Practical observations on mineral waters and baths; with notices of some continental climates, and a reprint (the third) of the Cold-water cure / [Edwin Lee].

  • Lee, Edwin, -1870
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1846
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    Pa Se ae ‘MR. EDWIN LEE’S:- WORKS. 3 ‘ peer more vividly into view which are of paramount importance to the well- being of Society. All that could be gathered that may be useful or consolatory to those afflicted with any of the numerous ailments which make life a burden, is pointed out, and that with as much impartiality as discrimination. The author, it is quite apparent, has no selfish interest to provide for, and is influenced nei- ther by the prejudices of venality nor of egotism; all that he says we may de- pend upon. *— Metropolitan. ' “ There is much useful information in thi volume, interspersed among clever descriptions of places, persons, and things. To be sure, the track pursued “by Mr. Lee traversed no new ground, ‘put there is so much simplicity and straightforward- ness in his manner of writing, that he contrives to inspire us with considerable in- terest.’—Sunday Times. “* This valuable volume, in carrying the reader through the most celebrated places on the continent, professes to dwell more particularly on those matters con- nected with climate and the watering-places, which may be found beneficial to in- valids, or interesting to the medical profession. Notwithstanding this modest proviso, the spirited manner in which a great deal of information is compressed. into a small space, gives a novelty and almost an originality to his local descrip- tions.” United Service Gas. “ When we say this is by far the best book Mr. Lee has written, we by no means wish to disparage others of his which have passed through our hands from time to time, and of which we have spoken favourably. Mr. Lee is a very plea- sant travelling companion; without having recourse to dry statistics, he gives every fact worth knowing, and the interest which his sketchy description of localities excites is greatly enhanced by his account of the medical economy ot every place he has visited. —Conservative Journal. “ The title of this voiume fairly describes its nature and object. By invalids especially, who are disposed to travel for change of climate, scenery, &c. 2 it may be cousulted with much advantage.’ Naval and Military Gaz. FORHIGN AND ENGLISH MINERAL WATERS, In One vol. price 7s. 6d. cloth boards, The PRINCIPAL BATHS of GERMANY, CON- SIDERED with reference to their Remedial Efficacy in CHRONIC DISEASE; with an Appendix on the Cold-water Cure. Whittaker and Co. “ Marked by good sense, reflection, and an acquaintance both with the action of the waters, and what has been written about them,”—JAritish and Foreign Medical Review. “ The judgments which Mr, Lee expresses regarding the properties of these waters are enlightened, and exhibit no traces of that exaggeration which is so fre- quently seen in Works written by the resident physicians at baths. On this account it is the best work which we can recommend to those who are desirous of beimg acquainted with the properties of these baths, and with other circumstances which interest bathers.”—Gaz. Médicale de Paris. “ Any book minutely describing their various properties, and probable effects upon different diseases and constitutions, has now become a desideratum, and this desideratum Mr. Lee has furnished in the unpretending volume before us.”—EHra. “From the few publications of Mr. Lee that have fallen under our notice, he appears to possess considerable medical knowledge ; and what is of quite as much importance, great common sense, and a rational judgment. The range of his observation is considerable, embracing many parts of the continent as well as of Great Britain—as if he were more desirous of acquiring knowledge, than to set himself down in a single place. To point out the different disorders to which the German baths are generally adapted, and to offer a var si he of hints to guide the patient and his medical attendant, as well as to suggest the best mode of using the waters, is the object of this work.’ —Spectator. “ An interesting little work.”—Awugsburg Gaz. “To explain which (the properties of the waters) Mr. Lee sets himself with scientific and professional accuracy, in this certainly very satisfactory volume.”-— Ltt. Gaz.