In July 2018, after 15 years in New York City, we decided to take the show on the road. Only this time we weren’t performing, but researching. How was it that prior to the advent of modern medicine, so many people lived so long and prospered?
We studied estuaries, and mineral springs across the United States. We found long buried and hidden springs from public knowledge, ones that the Lennai Lenape called “Cacapon” waters, or medicine waters. French Lick Indiana, in the middle of the Hoosier National Forest at times reeked of sulfur. What were 4 star hotels doing in the middle of the Hoosier National Forest? By 1917, Pluto water, bottled from their springs, was selling more than a million dollars a year of the stuff.
The water's laxative properties were from its high native content of mineral salts, with the active ingredient listed as sodium and magnesium sulfate, which are known as natural laxatives.