The mineral waters and health resorts of Europe : treatment of chronic diseases by spas and climates, with hints as to the simultaneous employment of various physical and dietetic methods / being a rev. and enl. ed. of "The spas and mineral waters of Europe' by Hermann Weber ... and F. Parkes Weber ... With a map.

  • Weber, Hermann, 1823-1918.
Date:
1898
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Credit: The mineral waters and health resorts of Europe : treatment of chronic diseases by spas and climates, with hints as to the simultaneous employment of various physical and dietetic methods / being a rev. and enl. ed. of "The spas and mineral waters of Europe' by Hermann Weber ... and F. Parkes Weber ... With a map. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and Ben Ehydding ; Harrogate; and Gilsland. Within a radius of forty miles from London the number of suit- able localities is very great, especially in the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, and Kent; amongst them we may indicate the following: Tunbridge Wells, Southborough, Frant and the adjacent hills; Hindhead, Black-Down, Haslemere and Liphook ; Frensham Common and Thursley Common, north of Hindhead ; Frimley and Chobham Ridges, south of Bagshot; Ascot Heath; Leith Hill with Coldharbour and other places ; Holm- bury Hill, Hurtwood Common and Wonersh Heath, to the west of Leith Hill; Merrow near Guildford; Farnham Common and Crooksbury Common near Farnham ; St. George's Hill and Weybridge; Epsom Down near Epsom, and Banstead Downs near Sutton; various localities on the elevated ground extending from Eedhill eastward to Westerham and Sevenoaks in Kent. Keswick, Grasmere, Ambleside, Windermere, Ulles- water, and other localities in the rather moist ' Lake District' are favourite summer resorts on account of their beautiful scenery and opportunities for excursions, boating, fishing, &c. Wales has many inland places suitable for spring, summer, and autumn residence, and some of them, like the upper part of Llandrindod, have a bracing climate. We need only mention: Llandrindod, Llangammarch, and Llanwrtyd ; the Lake Vyrnwy and the Elan Valley Hotels ; Llanberis ; Llangollen ; Trefriw. In Scotland we have a number of climatic resorts : Braemar, Ballater, Grantown, Carrbridge, Kingussie, Forres, Strathpeffer, Blair-Athol, Pitlochry, Inversnaid, the Trossachs, Crieff, Moffat, Bridge-of-Allan. In Ireland, most health resorts come under the head of marine spas, but there are some beautifully situated inland localities, such as Killarney, on Lough Leane, which may be visited for an agreeable change and on account of their scenery, especially in the case of persons