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from bad to worse, by using his " stock " remedies, or by 

 advising cold water applications, until in the end the poor 

 limb is taken off. And yet it might have been saved, and 

 made as good as ever, in many cases by mere rest, and 

 no applications whatever ; while in most instances the 

 cure would have been rapid and effectual, had Nature's 

 own remedy been applied from the first. 



rioist Warmth Alone 



generated life, maintains the function of life, and that alone 

 when rationally applied effectually restores deranged 

 members. In sprains, it relieves the painful part, by 

 thinning the congested blood, and again setting it in 

 motion, bringing into its place the new and life-giving 

 fluid, which immediately sets to work in renewing the 

 bruised tissues, and carrying off the worn and wasted 

 cells. Congestion — inactivity — is death ; movement — cir- 

 culation, is life ; and circulation is only secured by moist 

 heat. 



