The scriptural code of health, with observations on the Mosaic prohibitions, and on the principles and benefits of the medicated vapour bath / By Charles Whitlaw.

  • Whitlaw, Charles
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1838
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Credit: The scriptural code of health, with observations on the Mosaic prohibitions, and on the principles and benefits of the medicated vapour bath / By Charles Whitlaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has left no inquietude behind ; even the “ meanest flower that scents the gale” has often called forth my admiration and gratitude towards that Being who hath granted me all this indulgence of seeing, in the formation of every plant, the marks of Almighty power and consummate. wisdom. In his works there is no errata,—the rose which blossomed in the bowers of paradise, is still blooming far and wide over the surface of the earth; its beauty unimpaired, its odour unexhausted, and its healing virtues undiminished. In the corrupt vegetable and animal kingdoms, also, . we trace the seeds of moral depravity and bodily disease; for however men may cavil, I am bold to assert that there, and there alone, are to be found the laws of life and health, and of moral good and evil; and the man who denies this is ignorant of the nature of his being, and of the laws by which it is governed. - It is with the best intentions I commit this treatise into the hands of the public: if it is instrumental in promoting the good of my species I am abundantly rewarded ; there- fore, whatever may be said against the doctrines I have endeavoured to establish, in this I shall rest satisfied and assured, that what I have written is founded on truth, and will stand secure when the hand which has recorded it is withered in the dust. I have to return my most grateful thanks to the respect- able members of the medical profession who in defiance of medical etiquette, have come forward boldly and adopted my views in the treatment of disease, and have shown themselves the friends of truth more than the friends of Plato. To Mr. Rankin of Hastings, Mr. Winzar of Salisbury, Mr. Lewis.of Manchester, Mr. Coleman of Wolverhamp- ton, Mr. Mackness of Northampton, Mr. MacBean of Hanley, Dr. Robinson and Mr. Bedwell at Cheltenham, Dr. Godfrey of Liverpool, and Dr. Purday of Edinburgh, Surgeons, as well as Dr. Fairbanks of Behie, in the Brazils, I am indebted for their candour and liberality in having established my baths in the face of the most deter-