New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-21
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pr. she,s,s Lec.mre ol. E.-ster- CMre.

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Or. shs,s's Lecture oil. Esster-cure.
The Lecture oiD.. Sheg OF WGter-Cnrc, ri Ltiii-
ton Hall last evening, Was attended By large aio
highly :nts.iissn, audience AID i: Silent, fixed at
i.non 10 the words Of speaAeT i Pfcof OF interest
n the subec; Of which he treats and CT satisfaction
with his mode of communicating bis tho"gn's' 'hs
lecturer may congratulate himself on ms Success
n securing favorable hearing.
The p,etor commenced hisi.scturs with The mod
r.. remark. that he did not e1pec, 20 crafty his hear
ere bv All exhibition ofia;ellscunl ste 9Th or OF Inc
eraces az orator. his only ambition was TO commu-
ncate ira,h in AZ once sl;apie and inieii-
gibls. He then spoke substantially az follows;
Hydrgpa,hy, not Hydroyatay as it is fire.
queGtly ;ermed-bul sill better, Waer-cuTe-is
mode Of treating Disease by means Of Water, IN
Guiding also ,hecoiiateraI agencies, heat and cold
the eliecrs of diet air. exercise, clothing aud ire
.tates und copaitiors of The mind. Ordinarily, II
person should pretend that eny thing important
bs accomplished in the way of toa,ing disease by
,oeaps OF the simple agent Water. he would he r..
earded as wild enthusiast. I'ater Coct0F YOU'D
I,e the epihe', bv which he would be saeefnsiy
called This arises, not from knowledge q 'he
real character Of Water but from want OF snch
knowledge. We have all been educated 10 bebe"e
that when we arc sick drug o! some Mind must be
AIKEN Even in the simplest remedial applications,
something other than Water must be used. Thus,
for cooling wash, spirits must be applied In that
very common application. ponitlce IN one hospi'a'
there Will be used the bread-and milk pOuiicr. IN
another the Yeast another, The Indian meal, another
he tiaIsged and % On; whereas Ii IL beginning 10
be iouud out that the plain oraEer dressing is alter
III Ia every respect the best, the good effects ct pou-
ices being caused By the moisture they contaio
IN the important nitar Of drinks, i has been sup
posed that something better IMAM pure Water could
be empoyet bur al length it is beginning To b. M
cers;ood that Water is The best. As il was in The
case of Naaman the leper, water is too simpe--nen
ara looking for some atthing-soaethiog akin To
he miraculous.
Chus we have the frat objection 20 the remedial
use OF Water. Its efficacy il doubled. This was
ice frs; objection made by the French Academy,
when the subject referred 20 that bod, in rs'er-
ence 70 the prcprie,y OF forming Charitable Water
Cure Establishment 10 Puris. Bat every one is nov
aware of what PiisssnilZ has done; or al least may
know. He literally performs his work IN public
The Austrian government takes monthly account
OF his patients And whar is the result Among
The great numbers, who, after filling in oil the
binary means of physc have resUrled 10 him, it Is
found that aortnliiy is even less than arnOrg CON-
munies Of healthy persons.
An oft-repeated objection is that Of danger. II
n person becomes excessively heated from over ex-
.gater, it is well understood that in such practice
here il much danger, and that many lives have
been lost. But then again II Is quite n well Known
nat Cold Water has often broken up FeveIs, when,
by stealth otherwise, patients dying with thirst
had Quaiied il in enormous quantities. Every one
EnOus Of such cases but no one !cll Us OF the
reverse--of cases in which Cold Water, in aDy de-
sired quantity, in .igh fever, has caused te lenstin-
Jury. Pore, soft WAFER, 10 ths fullest extent Of the
patients wish, in burning fever and hlss, s always
nejf, civ safe This was well understood BIZ Hin.
pocrai-s, tine Father OF Medicine, GGd nil the earlier
physicians, and the giea; importance Of Cold Wales
10 drink ia fever, would b. well worth whole eve
ning's consideration Ii is all-mportant for every
hyeirpic and remedial use that Water be perfectly
pure aud SOFT. The use of Cold Water Immediately
after preparation has been by some considered dan
rerous This s cot the case, II the peTsprarioa has
not been brought on by excessive fr,igue fht
cieul Romans, the Russacs, and the indians Of our
~. county have ali pracced in this way Win he
greatest benefit. Ba;hing is safe and highly useful
ia variety OF iphammaIcry diseases. Most won
deru Effects caused by judicpus bathing in e.
veIH j any part or The whole OF The body is IN
famed hot and partial, is safe. by means Of Geld
Water quickly to cool it. This doue, the irll2m-
nation is removed. Inflammation thus reduced does
not NJ all weaken the body, as do those unmerciul
"h'eedirgs" which have caused The death OF thou
sands.
The We; Sheet, though not The nlost powerful a?-
piiCS,.D.l. w iIif ElC-A -boti u 't iSUililfht
The bringing Of this alone into common use, j. Of
Itself sufficient 70 mmorialixe the name OF tress-
niiz. By being changed ss often as il becomes
warm, high fe"ers can oe reduced in most remark
able manner. yieaving the sheet logger upon the
body, with enough OF warm blankets bound closely
about. Precipitation can b. with certainty caused,
and rarmiAg as well cooling effects can be essiy
produced. Where there is great pain, and II 10
more agreeable 10 TIE feelings, the application
be made warm one. An ancient remedy was 10
nlace the pacnin the warm body Of an animal just
killed ia the VAIN skin OF the animal. The great
Surgeon. LG7rey, saw this method used by certain
humane E,qumurX, 10 the greatrellei OF company
of half starved, hali'irozen, shipwrecked French.
men and himself atte:n ard put the mode INTO prac
tee in the Of distinguished individual in one
OF Napoloon's camraigns Tie eject in these ap-
piicauus Is only thai OF warmth ard moisture most
easily applied by Eleans Of Inc Wet Sheet. The
wonderful effect OF the Wet Sheet incredlhle
un,:! it has been Witnessed experienced These
applications are not generally understood by ply
sclans, because they have not been tested.
The DR.. concluded his Lecture BY adverting to
several important cases within his own know ledge
and experience, in which the application of Water
had proved highly successful in mitigating or curing
obstinate diseases but ou7 limits will not allow us
10 follow him.
We may remark, in concluding this sketch, thst
Or. Slew needs only the advantages which he will
TeH0lV iCtUltt UuUl ana I)tfsS-
veDg study 10 become OF the bes; of lecturers.
He possesses fine voice, and though ret re-
markedly fluent he speaks with grea; ease aud
readiness, and mis- words are generally well chosen.
His principal fault is If sufficient energy OF
manner, but he will be able TO correct this when
farther experience has given him higher degree OF
confidence in his own powers and that mastery over
his own thoughts and feelings which viii enable
him 10 ,aunch forth into his subject with con-
seriousness OF his ability 10 do it justice, and with
the vgor and enthusiasm which belong to his
nature.
WILLIAM E. COLLINS is reelected Comptroller
of the State ofNortb Carolina.
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