Vernissage: Blue and blood pressure

Numerous pictures bear witness to the whey cure that flourished in Gais from 1750 to 1860. A century later, a new health tourism phenomenon emerged there: the climatic station for "civilization-damaged" people, which the doctor Gerhard Ufer set up in 1959 in what is now the museum building. Companies sent their physically and mentally ailing employees to a four-week cure in rural Gais. Equipped with blue tracksuits and a stick, the "blue ones" were supposed to recover from their ailments through exercise therapy, walks and visits to the sauna. The successful cures led to the founding of today's Gais Clinic in 1965. For a long time, the "blues" were accommodated privately, which many locals still remember. The patients were catered for at the Falken inn, and in the evenings the "blues" were often to be found in the local pubs. The exhibition explores this topic, which is unique in Switzerland, using text, image and film sources as well as objects and also incorporates the memories of the people of Gais.


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