Overview of the Healing Springs of Tyrol and Vorarlberg: Oberhaus, Pejo, Rabbi, and Salt
Extract from an 1830 survey of medicinal and thermal springs in Tyrol and Vorarlberg. It lists mineral springs in Oberhaus near Meran, Pejo, Rabbi, and Salt in the Martell Valley along with their therapeutic applications for drinking and bathing cures.
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At Oberhaus near Meran there is a spring containing iron and sulphuric earthy neutral salts, used not infrequently primarily as a drinking cure against chlorosis, abdominal ailments, and neuroses.
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At Pejo in the judicial district of Malé in Val di Sol in the Trentino district, an acidulous soda-iron water springs forth, which is frequently used as a bathing and drinking cure against diseases of the abdominal organs.
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One of the most frequently visited Tyrolean spa resorts is the soda-iron acidulous water of Rabbi in Val di Sol in the district of Malé. It is used for bathing and drinking cures against chlorosis and against obstructions of the abdominal organs.
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The spring at Salt in the municipality of Martell in the Bozen district is a saline chalybeate water, used not infrequently against rheumatic pain, chlorosis, hysteria, and chronic rashes; the bath is in good condition.
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"Overview of the Healing Springs of Tyrol and Vorarlberg: Oberhaus, Pejo, Rabbi, and Salt." Der Bote für Tirol, 12 August 1830. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/12.08.1830/150693/4. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1830-08-12-uebersicht-der-heilquellen-von-tirol-und-vorarlberg-oberhaus-pejo-rabbi-und-salt