The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-05
MINERAL WATERS.

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ness OF the morn is in her lps-Joy tempe ed
Nth b,noccnce and modesty sparkleth in her
| "eyes-and from the chcerfulness of her
l"heart she singeth she walks. Her name is
:" Heaith'' 4.
ECON. OF HUMAN LIFE.
Thus beautifully did the Eastern Poet sing
| the praises of this best of all blessings heaven
| has so beautifully bestowed on man. without
winch no other can he truly emf oycd and with it
every affection may find allevation. Whatever
therefore tends to promote pre- serve this ble.-
| sing, has strong claims public patronage and
| support sin the various diseases to which hu.
man nature is subject, providence has with equal
bounty supplied the rsmedy-the importance Of
this research led to the study and practice ofthe
Healing Art to which such respect was at
tached even in the earliest ages to deity those
who had been most successful Hence the names
ola Hippocrates. Galen and many others Of e
dual celebrity will continue to live whilst no
~ exists, and many Of our modern practitioners
may viz with equal claims to immortality frou,
the improvements made on their Theories con-
firmed by experience-rhe respect and due
estim ation in which this science was so Justly
held induced many pursue the path with less
pretensions and merit hence was derived the
numberless impostions on the credvlity of man.
kind. by which quackery and alchymy, were
abled to prey OH the credulous at the price of
their lives and fortunes-though happily from the
presen, enlightened state ofsocety they are less
! exposed and better enabled to detect imposition
by submitting them to the test Of reason-Aware
OF this, the Subscriber can with greater conf.
dence submit his remarks TO liberal public,
scious he will stand acquitted ot AN imputation
he as much despises as condemns -- -->4
From the remutest periods fewer remedies were
more highly esteemed, than those afforded by
the Use Of Mineral Waters, which had be- dis.
covered either by accident or possessed virtues
that re tricved in many cases, where every other
application had failed-Such celebrity had they
acquired even in those early ages, that Tenn
plies were ded Gated to their fame &c their effects
dee med NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has the ravages of time
lessencd their repute, as 1t is well known that
many places both i'll Europe anil thus Country,
| owe their present celebrity to those mineral
treasures, more valuable than the Mines o. 70.
tosi nor IN any country have their happy ct
fects been more sen.ibly experienced than IN
this state, where nature has so Literally bestow.
| ed those blessings, that may vie with the most
celebrated in the wOrld-Ihe many benefits
derived from tie use OF those Waters excited
the attention Of the most celebrated CHEMISTS IN
Europe who were anxious to discover wherein
those properties consisted SO beneficial in their
effects-uor was it till of late years, they were
| So far successful as by analysis TO decompose,
and by re-uniting their component parts to form
an exact imitation, both IN quality anu effect,
| whereby art has been enabled TO e1cei nature ny
! increasing the active properties and iessenng or
excluding those substances that may be found
| unnecessary or injurious to The syslem."u
| would exceed the limits OF a publication OF ,h,s
nature To describe all the benefits attached To so
| important discovery. Suffice II 10 say the
principle may be applied TO, anora'ng every s,'e-
c,es of waters that may be useiai, and ny con-
| centr ting them in oae spot, prevent the neces-
| sitv and Inconvenience ofresorting to distance
+, to obtain them-Fully impressed with the impor
lance of the object, it IS now about years since
the Subscriber was induced to use all ms efforts
to int. oduce SO useful discovery into ths coah
| try. And after encountering every d'hcui'y m
cident 10 novel OF irfant establishment, he has
| happily SO far succeeded, as to merit the appro-
! baton OF some tine most eminent on Tue iacu'-
| ~, AS also those who have afforded u a 'riai-
! and though success has natuTdty ercfsea cof''pe
ffion, he still hopes To share eie ruont rAo"
! age and Support, some re ward ior MS Perse-
verahc.. in maturing an establishment where IL
til,ty has been so generally cknowiedgcd-but
| should he ever fail in this, the CONSEQUENCES OF
!;s.iTif iii a manner contributed Z; EasS CO.,
| will ever afford him the most pleasing sra'ii'ca-
| ton
| That such has been the case, experience mas iui-
! Iy confirmed wherever those Waters nave yet
/ been introduced from the benefits which have
been derived; as yell in Physical as Mordi Po,rf
of pieey Nv sfording pleasing substitute ior the
| ,Ise of ardent spirits and other Intoxicating
araugh,s, SO destructive to the health ara morals
! of society, as those ssiu5r,ous waters WIN De
! found TO possess All tuc SAhAA'N">s '>''Nc
| the enervating effects, of those Pernicious IL
| quors-
! Under those impressions and hattered by the
| respectable encouragement he has received, inc
Subscriber purposes extending branch OF ms
| establishment to this City, and hopes IN a iew
| days to have the honor of presenting the pubic
| with those celebrated Waters which I've trusts
will merit their appreciation, AS they have AREA
| dy those who have favored him with their pat
ronage with the aforesaid objects IN view, a
variety ofthe most agreeable as we'll as medl-
cal Waters las particularly adapted 10 Tie usca-
SEES of this Clirnate) will be constantly prepaT-
| ed Az an indiscriminate use might prove as IN
furious in some cases as beneficial IN Others, by
| a proper sppiication.-Thus the Sef8Ser ana DO
did will afford an agreeable beverage when
| drank either simply or combined win pleasant
mixtures of ayfurs, &t.--an0 thotgh highly med
ical in MANY cases. may be used Uith the great
est safety in all, having been introduced as gen
ersi beverage. at most OF the tasionspie tables
| in Europe and this Countrywide 6aflston and
| Pyr,,tont, which are powerful Cbaiybeates. are
only applicable In certain cases, as ron Their
stimulant properties they might prove injurious
in nhamations or irfiistiohs Of the sYyten' where
too much action ..ssy already exist. and which,
| is generally denied by sensation OF heat
when those w aters are drank but as this City
| affords the most respectable MEDICAL AID mat
| can be required, those using the w aters med-
ciDally, will have every opportunity oi consulting
as to the nature of their case, and which would
best apply SO TO effect relief md prevent IN
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