Mountains & hills · Scottish Highlands
Crieff Hydro
Crieff Hydro in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Elliott Simpson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
About
Crieff Hydro is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The purpose-built hotel opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment, and is locally known as the Hydro. It was founded in 1868 by Dr Thomas Henry Meikle, who had received treatment at a centre in Gräfenberg, Austria (now known as Lázně Jeseník, Czech Republic), where Vincenz Priessnitz had built such an establishment. Preissnitz based his pharmacopeia on water, exercise, fresh mountain air, water treatments in the brooks and simple country food.
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Background
History
In 1857, Dr Meikle, a recent medical graduate from the University of Edinburgh, observed Priessnitz's work and whilst being personally disparaging of him for his non-medical background, took back some of his principles for his new hydropathic establishment in Aberdeen, Scotland. When Priessnitz came to Britain on a visit promoted by the publications of Captain R. T. Claridge, a prominent booster of his methods, The Lancet was particularly scathing about his work, describing him as a charlatan and a fraud. However, Dr James Manby Gully, also an Edinburgh medical graduate, picked up on the "water cure", his most famous patient being Charles Darwin, who attended Gully's establishment in…
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- Coordinates
- 56.3797, -3.8379
- Address
- Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Official site
- www.crieffhydro.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5185110 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Crieff Hydro (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Crieff Hydro?
- Crieff Hydro is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3797°, -3.8379°.
- Who owns Crieff Hydro?
- Crieff Hydro is owned by | number_of_restaurants = 6.