Bridge of Allan and its resources / by Wm. Gordon.

  • Gordon, William (Consultant)
Date:
1860
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Credit: Bridge of Allan and its resources / by Wm. Gordon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the nervous system becomes less sensitive to external irritations,—repeated re-actions having produced greater firmness. The state of the patient, before using either cold or warm baths, should be ascertained, as their application requires both skill and prudence. The cases that the one will suit and benefit would be injured by the other; and, as regards the proper time, the same precaution is very necessary. For those in delicate health the cold bath (when admissible) is safest, after the stomach has been aroused by a slight meal—say, two hours after breakfast—- and the proper time for the warm bath is an hour or two before dinner. These few remarks apply to shower, as well as plunge baths, all of which can be had of the mineral water. From the foregoing exposition, it must be evident, that to Nature we owe a debt of gratitude, combining as she has, such valuable agents in her secret laboratory, and this very fact plainly tells us, she intends great benefit by them ; and does not past experience prove how much good many have received, when the physician, with his remedies, proved a failure. No discredit though to the profession, the conscientious members of which never profess to cure, only promise to do their best for their patients, and when they do fail at times in administering benefit, and Nature, with her own remedy, steps in with healing power, we must not overlook the many adjuncts she can command to assist her in restoring health, which the physician, apart from this, and other watering places, cannot combine with their treatment. But, notwithstanding, what gratitude and in¬ creased fame may these men of science gain if, on the point
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