The Virginia springs: comprising an account of all the principal mineral springs of Virginia : with remarks on the nature and medical applicability of each / by John J. Moorman.

  • Moorman, J. J. (John Jennings), 1802-1885.
Date:
1857
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Virginia springs: comprising an account of all the principal mineral springs of Virginia : with remarks on the nature and medical applicability of each / by John J. Moorman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    be in Richmond again by 6 o'clock. Moreover, for such as have families at the Springs, or may otherwise find it convenient, the train and the omnibus carry up visiters every Saturday evening, and return them to the city by 9 o'clock on Monday morning. This, we believe, is a permanent arrangement, and it affords great facilities to the spring-going folk of Richmond. For amusements, besides music and the dance, for which they have a band and a ball-room of large size, well suited to the purpose, there is a bowling saloon and a billiard room, the former free of charge. Exhibitions of fire-works take place from time to time through the summer; cotillion parties are had weekly, and large balls occasionally. The grand finale of the season is a tour- nament, in which gallant young gentlemen strive to- gether in deeds of daring, each contending for the honor of placing the crown of love and beauty on the head of his selected fair. Then follow a coronation and a fancy ball, and so the season closes in gaiety and splendor.