Notes of visits to Contrexéville and Royat-les-Bains / by F.R. Cruise.
- Francis Cruise
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Notes of visits to Contrexéville and Royat-les-Bains / by F.R. Cruise. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![to undertake tlie journey. The accommodation at present is quite first-rate. There are capital hotels and boarding-houses to suit various means ; also a well-regulated Etablissement for baths, douches, &c., a very jDretty j^ark, with suitable amusements, Casino, theatre, covered promenades, music, reading- rooms, &c. It is right to add that travellers who seek amuse- ment alone are likely to be disappointed. The place is remote and somewhat dull, the patients who go there not young or lively ; but the cures are numerous and remarkable, and the patients generally very well satisfied. I was greatly struck in observing the wisdom of the French Executive, which, like all other Continental Governments, takes under its guardian- ship all places possessing mineral waters of value, developing their utility, and doing full justice to their virtues and cai^abilities ; a contrast very humiliating to anyone familiar with the neglect exhibited by our Government towards places similarly gifted in Great Britain and Ireland. Contrexeville is prettily situated in the heart of the Yosges mountains, surrounded by agreeable walks and drives, and within easy reach of many interesting places. Amongst others I may mention Domremy, the birthplace of Joan of Ai’c ; Mirecourt, a flourishing town, celebrated for the manufacture of musical instruments ; Neufchateau, the valleys of Yiviers and Bonneval, the Baths of Plombieres, and similar places of interest. Trips to these various resorts pleasantly fill in the leisure hours of the] patients staying at Contrexeville.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22311798_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
