Spas [ Health ]
… The role of health and medicine pervades social interactions in spa towns which abounded in urban spaces dedicated to sociability: the pump-room, the assembly rooms, the walks, villas and salons. Time was also structured socially through … North America Spa Because of their seasonal structure, spa towns are a lens onto the modes of eighteenth-century sociability. In greater spa towns, the pump-room and baths opened only in the spring and summer, during which the sick … of the spa resulted in literary productions which mirrored and satirized the social life of spas. 1 This proto-touristic sociability mingled with the social structure of the towns that were comparable to market-towns provided with an …
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