The spas of Germany : with a supplement, containing an account of the many improvements effected at the various watering-places in since the publication of the first edition, and the result of the author's more extended knowledge and experience as regards the several mineral waters therein mentioned / by A.B. Granville.

  • Augustus Granville
Date:
1843
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Credit: The spas of Germany : with a supplement, containing an account of the many improvements effected at the various watering-places in since the publication of the first edition, and the result of the author's more extended knowledge and experience as regards the several mineral waters therein mentioned / by A.B. Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    CONTENTS. Mrs. M.—The theatre—Dr. Krameu—Virtues of the Baden waters—Cases— A discovery spoiled—A pet physician—Description of one hy a fashionable lady —A French dialogue—Visit to the general favourite—Opinions of Dr. Guggert respecting the water of Baden, and of English and French medical practice— The late Dr. Abbey—Dr. Hutton—Reckoning with the Host—Expenses of living at Baden—Prices—Roads to and from Baden - - - 23 CHAPTER IV. ROAD TO THE WURTEMBERG SPAS. STUTTGARDT. Departure from Baden—Its environs—Ignorance of localities—Cheval de renfort— SiCl&tDcr iZfiV Sribtoer—German livre des postes—Plateau above Baden—Mag- nificent panorama—The Black Forest—Valley of La Mourg—Schonmiinzach— RippoLDSAu mineral water—Freudenstadt—Vale of the Neckar—Stuttgardt —Improvements—Supply of water—Cheap living—Ludwigsburg—Royal Mili- tary College—Sad recollections'—My Son - - - - 41 CHAPTER V. WILDBAD. Road to Wildbad—Calw—Wildbad—The town and environs—The Badhof and warm springs—Description of the baths—Delicious feelings—Distribution of the baths—Their natural effects—Chemical composition—Heat the agent of cure?— Superiority of Wildbad over other warm springs—Something a I'Anglaise— Bathing alone and bathing in common—Prices—Internal use of the water— Disorders cured by the baths—The Darmstadt officer—The lady and the child— Dr. Fricker—Dr. Kaiser—The Bear—Hopital des Pauvres — Dinner and supper—Dr. Plieninger—Excessive cheapness of living—Diet and regimen— Government regulations—Improvements effected, and improvements desirable— The King of Wurtemberg—His anxiety respecting Wildbad—Dr. Von Ludwig —His opinion of Wildbad—My own—Schlangenbad and Wildbad compared—The Cl mate ... - - - - - 53 CHAPTER VI. LIEBENZELL, DEINACH, CANNSTADT, BOLL. Return from Wildbad—Valley of the Nagold—Liebenzell—The Cell of Love— Mineral baths—Temperature and composition—Singular properties and medicinal virtues—Deinach, another Spa—Road from Wildbad—The Brunnen—The Ink y/e\ —Taste—Cure of insanity—The maniac—Medical, chemical, and physical properties of the Deinach waters — The bath-rooms — Amusements — Life at Deinach—Cheapness—Dr. Shutz—Calw—Return to Stuttgardt—Visit to Ho- henheim—The chJlteau of Rosenstein, and the expiatory chapel—Colonel Salucci—The Grand Duchess of Oldenburg—Splendid sculptures—The baths