Medical reflections on the water cure. / By James Freeman, M. D. Physician to the Cheltenham Hydropathic Institution.
- Freeman, James
- Date:
- 1842
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical reflections on the water cure. / By James Freeman, M. D. Physician to the Cheltenham Hydropathic Institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![water, in various modes of application, is en- dowed with the power of producing definite and determinate changes in the animal system, which are indicated as the respective means of cure in many instances of morbid action—that, in a word, its operation is as rational in theory as it is beneficial in practice. In consequence of the increased conviction derived from this investigation, the author de- termined to assist in the diffusion of the benefits of the hydropathic treatment among his fellow countrymen. As one means of effecting that ])urpose, he submits the following pages to their consideration, convinced that his statements will not he found more sanguine than the subject justifies, and trusting that they may attract the attention of some invalids to the means of alle- viating their sufferings. In further pursuance of this object, and strongly impressed with the great importance of the subject to the interests of humanity, he deter- mined also, during his last residence in Germany, to institute a water-cure establishment imme- diately on his return to England, and personally to superintend the medical department. Several places presented themselves to his notice as being well adapted to the purpose ; but he ultimately came to the conclusion, that j)erhaps no town in the kingdom possessed so many of the requisites for such an institution as Cheltenham. Its position on the map of England, the acknowledged tem- perateness and salubrity of its atmosj)here, the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28751929_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
