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THE application of various waters in the prevention and cure of disease is one of the oldest therapeutic measures known to medical science, and in the past has been mainly empirical. In his outlines of medical hydrology, Dr. Fortescue Fox explains briefly the properties and actions of waters and discusses the rationale of treatment by their application. His conclusions are summarised in a series of aphorisms, the dogmatic wording of which is justified in the preface. The book will be useful to practitioners in exercising a choice of spas for the treatment of chronic disease.
Medical Hydrology: Outlines for Practitioners and Students.
Based upon Lectures given at the University of London. By Dr. R. Fortescue Fox. Pp. viii + 136. (London: J. and A. Churchill, 1924.) 6s. net.
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Medical Hydrology: Outlines for Practitioners and Students . Nature 115, 375 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115375d0
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