Sea-air and sea-bathing / by John H. Packard.

  • John Hooker Packard
Date:
1880
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Credit: Sea-air and sea-bathing / by John H. Packard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    is an excellent tonic, and forms an admirable element in the daily exercise which should be a part of every healthy life. Hot plunge-baths are of course the best means of cleanliness, but they should be taken usually at bedtime, or, at all events, with caution as to sub- sequent exposure. Many a weary doctor would gladly end the day with a refreshing '' soak in his tub, but the dread of his night-bell forbids. A great deal might be said in regard to all these forms of baths, as well as by way of discussion of the various applications of them in medicine and surgery. But this would be to introduce subjects foreign to the purpose now in hand, and those curious about them can readily obtain all the information they desire from more appropriate sources. [Such information may be found in Walton's ** Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, etc., Appleton, 1873; ^^ Braun's work, On the Curative Effects of Baths and Waters, etc., trans- lated by Weber, London, 1875 ; and in a book by the late Dr. John Bell, of this city, entitled Baths and the Watery Regimen. (This latter is, I think, now out of print.) There is, also, a good article on Baths in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. The medical part of the subject is usually discussed at some length in treatises on Therapeutics.]