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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.

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.

Malvern Wells, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Wood engraving by W. Radclyffe after W.H. Wood.

Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.

Malvern, Great Malvern, Worcestershire: with a plan of the town. Lithograph.

Aix-les-Bains, France: interior of a thermal establishment. Photographic postcard, ca. 1920.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent: view of the parade. Engraving by I. Taylor.

Hydropathic establishment, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland: perspective view. Wood engraving by Nisbet, 1881?.

Les Eaux-Bonnes, Basses Pyrénées: view from above. Lithograph by E. Ciceri, 1858.

The baths and mineral springs, Ems, West Germany. Line engraving by J. Willis after W. Tombleson.

Copia Schreibens auss dem Heylbronnen Hornhausen, an eine hohe Stands-Person, dessen eygentliche Beschaffenheit betreffent, was die Herrn Medici und viel andere vornehme verständige Leut allda, davon geurtheilt. : Von einer glaubwirdtgen unpassionirten Person so der Cur bey diesen Gnaden: oder Heylbrunnen selbsten abwarttet, mit allem fleiss erforschet, und der Warheit zu liess an Taggegegen.

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.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Wunder-brun[n]en Gottes, Das ist: Waarhafftiger, Christlicher und nothwendiger Bericht, was von denen Brunnen zuhalten, darbey so grosse Zeichen und Wunder geschehen, ... : In einem kurtzen Gespräch eines Beichtkindes mit seinem BeichtVatter verfasset, und anno 1613. ... publicirt durch M.C.B. Jetzo aber in gleichem Fall, und wegen derin Sachsen entsprungenen Heylbrunnen widerholt.

Change of air and scene : a physicians hints; with notes of excursions for health amongst the watering-places of the Pyrenees, France (inland & sea-ward,) Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean / Alphonse Donné.

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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.

Pittville Spa from the river and grounds, Cheltenham. Line engraving by W. Radclyffe after G. Dinsdale.

Change of air and scene : a physicians hints; with notes of excursions for health amongst the watering-places of the Pyrenees, France (inland & sea-ward,) Switzerland, Corsica, and the Mediterranean / Alphonse Donné.