Excerpt from An Exposition of the Practice of Affusing Cold Water on the Surface of the Body, as a Remedy for the Cure of Fever: To Which Are Added, Remarks on the Effects of Cold Drink, and of Gestation in the Open Air in Certain Conditions of That Disease Fair dealing on this head, I could not permit the insinuation, Obscurely expressed as it may be, to pass without notice; for, though it may be a matter Of no importance to any one to know by whom the effusion of Cold water was introduced into this country as a remedy for the cure of fever, 'it is a matter Of importance to know that a person, who stands before the public as a counsellor on the subject Of human health, standeth clear Of all suspicion 011 the score Of veracity and candour. Without evi dence of the most scrupulous adherence to truth on every occasion, the informations and advice of a physician will not be credited and if his' informations be not credited, his advice will not be followed; consequently he will pass from the stage Of life without being able to do good. 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.