Remarks on the employment of the waters of Kreuznach / by E. H. Sieveking.

  • Sieveking, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1816-1904.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Remarks on the employment of the waters of Kreuznach / by E. H. Sieveking. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    REMARKS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OE TPIE WATERS OF KREUZNACH. [Read before the Harveian Society, Nov. 17th, 1853.] The German looks upon his mineral springs as the foun- tains of health, and considers an annual trip to Carlsbad, Marienbad, Wiesbaden, or one of the numberless watering- places of fatherland, of as great and essential importance to the enjoyment or preservation of life, as John Bull regards his three weeks’ autumnal visit to Margate, Brighton, or Ryde. It is one of the many traits that preserve the general resemblance of the two great branches of the Anglo- Saxon tree on this side of the Atlantic; and it is evident from the description of Saratoga and other waterirfg-places, by N. P. Willis and kindred spirits, that the cousinhood of . North America are fully alive to the value of these tempo- rary migrations. They do not belie their relationship even in this particular. We do not see that the French, or the Italians, or the Spaniards, quit their homes annually, as a matter of course, to obtain a renewal of health. They are more glebce adscripti, and are satisfied with that share of mental and bodily vigour which their permanent place of residence can afford. We need not grudge them this passive contentment. We claim as our birthright the de- sire for improvement, the onward-striving which pursues higher and better objects, whether in moral, in sanitary, ■ or in political relations; and we think it a privilege i legitimately to follow out everywhere the great laws of na- t ture, by which we are told to advance not only as logs on : the tide of civilisation, but as bold and manly swimmers, c cleaving the waves by the might of a good arm upheld by a living faith. We seek health as one of the great boons of 1 Providence; we seek it, not in frivolous excitement, but in - that intercourse with nature and her most lovely or her -grandest works, which, above all other restoratives, gives 1 balm and solace to the sufferer.