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Charles Darwin and the 'Wondrous Water Cure'

I wonder if the following reference to Darwin's experience with hydrotherapy could be added to this article:

https://hekint.org/2019/08/21/charles-darwins-illness-and-the-wondrous-water-cure/ Narraburra (talk) 04:44, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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NPOV

Article largely ignores modern mainstream medical/scientific views on hydrotherapy. I have tagged the page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:31, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The relationship between hydropathy and the Victorian Turkish bath

Though I have, in the past, made minor adjustments relating to the Victorian Turkish bath (VTb) within this article, I have increasingly come to feel that the article does not require a separate section on hot air baths because these are, by definition, nothing to do with the cold or hot water treatments which comprise hydropathy or its modern development, hydrotherapy.

It is, of course, true that Dr Barter, inspired by David Urquhart, constructed the first practical VTb at St Ann(e)s, his hydropathic establishment in Blarney. But it was adopted as a complementary treatment to the main treatments available there. Because its use was rather more comfortable and enjoyable than the traditional cold water cure, the VTb rapidly found its place within other hydros. It was necessary, if hydros wished to maintain their clients after the VTb began to be provided in standalone establishments which had nothing at all to do with hydropathy. But the addition of the hot air VTb to hydropathic treatments was no more a part of the water cure or hydropathy than was the later addition of (Russian) vapour baths or, eg, chiropody, any part of the Victorian Turkish bath process.

I suggest that instead of a separate section, the first of its existing paragraphs ("Hydrotherapy, especially as promoted…") should follow the last paragraph of the previous section and be followed by some examples of instances when other water temperatures were used—if any are known.

This could then be followed by a paragraph something like the following (with appropriate references and a See also ref to VTbs at the end of the article):

Following Richard Barter's adoption of the Victorian Turkish bath as one of the treatments available at St Ann(e) Hydropathic Establishment, most other hydropathic establishments added them to their own range of treatments. Such baths were already being opened as standalone establishments by 1857, and hydros needed to meet such non-medically provided provision. Ishpoloni (talk) 19:01, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]