Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… and perhaps most English innovation in spa sociability. It was not found in German spas, nor in Bath’s imitators in North America. While Pyrmont had a prominent spa-physician ( Brunnenarzt ), as did many German spas, his role was in no way … Identity and Friendship in Early Modern Britain (Yale: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 141. Political issues – the American war of independence, the French Revolution, religious tensions during the Gordon Riots – inevitably unhinged the …
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