A swiss murder

Autor(en): Pope, Wilmon

Objekttyp: Article

Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK

Band (Jahr): - (1934)

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Persistenter Link: http://doi.org/10.5169/seals-691742

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August 13-September 5 of soda, sulphate of sodium, gypsum and. sulphate The manifold healing agents which boun- Vacation Course for Modern French at the Of magnesium iodine salts and arsenic, com- teous Nature lias so lavishly placed at mankind's University of Neuchâtel. pounds. The importance of borax and lithium has disposal in Switzerland are combined with the Middle of August not yet been sufficiently investigated. forces and laws of physics, hygiene and dietetics. Automobile Show and driving skill test at When the mineral waters coifie into contact Mineral springs, pure air, and sunshine form a St. Moritz. with organic substances on the surface of the matchless combination, and all the leading resorts August (2nd 1'art) earth and slowly spread, they deposit a part of feature the latest and best installations for any treatments which the International Riding Tournament and Swim- their salts ; in this way mud and peat are formed, special attending physicians ining Festival at St. Moritz. which are both used for baths and local applica- may deem necessary for a patient. Archery Contest at St. Moritz. ions. Transportation and hotel rates have been August 18 The majority of the springs are radio-active, reduced so drastically in Switzerland that a Golf Competition, " Morgan Cup," at having emanations either in the water itself, in sojourn at one of the before mentioned spas is Lucerne. their sediments or in their gases. Radio active now within easy reach of any purse, and it is International Sailing Regatta at Lausanne- springs contain but little mineral substance, and bound to prove à liigh-interest-bearing investment Ouchy, are connected with the deepest strata of the earth. for health. Golf Competition at Lausaime-Ouchy. Mineral waters are classified in ten kinds, August 20-25 according to their degree of mineralization, pre- A SWISS MURDER. International Carlton Tennis Tournament at dominant element and temperature. They are : St. Moritz. 1. cold f'cc/i/// M/bera/GM or simple waters, "Fia. Ma/a" hp John Knittel (Hutchinson, 8s 6d. August 20 and following days less 0 5 of containing than gr. solid constituents We have recently considered books by clever International Tennis Tournament for the and less 1.0 of carbonic acid. to one litre, than gr. German authors, and one by a Norwegian. This Championship of Interlaken in Men's has 40 such open Switzerland springs, of which the week have what is a to and Ladies' Singles at Interlaken. we complete novelty me, most important are Aigle, Disentis, Knutwil, a * story at full length and in full value by and Weissbad.'* Romanel a Swiss, John Knittel. HEALTH SPRINGS BUBBLE IN 2. Mfcrafo - Y/tcruiq/ or simple thermal It is not merely by a Swiss author, but it SWITZERLAND. waters, " Wildbäder." They contain to the litre deals intimately with Swiss people and contein- less than 0.5 gr. of solid constituents, and their porary Swiss life, and enables us to realise how * temperature is above 20 degrees centigrade. that life seems to native's of a confederacy which To in health any one quest of Switzerland Ragaz-Pfäfers features sûçh a spring which com- has been camouflaged for most of us by the the solution of the ' will prove most difficult pares with Badenweil, öflstein, Wildbad and a chromolithographie eulogies of the tourist problems. Not only has this country beautiful number of other in foreign countries. agencies. become world renowned for her spas miracle-working 3. alpine climate, but in its great wealth of mineral £?«.»*!% Waters, containing over 0.5 gr. " Via Mala " exposes some of the drawbacks of solid constituents to the divided which the those who springs it possesses priceless assets which, strange litre They are fill in picture for live in into carbonate and waters, according to Switzerland all the round. is the as it may seem in this enlightened era of ours, gypsum year It valley are only superficially known in lands. the predominance of carbonic and sulphuric of the Yzolla, dark and narrow and damp, where foreign Some of the the smelled wood and acids Yet knowledge and use of healing waters in earth. most important watering " air of the of clammy these features : Tlenniez-les mushrooms." Switzerland date back to the beginning of places with are Bains, very Sissach, Rheinfelden- civilization. Montreux, Mellingen Here dwelt the Lau ret Z family, whose lives The Kapuziner and Magdëner springs, Yverdon, were darker and narrower and damper than this springs of St. Moritz in. .the Upper Loèc.he-les-Bains med. Tenigerbad, Andeer, Grimmialp, valley. The father, who boasted in his cups that Engadine, according to Dr. H. Keller, and Vais-Platz. The in the two last furnish indisputable of 'springs he was descended from a soldier of Napoleon, was proof great antiquity, resorts are thermal. This of com- for when their pipes there category spas a brutal and drunken saw miller, and his wife were replaced in 1853, with such as were found at to feet under the pares foreign watering places and children all bore permanent marks of his 3| 4| surface of Tlionon, Vittel, Wildungen, etc. the earth the well-preserved hollowed-out trunks violence. The father was thoroughly bad. The of three mighty larches which had obviously been 4. A/ica/iae FFa-terg, containing to the litre children, though rough as their environment, had employed for the springs. In these tree-trunks more than 0.5 gin,of solid constituents. The pre- redeeming traits of human kindness. a number of bronze objects, swords, knives, dominant salt is carbonate of sodium. Several One of them, Sylvelie, whose enduring needles, etc., were discovered, which scientists Of these springs contaig iron ,bromide, iodine, evidence of her father's cruelty was a crippled estimated to be about 3,000 years old. Similar borax and lithium. There are 9 springs in all, of arm, was more fortunate than the others. She préhistorien! finds were made in Baden (Argovie), which the most important are Tarasp-Schills- was engaged to " do for " an old and famous Loèehe-les-Bains (Valais) and Yverdon (Va.ud). Vulpera, Passugg, and Öberiberg. Neuenahr, painter, who occupied a neighbouring chalet for The period of, the Roman occupation, begin- Vichy/Ems, Franzensbad .Karlsbad, Marienbad, the purpose of making studies of the mountain etc ning in the year 58 B.C., represents the. second are rivals of similar properties in foreign scenery, and who gave her a fatherly affection, countries^ p. ,• IWu LcUUDrn i V V and opened, to à of stage in the development of watering places in her'^ihd number tljings/finer "" Switzerland. Spas flourished to a high degree, 5. $u/p/wr Wa.fenoGrisons. The most important among these spas of murderers whom is his of thé brother-in-law it Rheinfelden salt mines and the opening are St. Moritz, Tarasp-Schuls-Viilpera, Passugg, official duty to denounce. brine baths dates from 1846. Fideris, Lenk, Morgïns, Acquarossa, and He has the means of closing the with- There are 100 spas in the alpine regions, 26 Franzensbad is one of the foreign rivals. inquiry out disclosure, but he is a man of honour. in the Jura and 30 in the Swiss high plateau. 9. Arsenica! Wafers, containing at least any 20 Here is a fine case of conscience. What did he Springs with over degrees centigrade are 0.0002 gr. of arsenic. In Switzerland arsenic is his called thermal waters, and those with less than do about it," how did it react upon deep found with the carbonates and sulphates of affection for Sylvelie? would be unfair to the 20 degrees cold springs. THSy contain the sol- alkalis, alkaline earth 'and iron. Val Sinéstra It substances of the strata. reader to give away the secret. V uble percolated rocky and Acquarossa feature such springs. IFf/.s'on The greater the quantity' of such substances and Pope. the the water lias been in contact with 10. k'pmigs Go « fcf/« /a r/ 77psom Salts are (Ntar.) longer found the of Birmenstorf them, the richer is the water in mineral con- in little spa near Brugg. stitnents. These elements are chiefly calcium, 11. Peat and Moor Baths. They are classi- PERSONAL. potassium, sodium, lithium, magnesium, iron fied according to their mineral and vegetable sub- sulphur, phosphorus, borax, stances. In some localities the mud of the silicium, aluminium, G. of chloride, bromide, iodine, fluoride, carbonic mineral waters is used.for the packings. This is We regret to hear that Mr. T. Grotz, acids, sulphuretted hydrogen and nitrogen. The the case at St. Moritz;)Schinznaeh, Andeer and Ightham (Kent), has met with a motor accident, bases and the acids can be disassociated from one Acquarossa. Sand baths with alluvial sand from when his car collided with a taxi which was another compounded with salts. The most the Rhone are methodically employed at Lavey- travelling on the wrong side. Mr. Grotz received or he important of these are common or kitchen salt, les-Bains. Elster, Franzensbad and Marienbad some internal injuries from which we trust carbonate of soda, magnesium and iron, sulphate number among non-Swiss rivals. will make a speedy and complete recovery.