Wednesday, 15 May 2013

How To Take A Bath And Other Vintage Visual Guides From The Early 1900s

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The history of health is peppered with gorgeous anatomical flap-ups, strange medical art, and vibrant vintage illustrations, with a side of beautifully illustrated pseudoscience. But few come close to these vintage gems from the early 1900s, found in a French edition of Friedrich Eduard Bilz's 1888 naturopathic medicine guide 'Das Neue Naturheilverfahren' (The New Natural Healing).

Charmingly illustrated in the familiar style of early twentieth-century medical art, they offer visual directions to various methods of curing disease, from steam baths to massage to swimming.

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