The cold-water system: an essay : exhibiting the real merits, and most safe and effectual employment, of this excellent system in indigestion, costiveness, asthma, cough, consumption, rheumatism, gout, &c; with cautionary remarks, addressed to people of extreme opinions, and some new cases / by Thos. J. Graham.

  • Graham, Thomas John, 1795?-1876.
Date:
1843
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Credit: The cold-water system: an essay : exhibiting the real merits, and most safe and effectual employment, of this excellent system in indigestion, costiveness, asthma, cough, consumption, rheumatism, gout, &c; with cautionary remarks, addressed to people of extreme opinions, and some new cases / by Thos. J. Graham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    washed over with tepid water, or placed in the shallow- bath, having water in it with the chill taken off, where he is well rubbed all over by a servant, sometimes by two servants. In a hot summer’s day, after a long, but not very fatiguing walk, few things can exceed the refreshing, calming influence of a wet-sheet. It is then far more pleasant and refreshing than a tepid bath. It instantly cools the surface, relieves the spirits, and induces sleep; —these effects render it of eminent service in nervous affections, and some states of disordered mind.