PHILOSOPHY OF THE BATH; OR, AIR AND WATER IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: CONTAINING A HISTORY OF HYDRO-THERAPEUTICS, AND OF THE HOT-AIR BATH FROM THE EARLIEST AGES, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. "Non est vivere, sed valere vita."-MARTIAL. "He hath abandoned his Physicians, Madam, under whose practices he hath persecuted time with hope, and finds no other advantage in the process, but only the losing of hope by time."-SHAKESPERE. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT. AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. |