The circulation of the waters on the surface of the earth / by H.W. Dove.

  • Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm, 1803-1879.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The circulation of the waters on the surface of the earth / by H.W. Dove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    tain such as promote indigestion, to omit which is surely better than to fabricate a slavish imitation. The assertion that hot mineral waters in cooling, follow other laws than artificially heated waters, is a fiction, probably devised to throw discredit on the artificial mineral waters. If from the point of view of science, I mean to ascribe the same effect to the artificial waters as to the natural, still it is by no means said, that a course of waters taken at home, have the same beneficial effect, as when drunk on the spot. One invalid amongst the healthy is always isolated; he is merely endured. How different in a watering-place, where every body is sick! Where you may see plainly written in the face of every visitor he belongs to the majority, looking like a par- liamentary deputy who, seeing his party has the upper hand has laid aside the resigned opposition ah, which but a short while ago, so strangely contrasted with the aplomb which so peculiarly marks out the props of government from among the other creatures of this earth. Added to all that, there is the prescribed diet which, it being in the interest of the landlord, is much more strictly adhered to, than at home; and lastly, the infinite healing power in idling; not alone for those who at home are overwhelmed with business, but also for those who are accustomed to it, because for once at least, their hearts are filled with a proud satisfaction in the ful- filment of their duty! In short every one comes out in a new character. You meet bankers who, in the reading-room are more eager to have a first peep of the lists of new-comers, than of the exchange-list; lawyers, who for once all agreed on some case submitted to them; councillors, who have laid aside the severe official ah whicli might lead us to suppose, that there was some real reason for the mysterious expres- 1471« (117) c