Excerpt from The Water-Cure Journal and Herald of Reforms, 1854: Devoted to Physiology, Hydropathy, and the Laws of Life; Vols. 17 and 18 I tron saint. In this respect, the world has loved mystery and marvelousness rather than the pure and simple truth. In hydropathic practice, the plunge is much used; but it is not every patient who is able to bear it. Those who are not sufficiently strong for it at first should practice the rubbing wet sheet, half bath, hip bath, drinking, exercise, &c., until the plunge can be borne. It is a favorite remedy at all of the establishments, to be taken directly on coming from the wet sheet pack. 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.