Date:1800 - 1900 (c.)
Description:This bottle contained saline water from the springs at Leamington Spa. Saline, or salty, water has been used for medicinal purposes in Leamington for over 500 years. At the Royal Pump Rooms, patients bathed in saline water as part of hydrotherapy treatments. The water was also drunk, and could be used to treat a variety of ailments including stomach aches and muscular rheumatism. Sulphurous water and chalybeate water, containing iron, were also used in treatments at the Royal Pump Rooms.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
This brass plaque was fixed to a Bath Chair at a Leamington bathhouse. Spas were ...
This silver medal was issued by James Bisset, and was made between 1820 and 1825. ...
This wooden recliner was used in the Hammam at the Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington ...
These pulleys were used to hold sling apparatus in physiotherapy treatments at the ...
This is a Vichy Douche concrete massage slab. It was used in physiotherapy treatments ...
These electrodes were used in low frequency electrotherapy treatments at the Royal ...
Bottle of Surgical Spirit from Wyleys Ltd Wholesale and Manufacturing Chemists, ...
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Donor ref:LEAMG : M3355.1979.1 (61/12740)
Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum
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