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Excerpt from An Essay on Bathing: With Remarks on the Efficacy and Employment of the Mineral Water, at Ashby-De-La-Zouch and Moira; In Which Are Introduced Several Interesting Cases, &C The discharge of the' task I' have imposed upon myself, I 'am aware, may lay the open to many undeserred impas 'tations; such as a desire to write myself Into notice, or to' raise to unmerited repua tation the mineral Waters at the place where I am practising as a physician. From such charges I 'must 'sol'icit the lie beral-minded'to ahsol've me; and'as for the hostile and illiberal, it matterslittlf What they say. Many useful' remarks, and finuch interesting information have been withheld, by persons of high. At tainments, from the dread of 'unworthy motives being attributed to them. I How: ever amiable this feeling may be, 'i cannot help thinking it reprehensible; it is sacrificing a public benefit to a mistaken delicacy, or to a dread of unmerited attack; but every one who embarks in. The medical profession knows, or ought to know, that 'he has to under-f go an ordeal not the most charitable. It 18 to be regretted, that a marked want of candour and liberality, prevailjjs in the medical department, which ought to be signalized' by a generous and accommodating temper, 'far superior to the petty bickering and rancour which too frequently disgrace it. In a 'profession so complicated, where the health, safety, and lives of individuals arest stake; all private feelings and jar -ring interests oughttogive. Way, to a sincere consideration for the health and welfare of the afilicted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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