Balneology or the Art of Bathing for Health

Item Details

Chicago: Rocine School of Human Nature Studies, 1934. First edition. 25x16cm, 98, [1]pp, printed rectos only. Reproduced from typescript. Bound in navy cloth boards with gilt lettering. Gilt dulled, few scuffs and stains to boards. Owner's name to ffep else clean internally and very good.

Very scarce text from Victor Gabriel Rocine (1856-1943), the Swiss-born phrenologist and alternative health guru who practiced in Chicago and according to the author blurb at rear had given "more than 18,000 lectures in the United States and Canada," at the time of publication.  With his wife, Emily, the Rocines published Human Culture, a periodical devoted to character reading, health, and self improvement, along with other naturopathic and pseudoscientific texts.