Hydropathy : its principles and practice for home use / by Archibald Hunter.

  • Hunter, Archibald.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Hydropathy : its principles and practice for home use / by Archibald Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    But, keeping to our particular object—Health in the Household—we know that slight ailments are of frequent occurrence, and believe that the simple domestic aids which Hydropathy furnishes are the proper remedies, without the necessity of resorting to drugs. Warmth (particularly in the feet), cleanliness, pure air, proper diet (at proper times and in proper quantities), out-door exercise, etc., are essentials in maintaining health. It will be observed that I attach great weight and importance to watching symptoms indicated by states of the head and feet, with means for cooling the head and warming the feet; also to the value of sweatings to meet many phases of disease, as warmth and perspiration, in some form or another, are embodied in almost all modes of cure or restoration to health. I have pointed out many means of attaining these ends, available in every household. The Summary of Contents, following the pages consecutively, will facilitate reference to special subjects, in addition to the Index. It is satisfactory to find that the growing intelligence of the age has largely influenced all professions, and we find the most popular and successful physicians proposing the simplest drug remedies in practice, dwelling earnestly on some cogent hygienic rule to give effect to the medicine. I have had many illustrations of this efficient practice from patients who have consulted eminent physicians. One lady, long affected with weak digestion, called, in company with a member of her family, on a popular M.D. in London. He listened patiently to her detail of stomachic ailments, including