The  intelligent  physician  at  all  acquainted  with  the
peculiar  action  of  the  alum  waters,  and  looking  to  the
leading  indications  afforded  by  the  analysis  of  this,  will
not  fail  to  perceive  that  it  is  pointed  out  as  a  valuable
remedy  in  a  large  circle  of  cases  that  require  an  alterative
tonic  treatment.  It  will  probably  be  found  valuable  in
the  various  forms  of  Salt  Rheum,  as  such  waters  inva-
riably are ;  while  its  good  cifects  in  Chlorosis,  and  other
female  affections,  unattended  with  febrile  action,  may  be
looked  to,  we  would  think,  with  decided  confidence.
■"^


CHAPTER    XXVII,


HUGUENOT    SPRINGS


This  watering  place  is  in  Powhatan  County,  about
seventeen  miles  above  Richmond.  It  is  situated  near
the  centre  of  a  tract  of  land  granted  by  the  British
Crown  to  a  body  of  Protestant  refugees  driven  from
France  by  the  repeal  of  the  edict  of  Nantes  in  1685,
who  came  to  our  shores  near  the  close  of  that  century
and  settled  in  Powhatan  and  Chesterfield.  From  this
circumstance,  which  cannot  be  without  interest  to  a
brave  and  free  people,  strenuous  upholders  of  the  rights
of  conscience  as  the  Americans  liave  always  been,  the
name  of  these  Springs  was  taken  when  it  was  deter-
mined to  establish  them  as  a  watering  place.
