An inaugural dissertation on the warm bath

by Henry Wilson Lockette

$250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Philadelphia: Carr & Smith, 1801. 4to. vi , 53, 1 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 plate trimmed depicting a steam cabinet. Disbound. Item #3283 First edition describing the physical effects that bathing has on the body. He discusses warm, hot or tepid baths as therapeutics in the treatment of diseases as diverse as tetanus, typhus and mental disturbances such as mania and

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