Table of Contents Preface 1 Significant Dates in the Evolution of the Victorian Spa 5 One.âHealing Waters 7 Two.âHeroic Medicine Indeed 19 Three.âTowards Gentler Treatments 30 Four.âThe Quest for Healthy Eating 39 Five.âWater as the Universal Cure 49 Six.âThe Water Cure Comes to America 62 Seven.âElusive Victorian Diseases 80 Eight.
âTaking the Plunge 98 Nine.âBathing the Insides 111 Ten.âShocking Treatments 125 Eleven.âTreatments Galore 141 Twelve.âVictorian Watering Places 152 Thirteen.âSprings and Spas in America 167 Fourteen.âThe Battle Creek San 177 Fifteen.âThe Cereal Battles 190 Sixteen.
âThe Spas Transform 197 Postscript 210 Glossary: Victorian Medical Terminology 215 Appendix: Composition of Representative Mineral Springs 221 Chapter Notes 223 Bibliography 233 Index 237.