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Post, Telegraph and Express Offices on Premises. 
 An Extensive and Elegant Livery. 
 Four Daily Mails. 
 
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 There will be upon the premises a Resident Physician, Dr. W. R. Jones, 
 of Richmond, Va., who is thoroughly familiar with the qualities of these 
 waters and their application to the various diseases for which they are 
 recommended. 
 
 Mercury seldom rises 
 above 85 F. the hottest 
 days, and Fogs, so 
 common in many 
 mountainous sections 
 of the State, 
 are seldom seen here. 
 
 Elevation 2000 feet above Sea Level. 
 Climate Salubrious and Invigorating. 
 Nights always Cool and Refreshing. 
 
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A Description ... in addition to the famous Alum Wells, there are 
 
 several of the finest Chalvbeate Springs in the United 
 States, ranking among the chief Chalybeates of the 
 world, Schwalbach, Tunbridge Wells and others. 
 
 y\.iti]n Location Elevated. Air Pure and Bracing. 
 
 ,„j O • The Scenery Grand and Picturesque. 
 
 ""'^ opnngs • • • 
 
 «fii:^{^ockbridge 
 
 Analysis 
 
 Good Music. Spacious Ball-room. 
 
 Elegant Livery. 
 
 of the various 
 
 Waters of the Springs. Thus affording to the invalid the comforts of a home, and 
 
 the pleasure seeker, luxury and amusement. 
 
 "WATERS: — Alum, Chalybeate, Freestone. 
 
 Particular attention is called to page 30, where will be found a paper read bv a distinguished 
 physician before the Medical Association of Virginia on the "Medical properties and therapeutical uses 
 of water," 
 
 Rack from the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad nine miles, are the Rockbridge Alum 
 Springs. Thirty minutes by railroad covers the distance from Goshen Station to the doors of the Hotels. 
 
 The road follows the course of a rivulet that works its sinuous way to the James between two closely 
 hemming mountain ranges. Though the rise of the peaks is not as abrupt as in some parts of the Alleghany 
 system, the impression on the mind is one of quiet enchantment. 
 
 It is not until within a few hundred yards of the Springs that the crowning beauty of all comes to the 
 sight. There, in an Amphitheatre round as a bowl, with gentle sloping sides, lay the Springs in the firm but 
 kindly clasp of the encircling hills. To the location, Claude Melnot's description of " a deep vale shut out 
 from the rude world by Alpine Hills," might well apply, and to the lawn the superb imagery of Everette that 
 " Nature had spread a carpet fit to be pressed by the footsteps of the descending Gods." 
 
The Qrand Hotel ^ ^ 
 
 Is situated on the very summit of tlie liili, where every breath of pure, fresh mountain air exhilarates 
 like a glass of sparkling champagne. This modern hotel was erected at the cost of thousands of dollars. 
 The rooms are large, airy and light. The view from the windows stretches as far as the eye can reach, 
 taking in the Elliot Knob— the highest peak in Virginia. 
 
 (Central Hotel ^ ^ 
 
 Upon the arrival of the train at the Springs the guests are taken to the Central Hotel, which is at the 
 depot, and are there met by our polite and attentive Room Clerk, who locates them as they prefer— either at the 
 Central, Grand or Brook Hotels, or in some of the Cottages. 
 
 The Central is a brick building, and, on account of the large airy rooms and extensive piazzas, is very 
 popular. The oftice lobby is large, light and airy, and furnished with easy chairs, sofas, etc., making it a 
 delightful assembly room for both ladies and gentlemen. The main parlors are adjoining and connecting 
 and are furnished in the same manner. The ladies' writing room adjoins the office, also the gentlemen's 
 writing and smoking room ; and all taken together, give it the appearance of one vast parlor. The dining 
 room is in the main part of the Central. 
 
 5 
 
Grand Hotel, 150 Rooms. 
 
Central Motel, 100 Rooms, and Main Dining-Room in Background. 
 
JOHN STAICiE DAVIS, M. A., M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Materia Medica, University of Virginia, and for twelve years 
 Resident Physician at these Sprinjjs, says : 
 
 "Most of the effects which 1 daily observe from the use of the waters are such as the presence of their chief ingredients might 
 suggest. These are Alumina, Free Sulphuric Acid and Iron, and accordingly their most conspicuous properties are Astringent 
 and Tonic, adapting them to the cure of Chronic Diarrhoea, Chronic Dysentery, Chronic Bronchitis, Catarrh of the Throat and 
 Nasal Passages, Hemorrhage from the Kidneys, and Anaemia. It always gives much greater efficacy to appropriate treatment 
 of Leucorrhrea amd Menorrhagia, and often entirely supersedes the necessity of it. But this Alum Water also proves signally 
 
 <^ While a less pretentious structure, and almost hidden as it is by the forest trees 
 
 The Brook Hotel around it, is much sought after on account of being removed from the two 
 V?* larger hotels with its inevitable flood of noise and gaiety. Verandas extend 
 
 along three sides of the house, both first and second floors. 
 
 The f tV>' R 'f/4' '"''^ ^^^ Brook Hotel, though not so large, are much sought after by invalids 
 
 on account of being somewhat distant from the hotels, though not sufficiently 
 
 and Lake Cottagfe .^ . - • * i- * i i 
 
 * distant to give one a feeling of loneliness. 
 
 beneficial in several other diseases, where its action can neither be anticipated nor explained. In Scrofula, for example, even though 
 apparently inveterate, it makes many cures, which the sequel proves are permanent. In Incipient Phthisis the symptoms often 
 disappear. In Diabetes Mellitus, the urine ceases to be saccharine, and the strength and flesh return. Various Cutaneous Eruptions, 
 especially those of the Vesicular and Pustular classes, commonly get well. An inactivity of the Liver is relieved with a promptness 
 and certainty which the minute proportions of the alkaline and alkaline earthy salts in the water would not have prepared one 
 to expect But perhaps the place is more resorted to for the cure of Dyspepsia than with any other single purpose, and it is 
 a matter of common observation that in the course of two or three weeks the appetite returns, and the digestion becomes 
 healthy and vigorous " 
 
Bfook Motel, 7S Rooms. 
 
Gothic and Vctle Cottages, 
 With Virginia Hall or Bachelor's Retreat in the Distance. 
 
J. L. CABELL, A. M., M. D., Professor Surgery, etc., University of Virginia, and President of tlie National Board of Healtii. 
 says: "My observation, made during a sojourn at the Springs of several weeks at a time, on two successive summers, led me to 
 the conclusion that the popular estimate of the efficacy of the Alum Water in the treatment of many chronic diseases is not an 
 exaggerated one. It is undeniable that an unusually large proportion of grave and obstinate cases, which baffle the ordinary 
 resources of the healing art, are annually cured at your Springs. 
 
 Its ordinary efficacy in the cure of Chronic Cutaneous Affections, and especially of Scrofulous Tumefactions and Ulcers, 
 
 J« It would be impossible to fairlv and trutliliillx' f.^ive a correct idea ot tliis most 
 
 Cottage Life charming life, only those wiio "must have a Cottage" can tell. To have a 
 
 <^ Cottage at the Alum is simply to live in a city with the comforts of a private 
 
 country residence. It is your home — your castle— open to your friends or the public as only you desire. 
 
 The Table 
 
 Every possible attention will be given to this department, keeping up its high 
 standard and home-like attractiveness. 
 
 ^ Is located at the Grand Hotel, and so exquisitely beautitul is it that strangers 
 
 The Ball Room e.xpress both admiration and astonishment when they see it. Guests who do not 
 
 •^ care to attend the nightly balls can yet enjoy the music from the spacious parlors 
 
 and reception rooms of the Grand, which are near the ball room, or enjoy promenades on the 
 
 extensive verandas. 
 
 suggest the presence and operations of an agent not e.xpressed by its name, which name is due to the predominant taste of a 
 ferruginous alum, with a notable e.xcess of sulphuric acid. 
 
 It has achieved wonders in the cure of Chronic Diarrho-a, not so much, as I have been led to believe from some observations, by its 
 astringency as indirectly by its influence on the digestive function. Indeed, I believe it to be a powerful agent, susceptible of various 
 useful applications in the treatment of many diseases of a chronic nature." 
 
South Carolina Row. 
 
Georgia Row. 
 
Ball Room, 100 x 50, with Theatre Stage in the Rear. 
 
Letter from DR. THOMAS A. EMMETT, of New York : 
 
 "Dear Sir: In answer to your request [cheerfully bear testimony to the great efficacy of the Alum Water of your Springs 
 as an adjuvant in the treatment of diseases peculiar to women. It is a most valuable tonic, and In the treatment of a large class of 
 cases suffering from discharges resulting from want of tone, together with general derangement of the digestive s>stem, I know 
 of no Mineral Water so efticacious. It is so readily assimilated, that I have ne\er known Its use to disagree with or derange the 
 
 ^ It is doubtful if there is any spot on the earth more attractive, especiallv to children, 
 
 The Lawns than the extensive lawns at this celebrated watering place. Fifty acres shaded by 
 
 .j« native forest trees with artistically laid off and slated walks, with rustic seats here, 
 
 there and everywhere, and a beautiful mountain stream flowing through the entire length of the lawns. 
 
 ■J* The Society is composed of the ver\- cream of the aristocracy of birth and wealth 
 
 Society from every section of our country, while not infrequently, travelers from distant 
 
 v< lands in search of health and pleasure, find their steps at last arrested here, and so, 
 
 held by the charm of uiitramiiielled social intercourse with retlned and elegant people, they linger on in this 
 arcadian retreat, while the weeks glide into months. Eminent jurists, divines, physicians, statesmen, success- 
 ful men of business in every branch of industry, year after year, congregate here, giving solidity and tone to 
 the company, and bringing with them the fair ones of their households, who, by their gentle grace and beauty, 
 are, after all, the chief attraction of this loveliest of all lovely spots. Here Northerner and Southerner, High 
 Church and Low Church, rich and poor, one and all seem, in the common pursuit of pleasure and health to 
 forget for a time every difference in politics, religion and outward condition. 
 
 stomach. FreiiueniK , where tonic and ihe preparation of iron are badly borne, in such cases I have always found that by judicious 
 use of these waters at first the system could be brought to a point of toleration. 
 
 I have used both the water and the dried preparation, or salts, in private practice and In the Woman's Hospital, for se\eial 
 years, to my great satisfaction. 
 
 So valuable do I consider the agent In the class of cases In which I have chiefly employed It, that I uish you every success 
 in your efforts to bring it Into more general use.'" Yours respecttull>-, 
 
 THOMAS ADDIS EMMETT. 
 
Lawn and Grounds near Brook Motel, Showing Covered Walkway to Grand Hotel. 
 
Grounds Near Chalybeate Springs. 
 
Dr. D. HAYES AGNEW, of Philadelphia, wrote : 
 
 " 1 l<now the value of the RocI<bridg:e Alum Water, having; for several years sent patients to the Springs and frequently 
 prescribed the water." 
 
 Here both old and young can indulge in all innocent amusements usually resorted 
 
 «^ to for passing agreeably and profitably the long lazy days of Summer. Dotted 
 
 Amusements. liere and there through the parlor, on the veranda and even on the lawn under the 
 
 ^ protecting shade of the trees, may generally be seen at any and all hours of the 
 
 day, groups of ladies and gentlemen engaged in the quiet game of whist, and too 
 
 much absorbed to be disturbed even by the noisy mirth of "Six-Handed Euchre" parties nearby. Morning 
 
 Germans and riding parties, to say nothing of billiards, ten pins, croquet, quoits and tennis, all help to vary 
 
 the monotony of a life removed from one's everyday home duties and interests. 
 
 Shady, cool, romantic walks entice to pedestrian exercise, and the pale, delicate, city-reared girl 
 soon finds strength to climb the neighboring heights, and brings home in her glowing cheeks trophies more 
 exquisite than her woodland treasures of fern and moss. It is a spot charming beyond expression, and all 
 around may be had for the seeking, bits of loveliness in mountain and valley, or scenes of ruggedness and 
 wild confusion, it is not alone a place for mending broken health, but a place for activity and the enjoy- 
 ment of exuberant life. Hence it is that at this resort there is always a large number of the young and gay 
 whose spirits lend wings to Time itself. 
 
 In another letter DR. AGNEW wrote as follows : 
 
 " I have prescribed for several years the Rockbridge Alum Water in cases of Chronic Diarrhita and Chronic Cystitis 
 with decided benefit." 
 
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Tally-Ho Coaching Party. 
 
MR. T. GAILLARD THOMAS, Professor of Obstetrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, writes: 
 
 " 1 regard it as one of the most efficient astringent and tonic mineral waters which I have ever employed. Its use in 
 Dyspepsia, Chronic Diarrhcea, and Dysentery, proves of very great value, and in these affections I am in the daily practice of 
 employing it." 
 
 " The Big Chalvbeate Spring." — the water of which has been experimentallv 
 
 pronounced by ail who have tested it, as being not only agreeable to 
 
 Chalybeate Springs the taste, but almost infallible in its beneficial effect as a tonic— is 
 
 <^ in a retired, picturesque spot, and always so cool and comfortable with its 
 
 pretty rustic seats, and none save the little birds to catch the sound of 
 
 sweet whispered words, that it is a favorite haunt for many besides the invalid. From this point 
 
 turning to the left and following tiie smooth, slate covered drive, you soon reach the " Little Chalybeate," 
 
 which by some is thought to be even better than the other and larger Spring. 
 
 Professor J. M. Mallett, Ph.D., M. D., University of Virginia, made an analxsis of these waters, 
 and this is what thai distinguished analyst says: "It mav be looked upon as essential Iv j pure Chalvbeate, 
 the most important ingredient being the Carbonate oj Iron, so valuable in cases of ana'inic debility and 
 derangement of the uterine functions." He also speaks of Litl/iimi Carbonate in the water, and of 
 detecting minute quantities of /trsenic and Copper in the sediment of the Spring, and adds: "These 
 two metals have in Europe been found in deposits from the mineral waters of Ems, Schwalbach, Weisbaden, 
 Pyrmont, and others noted for their tonic and alterative properties." 
 
 DR. FRANK DONALDSON, Clinical Professor, Diseases Throat and Chest, Univertsiy of Mar\land, Baltimore, Md., writes: 
 
 "In reply to your letter, I cheerfully state that I consider the Rockbridge Alum Water very beneficial in catarrhal 
 diseases of the Lungs, Throat, and of the Intestinal Canal. I frequently prescribe it in such cases. 
 
 1 send patients to the Rockbridge Alum Springs, where, in addition to the use of the water freshly drawn from the Springs, 
 they can breathe an invigorating, dry mountain air." 
 
Lake Cottage and Chalybeate, No. 1. 
 
Dr. THOAIAS L. MADDEN, Professor of Institute of Medicine, Nashville Medical College, says : 
 
 " The investigation I have given to watering places in this and other countries, leads me to the conclusion that none have 
 claims superior to the Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia. This is true, both in reference to the mineral value of the water, the fine 
 mountain air, and the general topography of the country. Besides other valuable ingredients, the various blendings of Alum, Iron, and 
 Arsenic to be found in these waters, cannot fail to be of benefit to invalids needing a tonic and alterative treatment." 
 
 In addition to the careful analysis, which we give in another part of this pamphlet (qualitative and 
 quantitative) made at the Springs by this distinguished chemist and analyst, we refer with much satisfac- 
 tion to the able paper read by the late Dr. A. M. Fauntleroy, of Virginia, before the Medical Association of 
 Virginia, and endorsed by that representative body of physicians at its Annual Session, 1883, upon ihe 
 Medical Properties and Therapeutical uses of the waters of Rockbridge Alum Springs, the Chalybeate included. 
 Of the Chalybeate, he says it is a pure Magnesia Chalybeate, in which the Iron Carbonate is held in solution 
 by excess of Carbonic Acid. It is mildly antacid, essentially tonic and restorative, free from astringency, readily 
 absorbable, rapidly enriching ihe blood ; the association of arsenic with the iron in this water increases its action as 
 an alterative, promoting bodily nutrition. 
 
 We find from the analysis of this water that it contains some of the leading constituents ot healthy 
 human blood ; hence its peculiar adaptedness to restore abnormal conditions which give rise to many 
 diseases, notably, debility, aniemia, acid dyspepsia, chlorosis, neuralgia, many forms of sl<in diseases, 
 neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion consequent upon mental worry and excessive brain work. It is the 
 great restorer and regulator in the debility so often seen in young girls, and in women broken down by 
 nursing. It is anti-malarial. 
 
 PROF. ARCHIBALD ATKINSON, M. D., of Baltimore, Md., says of these waters : 
 
 " The Ferric Alum Waters are useful in the enlarged tonsils of children, in the chronic irritable throat of clergymen and public 
 speakers, in Scrofula, in Chronic Diarrhcea and Dysentery, in Bronchorrha'a, in Chronic Cystitis, in Gleet and obstinate Skin Diseases. 
 The\' should be used in small doses, oft repeated." 
 
Chalybeate Springs, No. 2. 
 
From J. J. CLARK, M. D., of St. Louis, Mo.: 
 
 " From my e.xperience in my own case, and from my own observations in others, I should say tiiat its waters are particularly 
 adapted to those diseases of the Stomach and Alimentary Canal which cause a want of tone in those organs. So far as local diseases are 
 dependent upon this condition (and there are man\' such) , 1 consider these waters eminently curative, and recommend them as such to 
 my patients. The location of these Springs among the mountains is ver>' pleasant and healthful." 
 
 Ver>' respectfully yours, 
 
 J. J. CLARK, M. D. 
 
 At the very base of the mountain are the handsome pavilions over the Alum 
 «^ Springs, nine in number. These waters first attained celebrity by their complete 
 
 Alum Springs anJ unquestionable cure for Scrofulj in its worst and most aggravated forms. 
 
 j« Cutaneous Eruptive Diseases yielded to its action, and soon Chronic "DiarrlKva 
 
 and Drseiiierp were added to the list of the conquests. The powerful alterathv 
 effects of the water early attracted the notice of the profession, and many of its most distinguished members 
 have certified to its efficacy in a great variety of depraved conditions of the system, as Torpid Liver, 
 HenwrrJiagi' from the KiJi/evs, HcmorrlioiJs, Chronic bronchitis. Catarrh of the Throat and SXasal Passages, 
 Lesions of the Miic.-iis Membrane generally. Multitnies of 'women can testify to its unsurpassed eftkacy in the 
 relief and cure of those ailments peculiar to their se.x. The fine tonic properties of the water give it a 
 great potency in all anaemic conditions of the system, invigorating the appetite, and increasing and enriching 
 the blood. It has repeatedly proven its efficacy in Diabetes Mellitus, speedily correcting the saccharine depravity 
 of the urine, and restoring the wasted flesh and strength of the patient. Probably in no type of disease has 
 its efficacy been better attested or more unfailing than in Dyspepsia in its varied and most distressing forms. 
 
 E.xtrjct from letter of THOS. H. McLEAN, Gen'l Manager Citizens' Street Railroad Co., Indianapolis. Ind. : 
 
 "Send me by e.\press another case of Alum Water. It has been of great assistance to Mrs. McLean, and I am recommending it 
 to our friends.'' 
 
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Famous Rockbridge Alum Springs, No. 1. 
 
The analysis of the first four Springs which we present in condensed form, is by Prof. M. B. Harden, Virginia Military Institute, 
 Lexington, Va., and of the last five Springs, by Prof. J. W. Mallet, University of Virginia. 
 
 ANALYSIS OF SPRINGS. Nos. 1, 2. 3 AND 4. 
 
 Gr.ains of Anhydrous Constituents in One Gallon 
 OF 231 Inches. 
 
 N0.I 
 
 Arsenic f'nt trace 
 
 Antimony ' f'nt trace 
 
 Lead Sulphate 
 
 Copper. . 
 
 Iron Persulphate 
 
 Manganese Sulphate , 
 
 Nickel 
 
 Cobalt " 
 
 Zinc " 
 
 Aluminum " 
 
 Calcium 
 
 Magnesium 
 
 Potassium 
 
 Sodium 
 
 Lithium " 
 
 Free Sulphuric Acid 
 
 Silicic Acid 
 
 Sodium Chloride 
 
 Calcium Phosphate .. 
 Calcium I'luoride .... 
 Ammonium Nitrate.... 
 Organic Matter 
 
 Total 
 
 trace 
 
 0424 
 
 1 01850 
 0.85955 
 0.06298 
 0.03547 
 0.11951 
 
 31.24652 
 1.73110 
 0.88761 
 0.17248 
 0.02134 
 0.01852 
 3.23904 
 3.54627 
 0.07547 
 0.01725 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 
 No. 2 
 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 0.04024 
 1.94443 
 0.09177 
 o. 1 4062 
 0.01432 
 o 38906 
 42.60887 
 3.22302 
 5.60586 
 0.41290 
 0.02743 
 0.02006 
 3.82512 
 3.69750 
 0.10565 
 0.1 72 5 1 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 
 No. 3 
 
 f'nt trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 0.09287 
 1.75922 
 0.52511 
 0.23969 
 0.08082 
 0.20525 
 45.95506 
 2.63598 
 6.37371 
 0.38351 
 0.02130 
 0.02006 
 2.04041 
 3.12807 
 0.10565 
 0.21-1674 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 
 43.19185 62.35936 61 77342 94 83748 
 
 No. 4 
 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 0.10370 
 2.90122 
 1.37352 
 0.22871 
 0.08124 
 0.21748 
 72.37335 
 2,31527 
 7. 36 1 10 
 0.17586 
 0.03463 
 0.03241 
 3.06653 
 
 4- (8340 
 0.14246 
 0.05174 
 trace 
 trace 
 trace 
 
 Cubic Inches of the Gases in a Gallon of Water. 
 
 Carbon Dio.xide 
 
 O.xygen 
 
 Nitrogen 
 
 Total 
 Temperature 
 Spe. Grav'y at bo" (- 
 
 ANALYSIS OF SPRINGS, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9. 
 
 Gr.'\ins in One Wine Gallon. 
 
 No. 5 
 
 Aluminum Sulphate 
 
 Iron per Sulphate / 
 
 (ferric Sulphate) \ 
 Iron proto-sul. (fer- / 
 rous Sulphate) \ 
 Sulphuric Acid (free) . 
 Manganese Sulphate .... 
 
 Nickel Sulphate 
 
 Cobalt Sulphate 
 
 Zinc Sulphate 
 
 Cadmium Sulphate 
 
 Copper Sulphate 
 
 Calcium Sulphate 
 
 Magnesium Sulphate ... 
 Potassium Sulphate ... 
 
 Sodium Sulphate 
 
 Lithium Sulphate 
 
 Sodium Chloride 
 
 Calcium Fluoride 
 
 Calcium Phosphate / 
 (iribasic) j 
 
 Silica 
 
 Organic Matter 
 
 Total 
 
 11.2055 
 
 1.4327 
 
 .2951 
 
 2.0666 
 .1265 
 .0985 
 .0762 
 .0684 
 
 trace 
 .1238 
 .3201 
 
 3 1455 
 .3217 
 .2450 
 .0024 
 .0084 
 
 trace 
 
 .0027 
 
 2.0043 
 trace 
 
 No. 6 
 
 6.8791 
 1. 8441 
 
 2.1400 
 .3074 
 .1265 
 .0925 
 .0307 
 
 trace 
 .1116 
 .2874 
 
 2.6517 
 
 .0056 
 
 .0072 
 
 tmce 
 
 .0036 
 
 2.7961 
 
 No. 7 
 
 31.0528 
 5.1710 
 
 .5167 
 
 4 8425 
 1.0232 
 .4638 
 .3141 
 .6078 
 .0321 
 6.0752 
 3.3079 
 
 9-2.'4I 
 
 .2712 
 .2322 
 .0172 
 
 .0823 
 trace 
 
 .0.38 
 
 3.0975 
 trace 
 
 21.5361 17.9435 116.2754 52.7310 55 oSgz 
 
 No. 8 
 
 26.1115 
 2.4288 
 
 •2245 
 7.9016 
 .5679 
 .2641 
 .3108 
 
 .2145 
 
 trace 
 
 2.3>47 
 
 3 0081 
 5-3647 
 .3025 
 .3218 
 .0108 
 .0631 
 trace 
 
 J. 3036 
 trace 
 
 No. 9 
 
 278462 
 
 2 8755 
 
 .3150 
 
 5.^201 
 .5328 
 .4077 
 .5064 
 .2819 
 .0045 
 3.1042 
 1.8420 
 8.2133 
 .3256 
 .2414 
 .0097 
 .0406 
 trace 
 
 .0079 
 
 3.4166 
 trace 
 
 The Gaseous Contents of the Water were Found to be 
 
 Carbon Dio.xide 
 
 Nitrogen 
 
 O.xygen 
 
 Marsh Gas 
 
 Total 
 
 No. 5 
 
 11.22 
 
 3-76 
 
 1-33 
 
 16.5 
 
 16.28 
 
 Cubic Inches in One Wine Gallon. 
 
 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 
 
 11.39 
 3.62 
 
 1.27 
 
 10.38 
 3.19 
 I. II 
 
 9.91 
 3-31 
 1-35 
 
 11.08 
 4.04 
 1.62 
 
 16.74 
 
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Famous Rockbridge Alum Springs, No. 2. 
 
Extracts from DR. MOORMAN'S new work on Virginia Springs : 
 
 " It is a matter of no little importance that the public should be fully apprised of the remarkable hitluence exerted by the Rockbridge 
 Alum Waters, in strumous diseases especially They have long stood as a reproach to our profession, and never, but in these waters, has 
 a remedy been found that deserves the name of specific for the cure. 
 
 Tiiey are very valuable in mesentolric affections, particularly in persons, old or young, of scrobutic tendencies. In Chronic 
 Diarrhoea they display speedy and happy effects. To se\-eral of the affections commonly known as female diseases, they are 
 happily adapted. 
 
 THE ROCKBRIDGE ALUM WATER. 
 
 The famous medicinal anti-malarial waters are put upon the market in half-gallon bottles, one dozen to 
 the case and sold for $^.^0. Ask your druggist for it, and if he does not keep it, send to the Springs and your 
 order will be promptly tilled. 
 
 For more than eighty years it has grown in public favor as a great medicinal agent in the cure of 
 chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, bronchitis, incipient consumption and scrofula. Until now the medical profession 
 admit they have a rival of nature restorative that has cured diseases that all human skill has too often proved 
 unavailable. 
 
 We could give a book of many octavos of certificates of testimonials from those who have found their 
 health that seemed forever gone, but we desist, owing to the fact that quack medicines now outshine us all on 
 certificates, and rely upon the testimonials of such eminent and distinguished physicians as to satisfv the 
 most skeptical. 
 
 Multitudes of females can testify to their possessed efficacy in the relief and cure of those ailments so 
 peculiar to their sex. The fine tonic properties of the water make it a great restorative in all jz/.Tw/r conditions 
 of the svstem, invigorating the oral canal by increasing and enriching the blood. It has repeatedly proved of 
 great efficacy in iiiabc'L's nwUitiis, speedily removing the saccharine from the urine and restoring the tlesh and 
 strength of the patient. Probably in no type of disease has its efficacy been better attested or more unfailing 
 than diabetes in its varied and most distressing forms. 
 
 There are no voljli/r gases to be lost, and none of the salts precipitate by removal from the Springs. 
 
 It is not a ciir,- all, but nature's best Tonic and Alterative, and will either cure or great 1\' relieve Indigestion, 
 Scrofula, or "King's Evil," Incipient Consumption, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Pneumonia, Chronic Diarrhoea, 
 Chronic Dysentery, etc. 
 
 J'hey are particularly adapted to all glandula affections— being a ivi/jii/ cure tor scrofula in all its 
 attending forms. 
 
 Bronchitis, when in connection with a strumous diathesis, may be treated by these waters to great advantage; in such cases it will 
 be found to be one of our best remedies 
 
 The immediate effect of these waters, under their full and kindly influences upon the system, are those of a febrifuge tonic, 
 resembling the action of some of our best vegetable medicines of that class, but superior to them from a specific tendency to the 
 Bowels and Kidneys. They purge mildly, perhaps two-thirds of the persons that use them freely." 
 
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Some of the Druggists who keep the Water constantly on sale : 
 NEW YORK: . . Eisner.^ Mendelson Co.; Hazard, Hazard & Co.; Schieftelin & Co.; C N. Crittenton Co. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA Smith, Kline & Frencli Co. ; Bullocl< & Crenshaw 
 
 Baltimore . Lillv & Rogers; Winkelman & Brown ; Thomas & Thompson ; Tomsen & Son 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C " W. S. Thompson 
 
 Richmond, Va Purcell, LaddiV Co.; Powers, Taylor & Co. 
 
 Norfolk Va Burrows, Martin & Co. 
 
 LYNCHBURG Va W. A. Strother & Co ; E. A. Craighill & Co. 
 
 DANVILLE, VA ^,- • -^^ Dr .W. H. Coles 
 
 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA S. C. Chanaller & Co.; The Wills Drug Co. 
 
 STAUNTON, VA Dr. N. Wayt & Brother 
 
 LE.XINGTON, VA ^- "^^ '^S^IV'^m .S""' 
 
 CHARLOTTE, N. C J- H^McAdin 
 
 ST I OUIS Mo Mever Bros. & Co.; Richardson Drug Company 
 
 LOUISVILLE, KY ' Robinson, Pettet & Co. 
 
 ATLANTA GA Jacobs' Pharmacy ; Elkin-Watson Drug Co. 
 
 Rome,g;. ."■ - ■ •Bfe>'^^o. 
 
 EUTAW, ALA R'-^"'^^' Palmer & Co. 
 
 COLU.WBUS, GA , ,■ ,■ ^^ll^^ 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA 1. L. Lyons cV Co. 
 
 NASHVILLE, TENN Demonlle & Co. 
 
 COLUMBUS, MISS ^- ■J^'^'^'t^, 9^^ 
 
 BOSTON, MASS Theo. Metcalf & Co 
 
 CHICAGO ^Rog^s & Diamond 
 
 CINCINNATI, OHIO Weatherhead .V Co. 
 
 TUSKALOOSA, ALA ^ A ' ,• ', •'^- '^o^" 
 
 ALEXANDRIA, Va E- ^- L^adbeater & Son 
 
 OUINCY, FLA ^''■•^o^;,^n"''?^ 
 
 MONTGOMERY, ALA E. W. Fowler 
 
 If your druggist does not keep the water, order it direct from the Sprmgs. 
 Price, $5.50 per case of one dozen half gallon bottles. 
 
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Paper Read hefore the IVIedical A.ssociation of Virginia, 
 Septernber 6tli, 1S83, on the 
 
 JVIedical Proi^erties eiiicl ^Tplnerapexatical Uses of 
 tlie W^aters of the Rockbridge 
 
 Alum Spi"ii^gs» 
 
 By a. m. fauntleroy, m. d., 
 
 Hon. Fellow of the iMcdical and Chinirnical Faculty of Mjrrl.v/J ; HON. FELLOW of the Riclnuoiid {Va.) 
 Academy of Medicine ; HON. FELLOW of the ^hiiiadon ( l^a.) Academv of iMcdicuw ; E\-PRES1DENT 
 AND Hon. Fellow of the Medical Society of l^irgiiiia. 
 
 ■'Mr. President and Geiitleiueii of the Medical Society of Zh'rgii/ia : 
 
 The purpose, in part, of the report which 1 had the honor to read by appointment, so recently in 
 your hearing, was to exhibit some of the benefits secured to Medicine through tlie sl\ilful exertions of the 
 chemists. To-day, however, I solicit your consideration of remedies in tlie preparation of which the 
 chemist had neither share nor concern — The Rockbridge Alum Waters— waters of acknowledged curative 
 power, holding in solution various ingredients so proportioned and adjusted under the silent operation of 
 nature's forces as to successfully defy duplication by the most expert chemical manipulator. 
 
 Of the many restorative waters for which this old Commonwealth is so justly famed, not one is more 
 widely known, nor more highly esteemed, than those arising in the beautiful valley. 
 
 The waters obtainable here directly from nature's laboratory are not only plentiful in amount, but 
 varied in quality. "Besides a pure chalybeate admirably adapted to the relief of a number of morbid bodily 
 
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conditions, there are NINE tylliini Springs nearly identical in their constituents, but varient in concentra- 
 tion, which appreciably modifies their physiological effects and therapeutical uses. Nature, not satisfied 
 however, with her munificence in the bestowal of these waters, has surrounded them with scenes of varied 
 beauty and grandeur, as if to reinforce their medicinal virtues by the most salutary physical influences. 
 
 T/ie icater of the chalybeatL' spring is very clear, colorless and odorless, yet with a decidedly ferruginous 
 taste. Its temperature at all seasons of the year is about 52° Fahrenheit. According to a most careful 
 anahsis b\- Dr. J. W. Mallet, of the University of Virginia, each gallon of the water contains the following 
 constituents : 
 
 Calcium Sulphate 4.462 
 
 Potassium Sulphate .163 
 
 Sodium Chloride 141 
 
 Calcium Phosphate (tribasic) .016 
 
 Iron Carbonate .853 
 
 Manganese Carbonate 050 
 
 Magnesium Carbonate .887 
 
 Lithium Carbonate Trace 
 
 Alumina 066 
 
 Silica 865 
 
 Arsenic Trace 
 
 Copper Trace 
 
 Nitric Acid Slight Trace 
 
 Organic Matter .107 
 
 Total 7-776 
 
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From M. M. FALLEN, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics, etc., in the St. Louis Medical College; 
 
 " From my own personal observation my experience is limited to cases of persons suffering from Dyspepsia, caused by an atonic 
 condition of the Stomach, and to cases of Chronic Diarrhoea and Dysentery. In such I have found the use of the water, whether at the 
 Springs or in this city, vers' valuable, and I am in the habit of recommending it to my patients." 
 
 Respectfully yours. M. M. FALLEN, M. D. 
 
 This is an agreeable magnesia-chalybeate in which the ferrous carbonate is held in solution by the 
 e.xcess of carbonic acid gas. 
 
 This Spring, togetiier with four of the Alum Springs, embrace those among the established springs of 
 Virginia, in which Arsenic has been found by analysis, though it is popularly spoken of as existing in some 
 others. 'This u-ater is mildlv antacid and laxative from the contained magnesium carbonate. It is, however, essentially 
 ionic and restorative from the ferrous carbonate, which is chemically similar in form to Pallet's mass, long recognised as 
 an excellent and efficient birnietic. The ferrous carbonate is free from astringency— very soluble in the gastric 
 juices and readily absorbable, whereby the blood is rapidly enriched and the processes of sanguification stim- 
 ulated. The association of arsenic with the iron in this water, makes it all the more active in promoting 
 bodily nutrition, while exerting doubtlessly its peculiar alterative action. 
 
 Extract of a letter from a Prominent Physician of Alabama: 
 
 DR. CHAS. WHEELAN writes to a patient visiting the Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va.: 
 
 •'I have, as a general thing, ver>' little respect for the remedial virtues of mineral waters, as I think climate, scenery and 
 pleasant surroundings have as much to do in improving the condition of patients as mere water. In the case of Rockbridge Alum 
 Springs, my opinion is very different, as nature has here given us a combination eminently adapted to the cure of some grave intestinal 
 disorders." (Signed") CHAS. WHEELAN, M. D., 
 
 Per Son. 
 
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Testimonial of PROF. JOSEPH P. LOGAN, Atlanta. Ga., Professor of Practice of Medicine, Southern Medical College : 
 
 Atlanta, Ga., February 8th, i8qo. 
 " I regard the icaters as entitled to a more distinct place in Therapeutics than any medicinal water with which I am acquainted, 
 and can speak very confidently in regard to the beneficial effects in all local troubles connected with a strumous condition of the system, 
 and especially in Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Diarrhoea, and Dysentery, and also regard very highly the value of the waters in 
 
 Combinations similar to that afforded by this water have proved so efficacious in the relief of ancemia, 
 chlorosis, neuralgia, psoriasis, and other squamous forms of skin diseases, as to render it unnecessary to me 
 to fortify the declaration of the great efficacy of this water by the recital of cases cured. The water is also 
 admirably adapted to the relief of chronic malarial poisoning, neurasthenia and the multiform nervous 
 derangements resulting from excessive brain work and mental worry. 
 
 There are ailments in which resort may be had at once to this water (i. e., anctmia), with assurance 
 of its prompt remedial effects. And others in which it may be used cither in connection or alternation 
 with the Alum Waters, while perhaps the largest number may first require the astringent tonic, alterative 
 or diuretic influences of the Alum Waters. 
 
 The ^lum Springs water is clear and without odor, though markedly astringent and acidulous to the 
 taste. Throughout the year these waters preserve quite a uniform temperature, ranging from 50° to 56° 
 Fahrenheit. 
 
 From an examination of the analysis of the Alum Springs (a tabulated statement of which is here- 
 with appended) it may be seen that these waters contain some of the most approved and valued articles of 
 our Materia Medica. The waters are charged with carbondioxide, oxygen and nitrogen gases, which 
 
 debilitated and anamic conditions, as alterative and tonic in the improvement of the nutrition of the body. I can also speak defi- 
 nitely in reference to a member of my own family, for whose benefit my visit last summer was made; as also from my knowledge 
 of the results in cases of several friends who were there during the last season." 
 
 (Signed) JOSEPH LOGAN, M. D. 
 
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DR. HUNTER jMcGUIRE, of Richmond, Va., says : 
 
 " I cheerfully bear testimony to the value of the Rockbridge Alum Water. I very often prescribe it for Chronic 
 Diarrho-a and Dysentery, and in every form of Dyspepsia. As an astringent and tonic It is one of the most valuable I have 
 ever used." 
 
 render them specifically light. Of solid constituents they hold in solution Aluminium, ferrous and ferric 
 Sulphates. Besides a trace of Arsenic, there are Magnesium, Potassium, Sodium, Lithium and Cupric 
 Sulphates, associated with free Sulphuric t/lcid. 
 
 From the standpoint of the analytical chemist, viewing only the characteristic or typical ingredients, 
 Prof. William B. Rogers has classed these waters as Sulphurn- or ^lumino C/ialrbeate.^ 
 
 Locally used, the stronger of these waters are powerfully astringent ; internally, in small quantities 
 or doses, as you please, they do not exert any disturbing influence upon either the circulatory or central 
 nervous system. 
 
 The secretions of the stomach, liver and glandular structures of all the mucous tissues are modified; 
 indeed, it is mainly through the Orgainc Nervous Srstein that these waters exert an influence upon the 
 organism. The digestive powers are promoted, whereby the blood is supplied with materials more fully 
 elaborated and better suited to the nourishment of the bodily tissues. The bl(K)d-making and assimilative 
 powers of the organism are alike exalted, while the process of waste and repair are rendered more active. 
 
 *Vide the rirf;i>ii,n (a Mining:, Industrial and Scienlilu- .huirnal), Staunton, Va., August, i88?. 
 
 Extract from letter of J. SPEED SMITH, of Richmond. Ky., who, when he tirst commenced the use of Rockbridge Alum Water, 
 his friends and physicians considered him as not long for this world: 
 
 " Send me a case of Alum Water by first express. I am well now, weighing i6o pounds, but have a friend whom I want to try it. 
 I will send you a letter soon giving particulars of my wonderful recovery. Your Springs saved my life." 
 
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Extract from letter of MRS. M. SHERMAN FITCH, of I'iitsbury:, Pa.: 
 
 " 1 have been in far better health since 1 commenceJ the use of Rockbridge Alum Water. I have the greatest faith in it. It 
 has done me more good than all the medicine 1 have taken." 
 
 The description given of the physiological effects of these waters is the conclusion reached from 
 observations made here and at home near by during their employment, and i am gratified to know that I am 
 sustained in the accuracy of my own observations by the distinguished gentleman who tor man\- vears has so 
 acceptably filled the position of resident physician. 
 
 Though these waters affect the organism pleasantly it judiciously employed, yet, used imprudenll\-, 
 the>- are not without disagreeable effects, producing a feeling of fullness and uneasiness at the head, or giving 
 rise, it mav be, to general sense of discomfort, nausea, emesis or catharsis. 
 
 Thus it appears from the potency of these waters that they should not be used b\' the uivjliJ, e.xcept 
 under competent advisement. From the definitely ascertained action of the waters upon particular tissues 
 or organs, the physician is supplied with reliable data for their employment in diseases which are, after all, 
 but perverted phvsiological processes. 
 
 Though these waters are far from being a cure for all the ills to which tlesh is heir, yet from their 
 extended influence over the physiological movements of the organism, it may be safely affirmed that they are 
 applicable in, and curative of, a number of maladies, chronic in character; and mv advice to you is to give 
 them a trial, should the ailment tall within the range of their physiological influence — chronic cases over which 
 vou have labored — until you are ready to cry out in your e.xtremity and humility : " Good Lord, deliver me !" 
 And should your petitition be tullv answered, I am assured that you will send them to the Springs rather than 
 employ the waters at home. 
 
 Extract from letter of J SHELBY IRVINE, Vice-Pres. Richmond Ky., National Bank, Richmond, Ky.: 
 
 " Please forward Alum Water at your earliest convenience as I am e.xceedingly an.xious my wife should have it before 
 present supply is exhausted. She is still improving rapidly— thanks to the Alum Water." 
 
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R. NOEL, M. D., Professor of Physiology, etc., Baltimore Dental College, and late Resident Physician, says : 
 
 " I regret at this time I cannot give the profession and the public the result of two years' close attention, for 1 have given 
 more than ordinary attention to this subject, as two years ago, an invalid and consumptive— so pronounced by six physicians of Balti- 
 more — I sought these Springs as a Jernier raort, and returned in four months a convalescent. I have, therefore, good cause to stud\ 
 well the actions of the waters. 
 
 Apprehensive of consuming too much of your time, 1 shall mention only a few of the many ailments 
 in which these waters have proved efficient and useful : 
 
 Their reputation in the cure of Scrofula in its various phases dates from the earliest period in the 
 history of the Springs, even years before the constituents had been established by analysis. Without pre- 
 tending to offer a full theoretical explanation as to how these waters effect the cure of struma, it may not 
 prove unprofitable if even lambent light may be thrown upon the subject. Briefly considering the subject, 
 it suffices to bring the pathology of struma in juxtaposition with the known physiological action of these 
 waters. The salient features of scrofula are those of general malnutrition, in which the lymphatic gland- 
 ular system is markedly implicated. Fothergill has briefly depicted the disease as "one of hyperplasia of 
 the connective tissue, a growth in excess of cells of inferior quality, the enlarged glands, the thickened 
 epiphyses of the long bones; what are they but hyperplasia of the elements found there normally? The 
 neplasm is an inferior or degraded form of cell life— nothing strictly new." 
 
 Consumption— I have seen it arrested in its first stage. 1 have seen softening of the tubercles arrested. 1 have seen the Con- 
 secutive Bronchitis arrested. I have seen patients gain in flesh and health. 
 
 BriJNCHITIS— Catarrhal, Suppurative and Rheumatic Bronchitis I have seen cured, and cured permanently. 
 
 Scrofula — Glandular Enlargement, Scrofulous Ulcers, Scrofulous Eruptions, Scrofulous Discharge from Ears and Eyes, etc., I 
 have seen yield most rapidly, and permanent cures result." 
 
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Possessed ot the most positive medicinal virtues, 1 cannot discern anything mysterious or marvelous 
 ill the relief which these waters atYord in scrofula. For they are far-reaching in their influence upon the 
 nutritive processes of the organism, commencing, as it were, with the elaboration of better chyle, lymph 
 and blood— the nutritive plasma of the tissues— their influence extends even to the recondite interchanges 
 between the blood and tissues, whereby imperfect materials and effete products are exchanged for new and 
 highly vitalized morphological elements; accomplishing just such results as might have been predicted of 
 these waters, with multiple power as an astringent, tonic, alterative and deobstruent— results which obser- 
 vation and clinical experience have amply confirmed. Dr. J. S. Davis affirms: that even in inveterate 
 cases of scrofula, these waters " make many cures which the sequel proves are permanent." Dr. Henry 
 R. Noel, formerly Resident Physician, has asserted the permanent cure of "glandular enlargement, 
 scrofulous ulcers, scrofuloid eruptions, and scrofulous discharges from the ears and eyes." 
 
 in consumption, a disease so closely allied to scrofula, these waters have likewise proved serviceable 
 and remedial in promotion of the digestive and assimilative processes, whereby the formation of tubercles, 
 "///<? growth of lowly cells along the course of the tiny arteries," is retarded. 
 
 In what I shall venture to style the catarrhal stage of the disease, in which the pulmonary mucous 
 tissue is morbidly involved, though neoplasmic formations have not occurred, these waters are most likely 
 to prove remedial. Indeed, in just such cases. Dr. J. S. Davis informs me that he has observed the bene- 
 ficial influences of these waters, "the symptoms often disappearing." Dr. R. H. Noel has "seen the soft- 
 ening of the tubercles arrested, with a gain in flesh and health." In his own person Dr. Noel experienced 
 
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the happiest effects from the use of these waters. The following are his own words: "As an invalid and 
 consumptive, so pronounced b\ six physicians of Baltimore, 1 sought these Springs as a dernier resort, and 
 returned in four months a convalescent." 
 
 The inestimable worth of these waters in the therapeusis of consumption is further exemplified by 
 their ameliorative action even in the advanced stages of the disease, signalized b\' hectic fever, diarrh(i?a, 
 and colliquative sweats. 
 
 In chronic bronchitis and chronic catarrh of the throat and nasal passages, these w aters have yielded 
 most satisfactory results, attributable, doubtlessly, as much to their tonic and alterative action upon the 
 nutritive processes as to their constringent action upon the dilated and enfeebled capillaries of the 
 bronchial, pharyngeal and nasal mucous tissues, through which, in part, the sulphuric acid is eliminated. 
 
 In the treatment of dyspepsia, subacute and chronic, these waters have been extensively used, and 
 in no pathological state has their remedial power been more signally displayed. Besides exerting gen- 
 erallv a stimulo-tonic influence, these waters topically brace up the relaxed tissues of the stomach, 
 thereby abetting liie peristaltic movements of that organ, while the free acid seems to lessen the undue 
 production of acid secretion Irom the gastric tubercles. R\- due discrimination in the administration, 
 excessive acid secretion may be checked, or its deficiency mav be supplied. 
 
 The clinical assurances of the efficiency of these waters in the various dyspepsias are clear and authori- 
 tive. Dr. A. Graham, for a number of years Resident Physician, affirms thai "dyspepsia in its various 
 
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stages with all its train of horrible nervous symptoms, has been in innumerable instances relieved, and in 
 many cases effectually cured." The present Resident Physician, in giving the result of his more recent 
 experience, says: "It is a matter of common observation that in the course of two or three weeks the 
 appetite returns and digestion becomes healthy and vigorous." 
 
 In liver disturbances, these waters have exerted the happiest intluences. hi so-called torpidity of 
 the liver, their use has quite speedily resulted in the correction of the furred tongue, impaired appetite, 
 bitter taste in the mouth, tardy secretion and excretion ol the bile, loaded urine, and the general languor 
 and depression of spirits— ///t' indicia of lupaiic nuctivitv. The sodium sulphate pla\-s, doubtlessh', an 
 important part in the restoration of the healthy hepatic action, as experimental investigation has demon- 
 strated the secretive power of this drug upon the liver. In this connection Dr. J. S. Davis asserts that 
 "the liver is relieved with promptness and certainty, which the minute proportion of alkaline and alkaline 
 earthy salts would not have prepared one to expect." 
 
 These waters have also proved decidedl\- remedial in dijlhtc-s Wi-llitns, a maladv arising from the 
 failure of the liver to dehydrate glucose, and store it away as a hepatic sugar, the fuel food of the organism. 
 Such is the complexity of the glycogenic function of the liver, that it is difficult to conjecture how these 
 waters afford relief beyond their general tonic and alterative intluences. Nevertheless, their beneficial 
 action in diabetes is among the gratif\ing assurances of clinical experience. As tersely expressed by 
 Dr. J. S. Davis, "the urine ceases to be saccharine, and the tlesh and strength return." 
 
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In gout, another phase of Ikvr indigestion, these waters exert a remarkable influence. The liver 
 resumes its duty of splitting up the albuminoids, the products of suboxidation are lessened, and all the 
 morbid phenomena are gradually obliterated. The rationale of the action of these waters may be found, 
 as Dr. H. R. Noel has said, "in the improvement of the digestion, and in the action of the magnesia, soda 
 and potash." 
 
 In chronic diarrhoea and dysentery, these waters have proved curative, and their remedial effect is 
 due to an exaltation of the digestive and nutritive processes of the economy, as well as to the astringency 
 of the sulphuric acid which is excreted in great part by the intestinal mucous tissues. 
 
 The known efficacy of these waters in cutaneous disorders, especially those of a vesicular and postular 
 character, may be reasonably ascribed to their roborant and alterative action, in which the arsenic, though 
 minute in quantity, is doubtlessly a participant. 
 
 Experience has attested the great value and efficacy of these waters in derangements of the female 
 sexual organs. In chronic ovarian irritation, antonic leucorrhcca and menorrhagia, they may be resorted 
 to with assurance of success, in the absence of organic deteriorations. Remedial results attributable most 
 probably to their general tonic influence, as well as action on the mucous membranes generally, as a 
 stimulo-astringent. 
 
 Now, in conclusion, permit me to say that 1 shall be more than gratified if I have succeeded in setting 
 forth the excellency of these medicinal waters, which have again and again illustrated their sufficiency in a 
 number of chronic ailments after a failure and insufficiency of the medical art. 
 
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After the reading of Dr. Fauntleroy's paper, the following resolution was unanimouslv passed by the 
 Medical Association : 
 
 "On motion, resolved, that we, The Medical Association of Virginia, do herebv bear testimonv to our 
 thorough examination into the medicinal properties of the Rockbridge Alum Water, and from our professional 
 knowledge and information obtained, unhesitatingly endorse and recommend the same to persons afflicted 
 with the following diseases — /. e., some forms of dyspepsia, or indigestion, scrofula, incipient consumption, 
 chronic bronchitis, chronic laryngitis, chronic pneumonia, chronic diarrhoea, chronic dysentery, aphthous diseases, 
 chronic skin diseases, torpid liver, and diseases peculiar to females." 
 
 ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CURES 
 OF LIVER TROUBLE EVER KNOWN. 
 
 Lexington, Va., February ?■ 1881. 
 About two years ago I was attacked with Jaundice, which proved to be of so obstinate a character as to baffle the skill of several 
 (ihvsiclans. In a short time I became Kre^tly emaciated, having lost at least /i//r pounds in weight, and my /cetieral appearance was so 
 much changed, that 1 was not recognized by my intimate acquaintances. After spending several weeks at the Hot Springs, where I found 
 no relief, 1 was advised by my physician to try the efficacy of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Water. Accordingly, and at a last resort, I 
 commenced the use of this water, under the direction of the Resident Physician, Dr Davis, and after a month's trial at the Springs t found 
 iomc relief. I returned home and 'continued the constant use of the ■water for nearly a j'ear thereafter, and now fee\ that my health is about 
 restored. It is supposed that the disease was caused by some obstruction in the Biliary Duct, which continued for eighteen months, but 
 which the Alum Water finally dissipated. 
 
 WILLIAM DOLD. 
 
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Dr. j. Staige Davis says : 
 
 Mr. Dold's case was remarkable, both for the extraordinary intensity of the Jaundice, its rebelliousness to all previous treatment, 
 and the completeness of the cMr^, which Rockbridge Alum Water effected. Repeated and careful examination satisfied me that the 
 symptoms were due to the pressure of a tumor on the Bile Duct, obstructing the flow of its contents, and that the tumor was probably an 
 enlarged lymphatic gland. As I had daily proof of the efficacy of the water in restoring these to their natural size, I informed Mr. Dold 
 that its persevering use might give better results than the deobstruents which had so signally failed, and advised him to lose no tirne in 
 making the trial; several weeks passed without the appearance of any change, but then the improvements began and a perfect cure ensued. 
 
 DR. CARTWRIGHT'S LETTER. 
 
 Nhw Orleans. July 28, 1855. 
 Dear Sir : — Names are something, and the name "Alum," given to the Rockbridge ' -IciJuloiis Fcrru_<(inous Springs, is a misnomer, 
 as it conveys the erroneous idea that their medicinal virtues are chiefly owing to the alum they contain ; whereas the water, in addition to 
 the alum, contains nearly every medical substance of the most celebrated Mineral Springs of Europe. Why not, therefore, give it a name 
 that would not lead to error? Why not drop the name alum, and call it simply Rockbridge Water? The Tunbridge water may with as much 
 propriety be called tiihle salt waxer as yours alum. Common salt and alum can be had anywhere; no need going to Tunbridge or 
 Rockbridge to get one or the other. But the Tunbridge and the Rockbridge waters both contain a number of other substances, as protoxide 
 of iron and the salts of lime, magnesia and soda, with more or less carbonic acid. Besides containing all the principal ingredients found in 
 the Tunbridge and Bath Mineral Springs of England, so celebrated for scrofulous affections and many chronic ailments, your Rockbridge 
 Water agrees with that of Ai.\-la-Chapelle in containing silicic acid. It hardly needs to be added that the waters of Aix-la-Chapelle 
 Springs, internally and externally used, have long been famous for the cure of chronic rheumatism. The styptic taste, transparency and 
 inodorous character of the acidulous ferruginous waters of Rockbridge county, Virginia, attracted invalids louse them, as the same 
 sensible qualities in the Bath waters attracted the Romans soon after the conquest of England. 
 
 Although inodorous and transparent, the Rockbridge water has a blackish and rather repulsive appearance in the Springs. In this 
 it agrees with the mineral waters of Bagnares, in Upper Garrone, which comes out of a mountain of similar geological formation with the 
 mountain in the vicinity of Rockbridge Springs. The Bagnares water has long been very popular for the cure of stiffness of the limbs, 
 lymphatic congestions, engorgements of the joints, paralysis, dyspepsia, chronic catarrhs and chlorosis. The Rockbridge water has 
 every ingredient in it tliat the most careful analysis has discovered in the Vichy water. It contains less carbonic acid than the Vichy 
 water, but is richer in everything else. It could easily be charged with more carbonic acid, artilicially, if that were desirable. The Vichy 
 
wattT is lii.i;hl\- reccimmeiided for eiiy:or,y;enients of ilie li\er and spleen, biliary concretions, diseases of the Uidney tluor albus, and 
 chronic disfigurements of skin, caused by diseased viscera. 
 
 The springs of Spa, in Ouertha. so celebrated througliout Europe for chronic nephritis, calculous affections, leucorrlicra, \ isceral 
 catarrhs and debility of the digestive organs, contain no other substances than those found by analysis in the waters of the R<ickbridge 
 Springs, and might with as much propriety be called tAlum Springs, as they hold in solution a considerable quantity of alum. 
 
 The waters of Passy, so useful in languor of the digestive system, and in the cure of scorbutic affections, visceral engorgements, 
 passive hemorrhages, as memorrhagia. piles, etc., liold in solution the sulphate of lime, sulphate of magnesia, alumnia, chloride of sodium, 
 and the peroxide of iron, all of which are found in much larger proportion, (fully three times as much) in the Rockbridge Springs, — the 
 latter Springs containing the iron in the form of a protoxide, a much milder and safer salt than the peroxide of the Passy water 
 
 In truth, I know of no water in Europe or America so rich in medical substances as that of the Rockbridge Springs. My attention 
 was first attracted to it some fifteen years ago, by observing that the sojourners at the Rockbridge Springs were generally composed of 
 invalids from Virginia, while those at the other Springs were mostly from different parts of the Union, more in search of pleasure than 
 health. Most of these other Springs in the Virginia mountains have a deservedly high reputation for the efticacy of their water in a 
 \arietyof chronic ailments ; but I am satisfied that the Rockbridge Sprnigs have not yet obtained that wide celebrity they deserve, from 
 the circumstance of their being regarded as merely ■-//"»; Springs instead of being seen in their true light as the richest of all that 
 class of mineral springs know n as the aciituUnis ferruginous — a class of mineral waters to which the most famous Springs of the world 
 belong. Respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 SAMUEL A. CARTWRIGHT. 
 
 Tlw 'Proprietors have been favored w ith many valuable testimonials from physicians and laymen, as 
 well as lady patrons of these Springs, who bear voluntary and grateful testimony to the medicinal virtues and 
 curative properties of these wonderful waters in a wide range of diseases. 
 
 These certificates (too numerous to publish here) we have on file, which will at all times be accessible 
 to our patrons. We make a few selections, to which we invite the careful attention of the medical profession, 
 the N'aletudinarian, and a discriminating public. 
 
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 ^" ^ Receiver. 
 
 Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va. 
 
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From l.ouisville, Ky., there are two through trains, with Pullman sleeping cars to Goshen, Va., con- 
 tinuing through to Washington and New York. 
 
 From New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, Pullman compartment cars run through to 
 Goshen, Va., without change on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays— leaving New York, Twenty-Third 
 Street Station, .4.50 P. M.; iJesbrosses and Cortlandt Streets Stations at 5.00 P. M.; Philadelphia 7.31 P. M.; 
 Baltimore 9.50 P. M., via Pennsylvania R. R., and Washington 11. 10 P. M., via C. & O. R'v, and arriving 
 at Goshen at 6 A. M. 
 
 An additional train leaves Washington daily at 2.20 P. M., and arrives at Goshen 8.15 P. M. This 
 train is a solid vestibuled dining-car train to Goshen, Va. Connection for this train leaves New York 
 from Twenty-Third Street Station via the Pennsylvania R. R. daily, except Sunday, at 7-50 A. M.; Desbrosses 
 and Cortlandt Streets 8.00 A. M.; Philadelphia 10.20 A. M. ; Baltimore 12.40 P. M. You should take 
 this train. 
 
 From the South a deliglUlul route is via the Seaboard Air Line— that brings you vu Richmond, Va., 
 where you strike the C & O. 
 
 Parties not caring to come by the State's capital can take the Southern as far as Charlottesville, Va., 
 where you take the C. & O., connecting with Nos. i, 3 or t; of that road, which reach the Rockbridge Alum 
 II A. M., 6 and 9 P. M. Nos. i and 5 are the most desirable trains to connect with. Consult time-tables of 
 Seaboard Air Line and Southern for proper connection with these trains. 
 
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