Atmopathy and hydropathy, or, How to prevent and cure diseases by the application of steam and water / by David Ross.

  • Ross, David (of Manchester)
Date:
1848
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Credit: Atmopathy and hydropathy, or, How to prevent and cure diseases by the application of steam and water / by David Ross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    I have before said that I suffered much from the windy colic. Bad as was the pain in the head, it was mercy's self compared with this. Many times, when the violence of the paroxysm was on me, I have lain on a sofa till two and three o'clock in the morning, not having sufficient power to walk to my bed ; and to complete my misery, rheumatic pains racked my limbs, so that life appeared to have few pleasures in reserve for me. Such was my condition when I first began to test the truth of the instructions I had so opportunely received. For the first month that I used the bath, I remarked no perceptible change. At the end of the sixth week natm^e began to revive. A reaction of all the bodily powers had commenced. The dew of health again began to bead my brow. In three months I had lost all pain. My hands and feet were naturally warm. My ancient enemy, the pain in the head, had taken its departure ; colic had fled with it, and rheumatism was likewise expelled. At the end of four months I re- sumed my former labours, full of life, energy, and hope, as though I had been by some unaccountable process created anew. Three years have since elapsed, and I am still in the enjoyment of uninterrupted health, performing labours which to some will appear incredible, and my only medicine is of nature's providing, namely, fresh AIR, EXERCISE, and an abundant use of water. During the past year I have travelled more than 5000 miles, delivered 260 lectures, and conducted an extensive correspondence; seldom staying more than a day in a town. This I think will prove that my constitution is in good working order. Wherever I