People have long traveled to ocean or mountain locations thought to have especially pure air or water to improve their health. With widespread rail and steamship travel and extensive advertising, nineteenth-century spas and resorts opened in remote locations and attracted a broad clientele. People with tuberculosis, asthma, and hay fever often moved permanently to places thought to have air or water conducive to good health.
Health Resort at Graefrath, Holland, late nineteenth century
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