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

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'Healing with Water' provides a medical and social history of English spas and hydropathic centres from 1840 to 1960. It investigates health practices and healing cultures at specialist inland resorts showing that water was used in varied therapeutic approaches by both orthodox and unortho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Jane M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Health resorts > England > History.
Mineral waters > Therapeutic use.
Balneology > history
Mineral Waters > therapeutic use
Health Resorts > history
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Health resorts
Mineral waters > Therapeutic use
Public Health.
Health & Biological Sciences.
Medical Geography.
England
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Healing with Water' provides a medical and social history of English spas and hydropathic centres from 1840 to 1960. It investigates health practices and healing cultures at specialist inland resorts showing that water was used in varied therapeutic approaches by both orthodox and unorthodox practitioners.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780719098079
0719098076
9781781708439
1781708436
0719098068
9780719098062

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