The Mineral Springs Of Western Virginia With Remarks On Their Use And The Diseases To Which They Are Applicable With An Illustration And A Map PDF Download

Excerpt from The Mineral Springs of Virginia: With Remarks on Their Use, the Diseases to Which They Are Applicable, and in Which They Are Contra-Indicated, Accompanied by a Map of Routes and Distances, a New Work The treatment of acute diseases is the exclusive province of the physician. To his hands alone, where it is practicable, should be committed the important office, in the discharge of which the life of a human being is involved. The science of medi cine has, fortunately, made such strides in improve ment within the present century, that the physician has now under perfect control diseases, which, in former times, were always formidable, and generally fatal. Yet, perhaps, the average of human life is not increased, since the advancement of civilization and refinement seems to have introduced a large class of diseases unknown to our forefathers. It is when disease degenerates into a chronic form, that the skill of the physician is at fault and frequently powerless, and it is just here that nature, the most beneficent physician, presents from her generous bosom those pure streamlets that restore health and vigor, and elasticity to the af icted invalid. It is in this condition that Mineral Springs are sought after, and in which it becomes desirable to the invalid to know whither he must direct his course to effect the object he has in View. The Springs of Western Virginia form a group unrivalled in this, and perhaps in any other country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."