Healing with water : English spas and the water cure, 1840-1960
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| Autore: |
Adams Jane M
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| Titolo: |
Healing with water : English spas and the water cure, 1840-1960
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Disciplina: | 613.1220941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Health resorts - History - England |
| Mineral waters - Therapeutic use | |
| 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 | |
| Health & Biological Sciences | |
| Medical Geography | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | '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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Healing with water : English spas and the water cure, 1840-1960 |
| ISBN: | 0-7190-9806-8 |
| 1-78170-843-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818184103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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