Wash and be healed : the water-cure movement and women's health

Author(s)

• Cayleff, Susan E.

Bibliographic Information

Wash and be healed : the water-cure movement and women's health

Susan E. Cayleff

（Health, society, and policy）

Temple University Press, 1987

• [: hardback]
• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An exploration of the relationship between hydrotherapy and the women who took the cure

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Rise of Medical Sectarianism 1. Wash and Be Healed: The Hydropathic Alternative 2. Hydropathy, Woman' sPhysiology, and Her Role 3. Ideology in Practice: Water-Cure Establishments 4. Hydropathy and the Reform Movements 5. Women at the Cures: Rest for the Weary Activist Conclusion: Demise and Legacy of the Water-Cure Movement Notes An Essay on Sources Index

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Details

• NCID: BA09902677
• ISBN:
  • 0877224625
  • 9780877228592
• LCCN: 86023027
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: x, 247 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RM811
  • DC19 : 615.8/53/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Hydrotherapy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  • MESH : Balneology -- history
  • MESH : Therapeutic Cults -- history
  • MESH : Women
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00932282