New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-07
Bulwer on Water Cure.

with Confessions and Observations of Water.
Patient in letter 10 the Editors Of the New Month.
IL Magazine By cir z. BGlwer Lytion, Bart" Of
course. able and interesting Bulwer opens with an
ausion to the fact thar he formerly edited the New
Monthly himself thence passing TO remembrance
Of his successors and contemporaries. Campbell,
Hook and Hood. now tenants OF the narrow house
He continues
Not alone calling 20 recollection our
depar;ed friends bot booking over the vast field Of
=uifering which those acquainted with tn, lives OF
men who think and labor capnot tail 10 behold
around them ! confess though have something Of
Canuug'= dsdain of proie-Sed phi anihrOpists and
do not love every kniie-grindcr n much a. II he
were nv bruther- G, Mess, nevertheless, that am
filed with an earnest pity and an anxious desire
seizes me 10 commu TO others that simple pro-
cess OF healing and well being which has passed IN
der nv own experience. and to which ! gratefully
o,yc DAYS no longer weary OF the sun and nights
which no longer yearn for and yet dread the morrow
And now, Mr. Editor. may be pardoned
trust if illustrate by my own case. the system
commend to others
Il have been a workman in my day. began 10
write and to toll. and TO win some kind of a name
which had the ambition 10 improve while yet t
tie more than boy. With strong love for study in
books-with vet greater desire to accomplish my.
self in the knowledge Of men. for sixteen years |
can conceive no life 10 have been more filed by
cupaiion than mine What time was not given 10
the action was given 10 study what time not given
10 study 10 aciion-abOr ia both To 4 constitution
naturally far from strong. allowed no pause re
spite The wear and tear went on without inter
mission-the vhirl Of the wheel never ceased
Sometimes indeed. thoroughly overpowercd and
exhausted | sought Tor escape. The physicians
said Travel and travelled. to into the country
and went But in such attempts at repose all my
ailments gathered round me-nade themselves far
more palpable and felt had no resource but to fly
from m, self-io ly into the other world of books
thought or revcrie-to live IN some state OF being
less painful than my own. A. long as was always
at work II seemed that hah no leisure to Dc ILL.,
u MET was my hell
AT length the frame thus long neglccted-palched
M for a while by drugs and doctors-pui oft and tr
fled with ne an intrusive dun-lkc dun who Is IN
his rights-brought in its arrears-crushlng and ter
rible accumulated through long years. w orn out
aud wasted. TIE constitution seemed wholly made
quaie TO meet the demand. The exhaustion OF toll
and study had been completed by great anxiety and
grief / had watched with alternate hope and fear
the lingering and mournfu death bed OF my nearest
relation and dearest iriend--of the person around
whom was cniwincd the strongest affection my life
had known-and when all was over. | seemed
scarcely 10 live myself
At this time about the January OF lsii. ! was
thoroughly shattered. The least attempt at cxer
else exhausted me-. The nerves gave way at the
most ordinary cNcitcmcnt-a chronic irritation OF
that vast surface call the mucous membrane
which had dciicd for years all medical skill, rem
dered me continually liable to acute attacks which
from their repetition and the increased teebleness OF
nv frame might at any time be fatal. Though free
from any organic disease of the heart Its action was
morbdlv restless and painful. My sleep was with
out refreshmeni. At morning ] rose more weary
than laid down to rest
Without fatiguing you and your readers further
H.. -, ufafu | nY
to record my struggle to resls, them have always
had great belief in the power ofthe WILL What
a man determines 10 do-ihat Ia ninety nine cases
out of the hundred hold that he succeeds in doing
/ determined to have some insight INTO a knowledge
had never attained since manhood-the knowledge
OF health.
II resolutclv put away books and study, sought
the airs which the physicians esteemed the most
healihful and adopted the strict regimen on winch
all the children of Esculapus so wisely insist. In
short. maintaAcd the same general habits ~ 10
bours, diet with the exception OF VINE, when IN
moderate quantities seemed 10 me Indispensable
and so far ~ my strength would allow OF exercise,
as | found afterwards instituted at hydrOpahr
establishments / dwell on this To iOresali in some
manner the common remark of persons not Wen
acquainted with the medical agencies OF waler-that
II is 10 the regular life which waler-pauents lead
and not to the element itself that they owe their re-
coverv Nevertheless found that these changes,
however saluiary IN theory, produced little II any
nractical ameoration in my health All invads
know. perhaps. how difficult under ordinary cir
cumstances Is the alteration OF habits from bad 10
good The early rising the walk before breakfast,
50 delicious in the feelings of freshness and vigor
which they bes,ow upon the strong, often become
punishmcnis To the vaictndnarian Headache, Ian
ruor sense of WEAKNESS over the eyes, a sinking
of the whole system towards noon which seemed
imperiousv 10 demand the dangerous aid OF stimu
lants was all that obtained by the morning breeze
"a ,trl he, Sis
sion from .'Idy only afflicted with ln0lcrablc emu.
and added % the prlouus detection of the spirits.
The BRAIN 50 long accustomed To morbid activity,
was but withdrawn from rs usual occupations ID 10
vent horrors and chimeras. Over the pillow vainly
sought two hours before midnight, lowered no
golden sleep The absence excitement however
unhealthy. only aggravated the symptoms OF Ill
health.
III was at this time that met by chance. in the
library at St Leunards with Captain Clarldges
work on the " " ster Cure. ne practces by Pres
nitz ut Graafenberg Making allOwanceor certain
exaggeraiion. therein, which appeared evident 10
nv common sense enough still remained not only
10 capiivate the Imagination and atier the hopes OF
an invalid but To appeal with favor 10 his sober
Judgment Til then perfectly ignorant OF the sub
ieci and the STEM except by some such vague sto-
rcs and good issis A. had reached my ears IA Ger
many resolved at least TO read what more could
be- said In favor of The drisf0H Ud0r and examine
dispasslonaielv into it, merits q medcament |
was then under the advice ct one OF the trst physi
cians of our are had consulted half the faculty.
had every reason 20 be grateful for the attention,
aud 10 be confident in the skill. OF those whose pre-
-crpton- had from time to time, battered my hopes
and enriched the chemist But the truth must be
spoken-tar from beisg better was sinking fast
Little remained 10 me 10 ny IN the great volume OF
the herbal seek what | would next. even II
auackery II certainly might expedite my grave, but
II could scarcely render iie-at least the external life
more unioyous Accordingly | examined, with
such grave thought a. sick man brings TO bear
upon his case. all the grounds upon which 10 justify
10 mysclf-an excursion 10 the SHOWS Of -lesi- But
own that in proportion a. found my faith in the
system strengthen shrank from the lerrors of this
long Journey 10 the rugged region in which the pro-
babe lodging would be- q labOrers cottage and IN
which the Babel OF hundred languages. 80 agree
able 70 the heatsfu delight IN noyeiy-so appalling
TO the sckly dependency OF a hypochondriacl-
would murmur and groS over public table spread
with no tempting condiments Could hope 10 Ind
healing in m own land and not too far from my
doctors in case of failure might indeed solicit the
waiery gods-but the journey who scarcely
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