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Healing with water : English spas and the water cure, 1840-1960
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Jane M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health resorts--History--England.
- Health resorts.
- Mineral waters--Therapeutic use.
- Mineral waters.
- Beverages.
- Physical Therapy Modalities.
- Therapeutics.
- Public Facilities.
- Sanitation.
- Food and Beverages.
- Public Health.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Balneology.
- Health Resorts.
- Mineral Waters.
- England.
- Medical Subjects:
- Beverages.
- Physical Therapy Modalities.
- Therapeutics.
- Public Facilities.
- Sanitation.
- Food and Beverages.
- Public Health.
- Environment and Public Health.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Balneology.
- Health Resorts.
- Mineral Waters.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- '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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 23, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780719098062
- 0719098068
- 9781781708439
- 1781708436
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