Every man his own doctor, or the cold water cure / by James Clarkson.

  • Clarkson, James
Date:
1847
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Credit: Every man his own doctor, or the cold water cure / by James Clarkson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    before there has been time for the approach of that extreme weakness and emaciation so constantly the result of a long illness, even after the disease itself has been vanquished. In all curable acute diseases, therefore, the Water Cure is peculiarly and especially available.” If the reader has perused the above evidence, and will compare it with the evidence of Renton and White, he will at once see the very limited knowledge that these medical gentlemen possess of the human frame, when contrasted with the knowledge of the very best physicians in this country. In examining Mr. Renton’s evidence you will see how he contradicts himself and the other surgeons. They all agree that the eru])tion was out on the body at dissection ; yet he says that the treatment would drive it in, and driving it in might cause congestion of the brain, which might cause death. Now this is a flat contradiction of all the evidence given on the case, either by the witnesses or the doctors, as the reader will see. Any jury but a prejudiced one, would have seen at once that these two medical men wanted a case made out against me. In fact, they wanted to put this treatment down that was affecting their interests, and bringing their system of physic into disrepute. Well, they got their end so far accomplished, as to bring it in manslaughter. I was, consequently, committed for trial. But when the case came before the grand jury at Duiham, they dismissed it as unworthy of their notice, saying, that it was a shame to bring such a case before a court. The following poem was made by an eye-witness of all the proceedings. It will show the reader all the particulars of the case.
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