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Table of ContentsThe physiological action of bathsThe varieties of bathsBathing localitiesThe uses of bathsA visit to a bath..THE proverb that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is especially true in regard to matters connected with health, and it might therefore be supposed that the issue of a series of health primers was a thing to be deprecated, as likely to do harm. But a little reflection will show that this series is intended, not to impart a little knowledge, but to replace the knowledge, not merely little, but confused and inaccurate, which every man supposes himself to possess, by something more definite and exact. Every one fancies that he knows the appearances of health and disease, and that he is able to decide upon the condition of those whom he daily meets. Every man supposes himself able to pronounce that such and such a house cannot be healthy, and believes that he is quite capable of judging for himself how much exercise he ought to take, whether he should or should not use a cold bath in the morning, and what is the proper allowance of beer, wine, or spirits, either for himself or for his neighbours. Now, despite the confidence with which most men will pronou

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Author

J. Langdon Down, Henry Power, J. Mortimer-Granville, John Tweedy, et al

Publisher

Hardwicke and Bogue

Published

1879

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Popular Scientific Literature, Medicine