Hydropathy and homoeopathy impartially appreciated : with an appendix of notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body / by Edwin Lee.
- Date:
- 1847
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Credit: Hydropathy and homoeopathy impartially appreciated : with an appendix of notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body / by Edwin Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![whose work is on the whole favourable to the cold water treatment, the names of apoplexy, pneumonia, and serious fevers, have been ap- plied to some symptoms, which a few applica- tions of the wet sheet or frictions caused to dis- appear, and of which the cure resounded through the colony as a convincing proof of the omnipotence of the method.* The ability and tact of Priessnitz is fre- quently insufficient to counterbalance the ab- sence of medical knowledge as regards the discrimination of cases to which the method is applicable. 1 have already adduced the testi- mony of Dr. E, Johnson, that many of the cases at Graefenberg are such as are not likely to be relieved, and the attempt is necessarily a failure. Another medical author who resided at Grae- fenberg says, Chance furnished me with seve- ral opportunities of meeting, a month or two after their departure from Graefenberg, with persons whom I had seen give themselves up to all the exaltation of their enthusiasm, and I was quite surprised at the change which had taken place in their sentiments. A short time ago I met a young Russian officer, with whom * Dr. Schedel. Examen Cliniqiie de I'Hydrotherapie. Paris, ] 845.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21912087_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
