Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-06
! many diseases in little children originate in

many diseases IN little children originate IN
! colds.
You would be amused to look into our saloon
at meal times, especially at our dinners. Re-
member this is Hospital for all nations. Some
fifteen nations are now represented in the sa-
.oon- come here to be cured of diseases that
have generally been given over, or nearly so by
the medical faculty. To see them at the table
with ravenous appetites, eating food Of the coar
sest and panest kind-cood that many Of them
would hardly have felt it easy to have set be-
fore their servants at home to see their coun-
tenances-to see them rubbing their hands to
keep them warm, (for but little artificial heat is
allowed to enter the saloon) to see them racing
up and down the saloon between dishes, (tor at
dinner we generally have three dishes)-you
would not dream that these people were on the
sick list of mankind. Hope is the expression of
every iacc--despalr has no place i'll Graefien.
berg. As to the crisis--every guest here longs
for crisis. No one fears t--no one pities you
ifyou have one-all would rather envy you, con-
gratulate you on the success of your cure, and
selves And the more severe the crisis, the
more certain and cfectual the cure. Such is
the feeling respecting the crisis. 1t is consi
dered the dying gasp or groan of the disease.
The disease is the enemy in the system TO be
routed-coM toater is the defender of the sys-
TEN, the disease the invading enemy. The en-
emy obtains lodgment in the ciadel-the bo-
dy. Colo water seeks to drive him out-pur-
sues him round and round the system. The
enemy, now in the head, now in the chest, lungs,
heart, stomach legs, feet hands, here and there
and everywhere, seeks refuge from his terri
bic foe, cold water, till he can find no more rest
darts out through the skin, smashing right
through whatever he may chance TO be, and a
way he goes in crisis ! and the body is saved
alive and we'll 1t is really accounted bes-
guests.
Vincent Pressnitz is certainly an extraordi-
nary man--has a countenance on which one
loves to look-a man of unpretcnding simplici-
ty, ofquiet look and demeanor, but OF dauntle;s
resolution and unyiedng firmness. Ifa patien,
puts himself under his control, and he assumes
the responsibility of the case the patient must
conform. lie is man of very limited book
learnlng-preends to none, has nonc--soys bu,
little to his paticnts-has no theory at all--and
would be probably incapable of giving written
account of his system Cold air and cold va
ter are the only remedies with which he at
tend that he can cure all diseases with these
But he makes his patient work for hcalth.-We
can't sit down IN an easy chair, or stretch out OF
soft sofa, in warm room, with warm rap
per gown on, and take little nice things, and be
pettcd and comiorted, and all that! Move
have 10 work, work, work-no rest day or nigh
have but little heat, and no comfort at all
comfort is unknown here, in any thing.
Oar food is plentiful, but of the coarscst kinC
no tea, no coffee, ho condiments but saii-mill
and cold water 10 drink dry, stale rye-brcad
butter, boiled beef soup, &c. for food. To cu
our rye bread is q labor of no small magnitude
and each must cut for himself /; aud to see Ba
rous, Counts, Princes, Cavaliers, Priests, Gene
rails, Doctors. and what not all mixed up iogc
tIer, cutting and gnawing away at this coars,
food, like hungry wolves-you would suppos,
that the genius of famine had come forth from
the desert of Sahara, and was at our table Jus
at present, have perfect hydrophojia.
have a horror of cold water, | can't get warm
But ana told i, is good sign! Oh, dear me
Weakness, low spirits, shiverngs and shakings
fever, headache, toothachc, and every olhe
ache, good sign Well, Ikaow my hmg
are getting weH Farewell!
Henry G.. WRIGmr.