Teplitz, a watering-place of Bohemia, is situated in a beautiful valley near the Erzgebirge, 20 miles NW. of Leitmeritz by rail. The baths are supplied from about a dozen hot alkalo-saline springs, are taken exceedingly hot, and have great virtue in restoring persons afflicted with gout, rheumatism, &c. One of the springs is used also for drinking. Pop. of Teplitz, with Schönau, 16,750. Some 7000 persons use the baths yearly.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 138
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