Brides-les-Bains and Salins-Moutiers (Savoy) : their neighbourhood and mineral waters / by P. Delastre.

  • Delastre, Philibert.
Date:
[1887]
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Credit: Brides-les-Bains and Salins-Moutiers (Savoy) : their neighbourhood and mineral waters / by P. Delastre. 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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    G turo varies from 65° P. to 75° F., and the cool mountain breezes moderate the noontide heat. Violent storms and sudden changes of weat- her are almost unknown, and the mildness of the climate is proved by the splendid vi- neyards which line the right bank of the Bo- ron. In two or three years’time, communication with other countries will be facilitated by the extension of the railway as far as Moutiers. Bridges have been begun already, and the works is being actively carried on. There is also some talk of opening a grand new route between France and Italy, and this brings forward the important question of piercing a tunnel through the Petit-Saint-Bernard. To us this would be of the greatest advantage, as we should profit by the express trains of an international line. Brides and its waters was known to the ancients, as is testified by several old docu- ments and medals found in the country, and dating from the Roman period. It is not till 1685 that we find any authen- tic writing on the waters of Brides. At that epoch a monk, Father Bernard, wrote to his archbishop, describing the springs, explai- ning their uses, and the diseases for which they were efficacious, and vaunting their many excellences.