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of the work ; and afford proof of the variety of applications he conceives to be requisite to overcome every modification of disease , and be suitable to the age and strength of the patient . And these are strong reasons for our recommendation of his work to the public , as unquestionably the best by which to arrive at a right judgment of the curative properties of the water treatment . The author properlanimadverts the of amateur

very y upon essays writers , as being ultimately injurious to the establishment of the water treatment , saying , " the thinking see through them , and disappointment awaits the unthinking , who expect to realize the glowing pictures they exhibit ; and thus a good cause is lost by bad advocacy . " This hint ought not to be lost on future AVilmots and Bulwers , who may write about what they do not fully understand . Against such advisers the public cannot be too guarded . The cold water cure should not be

attempted upon the dicta of theorists , or the presumptions of nonprofessional men ; hut upon the well-grounded experience of eminent medical practitioners , among whom Dr . Gully ranks deservedly high . Very strongly recommending this book to our readers ( the writer of this notice having experienced the wonderful advantage of Dr . Gully ' s treatment ) , we conclude with an extract on the subject of the crisis , of

which so much has been said and feared . " The occurrence of a crisis , however , is neither frequent , nor is it necessary in many cases . The gradual progression of improved distribution of blood , of improved formation of blood , and of waste of diseased blood , effected hy a judicious application ofthe water cure and a regulation of diet , tends towards a recovery which is quite as effectual and permanent as that of which a crisis is a signal . Of this I have satisfied

myself in many instances ; and any one who observes the treatment and employs thought upon it , will see how unnecessary were all the wonderful crises which were , at an early date of the water cure in this country , imported from the continent to astonish the English public . Such crises may have taken place , but I am certain very often very unnecessarily . Violent treatment , no doubt , will excite them much more frequently than mild treatment ; but I maintain that this last suffices for all

purposes of cure , ancl causes much less inconvenience and mischief . In the one case you cautiously and gradually work upon the nutritive nervous system , keeping it up to the point of slow , continued effort at selfrestoration ; in the other , you force i ( suddenly to a violent effort , ancl in doing so produce vehement , revulsive , and tumultuous action , in the great nervous centres . " P . 553 . An Easy Introduction to Chemistry . By George Sparkes . Whittaker & Co .

The author has in a brief space condensed much important information ; his object appears rather to facilitate an acquaintance with chemical agents , than to teach the science of chemistry : in this he has succeeded . Economy , too , is one material agent , as , for one guinea , the student can possess himself of the means for experiments .

My Razor and Shaving Tackle . By John Teetgen . Cleave , London . " Philosophy , logic , and instruction" ( the author ' s words ) are brought to bear on the virtues of tbe Shaving Tackle , ancl surely without offence . " The boy is father to the man , " ancl mimic-like he pants for the beard , which to him it hath charms . Chafed with the taunt of " beardless boy , " with what enviable yet secret efforts does he lather , scrape , and not unoften lacerate the chin that presents nothing but the mere down of

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of the work ; and afford proof of the variety of applications he conceives to be requisite to overcome every modification of disease , and be suitable to the age and strength of the patient . And these are strong reasons for our recommendation of his work to the public , as unquestionably the best by which to arrive at a right judgment of the curative properties of the water treatment . The author properlanimadverts the of amateur

very y upon essays writers , as being ultimately injurious to the establishment of the water treatment , saying , " the thinking see through them , and disappointment awaits the unthinking , who expect to realize the glowing pictures they exhibit ; and thus a good cause is lost by bad advocacy . " This hint ought not to be lost on future AVilmots and Bulwers , who may write about what they do not fully understand . Against such advisers the public cannot be too guarded . The cold water cure should not be

attempted upon the dicta of theorists , or the presumptions of nonprofessional men ; hut upon the well-grounded experience of eminent medical practitioners , among whom Dr . Gully ranks deservedly high . Very strongly recommending this book to our readers ( the writer of this notice having experienced the wonderful advantage of Dr . Gully ' s treatment ) , we conclude with an extract on the subject of the crisis , of

which so much has been said and feared . " The occurrence of a crisis , however , is neither frequent , nor is it necessary in many cases . The gradual progression of improved distribution of blood , of improved formation of blood , and of waste of diseased blood , effected hy a judicious application ofthe water cure and a regulation of diet , tends towards a recovery which is quite as effectual and permanent as that of which a crisis is a signal . Of this I have satisfied

myself in many instances ; and any one who observes the treatment and employs thought upon it , will see how unnecessary were all the wonderful crises which were , at an early date of the water cure in this country , imported from the continent to astonish the English public . Such crises may have taken place , but I am certain very often very unnecessarily . Violent treatment , no doubt , will excite them much more frequently than mild treatment ; but I maintain that this last suffices for all

purposes of cure , ancl causes much less inconvenience and mischief . In the one case you cautiously and gradually work upon the nutritive nervous system , keeping it up to the point of slow , continued effort at selfrestoration ; in the other , you force i ( suddenly to a violent effort , ancl in doing so produce vehement , revulsive , and tumultuous action , in the great nervous centres . " P . 553 . An Easy Introduction to Chemistry . By George Sparkes . Whittaker & Co .

The author has in a brief space condensed much important information ; his object appears rather to facilitate an acquaintance with chemical agents , than to teach the science of chemistry : in this he has succeeded . Economy , too , is one material agent , as , for one guinea , the student can possess himself of the means for experiments .

My Razor and Shaving Tackle . By John Teetgen . Cleave , London . " Philosophy , logic , and instruction" ( the author ' s words ) are brought to bear on the virtues of tbe Shaving Tackle , ancl surely without offence . " The boy is father to the man , " ancl mimic-like he pants for the beard , which to him it hath charms . Chafed with the taunt of " beardless boy , " with what enviable yet secret efforts does he lather , scrape , and not unoften lacerate the chin that presents nothing but the mere down of

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