“As I have been treating of this remedy only in its simplest form,
I do not advert to the use of the different mineral waters farther
than to state, that they confirm these general views, separating,
as far as can be done, their effect as diluents from that of the
ingredients they contain. The copious employment of some of them in
Continental practice gives room for observation, which is wanting
under our more limited use. I have often seen five or six pints
taken daily for some weeks together (a great part of it in the
morning while fasting), with singular benefit in many cases to the
general health, and most obviously to the state of the secretions.
* * * These courses, however, were always conjoined with ample
exercise and regular habits of life; doubtless influencing much the
action of the waters, and aiding their salutary effect.”
With this quotation we take leave of Sir Henry Holland, merely
observing, that no Hydropathist could say more on the subject than he
has done, and that the Continental practice referred to, of drinking
large quantities of water, conjoined with ample exercise and regular
habits of life, is precisely that practice which Hydropathy enjoins.