Healing Waters A History of Victorian Spas |
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| Author:
| Agnew, Jeremy |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4766-7459-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $71.00 |
Book Description:
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Rooted in the palliative health reforms of the early 19th century, spas of the Victorian Age grew out of the hydrotherapy institutions of the 1840s. The treatments, though sometimes of a dubious nature, formed the transition from the primitive methods of ""heroic medicine"" to the era of scientifically based practices.
Rooted in the palliative health reforms of the early 19th century, spas of the Victorian Age grew out of the hydrotherapy institutions of the 1840s. The treatments, though sometimes of a dubious nature, formed the transition from the primitive methods of ""heroic medicine"" to the era of scientifically based practices.