BAD PYRMONT
I have visited many Bads in Germany. One of the most typical and the most delightful places I have seen is Bad Pyrmont, near Hanover, in the Lower Saxon State.
The picturesque town of Bad Pyrmont is beautifully located in the valley between forest-clad hills. The spa is state-owned and operated, but the town has many private clinics and sanatoriums. During the high season for cures, about 80 percent of the town’s population are patients and guests.
Here are some excerpts from the information brochure published by the state government for the benefit of those who seek the water cure at Bad Pyrmont:
“Be healthy and keep fit! Visit Bad Pyrmont for disorders of the heart and blood, women’s complaints and rheumatism.”
“A typical family goes to Bad Pyrmont in search of health and recuperation and to experience its wonderful curative powers.”
“New balneological discoveries are combined with the experience of centuries.”
“Bad Pyrmont is ideal for all—the sick and the healthy who know that prevention is better than cure, the young and the old.”
“Bay Pyrmont Spa facilities are recommended for the treatment of the following diseases:
“Diseases of the heart and circulation; cardiac insufficiency, cardiac infarct, coronary thrombosis, disorders in blood pressure, peripheral circulation disorders, nervous disorders of the heart and circulation. Diseases of the blood-forming organs. All types of anemia. Rheumatic diseases of the bones, joints and muscles. Women’s complaints: inflammation of female abdominal organs, periodic and other hormone disorders. Eczema. Allergies. Conditions of exhaustion. Children’s diseases. Diseases of old age and senility.”
Keep in mind that this is not a “quack”-operated joint trying to cheat people of their money by offering a bogus water cure for all these serious diseases, but a state-operated establishment that has been approved by the State Medical Association!
The spa offers the following treatments:
“Carbonic acid chalybeate springs for baths and drinking cures. Saline and brine springs for saline baths, drinking and inhalation cures. Carbonic acid gas from the springs for baths. Chalybeate peat for baths (deep and partial immersion) and packs. Mixed baths.
“Supplementary treatments; inhalation cures in single cabins and public inhalatorium. Oral douches for pyorrhea. Massage. Undercurrent massage and douches. Colonic irrigation. Arm baths
(Hauffe) . Alternate hot-and-cold foot baths. Hydrotherapy. Vaginal douches. Terrain cures. Special diets. Rest cures. Gymnastics
(Medau method). Sun and air baths.”
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