CHAP. 6.—WATERS CURATIVE OF WOUNDS.

The tepid waters of Albula,[2950] near Rome, have a healing effect upon wounds. Those of Cutilia,[2951] again, in the Sabine territory, are intensely cold, and by a kind of suction penetrate the body to such a degree as to have the effect of a mordent almost. They are remarkably beneficial for affections of the stomach, sinews, and all parts of the body, in fact.