Murky Waters. British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature, Paperback/Sophie Vasset

Murky waters explores the ambivalent representations of spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature. It gives a wide cultural perspective of the numerous spas, springs and wells of Britain, well beyond Bath, and focuses on specific political and cultural tensions while reasserting the centrality of health in spa towns. -- . Publisher: Manchester University Press Author(s): Sophie Vasset Illustration(s): 13 colour illustrations, 8 maps Number of pages: 304 Collection: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 20 Cover type: Paperback / softback