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World cures and holy places draw pilgrims in 1908
A survey of healing sites from Lourdes to Benaras outlines how pilgrims flock to Lourdes for cures while Europeans seek spa resorts in Marienbad and Aix les Bains. It notes Heaupre near Quebec, Kyoto temples with bronze bulls, and Benaras as enduring centers, plus American Reformation era efforts in Boston linking faith and medicine.
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Lourdes
New York
Heaupre
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Church of
St. Anne de Beaupre
Kitano Tenjin
Kyoto
India
Benares
Ganges
Europe
America
Max Muller
Babylon
Athens
Rome
United States
Manking's
Boston