Stories
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Doctors and the English seaside
Fashionable seaside towns in England owe much of their popularity to 18th-century doctors, who advised them to take the 'sea cure'.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
Catalogue
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Seaside resorts in Humberside / written, researched and compiled by David Cookson for the Local History Archives Unit, Humberside College of Higher Education.
Cookson, David.Date: [1987], ©1987- Books
The rise of the Devon seaside resorts, 1750-1900 / John F. Travis.
Travis, John F.Date: 1993- Books
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The health resorts of Europe : a medical guide to the mineral springs, climactic, mountain and seaside health resorts, milk, whey, grape, earth, mud, sand and air cures of Europe / by Thomas Linn.
Linn, Thomas, 1845-Date: 1895- Books
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The health resorts of Europe : a medical guide to the mineral springs, climatic, mountain, and seaside health resorts, milk, whey, grape, earth, mud, sand and air cures of Europe / by Thomas Linn.
Linn, Thomas, 1845-Date: 1894- Books
The English seaside resort : a social history, 1750-1914 / John K. Walton.
Walton, John K.Date: 1983