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The gleaming, rectilinear glass-and-wood Lanserhof Tegernsee, a resortlike spa clinic nestled in the Bavarian countryside, seeks to regenerate the health of its clientele. Its Alpine surroundings and contemplative atmosphere bring to mind Thomas Mann’s sanitarium in his novel The Magic Mountain—only the patients in the fictive Swiss institution had to contend with tuberculosis. Here, health concerns might include more subtle ailments derived from the stress and indulgences of contemporary life. Germany has long been the wellspring of such restorative resorts, dating as far back as the 2nd century CE, when the Romans happened upon the hot springs that became known as Baden-Baden. Times have changed, but the desire for taking a cure has not.