The water cure:
the rain bath
< 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'
published by Rock & Co of London.
As if there were not cruelties enough, they have actually invented a Rain Bath.
This postcard is from the collection of the Victorian Turkish Baths Project
This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:
Early problems and controversies. Part 5: doctors' attitudes
Hydropathy and wet sheet packing
Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline
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