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strongly impregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen. These 

 waters are highly commended by Owen as medical waters, 

 except those reputed to be poisonous, in connection with 

 which he suggests the geological origin of the somewhat 

 mysterious milk-sickness. 



The State of Kentucky owes, also, to the genius and 

 labor of the illustrious Dr. Drake an elaborate and world- 

 extended notice of her mineral springs. This indefatigable 

 lover of, and worker for man, in his splendid critique on the 

 Nosology, or Table of Diseases of the Mississippi Valley, 

 has left no subject of science, connected with this depart- 

 ment of human knowledge, untouched. His account of 

 Kentucky Springs, scenery, and resources, whilst rigidly sci- 

 entific, has all the charm of romance, even mounting to the 

 sphere of poetry or the witchery of song. For particulars 

 on mineral springs especially, and everything else, see one 

 of the most interesting books printed in several hundred 

 years, viz. " Principle Diseases of the Valley of North 

 America," by Daniel Drake, M.D. 



According to Dr. Drake, HARRODSBURG SPRINGS are in 

 "the basin of Salt River," near the town of Harrodsburg. 

 This is an elevated spot near the origin of several veinlets 

 of rivers. To use his own words, "it is not in a volcanic 

 district. In every direction, for several miles round, the 

 country is as free from drained lands, marshes, swales, and 

 ponds, as any other equal area in the Ohio Basin." Ac- 

 cording to Professor Yandell, they issue from the magnesian 

 limestone " which rests upon the oldest formations known in 

 the Ohio Basin." There are here two springs : first, GREEN- 

 VILLE SPRING. Dr. Raymond, of Cincinnati, gives an ana- 

 lysis of this spring, which, in the pint of water, contains, 



Bicarbonate of magnesia, 2*8*7 grs. 



" lime, 0-86 " 



Sulphate of magnnesia, crystallized, 16*16 " 



Sulphate of lime, 11*6 " 

 Also a trace of chloride of sodium. 



