The Andrews Pages Images Index> 18th & 19th Century Images> This page Matlock: Smedley's Hydro, Starting Out Matlock and Matlock Bath, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Images   18th & 19th C Images Next Image Previous Image More from this book View From Matlock Bank Riber Hall Also on this website Water Cures Smedley's Hydro, Matlock, in 1906 Smedley's Hydro, Matlock - The Terrace Smedley's - Great Britain's Greatest Hydro, 1950 More Matlock Pictures 20th & 21stC Matlock "Just" Images - Matlock 18th and 19th Century Tourist Guides Transcripts & Illustrations General Info About Matlock Find a Name In 1853 I purchased a small house to accommodate six or eight patients. I put a little shed over front door and next the verandah, as above, p.199. "I took a few men, upon whom to try the Hydropathic remedies, which proved successful; and many more making application, I made a place for the free board, lodging and baths to a certain number of males and females : and hundreds since have found restoration to health and body, and peace of mind, through the renewal of the Spirit .. we made our house a free hospital, until we found we could not afford room enough. I then bought a small house at Matlock Bank for six patients, board, lodgings and treatments at 3s. per day. Soon again we had to refuse applicants". From Preface to a former edition (p.350). View from the Matlock Hydropathic Establishment, p.15 The above mid 19th century engravings and quotations have been taken from: Smedley, John "Smedley's Practical Hydropathy, 15th ed.", James Blackwood & Co., Paternoster Row, London. By the time this edition was published Mr. Smedley had died and the business had been taken over by Smedley's Hydropathic Company (Limited) Image scan and information Copyright © Ann Andrews and is intended for personal use only. You may also like to view Advertisement in Hall's "Days in Derbyshire" (1863) Advertisement for Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment, 1869 "There Was Red Tape at Smedley's Hydro Then" About Matlock Bank See Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment Enumeration Book in the 1891 census And in the 1901 census © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 1 April, 2008 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Matlock | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com