findonlookingatthebooksellers’cataloguesthatoneBigel,orBigelius,tospeakmoreclassically,hasbeenatvarioustimespublishingHomoeopathicbooksforsomeyears。
Again,onlookingintothe“EncyclographiedesSciencesMedicales“
forApril,1840,Ifindaworkentitled“ManualofHYDROSUDOPATHY,ortheTreatmentofDiseasesbyColdWater,etc。,etc。,byDr。Bigel,PhysicianoftheSchoolofStrasburg,MemberoftheMedico-
ChirurgicalInstituteofNaples,oftheAcademyofSt。Petersburg,——
AssessoroftheCollegeoftheEmpireofRussia,PhysicianofhislateImperialHighnesstheGrandDukeConstantine,ChevalieroftheLegionofHonor,etc。“HydrosudopathyorHydropathy,asitissometimescalled,isanewmedicaldoctrineorpracticewhichhassprungupinGermanysinceHomoeopathy,whichitbidsfairtodriveoutofthemarket,if,asDr。Bigelsays,fourteenphysiciansafflictedwithdiseaseswhichdefiedthemselvesandtheircolleaguescametoGraefenberg,intheyear1836alone,andwerecured。NowDr。