Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Spas and Mineral Waters of Europe: With Notes on Balneo-Therapeutic Management in Various Diseases and Morbid Conditions
As much of the effect of mineral water treatment (balneo-therapeutics) cannot be separated from the effect of the external or internal use of plain water (hydro therapeutics), the first chapter is devoted to a short con sideration of hydro-therapeutics in general. Chapters II. And III. Deal with the classification and action on the body of mineral waters. In the fourth chapter climate, diet, and altered mode of life are considered, as regards their share in the results obtained by spa treatment; massage and muscular exercises at spas are likewise noticed. The subjects of medical supervision, the after-cure, ' etc.
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