Hand Bk Of The Hist Of The Spa

Excerpt from The Spas of Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy: A Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent; Descriptive of Their Nature and Uses in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases, Especially Gout, Rheumatism, and Dyspepsia; With Notices of Spa Life, and Incidents in Travel Another advantage of prescribing mineral waters is, that an Opportunity is thus given for taking the in valid away from those habits of life which are often closely connected with his ill-health, and which, unless they are interrupted and abandoned for a time, will prevent the patient's cure. Besides this, if a distant watering place be selected, the journey, the change of climate, of scene, and of living, Often exercise a most potent therapeutic action of themselves. Lastly, it supplies an Opportunity for mental rest, which is not idleness, but change of thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.