Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies: Murky Waters : British Spas in ...

Murky Waters: British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature\nby Sophie Vasset\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sophie Vasset\nTitle: Murky Waters: British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Manchester University Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781526159717\nISBN-10: 1526159716\nRRP: \u00A385.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nMurky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations. It reasserts the centrality of health in British spas by looking at disease, the representatio.