Volume 2

The spas of Germany / by the author of "St. Petersburgh." (Dr. Granville.).

  • Augustus Granville
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The spas of Germany / by the author of "St. Petersburgh." (Dr. Granville.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. CARLSBAD — CONTINUED. The WIESE—Countess of J—y—Breakfasts al fresco— Grand monde—The English at Carlsbad—a Right Honourable Earl —Catalogue raisonne of 1094 sommites and Princess Helena P.—La Comtesse C. de G.—Madame Trembicka—The fair authoress of “Body, Soul, and Spirit ”—An Honourable M. P., Bras- seur and Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi—Milord George Bridges — Thistlewood — La Haute societe — Countess Potemkin— Affable aristocracy—WORKS on Carlsbad—Germany and the Germans—Maladies cured by the Carlsbad waters—The author’s experience—The spleen peculiarly affected in women, cured at Carlsbad—Lord A ’s cure of asthma—The hypochondriacs— Their number at Carlsbad—Biliary and other calculi—Immediate EFFECTS of the water—Erroneous notions—Effects on the author —Mob at the Muhlbrunn—Sir Joseph De C. L.—Action on the skin —Carlsbad salts in the perspiration—The Carlsbad water injurious or inadmissible in certain cases—warm baths—Vapour bath— Application of it to the eyes and in tic dOM/UMrewa:—Regimen and diet—Expenses of the cure—List of arrivals—Doctor De Carro— Physicians of Carlsbad—Remuneration—The Lord Chief Justice J. —Precious ignorance 37 CHAPTER III. CARLSBAD — CONCLUDED. HOTELS —The Goldenen Schild)—X ^Countess-cook —Three other golden hotels and Paradise—Prices—Carlsbad no cheap bargain —MAISONS A louer—Great number of them—Signs and appella- tions—Lodgings and lodgers—Interiors—High rent—Cautions—A word in time—Welcome to visiters—Fanfare and cli- mate—Winds—Improvement in the streets—Night police—The Sachsische Saal—The BOhmische Magnum bonum of gastro- nomes at Carlsbad—Affluence of grandees to the Restaurants—A
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