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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The uses of water in health and disease. A practical treatise on the bath, its history and uses |
| Reference | 112720.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Collection | Rosenberg |
| Date | 1876 |
| Author | Kellogg, John Harvey |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Office of the Health Reformer |
| Place of Creation | Battle Creek, Michigan |
| Description | First Edition. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Health and Hygiene |
| Keywords | hydrotherapy, water, baths, disease, hygiene, cleansing, temperature, cold, laxative, cure, physician, quackery, blood, douche, pain |
| Parts of the Body | skin |
| Additional Information | Hydropathy, or the water-cure, became immediately popular when introduced in the late 1840s as an alternative therapy and flourished for two decades before losing their allure toward the end of the civil war. 'The Uses of Water' represents Kellogg's earliest effort to redeem the therapeutically valid parts of hydropathy, a therapy to which he would always adhere. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |