Hydropathy & homoeopathy impartially appreciated : with an appendix of notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body / by Edwin Lee.

  • Lee, Edwin, -1870.
Date:
1848
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    Jy impaired, its circulation torpid, its secretions ob- structed and vitiated, frequently giving rise, by their re-absorption, to deranged states of the health, of which the cause is seldom ascertained, and which the practitioner vainly endeavours to remove by the inter- nal administration of medicines.* Even in private practice, where there would be no obstacle to the free use of baths, how seldom do they form part of the treatment, unless there should happen to be any existing disease of the skin ! I am con- vinced, that in many instances the digestive powers become deranged, and the general health undermined, from a neglect to pay proper attention to the state of the skin ; that a large proportion of the catarrhal, rheumatic, and nervous affections, so prevalent in the variable climate of Great Britain, might be traced to the same source ; and that the tendency to these com- plaints, as well as to pulmonary consumption, would be materially lessened, were persons, while in health, accustomed to attend to the functions of the skin, by the employment of bathing and cold ablutions more - frequently than is generally the case. Many people, it is true, who perhaps never take a bath, yet enjoy good health, for the influence of habit will often enable the body to support many things that are generally preju- dicial. But, on the other hand, there is no doubt that many suffer from various unpleasant sensations and disordered states of health, which might be prevented by the more frequent adoption of the practice. In the great majority of cases where hydropathy has * The b.itbs for the poor recently established in London and some other large towns, vyill have a material effect in the pre- vention of disease. [Will'New York follow ?—Am, Ed..]