Davos as a health resort : a handbook / containing contributions by A.F. Bill, M.D., A. Brecke [and others] and introduction by W.R. Huggard.

Date:
1906
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Credit: Davos as a health resort : a handbook / containing contributions by A.F. Bill, M.D., A. Brecke [and others] and introduction by W.R. Huggard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For those who have not the needful self-control to withstand the temptation to indulge in forms of amuse- ment that may have been forbidden to them there is a large choice of sanatoria in Davos, The present volume is typical of another aspect of Davos, The contributors, sprung from many different lands in Europe, have now made Davos their more or less permanent home. One of the most pleasing char- acteristics of the place is the good feeling between the various nationalities that are drawn together either by health or by sport. Representatives of the different na- tions meet in friendly rivalry and unite in keeping up the several clubs and societies which are a marked feature of the place. Tobogganing, skating, ski-ing, day-pigeon shooting, chess — each has its own cosmopolitan organi- zation which brings together persons interested in the same pursuit. Davos lends itself particularly well to residence all the year round. Old inhabitants as a rule prefer the summer to the winter; and at any season the climate compares not unfavourably with that of the lowlands. Persons of independent means can often with advantage take up their abode permanently in Davos. But the opportunities of engaging profitably in business are com- paratively limited, With these few words I commend the volume to my brethren at home; and I trust that they will find it as interesting as they will assuredly find the place when they make its acquaintance for themselves,