The health seekers of Southern California, 1870/1900
By: by John E. Baur.
Publisher: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Marino, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780873282253
Subjects: Health resorts -- California, Southern -- History -- 19th century; Health Resorts -- history -- California
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Building a health legend; title: Advertising the resorts; title: Los Angeles, capital of the "Sanitarium Belt"; title: Town building; title: Medicine and pseudo-medicine; title: Faith and charity; title: Mineral waters; title: Prescription : agriculture; title: Those who came; title: The role of government; title: Climax and anticlimax.