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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![interlacing of the boughs of trees, and extending] a considerable distance towards the woods from the promenade. Besides the original large establishments—the \ old and new bath-houses and the Nassauer Hof hotel—many buildings have been erected of late i years for the accommodation of the increased! number of visitors, including the hotels PlanzJ Victoria, Russischer Hof, and neat villas on the road to the Rhine. At the Nassau hotel, which ; is ducal property, as also at the bath-houses, the; apartments are clean, neatly furnished, and] reasonable—the price of each being inscribed over the door. Most persons content themselves with] a bed-room, and dine at the tables d'hote, where the dishes, if not so varied as at Wiesbaden, are,] perhaps, better adapted for the preservation of health—being good in quality and sufficiently abundant. There is a reading-room, but no place for reunion, the ancient promenade-room having been lately removed to form a terrace continuous with those of the promenade, while the ball-saloon is now transformed into the church. The bathing cabinets in the bath-houses are] exceedingly convenient—more so, indeed, than at] most other baths. They are, for the most part,] lofty and well ventilated; some are divided into! a dressing-room and a large and spacious marble \ baignoire, capable of containing four or five ; persons, though only intended for a single person. 1 The bather, consequently, is not obliged to lie down in water about two feet deep, but has ample](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22434847_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
