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Hydrotherapy

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  • 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.
  • Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • Christ healing lame people at the pool of Bethesda. Etching by D. Cunego, 1779, after J.A. Calvi after L. Carracci.
  • Hydropathic establishment, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland: perspective view. Wood engraving by Nisbet, 1881?
  • Practical hydropathy (not the cold-water system) : including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing, and habits of life ... / by John Smedley.
  • A man visiting a health resort is being sprayed with water coming from a stool on which he is trying to sit. Etching, 1869.
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Works

  • view Station climatérique de Schoeneck sur le Lac des Quatre-Cantons : hydrothérapie, méthodes par l'air comprimé ou raréfié, électricité, massage et gymnastique médicale.
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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
  • view The sweating cure : the physiological basis and curative effects of the Turkish bath / by John Balbirnie.
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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
  • view Handbuch der wässerheillehre : (hydriasiologie) oder des naturgenässen gergelten heilverfahrens mit kaltem wasser / von Sigm. Mich. Granichstaedten.
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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
  • view 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.
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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?]
  • view A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate : containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use / by Thomas Garnett.
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    A treatise on the mineral waters of Harrogate : containing the history of these waters, their chemical analysis, medicinal properties, and plain directions for their use / by Thomas Garnett.

    Garnett, Thomas, 1766-1802. | Date: 1792
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