Life at the water cure or a month at Malvern : a diary / by Richard J. Lane ... with numerous illustrations to which is added the sequel.

  • Lane, Richard James, 1800-1872.
Date:
1846
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Credit: Life at the water cure or a month at Malvern : a diary / by Richard J. Lane ... with numerous illustrations to which is added the sequel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I think it a trio] of resolution to commence it in the winter. Situated as I was, it was delightful. The evenings devoted to music and the charms of the fireside; and, moreover, I had been initiated—had learned to look to the entrance of Bardon with his coil of linen as a luxury: but had I been a patient, with all the inexperience of what could be done in the autumn, I fear I should not have fully acquiesced in it as a pleasure — the being packed at candle- light; the long dark evenings (not enlivened by any artificial lighting as in towns, and rendering the walks dangerous as well as cheerless) being passed at home, except when the moon presides. To be sure there are billiards, chess, gymnastic tools; and there is the hope of finding, as I did on this last occasion, agreeable society among the patients; but it is not like the summer experience, when the day is fully occupied by the alternations of bathing and walking, and when the evenings’ exercise extends to within an hour of bed time. I think the very best times to commence are spring and autumn; and am hure that, having so commenced and learned to enjoy the processes, it is above all advisable to keep it up through the whole winter, for I know that there are strong reasons in favour of the unanimous