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  • A man visiting a health resort is being woken up by a man who is opening a window; bath tub in the foreground, snow outside. Etching, May 1870.
  • A man on the staff of a health resort is pouring water in a bath tub in which a man covered with a sheet is seated. Etching, May 1870.
  • The King's bath, a therapeutic steam bath with a gothic structure in the centre and surrounded by other buildings. Reproduction of a pen drawing after J. Fayram.
  • Two sets of apparatus demonstrating Captain Jekyll's patent vapour bath. Line engraving by J. Jekyll.
  • Mr. Lambkin trying to find a new cure for his illness; riding a horse in wet clothes. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • An old man (Sardanapalus?) being bathed by young nude women - an attempt at rejuvenation. Process print after C. de la Passe, the elder, 1600, after M. de Vos.
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • The story of baths and bathing / [George Ryley Scott].
  • Water-fountains, the Black Forest, and a red sunset, representing the health resort Wildbad im Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg). Colour lithograph after A. Fischinger, 192-.
  • Waterfall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Line engraving.
  • Water-fountains, the Black Forest, and a red sunset, representing the health resort Wildbad im Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg). Colour lithograph after A. Fischinger, 192-.
  • Three people sitting around a water-vapour machine which is emitting dry steam, attempting to cure their illnesses. Engraving.
  • Tortosa, Spain: panoramic view. Lithograph.
  • Matlock Bath, Derbyshire: panoramic view. Tinted lithograph by G. Rowe.
  • Matlock Baths, Derbyshire. Lithograph by J.D. Harding after S. Rayner.
  • A certain cure for the bite of a mad dog / R. M.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • Hydropathic establishment, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland: perspective view. Wood engraving by Nisbet, 1881?.
  • A man influenced by the fashion for hydropathy stands in the rain and encounters a friend. Lithograph, c. 1845.
  • Ilkley Wells, Ilkley, Yorkshire. Transfer lithograph by J.R. Jobbins after C. Brodrick.
  • The Wharfedale hydropathic establishment and hotel (Ben Rhydding) with surrounding grounds. Etching, ca. 1860.
  • General Sea-bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent. Line engraving by B. Longmate after J. Pridden, 1793.
  • The water-cure. Stomach complaints and drug diseases, their causes, consequences, and cure by water, air, exercise, and diet / With an engraving of Napoleon in the second stage of cancer of the stomach. To which is appended two letters to Dr. Hastings of Worcester, on the results of the water-cure at Malvern [in reply to attacks by the latter. By James Wilson.
  • Sudbrook Park, Petersham: hydropathy centre with a deer park in Surrey. Line engraving.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • Von Ziemssen's handbook of general therapeutics.
  • Health resort, Boppard am Rhein, Marienberg, Germany. Line engraving.
  • The Roman bath and the abbey at Bath, England; advertising British spas. Colour lithograph, 193-.