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Wash and be healed : the water-cure movement and women's health /
In a century characterized by dramatic health-care remedies-bloodletting, purging, and leeching, for example-hydropathy was one of the most celebrated alternative forms of medical care. Unlike these other cures, however, hydropathy, which entailed various applications of cold water, also staunchly a...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1987.
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| Series: | Health, society, and policy.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Rise of Medical Sectarianism; Chapter One: Wash and Be Healed: The Hydropathic Alternative; Chapter Two: Hydropathy, Woman's Physiology, and Her Role; Chapter Three: Ideology in Practice: Water-Cure Establishments; Chapter Four: Hydropathy and the Reform Movements; Chapter Five: Women at the Cures: Rest for the Weary Activist; Conclusion: Demise and Legacy of the Water-Cure Movement; Notes; An Essay on Sources; Index.