Every Man His Own Doctor by Captain R. T. Claridge

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Author

Claridge, R. T. (Richard Tappin), 1799-1857

Title

Every Man His Own Doctor The Cold Water, Tepid Water, and Friction-Cure, as Applicable to Every Disease to Which the Human Frame Is Subject, and Also to the Cure of Disease in Horses and Cattle

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Produced by Bryan Ness, Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

RM: Medicine: Therapeutics, Pharmacology

Subject

Veterinary medicine

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41292

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41292

Release Date

November 5, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR. THE COLD WATER, TEPID WATER, AND FRICTION-CURE,
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.ERRATA.
5. 5.HYDROPATHY, — I.— Vincent Priessnitz. — II.— Hydropathy. — III.— What Does Hydropathic Treatment Effect? — IV.— How are the Effects described in the last Chapter produced? — V.— Is Hydropathy a Panacea? and what Complaints are curable by it? — VI.— Is Hydropathy new? Why is it not generally adopted? — VII.— The Lancet. — VIII.— Authorities in Support of Water as a Curative Agent. — IX.— Ablutions. — X.— Use of Cold Water for Drinking and Injections. — XI.— The Cold Bath. — XII.— Is going into the Cold Bath in a State of Perspiration attended with Danger? — XIII.— The Packing Sheet, and Sweating Process. — XIV.— Sweating Process. — XV.— The Rubbing Sheet, or Abreibung. — XVI.— The Douche Bath. — XVII.— The Shower Baths. — XVIII.— The Sitz or Sitting Bath. — XIX.— Eye Bath. — XX.— Head Bath. — XXI.— Finger and Elbow Baths. — XXII.— Leg Bath. — XXIII.— Foot Bath. — XXIV.— The Tepid, or Abgeschrecte Bath. — XXV.— Bandages, or Umschlags. — XXVI.— Diet. — XXVII.— Clothing, Air Baths, Wearing Stays, etc. — XXVIII.— Drugs. — XXIX.— Assimilation. — XXX.— The Crisis. — XXXI.— Dropsy. — XXXII.— Smoking. — XXXIII.— Questions put to Mr. Priessnitz, and his Answers.
6. 6.TREATMENT AND CASES. — XXXIV.— Gout. — XXXV.— Rheumatism, etc. — XXXVI.— Tic-Doloureux. — XXXVII.— Affection of the Throat and Pain at the Chest. — XXXVIII.— Fevers. — XXXIX.— Congestion of the Lungs. — XL.— Inflammations. — XLI.— Gripes, Cholic, Diarrhœa, English Cholera, or Cholera Morbus. — XLII.— Consumption. — XLIII.— Cramps. — XLIV.— Asthma. — XLV.— Surgical Operations, Accidents, etc. — XLVI.— Small Pox, Measles, Hooping Cough, Croup, Scarlatina, Colds, Shivering, etc. — XLVII.— Sore Mouth—Inflamed Gums. — XLVIII.— Tooth-ache, Preservation of the Teeth, etc. — XLIX.— Watery or Inflamed Eyes. — L.— Deafness. — LI.— Ear-Ache. — LII.— Ringworm, Itch, etc. — LIII.— Psoriasis. — LIV.— Fistula. — LV.— Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, Pains in the Womb, &c. — LVI.— Change of Life in Females. — LVII.— Treatment of Ladies. — LVIII.— Giddiness, Dizziness, etc. — LIX.— Head-Aches. — LX.— Acute Inflammation in the Head, Chest and Abdomen. — LXI.— Chilblains. — LXII.— Cold Feet. — LXIII.— Cold Hands And Whitlow. — LXIV.— Bunnion and Enlarged Glands of Foot and Instep. — LXV.— Depression of Spirits, Head-Ache, etc. — LXVI.— Deafness. — LXVII.— Hernia and Constipation. — LXVIII.— Liver Complaint, Congestion of Blood in the Head, Enlarged Vein in the Leg. — LXIX.— Deformity. — LXX.— Spinal Complaints. — LXXI.— Constipation. — LXXII.— Indigestion. — LXXIII.— Stomach Complaint. — LXXIV.— Throwing Food off the Stomach. — LXXV.— Heartburn. — LXXVI.— Sea Sickness. — LXXVII.— Palpitation of the Heart. — LXXVIII.— Want of Sleep. — LXXIX.— Languid Circulation. — LXXX.— Ring Worm. — LXXXI.— Hands Frost-bitten or Suffering from a Boil. — LXXXII.— Weak Eyes and Eruption on the Head. — LXXXIII.— Weak Ankles. — LXXXIV.— Treatment of Infants. — LXXXV.— Epilepsy. — LXXXVI.— Hypochondria and Hysteria. — LXXXVII.— Fœtid Perspiration of the Feet. — LXXXVIII.— Stricture. — LXXXIX.— Inflammation of the Kidneys And Urethra. — XC.— Hydrocephalus. — XCI.— Syphilis. — XCII.— Chancre. — XCIII.— Gonorrhœa and Chancres. — XCIV.— Scrofula and Vaccination. — XCV.— Piles. — XCVI.— Rupture. — XCVII.— Chilblains. — XCVIII.— Cold Feet. — XCIX.— Eruption, Scabs, and Sores on the Arms. — C.— Consumption. — CI.— Insanity. — CII.— Cholera. — CIII.— Colds, Sore Throats, etc. — CIV.— Cancer, etc.
7. 7.HYDROPATHY FOR ANIMALS.
8. 8.EXPENSES AT GRÄFENBERG.
9. 9.ROUTES TO GRÄFENBERG.
10. 10.INDEX.
11. 11.FOOTNOTES:

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