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... produced by that shock , -lastly , the modification of the atmosphere around a sea station - these form a whole in which we may well seek for the reason of those surprising advantages which are sometimes derived from sea - bathing ...
... produced by that shock , -lastly , the modification of the atmosphere around a sea station - these form a whole in which we may well seek for the reason of those surprising advantages which are sometimes derived from sea - bathing ...
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... produced by sea - bathing properly conducted , we must take into consideration the probability that the humours and structural substance of the human body are , in such as use sea - bathing or reside long in the immediate vicinity of ...
... produced by sea - bathing properly conducted , we must take into consideration the probability that the humours and structural substance of the human body are , in such as use sea - bathing or reside long in the immediate vicinity of ...
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... produces two distinct actions on our frame - the one of counter - irritation , or external , - the other of modification , or internal . We have thus , then , in our hands two of the most effective agencies to work with , while ...
... produces two distinct actions on our frame - the one of counter - irritation , or external , - the other of modification , or internal . We have thus , then , in our hands two of the most effective agencies to work with , while ...
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... that at Schlan- genbad , which is of the same temperature , is to be ascribed entirely to that very temperature . There we saw , in a former VOL . JI . D work , a water producing particular effects , with very BUXTON . 33.
... that at Schlan- genbad , which is of the same temperature , is to be ascribed entirely to that very temperature . There we saw , in a former VOL . JI . D work , a water producing particular effects , with very BUXTON . 33.
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... producing , not only similar , but even more energetic effects . Those effects are seen even more strikingly produced by the application of a large quantity of the water to the whole body , than when only a small portion is taken ...
... producing , not only similar , but even more energetic effects . Those effects are seen even more strikingly produced by the application of a large quantity of the water to the whole body , than when only a small portion is taken ...
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Page 44 - At another part of his work on the spas of England, he says, that "the efficacy of the Buxton waters used as baths at their natural temperature is more strikingly manifested in cases of general debility, partial paralysis, and that peculiar state of weakness which is the result of rheumatic affection and repeated attacks of gout. In the latter case, indeed, Buxton has acquired a wellknown reputation.
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Page 47 - I can conscientiously aver, from my extended experience of mineral waters" on the continent, "that persons afflicted" with the diseases named, " who require the aid of a suitable mineral water, will find that needful aid at Buxton, provided they abjure, on proceeding thither, the sad and interfering practice of constantly drugging their stomachs by way of treatment, and leave nature to nature alone, — namely, the mineral waters, and the pure, elastic, and bracing mountain air of the Spa.