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Riber Castle, North Front.
This is from "Mrs. Smedley's Ladies Manual".
The three images below are illustrations from "Smedley's
Practical Hydropathy"
Riber Castle.
800 feet above sea level, 600 feet above the River Derwent at
the foot of the hill
Riber Entrance Lodge
Riber Entrance Lodge.
The principal house intended to be erected here as an addition to the Hydropathic
Establishment not yet built. This Lodge is about 620 feet above the river Derwent,
and was built and occupied in four months and a half, February to 1st July,
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The top of this series of 19th century engravings has been taken
from:
Smedley, Mrs. (1878/9) "Ladies' Manual of Practical Hydropathy (Not the Cold Water System), 16th ed.",
James Blackwood & Co., Lovell's Court, Paternoster Row, London.
By the time this
edition was published Mr. John Smedley, Mrs. Smedley's husband, had
been dead for some years and the business had been taken over by
Smedley's Hydropathic Company (Limited)
Caroline Anne Smedley wrote in her preface:
"After reading many works on hydropathy in conjunction with
my husband, I consider that they are written too scientifically for
Ladies who have not studied Medical and Anatomical Works, and who
are therefore ignorant of the many terms made use of only in such
works, and which are not at all necessary to be known by the generalities
of our sex in the ordinary duties of life. This little Manual will
therefore be entirely free from such terms ... "
The remaining three mid
19th century engravings have been taken from:
Smedley, John "Smedley's Practical Hydropathy, 15th ed.", James
Blackwood & Co., Paternoster Row, London, p.136. By the time this edition
was published Mr. Smedley had died and the business had been taken over by Smedley's
Hydropathic Company (Limited)
This book is in the collection of, the information is provided
by and images scanned by and © Ann
Andrews Intended for personal use only
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