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Hydrotherapy

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  • The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.
  • A man visiting a health resort with his limbs immobilized is watching a wasp flying near him; bath tub in the background. Etching, 1869.
  • Hydrotherapy: eight vignettes of different cures at Gräfenberg, Germany. Lithograph, ca. 1860.
  • A man visiting a health resort is covered with a sheet and lying on a wooden daybed, two men covered with sheets are standing before him; in the background a man with a sheet on his shoulders is filling up a glass with water. Etching, May 1870.
  • My water-cure : tested for more than 35 years and published for the cure of diseases and the preservation of health / by Sebastian Kneipp ; translated from his 36th German edition.
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    The interior of the thermal baths, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. Coloured aquatint by H. L'Evêque, 1814.

    L'Evêque, 1769-1832. | Date: 2 May 1814 | Reference: 15793i
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    Station climatérique de Schoeneck sur le Lac des Quatre-Cantons : hydrothérapie, méthodes par l'air comprimé ou raréfié, électricité, massage et gymnastique médicale.

    | Date: 1894
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    The sweating cure : the physiological basis and curative effects of the Turkish bath / by John Balbirnie.

    Balbirnie, John, 1810-1895. | Date: 1864
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    Handbuch der wässerheillehre : (hydriasiologie) oder des naturgenässen gergelten heilverfahrens mit kaltem wasser / von Sigm. Mich. Granichstaedten.

    Granichstaedten, Sigmund Michael. | Date: 1837
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    A dissertation on sea-water : with the regimen proper to be observed in the use of it. Together with some practical hints on drinking the spaws, or any other medicinal waters. In a letter from a physician in the country to his friend in the town.

    | Date: [1755?]
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