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.
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.
"[3] Dr. Goode authored several pieces of work on the healing powers of springs and waters.
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.