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NORTH CAROLINA SPRINGS. 



EMMONS seems to carefully avoid the subject of mineral 

 springs in his report on the Geology of North Carolina for 

 1856. There are, however, some springs in North Caro- 

 lina which have been noticed. Of these, the most celebrated 

 are the WARM and HOT SPRINGS, in Buncombe County. 

 They are on French Broad River, and have a temperature 

 from 94 to 104 Fahr. The region about these springs is 

 said to be beautiful. 



Professor Smith's analysis gives the following substances 

 in the water : muriates of magnesia and lime, sulphate of 

 magnesia, sulphate of lime in larger proportions than any 

 other element. The waters are used both internally and 

 externally, and possess great importance as therapeutic 

 agents; but, according to Dr. Bell, they should be used 

 with discretion. They are applicable to cases of palsy and 

 chronic rheumatism, rigidity of joints, etc. 



SOUTH CAROLINA SPRINGS. 



ACCORDING to Tuomey, "this State is not favorable to 

 mineral springs," but some have attained notoriety. 



GLENN'S SPRING, in Spartanburg District, has waters 

 charged with salts of lime. Professor Shepard gives, in 

 these waters, chloride of calcium, supercarbonate of lime, 

 sulphate of lime, and magnesia, alleging that "they are 

 strongly impregnated with sulphur." 



