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Jekyll, John, -1839.

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  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
  • Two sets of apparatus demonstrating Captain Jekyll's patent vapour bath. Line engraving by J. Jekyll.
  • A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.

Catalogue

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    Two sets of apparatus demonstrating Captain Jekyll's patent vapour bath. Line engraving by J. Jekyll.

    | Date: [1828] | Reference: 20230i
    • Books
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    Specification of John Jekyll : vapour baths.

    Jekyll, John, -1839. | Date: 1857
    • Books

    Important facts, proving the great utility of Captain Jekyll's patent portable vapour bath, in the cholera morbus ... yellow fever ... and in rheumatism, gout, pulmonary disorders / [John Jekyll].

    Jekyll, John, -1839. | Date: 1828
    • Pictures

    A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.

    | Date: [1828] | Reference: 20232i

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