Bath waters : a rational account of their nature and use, with special reference to gout, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis / by Preston King ; with a historical sketch by S. Baring-Gould.

  • King, Preston.
Date:
[1900?]
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Credit: Bath waters : a rational account of their nature and use, with special reference to gout, rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis / by Preston King ; with a historical sketch by S. Baring-Gould. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cling to charms as a means of exorcising the evil spirit of disease. The galvanic ring of quackery is a case of point; and we still, too often, see it on our patients' hands. It is sold for the relief of rheumatism in all its forms; and half its attractiveness would, doubtless, disappear if it could be bought for its intrinsic value, instead of at the fancy price at present given for it. Kind friends advise its trial to some person suflFering from rheumatism, saying: At any rate it can do no harm; but, as Dr. Ohver Wendell Holmes says, it always does very great harm to the community to encourage ignorance, error, or deception. Besides, this ring sometimes comes very near performing, by strangulation and gangrene, a most radical cure of the rheumatism in the finger it is on. With the verses from the Koran, the knuckle bones and corks for cramps, and the elixir vitae of the quack, it should be consigned to the oblivion it deserves. THE END. W. Arrowsmith, Printer, Quay Street, Bristol,