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Excerpt from Royat (Les Bains) In Auvergne: Its Mineral Waters and Climate
ON hearing the name of a new place mentioned as a health resort, the first questions are, -where is it? How do you get to it? And what is it good for? If it is well situated, of easy access, and if its waters and climate are Of any real value. Many invalids may be tempted to try it, provided the information be satisfactory and correct. As a rule, on looking through the numerous writings, and guide books on mineral springs, one finds that the list of ailments is so that it embraces almost all the diseases humanity is prone to. I know Of nothing so damaging to a medicinal agent as to attribute to it the power of curing everything; it becomes a Panacea which sooner or later will fall into disuse, and its real virtues will be overlooked, or cast aside and aban doued. 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.
