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 CattleClaridge, R. T. (Richard Tappin)
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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
Claridge, R. T. (Richard Tappin)
Hydrotherapy; Veterinary medicine
Priessnitz, Memoirs of 1;
his Hydropathic treatment, 6;
testimony to his system of cure, 8;
the Emperor of Austria decrees him a medal, 15;
his sentiments on smoking, 84;
his replies to enquiries as to the treatment of various
affections, 90
Psoriasis, singular case, how treated, 149
Quinsy, remedy for, 185
Rabbit, Hydropathic treatment of, under the influence of
prussic acid, 210
Rheumatism, how treated, 100;
chronic, 101;
in back, neck, and shoulders, 102;
fever and gout, 103
Ringworm, how removed, 142, 149;
case of, 169
Rubbing-sheet and its objects described, 50
Rupture, case of double, effectually treated, 176
Scalds, treatment of, 130
Scarlatina, how treated, 138
Sciatica, how treated, 104
Scrofula, how eradicated, 175
Sea sickness, remedy for, 130, 168
Shin, bruised, how treated and results, 129
Shivering, cure and case, 146
Shower-baths objected to, 54
Sitz or sitting-bath described, 54
Skin, a practical tr[e]atise upon, 21
Sleep, how procured, 168
Small-pox, Hydropathic treatment of, and detail of cases, 136
Smoking, Priessnitz's observations upon, 84
Sore throat, remedies, 143, 144
Spinal complaints, cases of, and how treated, 164
Sprained shoulder, 132
Sprains, treatment of, 134
Staggers, how removed, 204
Stays, the evils of wearing, 70
Sterility, how conquered, 158
Stomach complaints, cure of, 167
Strangles, how cured, 204
Stricture, how curable, 172
Sweating process described, 50;
of horses, 203
Syphilis, treatment of, 172
Tape worm, treatment of, 129
Teeth, how preserved, 147
Teething fever, treatment of, 111
Tendon Achilles, treatment of a rupture, 131
Tepid bath, its composition and application described, 58
Throat, affections of, how treated, 107;
sore and swollen, 145
Tic-doloureux, treatment of, 106
Tooth-ache, remedy for, 147
Typhus fever, how treated, 111
Umschlags, see Bandages, 59
Urine, passage of, how accelerated, 158
Vaccination, how promoted, 175
Vein, swelling of, various, how treated, 133
Ventilation of stables, importance of, 202
Water, its great uses, 37;
for ablutions, 40;
for drinking purposes, 41;
observations upon its value when cold, 84
White swelling, case of, and treatment, 187
Whites, certain cure of, 155
Windpipe, inflammation of, 120
Womb, pains in, how alleviated, 154
Wounds, of horses, how treated, 205
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