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The ordinary agents of health are Exercise, Diet, Sleep, Air, Bath- 

 ing, and Clothing. In this work the author examines each of 

 these agents in detail, and from two different points of view. First, 

 as to the manner in which it is, or should be, administered under 

 ordinary circumstances : and secondly, in what manner and to 

 what extent this mode of administration is, or should be, altered for 

 purposes of training ; the object of " training," according to the 

 author, being " to put the body, with extreme and exceptional care, 

 under the influence of all the agents which promote its health and 

 strength, in order to enable it to meet extreme and exceptional de- 

 mands upon its energies." Appended are various diagrams and 

 tables relating to boat-racing, and tables connected with diet and 

 training. " The philosophy of human health has seldom received 

 so apt an exposition.'''' Globe. "After all the nonsense that Las 

 been written about training, it is a comfort to get hold of a 

 thoroughly sensible book at last."- -John BulL 



Macpherson. Works by JOHN MACTHERSON, M.D. :- 



THE BATHS AND WELLS OF EUROPE ; Their Aciion and 

 Uses. With Hints on Change of Air and Diet Cures. With a 

 Map. Extra fcap. Svo. 6s. 6</. 



This work is intended to supply information which ivill aftard aid in 

 the selection of such Spas as are suited for particular cases. It 

 exhibits a sketch of the present condition of our knaivledge on the 

 subject of the operation of mineral waters, gathered from the 

 author's personal observation, and from every other available 

 source of information. It is divided into four books, and each 

 book into several chapters : Book I. Elements of Treatment, in 

 which, among other matters, the external and internal uses of water 

 are treated of. II. Bathing, treating of the various kinds of baths. 



III. Wells, treating of the varioits kinds of mineral waters. 



IV. Diet Cures, in which various vegetable, milk, and other 

 " cures " are discussed. Appended is an Index of Diseases noticed, 

 and one of places named. Prefixed is a sketch map of the principal 

 baths and places of health-resort in Europe. "Dr. Macpherson 

 has given the kind of information which every medical practitioner 

 ought to possess." -The Lancet. "Whoever wants to know the 

 real character of any health-resort must read Dr. Macpherson' s 

 book." Medical Times. 



