Edward Codrington¹ to Sarah Faraday   Before 1851

Harewood Lodge, | Sunning Hill, Chertsey | 3d Sept.

My dear Mrs. Faraday,

You are too well assured of my regard & esteem for your excellent husband not to be fully aware of the sorrow your letter has occasioned me. The benefit that both my son² & myself derived from the Water Cure may have made [me] seem too enthusiastic in recommending it. But I cannot help pressing it upon my friend Faradays serious consideration. If he chooses to read the books which have been published & the various cases that are verified, he can then judge for himself. But I hope he will not continue, as I did, relying upon the temporary relief afforded by the able and friendly advice of even such eminent men as Chambers³ & Brodie, after experiencing the failure of drugs in producing permanent benefit, without giving due consideration to the experience of so many others who have had recourse to the Water Cure as a sort of forlorn hope & in fear of imaginary danger, & have been as much surprised as delighted by their perfect restoration. For myself, although I have never found my ancles swell after walking, as they used to do, since my return from Malvern, I very readily continue the practice whenever pains in my shoulders or other limbs whether consequent on our exercize or my advanced age, advise me to return to that successful remedy. This very morning I was in the chair with the blankets, which produced extreme perspiration, followed by the wet sheet rubbing & then the dry one; I am now in the enjoyment of its consequent good effects. By the way, I have made a note from some information, that there is a Dr. Roe⁴ at 6 Hanover Square who gives advice upon this subject; & I can send you many of the books referring to it in detail if F wishes to see them: & if it would give him any satisfaction I would run up from hence any morning & talk it over with him: being dear Mrs. Faraday

Very sincerely & faithfully Yours, | Edwd Codringon