Punch,  34 (1858), 57.

Wet Packing

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Hydropathy


    Announces that 'packing patients in wet sheets' was practiced 'on patient travellers in hotels' before it was allegedly discovered by Vincenz Priessnitz.



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