Richard Metcalfe, Hydropathist : the man and his work / by an old patient.

Date:
1890
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Credit: Richard Metcalfe, Hydropathist : the man and his work / by an old patient. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    DIGEST OE CONTENTS. I. GENERAL— page medical system, the best defined ... ... ... 56 nature heals 40 remedies, relative value of 48 drugs, conjectural action of 49, 50, 52 objections, to use of 49, 110, 152 slow progress of drug medication 47, 92 diuretics ... ... 92 purgatives ... 92 hydropathy, objections considered ... 43, 44 applied to surface of body... ... ... 49 skin stimulation versus alcohol ... ... ... 40 alcohol ... 40, 128, 151, 169 public baths and hospitals 18, 30, 161 Metcalfe, biography 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 II. HEALTH— defined 58 III. DISEASE— defined 45, 54, 97 acute 55, 56 chronic 55, 56 IV. rSES :— PAGE age ... 55 air, bad ... 55 alcohol ... 55 emanations of body ... 55 environment ... 55 food ... 55 heredity ... ,.. 54 necessities of life... ... 55 occupations ... 55 sexual function ... ... 55 temperament ... 54 HYDROPATHY— likened to gardening ... 42 action described ... ... gp^40. 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 58, 79, 129 action, generally pleasant and safe 40 action, easy and rapid in early stages of disease 39 action, slow and trouble- some in later stages of disease ... ... 39, 156 action in chronic disease may necessarily induce revolutionary excite- ment of system before morbid elements can be got rid of ... ... 47 V. HYDROPATHIC TREATMENT— incompetent administra- tion ... 40, 99, 104, 164