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The Virginia Springs: Comprising An Account Of All The Principal Mineral Springs Of Virginia, With Remarks On The Nature And Medical Applicability Of

The Virginia Springs: Comprising An Account Of All The Principal Mineral Springs Of Virginia, With Remarks On The Nature And Medical Applicability Of

J. Moorman, J.

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Medical ReferenceGeneral ReferenceGeneral United States

ISBN10: 9354508642
ISBN13: 9789354508646
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.82 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before Virginia was a holiday state, its mountains were a laboratory of hope. A map of healing waters. In The Virginia Springs, J. J. Moorman surveys the principal mineral springs of Virginia with a clinician's eye and a traveller's curiosity, setting down what each water was thought to do, how it was used, and why people crossed rough roads to reach it. He tracks prevailing theories of salts and gases, and the practical routines of drinking and bathing that shaped spa culture in public and private alike. Part mineral springs guidebook, part historical health guide, it reads as a medical topography treatise of the antebellum South: landscape, climate, custom, and therapeutic mineral waters considered together. For anyone intrigued by balneology and hydrotherapy, Moorman offers a clear window onto mineral spring medicine as it was practised in the age of the sanatorium and the stagecoach. This is also American resort history in the making. The rise of Virginia mountain resorts, the manners of seasonal migration, and the early language of wellness all appear here, grounded in 19th century Virginia. Medical history researchers will value it as a complete spa medicine reference and a record of antebellum health tourism, while general readers will enjoy its brisk, observant style and sense of place. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this heritage volume is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for classic-library shelves and curious minds alike.

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