Excerpt from Some Truths About Vittel, Contrexeville and Martigny: Practical Hints to My Medical BrethrenAmongst the western foot-hills of the Vosges, chie¿y in the upper reaches of the Vair and Mouzon, a considerable number of mineral springs gush out from the upper Muschelhalk. Some of these springs run to waste, but others are utilized at Vittel, Contrexeville and Martigny. This utilization dates from Roman occupation of Gaul, but during mediaeval times, Martigny and Vittel seemed to have been abandoned, whilst Contrexeville was visited by a certain number of invalids, and in consequence was known abroad. The two neighbouring stations had then only a local repute. Just fifty years ago, Louis Bouloumié recog nised the superiority of the Vittel springs, acquired the property, then open fields, and installed the first modest building of the Etablissement. For many years progress was slow, but steadily the place and waters became more and more known, and about ten years ago Vittel jumped into wide-world reputation. Its progress since then has been phenomenal, the reasons for which will be here summarised.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.