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PRESCRIPTIONS.

Those waters that are well impregnated withiron-mine, possess medical properties of themost healthful and restorative kind; which forsafety and efficacy exceed all other medicine.

They answer, 1. To recruit the oxygen in theblood (see No. 44 in the note) JSfo. 44 may hejoined with the use of this 'water, perhaps to aconsiderable advantage.

2. To strengthen the stomach, and the systemin general; and to give a good appetite for, anddigestion of food. It will sometimes raise aperson, when any other means would be worsethan none.

3. Female weaknesses and rheumatic com-plaints may be frequently relieved by a mode-rate, but plentiful drinking, and prudent bathing.

4. Consumptive persons may be cured bythese waters, when other means would fail.*

5. Those families who live by, and drinkthis kind of water, are peculiarly healthy (to anindividual) in every part of America.

But observe for the diseased, 1. There shouldbe a copious drinking of the water for a conside-rable time, perhaps for three or four months to-gether ; and drinking will frequently answer allpurposes, without bathing.

2. Bathing should be quickly performed, andthe body should be covered and got warm as

* There are sulphur springs in America; they havea yellow spew, but smell and taste like gunpowder,the drinking of which is noted for hurrying off con-sumptive people. The warm springs in Bath county,Virginia, and those on French Broad river, North Ca-rolina, have the same character.