Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-06-04

The Allegheny Springs.

The Allegheny springs.
ALBESARLE, May 3Oth, 1876.
70 Dy Tho, H. Baifer:
Ms DEAR SiR,-You ask me TO give you " the his
tory Of my case Dyspepsia and Of the benefit de
rived from the use II the water Of the Allegheny
SPRING." | chcerfully comply With your request,
not only 10 oblige old friend, but with the hope
that some feow-suifcrer from this harfassing com
plant may profit by my experience.
For several years past have lnbored under Dys-
pepsa in a mild form,-the stomach being the only
organ of digestion affected, the liver and the bowels
continuing perfectly healthy. The most distressing
symptoms for long time were acidty Of the stomach
nervous headache and sympathetic affection Of the
heart producing palpitaton. Early last summer
another distressing and most eXhausting symptom
made It's appenrnnce-uuensness and pain in the
stomach after dinner accompanied by nansia which
nothing could relieve but an election of the contents
Of the stomach need not tell you that this state Of
things produced loss Of appetite and that the loss
Of necessary food brought great debility aud pros
tration ofstrength. IN two months lost than
30bs Of flesh.
In this state reached the Allegheny Springs about
the LIST Of August attracted by the high recommended
tions had of their efficacy IN diseases OF the
digestive organs
Having no knowledge Of their peculiar properties
and information az 10 r proper node Of using Mcm
| commenced, most people do at watering places,
by drinking from to glasses Of water three times
IA day. Two days experience satisfied me of my
ror. found the waters were acting like common
saline purgatiycs altogether on the mucous mem
brane of the ntestnes producing watery discharges
the only effect Of which to Dcrease the dsb,iity
which was seeking to relieve. | discontinued the
of the water aud took medicine to excite the
ton Of the ivcr-without which, need not tell you
there can be no heaiMv digestion. As ~ this
WIS effected ! resumed the use OF the water--takng
glass three times day, gradually increasing the
dose up to glasses times day but this not un-
til the Fourth week of my stay.
| yae Had d, adj hvr
| knew that Dyspepsia was "A chrome disease which
could not be cured in fcw ddys, nor by medical
means Of dctpe operationthat its could be eff
ieeed only by t0n,c and dkteraOe course long per-
sisted in determined, therefore, to test the waters
To whether they possessed these properties. The
result altogether satisfactory At the end of four
weeks my appetite restored, my digestion whole
some, aud every symptom ofdseasc had disappeared;
and II, ON returning home, | had followed proper
regimen Of dctwhicb by the way never had the
seli-deniaI to do have no doubt my cure would
have been permanent.
Judging therefore from the effects of the wnter
OF the Aeglnny Springs in my own case, andin half
dozen others that came under my immediate notice
have no hesitation ia expressing the opinion that 1t
l. the mo cf tons mineral water in diseases the
digestive organs, that hnyo ever met with in ir
ginia, although have visited almost every Watering
place in the State of any celebrity.
have, my dear Doctor giyen the history of my
case, with ~ much circumstantiality rs would be
'Alleu nor IN mNklng out n NHnlcal report III u
Ho5piln-but rs am writing for the benefit of my
ellow-su0ercrs have thought it better to say little
too much than anything too little
May !, in this connection avnl myself of the occa-
sion 10 throw out, ia spirit of philanthropy few
suggestions to vaetudinarans in the habit of visit
me watering places for the recovery Of their health
In 30 cases in the 100 they fall into two great and
fatal errors. They use the waters uaddpisedly and
ujadicoas{g-Nnd they use them too short time 10
derive the full benefit from them, even if properly us
ed sick man at home never thinks Of taking phys
ic unless prescribed by his physician after examining
his symptoms, Ilemiy stroll through an apotheeary
shop, but he will not venture to help himself To
dose OF medicine out Of the nearest jar on the shelf
but let him visit the great Laboratory and Drag store
OF Aatute-a mineral spring, to check or To cure
disease which is hurrying him TO the grave, he dash
es peil-mell into the Of the waters without en-
quiring whether their properties suited to his
and without ascertaining the proper mode OF using
them. Nature is no quack-shc has not prepared one
remedy which is panacea for call the ills that flesh
is heir to, but in the mineral rs in the vegetable king
dom she has created many remedial agents, adapted
to many diseases But these agents are not like the
Old Womans remedy, the chief recommendation of
which Is that If ii does no good, II will do no hnrm
fthcy have power at althey have power for mischie
# 'eroag- direced, MS for good, if properiy used
remember, some years ago meeting with an old
gentleman, (of Richmond) at the White Sulphur
Springs whose regular rotations IL glasses of
fdtT three GmeS Il day. Fit had been hgcr-bier or
gingey-oop with which he thus dstended his stomach
there would certainly have been "A burst AN internal
explosion. But the water beinga powerful diuretic
.Ac 1SttIldtioa was almost rapid as the inhibition
and suppose the chief effect thorough duton
of the blood. anu complete securing out OF the
veins and arteries,
The other blunder usually committed by inyalids
visiting the Springs for the recovery of health Is the
impotence with which they hurry from place to place
without giving to any water the opportunity OF
rendering the service it might afford if judiciouSy
and perseueringiv used Any doctor could tell them
that though acute diseases may be checked and cur
ed in few days, chronic affections require time for
their successful treatment You, my dear sir, backed
by the whole Faculty of your city, and by that Of
Philadelphia 10 boot (which is as famous for Doctors
rs for LawyerS) with the whole matcria medica at
hand would not engage to cure case of longstand-
ing dyspepsia in Veek ten days. And Hi, is
about the time that every invalid spends at any one
watering place--and he comes away unidentified de-
pressed, and grumbling at the Of efficacy in the
water
With the hope that these hints, the result ofmueh
observation and experience in the use of mineral
tiers, may benefit some of my fellow sufferers, re-
MAN, Very truly yours,
CHAS. COOKE.