. The mineral waters of the United States and Canada : with a map and plates, and general directions for reaching mineral springs . ked uponalmost as a specific. In those cases where the use of iron is peculiarlyindicated it acts well. The amount of iron heldin solution is not large, but in the action ofmineral waters upon the animal economy, properly remarks, the effects are not propor-tionate to the quantity of any single ingredient. cc In this matter nature seems to be somewhatHomoeopathic, and it may be, that the iron beingheld in perfect solution by means of an excess ofcarbonic aci
. The mineral waters of the United States and Canada : with a map and plates, and general directions for reaching mineral springs . ked uponalmost as a specific. In those cases where the use of iron is peculiarlyindicated it acts well. The amount of iron heldin solution is not large, but in the action ofmineral waters upon the animal economy, properly remarks, the effects are not propor-tionate to the quantity of any single ingredient. cc In this matter nature seems to be somewhatHomoeopathic, and it may be, that the iron beingheld in perfect solution by means of an excess ofcarbonic acid, its full operation is obtained. Dr. Woodville remarks, that in some forms ofnephritic disease the water is highly beneficial,and in calculous affections, as we would naturallyconclude, from an examination of its analysis, nomineral water could promise greater , he remarks, has shown this to bethe case in a remarkable degree, as many persons,who have been once relieved, are in the habit ofreturning annually to the springs to prevent arecurrence of their malady. In cases of bilious derangement, Dr. W. con-. SWEET SPRINGS. 235 siclers that from its stimulating properties, it mayoften be used to advantage, and that, for personsenervated by a long residence in warm climates,no mineral water can produce happier results. CHAPTEK XII. SWEET CHALYBEATE, OR RED SWEET SPRINGS. Their Analysis—Nature, and Medicinal Adaptations of the watersas a leverage and a lath—Artificial warm laths, etc. Oxe mile north of the Sweet Springs, on theroad leading to the White Sulphur, and justwithin the southern border of Alleghany County,are the Red Siueet Springs. This property was originally owned and im-proved by Mr. Philip Kodgers, who for manyyears kept the old Sweet Springs. About theyear 1845, it became the property of John , Esq., who occupied it for several yearsand still further improved it. It then passed intothe hands of Mr. C. Bias, formerly of Memphis,Tennes
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