Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-08
AFAMOUS VA. RESORT
SEASON AT BUFFALO LITHTA WILL
OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY.
FAME OF YHE HISTORIC WATERS.
n Attracts visitors from Two Con''-
uents-Wondcrful Cures Enec'e"
nv the Oldest sprfng-Unparaiieie"
ns n Nerve Tonic.

open for the season ."
June eth. No one needs TO be told ina
the water OF these celebrated springs arr
amone the most wonderful OF natures
remedies. All the world knows IT, an
Knows that the most remarkable cures
hive beer effected by then use.
This popula, resort is located in Neck
lenf.srg county, Va. occupying centr"
position in the section OF country Know
as the buffalo HIS" which IS broker
and rolling. about eight miles square a'''
at an attn &c OF 800 feet above the sea
level being very similar in general ap'
pearapce TO the country in the vicinity
OF the Blue Ridge Mountains, known as
piedmont Virginia
printed reminder Of mortality Is su'
perauous<a: Buffalo LithiG Springs Iol
afnicteG persons resort there iiO'i
AL parts OF this country ana hur'p'
20 take the waters. TOT IneN
matte sufferers this p.ace is paradise
as. indeed, 1t is for all persons VINO ioNe
luxury and picturesque scenery ""''
vou have stroilod about the beautiful Va'-
lev climbed the hills. enjoyed some OF
,he charming drives ana taken the pain
t..rTlHl
won will have had d satisfying eAPei4'"N9
Of Buffalo Lthia Springs.
JJrxIjRIOUS BATHING EsIAbbioii
MENT
The greatest luxury in the place Is 'no
ratbtnc establishment, where one may
enjoy mineral-water baths. Oh IhVs'
S,esbinc potency at any temperature that
nav he desired And the chieI curlosly
ts the first of the collection OF the spriiisS;
which was discovered oVe- one hunu' 90
.'aa~s 600 though il had been laid bare
long before that time by th' lnuiaia'
xpho evidently knew something OF IL as
a wonderful curative agency. FOR more
,ban a hundred years this spot mas Deeh
known 20 be a resort for invalids, ana ds
onIv one spring had been discovered uhli'
The time that the property was Pul-
chased by Colonel Thomas f. Eooue'
about twenty-seven years ago. the re-
rnarkable record made by sPnhS NO. :
must not be allowed TO oVershauo" tiIS
splendid efficacy of the historic water Vi
1he older spring. It'll. l.,
1890 first suggested that the water Was
nossessed of properties which made II q
erand nerve tonic and IL was, nueeu'
considered for many years BY local phy-
sicians almost a specihc IN sfaNel anu
other affections, and especially III ois-
eases of women and children. Locah| II
was used In such cases long before any
attempt was made TO introduce 1t 10 the
public at large ,o...o.,or
Spring No. has a common auaptd'ioH
with Spring No. 2. in all cases of uric
acid poison. including govt, rheumatism
renal calculi. stone in the piadoeI,
Bright's disease, etc. There Is class OF
disease under the head of uric acld
poison. indeed. in which Spring NO mas
been used 10 even greater advantage
than Spring No. g 1t is not only more
potent than No. .. as a nerve tonic. out
more powerful as a blood tonic and re-
storatiye in cases of persons who are
pale. feeble, emaciated, and anaemc II
is especially prescribed and more valuable
than No. 2, because of its blood tonic pro-
perties
A POWERFUL NERVE TONIC.
The ANALYSIS and use of the water of
Spring No. l have proved that II Is
very powerful nerve tonic, and speclhc
10 chronic intermittent and remittent-
feyers, and all forms OF chronic malarldi
poison.
The peculiar nerve tonic properties CON
famed in these waters are peculdf 10 inc
Buffalo Iithia Springs, aG1 ere contalEeH
in no others Both No. and Nc. SPRINGS
possess these properties, Dut lhey "lV
more powerful in the former than In the
latter Dr. William Il. Howard, OF Bait
more, Professor OF Diseases OF Women
and Children in the University OF Mary
land, writing of Buffalo lAthla springs
some years ago, and in particular aliu-
sion 10 Spring No. /, said. Were
called upon TO state from what mineral
waters / have seen the greatest and most
unmistakable amount OF good accrue IN
the largest number of cases in a general
way, / would unhestatingly say the
Buffalo Lithia Springs, in Meck'enburg
county Va" Additional testimony along
the same lines has been given by DR..
John Herbert Claiborne. OF Petersburg,
Va, one Of the most eminent physicians
IN this state. I'm common with the pro-
mession In this section" he says. 81 have
always had especial faith in Bunalo
Iithia Water, Spring No. 1. The especial
nerve tonic properties Of this wafer give
10 IL very remarkable reCuperativC
mower III cases of persons broken Gown
by oyerwoik or excess, or by tardy and
imperfect convalescence. In govt and
rheumatism. dependent upon uric acid
In the blood, think No. is to be pre-
fered."
RELATIVE VALUE OF THE WATERS.
The relative value OF the water of the
two springs has formed the subject OF
discursive treatigss by many eminent ply
sicians and chemists
Dr. William a. Hammond, of Washing-
ton. sutgecn-gereIal of the United states
army Qetired) and some time professor
of Diseases of the Mird and Nervous Sys-
TEN in the University of New York. says;
81 have recently maze much use of the
No. / Spring Buffalo IAthia Wa:e!, and
in my opinion IL 6 equal, and IN several
respects superior, 10 the water from the
noted No. 2 Sprias. Thus, while quite as
effics cious as a solvent for any excess of
uric acid existing in the blood IL appears
20 have greater power In dissclVing the
deposits CT uratts that appear about the
small joints In geaty and rheumatic per
sons. and Ia dissipailng the tenderness Of
the bones and alticUlations which so gen
orally is attendant on these conditions. In
such cases ] have known II 10 act with
SURPRISING thorougnness and rspidity.
ut is also more efficient as a diuretic.
The Kidneys are acted upon In two we'll
known ways, In addition TO the increased
action which ensues when the pcisplration
IS diminished by reduction of the tenn
perature of the external air.
"a The urine IS increased by an increase
in the amorr; of mud taken into the sys-
TEN.
20 Il is augmented by an elevation Of
the heart pressure.
Now. the water from Spring No acts
upon the kidneys and depurate~ the blood
by both .nese methods. TO establish this
fact it Is only necessary TO compare its
action with that of pure spring water II
II acted simply by its volume II would
have no superiority over a corresponding
quantity OF ordinary water but expert
ment shows that II possesses nearly twice
the power OF common water and that.
therefore. II acts as tonic 10 the heart,
and as a true physiological diuretic in
addition 10 It's solvent power over uric