Lanterna Rally

Author: Thomas L. Nichols

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-23

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780484531061

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Water-Cure: A Concise Exposition of the Human Constitution; The Conditions of Health; The Nature and Causes of Disease; The Leading System of Medicine; And the Principles, Practice, Adaptations, and Results of Hydropathy or the Water-Cure; Showing It to Be a Scientif Every day I saw, and heard of, the triumphs of water-cure. Taking charge of the male patients of our establishment, I saw the practice, while I diligently read the theory in the works of the best writers; I also gained no little knowledge in assisting to pre pare for the pres the Experience in water-cure, written by Mrs. Nichols, and lately published. And, as if Providence had determined to take every stumbling-block out of my way, at this period, my two partners conspired to plunder me of my share in the proprietorship of a newspaper, of which I had been for two years an editor; and I was left, with a loss of some thousands of dollars, by this piece of unimaginable rascality, to enter without hindrance upon the professional career so strangely marked out for me, and into which I was at once attracted and driven. As a first step to success in that career, I resolved to complete my regular education as prescribed by law and for that purpose 1 attended my second course of lectures in the Medical Department of the University of New York, where, after some five hundred lectures and cliniques, by Professors Mott, Pattison, Payne, Dick son, Bedford, and Draper, I presented my credentials, passed the required examination, and received the diploma of my degree of Doctor of Medicine. 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.