. Thus shalt thou live : hints and advice for the healthy and the sick on a simple and rational mode of life and a natural method of cure . done on wet stones in the back-kitchen). 2) Every day two upper-showers. 3) Every second day a double folded piece of clothdipped in equal quantities of water and vinegar is tobe tied on the abdomen for an hour and a half and re-newed after three quarters of an hour as indicated inthis book. 4) Take every day half a tea spoonful of chalk-dustand a cup of tea from St. Johns-wort, fennel and worm-wood in three portions, cold or warm. This treatmentto be cont
. Thus shalt thou live : hints and advice for the healthy and the sick on a simple and rational mode of life and a natural method of cure . done on wet stones in the back-kitchen). 2) Every day two upper-showers. 3) Every second day a double folded piece of clothdipped in equal quantities of water and vinegar is tobe tied on the abdomen for an hour and a half and re-newed after three quarters of an hour as indicated inthis book. 4) Take every day half a tea spoonful of chalk-dustand a cup of tea from St. Johns-wort, fennel and worm-wood in three portions, cold or warm. This treatmentto be continued for three weeks. The young mans diet consisted of strengtheningsoup and plain household fare. Spirits were not allowed. Health kuined by a Bad Liee. 357 After three weeks his whole condition was the complete recovery of his health, he went ontaking every week three sitz-baths and three hip-bathsfrom half a minute to a minute. Walking on wet ground drew the excessive heat fromthe head downward. The upper-showers had a revivingand invigorating action, the tea and the chalk-dust im-proved the juices and the ■*^:-^^Mh«***^ rS>- Miscellaneons Remarks. 1. Arnica. (German Leopards Bane.) 1 once asked a doctor what he thought of herbs ascurative agencies. Nothing at all, was the reply. Iasked him again whether, in his opinion, arnica mightnot have some sanative virtue. The doctor gave me thisanswer: That plant especially is worthless, it is no longerofficinal, although the greatest swindle is still carried onwith it. This declaration set me thinking, for whatpeople esteem the least is very frequently the best. Ayear ago, I received a letter from another physician ask-ing me w^hy I had never written in favour of arnica,since this herb had such an extraordinary healing power;he requested me, in case I should not know its medici-nal qualities, to test and recommend its use in my book asthe plant deserved. He inclosed even a little pamphlettreating on t
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