CHAPTER VII.

Rl'LES FOR THE USE OF THE WILDBAD WATERS ; — REGIMEN AND DIET.

Having once dctcrmined, witli tlie assistance of his medical adviser, to proceed lo Wildbad, tlie patient sliould endeavour to procure a brief and clearly-written Statement of bis case, froni the physician to whom he may be recom- mended, or whom he may prefer to consult. On his arrival he should not follow the example of those who, the instant they alight from the carriage, run to the springs in Order not to lose a moment. He should, on the contrary, give his body time to recover from the fatigues of the journey, and, in the meanwhile consult one of the physicians of the place, if it be only for general and local information. The intercourse between physician and patient is here, as in most other German Spas, placed on an easy and most convenient footing, and none need liesitate in Consulting them. The bathing-season lasts from May to September^ but the best season for using the baths is tliat from June to the cnd of August. Observations made by Dr. Flicker, Dr. Heim, and Dr. Peez, however, have shown tliat they may also be used very successfully in winter. The lattcr says in his work: „Although this Spa may not be countcd