Jean Pidoux, Des fontaines de Pougues en Nivernais… (1584)
The use of curative baths, known in Europe since the Middle Ages, especially in Italy, increased in France after the mid-16th century, but texts extolling the virtues of local springs were still rare, hence the importance of Jean Pidoux’s (1550?-1610) treatise on the therapeutic fountains of Pougues...
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Histoire, Médecine et Santé |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/hms/7534 |