Thomas Goode (October 31, 1787, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia – April 2, 1858, in Bath County, Virginia) was a Virginian medical doctor who purchased the Warm Springs resort in Virginia and helped establish European style hydrotherapies there.
Biography Thomas Goode was born in 1787 to Colonel Samuel Goode who was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1799 to 1801. He was the father of at least seven daughters and two sons. An enthusiastic politician, he was buried near the Hot Springs Hotel."Taking the Waters". Historical Collections at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virghinia.
Dr. Goode was acknowledged as "the proprietor during the heyday of the 'Springs Tour'." He was a medical doctor trained in Philadelphia and Edinburgh. He toured the spas of Europe and applied that knowledge to the services he offered at the hot springs, including something he called a Spout Bath, a bath with "three to four inch columns of water pockets falling from a height of six feet" that was directed to massage the desired area of the body.""Discover Spas". Julie Register. 2014.
Legacy and death
In 1832, Dr. Thomas Goode purchased the "Homestead" resort and spa from the family of Thomas Bullitt. Today, it is known as The Omni Homestead Resort, "He [Dr. Goode] was a prominent physician and is responsible for the European style of many different spa therapies.""A Brief History of the Omni Homestead." 2015. The Omni Homestead 250 Years. "America's First Resort." 2 pages.
Dr. Goode authored several pieces of work on the healing powers of springs and waters.
Dr. Goode died on April 2, 1858, in Bath County, Virginia. His grave is next to his wife, Mary A. Knox Goode, at the Presbyterian church in Hot Springs, Virginia. An inscription reads: "An Eminent Physician; Ever Strenuous and True; A Wise and Good Man; Without Fear and Without Reproach.""Dr. Thomas Goode"
Brent's daughter Lucy married George William Brent, a prominent citizen of Alexandria, Virginia, and had three sons and five daughters by him.
References
Bibliography Goode, Thomas. The Invalid's Guide to the Virginia Hot Springs: Containing an Account of the Medical Properties of These Waters, with Cases Illustrative of Their Effects. 1839. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/488613917 Goode, Samuel, and Thomas Goode. Some Account of the Medicinal Properties of the Hot Springs, Virginia; Also an Analysis of the Water, with Cases of Cure of Gout ... Etc. Richmond: Printed by C.H. Wynne, 1857. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7809839 Goode, Thomas. The Invalid's Guide to the Virginia Hot Springs: Containing an Account of the Medical Properties of These Waters ... Also, an Account of the Medicinal Application and Effects of the Waters of Weisbaden, Wildbad, and Carlsbad. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1854. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23028565 Goode, Thomas, James Johnson, A. B. Granville, and Edwin Lee. The Invalid's Guide to the Virginia Hot Springs: Containing an Account of the Medical Properties of These Waters, with Cases Illustrative of Their Effects; Also an Account of the Medicinal Application and Effects of the Waters of Weisbaden, Wildbad, and Carlsbad : Three of the Most Celebrated Hot Springs of Germany. Richmond, Va: J.W. Randolph, 121, Main Street, 1854. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80193596 Tardy, Thomas Goode, Williams, Cameron, and James Alfred Jones. Cameron's Ex'ix V. Goode's Ex'r, &C. Note for Tardy and Others, Defendants. 1860. Notes: Caption title. At head of title: In the Circuit Court of Albemarle. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24904411 Goode, Thomas. [Manuscript Concerning Procedures and Treatment of Diseases]. 1810. Notes: Spine title: Physick's surgery. Handwritten manuscript. 220 pages. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244250258 Goode, Thomas. The Invalid's Guide to the Virginia Hot Springs: Containing an Account of the Medical Properties of These Waters ... Also, an Account of the Medicinal Application and Effects of the Waters of Weisbaden, Wildbad, and Carlsbad ... from the Works of ... Drs. Johnson & Granville, & Mr. Edwin Lee. Richmond: P.D. Bernard, printer, 1851. 88 pages. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16638494