麦克连(McLean)1922年的护理手册上列了17种包括从脚浴到洗发的水疗方法。譬如,诱导坐浴:人从浴缸起身时,用一桶华氏80度(相当于27℃)的冷水泼在其臀部;冲浴:用装有三种温度、数加仑的水迅速连续泼人;还有一种用湿冷被单将人包裹的手法。没有一样像今天被当作一种高尚生活方式的Spa那样,提供享乐和审美,当然麦克连也不是什么高级美容院,而是美国一家历史悠久的“贵族”精神病院,它收容过一批文艺界科学界天才以及社会显贵。他们同时也是世俗语境里的“疯子”。《雅致的精神病院》里记载了麦克连的历史。它曾是美国最顶尖的精神病院,收费高昂,环境舒适,在精神病学上的探索劲头让人尊敬,但是它针对人脑所作的一切治疗,实在 McLean’s 1922 Nursing Handbook lists 17 spa treatments ranging from foot bath to shampoo. For example, inducing bathering: When a person rises from a bathtub, pour a bucket of cold water at 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 ° C) onto their buttocks. Bathing: Rapid continuous splashing with three gallons of water at three temperatures. There is a way of wrapping people with wet sheets. There is no such thing as enjoyment and aesthetics like today’s being regarded as a noble lifestyle spa, of course, but Macleans is not a high-class beauty salon, but a historic “noble” mental hospital in the United States, Criticism of literary science genius and social dignitaries. They are also “crazy” in the secular context. “Elegant mental hospital” records the history of MacLean. It used to be one of the top psychiatric hospitals in the United States. It is very expensive and comfortable. It is respectable in the exploration of psychiatry, but it is all about the human brain