LIFE IN A TUB; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE TURKISH BATH. BY ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ. “If men knew how to use water so as to elicit all the remedial results which it is capable of producing, it would be worth all other remedies put together.” —Dr. Macartney’s Lectures at Trinity College, 1826. “The Sixth Commandment is suspended by one Medical Diploma, from the North of England to the South.” —Sydney Smith. THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. DUBLIN: WILLIAM M’GEE & CO., 18, NASSAU-STREET. CORK: BRADFORD & CO., 44, PATRICK-STREET, AND AT ALL RAILWAY STATIONS. 1858. DEDICATION. “Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.” Henry VIII. Act IV. Sc. 2. TO RICHARD BARTER. ESQ., M.D. Dear Sir, To whom can I more fitly dedicate the following pages than to one, to whom, under Divine Providence, I owe the inestimable blessings of renewed health and of an invigorated constitution? Having derived untold benefit from the use of the Turkish Bath, first introduced by you into this country, and having witnessed the wonders effected by it in the case of others, I have felt it my duty to propagate the knowledge of its virtues in every direction: this I have endeavoured to do in the following pages, in conjunction with some observations on the Hydropathic and Allopathic systems. Should the perusal of these pages lead to the currency of more correct ideas on the subject of Hygiene, and a greater knowledge of the principles of Hydropathy, than, at present prevail, my object in writing will have been fully attained. Wishing you a long continuance in your career of enlightened usefulness, I remain, Dear Sir, Very sincerely yours, ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ. Dublin, October, 1858. LIFE IN A TUB. [1] See the wretch that long has tost, On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again.—Gray. Perhaps there is nothing more characteristic of the march of intellect of the present day, or more indicative of a healthy tone of mind, than the suspicion with which the public in general, and many physicians in particular, are beginning to regard the use of drugs as curative agents—that chiefest engine of the allopathic physician for the relief of suffering humanity.