Observations on the use of vapour, tepid, and other baths : shewing, in what cases they may be used with advantage; and where recourse to them may be attended with danger; also, remarks on the diseases to which they supply the most effectual remedy; the whole being illustrated with a series of cases, equally interesting and extraordinary; in which the utility of bathing is so developed, as to make it clear to the meanest understanding, under what circumstances that favourite recreation may be enjoyed with safety and benefit / by the proprietor of the Turkish vapour bath, 5, Downing Street.

  • Clermont, Mrs.
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1814
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Observations on the use of vapour, tepid, and other baths : shewing, in what cases they may be used with advantage; and where recourse to them may be attended with danger; also, remarks on the diseases to which they supply the most effectual remedy; the whole being illustrated with a series of cases, equally interesting and extraordinary; in which the utility of bathing is so developed, as to make it clear to the meanest understanding, under what circumstances that favourite recreation may be enjoyed with safety and benefit / by the proprietor of the Turkish vapour bath, 5, Downing Street. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for the author, by G. Hayden, Brydges-Street, Covent Garden; and may be had at the institution, in Downing Street, 1814.

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vii, 1 unnumbered page, 172 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

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"Price,-Three shillings"--t.p
Anonymous. Author is identified in the testimonials in the Appendix as Mrs Clermont (see p. 156, 158, 166). She opened this bath in 1812.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: A.W. Laywood Note: Disbound.

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