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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"The modern meaning of the term "spa" describes health resorts that offer beauty treatments, massages, and therapies. The Victorian spa was a sanitarium that provided medical treatments based on the use of water, supplemented by massage, vibration, electricity, and radioactivity. The Victorian spa was to provide gentler alternative treatments that emphasized the healing power of nature"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Significant Dates in the Evolution of the Victorian Spa; One. Healing Waters; Two. Heroic Medicine Indeed; Three. Towards Gentler Treatments; Four. The Quest for Healthy Eating; Five. Water as the Universal Cure; Six. The Water Cure Comes to America; Seven. Elusive Victorian Diseases; Eight. Taking the Plunge; Nine. Bathing the Insides; Ten. Shocking Treatments; Eleven. Treatments Galore; Twelve. Victorian Watering Places; Thirteen. Springs and Spas in America; Fourteen. The Battle Creek San; Fifteen. The Cereal Battles; Sixteen. The Spas Transform |
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PostscriptGlossary: Victorian Medical Terminology; Appendix: Composition of Representative Mineral Springs; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Health resorts -- History.
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Health resorts. |
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History. |
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Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use.
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Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use. |
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Hot springs -- History.
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Hot springs. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. |
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. |
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
9781476636177 (electronic book) |
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1476636176 (electronic book) |
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9781476674599 |
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1476674590 |
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