Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-12-17
Hsdrepathr.

JeA"EnaMfs
The s. Green Mountain SPRING Is monthly
journal, edited and published by DR.. Wc,.cl
hqfi, proprietor Of The Hydrvpathic Institution
IN ~. vaiagc, and + devoted TO the discussion
of his peculiar mode Of treating disease. We
MAKE souic interesting extracts from the Pfu..
pcchs to the Third Volume, which commence.
in January next;
since MAY, 1875. when our waisr-core Esi..k
iishrnenf went into operation p to the first Of his
month, 5i4 patients have been treated here with
more or less benefit We are happy TO add that
the number Of the first has far exceeded that Of tle
latter and that Comparatively few have lef the Is
adjustment without benefit When We consider
that large proportion 81 those who resort 70 n
Wafcr-Curc Establishment, consists of cases which
have been treated already bat without succcss e.
ther IN The way Of Allopatiiy or Homeopathy Il L
gratifying 20 witness the powcs snd eifcdcv of pun
water Il is also pleasant fact TO the patient. 70
know, that no drug minerals rculain aifer this
treatment TO poison their systems ant render them
miserable perhaps for Life. Is often he result
Of other methods Besides a restoration to health.
the patients who have undergone the Wafer-C ,,rc
generally acquirc habit Of Temperance in thcir
health
Among The patients at the Establishment feSelu.
sise OF those h,aning in private houscsj have been
ladies and rntiemen from III parts Of the Uuiissl
states, and even from foreigu parts isf were from
Massachusetts, 20 from New York, a. from Con
neeficut. Sc iiOm New Hampshire % from Ohio Is
from Vermont, " from Rhode Island, n from Ma
ryland, ~ FROM Louisiana, from Maine from
Pennsylvania from Georgia, nom Virginia 4
from FLORIDA from North Carolina, from Ala
hama, from Kentucky, from South Car0lina
lfom Mississippi, from Arkansas, from Indiana,
! from Washington, ID. q and from Wisconsin
Prom foreign countries, were from New Bruns-
wick, from Porto Rico, and from Gcunasy.
This Is perhaps The plare to mention, that Wa
ter Establishment, Il arranged for the satisfaction
Of patients OF all elasscs aud diseases Is the most
expensive Of al infiFIaaries. The original outlay
for baildiugS apparatus, &C. i necessarily very
great and the current expenses arc much heavier
than toae unacqnainted with the details wculd sup
pose IL Is impossible, too, 20 form plan Of man
agemcai, such As viii render these Establishments
places Of pleasure and enjoyment, which healthy
people may resort All such experiments in Enrof,c
have failed, and whoever has observed similar al.
tenpis N this country will bc convinced that i il
great SQUIRE o. annoyance, and q positive injury
20 inrnlds 70 attempt 10 combine tie two objerfs.
On the one hand the quiet a regular habits neces-
sary 20 their fccovery broken IN upon and they
are led into ininlgencies in eating keeping late
hours, ec, which hnsler their progress and on the
other The attention o. the managers Is distracted
from is legitimate object ly the lucrative but en-
For these reasons have refused. and shall con
tinue 10 refuse, 10 take pleasure boariers Nv Is
tabshmcnt i iniended an infnnAFy for rhe sick
and Il viii be my sole object TO make IL a safe and
comfortable resort for them. Il vas opened under
many emharra<smenfs from want o. room and other
causes, all Of which have been overcome, and am
happy in being sble nov 70 oiftr ample and COM
Portable accommodation, with abundance Of the
parest water, and all Heedfa apparatus and attend
snee for l3o patients and pledge % ali who visit
my Establishment, nv time and skil TO produce.
whenever IL u possible eurc or pslliafion Of dis
ease. by the most effeaeious mcaus vet discovered
for the relief Of suffering humanity
The beneficial effect Of Hydppathy, as prae-
iced by DR.. Wesselhei in the treatment Of
disease, Is no longer donbtfnl- It's eifert in ~
moving chronic and other diseases, and in res
,onng the emaciated AMI pale invalid to health
and strength, may be seen at any time by visit
ing the Establishment; and the Increasing pat
ronage it Is receiving Is gratifying proof Of is
substantial merits This mode OF curing disease,
however, Is likely to fall into disrcpute, from the
number Of qnAeks who ara opening Water Care
Hoa.u- An --s-, .lsr-etiosi- IA 4 n common idea,
that the cold water cure i nothing bat the pro
fuse and indiseriminafe application Of cold water
10 al diseases alike, and which an invalid may
apply well enough TO himself at bosne or that,
al all events, one cold water cure 5 as good as
another, because there Is a common and inva-
riable mode Of treatment This Is . serious
error. II is found that different diseases, con
stitntions and conditions Of the system, require
different applications of wafer, and the same
treatment that will cure one patient, win hin
another. The exercise Of Judgment and skin
Is a requisite to the praclitiOner Of Hydropathy
as wen as Allopathy; and hence IA Is that 50
many Of the Hydropaihic Institutions around
the country fail Of success, and bring reproach
upon the system The founders, in many il-
stances, know nothing Of what they profess to
practice