drinking any of the waters.

The experience and necessities of each individual can alone determine
many things in regard to their use.

It is advisable to consult some experienced resident physician.

A moderate use of the waters will be found most beneficial.

The enormous quantities of water which some persons imbibe at the
popular springs is perfectly shocking, and can only be injurious. It
is no uncommon occurrence to see persons drink from five to ten
glasses of Congress or Hathorn water with scarcely any interval, and
the writer has heard of a lady who swallowed within a few minutes
fourteen glasses of one of the springs. It is to be presumed that her
thirst was satisfied, as no further account of her has been given.

Those who are taking a course of mineral water will usually find their
appetite increased thereby.

[Illustration: PACKING-ROOM, CONGRESS SPRING.]

An abundance of vegetables should be avoided, and only those which
are perfectly fresh should be used.

Frequent bathing in mineral water and otherwise will be found
beneficial.

Raising the temperature of the spring water, by placing a bottle of it
in boiling water, makes it more efficacious as a cathartic, and is
said to remove the iron. Heating the water makes it better for bathing
purposes.

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The Saratoga Waters at a Distance from the Springs.

If the Saratoga waters are really what they have the reputation of
being--and certainly no one who has witnessed their effects can deny
their wonderful power--the purity of the water which is supplied to
invalids, at a distance from the springs, becomes a matter of the
utmost consequence.

"The fashionable and the rich," writes an eminent divine, "who fill
these splendid saloons, are not alone the people for whom the
beneficent Creator opened these health-giving fountains; but they are
also those who occupy the sick chambers in all parts of the earth, who
have never seen Saratoga, but who are relieved and comforted by its
waters."

Personally the writer has found in several cities more or less
difficulty in obtaining the genuine water. He therefore offers a few
suggestions on the present mode of exportation.

For many years the sale of spring water has been chiefly conducted by
druggists. In the earlier days the business was conducted with
fairn