INDEX.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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