The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-12-04
TO THE PUBLIC.

"THITE SULPHUR SfhiNuot GnhI. Z.
w BRIER COUNTY, VlRGINIA.-The high
reputation which the waters Of these Springs have ac
quired in the prevention and cure OF Diseases anu an
pleasant and wholesome beverage, has long rendered
il an object Of peculiar interest in the public mind
The healing virtues which they possess have been
known since the earliest period Of the settlement OF
the country in which the spring rs situated anu ever
since II has been the iayorite resort OF all sucn ih.a
lids could avail themselves Of its healthrestorng IN
fuences. The reputation of these waters has IN
creased in the same rapid proportion with which they
have been known until they have attained point OF
celebrity equal to any of the nlneralspngs OF Europe
and far exceeding that TO which any other in the w.
States has attained celebrity just Il is extern
sve and which annually induces thousands Of eager
seekers after health from the remote parts OF the
Union, 10 pay their devotions to this health-gvng
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 IL may be
transported 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 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 10 permit the water TO be transported through
the country for general use In compliance with these
solicitations, company has been recently formed TO
accomplish that object by bottling and bareling the
water for general transportation And they hope, by
thus extending To the valetudnaan who cannot reach
the springs the advantage of using its healing waters
at his own home and by bringing within the reach Of
all this pleasant and heathgi,ing beverage, that they
are rendering service that will be generally accepta
BILE TO the public.
The undersigned proprietors ofhs enterprise think
proper 10 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 il from them and their appointed agents
its purity and efficiency.
ID n a
II 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, chrome rheumatism, neuralgia,
properly called, and nervous affections generally,
cosiveness, laundice calculus, chronic affections of
the kidneys, chronic inflammation of the bladder,
gleet, hcmorrhoids piles, hypochondriasis or low
spirits, dependent on arrangements of the stomach
and liver, spasmodc affections unattended with fever,
water brash ,.diarrhea chronic dysentery, general
debility unattended with acute disease In chorosis
and other similar affections, peculiar TO females this
water has almost invariably displayed most happy and
triumphant results In that enfeebled and peculiar
condition Of the system resulting from the long pro-
tracted or injudiei0us Of mercury and in the
secondary symptoms of Uenereai disease often connect
ed with this peculiar state of the system, the White
Sulphur Water has displayed its very happest effects
In pIofuse salvation from mercury all reliance may be
placed upon it, In cutaneous diseases, or obstinate
eruptions the skin perhaps internal remedy can
be used advantageously In llconditioned ulcers its
curative effects have long been known and appre
ciated.
For more particular account of the medical appl-
cability of this water &c reference is made TO 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 il is
thought unnecessary To insert more than the follow
inS from the able and distinguished Professor Of Sur
gerry in the University Of Pennsylvania:
PmLADELpnIA, 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 inyaids 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 dyspeptic depravities in simple
and complicated disorders of the liver, in distractions
and other arrangements of the Kidneys 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
III. lot Of tho 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.