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lysis has been made of the waters, said to be useful in sto- 

 mach derangements and glandular disorders. 



JORDAN'S WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS are near the Win. 

 Chester and Harper's Ferry Railroad. They are said to 

 possess curative properties over cutaneous diseases, chronic 

 affections of the stomach and rheumatism. 



SHANNONDALE SALINE SPRINGS are near Charleston, 

 Jefferson County, and near the banks of the Shenandoah 

 River. They are said to possess diuretic and aperient 

 properties. 



The BATH ALUM SPRINGS are at the eastern base of 

 Warm Spring Mountain, on the road from Richmond to the 

 Ohio River. Dr. Hayes's analysis of these springs give the 

 presence of carbonic and sulphuric acids, with the salts of 

 iron and alumina. They possess, of course, the medicinal 

 properties of those substances, being tonic and astringent. 

 They are used in various chronic affections, diseases of mu- 

 cous surfaces, and general debility, also used in cutaneous 

 diseases, scrofula, and chronic ulcerations. 



ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINGS are situated between the 

 North Mountain and Mill Mountain, seventeen miles from 

 Lexington. Dr. Hayes's analysis gives an excess of free sul- 

 phuric acid and sulphate of alumina. This is of the order 

 of sour springs already spoken of, useful in diseases in which 

 these chemical elements are usually applied. 



