The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-28
TO THE PUBLIC.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, GhEi.N-
w BRIER COUNTY, VlRGlNlA-lhe high
reputation which the waters OF these springs nav az
aured in the prevention and Of Diseases ana as
neasant and wholesome beverage, has long Iennsfo"
4 an object Of peculiar interest in the public mind
The healing virtues which they possess nave peen
known since the earliest period of the settiehsh -
,he country in which the spring IL situated ana ever
;nce h has been the fayorte resort OF all such inva-
lids as could avail themselves OF It's healih-res'os IN
auences The reputation OF these waters mas IN
creased in the same rapid proportion win Which 'hey
have been known until they have attained Roin' "
celebrity equal any OF the mineral springs OF EUROPE
and far exceeding that TO which any other IN the y
States has attained celebrity as Just as 4 Is eAten-
siye and which annually induces thousands oil eager
seekers after health from the most remote parts OF te
Union to pay their devotions TO tins heaith-gNlng
fountain 80 :
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 %
Transported To any distance and kept for any desired
length of time without the slightest deterioration OF
medical virtues and efficiency. Aware Of this fact
and anxious that the public might ENJOY the use oil
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 use. In compliance with THESE
solicitations, company has been recently formed 10
accomplish that object by bottling and bareng inc
thus extending the valetudinarian who cannot reach
the springs the advantage of using It's healing waters
al his home, and by bringing within the reacn OF
all this pleasant and health giving beverage thai they
are rendering service that will be generally accepa
BILE to the public
The undersigned proprieors ofthls enterprise think
proper to inform the public that the exclusive right OF
botting and transporting these waters Is secured 10
them and that those desiring the water may rely upon
receiving il from them and their appointed agents IN
Yr1tua Hptirg
WM b. CALWELL & co.
ar The diseases for which the White Sulphur
Water has been most celebrated and actively useful
are the following: Dyspepsia, liver complaints, bilious
state of the system, chronic rheumatism, neuralgia
properly so called and nervous affections generally
costyeness iaundice, calculus chronic affections OF
the kidneys, chronic inflammation OF the bladder
geet hemorrhoids piles, hypochondrasis or low
spirits, dependent on arrangements of the stomach
and liver spasnodic affections, unattended with fever
water brash sdiarrhGa chronic dysentefy, general
debility, unattended with acute disease. In chlorosls
and other similar affections peculiar to females, this
water has almost invariably displayed most happy and
triumphant results. In that enfeebed and peculiar
condition of the system resulting from the long pro
tracted or injudeiots use Of mercury, and In the
secondary symptoms of reertai disease often connect
ed with this peculiar state of the system, the White
Sulphur Water has displayed its very happest effects
In profuse salvation from mercury all reliance may be
placed upon IT, In cutaneous diseases, obstinate
eruptions the skin, perhaps internal remedy can
be used adyantageousy In ilcondtoncd ulcers its
curative effects have long been known and appre-
ciated
For more particular account of the medical appi-
cability of this water &c reference is made 10 the
=" Directory" lately published by DR.. Moorman, 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 than the follow
in5 from the able and distinguished Professor of Sur
gerry in the University Of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA Jan. %, 1889.
Having visited repeatedly the White Sulphur
Springs Greenbrier county, Virginia. aud remained
there several weeks at time, engaged in practice,
with the view of ascertanng the effects of the water
upon the invalids resorting to that region
from every part of the United States can declare
with great confidence the result of large share OF
experience that the beneficial effects have arisen
from its in various dyspeptic 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-
reopments the result of constitutional or local
WILLIAM GIBSON, M D.,
Professor of Surgery in the University of Penn.
"A supply of the above water put up at the Springs
on 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
umba June 25-lm.
(NLEANSE AND STRENGTHEN.-The only
~ sure and the best courses to pursue in curing dis
eases, OF whatever nature they may be- is, first TO