New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-07
Wafer Treatment In the ship Fever The Mode
OF Priessnitx.
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Having spent considerable part Of the past
Winter G-aeenbarg In Germany aud a. the fountain.
head Of the Water viii ask you to give publicity
to the OF Ship AMI other forms Of Tphus Fever
prAe;est By The Prsssnl;E These directions
Iooianed Of him with permission TO publish them. and
they have already been published In England Those
who have been al Graefenbury s1aceu; length q time
70 enable them become acquainted with the facts In
regard to the treatment there Prsc.iest, know that
Pressniz loses patient In fever Of kind, pro-
v3ei be applied In sess)r and before the ortRAry
means have been resored TO- which are. for the
most part only destructive In their tendency helping the
patient the more rapidly toward the grsve.
PsiessEi,s's Dlrse0ns-. Envelop the patient IN
or more heavy wet linen sheets according 70 the heat and
strength the sheets much out and be FIRE.
qGenty renewed, often ~ least they begin 10
Dry There mus, not be much covering over the sheet or
sheets In sses the patent should be kept In the
wet shee, the part q the time until the fever Is
broken u3 As much fresh air IS possible s 10 De admit
ted Into the The sheet should always be double
wet towels spilled TO such parts OF the arm Pits between
the limbs. Snd wherever part ia contact with
another.
:? The cold bath IL given three four times 10 twenty
four hours ard even oener should there be much heat
II the patient is very weak, the water IS used epd. bat
never higher than 207 r. az FAB and this should
be, from Tine to time. diminished until IL be borne
cod. The bath Should n possible, be admitted TO the
patient In reclining posture AZ the same time, the
back Of the head and neck should be bathed in water Of
the same temperature Of the general bath. ending always
with the water COLI rse surface OF the body should be
rubbed constantly while the patient Is be ng bahed, and
the bath 20 be continued until the Temperature OF the
PITS Is the as the rest OF the surface
3. As the patient becomes able 10 take uourshment.
cold milk. frat and nrnacous food. always cold In small
quantities. and at Intervals OF the usual meals Great
Il necessary 90 the food Water at al times % be
drank according 10 the dictates q thirst.
Use the umschlas. or wet girie, all the time when
the patient IS not IN the vet sheet
s. Injections or cysters Of pure water % be given,
II the bowels DO not act naturally without, the water
cold # the patient is net very weak pint 81 time.
The object OF the whole treatment IL 10 supply the
bsdy amply with sufficient coouess and mois,ure in or
der eOunteraei the tendency Of the dsease TO dry up
and consume the natural juices.
The the directions that Pressnitz gave US,
with the hope that some good might thereby be done.
The ship fever called neither less than Sc
fyphus Were he called to such cases as have been
treated a length Of time already BY other modes. his
directions would, OF be somewhat, different. II
patient has been ali but killed with drugs "a thing often
done) or the dsesse has allowed to until the
strength Is exhausted ard the patient derous. then the
treatment different But even IN such eases let the sur
face be sponged with water tepit or At $50 or go
Fab. and what relief will follow. Get permission Of
your doctor to do this No one will object only he will
want little vinegar spirits and the Ike, Pit with
whereas the pure thing Ia the safest and best for the sur
face well The internal parts Put also the great wet
fermentation shout the body, 10 act IS soothing poutce
tkls phy slcan will object TO Cither Have mattress
for the patient TO lie upon-uever feather ped and
the hair straw pillow instead Of the heating, debita
ing and In every respect injurious feather pillow which Il
In universal There uh IN the old maxim. keep the
head COOL Instead OF worrying andrritltng the delicate
internal organs with cAihartcs administer daily need be-
oysters pure tepid water repeat. no well Informed
physician will object to any OF these things Get thus
what water treatment YEA can in the absence OF such
practitioners understand the new mode thoroughly
Nstzre and good nursing have cured many drugs very
few
The ADVANTAGES Of fresh air In fsvers is wonderful
told by the learned Or. Barry OF Edinburgh, that
during the past summer I'm that city, the hospitals
allied tina, II became necessary TO erect tents 10 tue
open air. accommodate patients having the ship fever
and it fouAd that the mortality was much less In
ihes9 airy outdoor places than Ia the more comfortable
hospitals Could all fever psienis he, from the FIRST Kept
perec lily clean have constantly full supply Of COOL fresh
air. pure soft water u drink the thirst Indicates aud
be nOurishod 10 the most careful manner how few would
dc with fever But the sad truth is, ~ patients are
treated nine times 10 ten, fnot ninety nine In hundred
should suppose that putting the old saying
INTO practice" II any man sin, let him fsll into the
the hands OF the physicians"
have just returned home from passage in the Lon
don pscketship American Eagle, Capt. Chadwick There
were nearly two hundred persons board. Although
most excellent ship, with very able and experienced COM
msnder We had very long passage. had the care Of
an such needed medical advice on board We had con-
siderable number Of OF sickness some Of which were
ncsnt ship fever yet through prudent care and depend
ing almost wholly upon the hygenc means, We had not
single death thng very uncommon In 50 long passage
and large number Of and there were but very
days In which could not have mustered every soul
on deck, had it been necessary so to DO
In the very midst of the past Summer when ships were
losing patients by me hundred, capt waits Oh uo sup
Emma Watts sailed from London TO New York, and lost
only little ceid day two from London, and which
nearly dead when ii was brought on board Captain
Watts had Just been cured Of the fever In London by wa
ter He therefore took the hin required every passenger
battle be ba,hed regularly by means Of an apparatus
which bad prepared for the purpose; ard thus with
other well regulated hygenc means. he accomplished
probably other ship sailing during the past season
between Eogsnd and the United States dd-n0 10 lose
single case by ship fever
ought perhaps, TO remark, In reference TO Pressnlzs
irec for the treatment Of fever above given, that
who do undersiand the meaning OF all the terms
employed easily refer TO some OF the works on the
subj Of Wa,erCure such being everywhere for sale,
aud AZ prices within the reach Of all JOEL sHEW,
a. Bond ST