The Alpine winter cure : with notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja / by A.T. Tucker Wise.

  • Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Alpine winter cure : with notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja / by A.T. Tucker Wise. 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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    CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 CHAPTER I. The Health Resorts — Davos Platz, Wiesen, and St. Moritz — Pontresina, Andermatt—Water and Soil in the Swiss Moun- tains ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 9 CHAPTER II. Atmosphere in the High Alps—Ventilation of the Hotels—Dust— Therapeutic Effects of “ Cold ”—Sunlight—Barometric Pressure —Ozone—Oxygen... ... ... ... ... ... 20 CHAPTER III. “Cold” as a Sensation and as Temperature—Characteristics of Alpine Climate and its Effects on the Vascularity of the Lungs and on Nutrition ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 CHAPTER IV. The “Drawbacks” of Alpine Winter Stations ... ... ... 42 CHAPTER V. Winter Clothing — Diet in the Swiss Alps — Exercise, Meals, Sleep, &c. ... ... ... ... .. ••• 51 CHAPTER VI. The Maloja—Necessity for Sanitary Precautions in the High Valleys of Switzerland—The HOtel-Kursaal de la Maloja—Drainage— The Plateau : its Mountain-Screen—Rarity of the Fohn Wind— Duration of Sunlight, and Advantages of Solar Rays in Ancemia —Level Promenades and Healthy Amusements—Facility in Reaching Lower Levels from the Maloja— A Description of the Heating and Ventilating Arrangements used in the Hotel- Kursaal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 53
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