Hydropathic aphorisms : the simple treatment of disease contrasted with medicinal abuses, or, The why and wherefore of the water cure / by John Balbirnie.

  • John Balbirnie
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[1856]
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Credit: Hydropathic aphorisms : the simple treatment of disease contrasted with medicinal abuses, or, The why and wherefore of the water cure / by John Balbirnie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER L PAOE Introductory 1 CHAPTER II. The grounds of non-confidence in drug-medica- TI.JN '20 CHAPTER III. Life, health, and disease 45 CHAPTER IV. The physiological action of water.—therapeut- ical PRINCIPLES DEDUCED THEREFROM G6 CHAPTER V. Comparative pretensions of drug and water medication, in rendering the aid nature requires in the treatment of disease 120 CHAPTER VI. Comparison of the resources of drug and WATER treatment, IN THE DISEASES OF MOST CO.MMO.N OCCURRENCE ] 45 CEIAPTER VII. Generalities of the water cure 201- A1'JM';NDIX. PriN'.TPLES of HVOlf-.NE— J'l; F.f EFTS FOR IHE PRO- MOTION or iiEAi.Tii, A\i> THE attainment of LONOKVITY.