On the restoration of health : being essays on the principles upon which the treatment of many diseases is to be conducted / by Thomas Inman.
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the restoration of health : being essays on the principles upon which the treatment of many diseases is to be conducted / by Thomas Inman. 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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![ON THE EESTOEATION OF HEALTH. CHAPTEK I. PRELIMINAEY. Amongst the different remarks wliicli the doctor hears in the course of his career, perhaps not one is more striking than the plaintive wail What is wealth without health ? Such an one was made to a friend of mine. The s]3eaker was fabulously rich, his dwelling was situated in the midst of lovely scenery, it was surrounded by woods whose variegated foliage transcended in beauty all the pictures that were ever drawn from them, and by gardens where lovely flowers charmed the eyes and regaled the senses of all beholders. It would have been difficult to name a purchaseable luxury which their owner had not, or could not buy, yet at the root of this tree of stately growth there was a constant canker, in the form of indigestion. The o^vner of the wealth which we have described, had, when young, married for increase of riches, rather than for enjoyment, and he not only was a sufferer himself, but he was surrounded and suc- ceeded by scions who were not more robust than himself If the gentleman in question could have purchased health, he would not have grudged paying largely for the luxury. Indeed, the gossiping histories of all lands are full of quaint stories, in which we are told that some pampered individual, fat as a lady's lapdog which has been fed upon chickens, and unable to enjoy any food except the daintiest of morsels, has been thrown into prison by a facetious monarch, and fed for some weeks upon bi'ead and water; after a time hunger has made its sauce piqiiante, and the Idug has bidden his subject to join him in a substantial dinner, in which salmis and entremets formed no part, and on seeing the captive enjoy his food once more, the royal host has claimed the fee i^romised to the physician. Now, experience has shown us that whenever there is a de- mand for any particular commodity, there are always a number B](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21956261_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
