Title: Psychrolousia [in Greek]: or The History of Cold Bathing: Both Ancient and Modern. In two parts. The first written by Sir John Floyer of Lichfield, Kt. The second treating the genuine use of hot and cold baths. Together with the wonderful effects of the bath water, drank hot from the pump, in decay’d stomachs, and in most diseases of the bowels, liver and spleen etc. Also proving that the best cures done by the cold baths, are lately observed to arise from the temperate use of the hot baths first, by Edward Baynard. Author: Floyer, John & Edward Baynard Place: London Publisher: William and John Innys Date: 1722 Description: [xxii], 491, [30], +[1] ad pp. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x4¾"), later brown half morocco and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Fifth Edition. "Floyer was a firm, almost fanatic, believer in the virtues of hydrotherapy and pressed his views to the extent that he was ridiculed by his peers as well as the press of his day. He initially expressed his ideas in An inquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England in 1697 and five years later published the present work which is largely historical in nature. The book is composed of a series of four letters written by Floyer in 1700 and 1701 as well as one highly supportive letter from Edward Baynard (1641-1719), a physician and balneological expert in London...The work was well received and had reached its sixth and final edition by 1722." - Heirs of Hippocrates. Heirs of Hippocrates, 669; G&M 2029; Norman 808 (all citing the original 1702 edition). Lot Amendments Condition: Spine leather a bit dry, binding rubbed, front hinge cracking; foxing, a few marginal markings; very good. Item number: 233329
Title: Psychrolousia [in Greek]: or The History of Cold Bathing: Both Ancient and Modern. In two parts. The first written by Sir John Floyer of Lichfield, Kt. The second treating the genuine use of hot and cold baths. Together with the wonderful effects of the bath water, drank hot from the pump, in decay’d stomachs, and in most diseases of the bowels, liver and spleen etc. Also proving that the best cures done by the cold baths, are lately observed to arise from the temperate use of the hot baths first, by Edward Baynard. Author: Floyer, John & Edward Baynard Place: London Publisher: William and John Innys Date: 1722 Description: [xxii], 491, [30], +[1] ad pp. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x4¾"), later brown half morocco and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Fifth Edition. "Floyer was a firm, almost fanatic, believer in the virtues of hydrotherapy and pressed his views to the extent that he was ridiculed by his peers as well as the press of his day. He initially expressed his ideas in An inquiry into the right use and abuses of the hot, cold, and temperate baths in England in 1697 and five years later published the present work which is largely historical in nature. The book is composed of a series of four letters written by Floyer in 1700 and 1701 as well as one highly supportive letter from Edward Baynard (1641-1719), a physician and balneological expert in London...The work was well received and had reached its sixth and final edition by 1722." - Heirs of Hippocrates. Heirs of Hippocrates, 669; G&M 2029; Norman 808 (all citing the original 1702 edition). Lot Amendments Condition: Spine leather a bit dry, binding rubbed, front hinge cracking; foxing, a few marginal markings; very good. Item number: 233329
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