The mineral waters and baths of Tarasp (Tarasp-Schuls) in the lower Engadine, canton of Grisons : short survey destined particularly for medical practitioners.

Date:
1866
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Credit: The mineral waters and baths of Tarasp (Tarasp-Schuls) in the lower Engadine, canton of Grisons : short survey destined particularly for medical practitioners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    world, while now the comfortable Federal Mail-Coach and the Telegraph have penetrated also in this Territory. The villages of Schuls and T arasp, on the territory of which our springs rise, are a half day’s journey from St. Moritz and 9 miles from the Austrian frontier near Mar tins hr uck; their elevation above the Sea is from 4000 to 4500 feet. The alpine nature of this valley bears a less severe character than the landscapes of the Upper Engadine; mountain peaks of ma¬ jestic formation surround a valley which widens in a circu¬ lar form and through which the impetuous Inn flows; the vegetation already shows a greater richness of forms than in the upper valley: the extensive cultivation of rye and flax, the orchards near Schuls, as well as the characteristical luxu- riancy of the Flora in general are as many proofs of a mil¬ der climate. The latter we do not hesitate to count among the greatest advantages of the Bath: it is an alpine climate with all its bracing elements, yet mitigated in that way that those sudden changes of temperature, .those unex¬ pected snow falls, which for weaker and more delicate con¬ stitutions not seldom prove dangerous, form rather the excep¬ tion. The mild and not dry character of the air recommends itself especially to convalescents, to anemic or highly ner¬ vous individuals, with whom, and principally with the latter, the charming climate of the high Alps does not always well agree. Observations made at the Establishment and compared with those of the neighbouring stations show for the months of July and August a mean temperature of from 13-15 (cen¬ tigrade) with a mean daily variation of from 8—9. In the two last seasons, which were partly rather unfavourable, we noted for the months of July and August as maximum 26,5