Volume 1

A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver, M.D. of Bath.

  • William Oliver
Date:
M.DCC.LI. [1751]
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Credit: A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases / By William Oliver, M.D. of Bath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fe 220, | | Wuen a perfon comes to the Bath forthe recovery of his health, it appears but rea- fonable that he fhould commit himfelf to the- care of fome gentleman, who has made it his bufinefs to acquire the knowledge of the right ufe of the hot waters, by a diligent ob- fervation of their effects on human bodies, difeafed in a thoufand different manners, which cannot be obtained without natural fagacity, an improved judgment, and a long and patient attendance on the fick, When he has chofen fuch a direétor, he fhould firmly refolve to follow the rules which: he fhall lay down for his condud, other- wife he will continually be tormented with doubts, and fcruples; and by hearkening ‘to every pretender’s opinion, he will have ‘none of his own to act by. Many trifle away their whole time in a fruitlefs fearch ‘after what they fhould do, inftead of doing “what they ought, till at laft, finding they ‘receive no benefit, or are worfe than when they
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