The thermal baths of Bath : their history, literature, medical and surgical uses and effects, together with the Aix massage and natural vapour treatment / by Henry William Freeman.
- Freeman, Henry William, 1842-1897
- Date:
- 1888
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Credit: The thermal baths of Bath : their history, literature, medical and surgical uses and effects, together with the Aix massage and natural vapour treatment / by Henry William Freeman. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![Macpherson, John.—Our Baths and Wells. London, 1871. Mansford, J. G., M.R.C.S.—The Invalid's Companion to Bath ; containing an Account of its Topography, Climate, and Waters; with copious Treatises on the diseases for which they are chiefly used. Bath. Narrative of the Efficacy of the Bath Waters, in various kinds of Paralytic Disorders admitted into the Bath Hospital, from the end of 1775, to the end of 1785 ; with particular rela- tions of fifty-two of their cases. Published by order of the committee at the Hospital Expense. Bath : Printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Dilly, Poultry, London ; and by the booksellers in Bath, mdgclxxxvii. 8vo. Oliver, W., M.D.—A Practical Dissertation on Bath Waters, treating of the Antiquity of Bathing, of the original of Springs, of the causes of heat of the Bath Waters, and of their ingredients, of drinking Bath Waters, of Bathing, of . the City of Bath, its situation, Baths, &c. London : Printed by J. D(arby), and sold by H. Hammond, bookseller in Bath. 1707. Reprinted 1716. i2mo. 4th edition contains A relation of an extraordinary Sleepy Person. atTimsbury, near Bath. [This physician was somewhat eccentric in his habits, but a philanthro pist and an able physician.] Oliver, W,—A Practical Essay on the Use and Abuse of warm bathing in Gouty Cases, by William Oliver, M.D., F.R.S. Bath, 1753. 8vo. The third edition is advertised at end of Chandler's Poem, 1767. [This Dr. Oliver is the mati referred to in the note on Baylies. He was the illegitimats son of the earlier Dr. Oliver, to whom he was in most respects superior. An ardent and enlightened philanthropist, he did much to promote the Water Hospital, to which he was the first appointed physician. He invented the famous Oliver Biscuits, which, as a lady once observed to us, would alone justify his existence ; but it was not all, for his tender nature and untirinu- zeal in the exercise of his professional calling have stamped his memory with lasting honour.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21053212_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
