St. Moritz as a health resort / by R. Whitfield Hewlett.

Date:
1871
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Credit: St. Moritz as a health resort / by R. Whitfield Hewlett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The Engadine. Much has been written about the Engadine, its cli- mate, its air, its waters and its baths, until at the pre- sent time there seems to be a danger of the Engadine, and especially of S' Moritz, being overrated on the one hand, and not sufficiently appreciated on the other. It will be my object in the following pages to de- scribe S' Moritz as it is, its merits no less than its draw- backs, the relative value of its atmosphere, and its wa- ters, the class of case for which it is, and for which it is not suited, and to suggest the steps which ought to be taken by the communal Authorities no less than by the landlords to improve a state of things that is in many respects most defective. The valley of the Engadine is situated in the Can- ton Orisons, the most eastern Canton of Switzerland, Commencing on the Italian side at Maloja, a small ham- let situated at the upper extremity of the val Bregaglia, it extends from S. W. to N. E., and terminates at Mar- tinsbriick on the frontier of the Tyrol. Its breadth va- ries from half a league in the lower Engadifie to more than a league in some parts of the upper Engadine. At once the largest and highest valley in the Alps, it is