1569 MERCURIALE, Girolamo (1530 – 1606)
Artis gymnasticae apud antiquos celeberrimae, nostris temporibus ignoratae.
A history, based on extensive study of the classical literature, of the attitudes and practices of the Greeks and Romans concerning diet, hygiene, bathing, and exercise. This is one of the earliest books to discuss th…
GMN 1986.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3781
1737 HAHN, Johann Sigmund (1696 – 1773)
Unterricht von der wunderbare Heilkraft des frischen Wassers bei dessen innerlichem und äusserlichem Gebrauche durch die Erfahrung bestätigt.
The treatment of fevers by means of the cold pack was revived by S. Hahn and by his son J. S. Hahn; in his treatise, the latter advised the use of water in all diseases. A seventh edition of the book appeared as recen…
GMN 1987 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3793
1794 ASCLEPIADES OF BITHYNIA (ἈΣΚΛΗΠΙΆΔΗΣ) (-124 – -40); GUMPERT, Christian Gottlieb (1772 – 1832)
Aesclapiadis Bithyni fragmenta. Digessit et curavit Christianus Gottlieb Gumpert. Praefatus est Christian. Gothfridus Gruner.
After the fall of Corinth (146 BCE), Greek physicians migrated to Rome. There, before the advent of Asclepiades, Greek physicians were despised and distrusted. Asclepiades may be said to have established Greek medicin…
GMN 19 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4656
1818 BORDEU, Théophile de (1722 – 1776); RICHERAND, Anthelme Louis Claude Marie (1779 – 1840)
Oeuvres complètes de Bordeu, précédés d'une notice sur sa vie et sur ses ouvrages, par M. le Chevalier Richerand. 2 vols.
GMN 10069 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12258
1835 PRIESSNITZ, Vincenz (1799 – 1851)
The coldwater cure, its principles, theory, and practice.
Priessnitz, a peasant farmer in Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia, is generally considered the founder of modern hydrotherapy, which is used in alternative and orthodox medicine. Priessnitz stressed remedies such as suitab…
GMN 1992 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3828
1835 DUNGLISON, Robley (1798 – 1869)
On the influence of atmosphere and locality; change of air and climate; seasons; food; clothing; bathing; exercise; sleep; corporeal and intellectual pursuits, &c. &c. on human health; constituting elements of hygiéne.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10108 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12297
1841 ASCLEPIADES OF BITHYNIA (ἈΣΚΛΗΠΙΆΔΗΣ) (-124 – -40); WELZ, Robert Anton Ritter von (1814 – 1878)
Des Asclepiades von Bithynien Gesundheitsvorschriften, nach den vorhandenen Handschriften zum ersten Male vollständig bearbeitet und erläutert. Von Robert Ritter von Welz.
The Greek physician Asclepiades acquired a great reputation in Rome. His remedies included change of diet, friction, bathing, and exercise. The above edition includes Greek, Latin, and German texts. Digital facsimile …
GMN 1984 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8811
1842 BERNARD, Karl Ambros (1808 – 1844)
Les bains de Brousse, en Bithynie (Turquie d'Asie), avec une vue des bains et un plan des environs de Brousse.
The introduction of Western hydrotherapy to the Ottoman world. Focusing upon the hot springs of Bursa, Bernard promoted the healing effects of warm waters to the general Ottoman population. Digital facsimile from Goog…
GMN 13708 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15992
1861 BRAND, Ernst (1827 – 1897)
Die Hydrotherapie des Typhus.
Brand’s cold bath treatment of typhoid fever consisted of total immersion in water at 65°F. and the pouring of cold water over the neck and shoulders. The cold bath treatment of fevers was instituted by Currie (see No…
GMN 5028 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6758
1861 WILSON, Sir William James Erasmus (1809 – 1884)
The eastern, or Turkish bath: Its history, revival in Britain, and application to the purposes of health.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 10049 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12238
1865 BUSQUÉ TORRÓ, Sebastian (1831 – 1880)
Gimnástica, hygiénica, medica, y ortopédica.
Busqué developed the modern concept of rehabilitation.
GMN 1996.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1860
1877 WINTERNITZ, Wilhelm (1835 – 1917)
Die Hydrotherapie. 2 vols.
GMN 1998 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1875
1887 KNEIPP, Sebastian (1821 – 1897)
Meine Wasser-Kur, durch mehr als 30 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur Heilung der Krankheiten und Erhaltung der Gesundheit.
Kneipp was a Bavarian priest and not a physician. He learned about hydrotherapy and other methods of treatment later called naturopathic during the time he suffered from tuberculosis. Digital facsimile of the 1889 10t…
GMN 13259 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15525
1892 ANDERSON, Winslow (1860 – 1917)
Mineral springs and health resorts of California: With a complete chemical analysis of every important mineral water in the world... A Prize Essay; Annual Prize of the Medical Society of the State of California, Awarded April 20, 1889.
The first half of the book concerns mineral springs and health resorts in California and how to use them; the second half mostly concerns mineral springs and other health resorts in North America and Europe. Digital f…
GMN 10438 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12631
1911 GRASSET, Hector
La médecine naturiste à travers les siècles. Histoire de la physiothérapie.
GMN 2046 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2255
1914 GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
De sanitate tuenda ed. K. Koch. Corpus Medicorum Graecorum V, 4, 2, 1-198
English translation by R. M. Green, Springfield, Ill., 1951.
GMN 1985 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8824
1932 COULTER, John Stanley (1885 – 1949)
Physical therapy.
“Clio medica” series.
GMN 2056 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2294
1937 BRAUCHLE, Alfred Karl (1898 – 1964)
Naturheilkunde in Lebensbildern.
Mainly 19th-20th century: includes hydrotherapy, massage, and dietetics. Second edition, 1951.
GMN 2057.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2306
1955 ASCLEPIADES OF BITHYNIA (ἈΣΚΛΗΠΙΆΔΗΣ) (-124 – -40); GUMPERT, Christian Gottlieb (1772 – 1832); GREEN, Robert Montraville (1880 – 1955); COCCHI, Antonio (1695 – 1757)
Asclepiades, his life and writings: A translation of Cocchi's life of Asclepiades and Gumpert's fragments of Asclepiades, by Robert Montraville Green.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 8329 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10505
1967 WEISS, Harry Bischoff (1883 – 1972)
The great American water-cure craze: A history of hydropathy in the United States.
GMN 13258 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15523
1975 SCHIÖTZ, Eiler H.; CYRIAX, James Henry (1904 – 1985)
Manipulation past and present, with an extensive bibliography.
GMN 2068.17 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2464
1982 BERGER, Albrecht (1957 – )
Das Bad in der byzantinischen Zeit.
GMN 8333 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10509
1995 HAGELIN, Ove
Kinetic jottings: Rare and curious books in the library of the old Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics. An illustrated and annotated catalogue.
Outstanding descriptions and superb illustrations of a very unusual collection of books, including those on fencing, gymnastics, orthopedics, physical medicine, acrobatics, and dance.
GMN 7211 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9378
2006 JENNINGS, Eric Thomas (1970 – )
Curing the colonizers: Hydrotherapy, climatology, and French colonial spas.
Translated into French by the author as À la cure, les coloniaux ! Thermalisme, climatisme et colonisation française, 1830-1962. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011.
GMN 12291 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14512
2007 DVORJETSKI, Estee
Leisure, pleasure and healing: Spa culture and medicine in Ancient Eastern Mediterranean.
GMN 8342 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10518
2008 MERCURIALE, Girolamo (1530 – 1606); NUTTON, Vivian (1943 – ); PENNUTO, Concetta
De arte gymnastica. The art of gymnastics. Critical edition by Concetta Pennuto. English translation by Vivian Nutton.
This critical edition, based upon the 1601 edition, the last edition published in Mercuriale's lifetime, includes the Latin text and English translation, reproductions of the woodcuts attributed to Coriolan and the or…
GMN 9370 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11553
2009 KOSSO, Cynthia; SCOTT, Anne
The nature and function of water, baths, bathing and hygiene from antiquity through the Renaissance. Edited by Cynthia Koss and Anne Scott.
GMN 10464 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12657
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