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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    general scheme—as a mere tributary towards the accomplishment of the end for which his book was written. What was that end ? To elevate in public estimation the medicinal virtues of the Red Sulphur Springs. Our humble self and our theory stood in his way, and must be removed. The obstacle thus opposed may have been trivial, yet its suppres- sion was deemed necessary. How was it to be ac- complished ? To charge our theory with injuring his Spring would not answer,—his motives might then have been suspected; he assumes a virtue not his own ; he hearkens to the dictates of duty, and impelled by the irresistible spirit of philanthropy, steps forward to the rescue. Over the deluded vic- tims of our theory he stretches the broad aegis of his protection, dispels the darkness that envelopes them, and rejoices in the hope that they will yet quaff the waters of his health-giving fountain. We have heretofore alluded only in general terms to the attack made upon us by Mr. Burke; but pre- ferring that he should speak for himself, we quote from his work, pages 107-S : Feeling deeply the great value of this water (the white sulphur) to the public, and solicitous that its fame may not be even temporarily affected, we feel it a duty we owe to the worthy proprietors of the fountain, as well as to the community at large, to notice a theory which has been lately sought to be established respecting it, and which, if true, renders it liable to be successfully imi-