unk , ▁when ▁it ▁had ▁no ▁longer ▁the ▁fact ▁of ▁H yd rop ath y ▁being ▁a ▁novel ty ▁to ▁bu oy ▁it ▁up , ▁and ▁when ▁Stan sted - B ury , ▁the ▁scene ▁of ▁the ▁liquid ▁discipline ▁described , ▁became ▁for s aken ▁for ▁more ▁comm od ious ▁bath s , ▁or ▁for ▁more ▁favour ite ▁resort s . ▁But ▁my ▁friends ▁rem ind ▁me ▁that ▁sick ness ▁belongs ▁to ▁no ▁certain ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁to ▁no ▁particular ▁local ity . ▁ ▁Nevertheless , ▁his ▁t ribute ▁to , ▁and ▁discussion ▁of , ▁hyd rop ath y ▁was ▁in ▁earnest . ▁While ▁acknowled ging ▁that ▁some ▁phys icians ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁considered ▁hyd rop ath y ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁dangerous ▁experiment ▁by ▁cred ul ous ▁people ▁with ▁a ▁passing ▁f ad , ▁until ▁leaving ▁room ▁for ▁" f resh ▁f alla cies , ▁to ▁dece ive ▁the ▁unw ary ", ▁E ard ley - Wil mot ▁disag re ed . ▁He ▁thought ▁the ▁underlying ▁principles ▁would ▁prove ▁sound , ▁and ▁that ▁a ▁solid ▁foundation , ▁simplicity ▁of ▁theory , ▁and ▁effective ▁out comes ▁would ▁out last ▁critic isms . ▁Medicine , ▁in ▁tr uest ▁accept ance ▁of ▁the ▁word , ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁admin ister ing ▁dru gs , ▁but ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁he aling . ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁best ▁phys ician ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁phil os opher , ▁who ▁removes ▁or ▁ass u ages ▁those ▁ev ils ▁to ▁which ▁the ▁human ▁frame ▁is ▁li able , ▁with