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Coldbath House, Farringdon, London. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].

Coldbath House. Engraving (by J. Bengo?), 1812.

Bains Vigier, Pont Royal, Paris: the bathing house. Engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1837, after B. Ferrey.

Pompeii: the Stabian baths frigidarium (cooling room). Photograph by Alinari, 1931.

Bain-Froid Chevrier, Paris: the baths (left) and the bath house (right). Etching by Ch. Meryon, 1864.

Coldbath House. Wood engraving.

Observations on the history and cure of the asthma: in which the propriety of using the cold bath in that disorder is fully considered / By Michael Ryan.

Observations on cold bathing / by William Simpson, surgeon at Knaresbro'.

De abusu balneorum frigidorum : disputatio inauguralis ... / auctor Carolus Ludowicus Wolff.

A treatise on the chemical history and medical powers of some of the most celebrated mineral waters : with practical remarks on the aqueous regimen. To which are added, observations on the use of cold and warm bathing / by William Saunders.

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Coldbath House. Wood engraving.

Observations on the history and cure of the asthma: in which the propriety of using the cold bath in that disorder is fully considered / By Michael Ryan.

Observations on cold bathing / by William Simpson, surgeon at Knaresbro'.

De abusu balneorum frigidorum : disputatio inauguralis ... / auctor Carolus Ludowicus Wolff.

A treatise on the chemical history and medical powers of some of the most celebrated mineral waters : with practical remarks on the aqueous regimen. To which are added, observations on the use of cold and warm bathing / by William Saunders.