The Mineral Springs of Western Virginia: With Remarks on Their Use, and the Diseases to which They are Applicable. To which are Added a Notice of the Fauquier White Sulphur Spring, and a Chapter on Taverns, Also a Review of a Pamphlet Published by Dr. J.J. MooremanWiley and Putnam, 1846 - 394 pages |
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Page 21 - Sweet-beam'd, and shedding oft through lucid clouds A pleasing calm; while broad, and brown, below Extensive harvests hang the heavy head. Rich, silent, deep, they stand...
Page 71 - It is well ascertained in other countries, that waters of a high temperature tend more to strengthen the digestive organs than those of a low temperature ; but it is found, by actual experiment, that the water at the Warm Springs retains a considerable...
Page 246 - The approach to these Springs is beautifully romantic and picturesque. Wending his way around a high mountain, the weary traveller is for a moment charmed out of his fatigue by the sudden view of his resting-place, some hundreds of feet immediately beneath him. Continuing the circuitous descent, he at length reaches a ravine, which conducts him, after a few rugged steps, to the entrance of a verdant glen, surrounded on all sides by lofty mountains. The south end of this enchanting vale, which is...
Page 305 - ... and two thirds, composed of the lower portion of the right ventricle and the whole of the left, on its left. The apex beats between the cartilages of the fifth and sixth left ribs, at a point about two inches below the nipple and one inch on its sternal side. The lungs descend along the margins of the sternum about two inches apart, and overlap the base of the heart, slightly on the right side, and more extensively on the left ; then, receding from each other, they leave a considerable portion...
Page 79 - MD, Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children in the University of Pennsylvania, &c.
Page 326 - Sulphate of lime, sulphate of magnesia, sulphate of soda, carbonate of lime, carbonate of magnesia, chloride of sodium, chloride of magnesium, chloride of calcium, iodine...
Page 325 - Indeed there is hardly an instance of an individual retaining his original repugnance to them longer than three or four days, and some there are who become so excessively fond of the water as to give it the preference over any other liquids. Like most of the sulphurous, this water is perfectly transparent, and deposits a whitish sediment, composed of its various saline ingredients, mingled with sulphur. It is also for the most part placid ; occasionally, however, it is disturbed by a bubble of gas,...
Page 104 - The excess of carbonic acid gives, however, the water a briskness, productive of a very different effect on the palate from what an imperfect mixture of the earths would produce. The first effects of this water, due to its temperature and gaseous contents, when drunk, are a feeling of warmth at the stomach, with a sensation of fullness of the head, and some giddiness.
Page 350 - ... 212°, 81.41 grains. Quantity of each solid ingredient in 100 cubic inches, estimated as perfectly free from water — 1. Sulphate of Lime 36.755 2.
Page 246 - ... the entrance of a verdant glen, surrounded on all sides by lofty mountains. The south end of this enchanting vale, which is the widest portion of it, is about two hundred feet in width. Its course is nearly north for about one hundred and fifty yards, when it begins gradually to contract, and changes its direction to the northwest and west, until it terminates in a narrow point. This beautifully secluded Tempe is the chosen site of the village. The northwest portion is occupied by stables, carriage-houses,...