New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-07
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Frou, the Wa.er-Curc Journsl
Account OF Wster~Cure 1T STafenberg.

Fron, the Water-Curc Journal.
Account or Wster-cure ut STafenberg.
BYE T. cL,EIpor. p a.
Capt. Claridgc, TO whom ell England is IN
Sebted COX the introduction of water-cure in that
country about three years sgc, says:
Or arriving a: the establishment at Grsfer,-
berg, little village II Austrian Sieeie, Germa-
nv, and finding all the rooms engaged, Was
compelled to descend to the town OF Freiwaldau
at the bottom Of the mountain. where strangers
are sure OF finding accommodation. The a-ri.
val Of an English carriage and family. probably
for the FIRST time, wss 100 important an event not
to beimmedisteIy known TO every body. CoDse-
quently, early the following morning, cur coon.
trymen, whom had persuaded TO go, one. a
medical man, who had been there two months.
the other one month. called upcn mo to invite
nv family to tho establishment that day to DIN
uer. These gentlemen, on our meeting, declared
that thew owed me an eternal debt of gratitude,
for having directed thei. attention 70 Gfalenbeig,
adding, when we came here ware encased m
flannel, to which we have said adeu for ever
our appetites are excellent; and above ell, we
sleep well, and exercise never tires us, We
have now acquired buoyancy Of spirits quite
incredible: had sny one told Us three months
ago it was possible to attain It, We should have
treated tie idea Es chimericai" They then OK.
pressed an opinion tina; it was flannel, sbsta;aiGg
from drinking water, and ignorance of its value
in additions, and not the taIDps Of England,
tha. caused 60 many to seek health in other
climes, TO the evident disadvantage of our own
country.
Al dinner there were between 300 and 300 per-
GODS, of al! ages and all ranks in society, who,
with perhaps half dozen exceptions, were inva-
lids, q circumstance which no one unacquaintcd
with the fact would have suspected; for could
not help remarking the happy, healthy looking
countenances of oil around, and the !nerry laugh
and mirth which burst from every part of the
large saloon. On expressing my surprise to the
Enplish Doctor he said, "You will find Difficult
~. no doubt, in believing that there are TO my
knowledge forty or fifty persons here, who, but
6or Prieespi,z. would have been cor signed u
their tombs, and not nave been living here to-day
to tell their tales; aad thaI there ate, pahaps,
twice a. many more who, under eny other treat
ment would have been confined 10 thei. beds
On looking at these people you must bear IN
mind that they are not on par with the casual
occupants of hospital; for the majority Of them
have come here alter havrg consulted all the
celebrated doctors wishin their reach, and tired
the mineral waters in Germany in vain that
thew are people who only abandoned their medi-
cal advisers when it became too apparent that
they could receive no assistance from them, or
when they could no longer be induced TO follow
their prescriptions therefore, the majority OF
these cases may be considered more advanced
md confirmed than Inc common fua of hospi-
raj; that disease is too firmly rooted in their sys-
tern5 TO be relieved by the ordinary practice IF
he faculty, most CT them being considered iL'ou-
,abs.s The Doctor added, g II aiY thing could
~ Il ;d
and become strong without the aid OF drugs ii
would be tie fact, that amongst the large numper
cf people, both here and at Ffeiwa.32u, some of
whom have been many months vrde- the treat
ncnt, not grain OF medicine has been taken
bv any one Of them since their arrival. Not
withstaDding they eat with oppetites that, but
for the dssolving power uf water, would ceuse
iAsm TO die of indigestion. AS there is no wine,
mustard, or pepper on the table, people think NJ
more of such things than if they were not"
One cen easily imagine much gaioty and cheer
fitness TO exist at the public tables of the differ.
emit Spas or at other watering places, az they are
devoted 70 recreation and amusement but in a
hospital, where almost every disease known in
Europe is to DO found, the existence of such
gaiety appears incomptehensibe except TO those
who have been come time at Grafenberg, aud
have witnessed the soothing power of water in
the alienation OF PAIN, and the bupyancy Of spir-
it, which it promotes, by regulating the digestive
powers.
"Look at your eighbo. to tie right" said the
Doctor; abe came hers twelve months ago on
orutches, having previously bten a year in bee.
Ills disease, the gout being al old hereditary
complaint, he is not yet cured; but one thing he
will tell you, that though in pam when he FIRST
came, it soon ceased, and he has never been COL
l,oa
enjoy finer health. Then lock at thet young
lsdy opposite. From childhood, shc had scroiula
in her face and neck to such an extent that she
was an object of pity 10 all who saw her; she
has been here nine months, and is now 30 CON-
pletely recovered that she is considered the beau
~ of the room. That officer near her is suffer-
ing from wound in his leg. At first it With.
ercd away until it became 10 larger than a mans
wrist: the surgeons said, nothing but empuia.
ton remained. Upon which he came here, and
now his limb has resumed lis flesh and will
shortly be perfectly restored. Yonder female
walking with u STICK was brought here six weeks
ago in wet sheets. She had been confined to
her bed and room, until she lost tho use Of Ter
limbs, and so became Il perfect skeleton; she
now walks toerably we'll with a stick, and in a
fortnight, it is expected she will do without it"
He then pointed out u child who HAD lost the
use of his legs from scrofuia, but now perfectly
recovered. Another person was tormcnted for
wears with tic doloureux, who after remaining
here few months became perfectly cured
There is an officer now rec 1ve,ed from hernia,
and several o,aers from rheumatism. THAT
gentleman" said he, sis felJ.,nsrshal in the
Pruss:an service; eighty.scyen years old, he
came here on crutches with the govt two months
ago. He is delighted with the treatment, and
now walks about these mountains with the use
only OF a stick. He intends staying here through
the winter. That lady from Moscow has child
enly three years old distorted by spinal COM
plant; four months ago the poor infant could
not stand erect; ncwlt plays about, and is as
happy as ths other chldrsn-in six months time
il viii be perfectly cured" In fact, such q num-
Der of Singular and extraordinary cases were
poiuted ont to me by my friend, whose know
ledge of The facts and veracity could be depend
ed upon, that mo longer doubted the astounding
accounts had so frequently heard OF siie cures
eif. cited at Grafenbc.g. The saloon was mob