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monograph by my friend Dr. S. Sedgwick. I have since visited them several times, and am now again under treatment here for hereditary gout, the only inheritance I hare from my Border forefathers. I am so charmed with Tarasp and its baths that I venture to send you a few lines in order to make its healing waters further known. Tarasp lies at the lower end of the Engadine Valley, 4000 ft. above the sea level. It is surrounded by wooded hills, and by mountains rising to 10,000 ft. in height. The Eurhaus is a most comfortable hotel, managed in the best German style, and the charges are moderate. The baths are COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL TABLE
mountain place in the middle of Bohemia, and is much to be commended ; but Tarasp is 2000ft. higher. The journey to Tarasp by Calais and Bale, and thence to Landeck, by the Tyrol railway, brings one within eight hours’ ride by diligence of the baths in three days, at a cost for railway fares of £7. Dr. Pernisch, the Spa physician here, is a good English scholar, and has published this year in English a capital account of the place--" The Health-Resort of Tarasp-Schuls, Engadine; its Remedies and Indications briefly described for the guidance of Physicians." OF THE
LUCIUSQUELLE (TARASP).
under the same roof. I have tried many baths in various The climate is perfect: hot sunshine at midday, and cool places, but none were so pleasant as the steel baths here, I mornings and evenings, which mean bracing to overworked bubbling with carbonic acid gas. The spring is just on the nerves and quiet refreshing sleep. The range of the therother side of the river Inn. The above table shows its mometer since I have been here has been about 55° F. in the comparative constituents. early morning and at night, and 75° in the shade at The Tarasp waters thus resemble the Carlsbad Sprudel and noon-a less difference than at Pontresina up the valley. those of Marienbad, both of which I have taken. But I havealways found these daily variations in the high Carlsbad is a hot, stuffy, unpleasant place. The Marienbad Swiss stations most bracing and health-giving. waters are rather more purgative in their action, owing to I am, Sir, your obedient servant, the larger quantity of Glauber salts. Marienbad is a lovely Bad Tarasp, July 22nd, 1885. C. LOCKHART ROBERTSON.
THE CASE OF DR. DAVID BRADLEY : LETTER OF THANKS. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SiR,-I gladly avail myself of this, my earliest, oppor-
Champneys said that the total mortality at the General Lying-in Hospital from all causes during the last four
and
a half was 9 in 1360 cases-that is, 1 in 151, or .66 per cent.; secondly, Dr. Priestley, whilst congratulating those gentlemen on the excellent results they had obtained, said
years and
that he was informed by Dr. Grigg that of 1100 deliveries in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital from Feb. 14th, 1884, to July 1st, 1885, there had been only one death, and that was from puerperal convulsions. But surely there must be some mistake, for I have before me the report of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital for 1884, and from this I find there were 5 deaths in 775 cases; 1 have also before me the Sanitary Chronicle needless for me to comment on the case further than to say of the parish of St. Marylebone, and from the annual report that I am perfectly innocent; and I am much obliged to Mr. Wynter Blyth therein contained I find there were by those in authority for their great kindness in granting me a 7 (and not 5 only) deaths at that hospital in 1884; and free pardon for a crime I did not commit. during the first five months of this year (the June report I remain, Sir, yours ever sincerely, not being yet published) there were 6 deaths, making altoDAVID BRADLEY, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, July 23rd. BRADLEY, M.D. gether 13 deaths occurring between January 1st, 1884, and June lst, 1885. The statements contained in the annual To the Editor of THE LANCET. reports of Mr. Wynter Blyth and of Queen Charlotte’s HosSIR,—As the recent conviction and imprisonment of Dr. pital appear so different from the statement made by Dr. on the authority of Dr. Grigg, that some explanaBradley has practically ruined him, it has been kindly sug- Priestley tion is desirable.-I am, Sir, yours faithfully, a number of members of the and gested by others, profession WM. A. DUNCAN, M.D. including Sir William Jenner and Mr. Marston C. Buszard, Harley-street, W., July 25th, 1885. Q.C., M.P., that a fund be raised for the purpose of helping him to re-commence practice. Would you kindly allow an LIVERPOOL. appeal to be made on his behalf through the columns of our own Correspondent.) Dr. has a delicate wife and one your journal? (From Bradley child, who are now entirely dependent upon the charity of friends and relations. I shall be happy to receive subscripA THREATENED WATER FAMINE. tions, and will give any explanations required. has been seriously threatened with a water LIVERPOOL I remain, Sir, yours faithfully, the Eastwood House, Chesterfield, July 25th. RICHARD JEFFREYS. famine, supply having fallen to a lower amount than has been known for a number of years. The authorities CHILDBED MORTALITY IN LONDON MATERNITY have therefore wisely decided to place the inhabitants HOSPITALS. upon half service, the mains being turned off between 5 and7 each evening till the same hours of the following To the Editor of THE LANCET. It is much to be lamented that there is no means morning. SIR,—In the discussion on the paper read by Dr. Priestley here of saving and therefore preventing the enormous waste at the last meeting of the Obstetrical Society, and published of rain-water, which might well be used for all but in THE LANCET of July 18th, two important but widely drinking purposes. Under present arrangements a considerdiverging statements were made. First, Drs. John Williams able amount of water must be used for flushing out water-
tunity to heartily thank you, and, by your kind permission, through THE LANCET, my many other kind friends, for your laborious and persistent efforts to obtain my release from Leicester Prison, which have happily ended in success. Believe me that words fail to express my gratitude for all the sympathy shown me during my imprisonment. It is
monograph by my friend Dr. S. Sedgwick. I have since visited them several times, and am now again under treatment here for hereditary gout, the only inheritance I hare from my Border forefathers. I am so charmed with Tarasp and its baths that I venture to send you a few lines in order to make its healing waters further known. Tarasp lies at the lower end of the Engadine Valley, 4000 ft. above the sea level. It is surrounded by wooded hills, and by mountains rising to 10,000 ft. in height. The Eurhaus is a most comfortable hotel, managed in the best German style, and the charges are moderate. The baths are COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL TABLE
mountain place in the middle of Bohemia, and is much to be commended ; but Tarasp is 2000ft. higher. The journey to Tarasp by Calais and Bale, and thence to Landeck, by the Tyrol railway, brings one within eight hours’ ride by diligence of the baths in three days, at a cost for railway fares of £7. Dr. Pernisch, the Spa physician here, is a good English scholar, and has published this year in English a capital account of the place--" The Health-Resort of Tarasp-Schuls, Engadine; its Remedies and Indications briefly described for the guidance of Physicians." OF THE
LUCIUSQUELLE (TARASP).
under the same roof. I have tried many baths in various The climate is perfect: hot sunshine at midday, and cool places, but none were so pleasant as the steel baths here, I mornings and evenings, which mean bracing to overworked bubbling with carbonic acid gas. The spring is just on the nerves and quiet refreshing sleep. The range of the therother side of the river Inn. The above table shows its mometer since I have been here has been about 55° F. in the comparative constituents. early morning and at night, and 75° in the shade at The Tarasp waters thus resemble the Carlsbad Sprudel and noon-a less difference than at Pontresina up the valley. those of Marienbad, both of which I have taken. But I havealways found these daily variations in the high Carlsbad is a hot, stuffy, unpleasant place. The Marienbad Swiss stations most bracing and health-giving. waters are rather more purgative in their action, owing to I am, Sir, your obedient servant, the larger quantity of Glauber salts. Marienbad is a lovely Bad Tarasp, July 22nd, 1885. C. LOCKHART ROBERTSON.
THE CASE OF DR. DAVID BRADLEY : LETTER OF THANKS. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SiR,-I gladly avail myself of this, my earliest, oppor-
Champneys said that the total mortality at the General Lying-in Hospital from all causes during the last four
and
a half was 9 in 1360 cases-that is, 1 in 151, or .66 per cent.; secondly, Dr. Priestley, whilst congratulating those gentlemen on the excellent results they had obtained, said
years and
that he was informed by Dr. Grigg that of 1100 deliveries in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital from Feb. 14th, 1884, to July 1st, 1885, there had been only one death, and that was from puerperal convulsions. But surely there must be some mistake, for I have before me the report of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital for 1884, and from this I find there were 5 deaths in 775 cases; 1 have also before me the Sanitary Chronicle needless for me to comment on the case further than to say of the parish of St. Marylebone, and from the annual report that I am perfectly innocent; and I am much obliged to Mr. Wynter Blyth therein contained I find there were by those in authority for their great kindness in granting me a 7 (and not 5 only) deaths at that hospital in 1884; and free pardon for a crime I did not commit. during the first five months of this year (the June report I remain, Sir, yours ever sincerely, not being yet published) there were 6 deaths, making altoDAVID BRADLEY, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, July 23rd. BRADLEY, M.D. gether 13 deaths occurring between January 1st, 1884, and June lst, 1885. The statements contained in the annual To the Editor of THE LANCET. reports of Mr. Wynter Blyth and of Queen Charlotte’s HosSIR,—As the recent conviction and imprisonment of Dr. pital appear so different from the statement made by Dr. on the authority of Dr. Grigg, that some explanaBradley has practically ruined him, it has been kindly sug- Priestley tion is desirable.-I am, Sir, yours faithfully, a number of members of the and gested by others, profession WM. A. DUNCAN, M.D. including Sir William Jenner and Mr. Marston C. Buszard, Harley-street, W., July 25th, 1885. Q.C., M.P., that a fund be raised for the purpose of helping him to re-commence practice. Would you kindly allow an LIVERPOOL. appeal to be made on his behalf through the columns of our own Correspondent.) Dr. has a delicate wife and one your journal? (From Bradley child, who are now entirely dependent upon the charity of friends and relations. I shall be happy to receive subscripA THREATENED WATER FAMINE. tions, and will give any explanations required. has been seriously threatened with a water LIVERPOOL I remain, Sir, yours faithfully, the Eastwood House, Chesterfield, July 25th. RICHARD JEFFREYS. famine, supply having fallen to a lower amount than has been known for a number of years. The authorities CHILDBED MORTALITY IN LONDON MATERNITY have therefore wisely decided to place the inhabitants HOSPITALS. upon half service, the mains being turned off between 5 and7 each evening till the same hours of the following To the Editor of THE LANCET. It is much to be lamented that there is no means morning. SIR,—In the discussion on the paper read by Dr. Priestley here of saving and therefore preventing the enormous waste at the last meeting of the Obstetrical Society, and published of rain-water, which might well be used for all but in THE LANCET of July 18th, two important but widely drinking purposes. Under present arrangements a considerdiverging statements were made. First, Drs. John Williams able amount of water must be used for flushing out water-
tunity to heartily thank you, and, by your kind permission, through THE LANCET, my many other kind friends, for your laborious and persistent efforts to obtain my release from Leicester Prison, which have happily ended in success. Believe me that words fail to express my gratitude for all the sympathy shown me during my imprisonment. It is