The health-resort of Tarasp-Schuls, Engadine, (Switzerland) : its remedies and indications, briefly described for the guidance of physicians / by J. Pernisch.

  • Pernisch, J.
Date:
1887
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Credit: The health-resort of Tarasp-Schuls, Engadine, (Switzerland) : its remedies and indications, briefly described for the guidance of physicians / by J. Pernisch. 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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    1. Description of lire Healtli-Eesort of Tarasp-Scliils. I In tlie heart of the Klisetian Alps, near the extensive gla- ciers of the majestic Bernina group—the iclylUc cradle of the infant Inn, whicli, lower down, near Passau, pours its clear waters into the Danube —begins the beautiful and renowned Alpine valley of the Engadine. From here it extends in a curve nearly sixty miles in length through the south-eastern corner of Switzerland, being bounded on either side by mighty ranges of snow-clad mountains, wiiich separate it from the net- work of fertile valleys composing the remaining portion of the canton of Grisons in the north, and from the luxuriant fields and vineyards of Italy in the sputh. The Biver Inn, after flow'- ing gently through the placid lakes of the U^yper Engadine, and intersecting like a thread of silver the verdant grassy meads and pasture-lands of that lofty valley, enters the Lower Enga- dine through the narrow channel wiiich the rushing waters have carved for themselves in the I'ocks. On either side the river is hemmed in by stupendous mountains, alternately approach- ing and receding from each other, thus forming a regular succession of narrow defiles and open valleys. As far as Ardetz the river continues its boisterous and impetuous course through the deep rocky fissure, then it suddenly checks its speed, as if to enjoy the prospect of the lovely district it has reached. Further and further do the mountains recede from the river, until tliey encircle with thefr iirotecting I'amparts the beautiful