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SCIENTIFIC CATALOGUE. 



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. Firsts 

 as to the fjianner in tvhich it is, or should be, administered under 

 ordinary ch'cu7nstances : and secondly, in what manner and to 

 what extent this 7?iode of administration is, or should he, altered for 

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

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

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

 strength, in order to enable it to meet extreme a?id exceptional de- 

 mands upon its energies''' Appended are various diagrams a7id 

 tables relating to boat-7-acing, and tables co7tnected with diet and 

 training, " The philosophy of human health has seldom 7-eceived 

 so apt an exposition.''— Gioh(t, ''After all the nonscfise that has 

 been zvritten about t7'aini'ng, it is a co7}ifort to get hold of a 

 thoroughly se^isible book at last'' — ^Jolm BulL 



Macpherson.— Works by John Macphersox, M.D. 



THE BATHS AND WELLS OF EUROPE ; Their Action and 

 Uses. Witli Hints on Chanire of Air and Di'et Cures. With a 



Map. Extra fcap. Svo. 6x. 6^. 



This woi'k is inte^zded to supply infarmatioft which will afford aid iit 

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

 exhibits a sketch of the present co7iditio7i of our knowledge on the 

 subject of the opa'ation of 77iineral wate7's, gatlwed from the 

 author's personal observatio7t, and fro7n eve7y other available 

 sowxe of info7'77iation. It is divided into four books, and each 

 book ifzto several chapte7^s : — Book I. Elenients of Ireatment, in 

 which, a7no7zg other matta-s, the external and inter^nal uses of zmter 

 a7^e treated of. II Bathing, treating of the v^arious kinds of baths. 

 Ill Wells, treating of the various Iditds of 7ni7te7'al wate7^s. 

 IV. Diet Cu7'es, in which -vaj-iozcs vegetable, 7nilk, and other 



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Appended is an Index of Diseases noticed ^ 

 and one of places na7ned, P7'efixed is a sketch 7nap of the principal 

 baths a7td places of health-7'eso?-l in Eu7'ope. "Dr. Macpherson 

 has given the ki7td of information which eveiy 7?iedical practitioner 

 ought to possess.'^ — The Lancet. " Whoever wants to 



know 



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