The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-06
Su|pho-Saline Springs.
How Their Medical Properties
are TO be Utilized.
Glimpse of the New Bath-house
on Henry Street.
Scientific and Comparative Analysis Of
the Wonderful Waters.

From Cincinnati Commercial of February GOTH ]
The Cincinnati Sulpho-Saline Springs
and Bath-house, on Henry street, a few
steps west of Elm, are undoubtedly des-
tined to speedily become favorite resort
| for invalids The bath-house, which is just
completed and was opened on Friday, was
visited within twenty-four hours by up
wards of thirty persons all of whom had
fastened to avail themselves of the first op.
portunity of testing the wonderful curative
properties of these waters. A fuller an
nouncement than has yet been made, of
what has been done, and what it is pro-
posed to do, with a comparative analysis
OF the water, will be gratifying at this time
to wide circle of readers, and is given in
the paragraphs that follow.
| The Springs and bath-house are the
property of the Sulpho-Saline Water Com
pany. who, in putting up SO elegant and
cnmmodious a bathing establishment, re-
plete, with all the conveniences that could
possibly be desired by the m, st fastidious
bather, have had as their object the estab-
fishing of a bath house where all who de-
sire to avail themselves of the great advan-
tages of these waters can do so in the mos
thorough manner and where the greatest
courtesy and attention will be paid to citi-
zens and strangers alike; and also to make
the institution credit to Cincinnati. The
bath-house, which has been in progress of
erection for the past four months, is an
elegant, substantial and ornamental struc-
ture of brick. situated OH Henry street, a
few doors from Elm, and reached by the
| Elm street line of horse-cars. 1t has a
| frontage of thirty-one feet, and depth of
one hundred feet. The building is
a two-story structure, with ceiling in
the bathing department twenty feet
high, and contains sixteen independ.
ent bathing-rooms, each of ample proper
| ton. The bath-tubs are enameled or porce-
lain-lined, and the rooms, besides being
furnished with mirror and chairs, are
handsomely carpeted. The carpets are re-
moved after each individual bather and a
clean dry carpet furnished for the next
| conner. Each of the bathrooms is so ar
| ranged that visitors can have the ordinary
medical water bath, hose, douche or spray,
at any temperature desired. The whole
establishment is most thoroughly ven
tilated from the roof hence there are no
lateral draughts of air through the rooms
or passages. The warming is effected by
system of steam pipes, and the paror halls
and cooling rooms are so graduated that
baths can be taken with perfect impunity
at all seasons. Each room is provided with
register, so that the temperature can be
regulated in any cine OF them to suiy the
condition of the bathef.
The Bath House has been arranged upon
the m st scientific principles, and to insure
the utmost privacy, a separate entrance is
provided for ladies. In fact, there are three
entrances, that on the left being for ladies,
that in the center leading to the resident
physician's Office, and the entrance on the
right to the gentiemen's apartments. There
are also separate parlors provided both for
ladies and gentlemen. These parlors are
furnished in perfect taste, and are exceed.
ingly comfortable and pleasant. The whole
establishment in its finish and appoint
ments betrays evidence of well.considered
judgment, and bears the impress of refine
ment. That no money has been spared,
may be judged from the fact that the Bath
| House and the arrangement for convey.
ance OF the waters, complete, cost the sum
| of thirty-five thousand dollars, an amount
much larger than that incurred by all the
| lighthouses ever es abished in this city.
Electro-thermal and galvanc baths are
one of the important features If the sulpho-
saline baths and will be administered by
ski ilful lectro-therapeutist. While at the
same time that these baths are especially
intended for the general public and ordi-
nary bathers who desire to benefit their
health by the use of medicinal water baths.
iC should be understood that special and
completely separate arrangements have
been made for the accommodation of pei
sons suffering from eruptive skin diseases,
or diseases of any kind that in the opinion
of the physician in charge should be kept
separate from the general department.
OF course it will be remembered by bath
ers who desire to enj,y the luxury of the
medicinal bath of the Sulpho-Saine
Springs. either to improve their complex.
ion, beautify their skin, or for any other
purpose, that they are, i'll conformity with
the we'll established regulations of such
bathing houses, required to supply their
own toilet articles, including flesh brushes,
towels, etc.
MEDICINAL VALUE.