Metcalfe, Richard (1898). Life of Vincent Priessnitz, Founder of Hydropathy. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. Diakses tanggal 3 December 2009. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)
Paul Kramer (February 25, 2008). "The Water Cure". The New Yorker. Diakses tanggal 6 December 2009. (Article describing the U.S. military expropriation of 'water cure' to denote a form of torture, with acknowledgement by one accused (p.3) of the difference in popular understanding, from the sense used by the military)