The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-12-01
To THE PUBLIC.

w BRIER COUNTY, vIRGINlA-The high
reputation which the waters Of these Springs nave ac
quired in the prevention and cure OF aiseuses anu -
pleasant and wholesome beverage, has long rendered
Il an object of peculiar interest in the Pupic mina-
The healing virtues which they possess nave peen
known since the earliest period OF the settlement OF
the country in which the spring Is situated ana ever
since il has been the iavorlte resort OF all sucn ihsa-
lids could avail themselves OF ITS IN
fuences. The reputation Of these waters mas m
creased in the rapid proportion with when tney
have been known until they have attained point u
celebrity equal TO any Of the nnneraspnngs OF Euros
and far exceeding that TO which any other IN the "
States has attained celebrity ms just as i Is extern
sye and which annually induces thousands OF eager
seekers after health from the most remote parts OF the
Union to pay their devotions to this healihgiving
fountain. !.
Extensive experience for many years IN the use OF
the White Sulphur Water, after having been long re-
moved from the spring. and kept in bottles and barrels
has clearly and fully demonstrated that II may be
transported any distance, and KEPT for any desired
length Of time, without the slightest deterioration Oh
medical virtues and efficiency. Aware OF this fact,
and anxious that the public might enjoy the use OF
this water without the necessity OF visit TO the
Springs many physicians and others familiar with their
great efficacy have for years urged the owner OF the
Springs permit the water TO be transported through
the country for general In compliance with these
solicitations, company has been recently formed 10
accomplish that object by boiling and barreling the
water for general transportation And they hope by
thus extending to the Veterinarian who cannot reach
the springs the advantage of using its healing waters
at his home, and by bringing within the reach OF
ALL this pleasant and health giving beverage, that they
rendering service that will be generally accePta-
BILE to the public.
The undersigned proprietors ofths enterprise think
proper to inform the public that the exclusive right OF
botng and transporting these waters Is secured TO
them, and that those desiring the water may rely upon
receiving it from them and their appointed agents in
WIN. B. CALwELL & co.
Hr The diseases for which the White Sulphur
Water has been most celebrated and actively useful
the following: Dyspepsia, liver complaints bilious
state OF the system chronic rheumatism, neuralgia,
properly called, and nervous affections generally,
costivencss jaundice, calculus chronic affections OF
the kidneys, chronic inflammation Of the bladder,
glect, hemorrhoids piles, hypochondriasis low
spirits, dependent on arrangements Of the stomach
and liver, spasmodic affections, unattended with fever
water brash sdarrhna or chronic dysentery general
debility unattended with disease. In chloross
and other similar affections peculiar to females, this
water has almost invariably displayed most happy and
triumphant results. In that enfecbled and peculiar
condition Of the system resulting from the long pro-
tractcd or injudicious Of mercury, and in the
secondary symptoms of reneredl disease often connect
ed with this peculiar state of the system the White
Sulphur Water has displayed its very haPpest effects
In pouse salvation from mercury all reliance may be
placed upon it, In cutaneous Diseases or obstinate
erupons on the skin, perhaps internal remedy can
be used SO advanageousy. In ill-condoned ulcers its
curative effects have long been known and appre-
cated
For particular account of the medical appli-
cability of this water &c. reference made to the
Directory" lately published by DR.. Norman the
resident physician at the springs and which will ge-
morally be found in the hands of the vendors of the
water
Ofthe many testimonials received from distinguished
medical men of the great efficacy of these waters it is
thought unnecessary TO insert more than the follow
in5 from the able and distinguished Professor of Sur
gerry in the University of Pennsylvania:
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 49, 1889.
Having visited repeatedly the White Sulphur
Springs, Greenbrier county Virginia, aud remained
there several weeks at tme engaged in practice,
with the view of ascertainng the effects Of the water
upon the numerous invads resortng to that region
from every part of the United States. can declare
with great confidence the result Of large share of
experience that the most beneficial effects have arisen
from its in various dyspcptc depravities in simple
and complicated disorders of the liver, in distractions
and other arrangements of the Kidneys in aggravated
forms of cutaneous Diseases and in other morbid de-
velopments the result of constitutional local
WILLIAM GIBSON, M, D.,
Professor Of Surgery in the University of Penn.
supply of the above water put up at the Springs
the LIST of the present month"; this day received and
for sale by
JOSEPH l.. PEABODY,
Centre Market Space, agent for the District of Co
lumbia June 25-lm.