An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry.

Date:
1816
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Credit: An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    [ 18] always contains a warm atmosphere round the body. He never wears a cloth great coat, which gets very wet in rainy weather, and rnust then be extremely injurious.- Since the introduction of umbrellas, the use of great coats, except on horseback, may be given up. As to sleep, he goes to bed at nine o’clock, when he has no company staying with him, and uses his instruments in bed for a couple of hours. He never sleeps above from four to six hours, and he does not feel so well afterwards, if he takes more repose. He is always ready to get up with pleasure in the morning, The Result. Thus it appears that Admiral Henry, tcilh a view of preventing and curing disease, has taken more liberty with the human frame, than probably any man has ever, before him, attempted ; and that it has never till now been ascertained, what the body could bear, not only with impunity, but with advantage. The result is, that Admiral Henry at the age of above 85, has all the acti- vity of youth has got the better of several disorders with which he was afflicted; feels himself now in as good a state of health as any man in England,—and is likely long to enjoy that blessing, having discovered the means, by which, so far as his experience goes, maladies