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WILDBAD , a watering- place ofSee also: Germany, in the See also: kingdom of See also: Wurttemberg, picturesquely situated 1475 ft. above the See also: sea, in the romantic See also: pine-clad See also: gorge of the Enz in the Black See also: Forest, 28 m
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W. of See also: Stuttgart and 14 E. of See also: Baden-Baden by See also: rail
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Pop
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See also: WILDE
(1905) 3734
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It contains an Evangelical, a See also: Roman Catholic and an See also: English See also: church, and has some small manufactures (cigars, paper and toys)
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Its thermal alkaline springs have a temperature of 90 -10o° Fahr. and are used for bathing in cases of paralysis,
See also: rheumatism, See also: gout, neuralgia and similar ailments
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The fact that the springs See also: rice within the See also: baths, and are thus used at the fountain-See also: head, is considered to contribute materially to their curative value
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The See also: water is used internally for affections of the stomach and See also: digestive See also: organs, and of the kidneys, bladder, &c
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Wildbad possesses all the usual arrangements for the comfort and amusement of the visitors (over 15,000 annually), including large and well-appointed hotels, a Kurhaus, a Trink-See also: Halle and promenades
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The neighbourhood is picturesque, the most attractive spot being the Wildsee, of which legends are told
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See W
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T. v
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Renz, Die Kur zu Wildbad (with Guide, Wildbad, 1888), andSee also: Weizsacker, Wildbad (2nd ed., 1905)
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