More Happy Thoughts [30/37]
[Francis C Burnand]
Genre: | Diary, Spoof, Serial |
Subjects: | Health, Medical Treatment, Sanitation |
Continues the account of his visit to the spa town of Aachen. Notes the language problems he encountered on his first visit to the baths, especially the German attendant's confusion of 'dirty' and 'thirty' when referring to the water's purity and temperature. | |
Reprinted: | Burnand 1871 |
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