Healing waters : a history of Victorian spas /

"The modern meaning of the term "spa" describes health resorts that offer beauty treatments, massages, and therapies. The Victorian spa was a sanitarium that provided medical treatments based on the use of water, supplemented by massage, vibration, electricity, and radioactivity. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Agnew, Jeremy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Temas:
Health resorts > History.
Mineral waters > Therapeutic use.
Hot springs > History.
Sources thermales > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
Health resorts.
Hot springs.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"The modern meaning of the term "spa" describes health resorts that offer beauty treatments, massages, and therapies. The Victorian spa was a sanitarium that provided medical treatments based on the use of water, supplemented by massage, vibration, electricity, and radioactivity. The Victorian spa was to provide gentler alternative treatments that emphasized the healing power of nature"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476636177
1476636176

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