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Excerpt from Influenza: A Comparison
Far be it from me to cite these sad historical facts in a Spirit of criticism. My aim is to learn from the faults of yesterday the wisdom of to-day. The fault lies with those who have not learned the lessons of the history of medicine. It may be claimed and granted in the first instance (brand method) that it is the right and privilege of physicians to accept or not the statements of Brand and others who may be regarded by them as enthusiasts in hydrotherapy. But it is not the right and privilege of any humane physician to continue the ice bath or similar homi cidal practice in sunstroke when the facts have been published by men who are not advocates of hydro therapy and are known to be fair clinicians. For twenty years people have been dying from sunstroke because of excessive use of cold water. I sometimes wonder if the mortality from in?uenza may not be partly accounted for by the neglect of water.
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