“Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts” documents the mineral water boom, taking readers from one end of the state to the other, listening to testimonials, reading amazing descriptions, marveling at the gullibility of the afflicted and the inventiveness of the healers who attracted the rich and the poor.
Mineral Wells, Marlin, Glen Rose, Sour Lake, Indian Hot Springs, Wizard Wells —there were dozens of places all over the state where heavily mineralized water lay beneath the soil. Before the discovery of antibiotics —and sometimes afterward— drinking and bathing in mineral waters were important parts of health care for many Texans. They even used mineralized mud salves and sat in radio-active dirt. Taking the waters was a fashionable as it was restorative, and health resorts turned into vacation playlands.
“Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts” documents the mineral water boom, taking readers from one end of the state to the other, listening to testimonials, reading amazing descriptions, marveling at the gullibility of the afflicted and the inventiveness of the healers who attracted the rich and the poor.
Mineral Wells, Marlin, Glen Rose, Sour Lake, Indian Hot Springs, Wizard Wells —there were dozens of places all over the state where heavily mineralized water lay beneath the soil. Before the discovery of antibiotics —and sometimes afterward— drinking and bathing in mineral waters were important parts of health care for many Texans. They even used mineralized mud salves and sat in radio-active dirt. Taking the waters was a fashionable as it was restorative, and health resorts turned into vacation playlands.
Crazy Water: The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas Health Resorts
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780875650913 |
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Publisher: | TCU Press |
Publication date: | 01/01/1991 |
Series: | Chisholm Trail Series , #10 |
Pages: | 318 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d) |