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 systems of medicine and the principles, practice, adaptations, and results of hydropathy or the water-cure, showing it to be a scientific and comprehensive system for the preservation and restoration of health 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 systems of medicine and the principles, practice, adaptations, and results of hydropathy or the water-cure, showing it to be a scientific and comprehensive system for the preservation and restoration of health