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    "Von wegen der Badstuben..." : zur Geschichte des Freiburger Badewesens von 1300 bis 1800 / Iso Himmelsbach.

    | Himmelsbach, Iso | Date: 2000
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    Loisirs et santé : les thermalismes en Europe des origines à nos jours / Paul Gerbod.

    | Paul Gerbod | Date: 2004
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    Die Renaissance der Heilquellen in Italien und Europa von 1200 bis 1600 : Geschichte, Kultur und Vorstellungswelt = Il rinascimento delle fonti termali in Italia e in Europa dal 1200 al 1600 : storia, cultura e immaginario / Didier Boisseuil, Hartmut Wulfram (Hrsg.) ; mit Unterstützung von von Marilyn Nicoud.

    | Date: 2012
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    Dietetical and medical hydrology : a treatise on baths : including cold, sea, warm, hot, vapour, gas, and mud baths : also, on the watery regimen, hydropathy, and pulmonary inhalation : with a description of bathing in ancient and modern times / by John Bell.

    | Bell, John 1796-1872 | Date: 1850
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    The dirt on clean : an unsanitized history / Katherine Ashenburg.

    | Katherine Ashenburg | Date: 2007
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Bathing customs - History

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