Change of air and scene : a physicians hints; with notes of excursions for health amongst the watering-places of the Pyrenees, France (inland & sea-ward,) Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean / Alphonse Donné.

  • Donné, Alfred, 1801-1878.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Change of air and scene : a physicians hints; with notes of excursions for health amongst the watering-places of the Pyrenees, France (inland & sea-ward,) Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean / Alphonse Donné. 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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    PREFATORY NOTE. This volume has a double purpose. It may be read as a simple book of cheerful travel-talk—the impres- sions of a shrewd, genial, experienced medical man concerning- some of the most charming health resorts of the Continent, or it may be taken as a practical index to the various Mineral waters which exercise so power- ful an influence in specific ailments. From the first point of view it is hoped that the reader will find it a pleasant book ; from the second it is believed that many will find it a valuable one. The brief but suggestive hints contained in the text, combined with the classifications given in the appendix from recent sources, present a bird's-eye view of Mineral waters and their comparative value as curative agencies such as is furnished by no other popular volume in English. This may be of service either in determining how to make the best use of a mere holiday change; or, in the case of invalids, to assist in the selection of eligible spots for a more lengthy sojourn. 2 A