 | English literature - 1836 - 440 pages
...the Cordial Balm of Gilead, and prefaces every advertisement with a text from Jeremiah, " Is there no Balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ! why...form of the English, "Every Man his own Poisoner." In general.they are sufficiently innocent, which is fortunate, for I have selected these instances from... | |
 | John Wesley - Holistic medicine - 1843 - 274 pages
...Or, be electrified.—Tried. 152. RAGING MADNESs.* Apply to the head cloths dipt in cold water. Or, set the patient with his head under a great water-fall as long as his strergth will bear, or pour cold water on his head out of a tea-kettle. Or, let him eat nothing but... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...of Sydenham, " hold a live puppy constantly on the belly." Haging madness may be cured by " setting the patient with his head under a great waterfall as long as his strength will bear," a rather difficult feat, we imagine, for the patient's keeper. Berkeley's famous recipe of tar-water... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - Insane - 1882 - 626 pages
...shaved, and frequently wash it with vinegar. 2. Apply to the'head clothes dipt in cold water. 3. Or, set the patient with his head under a great waterfall, as long as his strength will bear ; or pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle. 4. Or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month.... | |
 | R. H. Andrews - Medicine - 1895 - 370 pages
...will cure ; or electrify. Raging madness. — Apply to the head, cloths dipped in cold water ; or, set the patient with his head under a great waterfall, as long as his strength will bear ; or pour water on his head out of a tea kettle ; or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month ;... | |
 | Medicine - 1913 - 876 pages
...often." For " weak eyes," " wash the head daily with cold water." For " raging madness " it is advised to " set the patient with his head under a great water-fall, as long as his strength will bear: Or, pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle ; Or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month." The... | |
 | Medicine - 1916 - 646 pages
...Raging Madness " the illustrious author prescribes : Apply to the head cloths dipt in cold water: Or, set the patient with his head under a great waterfall, as long as his strength will bear: Or, pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle: Or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month : Or,... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - Medical - 1990 - 512 pages
...madness "Keep on the Head a Cap fill'd with Snow, for two or three Weeks." Alternatively one could "Set the Patient with his Head under a Great Water-Fall, as long as his Strength will bear" (Primitive Physick, 79). Illustrations of Joseph Guislain's more orderly methods of shocking his patients... | |
 | Allan Ingram - Psychology - 1998 - 302 pages
...a day, will cure. 152. Raging Madness. 473. Apply to the head, cloths dipt in cold water. 474. Or, set the patient with his head under a great water-fall, as long as his strength will bear: or, pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle: 475. Or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month:... | |
 | Deborah Madden - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 321 pages
...Or, electrify. Tried. 152. Raging Madness 473. Apply to the head, cloths dipt in cold water. 474. Or, set the patient with his head under a great water-fall, as long as his strength will bear: or, pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle: 475. Or, let him eat nothing but apples for a month:... | |
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Or, set the patient with his head under a great water-fall, as long as his strength will bear: or, pour water on his head out of a tea-kettle: 475. 