Esculape et les naiades

Aux sources du thermalisme de sante en France (1530-1680)

by Joel Coste

Book cover: Esculape et les naiades

Extent: 286 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, French Studies, Medicine

Series: Histoire des Temps modernes

Series volume number: 12

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9782406148517

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $36.00

Out of stock

Hardback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9782406148524

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $96.00

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Cropping up at various periods throughout history, balneology still leaves us with many questions. This work studies the development of medicinal balneology in early modern France and considers the uses, scientific underpinning, as well as the social and aesthetic implications of “taking the waters.”

  • By (author) Joel Coste