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FRANZENSBAD

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FRANZENSBAD , or KAISER-FRANZEDiRAD, a See also:

town and watering-See also:place of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 152 M. IlkN.W. of See also:Prague by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 2330. It is situated at an See also:altitude of about 1500 ft. between the spurs of the See also:Fichtelgebirge, the Bohmerwald and the See also:Erzgebirge, and lies 4 M. N.W. of See also:Eger. It possesses a large kursaal, several bathing establishments, a See also:hospital for poor patients and several parks. There are altogether 12 See also:mineral springs with saline, alkaline and ferruginous See also:waters, of which the See also:oldest and most important is the Franzensquelle. One of the springs gives off carbonic See also:acid See also:gas and another contains a considerable proportion of lithia salts. The waters, which have an See also:average temperature between 50.2° F. and 54.50 F., are used both internally and externally, and are efficacious in cases of See also:anaemia, See also:nervous disorders, sexual diseases, specially for See also:women, and See also:heart diseases. Franzensbad is frequently resorted to as an after-cure by patients from See also:Carlsbad and See also:Marienbad. Another important See also:part of the cure is the so-called See also:moor or mud-See also:baths, prepared from the See also:peat of the Franzensbad See also:marsh, which is very See also:rich in mineral substances, like sulphates of See also:iron, of soda and of potash, organic acids, See also:salt, &c.

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information about the springs See also:dates from the 16th See also:century, and an See also:analysis of the waters was made in 1565. Theywere first used for bathing purposes in 1707. But the See also:foundation of Franzensbad as a watering-place really dates from 1793, when Dr See also:Adler built here the first Kurhaus, and the place received its name after the See also:emperor See also:Francis I. See Dr Loimann, Franzensbad (3rd ed., See also:Vienna, 1900).

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