20-04-2018, 08:38 AM
Just another note to say that although I've been unable to find any medieval authors on hydrotherapy, this practice was actually pioneered by the ancient Romans.
The work of the ancient Roman authors, with special focus on the different treatments to be performed in hot and cold baths, is discussed in detail by Caelius Aurelianus in the 5thC AD in his Tardarum sive chronicarum passionum.
Caelius Aurelianus refers back to Ascelpiades, who prescribed the use of pensilia balinea, or hanging baths: "heated tanks of water possibly in a hanging cascade arrangement", in which rehabilitation exercises can be performed.
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The work of the ancient Roman authors, with special focus on the different treatments to be performed in hot and cold baths, is discussed in detail by Caelius Aurelianus in the 5thC AD in his Tardarum sive chronicarum passionum.
Caelius Aurelianus refers back to Ascelpiades, who prescribed the use of pensilia balinea, or hanging baths: "heated tanks of water possibly in a hanging cascade arrangement", in which rehabilitation exercises can be performed.
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