The water cure:
carrying the patient
< One of a series of at least 12 cards on the water cure 'From the original drawings the property of the publisher, J Nock, Tooting Junction, SW'
'I am inclined to knock these fellows down. But how can I, bound hand and foot like this?'
This postcard is from the collection of the Victorian Turkish Baths Project
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Early problems and controversies. Part 5: doctors' attitudes
Performance in the raw. Part 7: the self-confident bathers
Hydropathy and wet sheet packing
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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