The medical properties of the St. Catharines mineral waters.

Date:
1863
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The medical properties of the St. Catharines mineral waters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    7 V MINERAL WATERS OF ST. CATHARINES, CANADA WEST. HE remedial value of Mineral waters in the treatment of many types of chronic disease, is at the present day fully recoo-nized in this quarter z& of the globe, and the history of ages the most remote evinces that it has always been highly appreciated in the old world. The practice of resorting to baths, and potations of natural springs for curative purposes, is both sanctioned and recommended by the Medical profession at large. Artificial imitations of waters beyond our reach have also been enrolled among the medicinal agents of our time. Since the number of visitors to the St. Catharines well has increased steadily every year, and the reputation of the Spa is well established, it is thought that a brief account of the nature and properties of the waters may prove acceptable to medical practitioners and invalids. Saint Catharines, upon the line of the Great Western Railway of Canada, eleven miles West of Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, is a beautiful and flourishing town, situated about three miles from Lake Ontario, upon that portion of land which separates the two Lakes, Erie and Ontario. It is easily accessible from all directions, by Railway or Steamboat; distant from Buffalo, N. Y., forty-two miles, by Buffalo and Lake Huron and Welland Railroads; thirty-six miles from Hamilton, via Great Western, and forty miles from Toronto by Port Dalhousie or Niagara Steamer. St. Catharines numbers above 7,000 inhabitants. With an unrivalled water-power at command, and facilities for shipping productions, both by water and rail, of the highest order, it promises to become at some future day the Manchester of its region. A combination of favorable circumstances, in climate and locality, together with the indisputable efficacy of the waters, have enabled this place, in an unprecedented short space of time, to attain a high rank among the watering-places of America. THE SEASON Extends from the first of May to the last days of November. The pro- prietor of the Stephenson House has completed arrangements to enable invalids to use the waters within the building throughout the winter months. A comfortable bathing apartment has been fitted up in the first story of the hotel, and the services of efficient bath attend- ants and rubbers have been secured. An extensive verandah and Ion2 well-lighted halls will permit a sufficient amount of exercise in cold or stormy weather.