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Excerpt from The Spas and Mineral Waters of Europe: With Notes on Balneo-Therapeutic Management in Various Diseases and Morbid Conditions This book is intended to supply some elementary knowledge respecting the Spas of Europe, the methods of treatment adopted there, and the diseases and morbid conditions which are most likely to be cured or ameliorated by them. Although there are already a good many works on the subject, especially in the German and French languages, as a glance at the Bibliography (see end of book) will show, a short work like the present one, in which it is hoped the most general information can easily be found, may be of use to some who have not more elaborate volumes at hand. As much of the effect of mineral water treatment (balneo-therapeutics) cannot be separated from the effect of the external or internal use of plain water (hydro-therapeutics), the first chapter is devoted to a short consideration of hydro-therapeutics in general. Chapters II. and III. deal with the classification and action on the body of mineral waters. In the fourth chapter climate, diet, and altered mode of life are considered, as regards their share in the results obtained by spa treatment; massage and muscular exercises at spas are likewise noticed. 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.

A review of available literature has revealed information on the location of springs, the temperature of the water, the rate of flow, the chemical character of the water and evolved gases, and the uses made of the water. For each country or geographic area there is a brief description of the geology and map showing the location of the springs.