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Black and white photograph inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa.
View inside the room which held the paraffin wax bath and the Berthollet Steam Cabinet.
The paraffin wax bath is the metal trough-like basin with a chair in front of it. Wax has a low melting point and was used to coat the hands and wrists to insulate them. Once the wax had solidified it would be further insulated using grease proof paper or towels. The heat produced was effective for treating poor circulation and providing pain relief, it was also used to treat arthritis and chillblains.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
Paul Sandby (1730-1809) The Entrance Of Warwick Castle From The Lower Court Ink ...
J. Walker Soho, Staffordshire, 1 September 1798 Ink on paper 190mm x 235mm A landscape ...
Print by John Preston Neale (c.1771 - 1847) Offchurchbury Engraved by W. Radclyffe, ...
Print by J. Brandard (1812-1863) The Royal Pump Room And Victoria Baths Ink on paper ...
Black and white photograph by Walden Hammond of The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington ...
A portrait of Alice Willes c.1880-1910.
This postcard shows two girls standing in the tree-lined Linden Avenue in the Pump ...
This postcard features a view of the Lodge entrance to the Jephson Gardens in Leamington ...
A photograph along a terrace in Leamington Spa, c. 1940-1949. The photograph is ...
Black and white photograph by P.W. Thompson inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington ...
Colour photograph inside the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa, c.1980. View of wheelchairs ...
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Donor ref:LEAMG : M3535.1990.19 (69/18636)
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