other watering-places.
Dr. Bell, in his work on Baths and Mineral Waters, describes the
medicinal properties of these waters as follows:
"The water of the spring rises into a large cylindrical reservoir, from
opposite sides of which it flows out by small pipes; one conveying
water to the bath for the men, the other to that for the ladies. The
men's bath is of a quadrangular form, surrounded by a wall, and open at
the top. It is of tolerable extent and clear--the bottom being of
gravel, and the water constantly flowing in, and as constantly passing
out, after it reaches a certain height.
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