Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1552

JOHN BELL (1796-1872) Dietetical and medical hydrology. A treatise on baths. Barrington and Haswell 1850 658 pp., illus. 20 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1186

Hydrotherapy was a common form of treatment among the ancients, but it was not until the controlled experiments of James Currie (see No. 1144) that such therapy was approached on a rational basis. Bell was a successful Philadelphia physician whose knowledge of bathing is readily apparent in this detailed work which covers not only the clinical application of bathing but also its historical and geographical aspects.

See Related Record(s): 1144

Gift of John Martin, M.D.