Alpine winter in its medical aspects : with notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja / [Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise].

  • Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise
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1886
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Credit: Alpine winter in its medical aspects : with notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja / [Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    railway station in advance of Coire, is nearer Davos, and if a quick journey is desired it can be made in about o2 hours by this route. In winter the post leaves Coire at 7 a.m., passes Lenz at noon, where a rest is made for dinner, at 1 p.m. arrives at Wiesen, and 4 p.m. Davos 1 latz. From Landquart the diligence leaves at 1.10 p.m., and, traversing the Prattigau Yalley, gets into Davos at 8 o’clock, the distance being twenty-nine miles instead of thirty-four miles from Coire ; but the Landwasser route fiom the latter place is well worth seeing, and the opportunity should not be missed of travelling over an interesting and wonderful road. WIESEN (4,771 ft. above sca-levcl from Dvfours trigono- metrical measurements). This small village stands about twenty-four miles from Chur (Coire), on the picturesque Landwasser route. About 11 miles further on, after presenting several structural diffi- culties and passing through the Ziige gorge, the road winds into Davos. The position of Wiesen exhibits many peculiarities and advantages as an Alpine health resort in winter. Situated on the slope of the Wiesener Alp, facing south and protected on the N. and E. by mountain ranges of 8,000 ft. and 10,000 ft. (Sandhubel, Foppa, Alteingrat, Leidbaehhorn), it is effec- tually screened from the cold winds of winter. Sheltered equally on the southern and western aspect by the Buhlenhorn and huge Stulsergrat (8,390 ft.), the Tinzenhorn (10,278 ft.), and Piz St. Michel (10,374 ft.), and continuing the circle by the Motta Palusa, Piz Toisa and Piz Curv6r (9,760 ft.), a land-locked region is formed, radiant in winter with dazzling sunbeams. A thousand feet below is the Landwasser chafing through a narrow course to join the Albula, a mile or so beyond. Covering the slopes are innumerable pine trees. The
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