Outlines of a new theory of disease : applied to hydropathy, showing that water is the only true remedy : with observations on the errors committed in the practice of hydropathy, notes on the cure of cholera by cold water, and a critique on Priessnitz's mode of treatment : intended for popular use / by the late H. Francke ; translated from the German by Robert Baikie.

  • Rausse, J. H., 1805-1848.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Outlines of a new theory of disease : applied to hydropathy, showing that water is the only true remedy : with observations on the errors committed in the practice of hydropathy, notes on the cure of cholera by cold water, and a critique on Priessnitz's mode of treatment : intended for popular use / by the late H. Francke ; translated from the German by Robert Baikie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Finding in my practice the necessity of a work which should ex- plain to patients and others the principles upon which Hydropathy is founded, I have procured the republication of this valuable book, regarded as the highest authority in Germany, where the water treatment is so extensively known and practised. Myself a pupil of Priessnitz, and entertaining the greatest esteem for his wonderful genius and insight, I still regard Franke as having advanced far be- yond him in the theory and practice of Hydropathy, and as having done more than any other writer towards establishing it on a scien- tific basis. Dr. R. Kuczkowski. S9 Amity Street, June, 1867.