ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : San Juan’s Restorative Baths
In 1890, the San Juan Hot Springs were touted as a cure for many ills. A physician who wrote a column for the Santa Ana Standard at the time claimed that the springs, 12 miles east of San Juan Capistrano, helped relieve symptoms of “rheumatism, skin disease, trembling nerves, indigestion and melancholia.”
Source: “The Golden Promise, An Illustrated History of Orange County,” by Pamela Hallan-Gibson
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