▁basis ▁of ▁Legisl ation , ▁and ▁have ▁been ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁other ▁Act s ", ▁with ▁others ▁remaining ▁un ado pt ed ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 5 , ▁he ▁published ▁A ▁T ribute ▁to ▁H yd rop ath y , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁rec ount s ▁his ▁own ▁experience ▁of ▁health ▁improvement ▁via ▁hyd rop ath y ▁at ▁an ▁establishment , ▁including ▁typical ▁adj unct s ▁such ▁as ▁exercise , ▁" simp licity ▁of ▁di et ", ▁and ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁various ▁hydro ther ape ut ic ▁techniques . ▁He ▁also ▁pra ised ▁Captain ▁R . ▁T . ▁Clar idge ▁ ▁“ for ▁his ▁str enu ous ▁ex ert ions ▁in ▁the ▁cause ”, ▁to ▁which ▁every ▁hyd rop ath ist ▁“ ow es ▁a ▁deep ▁deb t ▁of ▁grat itude ”. ▁While ▁E ard ley - Wil mot ' s ▁publications ▁preceding ▁and ▁subsequent ▁to ▁this ▁work ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁" com par atively ▁dry ▁subject ▁of ▁Law ▁Am end ment ", ▁he ▁indul ged ▁in ▁some ▁word - play ▁in ▁his ▁pre face ▁to ▁the ▁fifth ▁edition ▁of ▁T ribute ▁to ▁H yd rop ath y , ▁while ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁driving ▁home ▁pert inent ▁points . ▁The ▁Second ▁Edition ▁of ▁this ▁little ▁Wat ery ▁Table t ▁having ▁been ▁long ▁out ▁of ▁print , ▁I ▁have ▁been ▁requested ▁to ▁allow ▁a ▁Third ▁Edition ▁to ▁sw im ▁to ▁the ▁press . ▁I ▁considered ▁at ▁first ▁that ▁so ▁frag ile ▁a ▁mem orial ▁would ▁have ▁s