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 It is imprudent to take ices, under the influence of a water which promotes perspiration.

The principal conditions to be observed, besides the above dietetic precepts, are temperance, gentle exercise, no serious occupations, no profound reading, and, above all, tranquillity of mind. No where can be better applied than at Carlsbad, the well-known inscription, placed at the entrance of the Antonin’s Baths: ''Curarum vacuus adeas hoc templum, ut morborum vacuus abire queas. Non curatur qui curat.''