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Excerpt from The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada: With Analyses and Notes on the Prominent Spas of Europe, and a List of Sea-Side Resorts Although this country does not seem to present a com plete list of the various classes of waters, still, for the treat ment of many diseases, we have waters equal to any in the world, and one potent subdivision, the aluminous chalybeates (alum-waters), are found nowhere but in America of equal strength. However, when the waters of the Pacific coast shall be thoroughly analyzed, doubtless we shall find some of them equal the celebrated alkaline thermals of Vichy, and the muriated-alkaline thermals of Ems. The list of springs is thought to be complete, but a few omissions may have occurred. The author will consider him self under Obligations to any one who will favor him with information of springs not mentioned, however remote, pro vided they have been improved for public resort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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