New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-13
The Wn,er-Cure,

on account of Inc experience II relates and The
judgment 1t expresses concerning the Water
Cure, subject which is already attracting much
uquirv-bui for the sake Of The assurance /; affords
to the nunerous nends OF the writer OF his return
Ing health and yigor. lab. Atlaa
Gsss5rSgrEe, AUSTRIAN Siesia, April !, 1875.
.e1lcssrs Eators :--The Importance which has
been attached, IN certain quarters. 10 the work OF
Dr. Graham on the Watef-Cure. aad the efforts
which have been made, /, IS understood, to give Ii
circulation. have occzsioned the document, copy
OF which enclosed. send TO you. VIII YOU insert
IL in the Atlas the original has been forwarded
To toe London Morning CnroRlci- for publication.
Mr Draper also sends copy 10 The Newfork
Tribune. with letter (which should be pleased
L YOU would republlsh) addressed 10 the Ennis
coriy Qrrland) Hydropathlc Society, by M
Gibbs one OF the sufferers, exposing some OF tue
most fragrant ml3siatemenis which the Doctor has
made.
VINO are most competent TO estimate Priessai,z,
i7 patients WHO have been undeI MS ere tor Pc
RODS varying from three months TO Two years and
upwards and who have been IN habits OF constant
intercourse aud consultation with HIM, OF Doctor
Graham who spent nineteen DAYS al Graef-nberg !
A fellow couniryman, speaking recently OF Dr.
Graham's work, remarked to me, that no man.
with ears 10 hear and eyes 10 see, could spend
three months IL Graeienberg, and write book
against Pne5snltZ and the Water Cure except he
were scoundrei. This is severe language, per-
baps, bu, IL L quite difficult 20 comprehend how
an unpreIudIced man, liter sojourn OF 10 days al
Grs-f-Eberg and two months al FTewaldau, would
50 nanlfesty nsrtpIesent PrIessnZ and his prac-
tce, ss Or. Graham has done. Sir Isaac Newton
was led 10 discover the laws OF graytaIon by OBJ
serving the fall OF an apple; PnessnItZ the art OF
curing disease with cold water from witnessing is
Effects IN producing ausschisy or eruption IN cases
OF trllpg Injuries Thus, from circumstances so
simple dad apparently so trivial III themselves. are
grea, truths evolved by the observant mind OF
genius.
Some kind friend, learn, has imposed upon The
New-i ork Tribune, (unn.n tlOnally, SUPPOSE
by informing lis Editor that have had consump-
tI0n ami paralysis for several yeats, and that will
re,urn in six months perfectly restored, One would
suppose that either affection were sufficiently ormi-
dabe wi,hou, spreading the o,her,-dnd then
perfect cure IN SIX months, My disease, Prlessnitz
-ays-and IN this opinion he and Or. 1. {. late-,
la.c Of ALBANY, agree-is chronic rheumatism, OBJ
struced circulation and impaired nervous lniin
snce-the result Of medication and dcpieuon-and
certainly durable.
More time is required decidedly TO cure chronic
diseases in the generality OF cases, than one would
DE led 10 infer from the works OF Clandse and
Johnson. In this respect they are calculated, IN
my judgment, 10 mlsead, and 10 nIure, perhaps
the cause they were intended 10 promote. The
process OF the water cure consists IN giving health
10 the skin, Uhe tone of which is commonly in
nervous energy of the system by constant excite
men,, BY action and reaction, TO throw out, in the
shape of CRISES the morbfc or obstructing matter
winch is the cause OF disease; and The period re-
Quislte for this purpose depends much, OF course.
upon The nature, duration and obsnacv OF the
complaint ard the constitution and vitality OF the
patient. Aud ~ pGsSGRt, must remark that it Ii
in adapting the appropriate treatment 10 each par
ticuar case-to every variety OF complaint-lhal
the extraordinary genius OF Pressnllz becomes con
spicuOus
have now no expectation that my disease
(Which proves 10 hr more obstinate than antici-
paed) will be eradca!ed within the period limited
tor my STAY but shall be greatly better and shall
have received. am persuaded, from the progress |
| have made, an impulse which, with such of the |
treatment as may follow at home, will ultimately
rec tabsh my health. A short application OF the |
water cure when was first attacked, would have
prevented probabyall my prolractrd suerngs and
"Sd,,rG,on Be ID n TvSa' G6ps thQMSysE
,nin,on. which personal observation and expe-
-irnce have led me To adopt, that Hydropathy ls
he true and in general, the only eiiectuai method
Of curing disease. be ii acute or BE- II chronic
Graeienberg threatens To he Overrun the coming |
season with cure guests. From present indications
shonld nudge there will be by June next, al least |
five hundred Several English families have al
readv secured apartments, among whom IS Capt
Claridge, (ihe aulhor,) who comes Tor the health
of his daughter.
Would that Inc cause OF iiNu!"Id'H! hnu taNo"
as dsep root with us IS IL has in Europe, How
yer the dav cannot be tar distant when Ills health
,reserying hic-prolongIng Influences VIII be- ieit
throughout the length aad breadth oi our beloved
land Twin oi tho temperance cause, II should be
ro,dially embraced by every friend OF that benign
movement Ii will prove mighty auxiliary. II
* remarkable circumstance that about the time,
If no, the very year the temperance reformation
hsean 10 dawn with Us, the discovery OF Vincent
Prlr<snitz broke upon the startled medical faculty
of Germany!
Millions vet unborn will have reason 10 bless the
,ay which gave birth 10 the Slesan peasant =
Through his humble nstrnnientaIIty they VIII pro-
hobly be spared the nauseailns draft and the po-
tent vegetable and mineral poison, WIN when ,helf
fathers were scientifically dosed, ard too often,
Mas, irnoranilv slaughtered 1t Is an old say
ing - remarks Or. Graham, IN his work on the
WnierCure. that a pnv>lcian knows not his pro
i.ssion until he has three filled church-yaTd:
SCARED too will they be- the torture oil the cauStc
and the hlis,er-and sill more fortunate their lie
currents WILDE Suffered L. mcander quietly through
their bodies without assault from The eec the cup
or the faucet
LESS slaughter, | am convinced" says DR.
Reid. In his work on HypocheIdriaSls, has been
effected by The sword than BY The laneet-that mi
mute instrument OF mighty mischief,
LEI me not be misunderstood: II is the med-
cal system which condemn, not the practitioner.
Si> months residence here has convinced me that
il is false and perncous, II not emlnenty destruc-
,iv,, of human life Nav II not BE- hoped that the
Water Cure, under Providence, is the destined
means OF lis >ubyerSIon
Sincerely, very trUly. yours,
ANDREW j. CoLVIN.
GR,srESREEG. Feb. II, l>i5.
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