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of lime, sulphate of soda and magnesia, muriate of iron, car- 

 bonic acid, sulphuretted hydrogen, nitrogen, and are useful, 

 internally administered.* 



BATH SPRING is situated in Berkley County, and has 

 been styled a "mild, carbonated, thermal water." It con- 

 tains salts of lime and magnesia, and has a temperature of 

 73 F. It is said to be useful in rheumatic affections, and 

 in several chronic derangements. 



Virginia is furnished with a number of extremely valuable 

 springs of the class of sulphureous waters. This group is 

 one of much interest. The springs are called by different 

 names, indicative of some noticeable fact about them, as 

 White Sulphur, Blue Sulphur, Salt Sulphur, and Red Sul- 

 phur. 



WHITE SULPHITE SPRINGS are in Greenbrier County, on 

 Howard's Creek, in the midst of the famous region of 

 springs. According to Augustus H. Hayes, of Roxbury, 

 they contain nitrogen, oxygen, carbonic acid, and hydrosul- 

 phuric acid gases, 16 inches to 231 inches or a gallon of the 

 water. Of saline matter, they contain sulphate of lime in 

 large quantity, sulphate of magnesia, chloride of magnesium, 

 carbonate of lime, organic matter, with some silicates. This 

 is of the order of saline sulphuretted waters. Much is said 

 of a " certain organic substance" by the chemist, who also 

 suggests that the " medical property of the waters are due 

 to this substance." In the analysis of Professor W. B. Ro- 

 gers, of Virginia, the list is a long one of the mineral con- 

 tents, embracing, in 100 cubic inches of water, 



Sulphate of lime, 31*680 grs. 

 Sulphate of magnesia, 8*241 " 



Sulphate of soda, 4*050 " 



Carbonate of lime, 1-530 " 



Carbonate of magnesia, 0*506 " 



Chloride of calcium, 0*010 " 



* Moormann's "Mineral Springs of Virginia." 



