New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-07
Water Treatment in the ship Fever The sisde
Of Priessnifz.

Having spent a considerable part al the past
Winter at GrAeenburg in Germany and a, the fountain
head OF the water-cure will ask you TO give publicity
to the treatment Of Ship and other forms Of Typhu Fever
as prscced BY the immortal Priessar. These directions
Iootained Of him with permission TO puolsh them, and
they have already been published In England Those
who been Graefeuburg Sufficient length Of time
10 enable them 70 become acquainted with the facts In
regard TO the treatment there prsctced, know that
Pressniiz nerer loses patient IN fever OF any knc pro-
vided he IL applied % IN season. and before me Urinary
have been resorted TO- which means are or The
most part Only destructive in her tendency helping the
palient the r.ore rapidly toward the grave.
Prsssaizs HTectiOEs,-i Eeveiop the patient n one
or more heavy sheets according TO the heat and
strength; sheets rot much wrIng cut and to be IRE
oueutv renewed a. Ofan least they begin TO
dry There BE much covering over the sheet or
sheets In the patient should be kept In the
wet .heet the most par, Of TIE time until the fever
broken up Az much iresh air as possible TO be ADMIT
ted into the room 1ne sheet shoad always be double or
wet towels applied 10 such parts Of the arm ps between
the limbs, and wherever one part comes In contact with
another.
TIE cold bath Ia given three four times Ia twenty
four hours and oener should there be much heat
II the patient IL very weak The wster Is used tepd bat
never higher than 20 r. Oh Fah) and this should
be- from time to time diminished until It be borne
cold The bath shoGld, possible be admitted TO the
patient in reclining posture AT the same time, the
back of the head neck. shoald be bathed In
the same Of the general BATH ending always
with the water colo The surface Of the body should be
constantly while the patient Il beng bsthsd and
bath to be continued until the temperature OF the
pits Is the same the rest Of the surface.
g. As the patient becomes able 20 take nourshment,
cold milk fruit and flInacious food always csld In small
quantities. and at intervals Of the usual meals. Great
care Is necessary In the food. Water at all times to be
drank according to the dictates OF thirst
A. Use the umschag or We. girile, ell the time when
the patient Is not in the wet sheet
s. Injections eys:ers Of pure water are to be given
II the bowels do not act naturally without the water
old N .fle Ii moi
The object Of the whole treatment 10 TO supply the
body amply with sufficient GOODNESS and moisture, In or
der ceuneract the tendency OF tie disease 10 dry up
and consume the natural juices.
The above the directions that Priessnz gave rs,
with the hope that some good might thereby be done
The ship fever. called neither more nor less than &C.
we're yphu Were he called 10 such cases as have been
treated length OF time already By other modes. his
directions would Of course. be somewhat different IL
patient has been all but killed with drugs, "a thing often
done) the disease has been allowed to 90 on until the
strength exhausted and the patient derious. then the
treatment different But In such cases lei the sur
fsce be sponged with water tepd, or at So or sU
Fab and what relief viii follow Get permission q
your doctor to do this No one will object only ne VIII
want little vinegar spirits and the like, put With II
whereas the pure thing the safest and best Tor the sur
face well the internal parts Put also the great WEI
fermentation about the body 10 act soothing poultce
tAs no physician will object to either. Have mattress
for patient lie upon-never feather be1 AT use
Tue hair pillow instead or tho heating deoilat-
Ing and In every respect INJURIOUS feather pillow wnien
head cool Instead OF worrying and irritating the delicate
internal organs with ca,hartics administer daily need De-
clysers Of pure tepii water. repes 10 weninioraeo
phy stefan will object 10 any OF these thinRs "et mus
what water treatment You can the absence OF such
practitioners as understand the new mode thoroughly
Nature and good nursing have cured many drugs very
few. -, r
The advantages of fresh air IN fevers Is wonderful
was told by the learned Dr. Barry OF Edinburgh, tha'
during the past Summer In that city the hospitals were
20 allied that became necessary to erect tents 10 Ins
onen air TO accommodate patients having the ship fever
and II was found that the mortality WAS much less III
these airy outdoor places thau In the more comorlAoe
hospitals Could Nil fever patients be- from the nrst yep
perfectly Clean have constantly full supply OF cool es1
air pure soft water drink the thirst Indicates AND
ma nourshed In the most careful manner now Few "oui1
Die with fever But the sad truth Is, as patients arc
treated nine times in ten. not ninety nine 10 nuhoeu
We should suppose that men were putting the ola syns
into practice" II any man SIN lee ann iaI in1o 'AS
| the hands of the physcisns.'
have lust returned home from passage In toe Lon
don packet ship American Eagle, Capt Chsd"iek: Ine'e
were nearly hundred persons on board. Atnousn
mos; excellent ship with very able and experienced COM
msnder we had a very long passage had the care o.
all such ss needed medical advice on board we nso cen
siderable number Of cases oil sickness some o' wsSn
ncpen; ship fever vet through prudent care and depend
ing almost wholly upon the hygenc means We nsa NOT
single death thing very uncommon In 90 long passage
and so large numcer OF persons and there were but very
few DAYS which could not have mustered every SOU
| on deck, had Il been necessary so 10 90 -
In the very midst Of the past Summer "nen shps es
losing patients by the hundred Capt watts OF tne sn
Emma Watts sailed from London to New ofk, ana ios
ony one little child day from London and which
was nearly dead when IL brought on board Capsf
Watts cured of the fever In LONDON oy
Ter he therefore took hint required every passenger
10 baths or be bathed regularly by means OF an apparatus
which he had prepared for the purpose and mus wiz
other well regulated hysienIc means ne
What probably no other ship sailing during tne
between England and the United States ddnot 70 ioso
single cass by ship fever. n.,.,,.,
ought perhaps to remark In reference 10 rflesni,h
directions for the treatment Of fever above gsen una
,ho.s who do not understand the meaning OF al the term
en,ployed can easily refer to some Of the WORKS on n
.nbect of such being everywne Ior SAFE
SUI! ~. :. . ,,,'Sn ~. zach Of an JOEL SHEW,
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