Spa

Hot Springs, Virginia, specialized in digestive ailments and heart diseases, and White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, treated these ailments and skin diseases. The spa was surrounded by a 1,200 acre natural park that had 18 miles of bridle paths, "with measured walks at scientifically calculated gradients through its groves and vales, with spouting springs adding unexpected touches to its vistas, with the tumbling waters of Geyser Brook flowing beneath bridges of the fine roads. The various parts of the bathing ritual undressing, bathing, sweating, receiving a massage, and resting required separated rooms which the Romans built to accommodate those functions. In recent years, elegance and style of earlier centuries may have diminished, but people still come to the natural hot springs for relaxation and health. French Lick specialized in treating obesity and constipation through a combination of bathing and drinking the water and exercising.