On the medicinal properties of the mineral waters of Vichy.

  • Vichy Waters Co.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the medicinal properties of the mineral waters of Vichy. 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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    MEDICINAL PKOPERTIES OF THE ~ MINERAL WATERS OlWlGHY. I. Vichy is a small town of France, situated in the depart- ment of Allier, twenty kilometres* from Gannat, sixty from Moulins, three hundred and eighty from Paris, at the junction of the high road from Moulins to Nismes, and that from Gannat to Vichy. It is placed in a small valley on the right bank of the River AUier, surrounded by hills, which form an amphi- theatre, covered with vines, fruit-trees, and cultivated fields, presenting a pleasing and animated picture. The air is pure, the climate mild, and the approaches to the valley easy. These circumstances, combined with the undoubted ejficacy of its mineral waters, which afford relief annually * 20 kilometres = 13^ miles.