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The uses of water in health and disease

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Holistic Healing

The uses of water in health and disease

John Harvey Kellogg

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John Harvey Kellogg, master of the Battle Creek sanitarium, treated water as one of medicine's oldest tools. His book covers the skin, the physiological effects of bathing, the history of the water cure and its many errors and uses. A readable record of hydrotherapy from its most famous American champion. Discover water as a nineteenth-century remedy.

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  1. 1THE USES OF WATER —IN— Health and Disease. A Practical Treatise on the Bath, its History and Uses.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
  5. 5HYGIENIC RELATIONS OF WATER.
  6. 6STRUCTURE OF THE SKIN.
  7. 7PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.
  8. 8HISTORY OF WATER CURE.
  9. 9REMEDIAL PROPERTIES.
  10. 10ERRORS IN WATER CURE.
  11. 11APPLICATIONS OF WATER.
  12. 12RULES FOR BATHING.
  13. 13GENERAL BATHS.
  14. 14SWIMMING.
  15. 15PLUNGE BATH.
  16. 16SPONGE BATH.
  17. 17RUBBING WET-SHEET.
  18. 18WET-SHEET PACK.

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