Healing with water ：English spas and the water cure, 1840–1960

Publication subTitle ：English spas and the water cure, 1840–1960

Author： Adams Jane M.  

Publisher： Manchester University Press‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9780719098079

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780719095696

Subject： R454.5 hot - cold therapy, hydrotherapy

Keyword： 文学评论、文学欣赏

Language： ENG

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Description

A medical and social history of English spas and hydropathic centres from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries

Chapter

HEALING WITH WATER: English spas and the water cure, 1840–1960

Half Title Page

Dedication

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The theory and practice of the water cure

2. The development and marketing of specialist water cure resorts

3. Specialisation at the water cure: institutions and skilled workers

4. Water cure, regimen and healthy living

5. Water, health and leisure

6. National assets and national interests: spas and the state

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index

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