Clinical essay on the mineral waters of Eaux Bonnes (Pyrenees) and their value in consumptive diseases / by Lucien Leudet.

  • Leudet, Lucien, 1831-1922.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Clinical essay on the mineral waters of Eaux Bonnes (Pyrenees) and their value in consumptive diseases / by Lucien Leudet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and will continually afford an agreeable and varied walk, and certainly deserves to be considered as one ol the wonders of the Pyrenees. Here the numerous visitors assemble after an early dinner, to enjoy the balmy emanations of mountainous vegetation, and the grandeur of the panorama. For those patients but slightly affected, the environs of Eaux Bonnes are the source of numberless pleasant excur- Piding is much in favour among our visitors, and is sions. greatly encouraged by the consulting physicians, who apply in this case the precepts of Sydenham, that a life in the open air, and daily riding, act heroically in the cure of diseases of the chest, and especially in that of consumption. Numerous cavalcades are therefore every day seen, to start from Eaux Bonnes and spread abroad in all directions. Some ascend the mountains, the “ Col de Torte,” “ Pic du Gter,” &c.; ” others follow the magnificent road leading to the Eaux-Chaudes, which they may reach in half-an-liour. Fur¬ ther on, and within two hours’ ride more, they will arrive at Gabas, close to the frontiers of Spain. Some others.more daring will undertake the difficult ascent of the “ Pic. du Midi,” and d’Ossau. But here I shall stop in my description, for the beauties and wonders of the Pyrenees are well-known and delightfully remembered by all. At the end of one or sometimes two thermal seasons, each of five-and-twenty or thirty days, our patients leave the Pyrenees, and to many the use of sea-bathing can be usefully recommended. The proximity of Biarritz and its temperate climate render this bathing-place a most appropriate and convenient one for our purpose. Our patients, still under the influence of bron¬ chial susceptibility, many of them having, perhaps, some diffi¬ culty in resisting the sensation of cold, and who require a warm and quiet temperature, will meet with all these requisites at Biarritz, which they would not obtain in any other sea¬ bathing town on the coasts of Brittany or Normandy. The shore at Biarritz is sheltered in such a manner as to be com¬ pletely out of the reach of any winds, during the months of July, August, and September. With these advantages a season at Biarritz in succession to one at Eaux Bonnes has in many cases produced most salutary results.
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