Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Where Rocks, Water, and Life Unite -- The Call of Hygieia -- Springs of America -- The Spice of Life -- Missouri's Early Resorts -- The Surveys -- Spa Doctors -- The Rising Tide -- Social Diversions -- Taking The Waters -- Waters, Deep and Mysterious -- Health in a Bottle -- Fading toward Obscurity -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.