Every Man His Own Doctor / The Cold Water, Tepid Water, and Friction-Cure, as Applicable to Every Disease to Which the Human Frame Is Subject, and Also to the Cure of Disease in Horses and Cattle

by R. T. Claridge

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• Abdomen, wound in, [134];
  • inflammation of, [160]
• Abgeschrecte Bath, see Tepid, [58]
• Ablutions of cold water, their value, [40]
• Abreibung, or rubbing-sheet, and its objects described, [50]
• Accidents, [128];
  • to the head, [131]
• Accouchement, value of Hydropathy in, [156]
• Ague and fever, how treated, [116], [146]
• Air-baths recommended and described, [70]
• Amputation, needless if the Cold-water cure be applied, [128]
• Ankle, sprained, [134];
  • weak, how treated, [169]
• Apoplexy, treatment of, [130]
• Appetite, in horses, how produced, [207]
• Archduke Franz Carl, address to, from the patients at Gräfenberg, [14]
• Assimilation described, [77]
• Asthma, cases of, how treated, [127]
• Authorities in support of water as a curative agent, [32]

• Bandages, their effects and methods of application described, [59];
  • ditto for horses, [210]
• Bilious fever, treatment of, and cases, [113]
• Blood spitting, the remedy, [135];
  • case of, [178]
• Bowels, pains in, how treated, [121]
• Brain, inflammation of, how treated, [120]
• Breast, pains in, assuaged, [155]
• Breath, shortness of, how treated, [146]
• Broken knees, cure for, [205]
• Bronchitis, doubtful, [186]
• Bunnions, how treated, [169]
• Burns, how to treat, [130]

• Cancer, cases and remedy, [187]
• Catarrh and fever, treatment of, [116]
• Cattle, murrain amongst, [207]
• Chancre, case of, cure of, [173]
• Chest, pain in, how treated, [107];
  • weakness of, [146];
  • cases of pains in, [165]
• Chilblains, how removed, [160], [177]
• Cholera, English, treatment of, [124];
  • Asiatic, observations on, and treatment of, [179]
• Cholic, how treated, [121];
• in horses, remedy for, [206]
• Clothing, the proper kind of, [69]
• Cold baths, their value and importance, [43]
• Cold feet and hands, [160], [177]
• Cold water, observations upon its utility, [84]
• Colds and coughs, cases and remedies, [143]
• Complaints curable by Hydropathy, [24]
• Congestions of the lungs, treatment and cases, [118]
• Constipations and fevers, how treated, [117], [166]
• Consumption, observations upon, [125];
  • cases of, [177];
  • of the nerves, [178]
• Cows, treated hydropathically, [201]
• Cramps, remedy for, [126];
  • in the stomach, [126]
• Cramp-cough, a case and its treatment, [126]
• Crisis of the Hydropathic treatment described, [79]
• Croup, treatment and cases, [140]
• Cuts and wounds, remedy for, [132]

• Deafness, how relieved, [148];
  • cases of, [161]
• Deformity, how remedied, [163]
• Depression of spirits, how removed, [161]
• Diarrhœa, how treated, [123];
  • chronic, [123]
• Diet, simplicity of recommended, [62]
• Diseases cured by Hydropathy, [36]
• Dizziness, how removed, [158]
• Douche-bath and its uses described, [52]
• Dropsy, how promoted, [82]
• Drowsiness, how remedied, [146]
• Drugs, the evils arising from the use of, [75]
• Dysentery, how treated, [123]

• Ear-ach, relief of, [149]
• Elbow-bath, how applied, [56]
• Epilepsy, how cured, [170]
• Erysipelas, remedy for, [186]
• Expenses at Gräfenberg, [212]
• Eye, accident to, how remedied, [133];
  • sore and inflamed, how treated, [148];
  • weak, [169]
• Eye-bath, how applied, [55]

• Fainting-fit, directions for treating, [128]
• Falls, cases of, [129]
• Feet, fœtid perspiration of, remedied, [171];
  • horses tender feet, how treated, [206]
• Fevers, hydropathy applicable to, [108];
  • treatment of, [109];
  • of horses, how treated, [206]
• Finger-bath, how applied, [56]
• Finger crushed, treatment of a case, [128]
• Fingers, itching of, how treated, [146]
• Fistula, case and remedy, [151]
• Fits in dogs, remedy for, [208]
• Food of horses, [203]
• Foot-bath, its mode of application and effects, [56]
• Foundering of horses, remedy for, [204]
• Frost-bitten, remedy for, [151];
  • case of, [169]

• Gastric fever, treatment of, and cases, [112]
• Giddiness, how removed, [158]
• Glass, instance of swallowing, cured by hydropathy, [190]
• Gonnorrhœa, cases of, effectually cured, [174]
• Gout, how treated, with illustrative cases, [92];
  • hereditary, [96];
  • in head and feet, [97];
  • with contractions of limbs and calcareous deposits, [98];
  • acute attack of, [98];
  • in foot and ankle, [99]
• Gräfenberg, routes to, and expenses at, [212]
• Graham, Dr., his attack on the Water-cure refuted, [11]
• Gripes, how treated, [121]
• Gums, inflamed, how treated, [120]

• Hæmorrhage, in women, how combated, [152];
  • cases of, [154]
• Head, accidents to, how treated, [131]
• Head-ache, remedies for, [158]
• Head-bath, how applied, [55]
• Heart, palpitation of, case and remedy, [186]
• Heart-burn, how treated, [167]
• Heaviness after dinner, [186]
• Hernia, how cured, [161]
• Hooping-cough, cure for, [139]
• Horses, instances of Hydropathic treatment of, [198], [199]
• Hydrocephalus, case of, cured, [172]
• Hydropathic treatment, its results described, [17];
  • of horses, [204], [209]
• Hydropathy, the science explained, [17];
  • its effects, [17];
  • is it new? [26];
  • authorities in its support, [32];
  • for animals, essay on, [197]
• Hydrophobia curable by Hydropathy, [179]
• Hypochondria, how treated, [170]
• Hysteria, cure for, [146], [170]

• Indigestion, how remedied, [166]
• Infants, treatment of, [169]
• Inflammations, treatment of;
  • of the lungs, [118];
  • the windpipe, [120];
  • the brain, [120];
  • the gums, [120];
  • (external) of horses, [205]
• Influenza, treatment of, [185]
• Insanity, curable or otherwise, [179]
• Intermittent fever, [114]
• Invigoration, recipe for, [186];
  • of horses, how produced, [207]
• Itch, how cured, [142], [149]

• Jenison, Countess of, her case, [195]

• Lancet, the, its dangers and abuses, [30]
• Languid circulations, how stimulated, [168]
• Leg, case of lacerated calf, [132]
• Leprosy, how removable, [151]
• Limbs, pain in, removed, [155];
  • loss of use of, the Countess of Jenison’s case, [195];
  • of horses, weakness how treated, [205]
• Liver complaint, case of, how cured, [162]
• Lock-jaw, see Apoplexy, [130];
  • in horses, how cured, [206]
• Lumbago, [104]
• Lungs, congestion of, how treated, [118];
  • diseased, Mr. Wright’s case, [191]

• Measles, treatment of, [138]
• Menstruation, its irregularity and frequency checked, [153];
  • cases of, [154]
• Mouth, sore, how treated, [146]
• Mumps, cure for, [139]
• Murrain, in cattle, how removed, [207]

• Nervous fever, treatment of, [114]
• Neuralgic pains, how treated, [100]

• Op[h]thalmia, remedy and cases in illustration, [141]

• Packing-sheets, the system of packing described, [46]
• Palpitation of the heart, how relieved, [168]
• Paralysis, how remedied, [130]
• Piles, remedy for, [176]
• Priessnitz, Memoirs of [1];
  • his Hydropathic treatment, [6];
  • testimony to his system of cure, [8];
  • the Emperor of Austria decrees him a medal, [15];
  • his sentiments on smoking, [84];
  • his replies to enquiries as to the treatment of various affections, [90]
• Psoriasis, singular case, how treated, [149]

• Quinsy, remedy for, [185]

• Rabbit, Hydropathic treatment of, under the influence of prussic acid, [210]
• Rheumatism, how treated, [100];
  • chronic, [101];
  • in back, neck, and shoulders, [102];
  • fever and gout, [103]
• Ringworm, how removed, [142], [149];
  • case of, [169]
• Rubbing-sheet and its objects described, [50]
• Rupture, case of double, effectually treated, [176]

• Scalds, treatment of, [130]
• Scarlatina, how treated, [138]
• Sciatica, how treated, [104]
• Scrofula, how eradicated, [175]
• Sea sickness, remedy for, [130], [168]
• Shin, bruised, how treated and results, [129]
• Shivering, cure and case, [146]
• Shower-baths objected to, [54]
• Sitz or sitting-bath described, [54]
• Skin, a practical tr[e]atise upon, [21]
• Sleep, how procured, [168]
• Small-pox, Hydropathic treatment of, and detail of cases, [136]
• Smoking, Priessnitz’s observations upon, [84]
• Sore throat, remedies, [143], [144]
• Spinal complaints, cases of, and how treated, [164]
• Sprained shoulder, [132]
• Sprains, treatment of, [134]
• Staggers, how removed, [204]
• Stays, the evils of wearing, [70]
• Sterility, how conquered, [158]
• Stomach complaints, cure of, [167]
• Strangles, how cured, [204]
• Stricture, how curable, [172]
• Sweating process described, [50];
  • of horses, [203]
• Syphilis, treatment of, [172]

• Tape worm, treatment of, [129]
• Teeth, how preserved, [147]
• Teething fever, treatment of, [111]
• Tendon Achilles, treatment of a rupture, [131]
• Tepid bath, its composition and application described, [58]
• Throat, affections of, how treated, [107];
  • sore and swollen, [145]
• Tic-doloureux, treatment of, [106]
• Tooth-ache, remedy for, [147]
• Typhus fever, how treated, [111]

• Umschlags, see Bandages, [59]
• Urine, passage of, how accelerated, [158]

• Vaccination, how promoted, [175]
• Vein, swelling of, various, how treated, [133]
• Ventilation of stables, importance of, [202]

• Water, its great uses, [37];
  • for ablutions, [40];
  • for drinking purposes, [41];
  • observations upon its value when cold, [84]
• White swelling, case of, and treatment, [187]
• Whites, certain cure of, [155]
• Windpipe, inflammation of, [120]
• Womb, pains in, how alleviated, [154]
• Wounds, of horses, how treated, [205]