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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]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Significant Dates in the Evolution of the Victorian Spa; One. Healing Waters; Two. Heroic Medicine Indeed; Three. Towards Gentler Treatments; Four. The Quest for Healthy Eating; Five. Water as the Universal Cure; Six. The Water Cure Comes to America; Seven. Elusive Victorian Diseases; Eight. Taking the Plunge; Nine. Bathing the Insides; Ten. Shocking Treatments; Eleven. Treatments Galore; Twelve. Victorian Watering Places; Thirteen. Springs and Spas in America; Fourteen. The Battle Creek San; Fifteen. The Cereal Battles; Sixteen. The Spas Transform
  • PostscriptGlossary: Victorian Medical Terminology; Appendix: Composition of Representative Mineral Springs; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index