New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-20
Experiences in Rxdroparhy.

TO Il. EGi.o- AZ The TrioEat:
AS the s1bject OF Hyiropatny =; tie present time
Is attracting the notice both of the Medical Profession
sad those vino need The aid Of is healing powers i;
may not De aEiss to give you bEef sketch OF some
important cases which have been restored by hydrstc
means proof Of ,cacy IN ae Of disease
Since The opening OF tie A0r.is;o~n Water Cure IL
sttuaou, many Of various diseases lave been
treated with more OF less saccess. snd Fave selected
following (one Of which has been before
tee public ever tie signature OF the individual rse)
exhibiting The immediate eEect5 Of thI agent in Dys
pepsis ard ScrofulA-
Rev. IS Kidney, entered March 7th, with Dyspepsia
o. some :hree years standing The diseaie commenced
with derans OF the bowels which at fBt reg
lated by diet and occasional caiharc doses Of medicine
About year from the first attack after being better and
worse several nss the marked and positive Symptoms
Of Dyspepsia became uanifetSetrled derznEsrent Of
stomach aud bowels gradual loss Of a-sh frequency OF
pulse farred and swollen tongue. papitaiion Of tie
heart sickness. UNPLEASANT sensation in the head
raj weakness and inability for both physical and mental
depression OF spirits accompanied with
apprehension Of some unpleasant circumstances cold
Of the surfaces feet and hsnss nul appetite and.
in fine. according 10 his statement; every symptom which
characterzes The disease sppsren. in his A.
the time Of entering he much reduced in flesh
tia; he weighed oaly l02 pounds-his average weight
being i45 70 $50. TIE bowels were moved without
dose Of medicine food distressed him puse slow AID
feeble, strength very much reduced appetite irregular
tongue red and urred. These. together with the Syrpp
toms before described all NANTES, the I'll dag
Of March In two weeks ne had gsned much strength
as would permit him 20 take walk OF soou; mile
without much fatiEue--sppette had assumed natural
character. food did distress him and his bowels
moved ithou. the aid OF any thing except an injection
OF tepd water daily In I'VE weeks from entering
he hsd gained pounds IN hesh; his bowels moved
without the aid OF any thing, t1jsctiors be
cIsed freely ate ordinary kinds OF food his mind be-
clear and hin spirits free pulse regular the pspi
aiion had disappeared all his secretons healthy
and In Sne he he'd recovered from the mos; dangerous
diseased manifestations, and ouy needed strength aud
flesh have been able again the doties
of his profession when he obliged 70 leave tho In
sti,uon.
The other referred 70 tha, OF little girl who
entered Feb L. Her disease Pinea Capits Scald
Head. she mad been diseased for two years and
supposed at first TO have contracted the disease from
some Of Der plsy.ua,es She presented an aspect oil
universal disease Every organ and texture Of the body
seemed involved in the difficulty the local manifestations
of which on the head and the spine. The whole
scalp sore icsb, portions OF which
bare difchargnz a sanioCs acrid matter, which exco-
rated the parts with which Ii in Aoscess
Ind formed In the occip,a part of the scalp which
opened after she entered The glands Of the neck
enlarged and niamed, and also the glands
in the axila aud The groin. The dorsal verebra
diseased the spine being cance!ed extent; tha
right shoulder considerably elevated; bowels very ir
regular; pains in various parts OF the body. She had
lost much des and had periodical attacks Of fever
10 "a hours. For three months previous 10
terng she had cough and sxpectoraou and her friends
spprehended consumption \; no distsnt period. The
details OF treatment may not be interesting and hsve
only 20 thai nj this time she entirely tree from dis
Tho scsps without spot blemish and the hair
Ia rapidly covering the denuded spots. Al the synP
Of Indigestion, the cough pains &c &c have dis
appeared. and she Is vel! and active as any
child who has never been diseased. This you have
yourself and bear witness /; be exaggerated
The rapidly with which the applications Of water have
mastered these two which had been submitted TO
the OF drugs at the hands of skiul lie
satisfactory evidence that the advocates Of Bydropsihy
do profess TO accomplish more than they are able 10
perform. In these water alone WAS used, aud
present them they One Of them be- seen az
the Institution. and the other expecting TO return
10 tnish his course Of treatment in q few WEEKS.
am yours &c GEORGE i. DEXTER.
Hdmit0n MGy l6, 1886.