New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-05
VOL. al. No. 2oa.


he was enveloped; but alas l could not; for,
similar to the dilemma of that renowned worthy,
the more tried TO disengage myself, the tighter
they stuck 10 me; SO, ike another Falstaf | was
obliged to submit upon cempulsion," and suffer
the wet clothes, by the aid of my old friends the
feather beds, &c., to dry upon rny body, for
which, however, afterwards revenged myself by
sweating most profusely. Capital remedy this,
to teach one patience! l have heard of the
beautiful figure of q Patience sitting on a ,nonu
ment;" but Patience enveloped in wet sheet,
% temporal 0 mores lis a most unclassical
invention, and clearly belongs to modern times
But perhaps the most severe application apper-
tanning to Cold Water Cure" so far as have
experienced it, is the being placed beneath jet,
called here q Douche, pouring down upon ones
back and members from perpendicular hight OF
30 TO 80 feet, in thick stream OF cold, ICY water
an inch-and-a-half in diameter. | receive the
laundering application twice day, quarter OF
an hour each time; and assure you that for the
first few days my skin was literally bruised from
The force of the fall, that many black contusions
(this unmerciful pummeing is no jest can assare
you,) appeared in various parts of the body and
even to this day l continue to be marked, though
the greater part OF them have disappeared Among
the douche +" establishments (of which there are
FIVE or six distributed IL the town and neighbor-
hood, Care also copious shower baths, and jets or
streams that issue from beloao These douches or
streams are of various dimensions, varying at their
erifice from u half-an-inch to inch-and a-halt
in diameter-the patient being introduced to them
in succession.
Each morning and afternoon is concluded with
the recreation of " si,z bad sitting bath-that
is being seated for half an hour in tub of cold,
icy water.
This continued dressing and undressing, bath
ing, walking, &C. &C., occupies US pretty well the
entire day; and thoug very troublesome, latSuiHg
and dsagreeable at first, yet becomes, eventually,
a matter of occupation and necessity. Man,
says mus,y philosopher :" is bundle of HABITS; 7"
the truth of which, can aver, is duly known and
maintained here in Lasterberg, where we habitu-
ourselves to capsize overturn and demolish the
doctrine of all past generations concerning the dire
and fatal results of drinking and bathing III cold
water, sleeping in wet sheets, &c. &c, while
sweating and perspirng proiusely
We usually retire to bed at thalt.past eight IN the
evening; for il the operations of the cure are to
be commenced, as is always the case, at four IN
the morning, it must be evident to all who reflect,
that the patients ought to be- in bed by nine. Each
Wednesday and Sunday afternoons the Doctor al
lows us a recess; for he considers that the enjoy
S'o"S'J
connected with state of bedily health. On these
days, therefore, accompanied by our worthy Doctor
and his amiable Spouse the whole company of
ladies and gentlemen-about hundred sinners
form social picnic party and walk either to some
distant wood village, run, &C., carrying our
suppers, fruit, &c, with US, or else partakng OF
nice curds and whey, bread and butter, &c, at the
village; 1l1e -was home beiHs sus.y cnli~ened by
singing: the Germans, you know, are notorious III
their passion for music and smoking; and 1t must
be conceded that really in both they eTceE Oar
festivities, you perceive, are as rural as the PIC
luresuue and beautiful country In which we reside
and though it may unfortunately happen, that
shall never get cured of my complaint, yet can
never however forget the many pleasant hours and
associations have enjoyed here among the ever
charming F." Harz;" and these, as a faithful tails
man. will, when am in other and remote cimes
recall to nv memory the pleasures of this inno-
cent period of my life.
p. S. The doctor has ordered me not only to
resume again sceating in,wet sheets-(does not
this sound like paradox it is however hteraHy
trae)-but positively to sleep during the night with
wet bandages around me! Confound our good
doctor I thought that wet sheets and my corpus
had parted company forever, but it appears the
cold intimacy is to be renewed. Truly this "coid
water cure" is what should term, in plain Eng
lish, genuine horse-cure; nevertheless, will
persevere to the end, for, as our Latinists say
FINS coronat opus D.
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