A Practical treatise on sea-bathing and sea-airJ. Churchill, 1861 - 94 pages |
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Page 1 - British coast — for its action is different in the tepid waters of a -warmer climate — owes its efficacy to the combined influences of cold, of the saline particles which enter into the composition of sea-water, and of the shock produced by the impulsion of the waves. In order...
Page 9 - The principles on which the treatment of scrofula should be founded are three : 1st. To make better blood ; 2nd. To strengthen the solids ; 3rd. To give vigorous action to the circulation.
Page 52 - As long as the patient still feels fatigued or anyway indisposed from his journey, he should not think of bathing. The day after his arrival ought to be devoted to rest ; frequently even he will do well to wait...
Page 33 - We breathe it deeply and luxuriously, as though we were quaffing some delicious beverage, and instinctively feel that the soft breeze conveys health and vigour on its balmy wings.