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Hot water - Therapeutic use

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  • An ill man throwing a tantrum and a hot-water bottle after hearing his rubber shares have gone down. Process print after S. Wood, 1912.
  • A bathing room attendant applying the method of cupping to a male customer in an active bathing house. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.
  • Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.
  • Three people sitting around a water-vapour machine which is emitting dry steam, attempting to cure their illnesses. Engraving.
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    An ill man throwing a tantrum and a hot-water bottle after hearing his rubber shares have gone down. Process print after S. Wood, 1912.

    Wood, Starr, 1870-1944. | Date: 11 December 1912 | Reference: 15765i
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    A surgeon bleeding a patient's arm in a bath of water. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 23007i
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    Mr. Punch wrapped up in blankets in front of the fire, eating gruel and suffering from influenza. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

    Leech, John, 1817-1864. | Reference: 18187i
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    Opuscules de chirurgie : sur l'utilité et l'abus de la compression et les propriétés de l'eau froide et chaude dans la cure des maladies chirurgicales / Par M. Lombard.

    Lombard, C. A. (Claude Antoine), 1741-1811. | Date: 1786
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    A bathing room attendant applying the method of cupping to a male customer in an active bathing house. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.

    Weigel, Johann Christoph, 1661-1726. | Date: 1698 | Reference: 23065i
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