Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-11-20

haps no less worthy Of confidence have no expe-
rience ofmy own. | have sojourned with adyau-
tage at Dr. Weiss, at Peiersham; aud for those
whose business and ayocations oblige them TO be
near London, his very agreeable house prollers
many advantages besides his own practice and
great skill
To those who wish to try the system abroad aud
shrink from the long journey to Graafenberg, DIR
Schmidt at Boppart, profIers prncely house, COM
prising every English comfort, amidst the noble
scenery Of the Rhine, and can bear ready witness
10 his skill but il is natural that the place which
has for me the most grateful recoec'ions, should
be that where received the earliest and the greatest
benefit viz Doctor Wilson's at Malvern there
even the distance from the capital has its adyanta
gess The cure imperatiyely demands, at least IN
large proportion Of cases, abstraction from al the
habitual cares Of life, and in some the very neigh
borhood Of London sufices TO produce restless
ness and anxiety. For certain complaints, especi-
ally those Of children, and such as are attended
with debility the air Of Malvern is in itself Hyge-
ian. The water is immemorially celebrated for its
purity the landscape is perpetual pleasure TO the
eye-the mountains furnish the exercise most suit
ed TO the cure-"MdH mpss Gebcge ha5en,p lone
must have mountains,' is the saying Of Priessnilz
All these are powerful auxiliares and vet all these
are subordinate TO the diligent, patient care-the
minute, unwearied attention-the anxious unaffec-
ted interest," which Doctor Wilson maniiests in ev-
cry patient from the humblesi to the highest. who
may be submitted TO his care. The vast majority
OF difficult cures which have witnessed, have en-
anated from his skill pupil of the celebrated
Broussais, his anatomical knowledge is considera-
BILE, aud his tact in diseases seems intuitiye; he
has that pure pleasure in his profession that the
profits OF seem to be almost lost sight Of and hay
ing an independence Of his own, his enthusiasm for
the system he pursues is at least not based upon
any mercenary speculation. / have seen him de-
vote the same time and care 10 those whom his lib
eral heart has led him to graluitously as 10 the
wealtmest oil his patients, and mention this less TO
praise him for generosity than TO show that he has
that earnest faith in his own system which beoets
an earnest faith in those TO whom he administers.
In ali new experiments II is great thing to have
confidence, not only in the skill but the sincerity
ofyour adyiscr-his treatment is less violent and
energetic than thatin fashion on the continent. If
he errs IS on the side of caution and his theory
leads him 50 much towards the restoration Of the
whole system, that the relief of the particular maa.
dy viii sometimes seem tedious in order 10 proye
complete. Hence he inspires in those who have
had prolonged experience Of his treatment great
sense OF safety and security For your impatient
sell, you might sometimes prefer the venture of a
brisker process for those in whom YOU are inter-
ested, and for whom you are fearful you would not
risk step more hurried And since there is no
small responsibility in recommending any practi-
'ohei VI hofel SCHOOL, so II Is comfort TO know
what whoever resorts to Doctor Wilson. will a,
least be in hands not only practced and skiIfl but
wary and safe. He may fail in doing good. bun
never met with single patient who accused him Of
doing harm. And may add, that as in ali estab-
lishments much of comfort must depend ON the lady
at the head so, for few patients especially /, il Nd
small addition TO the ogressens ofMalyern IN find
in Mrs. Wilson the manners of a psrfec, aen,le.
woman aud the noiseless solicitude Of be,1, zen
timely kind and good. tha 81 ~
"IIere then, o brothers. O afflicted one. liza
you farewell wish YOU one of The mos, blsssad
friendships man ever made--the familiar intim,cv
with Water. Not Undine in her virgin eris,cnce
more sportiye aud bewitchina. not iJndne in bcr
welded state more tender and faithful than the III.
ement of which she is the type Ia health may Won
Ind II the joyous playmate 10 sickness the denial
restorer and soft assuager. Round the bealng
spring still literally dwell the iocund nymnhs IL
whom the Greek poetry personifed Mirih and
Ease No drink, whether compounded Of the
gums and rosin of the old Falernan or the ulcoboI
aud acid Of modern wine, gives the animal sniri,s
which rejoice the water-drhker. Let him who
has TO go through severe bodily fatioue try e.,
Misunderstanding. spirits, porter beer-he NAV con- |
ceve most generous and supporting; let him then
60 through the same toll with no draughs but from
Inc chrysta lymph, aud if he does not acknowledge
that there is no beverage which Man eoncoc,s so
Strengthening and anmating as that which God
up my brief Finally as health denaoJs -,