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- catalog abstract "Mineral Wells, Stoval Hot 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. In pioneer days, the news often set off a land rush, with wagons flocking to the medicinal founts of "miracle" healing. Before the discovery of antibiotics -- and sometimes afterward - drinking and bathing in mineral waters were an important part of health care for many Texans. In a lively look at resorts large and small and the men who ran them, from quack doctors and elixir pitchmen to legitimate businessmen and physicians, Crazy Water takes readers from one end of the state to the other, listening to testimonials, reading amazing descriptions, marveling at the gulibility of the afflicted and the inventiveness of the healers.".
- catalog contributor b3928565.
- catalog coverage "Mineral Wells (Tex.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-299) and index.".
- catalog description "Mineral Wells, Stoval Hot 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. In pioneer days, the news often set off a land rush, with wagons flocking to the medicinal founts of "miracle" healing. Before the discovery of antibiotics -- and sometimes afterward - drinking and bathing in mineral waters were an important part of health care for many Texans. In a lively look at resorts large and small and the men who ran them, from quack doctors and elixir pitchmen to legitimate businessmen and physicians, Crazy Water takes readers from one end of the state to the other, listening to testimonials, reading amazing descriptions, marveling at the gulibility of the afflicted and the inventiveness of the healers.".
- catalog extent "xii, 315 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Crazy water.".
- catalog identifier "0875650910 (paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crazy water.".
- catalog isPartOf "Chisholm Trail series ; no. 10".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press,".
- catalog relation "Crazy water.".
- catalog spatial "Mineral Wells (Tex.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Mineral Wells.".
- catalog spatial "Texas.".
- catalog subject "976.4/552 20".
- catalog subject "Balneology Texas.".
- catalog subject "Health Resorts Texas.".
- catalog subject "Health resorts Texas Mineral Wells.".
- catalog subject "Health resorts Texas.".
- catalog subject "Mineral Waters Texas.".
- catalog subject "Mineral waters Texas Mineral Wells.".
- catalog subject "Mineral waters Texas.".
- catalog subject "RA807.T4 F68 1991".
- catalog subject "WB 442 F785c 1991".
- catalog title "Crazy water : the story of Mineral Wells and other Texas health resorts / by Gene Fowler ; with a foreword by Larry L. King.".
- catalog type "text".