Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… were the staple diet of invalids and those who accompanied them. Works of fiction, letters and diaries show that illness had a new visibility and was no longer stigmatized. 3 Yet if health could bring people together it could also be … Consideration of Invalids: Especially Those Who Resort to Bath (1786), formally underlined the link between fashion and illness. Yet the ‘openness’ of these theories is to be set against the existence of secret medical networks 7 bent on … and salubrious properties were the pump room, with its rituals of drinking water and making small talk (including about illness, politely), as well as the promenade and surrounding nature. Seeking to emphasise the attractiveness of the spa …
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