Popular guide to the use of the Bath waters. With hints on climate, lodgings, hotels, etc.; full instructions for bathing and drinking the waters; with special chapters on the new massage douche baths; thermal vapour treatment; and massage in its relation to balneology / by J. G. Douglas Kerr.

  • Kerr, John George Douglas.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Popular guide to the use of the Bath waters. With hints on climate, lodgings, hotels, etc.; full instructions for bathing and drinking the waters; with special chapters on the new massage douche baths; thermal vapour treatment; and massage in its relation to balneology / by J. G. Douglas Kerr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    tranquil and refreshing sleep is more easily obtained ; all the secretions of the body become more natural and free; the muscles regain their lost power and elasticity; and exercise^ instead of being a labour becomes a pleasure. When we find such results as these accruing from a treatment it is impossible to disregard its efficiency, and it is nothing short of bigotry to refuse to employ so potent an agent for the relief of human suffering.