Murky waters : British spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature / Sophie Vasset.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasset, Sophie, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public baths--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Public baths.

Public baths--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Public baths--Health aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Public baths--Health aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Public baths--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Public baths--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Public baths in literature.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 290 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Sick bodies

2. From bog to jug: a risky remedy?

3. Waters of desire: promiscuity, gender and sexuality

4. Pump room politics and the murky past of spas

5. Pumping and pouring: watering places and the money business.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-279) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1526159716

9781526159717

OCLC:

1287923410