Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy; or, passages in the life of a hydropathist / By a veteran.
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hints to the sick, the lame, and the lazy; or, passages in the life of a hydropathist / By a veteran. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![may be found who would pay the same penalty for a ramble through Richmond Park, an evening walk in the rich meadows on the banks of Father Thames, or a stroll on Ham Common, gilded by the yellow blossom of gorze bushes, or a lounge in the wilderness of Sudbrook ; but no such penalty is exacted, on the contrary. I forget what French lady it was who said, ‘‘ Pity that it is not a sin to drink cold water !’— these rural delights, so far from being a tax on the con- stitution, are among the means employed for its renovation. Let it be confessed; the water-cure is not faultless, 7. e. it is human; it savours too much of the dolce far niente; the succession of baths, interspersed with rambles ,in the most attractive scenery, the agreeable meal of wholesome and nutritious food, seasoned with lively conversation; the reading- room in the ducal hall, and the society of those who are in good humour with themselves and with their fellow creatures ; all this is too delightful to last. My readers may go to Sud- brook, and al] those who are sick and. wise will do so, but, alas! they must return to the world with its real cares and fancied pleasures; they must again take their share in impelling the monster mass—society ; back to this must they go, carrying however with them an invigorated constitution, and increased powers of usefulness. Having acquitted myself of the rurally descriptive part of my task, which might perhaps have been omitted, for my readers had better visit P](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33291391_0127.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
