Buehan on fca by oUF numerous miftakes we are corapelled io pay for the fu^ 



^* perior enjoyraerits which an enlightened ftate of fociety can 



rafibrd to thofe only who poflTefs- the virlue, the condtift, and 



the good fortune to know and to acquire them. Among the 



moft oppreffive of thefe confequence^^ no doubt, is the lofs of 



•hcaUh ; and. while we make facrlfices to what we imagine tP 



be our welfare, it. becomes us occ^fionally. to interrupt our 



ufual train of habits, to unbend the mind, give repofe to the 



^ fyftem, and recover, by an oecafional change of our ocCtfpa- 



' tiouSs,. that vigour which famanefs of purfuits,^pd cqnfiriejnent 



Xeldom fail to impair. . , . " 



Goe.of the mcu^ns at prefwt much-reforted to i.^, io tepair 

 to the lea^Goaft ; paflly with a view tQ enjoy a fcene which,' 

 by its imprefliye magnitude and the numerous changes it un- 

 dergoes, cannot but be highly interefting; but principany with 

 ;^> the intention of bathing in the fpa. Bathings is certainly of the 



greateft benefit m many cafes, and, tike every other pra^ice 

 capable of flrongly affeding the human frame, it muft alfo, ift 

 other cafes be capable of operating to theinjury of the health. 

 We have no,dire<f^ general treat ife on this fubje^; and to give 

 the requifite information to individuals by which they may fafely 

 and judicioudy regulate themfelves requires fomewhat moj-e 

 than mere medical fkill. The prefent work abounds with In- 

 terefting fa6ts and ctear dedufitions, and* is written with that 

 candid fpicit of philofophical remark which fhewsan jnlimate 

 acquaintance with; the moral as well as the phyncal conditions 

 of our exigence, and the accidents to whicb we are expofed. 

 I am much miftakCn*if" any one who begins to read this work 

 * .vvill be difpoted to quit it without perufing the whole; and 

 ' " " there. are few who can haveXo exteniively coniidered the fiib- 

 jedt, ,or wh-Qare^fo little comcerned in its difcuffion as not te 

 tderive. advantage from tfae many points of information it tan>- 





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