Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York.

  • Salisbury, Samuel, 1806-1850.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Analysis of the mineral waters of Avon, Livingston county, New York. 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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    About a mile south-westerly, from the Lower Spring, upon what is called the Black Creek, there is a spring at which Paul Knowles, Esq., its proprietor, in 1834, erected a very large house for boarding, with accommodations fur bathing. In 1835, Mr. R. K. Hickox, in digging a well, struck a vein of sulphurous wa- ter, and has opened a boarding and bathing-house upon the spot. In 183fi, the present proprietor A. Nowlen, Esq., purchased of Mr. Richard Wadsworth one hundred acres of land, which em- braces the two springs most highly prized by invalids, called for the purpose of distinction, Upper and Lower. With alauda- ble spirit of enterprize and zeal, for the accommodation of visiters, Mr. Nowlen has erected at the Lower Spring, a large, and ele- gant bathing establishment. The style of this building is chaste as well as elegant, and its accommodations are such as will, we think, satisfy the most fastidious. He has selected this spring for improvement, because, for general use it merits a decided prefer- ence, and by experience it has been shown to be sufficiently ac- tive, to cure the most obstinate diseases to which these waters are applicable. The large quantity of water discharged, affords an almost inexhaustible supply for external use. III. The soil in the vicinity of these springs, is of the richest and most productive quality, yielding the cultivator an abundant reward for his labor ; that of the river's bank, consist almost en- tirely of alluvial deposit, while the table-land presents all the va- rieties of calcareous and argillaceous mould. To the botanist, an almost inexhaustible field of amusement, and instruction, is here displayed, in the great variety of plants, with which this part of the Genesee valley abounds. The two springs which have been most used, are situated, the one an hundred and the other an hundredand fifty rods, from the