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The water-cure, applied to every known disease : a complete demonstration of the advantages of the hydropathic system of curing diseases : showing, also, the fallacy of the medicinal method, and its utter inability to effect a permanent cure : with an appendix, containing a water diet and rules for bathing

Rausse, J. H., 1805-1848, author · 1848 · Scanned text · Free in the US

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Author
Rausse, J. H., 1805-1848, author
Language
English
Published
1848
Length
76,934 words · about 5 h 23 min
Sections
6 reader sections
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Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (6)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Contents about 9 min
  3. Preface To The Third Edition about 2 h 46 min
  4. I. General Preliminary Observations about 1 h 40 min
  5. 0. The Contagious Diseases about 26 min
  6. Appendix about 22 min

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Front matter

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WATER-CURE,

Contents

PAGE A. Power of Assimilation and Secretion in General 1 B. Power of Assimilation and Secretion of the Animal Organism in particular 5 C. What is Instinct? . . . il D. The terms “ Health and Dintise = fia 18 E. Arrangement of the Causes of Disease in classes 21 F. Classification of the Diseases themselves; various rules of classification . . d 23 G. The Symptoms of Disease ww theit Cloiiaitientionk 27 H. Proofs of the Materiality of the Causes of Disease, or for ~* the existence of Matters of Disease . , 30 I. Proofs for the truth of the classification of Dibeuds in Healing and Destroying Diseases: 2) Sie. 27, 46 K. What is Poison? What is Medicine? 50 L. Of the Effects of Cold Water upon the human orgentaie in general et ka all Malt el M. The Primary or Sdaling Diveties” Fe ee me! 73 1. Manner in which Primary Diseases in general arise . 73 2. Hydriatic Cure of the Primary Diseases . 74 3. Medicinal Cure of the same Diseases 75 4, The Normal Stomach "8 5. Primary Diseases of the Stomach in gonen? ° 82 6. Cure of the Primary Diseases of the Digestive Organs in general . fs j 84 7. Nausea and Vomiting. ash detent Z 3 s 85 8. Mucous Envelopment of the Matters of Disease, eape- ‘cially of the poisonous - 90 9. The Nature and Purpose of Pure 103 10. The Internal Process of taking Cold 108 . 113

11. Drinking when Overheated .

PAGE 12. Dysentery 115 13. Cholera . . 126 14, The Primary Infltiniintory Tisegsen:it in coin att 125 15. Inflammation of the Eyes.—Inflammation of the Brain. Inflammation of the Throat.—Inflammation of the Lungs Se gittcy te sey 2 Sen eee ee he ce 16. Cough and Cort Golly wecgiellhe ne thattnae. uaa ce aan atm 17. The Intermitting Fever... .. «ie. :si.-, « 1° aque 18. Concluding Remarks on the Primary Diseases . 148 'N. The Secondary or Destroying Diseases . . . . . . . 150 1. General Preliminary Observations . . . © cas «ite el oe 2. The Manner in which the three stadia of Secondary PR OAB Ge MAIIBE 4 i ip Aaah i sin 4 4 eh de ame ig 3. The Cure of the Secondary Diseases . . . . . . 156 4, Loss of Appetite.—Heartburn and Eructations.—Hard and Sluggish Evacuations.—The False Mucous Slim- BR ee OTANI) oe ged tal. eet G5 wi | By jemghech ake: pe gene 5. Consumptive Diarrhea.—The true Mucous Sliming.— Hardening of the Slime and Indurations in the Walls of the Digestive Canals . . . . 163 6. The Mucous Fever.—The Nervous Rover, —The Putrid Hever. .s.- “ wig 28 <,128) ei Qe ae SOE 7, Nervous Coupiaints, sid; ‘ : 187 8. Hypochondria and Hysteria.—Disgust of Life, om Buin CUBE PR ODEDSIGY Fp ain SET ton: psu in 8T gegen ecm 5 BA Po AMONMIAUISIN pknse cite vepgel= st” que Siranyes"s agers 203 BU ELOU | 86. es eee é i Fisgn a! yaipie ie 213 11. Chlorosis, or Green Sickaets —~Sgapfilas —Rachitis . . 224 Be, PROMOPPRGIRB ci 6 hoger ho oot in memice 227 13. Sleeplessness. . . : wcith eee 14. Chronic Fever. lies Riots N ight Serents, Dele « 231 15. Concluding Remarks on the Secondary Diseases . . . 235 O. The Contagious ‘Diseases. ke a8) 3 stewie, Mere 238 P. The External or Surgical Diseases .......... +» . ». 246 Q. Critical States in the Water-Cure ... ......5... 5 »252 R. What Diseases are Curable by Water . . . . . . . 260 S&S; Tnvitation to the Physicians 2.4640 «i» «viene EMG

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