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A journey through slime
Did you know that slime cells signal to each other and seek out multiple partners? Welcome to bath time with Abi Palmer – and some revolting yet awe-inspiring grey slime.
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On nature cures and taking the waters
When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.
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Documents of my breath
Swati Joshi’s childhood bronchitis meant that she couldn’t imagine being able to breathe easily. As an adult, she chronicles her recovery through artworks created using bubbles and her breath.
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
![An enquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England ... With a particular description of ... Buxton-Bath ... To this is added I. An extract of Dr. Jones's Treaty on Buxton-Bath ... II. A letter from Dr. Clayton ... concerning the use of St. Mungus-Well. III. An abstract of some cures perform'd by the bath at Buxton ... / [Sir John Floyer].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0013412/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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The Medical Cold Baths, and Fenton's Hotel, St. James's Street, London. Watercolour attributed to T. C. Dibdin.
Dibdin, T. C. (Thomas Colman), 1810-1893.Reference: 40344i- Books
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Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold bathing: both ancient and modern. In two parts. The first, written by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Kt. The second, Treating of the Genuine Use of Hot and Cold Baths. Together with The wonderful Effects of the Bath-Water, drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomachs, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver and Spleen, &c. Also proving, That the best Cures done by the Cold Baths, are lately observed to arise from the Temperate Use of the Hot Baths first. By Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.Date: MDCCVI. [1706]
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Baths of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in Rome, 295 A.D.
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Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold bathing: both ancient and modern. In two parts. The first, written by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Kt. The second, treating of the genuine use of hot and cold baths. Together with The wonderful Effects of the Bath Water, drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomaths, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver and Spleen, &c. Also proving, That the best Cures done by the Cold Baths, are lately observed to arise from the Temperate Use of the Hot Baths first. By Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.Date: 1709- Books
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Psychrolousia. Or, the history of cold bathing: both ancient and modern. In two parts. The first, written by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Knt. The second, treating of the genuine use of hot and cold baths. Together with The wonderful Effects of the Bath Water, drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomachs, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver, and Spleen, &c. Also proving, That the best Cures done by the Cold Baths, are lately observed to arise from the temperate Use of the Hot Baths first. By Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.Date: MDCCXV. [1715]