New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-27
Capt. CIaridge, the Water-Cure, and Chrome
TherInalism.

To Tie Editor Of Tie Ne:r- York Tribune:
Capt Claridge in his euogiums on the Water
Cure goes the whole with ooseness,' which
in the West would entitle it to its appropriate
epithet of perfect He must be a bold man who
will assert tha, poisons meaning medicinesl nerer
cure disease Who believes III What says Elk
perience7 What says Reason Nay, what says
the Bible, the perfection of wisdom' In Eccle-
siasticus. chap xxxviii, verse L. we find these
words =" The LORD hath created medicines cut
of the earth; and he that as rise will not abhor
them Rather 4 reflection on the Captains intelli-
But saws CAPT, Claridge, thank Providence.
the time has arrived when The iailacies of the
Faculty are 10 be made evident" The time has
not oniy Arrived, but ii came nine years ago. In
1896. Or. Samuel Dickson. of London, published his
.. Fallacies Of the Faculty or Chrono-Thernal Sys-
TEN OF Medicine" in which il is very plainly shown
that most of the cures before his time, were rather
the result of accident than of true knowledge. And
so highly has his book been thought OF, that 5000
copies have been sold in London alone; it has been
translated into tie German, French and Swedish
languages while in this city nearly the half of the
american reprint las repablished by NE for the
benefit OF my country mea. az my individual
pense and hazard has been in few months dis
nosed of, as Mr.. RcdGed, OF Clinton Hail. Book
seller can testify.
In another place, the Captain remarks =" Hun
dreds OF books from time immemorial, have been
written in favor of Water curative means, while
not a line as on record 10 he c0At,ary." Here the
Captain is again unfortunate. DR.. Dickson, in the
very work lust mentioned, page 5i) puts these
words in capitals =" Cold Water has many viz
tues, but a great deal depends upon its mode Of
application" He then adds this note =" Much is
said nowadays OF Hydropathy, which, whether
novelty or rot, ought rather to be called Hydro
bath-y. When the words have placed in capitals
in the text were first printed, Hydropathy, or the
Cold w ater Cure, was not even known by name in
England Hydropathy OH the right principle is
only fragmental part Of Chrome. Thermal means
Prac;ced as it is by Priessnitz and his followers on
the old erroneous Immoral doctrine it must occa-
sionally injarc those WHO submit 10 it. OF this l.
lately had an instance in the person Of female
patient who had partially lost the of her right
arm and leg The case OF paralytic kind !;
and, among other means for It's relief, the patient
had tried Hydropathic establishment which, she
declares, not only made her worse, but all but
killed her Under Chrome Thermal course,
am happy to say, she has very nearly recovered
the original power OF the affected muscles Also,
page ISL -" have stated in former note that
Hydropsthy' on right principle, is an excellent
Chrome Thermal remedy. But, an spite Of tie
acrong pr,ncipLe on which ii is practced By Press
nitz am bound 10 declare that think some of the
notifications of his application Of cold water not
only original anu INGENIOUS Jul eiso eAEeeHi"siy
servceabe in many diseases There is no question
of their utility IN particular cases"
Towards the close OF his letter. Capt Clardge
alludes 10 case of dropsy of the thigh and abdo-
men, which some medical ass had conceived 10 be
gangrene Under the treatment at Graefen5erg. it
is added as a great wonder, that he able to
walk out in sixteen days, and perfect cure was
expected in less than three months. Bah Were
the Captain in New York ! could show him per
son who was cured of Dropsy of the Chest Ia dis
ease more formidable than the other by reason of
the danger of sutiocatonl in forty.eight hoursand
that, TOO BY means of the despised medicines which
the LORD hath created out OF the earth
VIM TURNER, NJ D.
SIS Broadway. n. York.