Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-03-29
uYDROpATHY.

We publish the following article with
pleasure, the parties are well known here.
and The system Of Hydropathy, or water cure,
though new in this community is not less i'm.
portant 10 science. Dr.. Bytenheit has es,
tahlished a IIydropathic Institution at Biloxi,
within the last year, and his efforts have
been crowned with success.
EAST BArox RousE. March 81, Is45.
HoN. G. WArrS-Dear Sir: The OCCASION
al visits of our mutual friend DR.. ]. G. Will
Jams, has revived my old acquaintance Nth
you. Your continued rise and my continued
standing in stdtu quo. when we were first &C.
quainted, operated on my mind TO the precIu-
sion Of any written correspondence until now.
But as Dr.. Williams has informed me that you
have taken pains in examining
the Hydropathic practice, and the result to be,
that you have become somewhat enthusiastic
on the subject. feel it a duty, as well as a
pleasure, 10 communicate to you the following
case, viz:
My nephew, Jamas B. Smylie came to live
with me from Mississippi, sometimes about
the middle Of January. On the way he and
family we're considerably exposed. In a few
days he began to complain of an oppression
Ah AAS RtANSAg taN - "a = Aa1 ACCOMPANIED
by a chill and fever and severe cough. He
tooks some r~heubarb, pepper tea, and some
other simpfes. The disease continuing, he
took adose of calomel, say Is or l6 grains;
he had copiouS operations; his operations
were to be alarming. | administered a stror 2
injection Of briar root and laudanum, having
previously failed of arresting them by lauda-
nun alone. sent for young Dr.. A. Williams,
who has settled in my neighborhood; he at
tended, watched, nursed, and administered
according to the usual old practice, Every
effort proved abortiye. He had a continual
hlc-cough. His discharges continued, became
more and more offensive. His body and
stools had a most c~adaverous odour. The
latter of a sanieS, putrid character. His eyes
blood.shot. Ills tongue dry and black: pulse
very rapid and feeble; deafness, and d~if1cultv
of articulation; his e~xtremities cold, and his
body greatly emaciated. / oughtto have men
TONED more definitely the color Of his stools,
which were like beefbrine from a puirid bar
rel, but in smell more offensive than | can de-
scribe. His thirst was NEST distressing. In
this situation, DIR. ]. @. Williams was sent for
on the 18th ult. On his arrival he examined
him, inquired what wasdone, and he said eve
y thing was done that could be done by ad-
msnistering internally. To my utter aston
iAhment, he got a tub of cold water, Chat cold
evsning,) dipped a couple Of sheets in the
water, after having stripped the patient, and
wrapped them around him, and covered him,
all o%er with blankets, where he lay
about one and a half hours; they were then
removed. He was then washed with cold
water, and he was rubbed with rough towels;
a towel, dipped in cold water, placed on his
breast and abdomen, and one his head; repeat
ed every two hours; was urged to drink ABUN-
pAyTLT OF COLI WATER.
The consequence was that persisting tn this
plan, his skin became moist, his pulse improV-
ed, his discharges improved, and now entirely
corrected, his appetite IS geQd. In a word he