Hydrotherapeutics, or a Treatise on the Water Cure

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Excerpt from Hydrotherapeutics, or a Treatise on the Water Cure: Being a Digest of the Opinions and Experience of Some of the Most Distinguished Physicians in Europe and America, on the Curative Virtues of Water, To Which Are Added the Voluntary Acknowledgements of a Few Influential PatientsMy object is to shew, that in Water we have one of the most powerful therapeutic agents yet discovered, that its effect in curing diseases is wonderful, and that a general adoption, now that it has taken root, cannot fail to take place in many and most diseases.Many, and no doubt the majority, of my medical readers, are still opposed to the. Water Cure, and look upon it with a prejudiced eye, many more among the public have yet to be convinced of its benefits but it cannot be otherwise. As with every great truth, ' it is slow in forcing itself upon the mind, but in the end, truth must prevail.Some medical men, desirous to give Water a trial, have tried and found it wanting, through mismanagement, lack of perseverance in them selves, or in their patients and occasionally adding a dose of their own, by which the cure was either interrupted or defeated. The Water Cure requires patience, perseverance, and a knowledge of its great effects, without these it is impossible to succeed. It requires careful study, and I doubt not, that by a proper and due cultivation, hydropathie may become even more brilliant in its results. The use of medicines, according to the present idiopathic principle, in, going through the Water Cure, is to be utterly repudiated, chie¿y because all the functions of the organism are kept in comp} we. Enmity whilst under the treatment, as far as the existing vital power in she individual treated admits of this and that such being the case, the remedies administered may have a different effect to what was anticipated, or wished for.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.