The principal baths of Germany, France, and Switzerland : considered with reference to their remedial efficacy in chronic disease. 1st vol. Baths of Germany / by Edwin Lee.
- Lee Edwin, -1870.
- Date:
- 1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The principal baths of Germany, France, and Switzerland : considered with reference to their remedial efficacy in chronic disease. 1st vol. Baths of Germany / by Edwin Lee. 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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![BOOKLET AND BRUCKENAU. ]Booklet is distant about a German mile from Kissingen. At one end of the avenues of poplars and other trees, forming the promenade, are two buildings, the Badbau, or Bath-house, and the Saalbau, or Pump-room ; the upper parts of both are disposed in apartments for strangers. Be- tween these two buildings are a portico and terrace, whence there is a descent by a flight of steps to the springs. The best accommodation, however, is in the buildings at the other end of the avenue, the Furstenbau and Neubau. The bathing cabinets in the Badbau are sixteen in number, and not the most convenient. There are also separate cabinets for the douche. Most per- sons, however, drink the water, of which a large quantity is sent to Kissingen, between which place and Booklet there is a daily communication by pub- lic conveyance. The principal spring, the Ludwigsquelle, has a sharp, piquant, and chalybeate taste. It contains a very large quantity of carbonic acid ; according to Kastner’s analysis, as much as 39 cubic inches to the pint, which differs materially from Vogel's former analysis. In the same quantity of w'ater is contained about the following amount of solid substance: Muriate of soda 6|- grains, mur. mag- nesia 4j, carbonates of magnesia and lime 3£,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22434847_0305.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
