New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-05
THE TRIBUNE.
Bsvarsuathy in Germany.

II use OF cold water is no novelty In medicine
a .s,,ab it has but recently been reduced to sys-
,.n. The establishment of NJ Prcssn,z at Gra-
a soberg in Germany is the parent of many others
,ow springing into life throughout Europe, and we
.aar that the practice it recommends and follows
Ia, iritator4 in this Country.
s Marvellous stories are told Of the effected
4 ~ this practice The following is from letter
I ,,susmitted BY Captain Claridge to the hentish
i Observer:
Plain people become beauties by the observance
!: his rule and the lame enabled by 1t TO
s,ri.s and walk One young lady" says the
cs,tai,i, wllo went to Gratenberg with scrofula
her face and neck so bad as to render her quite
:, object in nine months so completely re-
{ .oversd as to be considered the beauty Of the
.,om." Another case was that of an officer who,
4 N consequence of wound, had his leg so withered
In, it was not thicker than his wrist He shortly
b had his limb perfectly restored. The establish
r,aat Of Mr. Pressnitz, is very irregular struc-
ure. having been built at different periods; but 1t
3 S.s cue noble room, which is used for meals and
.:embIies Ar the public table, where there sat
Jowp about 900 persons, the Captain teok occa-
s.o 10 remark the extraordinary flow of spirits
8 which seemed to pervade the company, SO differ
ent. ne says, from what any would expect in
{ iuvslias.
The best description cf the mode of treatment
We have seen is embodied in the following letter
rron literary gentleman, VINO has been for some
time past in one Of these establishments at Lauter-
burg, to his brother in this city, to whose kindness
We ara Indebted for the privilege oflaying it before
! onr readers He confesses that he is rather
! worse at the moment of his writing than on the
aay of his arrival although he "most faithfully
follows up the prescribed course of treatment;"
and to prove the truth of his statemeHt he gives
,he following very interesting account of his course
fife for each day:
LAurEREERG, August 28th 1912.
Here in I4aiterberg, all is in movement by A.
n, and at this hour the promenades exhibit their
motley groups of men, women and children; and
hmust be wretched weather isdeed that will keep
The iDvads in their cheeress rooms. This
customs US to atmospheric changes; for among the
Ha,z mountains, in which this small town is To-
Gated are sometimes seen and felt the four seasons
realized nearly in one day; and perhaps no where
on earth can people, accustomed when at home to
aciyilized mode of life, be found who set weather
at such defiance as these invalids This arises
from their confidence in the power of water and IN
our Doctors consummate talent in Immediately
setting matters right if any cold or other sick
ness should arise from the exposure, which, how
ever, is very rarely the case when people are ac-
customsd to the use of cold water.
Athafpast three in the morning, my brade-
warter or a,tendaat. comes to disturb me in my
@sweet dreamy sluinbers, only shudder-to
plunge me, warm from my bed, into excessively
cold water of the almost tcy degree of Is Fab
nahei.. where | am left to cool for the comfortable
space Of 5 or 10 minutes: and should not Won
der if, some winters day, | am changed into an
icicle or step out of the bath, complete iusus
na,urs, in the form of living petritact'on our
wing on my clothes hasten ,o the promenade,
where there is Quelle, or fine spring otPure cold
water and commence an internal deiuge by way
Of sharpening my appetite for the coming break
fast at half-pss. FIVE. Our Doctor prescrlbes o11y
as much water as the stomach can bear without
Inconvenience; less than l2 glasses day wouio
no, be sufficient. and from that number we may
drink up 10 20 or So Walking about the prone
made, drinking water, and comPhmentins each
other upon our fresh morning looks constitute our
amusement for the first hour and half OF the oay.
After breakfasting upon our simple meal OF ofeau
butter aud milk, we turn out again and dlsPerse
an,osg the poighboring hills, which, as they are
finely wooded, afford US the most agreeable shade.
Aehalfpas, seven, my bsdy all in glow from the
mountain exercise, return home, throw oil my
clothes, and am immediately enveloped IN an I'M
mensc blanket, laid upon my bed, bound and ban
dagcd, hand and foot like perfect mummy, press
ed, wrapped and swaddled up between feather
beds, shce:s and blankets, where usually remain
for four hours, in most anti-luxurlant position
extended upon nv back. Smothered among such
prodigioss paraphernalia of beading, you may
readily suppose how soon the body begins TO meH
aeau under It's influence. As soon as am In tull
sweat remain in this dnlectable state of eIhauS-
tioa for a couple of hours, sucking from glass
tube. a, an interval of every 90 minutes glass Of
very cold water. At the expiration OF my pre-
.eribed time for sweating, another cold water bath
Of l8 degrees temperature is again prepared, con-
tguous TO nv bed into which, tout'a-couP' am
plunged, all reeking with sweat and, as 1t were'
melting into broth: the shock is almost incredible
though by no means so disagreeable as one nisAt
be apt TO imagine. After kickiRg and spashins
about for 5 or le minutes, like a duck in pond ,
step ort and the effect of this sudden immersion
is visibly perceived in the skn which is as red as
a cherry or o boiled lobster. Walking after
bathis st all times indispensable, and, fortunately,
no place in the wsrld is perhaps more diversified