Health abroad : a medical handbook of travel / by C. Harford Battersby [and others] ; edited by Edmund Hobhouse.
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Health abroad : a medical handbook of travel / by C. Harford Battersby [and others] ; edited by Edmund Hobhouse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![For tlie traveller seeking health, the best districts are the provinces of Canterbury and Nelson, and the central part of the North Island, where some elevation is attainable. The regions which are of the greatest interest to travellers are situated at the extreme ends of the islands, viz. the Sounds at the southern end, and the hot springs at the northern end. Besides these there are the large southern lakes, the range of New Zealand Alps, and the very fine passes between the provinces of Canterbury and Nelson. In the Northern Island also there is some fine scenery, but not equal to that of the Southern ; the whole of the volcanic district, which is not much under a hundred miles long, is of great interest. All this district is filled with hot springs and volcanic phenomena of various kinds; but the most varied collec- tion of hot springs probably in the world is to be found at Botorua, in the province of Auckland, where a govern- ment sanatorium has been formed for the treatment specially of rheumatism and skin diseases. Within a small area are found thermal waters, having the most extraordinary variety of temperature and chemical com- position. An excellent account of them has been written by Dr. Cinders, who has for many years been in charge of the sanatorium. It is penned in a temperate and critical spirit, and ]Doints out clearly what cases are and what are not suitable for treatment there. Dr. Cinders says that not a twentieth part of the springs of the dis- trict has been analysed yet. The ground for miles round is literally honeycombed with these springs, and it is dangerous in many places to go off the beaten track for fear of falling into a boiling caldron. Travellers need not be afraid of visiting this weird region on account of the active volcanic agencies, which are always en evidence there; it is certain that before](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28139355_0243.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
