This book identifies twelve teachings that sound plausible because they each contain a nugget of truth.

If one is caring for a dementing spouse then the first relationship to be affected is that with the spouse.

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Employed already in the times of remote antiquity in the vaporia and tepidoria of the ancients, it has to-day acquired novel attractions, since the firewood of bygone days and the alcohol of our forefathers have been replaced by gas and electricity; and especialliy since those famous hot air boxes, manufactured abroad and imported here, appeal to the patient by reason of their magnificent high degress of heat.