Hydrotherapia, or, The water cure : being a practical view of the cure in all its bearings, exhibiting the great utility of water as a preservative of health and remedy for disease, founded on observations and experience made at Grafenberg : to which is added a description of Grafenberg, and the system there, as practiced by Vincent Priessnitz : illustrated with a portrait, several engravings, and many cases : together with a short sketch of the history of the water-cure from the remotest antiquity, and remarks on sea bathing / by Thomas Smethurst.

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Hydrotherapia, or, The water cure : being a practical view of the cure in all its bearings, exhibiting the great utility of water as a preservative of health and remedy for disease, founded on observations and experience made at Grafenberg : to which is added a description of Grafenberg, and the system there, as practiced by Vincent Priessnitz : illustrated with a portrait, several engravings, and many cases : together with a short sketch of the history of the water-cure from the remotest antiquity, and remarks on sea bathing / by Thomas Smethurst. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : John Snow, 1843.

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282 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

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3rd ed.

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