Practical Treatise on Bath Waters, Tending to Illustrate Their - Containing, Likewise, a Brief Account of City of Bath, of Hot

This 1822 treatise extolls the healing powers of Bath's waters in treating a range of afflictions from gout to indigestion.

List of contents

Dedication; Explanation of the plan and section of the Roman bath; Introduction; On the ancient city of Bath; Modern Bath; Authors who have written on the Bath waters; General remarks on the analysis of the Bath waters; Cause of heat in the Bath waters; Observations on the use of the Bath waters; Diseases; The general hospital.

Summary

Bath physician Joseph Hume Spry (c.1779–1859) was concerned that the popular practice of 'taking the waters' had fallen out of favour, despite anecdotal evidence of its curative powers. He responded with this 1822 treatise, urging the use of the waters to treat a range of afflictions from gout to indigestion.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hume Spry, Spry Joseph Hume
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781108066372
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06637-2
• No. of pages: 458
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine