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 Headache Springs, C. S. A. Medical Laboratory Posted by:  TeamBPL
N 32° 19.981 W 095° 14.871
15S E 288426 N 3579569
Texas historical marker located on Texas Highway 64 East, east of Tyler, TX.
Waymark Code: WMKVH7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2014
Views: 8
Marker Number: 7732
Marker Title: Headache Springs, C. S. A. Medical Laboratory
Index Entry: Headache Springs, C.S.A. Medical Laboratory
Address:
City: Tyler
County: Smith
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 288499
UTM Northing: 3579532
Subject Codes: Civil War; medical topics and health professionals; water topics; military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Designations: na
Marker Location: SH 64, 2.9 mi. SE of downtown Tyler
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 7732
Marker Text:
A quarter mile north of this site is "Headache Springs," noted for its healing mineral waters.
During the Civil War, as sea blockades cut off imports, a Confederate medical laboratory operated here. One of nine, and only one west of Mississippi River. For the government it made medicines and whiskey. The army at this time was buying medicinal herbs, including poke root, snakeroot, mullein, jimson weed, Jerusalem oak, nightshade, mistletoe and cherry bark. With mineral salts, these were the medicines of desperation. (1965)
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