A brief notice of a portion of a work by William Burke, entitled "The mineral springs of western Virginia" : with preliminary remarks on the relative virtues of the saline and gaseous contents of the white sulphur water / by John J. Moorman.

  • Moorman, J. J. (John Jennings), 1802-1885.
Date:
1843
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Credit: A brief notice of a portion of a work by William Burke, entitled "The mineral springs of western Virginia" : with preliminary remarks on the relative virtues of the saline and gaseous contents of the white sulphur water / by John J. Moorman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A BRIEF NOTICE OF A PORTION OF A WORK BY WILLIAM BURKE, ENTITLED THE MINERAL SPRINGS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA. During the past summer, and after the preceding chapter upon the relative medicinal virtues of the gaseous and saline contents of the white sulphur water had been completed, an opportunity was afforded us of examining a little volume, then re- cently published, by Mr. William Burke, the Pro- prietor of the Red Sulphur Springs, entitled, the Mineral Springs of Western Virginia. In this work, the author has arraigned us before the public in a manner so unjust, and at the same time so virulent, that however reluctant we may be to enter the arena of controversy, we feel that he has left us no alternative. In the defence, however, of our character as a man, and of our views as a phy- sician, we shall endeavor to curb those angry feel- ings which malignant aspersions are so well calcu- lated to arouse; content to inflict no wound more severe than will follow the recoil of a futile effort to effect a sinister and selfish end. 2