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books and sent by a kind friend ; it was found that
there is rjiore good than harm in hot baths and that
it is possible to escape the harm.
" Curative crises such as fevers, eczema, boils,
dysentry and the like occured from time to time ;
but Kuhne's teaching on this point—the inevitable-
ness and goodness of acute crises—was so well
assimilated that they caused no fear/ nor any incli-
nation to go back to the doctors. In six months the
author was thoroughly convinced of the utter sound-
ness of Nature-Cure and the utter badness of
allopathy.
" The gains in health were slow in coming;
oiten it seemed that the vital powers were exhausted ;
but a few days' res't and fasting were enough to
dispel the weakness and restore health. Journeys
by rail from end to end of the country became
possible. Besides/ the greatest extremes of climate
and weather became tolerable. The cold air of the
open became a well-beloved friend; it became
impossible to breathe the tainted air in houses.
" On many occasions/ but at great intervals,
the health seemed to breakdown utterly but was
more or less quickly restored by low dieting, sun-
baths and other baths. On one occasion^ however/
the breakdown was very severe. To get over it the
author began to subsist on water of tender cocoanuts
alone and continued this plan for a fortnight. After-
wards he changed to a diet of raw milk and ripe
bananas- He continued on this plan for six months
intending thereby to allow the constitution to
yecuperate. The result was, for many -years after-
wards there were no breakdowns of health.
,; /"Jh& most remarkable thing however was the
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