Excerpt from The Science of Health, Vol. 4: A New Monthly, Devoted to the Restoration and Preservation of Health, on Hygienic Principles; January to June, 1874 Remedial agents do not act on the living system, as is taught iii medical books and schools, but are acted on by the vital powers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.