Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
HOT SPRINGS,
VIRGINIA,
The Great Thermal Watering Place
THE .-l
AMERICAN CONTINENT. ...-..

AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Natures Remedy for Chronic Diseases.
rENHE HOTEL AT THIS PLACE WILL RE OPEN
for the reception of visitors the first day of June
next In the number of its MINERAL SPRINGS the va
rety n their temperatures and their extraordinary RENE
dial powers Of The most serious. painful and dan
gerous CHRONIC DISEASES that afict The human race
TINS Watering place peTs 20 sSSerng IRON .Ge
for the recovery Of health which be found ut
other in the United States.
Number Of the Baths---Diseases in which they
are indicated---E Effects of the Waters taken
internally, or used as a General Bath.
The supply of Mineral Water is most abundant. and
there TEN BATHS constantly supplied with fresh wa
7s deg. to loo deg Fahrenheit In all of acute dis
ease the hot baths cntraindcated but in the chronic
forms of
RHEUMATISM, DISEASES OF THE LIVER
G0UT, CHRONIC DIARRHGA,
NEURALGIA, OLD INJURIES TO the Mus
PARALYSIS free from slcs, JOINTS and md Ts1dons. %
SPINAL 4 j, LIMITATION, l and SOME DISEASES PEcU-
HOT SPRI GS are unrvaied Their alter tive and cura.
tive unsurpassed by those of any other Mineral
Water on the face Of the globe.
above in fnrms which had resisted the most skiu med
cal treatment and hao rendered the lives Of the sufferers
alike wretched and useless through long years of pain
have been restored perfect health by their And in
many OF these not only medical science but other
Mineral Springs of the highest reputation had failed to af
ford relief
o. the vast number suffering with such maladies
there few indeed. who would not be either cured
antacid mildly aperient, md freely duretic and dapho
retic Used general bath, they equalize uubaan
ced crculaton and restore TO the different important
of the system when torpid that natural and he Ithy
sensblity without which they cannot perfurm their
spectve functions and the beneficial action of all remedies
will be diminished destroyed. They act powerfully up
on the Liver Kidneys and Skim relax contracted eldons
and rigid muscles; suppressed secreiOns excite
the acIiun Of the absorbent vessels exert sauary nu
tko ahnrf
time excrucaug pain caused by serious and long stand
Diseases of the South.
In no class of human maads hare these waters been
emiueny successful Than in those which prevail in
the Southern and South western States
In that state of the body termed CACHETIC the con-
sequence of arrangement of the Stomach Liver and Spleen
among the residents Of marshy countries and distinguish
ed BY pale saow complexion, puffy skin. swelled ex
tremtes. &c, the baths here often act like charm
In obstinate Torp"r of the Liver and in the enlarged
dtun of the Liver and Spleen. which frequently llows
the bilious eves OF the South their great value unques
tinnabe
In many cases. where the Secretion of Healthy Bile had
been almost totally suppressed for cnurse of these
waters has fully restored it. And in many other cases.
where Liver only torpid and engorged. but
arCed its normal condition has been brought back the
engagement and enlargement have disappeared and the
sufferers have been restored To perfect health here.
In Chronic Darhea depending. that disease general
" does upon deranged and imperfect action of the Liver
upon both these important organs makes them Iemdal
agent of unequaled power.
Enlargement of the Prostate Gland.
Cases of this disease have been thoroughly cured at The
upon the absorbent enabling them sometimes
enlargements Of this gland well those of the
Liver and Spleen.
Diseases Peculiar to Females.
The suppression painful performance of Periodical
Functions pecular Females is frequently relieved by the
use of the waters here.
Pleasure Baths.
Besides the Hot Baths for Invads there two exhla