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… Faithorne, ‘Frontispiece to Rawlins’ play Tunbridge Wells’, © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D22996, 1678. Résumé Spa towns encompass various sizes and categories in eighteenth-century Britain. 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 … > Health Mots-clés Assemblies Fiction Health Leisure Medicine 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 …
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