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Literary Notices.
AVe regret that space will not permit us to give extracts from this very interesting portion of the work ; we however recommend our readers to make themselves individually acquainted with the whole contents of the volume before us , as they will thereby be enabled to appreciate its merits much better than from any casual extracts which we might be enabled to make . The chapters relative to the commercegovernmentand present
, , aspect of the colony , are all deserving of attentive perusal . In conclusion , when we consider the careful manner in which Mr . Pridham has collected ancl arranged his materials—the numerous obstacles he has triumphed over—the impartiality he has shown in the historical part of his subject—ancl the great diligence manifested in obtaining the best and most ample information upon every topic he has touched uponwe are inclined to auger most favourably of the result ,
, ancl to entertain a sanguine hope that " England ' s Colonial Empire" will at length receive due attention , and that the present work will , when completed place the history , politics , and statistics of our mighty empire , its colonies , ancl dependencies , in a clear , unpretending , and tangible manner before the whole community .
The Water Cure , in Chronic Diseases ; an Exposition ofthe Causes , Progress , and Terminations of various Chronic Diseases ofthe Digestive Organs , Lungs , Nerves , Limbs , and Skin , and of their Treatment hy Water and other Hygienic means . B y J . Manby Gully , M . D ., & c . John Churchill , Princes-street , London .
Like all other novelties , the AVater Cure has been damaged both by its friends and its opponents . The former proclaimed it , like Dulcamaro in the opera , with a flourish of trumpets , and as an infallible panacea . The first writer on the subject in England was a non-medical man ; and the next was of the profession , but who undertook the subject after a strange fashion . Ancl both of them stuffed their books with such surprising matter , ancl assailed the . medical faculty in such an alarming strain , that
it is no wonder the bile of the Doctors rose , and that they denounced the whole thing as a dangerous quackery ; and such it has been too extensively assumed to be up to this time . Dr . Gully ' s book comes opportunely to place the water cure on its proper ground , as a remedial plan of treatment ; ancl to vindicate its character as a scientific one . He brings to the exposition of the subject the acquirements of a fully educated , and the weight of a largely experienced , medical man . Every page of the production before us shows this . But , more than this , it bears the stamp of truthfulness throughout , and enables the non-professional reader to appreciate the exact value of
the water treatment . Maintaining its superiority in certain chronic diseases , Dr . Gully candidly mentions those in which it is apt to fail ; an accuracy of examination and honesty of admission , for which no preceding writer on the subject can claim credit . He has also come to the conclusion , from extensive and long experience , that the violent , indiscriminate drenching with water , internally and externally , which so many authors and professors of the water cure have proposedis
, altogether unnecessary ; and that curative results may be obtained quite as certainly and speedily by milder and less hazardous means . This he demonstrates in the numerous cases which he adduces , with every particular , saving the names of the patients—delicately and properly withheld—all of which occurred in his own practice of the water cure at Malvern . These cases , indeed , form an extremely interesting portion
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literary Notices.
AVe regret that space will not permit us to give extracts from this very interesting portion of the work ; we however recommend our readers to make themselves individually acquainted with the whole contents of the volume before us , as they will thereby be enabled to appreciate its merits much better than from any casual extracts which we might be enabled to make . The chapters relative to the commercegovernmentand present
, , aspect of the colony , are all deserving of attentive perusal . In conclusion , when we consider the careful manner in which Mr . Pridham has collected ancl arranged his materials—the numerous obstacles he has triumphed over—the impartiality he has shown in the historical part of his subject—ancl the great diligence manifested in obtaining the best and most ample information upon every topic he has touched uponwe are inclined to auger most favourably of the result ,
, ancl to entertain a sanguine hope that " England ' s Colonial Empire" will at length receive due attention , and that the present work will , when completed place the history , politics , and statistics of our mighty empire , its colonies , ancl dependencies , in a clear , unpretending , and tangible manner before the whole community .
The Water Cure , in Chronic Diseases ; an Exposition ofthe Causes , Progress , and Terminations of various Chronic Diseases ofthe Digestive Organs , Lungs , Nerves , Limbs , and Skin , and of their Treatment hy Water and other Hygienic means . B y J . Manby Gully , M . D ., & c . John Churchill , Princes-street , London .
Like all other novelties , the AVater Cure has been damaged both by its friends and its opponents . The former proclaimed it , like Dulcamaro in the opera , with a flourish of trumpets , and as an infallible panacea . The first writer on the subject in England was a non-medical man ; and the next was of the profession , but who undertook the subject after a strange fashion . Ancl both of them stuffed their books with such surprising matter , ancl assailed the . medical faculty in such an alarming strain , that
it is no wonder the bile of the Doctors rose , and that they denounced the whole thing as a dangerous quackery ; and such it has been too extensively assumed to be up to this time . Dr . Gully ' s book comes opportunely to place the water cure on its proper ground , as a remedial plan of treatment ; ancl to vindicate its character as a scientific one . He brings to the exposition of the subject the acquirements of a fully educated , and the weight of a largely experienced , medical man . Every page of the production before us shows this . But , more than this , it bears the stamp of truthfulness throughout , and enables the non-professional reader to appreciate the exact value of
the water treatment . Maintaining its superiority in certain chronic diseases , Dr . Gully candidly mentions those in which it is apt to fail ; an accuracy of examination and honesty of admission , for which no preceding writer on the subject can claim credit . He has also come to the conclusion , from extensive and long experience , that the violent , indiscriminate drenching with water , internally and externally , which so many authors and professors of the water cure have proposedis
, altogether unnecessary ; and that curative results may be obtained quite as certainly and speedily by milder and less hazardous means . This he demonstrates in the numerous cases which he adduces , with every particular , saving the names of the patients—delicately and properly withheld—all of which occurred in his own practice of the water cure at Malvern . These cases , indeed , form an extremely interesting portion