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Six vignettes of self-help hydrotherapy. Etching by G. Cruikshank.

Mr. Lambkin in bed undergoing hydrotherapy with a follower of V. Priessnitz. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

Life of Vincent Priessnitz : founder of hydropathy / by Richard Metcalfe.

Vincenz Priessnitz. Lithograph by C. Danielli.

Vincenz Priessnitz. Lithograph by C. Goebel (Göbel), 1845.

Vincenz Priessnitz, head and shoulders. Engraving.

Vincenz Priessnitz. Photograph by J. Springer after a print.

Hydropathy, or, The cold water cure : as practised by Vincent Priessnitz, at Graefenberg, Silesia, Austria / by R. T. Claridge.

Exposition des méthodes hydriatriques de Priesnitz dans les diverses espèces de maladies; considérées en elles-mêmes et comparées avec celles de la médecine allopathique / Par H. Heidenhain et H. Ehrenberg.

Hidropathia, ó cura por medio del agua fria : segun la practica de Vicente Priessnitz, en Graefenberg, en Silesia, Austria / por R.T. Claridge ; traducida del Ingles.

Manual de hydropatía, ó sea recopilación de las ideas mas interesantes sobre el método hydropático / estractada de los trabajos de Priessnitz, Honsebrouck, Baldou y Constantino James.

The cold water cure, as practised by Vincent Priessnitz ... with an account of cases successfully treated at Prestbury, near Cheltenham / by Richard Beamish .... To which are added, some useful hints for the general practitioner; together with a notice of the dipsopathic system of Schrott, at Lindiviese.

Manuel d'hydrosudotherapie, ou traitement des maladies par l'eau froide, la soeur, l'exercice et le régime; suivant ... V. Priessnitz ... suivi d'un mémoire physiologique sur la chaleur animale / par M. Pelletan.

Hydropathy, or the cold water cure; a popular exposition of the above system of curing diseases, as adopted by Vincent Priessnitz. At Gräfenbert, Silesia, Austria; exhibiting how far the plan is original, useful, or injurious / [Robert James Culverwell].

Die Gräfenberger Wasserheilanstalt und die Priessnitzische Curmethode : nebst einer Anweisung, die am häusigsten vorkommenden Krankheiten, als Gicht, Rheumatismus, Skrofeln, Syphilis, Hämorrhoiden, Fieber, Entzündungen, Influenza und eine Menge anderer chronischer ... / von Carl Munde.

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Vincenz Priessnitz

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Images featuring Vincenz Priessnitz

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Manual de hydropatía, ó sea recopilación de las ideas mas interesantes sobre el método hydropático / estractada de los trabajos de Priessnitz, Honsebrouck, Baldou y Constantino James.

Manuel d'hydrosudotherapie, ou traitement des maladies par l'eau froide, la soeur, l'exercice et le régime; suivant ... V. Priessnitz ... suivi d'un mémoire physiologique sur la chaleur animale / par M. Pelletan.

Hydropathy, or the cold water cure; a popular exposition of the above system of curing diseases, as adopted by Vincent Priessnitz. At Gräfenbert, Silesia, Austria; exhibiting how far the plan is original, useful, or injurious / [Robert James Culverwell].

Die Gräfenberger Wasserheilanstalt und die Priessnitzische Curmethode : nebst einer Anweisung, die am häusigsten vorkommenden Krankheiten, als Gicht, Rheumatismus, Skrofeln, Syphilis, Hämorrhoiden, Fieber, Entzündungen, Influenza und eine Menge anderer chronischer ... / von Carl Munde.

Vincenz Priessnitz

Images from the collections

Images featuring Vincenz Priessnitz

Works from the collections

Manual de hydropatía, ó sea recopilación de las ideas mas interesantes sobre el método hydropático / estractada de los trabajos de Priessnitz, Honsebrouck, Baldou y Constantino James.

Manuel d'hydrosudotherapie, ou traitement des maladies par l'eau froide, la soeur, l'exercice et le régime; suivant ... V. Priessnitz ... suivi d'un mémoire physiologique sur la chaleur animale / par M. Pelletan.

Hydropathy, or the cold water cure; a popular exposition of the above system of curing diseases, as adopted by Vincent Priessnitz. At Gräfenbert, Silesia, Austria; exhibiting how far the plan is original, useful, or injurious / [Robert James Culverwell].

Die Gräfenberger Wasserheilanstalt und die Priessnitzische Curmethode : nebst einer Anweisung, die am häusigsten vorkommenden Krankheiten, als Gicht, Rheumatismus, Skrofeln, Syphilis, Hämorrhoiden, Fieber, Entzündungen, Influenza und eine Menge anderer chronischer ... / von Carl Munde.

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