Alpine winter in its medical aspects: with notes on davos platz, wiesen, st. Moritz, and the maloia


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ABSTRACT THIS work possesses a fourfold interest. The meteorologist will find in it an account of the Swiss Alpine climate in winter, with full and careful records of the author's


observations, which occupy one-fourth of the whole volume. The sanitary engineer may here obtain a clear account of the first successful attempt that has been made to warm and ventilate a


large building on strictly scientific principles during the months when the temperature of the air frequently falls below zero. To the physician the book will serve as a guide in advising


his patients on the subject of the Alpine health-resorts, in the determination of suitable cases, the peculiar advantages of each place, the duration of stay, and the time to leave—giving,


as it does, the physiological effect of each of the peculiar elements of a winter climate at high elevations. Lastly, all those who, either from necessity or from choice, have arranged to


pass part of the winter in the Engadine or at Davos, can learn from these pages how to plan and prepare for their outfit and journey, the best routes by which to travel, how to avail


themselves of the advantages of the winter health-resorts of these parts, and how to minimise the drawbacks or dangers connected with this system of treatment. Alpine Winter in its Medical


Aspects: with Notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloia. By A. Tucker Wise M.D.,&c. Third Edition. (London: Churchill, 1886.) Access through your institution Buy or


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