Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy, or, Passages in the life of a hydropathist . LAME, AND LAZY. 77 CHAP. VIII. Vivifying effects of an Ahreihung—Suggestions for the adoption of hydropathic nomenclature—Value of words—Fever cured hycold-water—The Scotch druggist— Pills and Poothers. Notwithstanding the unchanged course of our water-curelife, there were many occurrences which interested thoseextremely who were, not only practising hydropathicmysteries, but to whom also the whole system was a day a gentleman arrived at Marienberg, which he hadalready visited as a patient
Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy, or, Passages in the life of a hydropathist . LAME, AND LAZY. 77 CHAP. VIII. Vivifying effects of an Ahreihung—Suggestions for the adoption of hydropathic nomenclature—Value of words—Fever cured hycold-water—The Scotch druggist— Pills and Poothers. Notwithstanding the unchanged course of our water-curelife, there were many occurrences which interested thoseextremely who were, not only practising hydropathicmysteries, but to whom also the whole system was a day a gentleman arrived at Marienberg, which he hadalready visited as a patient on one or more occasions. He hadtravelled far, and by eilwagen, which had reduced him tothat languid, fidgetty, feverish state, with which all, who havetravelled much, are well acquainted. I thought that hewould have gone to bed, but he had not practised water-curein vain. Recollecting the effect of former ablutions, he took 78 HINTS TO THE SICK, an abreibimg, and came out as fresh as if he had not been. exposed to any unusual fatigue. I may allude here to a subjecton which I have bestowed some thought—I mean, the desira-bleness of adopting a good hydropathic nomenclature. Theadvantage of such an index to expression has been acknow-ledged in all sciences, and in most a new one has been formed,or the old one remodelled. Such ought to take place withregard to hydropathy. For example: I object to theexpression, dripping-sheet, which is a long word, and doesnot convey any definite meaning of the process which is LAME, AND LAZY. 79 intended to be expressed by it, according to the rule ofmodern nomenclature. The cloth being named the dripping-sheet, the vessel over which the patient stands when he isrubbed under the wet sheet, ought to be called the dripping-pan, as it is placed to receive the residuum of what is pouredover, and not absorbed by, the body. The action would bebetter expressed by the wet rubbing, or the German term,Abreibung, might be retained. In forming a
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