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Baths, Cold

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  • Coldbath House, Farringdon, London. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].
  • Coldbath House. Engraving (by J. Bengo?), 1812.
  • Bains Vigier, Pont Royal, Paris: the bathing house. Engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1837, after B. Ferrey.
  • Pompeii: the Stabian baths frigidarium (cooling room). Photograph by Alinari, 1931.
  • Bain-Froid Chevrier, Paris: the baths (left) and the bath house (right). Etching by Ch. Meryon, 1864.
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Catalogue

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    Coldbath House. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 24356i
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    Observations on the history and cure of the asthma: in which the propriety of using the cold bath in that disorder is fully considered / By Michael Ryan.

    Ryan, Michael, approximately 1760-1823. | Date: 1793
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    Observations on cold bathing / by William Simpson, surgeon at Knaresbro'.

    Simpson, William (Surgeon, of Knaresborough) | Date: [1791]
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    On the treatment of hyperpyrexia : as illustrated in acute articular rheumatism by means of the external application of cold / by Wilson Fox.

    Fox, Wilson, 1831-1887. | Date: 1871
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    De abusu balneorum frigidorum : disputatio inauguralis ... / auctor Carolus Ludowicus Wolff.

    Wolff, Carolus Ludowicus. | Date: [1792]
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