THE 
SEVEN SPRINGS 
lEOH AND ALUM MAii* 
The “Salts” or Medicinal Properties of the won- 
derful Seven Springs in Washington county, Va. 
ITS EFFICIENCY IN THE TREATMENT OF 
DISEASES is conceded by all physicians. 
As a FAMILY MEDICINE it is INVALUABLE. 
For SICK and NERVOUS HEADACHE, it never 
fails to relieve and cure. Is worth its weight in gold 
for this complaint alone. 
For DISEASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES, it 
is absolutely a TREASURE—the “Ne Plus Ultra.” 
For DYSPEPSIA and INDIGESTION, its value is 
inestimable, all admit. 
For CHILLS and FEVERS, MALARIAL, DROP- 
SICAL, THROAT, LIVER and KIDNEY AFFEC- 
TIONS, it is almost a “ Specific.” 
For SKIN DISEASES, SCROFULA, ECZEMA, 
IMPURITIES of the BLOOD, &c., we challenge the 
world for a more efficient and reliable remedy. 
Physicians prescribe it regularly, and everybody 
recommends it 
Its Medicinal Properties are Tonic, Alterative. Diuretic, M-PerMic, 
Always prescribe tbe “ SEYEH SPRINGS HASS.” 
Manufactured by 
LANDRUM & LITCHFIELD, 
-ATBUsTGrXDOiT, YA. PHYSICIAN’S lANUAL anil PRESCRIPTION BOOK 
A 
POCKET1 COMPANION 
for 
THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, 
Arranged Expressly for and Presented, 
with their Compliments, 
TO REGULAR PHYSICIANS ONLY, 
—ZBTZ"— 
LANDRUM & LITCHFIELD, 
ABINGDON, VA., 
MANUFACTURERS OF THAT BEST OF MINERAL WATER REMEDIES 
THE 
Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass, 
Now Coming into General Use 
FOR CHRONIC, CONSTITUTIONAL AND FEMALE DISEASES, DR. J. W. MALLET’S LETTER ANDANALYSIS. 
The following analysis, made by Prof. J. W. Mallet, Analytical Chemist 
of the University of Virginia, will show the different ingredients and their 
component parts, as found to exist in this invaluable compound : 
Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass Company, Abingdon, Va.: 
University of Virginia, August 18th, 1875. 
Gentlemen,—Enclosed you will find statement of the results of analysis 
of your Iron and Alum Mass. The Mass, although containing so much 
water (the larger part of which, however, is constitutional), appears to 
have been, in some parts at least, over heated, rendering a portion of the 
aluminum sulphate difficult of solution. * * * It is an interesting sub- 
stance, and worthy of the best care and attention in its preparation and 
uge> I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. 
J. W. Mallet. 
Analysis of the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass, by J. W. 
Mallet, M. D., Chemist. 
The Mass appears as a stiff dough, or soft solid, of light gray color, and 
marked acid reaction to test-paper. The contents of several bottles having 
been thoroughly mixed, the following composition was found for the mix- 
ture : . _ 
—I IV 100 3? A. Ifc T 
Aluminum sulphate 15.215 
Ferric sulphate iper sub iron) 4.628 
Ferrous sulphate (protosul. iron) 412 
Nickle sulphate 162 
Cobalt sulphate 614 
Manganese sulphate 257 
Copper sulphate 608 
Zinc sulphate .301 
Magnesium sulphate 16.006 
Strontium sulphate trace. 
Calcium sulphate 17.538 
Potassium sulphate 660 
Sodium sulphate 226 
Lithium sulphate 619 
Ammonium sulphate 622 
Sodium chloride 626 
Calcium fluoride trace. 
Calcium phosphate 
Silica !-'}64 
Organic matter -123 
Water » 42.988 
99.759 
Its Medicinal Properties are Tonic, Alterative, Diuretic, Antiperiodic. 
jq-ote,—The0te,—The above analysis was made some six years ago, from some of 
the first Mass manufactured, using at the time a rudely-constructed furnace, 
lilt; mat maoo --- - - * , , 
improvised merely for experimenting purposes; consequently the specimen 
analyzed was not as pure as that which we are now making. . 
With our improved facilities for evaporating, and the knowledge acquired 
from long experience, care, and attention, we hazard nothing in asserting 
that the quality and condition of the Mass, now, is a hundred per cent, 
better than it was when this analysis was made, and that it is hilly up to 
the standard intimated in the latter clause of Dr. Mallet’s letter. 3 
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PROFESSION. 
In presenting this “Manual and Prescription Book” to the Med- 
ical Profession, we do so with the two-fold object of affording those into 
whose hands it may fall a convenience for writing prescriptions, and for 
calling attention to the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass as a Kemedial 
Agent. In doing so, it is our intention to present only a plain statement 
of facts relative to the character of the Mass—its source, formula, uses and 
advantages in the treatment of diseases. Its popularity and successful use, 
especially under the prescription of physicians, and the increasing demanoi 
for it from druggists and individuals, is highly gratifying. As an instance, 
we can cite a druggist in the city of Lynchburg, \a., where it was first in 
troduced, who sold within five months twelve hundred and twenty~four 
bottles, and another, in the same place, a very few less than that number. 
The same may be said of other cities and towns, in proportion to extent, 
where the character of the Mass is known to the profession and their citi- 
zens, showing conelusively that it is most popular in those sections where it 
is best and has been longest known. 
Therefore, in order to establish its merits more clearly, and commend it 
to the careful consideration of the entire medical profession, we adopt the 
method of presenting its claims to each one, and have selected for reference 
a few testimonials from eminent physicians and individuals, who have made 
and are making use of it to great advantage. We offer some, as will be 
seen, dated several years back, followed by others ranging down to very 
recent dates, to show that its use and reputation are neither new nor tem- 
porary, but of long standing, permanent and increasing. In fact, in some 
sections where its great therapeutic value has been in immediate demand, 
physicians—unwilling, and, by force of circumstances, unable to await the 
routine of obtaining it through druggists—have ordered it direct from the 
manufacturers. 
This pamphlet is issued for the benefit of, and sent only to, the regularly 
recognized Fallows of the medical profession, to whose intelligence and 
knowledge of the composition and uses of medicines we submit the Seven 
Springs Iron and Alum Mass upon its analysis and merits, as one of the 
most important medicines in the list of materia medica. 
Respectfully, 
LANDRUM & LITCHFIELD, 
Abingdon, Va. 4 
CHARACTER OF THE SEVEN SPRINGS IRON AND ALUIYI MASS. 
One of the most attractive and valuable features of the Seven Springs 
Iron and Alum Mass, is the high character of the waters from which it is 
manufactured. Two facts are patent in regard to mineral waters : First, 
that the body, besides being strong and pure, must be of a peculiar formation 
to admit of condensation in quantity, or, when condensed, to retain intact the 
original medicinal value; second, that the very fewest number of them 
are capable of condensation to a tangible form at all. A peculiarity and 
an advantage of the Seven Springs waters are that, when flush, they are 
strongest, and that it yields pro rata in condensation more mass or salts 
than any others known, indicating plainly that the therapeutic value of its 
component parts must be more marked, and, therefore, more efficient than 
others. In fact, there are but few known (and they of .single streams), 
besides the Seven Springs, in the United States or Europe, that will admit 
of successful condensation. Each of the Seven Springs are capable of 
being condensed, and when combined and condensed form a result of the 
very highest order, and a remedy unequalled for any purpose within its 
scope. 
SOMETHING OF ITS SOURCE. 
The Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass, as its name indicates, is the 
salts or medicinal properties of mineral water extracted by evaporation, 
The Springs, seven in number, are located in Washington county, Va., 
about twelve miles from Abingdon (the county seat), two miles from Glade 
Spring Depot, and on the Saltville branch of the Norfolk and Western 
Railroad (formerly A. M. & 0.), five miles from Saltville. These springs 
are natural outbursts from the earth, at points in close proximity to each 
other, yet holding in solution properties differing in character, each from 
the others, to a marked degree. Six of these are so arranged as to con- 
verge and flow through the same channel to a furnace, where the Mass is 
manufactured without the addition of any ingredient other than in the 
natural waters. 
We deem it, therefore, unnecessary to offer proof that the Mass is not a 
nostrum, proprietary or patent preparation—the source from which it is 
obtained, and its analysis, being sufficient to satisfy any reasonable mind. 
ITS FORMULA. 
As may be seen from the analysis made by Professor J. W. Mallet, of the 
University of Virginia (elsewhere published, with his letter), the Seven 
Springs Iron and Alum Mass is found to be composed of Aluminum, Iron 
(in two forms), Nickle, Cobalt, Manganese, Zinc, Magnesium, Calcium, 
Potassium, Sodium (in two farms), and Lithium, with traces of several 
other ingredients. The most prominent of these are Aluminum, Iron, Mag- 
nesium and Calcium Sulphates; but they are all so nicely proportioned as 
to form a complete whole, each ingredient tilling its measure as an essential CoUiitetpart of the others, thus presenting a formula so admirably adjusted 
by Matiire that nti human skill can improve. Many of these properties, 
perhaps the most of them, are prescribed almost daily by the practitioner. 
Hence, their uses and therapeutic effects are perfectly familiar to every 
physician, so far as it applies to the drug in its artificial character, such as 
are commonly sold from the drug-stores. But all are not aware of the fact 
that the medicinal properties diffused in mineral waters, though.known 
the same name, are far superior to and possess curative virtues which do 
not and cannot exist in artificial preparations. This fact is well authenti- 
cated and recognized by every physician who has made the subject a matter 
of study. Hence, the unsuccessful attempts to imitate natural mineral 
waters by substituting artificial properties for the genuine. Figuratively 
speaking, the “imitations” sustain about the same relation to the genuine 
as a shadow does to substance. 
It is true that an analysis of mineral water (correctly made) is its formula, 
and to a certain extent should indicate its medicinal uses; but, when mea- 
sured by the standard of artificial preparations, do not, by any means, de- 
termine their value, and can only be fairly approximated in the mind by 
contrasting the difference between a counterfeit coin and one of a genuine 
stamp. 
THE USES OF THE MASS. 
It is conceded, that of the large number of invalids attending the various 
watering places, the majority attend for the treatment of one or the other 
of two classes of diseases—affections of the urinary organs or chronic gas- 
tric catarrh. The peculiar efficiency of mineral water in the treatment of 
these diseases, and those akin to them, besides its great therapeutic value 
in many others, renders its use so desirable that, but for the heavy expense 
ot attending the Springs personally, it would be prescribed for thousands 
who have, of necessity, to be otherwise treated. The idea of providing a 
substitute by extracting the substance of the waters by condensing their 
medicinal properties in the form of a mass, or salts, was a happy one, and 
puts it within the power of every physician to place a patient under as 
practical and thorough a mineral medicinal treatment as can possibly be 
had from the waters themselves—with the preference, if anything, in favor 
of the Mass, as, in a condensed form, the capacity of the stomach is not 
so heavily taxed ; the properties of one pint of the water being represented 
in a single pill of the Mass. Therefore, the uses and efficiency of the Mass 
are exactly identical with those of the waters. 
In the treatment of diseases peculiar to females, its tonic, alterative, 
styptic, diuretic and aperient qualities form a combination at once direct 
and effective. Many physicians in prescribing it for this purpose, rely 
solely upon its effect, without the use of an assistant, finding that, besides 
exerting a powerful therapeutic influence, it possesses superior power in 
reforming and rebuilding a weakened and distressed constitution. For 
urinary complaints it is efficient, because of its special haematic and altera- 
tive properties; for affections of the bladder, because of its astringent and 
diuretic qualities; together, arresting fluxes and haemorrhages, reducing in- Summations and preventing the involuntary flow of urine. A casual glance 
at the analysis will at once suggest its value as an agent for cleansing and 
purifying the blood; hence, applicable, not only to the treatment of all 
skin diseases, but also of dropsical affections, each ingredient being readily 
’absorbed and diffused into every cellular tissue or natural cavity of the 
body, modifying and secreting fluids and keeping up a constant alterative 
process. In the treatment of Cholera Infantum, so obstinate and precari- 
ous, the Mass will be found to be a most valuable remedy. We can call 
special attention to this, because of the number of practical and successful 
tests to which our attention has been called. Its effect has been known to 
be almost instantaneous in cases that seemingly baffled the most skillful 
treatment. 
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We might go on and enumerate its special virtues in the treatment of a 
large number of complaints, such as cutaneous, scrofulous, throat, catarrhal, 
liver and kidney affections; but a proper conclusion as to its adaptability 
to these and others, and the best mode of prescribing it, can be readily 
drawn by the intelligent physician, from his knowledge of his case, the 
component parts of the Mass and the foregoing suggestions. Any one can 
familiarize himself with the real value of this remedy by treating several 
patients with it at the same time. This will afford a reasonable test in aver- 
age cases; in chronic cases of long standing, half dozen or more may be 
necessary. It is not an infallible remedy; but by a proper and judicious 
use, will result favorably in nine cases out of ten. 
IRECTiONS. 
Every intelligent physician is sufficiently discriminating, and familiar 
enough with the composition of medicines and the adaptation of their pro- 
perties to specific purposes, to comprehend and utilize their powers. As 
similar diseases under different conditions demand varying applications of 
the same remedy, it is impossible to lay down direct or stated rules for pre- 
scribing any of them. That is a matter depending entirely upon the judg- 
ment of the practitioner, drawn from his diagnosis of the case. 
Our object, therefore, is not so much for giving special directions for 
using the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass, as to make some suggestions 
which we gather from a long experience of our own and from reports of 
eminent physicians, who have used and are using it successfully. 
As with many other medicines, it is always best not to prescribe full 
doses at once, but to inaugurate a treatment in a mild manner, working up 
to the necessity of the case by degrees. And also, as with other remedies, 
it is not advisable, when desiring to make use of one therapeutic agent, to 
use the Mass with reference to the value of that agent alone, but as to the 
effect of its use in connection with the other medicinal properties involved. 
The nice, natural adjustment of all the properties in the Seven Springs Iron 
and Alum Mass, and the peculiar harmony with which they act, comprise 
one of the principal features of Us usefulness and popularity. 
Twelve grains of the Mass make a pill about the size of a common green 
pea, which may be considered an ordinary dose, though some physicians 
make ten grains a standard. Thirty-six, and as much as forty-eight, grains 7 
are taken in some instances; but its regular and continued use in less quan- 
tities is preferable. Small doses act as an astringent; larger, as aperient. 
It can be taken in pill form or dissolved in water, as the patient may prefer, 
and in diphtheric and throat affections used as a gargle with most excellent 
results. It is, perhaps, better to administer doses after each meal, espe- 
cially to females and children. It can be hardened by simply being exposed 
to the air, and when thus hardened and finely powdered is peculiarly adap- 
ted to the treatment of old sores, cuts, wounds, &c., through its peculiar 
styptic virtues. 
It is too frequently the case, that patients discard the use of the Mass 
upon receiving temporary relief. The physician should see to it that its use 
is continued until the entire system is thoroughly charged with its thera- 
peutic properties. 
Its special properties are astringent, aperient, diuretic, anti-periodic, and 
antiseptic. It is eminently efficient in the treatment of epileptic cases. 
OUR LETTERS OF REFERENCE. 
To establish that our assertions and suggestions are not merely theoreti- 
cal, but true and practical, we present, for consideration, letters from prom- 
inent physicians and individuals who speak from that greatest of all teachers, 
experience. These given are but a few of those we have or could get by 
the asking for them from those who have used and are using it daily 
throughout the Union. We could furnish a volume of testimonials alone, 
but the practice of resorting to this method has become so common, and 
been so shamefully abused, we are satisfied to offer the experience and 
opinions of a few, with whom we invite correspondence upon the subject, 
leaving the Mass to stand upon the therapeutic value of its parts to the intel- 
ligence of the reader. 
SEVEN SPRINGS IRON AND ALUM MASS, 
PROFESSIONAL LETTERS. 
Member of the American Medical Association; one of the Vice-Presidents of 
the Medical Society of Virginia-, Ex-President and noiu Corresponding 
Secretary of the Abingdon Academy of ; Honorary Member of 
the Medical Society of Wythe County, Va. 
W. F. BARR, M. D., ABINGDON, VIRGINIA. 
It has been remarked, and daily repeated, that “there is nothing new 
under the sun.” This may be true, and it is equally true that it has taken 
many years before the mind of man, with all its powers of discovery and 
invention, has been enabled to obtain information on subjects that are very 
old. For instance, Iron and Alum are old remedies, but new combina 
tions have been frequently made, their therapeutical properties well ascer- 
tained, and their application to diseases been successfully tested. It is, 
therefore, unnecessary at the present time, to write an Essay either on the 
medicinal virtues and properties of Iron and Alum, or the mineral waters 
from which they are obtained ; nor is it necessary or proper that time 
should be consumed in alluding to any changes which may have taken 
A New Medicine. place in the blood. It is my purpose to contribute something practical, 
founded on correct scientific principles, long since established by experi- 
ments now unnecessary to repeat. Theory, reason, principle are necessary 
in their place,” but “without experience all preconceived theory would 
be vain and useless.” 
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Works on Therapeutics teach the effect of Iron, Alum, Soda, Potash, 
Magnesia, and other medicines contained in the one now under considera- 
tion. I wish now to invite the attention of the profession to a new prepa- 
ration—or combination—of these medicines. It is known in the section of 
the State in which it is manufactured, as “Seven Springs Iron and Alum 
Mass.” # 
It is procured by evaporating the water from “seven Mineral Springs ” 
in Washington county, Va. The analysis of Professor J. W. Mallett, of the 
University of Virginia, which is given below, finds it to contain Iron, Alum 
Magnesia, Lime, Lithia, Nickle, Manganese, Copper and Zinc. [See 
Analysis.] 
From the above analysis, it will be observed that the “ Mass” contains 
some of our best mineral tonics and the alkalies. It has been within the 
past tew years extensively and successfully used in the treatment of differ- 
ent diseases by physicians throughout Virginia. It possesses tonic and 
alterative properties, and is_ applicable in all cases of nervous and muscu- 
ar debility, and in which it is desired to improve an impoverished condition 
of the blood. It is therefore beneficial in Dyspepsia, Constipation, Chronic 
Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sick and Nervous Headache. Chronic 
Diarrhoea, Chronic Dysentery, Erysipelas, Araenorrhcea, Menorrhagia. 
Dysmenorrhce, Anaemia and Chlorosis, and diseases following Typhoid 
Intermittent and Remittent Fevers, Chills and Fevers, or such diseases as 
s.re caused by malaria. But, as I stated, I intended to contribute some- 
thing practical. I will proceed to report some cases of interest treated and 
cured by this medicine. 
Case 1 Dyspepsia.-Mrs. J., age 26 ;of delicate constitution ; nervous 
and debilitated, acidity and burning of the stomach; pyrosis, tongue furred 
with yellow coating, but little appetite; pulse regular, but weak and fre- 
quent ; bowels irregular, sometimes costive, at other times acted on several 
times a day ; sleeps but little ; suffers frequently with headache ; catamenia 
irregular, returning at periods of four, five and six weeks, the discharge at 
one time being tittle, at another profuse. She had a miscarriage about one 
year ago (May, 1875). I had prescribed for her tincture chloride of iron 
quinine, strychnine, bismuth and good diet, such as would agree with her • 
regular outdoor exercise. Under this treatment she did not improve. 1 
then prescribed for her the “ Iron and Alum Mass,” a pill three times a 
day, half an hour after eating. After using this for five or six weeks she 
was cured. 
ASE 2, Dyspepsia.— Mrs. M, age 50; nervous temperament; appetite 
generally good ; tongue clean, with exception posterior portion slightly 
covered with yellow coating ; rarely ever suffered with headache ; acidity 
and burning sensation in the stomach ; sour eructations ; costive ; pulse 
regular, 76 per minute ; had been for several years suffering with cervical 9 
endro-metritis, of which she had been relieved. I had given her an occa- 
sional dose of blue pill, followed by rhubarb or magnesia, carbonate of 
soda, phosphate of sod), bicarb, potash, wine of pepsin, containing bis- 
muth and nuxvomica, Fowler’s solution of arsenic, gentian and columba. 
But all to no effect. I then prescribed the “Iron and Alum Mass,” and 
also the water of the Springs, and she was cured. 
Case 3. Indigestion,—Mr. C., age 47. This gentleman complained of 
nothing but a feeling of fulness of the stomach after eating. His appetite 
was good, bowels regular, pulse regular, 76 per minute ; slept well ; kidneys 
and bladder acting well, in healthy condition ; but after each meal he stated 
that he would feel as if a large lump was in his stomach. He commenced 
using the “ Iron and Alum Mass,” which I directed him to continue. He 
did so, and is now entirely relieved. 
Case 4. Sleeplessness.—Rev. J. A., age 26; nervo-bilious temperament; 
well educated, of sedentary habits; had not had any attack of sickness, but 
is of a delicate constitution, very nervous; was afraid of everything, or any 
noise that could not be easily accounted for, which condition had existed 
and continued for about two years; used tobacco—smoked and chewed ; 
appetite good but irregular, sometimes ravenous, especially after getting 
sound sleep ; tongue coated with yellow fur (no sourness or acidity of the 
stomach), belching after eating or drinking water ; fullness and heaviness 
of the stomach ; difficulty of breathing, so much so that he thought he had 
asthma; inclined to costiveness, which was prevented by exercise and the 
habit of going to stool regularly; urinary organs in healthy condition. His 
chief trouble was Sleeplessness, so much so that sleep only followed ex- 
haustion or sleeping in strange rooms ; pulse regular, 76 per minute; tem- 
perature natural. He had not taken any medicine with which to procure 
sleep, but had taken pepsin, strychnine and bismuth for dyspeptic symp- 
toms. He was put on the use of the “ Iron and Alum Mass,” and after 
taking it for two or three weeks was cured, and remains so now, six months 
after he was cured. 
Case 5. Amenorrhoea.—Miss had her menses suppressed for seve- 
ral months ; she had no particular symptoms of disease that required spe- 
cial treatment; appetite good, pulse regular, bowels regularly operated on. 
Prescribed “ Iron and Alum Mass,” and after using it for a few weeks 
was relieved. 
Case 6. Irregular Menstruation.—Miss , nervo-bilious tempera- 
ment; appetite good; pulse regular; bowels regular; well educated and 
refined, and although at times, after slight exposure to cold, becomes irreg- 
ular in her menstruation, she would be “ unwell ” every two or three 
weeks, but after using the “Iron and Alum Mass,” was in a short time re- 
lieved. 
Case 7.—Mr. T. C., age 38, entered the Confederate Army at the age of 
23 ; was wounded 17th March, 1863, the ball entering the epigastrium, 
making its exit left of the lower lumbar vertebrae, near the kidneys ; was 
unable to move for five days and nights; was very much debilitated for a 
year, although his general health was good, and returned to the army, and 
reported for duty 22d May, 1864 ; was in an engagement or fight every day 10 
until the 28th of May, when he received a gunshot wound in the left ankle 
with a minnie ball. The ball entered the ankle and lodged in the anterior 
part. The foot was amputated at the ankle joint. 
He remained in Jackson Hospital, near Richmond, until the following 
August, when he returned to his home near Abingdon, Ya. The stump did 
not heal, but would suppurate about once a month for about two years ; 
afterwards at intervals of several years. He remained debilitated from the 
suppuration and drainage of the stump, though he weighed 180 lbs. For 
eight years all remedies failed to heal the stump. Different physicians, as 
well as myself, were called upon to treat the case. The pain in the stump 
was constant, and at times violent, so much so that he requested me and 
others to amputate the leg above the ankle joint. I saw him frequently. 
At last he was put upon the use of the “Seven Springs Iron and Alum 
Mass.” He took a pill three times a day, and after drying and pulverizing 
some, would sprinkle on the sore pretty freely twice a day, and over this 
applied an ointment similar to resin-cerate (it being composed of tallow, 
beeswax and resin) In less than ten weeks the stump was entirely healed, 
and has remained so for four years, the stump being covered with sound, 
healthy skin. His general health is good, tongue clean, appetite excellent, 
bowels regular, skin of natural temperature, pulse regular, 70 per minute, 
and weighing about 186 pounds; sleeps well, and is entirely free from pain. 
Case 8.—I am indebted to Dr. G. W. Semple, of Hampton, Va., for re- 
porting this case. From a letter dated May 27th, 1876, I take the liberty 
of making the following extract: “I have used the remedy, ‘lron and 
Alum Mass,’ as a tonic and alterative in several cases, to great advantage, 
finding it to correspond well, in its therapeutical action, to the description 
in the circular. The most beneficial use of it I have made was in the case 
of an infant who, after having had summer complaint, took syphilis from its 
nurse, which went on to tertiary symptoms, and left it the most emaciated 
and debilitated little creature I ever beheld. I checked the diarrhoea, that 
seemed amenable to no other treatment; improved its appetite, and with 
the acid of laco-peptine restored digestion and made a cure of a case which 
nothing but the unflagging faith of the mother induced me to treat.” 
From a letter written by Dr. Semple, dated December 27th, 1875, I take 
the liberty of making the following extract: “I have used the phial of 
‘ Iron and Alum Mass ’ with very great advantage. I gave it to , 
and it acted most admirably. Her appetite, which had been nil for many 
months, was quickly improved and soon fully restored, and her constipated 
bowels became regular, whilst the urine, which had generally been loaded 
with uric acid, became clear; and whilst taking it she had no attack of ne- 
phritic colic, to which she had been subject. She was suffering from dis- 
ease of the posterior nares, with pharyngitis and slight laryngitis, which had 
grown no better from varied applications I had made, and many suggested 
by Professor ——-. These, too, seem to have been much benefitted by 
its use as a gargle, and to wash out the nares, but more, perhaps, by its 
effects on her appetite and nutrition. Suffering from cough, and tendency 
to, or rather with, symptoms of incipient tuberculosis scrofulosis, the cough 
has been greatly relieved, and the other symptoms seem to retrograde with 
the improvement in general health and increase of weight.” 11 
Dr. Semple is an experienced and talented physician, and all who know 
him will fully appreciate his opinion on any medical subject. 
From a letter written by Dr. C. Hardy, of Columbus, Miss., I take the 
following extract: “I regard the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass a 
very valuable medicinal agent. I know of no other remedy that combines 
more happily tonic, alterative and diuretic properties. I myself had been 
a victim to dyspepsia for many years, and the use of a few bottles has re- 
stored me to perfect health.” 
Dr. Wm. White, an intelligent and well-read physician of Abingdon, Va., 
writes : “I have used the Iron and Alum Mass, as made from the waters 
of the Seven Springs, and cheerfully add my testimony of its value in scrof- 
ulous affections and some of the diseases of females. I deem it unnecessary 
to give in detail the number of cases in which it has been used by me. In 
those cases of dysmenorrhoea where there is a functional disturbance of the 
organ, and dependent upon the general condition of the health, as indiges- 
tion, constipation of the bowels, torpidity of the liver, &c., I have found it 
to be of much value.” 
Dr. E. M. Campbell, a talented and experienced physician of this place, 
of upwards of twenty-five years practice, in a letter published in the Virginia 
Medical Monthly of June, 1876, says : “ I regard it as a most valuable addi- 
tion to our list of remedies. * * * I have seen many cases of a scrofu- 
lous nature where the benefit derived from the use of the water and Mass 
made from the same, was most striking.” 
The Abingdon Academy of Medicine, Abingdon, Washington county, 
Va., adopted the following resolution : 
“The Fellows of this Academy of Medicine regard the waters of the ‘Seven 
Springs’ as efficient and valuable, and the Mass manufactured therefrom as 
a valuable contribution to Materia Medica, and especially adapted to many 
diseases and conditions, to which the accompanying analysis would indicate 
its application.” 
I deem it unnecessary to report any more cases, and add further testi- 
mony in favor of the great value of this new medicine. It may, however, 
be proper to state that it, like many other medicines, has a different effect 
on the system, according to the size of the dose taken. Small doses, from 
10 to 15 grains, act as an astringent, and in larger doses it will act as an 
aperient or purgative. In doses of from 40 to 60 grains it acts as a tonic, 
alterative and diuretic. 
Explanatory Note—By W. P. Barr, M. D., Abingdon, Va. 
The above article was read before the section of “ Practical Medicine, 
&c.,” at the meeting of the American Medical Association, held in the city 
of Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1876, and was ruled out upon a doubtful point 
of medical ethics, as to whether the “ Iron and Alum Mass” was a “pro- 
prietary” medicine or not. This question has since been permanently set- 
tled in the negative, by a recent decision of the United States Commissioner 
of Internal Revenue at Washington city, before whom the question was 
submitted. I now take occasion to state, that I not only x-e-endorse the 12 
contents' of the above article, but will farther add, that my experience with 
this medicine daring the last twelve months, confirms me in the belief that 
we have no better remedy in the materia medica, for many diseases and ail- 
ments, than the “ Iron and Alum Mass.” Where I prescribed one bottle 
when the above article was written, I now prescribe half a dozen, with even 
better success, which I attribute to the improved condition of the Mass 
under the management of the present manufacturers. 
It is a source of much pleasure and gratification to me for having called 
the attention of the medical profession to this medicine. This I did first in 
the meeting of the “ Medical Society of Virginia,” held in Richmond, .Va., 
October, 1876, in consequence of which many physicians throughout the 
State use it regularly in their practice with great satisfaction ; and since the 
publication of the above article I have the undoubted assurance that a large 
number of physicians in nearly every State in the Union are using this med- 
icine with the same happy results. 
Extract of a Letter from Frederick Horner, Jr., M. D., 
Surgeon U. S. H. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va 
Gentlemen,—In an interesting case of menorrhagia, accompanied with 
symptoms of general debility, dyspepsia, copious uterine haemorrhage and 
retroversion of the womb, due from incomplete insolation and premature 
exertion, subsequent to confinement. On the recommendations contained 
in the reports of Drs. White and Bai’r, I was induced to prescribe the “ Iron 
and Alum Mass” in this case, for its tonic—astringent properties, prepara- 
tory to, and contemporary with, the medical support of the womb by pes- 
sary. 
The experiment was sufficient to satisfy me of the value of the “ Mass” 
to relieve an anaemic condition, and to check the above form of haemor- 
rhage (The fact that the “ Mass,” according to the analysis of Professor 
Mallet, contains the elements of tonics and salts, in very large proportions 
with S. 0. 3—which enter into the prescriptions of the physician to supply 
constituents of the blood which are wanting, or to counteract a haemor- 
rhagic tendency, caused by debility, suggest to my mind that the “ Iron and 
Alum Mass” furnishes a valuable medicine to relieve this class of female 
diseases, far superior to the Dialysed Iron—now so greatly lauded as a tonic.) 
I have another important case of a different character, in which the use of 
the “ Mass ” seems applicable. This 1 hope to refer to at some future time. 
Very respectfully, Frederick Horner, Jr., M. D. 
Letter from Dr. George Benjamin Johnston, M. D., Fellow of 
the Medical Society of Virginia. 
Messrs. Lanrum & Litchfield : 
Gentlemen,—It gives me much pleasure to add my feeble testimony to the 
great efficacy of the “ Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass” which you are 
manufacturing. 
I have used it repeatedly in my practice, and regard it as one of the most useful and active tonics and alteratives we possess. In cams of chronic 
gastric catarrh, accompanied by painful constipation, I have found it almost 
a specific, effecting a speedy and permanent cure. 
In tertiary syphilis and scrofulous affections, I find that the long continued 
use of the “ Mass,” in moderate doses, for its decided alterative properties, 
has proven very beneficial in the cases in which I have used it. 
A case in which the virtues of the “ Mass ” have been most marked under 
my observation, was that of a female 25 years of age, who has bad for some 
time a multiplicity of diseases—amongst the chief of which was chronic 
ulceration of the os uteri, accompanied by a grave heart lesion, and one of 
the worst cases of dyspepsia I ever knew. After exhausting the materia 
medica in treating her case—without any perceptible change for the better— 
I resorted to the use of the “ Iron and Alum Mass,” and after she had 
taken two bottles I noticed a decided improvement, which continued slowly 
but steadily, and I doubt not that she would have been entirely relieved of 
her uterine and stomach troubles had it not been for an acute attack which 
required a more active treatment, and a temporary suspension of the use of 
the “ Mass.” I state without hesitancy, however, had I been able to con- 
tinue its use uninterruptedly, it would have effected a permanent cure. I 
mention this case particularly, because I regard it as one which put the 
“ Mass” to a severe test. 
I could mention many other cases of a different character, in which I 
have used it with success, but deem it unnecessary at present. I may add 
that its place as a ferruginious tonic and alterative is not easily supplied. 
Very respectfully, 
Richmond, Va. George Ben. Johnston, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. T. S. Mitchell. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va. : 
Gentlemen,—Please accept my thanks for the trial bottle of “Iron and 
Alum Mass ” which you were kind enough to send me a few weeks ago. I 
have also received and used four others from my druggists in Atlanta, and 
to say lam pleased with it does not half express it. 1 am truly delighted, 
and shall use it extensively in my practice. lam an old physician of 22 
years’ regular practice, and do not jump at every new r* medy I find, but 
test all—hold on to that which proves good, and expose the bad. I have 
already the report of one very interesting case to make of its effects—in a 
case of “ drowning from an accumulation of phlegm ” in a paralyzed throat. 
When the patient was fast sinking from oppression of phlegm, the “Iron 
and Alum Mass” relieved him promptly and saved his life, when old, relia- 
ble remedies failed. It was a trial, but a great success. 
Hamilton, Ga. 
Very respectfully, Thos. S. Mitchell, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. G. M. D. Patterson 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va. : 
Gentlemen,—Enclosed please find $5, for which send me another half- 
dozen “ Iron and Alum Mass.” lam determined to test it thoroughly. 14 
From ihe experience I have already had with it, I believe it will prove to be 
the best medicine we have in use for chronic diseases. 
The case of chronic diarrhoea mentioned in my last letter as being then 
under treatment, has entirely recovered, and I am satisfied the case of 
ozsena has greatly improved. The only objection I have yet found to the 
medicine is the high price. Can’t you reduce it somewhat? 
Englewood, Texas. 
Very respectfully, G, M. D. Patterson, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. C. Hardy 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield ; 
I regard the “ Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass ” a very valuable 
medicinal agent. I know of no other remedy that combines more happily 
tonic, alterative and diuretic propeities than this “ Mass.” I myself bad 
been a victim to dyspepsia for many years, and the use of a few bottles has 
restored me to perfect health. I believe the “ Mass ” will cure almost any 
form of dyspepsia. I will take occasion to test its antiperiodic properties, 
believing that great good will result from its use in chronic cases of inter- 
mittent fever. Send me two dozen bottles more. 
Columbus, Miss, 
Very truly, C. Hard?, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. Grigsby. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield ; 
Gentlemen,—Enclosed please find $5, for which send me at once half- 
dozen bottles more of the “ Iron and Alum Mass.” I have been using it in 
several very important cases with such marked success, that I am very much 
pleased with it. In the treatment of leucorrhoea, chronic inflammation of 
the neck of the bladder, ulceration of the mouth and throat, and dyspepsia, 
it seems to act with specific virtue. I have tried it also in one case of inter- 
mittent fever, with good results. I only wish the Mass was more con- 
venient to us, so that we could obtain it readily. Would order more now, 
but have not the money to spare. Very truly, 
Be View, Arkansas. E. 0. Grigsby, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. H. M. Grant, 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va. : 
Dear Sirs,—Having known and used the Seven Springs Iron and Alum 
Mass, as a remedial agent, especially in cases of dyspepsia and diseases 
peculiar to women, I was prepared to pronounce it one of the most reliable 
and valuable medicines in the list of materia medica; but its direct effi- 
ciency in the case, or rather cases, of malarial fever (chills and fever) which 
came under my observation recently, gave it to my mind a greater impor- 
tance than ever. I refer to a sister now residing in Texas, with whom it 
was not only effective but permanent. After having tried many remedies 
usually prescribed in such cases, and this being an aggravated one, the 
Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass was prescribed. After using it a shor+ 15 
while the change was decidedly perceptible, and finally a cure was effected. 
Since then she has kept it constantly on hand, and will not be without it, 
having found it very serviceable in many other ways. 
Yours truly, H. M. Grant, M. D., D. S. 
January Ist, 1881. 
A Letter from Dr. Van Wyek, an eminent Physician in 
New York. 
Hopewell Junction, N. Y., May 9th, 1881. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Ya.: 
Gentlemen.—Enclosed find check for $ . Please send worth in Iron 
and Alum Mass (Seven Springs). lam using it in one case of chronic ma- 
larial poisoning with menorrhagia with the most gratifying results. I think 
the dose you put in your circulars, in many cases, most too large. I have 
been giving ten grains, three times daily, in water, and she has taken thus 
far half ounce of it, with the relief of menorrhagia, and a steady improve- 
ment in general strength and a cessation of malarial troubles; but 1 used 
quinine in conjunction. Send on the Mass as soon as possible. 
Very truly, R. 0. Van Wyck, M. D. 
Letter from Dr. C. Doggett. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Ya.: 
Gentlemen.—I have been using your Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass 
for some months in my practice, with very great success. I find it to fulfil 
more than my expectations. 
Send to C. H. Gibbs & Co. six dozen bottles more. They have sold out 
and have several orders in for it. Very respectfully, 
Fincastk, Fa. Cyrus Doggett, M. D. 
A Physician and Druggist. 
Centkeville, Fla., July 29th, 1878. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va. : 
Gentlemen,—Enclosed please find $ . Send the worth in Iron and 
Alum Mass. I have received more benefit from it than from any other 
remedy I have ever used. 
J. M. Carn, M. D., Druggist. 
Letter from Dr. Harrison. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va. : 
Gentlemen,—I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the therapeutic value 
of the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass in promoting constructive meta- 
morphosis. I have found no one single remedy to yield such satisfactory 
results in the treatment of chronic gastric catarrh (usually known to the 
unprofessional as dyspepsia) as this agent. 
In chronic diarrhoea, in anaemia and chlorosis I have prescribed it largely, 
and have not been disappointed in its effects. 16 
For chronic eczema I deem it invaluable, associated with appropriate 
topical treatment. Respectfully, 
George T. Harrison, M. D,, 221 W. 23d, N. Y. 
Dr. E. T. Bainbridge, of Baker’s Station, Tenn., writes; 
I have prescribed the Iron and Alum Mass extensively in the treatment 
of female complaints, with great success. I regard it a very valuable medi- 
cine, and believe it will be accepted by the profession generally when prop- 
erly understood. 
Dr. A. Lancaster, of Stormville, Miss., writes: 
I am fully convinced of the superior efficacy and great value of the Seven 
Springs Iron and Alum Mass in many of the diseases for which it is recom- 
mended. 
Dr. F. O. Norris, of Eagle Lake, Texas, writes; 
The Seven Springs Mass answers many purposes for which I can find no 
substitute. 
NON-PROFESSIONAL LETTERS. 
What Bishop Pierce, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
South,says: 
I take pleasure in commending the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass 
to all who may need a simple and effective remedy for the ordinary ills to 
which flesh is heir. To some of my friends it has been invaluable as a 
tonic and restorative. I know one case of remarkable recovery from 
chronic dyspepsia. It is a “panacea” for sick headache—both to cure 
when it comes, and to prevent if taken in time. One great virtue is, it is 
not bad to take, not often true of physic. 
TESTIMONY FROM BISHOP PIERCE. 
Respectfully, G. P. PIERCE. 
Sparta, Ga. 
What Dr. Cunnyngham, of the Southern Methodist Publication 
House, says: 
I can bear testimony, from personal experience, to the great virtues of 
this natural medicine—Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass. We owe the 
health and strength we enjoy to-day, if not our life, to it. Suffering with 
nervous prostration, without appetite, unable to sleep or work, we were 
built up and restored by its use. 
A Remedy for Sleeplessness. 
Abingdon, Ya., January 25th, 1876. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield ; 
Gentlemen,—Your Mass was recommended to me as a cure for sleepless- 
ness, resulting from nervous excitement after study. I began the use of it 17 
with but little hope that it would have that effect on me—a chronic case. 
I used it and found that it relieved me entirely. I stopped using it too 
soon, and sleeplessness returned. I tried it a second time, with the same 
beneficial results. I therefore recommend it to all who are likewise 
affected. James Atkins, Jr., 
Pastor M. E. Church, South ; now Pres. Asbville (N. C.) Female College. 
Sick Headache, Dyspepsia and Throat Affections. 
WHAT A LADY SAYS. 
I do not hesitate to say that the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass is all 
that you represent it to be. It has cured me of dyspepsia and sick head- 
ache, and my throat was in a terrible condition from having diphtheria. 
Consequently, I was a great sufferer; was in bed nearly half my time, until 
I commenced using the Mass. lam now in better health than I have been 
for years. I have since recommended it to others with the same satisfac- 
tory results. I really believe that 1 owe my existence to-day to the Mass. 
Rockland, Lunenburg County, Va. 
Miss B. G. Marshall. 
Prom a Lady Sixty Years of Age. 
I had been for twelve years a great sufferer, with a combination of dis- 
eases—dyspepsia, sick headache, liver complaint, neuralgia, phlegmatic 
erysipelas, &c., and had visited many of the Springs in Virginia, but only 
received temporary relief. It was on one of those visits that I happened to 
stop in the vicinity of the Seven Springs. I was so much pleased with the 
water that I spent six weeks in the neighborhood, and used the water and 
Mass together, both of which I acquired a fondness for. When I left I took 
several bottles of the Mass home with me, and used it. I am now sixty 
years of age, am entirely relieved of dyspepsia, sick headache, liver com- 
plaint and erysipelas. I believe the Mass would make a perfect cure of me 
if I were younger. It seems to contain every essential remedy for my con- 
stitution; therefore I esteem it almost a sovereign remedy for many dis- 
eases. I think my life has been prolonged several years by the use of it. 
Respectfully, Mrs. E. G. Powell. 
Columbus, Miss. . 
Dropsical Affections 
LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN EIGHTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. 
[The following letter was written by Captain Robert Raper, of Wythe 
county, Va., the day he was eighty-one years of age. Captain Raper is a 
gentleman of extensive means, and is well and favorable known through- 
out the Southern States.] 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Va.: 
Max Meadows, Va., April 30th, 1877. 
Gentlemen,—I received yours of the 30th of March, but deferred answer- 
ing sooner in consequence of my ankle being somewhat swollen and a little 18 
stiff. I will now state my case as nearly as I can : Sometime in the latter 
part of the summer of 1875, my feet and legs commenced swelling, and 
had tried all the remedies recommended by the physicians, to no effect. 
The swelling continued, and had gotten up to my hips. I finally concluded 
to try the effects of the Seven Springs Mass, and after using one bottle and 
about a half, I found the swelling was leaving my hips, which encouraged 
me to continue its use. After using between four and five bottles, the swel- 
ling had almost entirely left my legs and feet. About that time I was at- 
tacked with sickness of the stomach, so that I did not use the Mass. I then 
commenced the use of the Mass again with the same desired effect. I shall 
always believe that it was the Mass that relieved me of the swelling and 
saved my life. I cannot expect ever to be entirely free from the complaint, 
owing to my age, being this day eighty-one years old. I shall never cease 
to recommend the Seven Springs Mass to persons afflicted as I was. 
Yours respectfully, Robert Rarer. 
Cholera Infantum. 
The following is a statement made by Rev. P. A. Parley, of the Hol- 
ston Conference : 
For six hours my wife and I watched over it (meani?ig his little child), 
expecting to see it breathe its last. Under these trying circumstances, I 
happened to think of the Iron and Alum Mass, procured a bottle, and com- 
menced giving a small size pill every few hours. The child from that day 
began to improve, and soon recovered. 
The following Extract of a Private Letter from a lady, is so 
natural and pointed that we take the liberty of inserting it, and will 
give the name and address upon application: 
Tell Messrs. L. & L. that I think the Seven Springs Mass is the best med- 
icine that ever was for our sex and children. My little Johnnie had a 
dreadful attack of cholera infantum, and the Mass was the only remedy we 
could get to relieve him. The poor little fellow suffered six days before 
we thought of the Mass; had then to send twelve miles to get a bottle, and 
just as soon as we commenced giving it to him he began to get better, and 
soon recovered. I noticed another very happy effect the Mass had on him. 
At night, when he is fretful and cross. I give him a small pill, which seems 
to quiet his nervousness, and causes him to sleep quietly and soundly all 
night. Every mother should know this, as it would certainly relieve them 
of much anxiety and care. 
EDITORIAL NOTICE. 
The Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass comes highly endorsed by the 
medical profession as being efficient in the treatment of many diseases and 
ailments. It is recommended for dyspepsia, indigestion, nervous and sick 
headaches, malarial fevers, and, especially for those common diseases pecu- 
liar to females. 
Prom “Hew Remedies,” January, 1874. 19 
The source from which this Mass is derived is a very interesting feature. 
In Washington county, Ya-, there is a group of Seven Mineral Springs, and 
from these waters this substance is obtained by evaporation. The analysis 
of this mass or salts shows it to consist of nineteen distinct properties, the 
combination of which seems to give effectiveness to each particular part 
composing the whole. This remedy is prepared by Messrs. Landrum & 
Litchfield, Abingdon, Ya., and deserves a careful trial by the profession. 
Neuralgia and Sick Headache Relieved. 
(Copied from the Wytheville Enterprise.) 
“ Nature's Remedy.”—We have never voluntarily testified with more 
willingness and pleasure to the merits of any remedy than we now do to 
the virtue of the Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass, prepared by Messrs. 
Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Ya. As an evidence of its medical prop- 
erties, all of our physicians recommend and prescribe it in their practice, 
and the sale of the remedy has become truly astonishing in the brief time 
it has been before the public. 
We usually keep a bottle of the Alum Mass in our room, and have fre- 
quently been relieved of severe headaches by its use, but one evening this 
week we were particularly struck with its efficacy in the immediate reliet it 
afforded us from acute neuralgia with which we had been suffering upwards 
of twelve hours. This preparation is no patent medicine, no quack nos- 
trum, no “cure all,” but is the condensation by strong heat of the medical 
properties of seven different kinds of mineral waters which flow from seven 
springs in Washington county. It is especially recommended as a consti- 
tutional remedy, and stands unrivalled as a remedy for diseases peculiar to 
females. No family would ever suffer themselves to be without it, when 
they once become acquainted with its true merits. 
Letter from Rev. R. N. Price. 
(Copied from the Holston Methodist. 
Messrs. Landrum & Litchfield, Abingdon, Ya.: 
Gentlemen,—Sometime since you had the kindness to present the under- 
signed with a bottle of your Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass. Unso- 
licited by you, I take this public method of thanking you for the same, and 
saying that my wife, who is subject to sick headaches, used the bottle with 
perfect success, both as a curative and preventive of that ailment. For her 
it is a “specific” for headache. 
There is no humbug about your medicine, and I wish you success in the 
sale of it. 
Respectfully, R. N. Price, 
Knoxville, Tenn., January 1, 1877. 
Editor Holston Methodist. SEVERAL IMPORTANT CASES REPORTED BY WHS. WHITE, M. 0., 
Fellow of the Virginia Medical Society, and Ex President of the Abingdon 
Academy of Medicine. 
Abingdon, Va-, 
Virginia is truly and peculiarly rich in mineral springs. The old and, as 
I suppose, justly celebrated watering-places, have not lost caste and excel- 
lence, but those who have testified to the merits of the waters, must be at 
least willing to concede, of late years, the discovery of others for the re- 
lief and speedy cure of many aggravated forms of disease. From time to 
time, the virtues of mineral waters have been brought to the notice of the 
profession, and it does seem rather strange that they should be spoken of 
as specific for the cure of ailments, without regard to the nature and limit 
of those ailments. 
We may, I think, without deviating from the path of duty, speak of min- 
eral waters and their products as remedies of great therapeutical value. 
This may be shown by the sensible changes produced in the blood and se- 
creted fluids, by the ingestion of such products, and which always afford 
strong evidence of proper physiological action. In the administration of 
his medicine, even in minute quantities, the physician expects (and it proves 
generally to be so) that its relative value is shown in the alterative effects 
produced. So it is with the product of mineral waters, for many of those 
products will hold in solution the very ingredients used in every-day prac- 
tice, particularly those of a nature to produce purgative diuresis diaphoresis, 
to relieve acidity, and to build up by tonic effects the entire system. To 
produce this latter effect, the physician is constantly looking, and to this 
he directs his thoughts and energies. 
I have been induced to write this article simply to ask the profession to 
try the efficiency of the Iron and Alum Mass, as made from the waters of 
the Seven Springs, in Washington county, Va. I have no other interest in 
view, and I do this much, believing that every one who is engaged in the 
laborious task of relieving the afflicted, is to do so with that independence 
which should characterize those connected with a profession, whose chief 
aim and noble purpose is to give relief, and, if possible, to effect a cure. 
lam not asking the profession to try a “cure-all.” This is not a remedy 
to be placed side by side with Mother Noble’s Soothing Syrup, Jayne's 
Cure all, Bull’s Pills, and Sarsaparilla, or even Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. 
This is Nature’s product truly, as will be seen from the accompanying anal- 
ysis. [See analysis on page 2.] 
But this analysis itself, while indicating the different classes of diseases 
to which it is applicable, possesses, or rather contains, properties which 
will be readily recommended for especial classes of diseases; and to this 
we will now direct attention and present cases, illustrative of the position 
assumed. 
It is a well known fact that most diseases are brought about by improper 
indulgences of some kind during health, and it is owing to a want of care- 
fulness, or neglect of general rules necessary for health, that we find the 21 
most of females suffering from some peculiar malady. The disorder of di- 
gestion is always associated with disorders which go to make up a constitu- 
tional disturbance, and especially with nervous symptoms. As a conse- 
quence of this, the patient grows thinner, weak, easily fatigued, sleeps 
badly, has palpitation and irritable temper, depression of spirits, is hypo- 
chondrical, with wearing pains across the loins, defective nutrition of the 
skin. Now these symptoms, whilst regarded by some as trifling, are con- 
sidered by others as of great significance. 
The symptoms above described were those of a gentleman who applied 
to me for something to relieve indigestion. He had been treated by one or 
two old physicians, and had taken several ounces of mercury and jalap, 
which had failed, to some extent, in giving relief. In fact, the mere men- 
tion of something to operate on his bowels created nausea. I at once put 
him on the Iron and Alum Mass, a pill as large as a pea, three or four times 
a day, and now he is as large, as healthy, and “eats as much as anybody.” 
Indigestion is gone, and instead of eating cold light bread, dipped in warm 
water, as was his custom a year or two since, he takes a square meal regu- 
larly three times a day, and is as gay and as lively as a boy. This is but 
one case out of a hundred that I could mention, who have had their diges- 
tive organs relieved by the use of the Mass. 
I come now to mention one or two cases of females, which I look upon 
as interesting, and tending to show the efficacy of the remedy. I have not 
selected these cases, but give them because they are more particularly re- 
membered. Before mentioning these, I will say that I have had others 
which might be more interesting and certainly have been more difficult and 
of longer treatment, and which will be mentioned at some future time. 
A year ago I was called to see Mrs. L. R., aged 30, the mother of one 
child. Her health had not been good for several years, during which time 
she had leuchorrhoea quite bad. She had been subjected to a variety of 
treatment, without much relief; she was confined to her bed almost all the 
time, was much debilitated and emaciated, face pale, pulse quick and feeble, 
skin cool, urine scanty, and always severe pain in the lumbar and pelvic 
regions. The vaginal discharge was copious and offensive, and her general 
health was seriously involved by the effect of this constant drain upon the 
system. Believing that this condition might be partly due to some inflam- 
mation, either of the vagina or of the internal cavity of the uterus, or both, 
an examination being made, I found an enlarged and undurated cervix as 
among the chief sources of trouble. lat once began the use of injections 
of warm water and castile soap, to cleanse the parts thoroughly. As soon 
as this was done, I commenced the use of injections of solution of alum 
Water, which was to be used once or twice a day, and for the constitutional 
remedy, the Iron and Alum Mass in small quantities, at first, but gradually 
increasing from day to day. Under this treatment, with a nourishing diet, 
she gradually and steadily improved. The irritations of the parts soon 
subsided, the maco-purulent discharge ceased, and at the end of the fourth 
month she had regained her health to such an extent as to resume her 
duties. 
Another case was that of Mrs. R. R., 35 years of age, and the mother of 22 
two children, the youngest nearly two years. She had been suffering, since 
the birth of her last child, with distressing symptoms, rendering her quite 
nervous, and only experiencing relief when perfectly quiet, or when under 
the influence of an opiate. There was a constant desire to pass water, and 
this effort was made only when lying down, in consequence of a dread of 
returning pain. Opiates had been given her in large quantities to relieve 
pain, and bromide of potassa in large doses to relieve nervous excitement. 
Menstruation irregular, scanty and painful ; bowels constipated, the bladder 
frequently kept distended, as I have said, in consequence of a dread of 
pain. Upon examination, I found the uterus quite low, neck but little en- 
larged, but very painful to the touch, and the surrounding parts of the 
vagina quite sensitive. In the evening, she almost always had a headache, 
with slight fever. 
I neglected to state, when speaking of the general symptoms, that there 
was a loss of appetite, thirst, with restlessness all the time whilst awake. 
In consequence of this her general health was undermined, and the nervous 
system much shattered. 
In the examination made at first, I always found an exceedingly irritable 
uterus. The opiates, too, had become disagreeable in consequence of the 
stomach sympathizing in the disturbance already given to the system. 
I at once commenced the Iron and Alum Mass treatment—a pill the size 
of a small flea, to be taken three or four times a day before eating, and in- 
jection of tepid water and soap, and solution of alum water. Under this 
treatment my patient has rapidly recovered, becoming regular in her men- 
strual periods, free from pain, and her general health excellent. 
We are taught that the “links which form the chain of causes” are the 
remote, or predisposing, and the exciting ; and common consent, probably, 
may give other divisions. “The office of the remote or predisposing cause, 
being to bring a part or all of the system, rapidly or slowly, into a condition 
by which it takes on diseased action, and the exciting applies to the parts 
so exposed.” In the case presented, the exciting cause was evidently an 
irritable uterus, the predisposing brought about by neglect or imprudence, 
by which the general health was deranged. But the tonic effects of the 
Mass, with proper diet and proper hygienic rules, has made her a woman 
sound in body, and an ornament to the society in which she moves. 
But this is not only a remedy which is efficacious in indigestion, and in 
some of the diseases peculiar to females, but is a safe, and, generally speak- 
ing, a sure remedy in some affections of the skin, more particularly those 
dependent upon a strumous diathesis. I wish here to mention a case of 
chronic eczema of the leg, which has been successfully treated by the use 
of the Iron and Alum Mass. It is a fact that eczema is an affection con- 
sisting of a vesicular eruption, and may be found upon the skin, on various 
parts of the body, and that in severer forms the eruption is accompanied 
with redness, and probably some inflammation. The prognosis, being 
favorable usually, yet, in a chronic state, is obstinate, continuing for years, 
and is always a source of much discomfort. 
The case to be mentioned here was that of an old man of 60, who some 
time ago had received a slight cut upon the anterior portion of the leg. 23 
which gave rise to the condition (so he states) in which I found him. In 
reporting a case of this kind it is well enough to be reminded of the fact, 
that the circulation of the blood, in the lower extremities of the aged, is 
always sluggish and feeble. But to return. In this case there was some 
predisposing cause, and this was a strumous habit. The treatment pre- 
scribed at first, was local applications of potassa fusa, in weak solution, 
and over this an application of glycerine to give softness. This treatment 
was faithfully pursued, with the addition of the internal use of Fowler’s 
solution; but after weeks and months little effect was produced, until I de- 
termined to use the Iron and Alum Mass, both internally and as a local 
application. I have already stated a belief, that there was some predispo- 
sing cause, which gave rise to this chronic affection. The history of the 
patient corroborated the belief, as his family “were scrofulous.” I put 
him on the treatment as stated, and by the use of bandages as adjunct, he 
has gained health, and, of course, strength; the progress of the affection 
was checked in a short time ; the infiltration was soon removed ; there was 
no longer an exudation from and into the diseased part, and finally des- 
quamation entirely ceased. This case to me was an exceedingly interesting 
one, and the treatment pursued has proven entirely satisfactory, for it en- 
tirely changes (if it continues to be efficacious) the treatment of that class 
of affections, which prove most troublesome to the general practitioner. 
There is but one other case that I propose mentioning now, one which is 
under treatment. This is a patient 60 years of age, with an ulceration and 
swelling of the right leg, which he states commenced at the ankle. He 
states that his general health is now comparatively good, although years 
ago he had swelling in various parts of his body, particularly about the 
glands of the neck. In examining this ulceration, I found several sinuses 
extending in various directions. This, in addition to the sloughing charac- 
ter of the ulceration, led me to infer that it might be due to some syphilitic 
taint. But the history of the patient precludes all possibility of such a 
thing. At any rate, I was satisfied that it was a chronic inflammation, with 
an undermining of the integuments. There was a watery secretion of a 
disagreeable odor. The patient was put upon the treatment generally re- 
commended for such cases, but it did no good. I finally determined to try 
the virtues of the Mass, both internally and as a local application, and I 
find my patient almost well, and I think bids fair to be an old and an active 
man. 
The peculiarity of the ulceration, and its being one of long standing, was 
evidence of difficulty in its treatment. It proved to be so while following 
the old plan recommended for such cases. But by the continued use of 
the Iron and Alum Mass, both internally and as a local application, the 
results have been highly gratifying. 
With these cases, I have but little more to add now of the efficacy of the 
remedy here spoken of. But I trust that these have been of some interest, 
and that the treatment pursued has been so simple, so safe and so efficacious 
as to induce others of the profession to try its effects. 24 
HOW AND WHY THE 
Price of the Mass was Reduced. 
We have never heard of but one real objection raised against the 
Seven Springs Mass, and that one reached us from every section of 
the country, in every conceivable form ;—“ The price of the Mass is 
too high.” “Cannot the Mass be manufactured at less cost?” “Have 
a dozen or more patients whom I would like to put on the Mass, but 
they are not able to pay the price,” “I could use in my immediate 
practice a half gross of your Mass, but my patients, as a general 
thing, are not able to pay the price.” “I am very much pleased 
with the effects of the Mass, and would prescribe it much more than 
I do, but a large class of my patients tell me they cannot stand it 
to pay a dollar a bottle.” “If you could afford to sell the Mass at 
half the price now charged for it, we physicians would prescribe ten 
bottles where we do one now; the trouble is, our poorer patients are 
not able to pay the price.” 
These are specimens of hundreds—and I might say, without ex- 
aggeration, thousands—of letters received by us, which proves the 
sentiment universal. Of course, we could not help but appreciate, 
and to sympathize with, this demand. But the question was, How 
could we reduce the price? was a problem which did, and still, 
puzzles u§. We have counted the cost, and devised plans over and 
over again, and found invariably that it was impossible to reduce 
the price without loss, unless we could curtail expenses in some other 
department. Every business man knows that to introduce a new 
article necessitates a considerable outlay in the way of advertising, 
and a certain per cent, is added over and above the actual cost to 
meet this (by no means inconsiderable) expense; and we conceived 
the idea, inasmuch as the reputation of the Mass was now an estab- 
lished fact, that we could curtail this expense, and reduce the price 
of the Mass in proportion, and thereby do away with this “one” 
objection, so far as we could. We have, therefore, reduced the retail 
price of the Mass from $l.OO per bottle, as heretofore, to 75 Cents 
pep Bottle, or Seven Bottles fop $5.00, postage paid. And as 
the character and virtue of the remedy address themselves to the phy- 
sicians, and through them to their patients, we shall take pleasure in 
furnishing a trial bottle to any physicians who have not had an 
opportunity heretofore of testing its virtues, feeling assured, when 
they have proven its value and importance in their practice, they 
will prevail upon their druggists and dealers to order it for the con- 
venience of their patients, wherever it is needed, and thus relieve 
themselves of the trouble of writing direct to us. We guarantee 
the safe delivery of all packages sent through the mail, or otherwise. 
Wholesale prices given on application. Very respectfully, 
LANDRUM & LITCHFIELD. THE 
HOW PREPARED, PUT UP AND SOLD. 
In the preparation of the Mass, an uniform heat is carefully observed in 
the process of evaporation, so that the waters are rapidly reduced, and 
their medicinal substances condensed to the consistency of dough. It is 
then -bottled and tightly corked, in its natural state, ready for use. Each 
bottle has moulded in the glass “Seven Springs Iron and Alum Mass,” 
Abingdon, Va. The bottles are sealed and placed in a neat paper box, 
with full directions for using, its analysis, &c. 
Retail Price Reduced to Seventy-Five Cents per bottle. 
In any quantity desired. A limited supply of half-size bottles will be kept 
on hand for sample purposes at 40 cents per bottle. 
The Mass can be sent to any part of the world through the mails. We 
pay postage on all sales on receipt of above prices, and guarantee safe de- 
livery. 
“THE SEVEN SPRINGS” WATERS. 
Whilst we regard the Mass preferable to the waters, and certainly very 
much less expensive and more convenient, even to those in close proximity 
to the Springs, yet there are some rases and conditions that require the use 
of the water We are prepared to furnish the water in half-gallon bottles, 
one dozen bottles to the case, at $5.00 per case; in demijohns at 60 cents 
per gallon, demijohns furnished by us, or 30 cents per gallon when furnished 
by the consumer. 
Address 
LANDRUM & LITCHFIELD, 
Abingdon, Va. The Following ask Some of the Principal Wholesale Druggists who Purchase 
their Supply of “ Mass” Direct from ds. All Orders sent 
to Them will Receive Prompt Attention. 
GEO. COSTER & C 0........... Mobile. Ala. 
M. T. SPRAGUE Mooile, Ala. 
GEO A. HUGHES .....i Little Rock, Ark. 
C. J. LINCOLN Little Hock, Ark. 
McCarthy & OSBORNE Denver, Colorado. 
t'&OMWELL .Washington, D. C. 
SSpt' L’BNGLE i ..._.V. Jacksonville, Fla. 
DANIEL <&■ MARSH..... ....., Atlanta, Ga. 
LAMAR, RANKIN &i.LAM AH Atlanta Ga 
LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR. Macon Ga 
JOHN INGALLS. Macon Ga 
LIPPMAN BROS . . ..’ Savannah’Ga 
IKYINE, GARSIDE & ALEXANDER .‘""Monteome'rv Ala’ 
NING A SLOAN .. .Indianapolis’, Ind. 
KELLER & WHITE Evansville Ind 
FULLER & FULLER Chicago 111 
H. A. HURLBUT &CO ...V” * Chicago’111 
W. H. .ORBERT Dubuque lowa 
KP^VBARTLfc:TT & 00 •...■•.Keokuk, lowa. 
o »• 4.V1• Leavenworth, Kas. 
R. A. ROBINSON & CO Louisville Kv 
ARTHUR PETER & C 0..: Louisville Ky 
CANBY, GILPIN & CO.. Baltimore’Md 
™ivK™R.°^,lBRUS .'Baltimore; “*;■ 
Baltimore, Md. 
BLAIR & CO. Columbus, Miss. 
cbi * Columbus, Miss. 
VoUNsnmriVsjnv •••••• Vicksburg, Miss. 
Shubuta, Miss. 
Si?IS bIos; t KasnS^- 
RICHARDSON &CO .' ®t“ Louis’ Mo 
CASWELL, HAZARD & CO ....'. New York N V 
MCKESSON & ROBBINS .'New Yorki n! y. 
wrr'snv flnWi>Vi/£'Vr New Orleans, La. 
KurAt?? Charlotte, N. C. 
K. BLACKBALL & 8L)N...., Durham N C 
W. C. PORTER & GO Greensboro N C 
PESCUD, LEE & CO Ra S’ N C 
“WILLIAM SIMPSON . . Raleigh N C 
GREEN & PLANNER Wiimingtfn ’ n‘o 
BRAUN &BRUCK cZmbus’ Ohio 
STRONG, COBB & CO .....V" Cleveland’ Ohio 
C. H. WOODARD & CO. " Portend Oregon' 
hkrafr’ RrcHARDS & 00 
W (■ FISFfKH Charleston, S. 0. 
UH MIOT Columbia, S. C. 
LYONS & McCAMPBELL.'.'.V.'.’.V".'.'"...V.V.V.'. Kno^viUe^rfnn 
GEO. W. JONES & CO Memnhis Tenn 
W. N. WILKINSON & CO Memnhis’Tenn' 
BERRY, DEMOYILLE & CO .....’ Nashville Tenn 
DEMOVILLE & CO Tenn’ 
J. J. & W. H. TOBIN Austin Te^s 
WILLIAMS & TOLLIVER Dallas’ Texas 
PURCELL. LADD & CO mehmond Va 
R. W. POWERS & CO ■ Va" 
FAULKNER & CRAIGHILL ‘ i ™hhn?2* wf 
ft r Rnrry ~,., Danvili6, Va. 
G W MAY * CO Charleston, W. Va, 
lx. VV. Mat &CO Staunton, Va. 
And a Number op Wholesale and Retail Druggists in Almost Every 
City and Town in t ie United States.