Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy, or, Passages in the life of a hydropathist . HINTS TO THE SICK, THE LAME, AND THE LAZY; OR PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A HYDROPATHIST. BY A VETERAN. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A RECRUIT. SECOND EDITION. LONDON:JOHN OLLIVIER, 59, PALL MALL. MDCCCXLVIII. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory Remarks — Progress of Arts of Comfort — Doctoringstationary—Physicking, general and particular Anecdote—The BritishRace—A Pharmaceutico-belligerent practice—Subordination Anec-dote—New modes of treating Disease, one of them personal to theAuthor—Hydropathy, ought not to be
Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy, or, Passages in the life of a hydropathist . HINTS TO THE SICK, THE LAME, AND THE LAZY; OR PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A HYDROPATHIST. BY A VETERAN. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A RECRUIT. SECOND EDITION. LONDON:JOHN OLLIVIER, 59, PALL MALL. MDCCCXLVIII. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory Remarks — Progress of Arts of Comfort — Doctoringstationary—Physicking, general and particular Anecdote—The BritishRace—A Pharmaceutico-belligerent practice—Subordination Anec-dote—New modes of treating Disease, one of them personal to theAuthor—Hydropathy, ought not to be used without advice—DangerousSystem of British —How far a man may act at his own hand—Objections to the general use of Hydropathy—Chaps who are likely tostick to the old plan—Modest conclusion of the Author . 1 CHAPTER II. Personal suffering—How the Author was led to the water—Present stateof Author—Attack of gout—Doctors Treatment—Change of scene—Gout, No. 2—Mode of attack—Colchicum—Out of condition advisers—The Count, with his att
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