Therapy Collection

Crieff Hydropathic - Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland which opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment. Founded in 1868 by Dr Thomas Henry Meikle with an emphasis on exercise

German Massage Parlour
Greetings from the Massage Parlour ! A young lady in spotty swimwear is treated (rather vigourously I would imagine) by a rather solid-looking Masseuse, who is kneading away at knots

Radiation Therapy / 1928
A group of young boys, wearing protective goggles are subjected to radiation therapy, using ultra violet light

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron

Vichy - Source Lucas spring at the spa
Vichy, France - Source Lucas spring water at the spa. Water Temperature recorded at 28 degrees. One of the many different sources in the Grande Palais des Sources at Vichy

Group therapy using hypnosis

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise
Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this

Mud Therapy at a spa in Italy
Mud bath (bed!) therapy treatment at a Spa at Acqui Terme, a city and comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the province of Alessandria (see: 10644815) Date: circa 1910s

Poses by the dancers of the Mary Wigman group of Dresden, Germany, 1929. Above a scene from The Festival and at the right is Fred Cooleman at the school Date: 1929

Advert for Mary Wigman, on her first American tour, 1930, appearing at the Chanin Theatre, New York Date: 1930

A portrait of Mary Wigman, 1931
A portrait of the famous German dancer Mary Wigman, 1931 Date: 1931

Edwardian society womens beauty treatments 1906
Edwardian ladies believed that it was their duty as a woman to look beautiful. Showing a variety of photographs of society women enduring treatment to help repair from seasons ravages. 1

GARGLING AREA IN HOSPITA
Vichy: Le Gargarisme; the gargling area in a French hospital Date: 1910

Salies-de-Bearn, France - Thermal Baths - Sports Pool. Date: circa 1920s

Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - the Mineral Mud Bath
The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - entering the Mineral Mud Bath. Date: circa 1920s

Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains
Massage at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, a thermal spa town on Lake Bourget, Savoy, France. Note the attractive tiling typical of establishments of this period and type (now very collectable)

Vichy, France - Thermal Baths - Water Massage. The male attendant in the foreground appears to be checking his patients pulse - one hopes the water jets did not have an adverse effect

Comic German postcard -- health spa physiotherapy
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- greetings from Karlsbad -- a grossly overweight man enjoys a bit of physiotherapy. Date: early 20th century

Switzerland - High Altitude Clinic of Dr Rollier at Le Sepey
Switzerland - The Hazels - A High Altitude Clinic of Dr. Auguste Rollier (The Sun Doctor) at Le Sepey, Cergnat - specialising in Sunlight Cure for children with TB and respiratory conditions (see)

Poster, anti-smoking campaign
Poster for an anti-smoking campaign, showing a hand with tobacco stains on the fingers. Date: circa 1960s

Radiation Therapy
A circle of young boys wearing protective goggles, are subjected to radiation therapy, using ultra violet light. Date: early 1930s

Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, Scotland
Patients plough the land and plant seed potatoes at the Farm Colony (founded in 1910) at The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1894

Hydrotherapy treatment at French mental hospital
Water treatment at Asile d Alienes (lunatic asylum) of Sainte-Anne, Paris. Date: 1868

Children at Queen Marys Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey
Children lying on outdoor exercise trolleys at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Beppu - Hot Springs - Japan
Hot Spring at Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Beppu is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred and boasts the largest volume of hot water in the world apart from Yellowstone

Richard Brocklesby
RICHARD BROCKLESBY medical, friend of Dr Johnson, early proponent of musical therapy Date: 1722 - 1797

Hypnotism, the falling forward test Date: 1900

Children in a speech therapy class in America Date: circa 1910

The mens ward at Bethlehem Hospital, 1861. Several large potted plants are in evidence; perhaps an early example of horticultural therapy. Date: 1861

British athletes undergoing light therapy before Olympics
British hopefuls for the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games are given a course of light therapy or ray treatment in a Westminster surgery Pictured are J. R. Major, V.P. Brown, F. Gaby, S. Ferris and H. A

Voronov Photo
SERGE VORONOFF Russian-French medical pioneer of rejuvenation therapy, in 1923. Genius or charlatan ? Date: 1866 - 1951

Radiation Apparatus
A man demonstrates a modern ultra violet radiation treatment machine. Date: early 1930s

Radiation Treatment
The application of ultra violet light radiation treatment, applied to a hand using a modern machine. Date: early 1930s

Make-Up School
A teacher draws a diagram on a blackboard, illustrating the proper way to apply make-up to her class of female students. Date: early 1930s

Retail therapy
A man accompanying hes wife shopping. Date: 1926

Gentleman takes a mud bath
Greetings from the Mud Bath! German Gentleman takes a mud bath to cure him of all aches and pains. Monacle optional... Date: circa 1900

Victoria Gradens & Homeopathic Hospital, Bromley, Kent Date: circa 1909

Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains, France
Water Therapy at Bourbonne-les-Bains - a commune in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France. A lady lies naked on her side

Sun ray treatment, 1923
A woman enjoys the wonderful sun-ray treatment evolved and available at the Maison de Beaute Pompadour in Dover Street, London by Madame Jacobson

Woman in a Turkish bath
Turkish Bath, Hairdressing, Reposing Room. A woman reposing, receiving some sort of massage therapy in a Turkish bath. Date: 1904

Aix-les-Bains, France - Thermal shower room at the spa Date: circa 1910s

Back Massage Glove
When water is not readily available, thick, knitted gloves are good for stimulating the circulation of the back! Date: early 1940s

Chinese Pulse Therapy 2
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human hand, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Chinese Pulse Therapy 3
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES Using the wrist-pulse of the human hand for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Chinese Pulse Therapy 1
CHINESE THEORY OF PULSES The human body, showing the points where the pulse of the blood flow can be accessed and used for healing purposes Date: circa 1680

Mat and cone making, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Mat and cone making at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Spinning flax, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates spinning flax at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Shoe mending class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys in a shoe mending class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

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