New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-22

slope of the Hot Springs Mountain. which has an att
tude OF some ZOO feet They ooze and bubble mp through
the EARTH and her into the creek or are carried
nv .roughs and pipes the different lighthouses The
baths are OF diff rent kinds the connonest being nole
dug m the ground very near the springs one OF 'n
sort il seven or eight feet long aud four "lde On tne
rude seats about IT, at any hour rom sunrise "' ="
o'clock In the morning. from TO Ia me ater""op'
may be seen the wroched sufferers who are paying the
nenalty of their transgressions Some OF tbe patents
are most deplorable in appearance more dead than
auve One would b. inclined to the b'ici that IN thelr
condition existence must have been dep1ycdof Its latest
compensatlon There 10 be cauce OF thclF re-
coyery: and yet am Informed Inst he men who look
the worst WILL probably BE- cured, or nearly so th"t lh-
valds brought here ltters, apparently hopeless at
the last gasp have after season, gone away entirely
renovated. and in the best OF prts. Tley are abso-
utely built up afresh. made over again. endred VII"
THE BArlIs AND BATUHoys-s
Tho rude bath have mentioned has been baptized
1.-THE Pool OF Bethesda but is known to the natives by
the proser title Of Tho Old RAJ Hole" RAP being an
abbrevtaton OF neuralgia when all the prons Of this
particular bath claim 10 have Notwithstanding the OPP
ca contradiction Of their asscrt1nG short distance
from Old RAJ Is another hole styled "1he DepeTs ke-
treat" partially filed with soft mud made by The nf-
ure Of the hot water OF the adjacent spring With the sur
rounding earth Into tins persons suffering from Old sores
wounds or rheumatism in the lower part OF the leg'
thrust their limbs They covered nearly to the knee
with the mud and baked for half an hour or more VIII
the most desirable results The Retreat hes cured cases
that have for years dehel other treatment Very
painful and corns, buuons and pedal caosites
have also been permanently removed by the mud bath,
which II 1t were procurabe in the NORTH would serious
y interfere with the trade OF chlropOdsts.
Within the village limits number OF bath houses
where baths may had at any hour az from twenty-five
amir tween
baths for which tickets may be purchased at s. to So
and frequently proves sufficient for patient whose dis
ease is not too deeply seated Following course Oh
baths the patient Is sometimes sent to the sulphur
Springs eight miles hence, to the Locket Springs
twelve miles distant for several days IN order 10 drink
the waters ana produce reaction Some OF the bath
houses poor and kept while TO me best the waters
conveyed through iron pipes into close tanks 20 that
none OF their properties escape by eyapo-
ration otherwise. The best baths are tOeraDy clean,
the well ecuded especially those for women,
and the service moderately good IuO douche show
vapOr baths can be had according 10 tue lnclin
ton of the patient the prescription Of the physician
The length of time that the baths should be used de-
ponds wholly upon the disease and the diseased Even
the must be treated more or less according
to the strength OF the constitution the duration OF the
complaint and the pecuarlties OF the SYSTEM one pa
tient may experience as much beued. IN fortnight
another month or six weeks. though both be SINH.
arly afflicted IL is said that the waters never produce
cures until they have caused certain effects upon
changes the system which plainly perceptlee 70
the invalid Patience is earnestly recommended by the
doctors, well mental determination against neg
ected business matters at home. Worry and fret often
retard and sometimes prevent recovery fact that Is
seldom needed by those who should heed 1t most
TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES.
Usually patients are cured in month Neuralgia,
paralysis, iDfammatOry rheumatism. and scatica or
some years standing are among me most stubborn eases
but they generally yield TO treatment in from six TO
twelve weeks. There twelve fourteen resident
ply scians half "a dozen OF whom receive by far the
greater part Of the patronage Iney are as may be sup
fashioned-the South has always been extremely con-
servatyein their pathology and practice. stil they
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patient almost entirely to the influence or the waters
Ii is deemed advisable for every Invalid, on coming
here, 10 place himself IN care or one OF the pnycahs
that proper diagnosis may be made before submitting
himself TO the baths The springs affect different per
differently, and these cannot determine the kind OF
baths best for them without professional direction.
constitutions not strong enough 10 take the baths
of the highest empeFature may be greatly benefited ny
those OF "a lower. IL 10 error, however. % suppose
that patients require certain degree OF Veor before
they can be pronted here. The baths are adapted 10
almost every grade Of strength and order Of cOnstu
uon and may be employed 10 advantage by the weakest
prevalent but entirely erroneous notion Is that the
springs seldom operate avOraDy on otner tnan sypnl-
and kindred diseases 80 wonderful cures OF tnls
sort ght and brulted 70 account par
TALLY for the mlsapprehenslOn. All the ailments nave
named he led by the waters, a1d often under CIR
stances which mad Pre- Guided hope. Repeated efforts
have been Intellectually made 10 determine ny chehcal
analysis what constitutes the medical virtue OF the
springs. The properties are well enough known, pat
their combination aud peculiar effect eude explanation
Nature which she Will not DISCLOSE even &c
science VIII" comes nearest 70 her heart AZ mas lOns
been known to ply slcians that medicinal waters cOuJ
exactly reproduced by artificial means, tney woulc
their therapeutic power ana IL Is altogether proD
BILE that the entire chemistry OF the world cOld not &c
suffering humanity what these thermal springs nave
been doing The waters evidently act upon the
blood and 20 TO the basis OF disease; ny eliminating
impurities ana affecting morbid humOrs, restore 10 Ma
her proper functions and so give BACK the patient
the custody Of his nended constitution IL Is easy 10
see what Common Mother does; but Why, or now,
what end does 1t, not all the WISDOM vi All lHo
schools Gun ever begin 10 reveal.