493 First morning at water cure: bathman brings the wet sheet
First morning at water cure: bathman brings the wet sheet
In this image, a sick patient takes advantage of the "water cure," or hydropathy, to cure his ailments. In this stage of treatment, he is being induced to wrap himself in a water-drenched sheet. This was one of the many tactics tried by cholera victims.
First morning at water cure: bathman brings the wet sheet
Original Caption:
Description: USNLM summary reads: "patient is sitting straight up in bed facing a man holding a bucket and a 'wet sheet;' a bath tub and watering can are next to the bed."
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Publication: Pleasures of the water cure. Rock & Co.. London: 1857.
Artist: Thomas Onwhyn
Owner: Courtesy of U.S. National Library of Medicine
Source: Book
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