Psychrolousia: or, the history of cold bathing : both ancient and modern. In two parts. The first, written by Sir John Floyer, of Litchfield, Kt. The second, Treating of the Genuine Use of Hot and Cold Baths. Together with The wonderful Effects of the Bath-Water, drank hot from the Pump, in decay'd Stomachs, and in most Diseases of the Bowels, Liver and Spleen, &c. Also proving, That the best Cures done by the Cold Baths, are lately observed to arise from the Temperate Use of the Hot Baths first. By Dr. Edward Baynard, Fellow of the College of Physicians, London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.

Contributor:

Baynard, Edward, b. 1641.

Standardized Title:

Enquiry into the right use and abuses of hot, cold, and temperate baths in England

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snuff--Early works to 1800.

Snuff.

Hydrotherapy--Early works to 1800.

Hydrotherapy.

Tobacco use--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Tobacco use.

Tobacco--Physiological effect--Early works to 1800.

Tobacco.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([34],192,240,[24]p. )

Edition:

The second edition, with large additions, and a copious index.

Other Title:

Psychrolousia

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, at the Princes Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCVI. [1706]

Notes:

Half-title: 'The history of cold bathing: both ancient and modern'.

The first word is transliterated from the Greek.

First published under the title: 'An enquiry into the right use and abuses of hot, cold, and temperate baths in England', London, 1697.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T117738.

OCLC:

642307172