The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-19

GRAFENBERo IN SILEsIA, Sept. l, ls47.
The Water Cure Interesting InteUgsnce-7he Dry
Cure-.account of the .quthor Of the Water Cure.
EDIroR New YoRK HERALD -
Before leaving this kingdom Of cold water and pay
Ing my final homage to the teetota King Priesnz and
cold-water Escuapius, feel inclined to trouble you
with anseher memento of Silesa, which will probably
exhaust subject to which distance may lend enchan-
ment but which proximity robs of its charms.
believe that some people come here to try the cold
water cure out of desire for something and
curious to know how novel invent ion would affect
them snface it to say that this is class of patients
most speedily cured by Presnitz isto say cured
OF their and II is really surprising to see how
they feel themselves far to be able
leave One Of the characteristics the is that IL
requires long time to effect it it is at all uncom
for Presnts to tell his patients that they must stay
2. 3, T. or years and at present there are some
persons here who have remained for six years Such
persons generally those whom 1t Is impossible for
any system TO cure but who feel the severity of their
diseases much mitgated that they resign themselves
to spend their days here, where they from the
terrors OF the lancet calome ecs The great end and
technically termed 'criss' namely a breaking ont
OF angry bes various parts of the bodywhen these
remarkable that the OF the treatment ia in no
great many eruptions on the BODY from which
matter Is copio1sly discharged for time after which
they heal and disappear. know a lady who has now
perhaps not less than 40 large bes which have broken
out since her arrival here few weeksago although she
was never subject to anything iof the kind before and
here with sound skin to be- treated for ner-ous
debility This appears to be the pivot which the doc
TRUE OF Priesnz turns the crisis throws of the un
healthy matter collected ia the SYSTEM when il has
done its duty, the patient the crisis pro-
duced by his treatment and thus he and It IT,
without doubt Jobs cure consisting of bles and mis-
cry The crisis is the subject of oonyersaon all the
daily walks and enlivens and spices every meal soon
as 1t Is known that patient is visited with crisis
Dn!go bile-he Is congratulated ana complimented.
II Miss and does appear ut table the anxious
inquiry goes round has she crisis - and If Mr. So and
so walks lame he is'supposed to have crisis and in
short crisis r. the for all the awkwardness and
mishaps that occur at Graf nbergthe whole affair pro-
ducng An excellent farce and giving rise to many joke
e crisis In itself Is very disagreeabe, and it Is not
little amusing to see some poor wretch in the greatest
condition. Many Of the patients become Impatient az
ter residence Of several months without receiving
lief but the consolation Of Presnitz is that they
remain until they have crisis In some instances that
never comes and sometimes 1t appears after the lapse
Of According to the doctrine Of moral influence
on the body Grafenberg should be capital place for
becoming sick, the whole conversation ia enprossed
with nothing but diseases and the merits of the water
cure
One very remarkable point about Presnitz Ia bis coo,
coursgmy experiences has brought me into con.
tact with holder practitioner He takes the most
acute and fatal discasessay violent attacks of danger
GUS ieversand handles them apparently without fear
patient with severe typhus scarlet or nervous f.
YER seems TO be pleasing case to him. and he dips them
into the cold water perfectly ceremoni, and IN
few days they prepared to eat quantities of rye
bread and tough meat and the moment they are able
to stand they set out into the open air and told to
march. For some very queer reasons this treatment
does not kill but cures and no aggravated of NAL
proven against MIN In
has been done with celebrated quacks in the IT, states
And this is by because affairs this nature
have been overlooked. No government keeps q more
argus eye every thing like change from the general
routine than the Austrian and the moment that FRIES
ntE began to practice openly the regular yscisns
gave battle and determined to crush him an nnoya
ter and quack. lie reported 90 the government
at Vienna and committee Of highly intelligent and
scientific appointed to proceed to Gutenberg
Thoroughly examine his mode Of treatment, and put
stop to it BY the strong arm OF the law If maltrest-
pent could be proved Every effort to effect this
made by the physicians Of the neighborhood The
FIRST witness brought up was patient whom Priesniz
given w BY regular physician. (which Of these gen.