How did George Frideric Handel recover after his illness in 1737?

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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music. — George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel, oil on canvas by Thomas Hudson, c. 1736; in the Foundling Museum, London.

Following the bankruptcy of his opera company and a mild stroke in 1737, George Frideric Handel recovered his health after undergoing a course of treatment at Aachen, Germany.1

Once restored to health, he returned to his creative work with renewed vigor. He composed the Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline (1737) and produced two of his most celebrated oratorios, Saul and Israel in Egypt, both of which were performed in 1739. Additionally, he wrote the Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. 6, and contributed to the establishment of the Fund for the Support of Decayed Musicians, which is now known as the Royal Society of Musicians.1