Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-11

BILE and SO trying that we would rather endure
our sufferings as best we may, and quit tbs
mortal scene few years sooner, than submit TO
it. With respect TO this, Sir Edward Bul~er
l.yt,on says, The remedy is not go desperate
II is simple, il bequcaths none of the nia,sdics
consequent upon blue pills and mercury, or pur.
gs,ives and trastics 4 think it the ddty of
every man on whom the lives OF others depend,
to make himself acquainted with et ieast this !
part Of the wn,er.curc the wet sheet, he adds, !
to the octogenorian, is equally applicable |
passed tie most inclemcnt period of winter un.
der the cure, not only perfectly free from colds,
rhsums, aud catarrhs, which had hitherto vsi-
ted me with the SHOWS, but in the enjoyment Of
excellent health, and am persuaded that those
who arc delicate, and who suffer much during
the winter, can find no place where the cold is
so little felt as at a watcr.cnrc establishment.
We ransack the ends Of The earth for drugs and
minerals; we extract our potions from, the
dradlics, poisons. but around us and about us.
| Nature, the great mother, prohers the hygeian
fount, unsealed and accessible TO all. Wher.
ever the s,reati, giides, where the spring spar.
kles fresh, there, for the vast proportion of NAL
adcs which art produces, Nature yields the be-
ngnsnt heaing.' How those observations Of
Sir Edward BulwcI are borne out by the pro-.
ceedings ot Graefenberg! On arriving here,
though in the depth of winter. with the therm.
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patient is generally put into very shallow
bath, not quite cold, (62 deg. ,)and rubbed he
then takes plunge in the cold bath, and re-
turns to the tepId. All fannels dre now put
aside, when the Invalid dresses, drinks tom.
bier of water, and goes out to walk: he natural.
ly feels the want of the warm clothing he has
left of, but sucli thing as catching cold from
having so done, after the bath, is nercr heard Of
Notwiths,andn. their constant exposure &c
the inclemency OF this hyperborean climate
the majorhy Of the male patients 20 without
either hats or neckclo;hs, or any additiona
; clothing ali the winter. could adducc cases
that would occupy q whole letter, but will con
fine myself to one, To sho W with what stOcisn
and advantage man may contend with the ee
ments when his body is fortified by water
When the snow many feet deep in tanua
ry.last. n gentleman named Meyer, abou, twen
" six wears oia age arrived at Grueienberg, from
Hamburg lie had suffered from asthma To-
three years having Tried medical aid in vain
he determined on having recourse 10 the water
J cure he WAS so unwel rs To be confined at a
hotel in Berlin, while en- route, for eight days
y lie wss alarmed at the slightest breath Of all
and it was with difficulty he could walk thre
times the length Of the large saloon. On hi
arrival like the rest, he was Immediately 6enr
: ded of all finnels, of his hat and stock
e fourteen days, two large boils made their al
p" pearance, Zone of NstGre's means of exudin
morbid matter from the system, )and in mon,
T. he was seen daily wuding up 10 his knees
: SHOW, IN the suinr,t of The highest mountain
l. which, crowned with evergreen trees, form
l. back ground To the pleasing landscape, so muc
l. admired by dll who visit The Sudatcs. 1t
u evident from This, that our great wizard Of Il
e North places less reliance upon artificial cove
E. ing than that provided by d wise providenc
VIZ the skin.