Winter health resorts / by T. Lauder Brunton.

  • Brunton, Thomas Lauder, Sir, 1844-1916.
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Winter health resorts / by T. Lauder Brunton. 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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    pure wliite snow, broken only by the jagged outlines of w projecting rocks, or the dark forms of leafless pine-trees. 5 Even in the hotels the cold is not so much felt as it is in |j London. The public rooms and corridors are warmed either by stoves or hot-water pipes, and the private rooms.also are heated either by stoves or by hot water. Eooms facing the north are apt to be cold, but in rooms having a southern exposure the occupants frequently do not light their stoves until the afternoon, as the sun^s rays shining into the room warm it sufficiently during the forenoon. The chief Alpine Swiss resorts are Davos and St. Moritz. Two others are likely this year to obtain a share of patronage —Wiesen and Maloja. There has been an hotel at Wiesen for one or two years, but it has recently been considerably enlarged. The hotel at the Maloja is open for the first time this year. Davos is the oldest and best known of these health resorts. It is situated in a narrow valley which is so closed in, not only at the sides, but at the ends, that there is very little wind indeed; and thus the patients are less exposed to the chance of a chill. There are a number of hotels. Those chiefly frequented by the English are the Buol and the Belvidere. The Kurhaus and its d(i2)endences are chiefly frequented by Germans. The chief amusements of the more delicate are reading, gossiping, and basking in the sun, or gently strolling along I the road, where seats are provided at short intervals on which * | they may sit down and rest whenever they feel tired. For the stronger there are excursions in the neighbourhood, t I skating on the rink, and tobogganing. The toboggan is a ^ little sleigh about four feet long, and varying in height from i a few inches to a foot or rather over it. Having drawn this | to the top of a slope, the person seats himself upon it and ^ glides down to the bottom with great rapidity, guiding him- ] j self either by his feet or by a wooden pin held in each hand. '■ At Davos the chief toboggan I’un is behind the Hotel Buol, ' w but those who are more athletic have a long run down the I hill from Davos Dorfli, which is about a mile and a half from I Davos. I