New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-08
The Natural Treatment Of Disease.


To hs Editor of The Tribnrs.
Iwesgrasifisd 70 see by one Ct your late papers
the knd rnsntoD you make Munde too Water Cure
practitioner from Germany, and your recommendation
Of bis still pursuing bic proc,,ion IN this country foi
the rraah ,stlon have received IN America, thrOusn
the kindness and ber.ity Of individuals ard the pies
experienced in beholdrg the industrious paid isr
their work, believe my giving an opinion, the result
Of siV years study and practice SIS to Water alone as
remedy will but 10 small way compensate for Whist
have gained.
| would fam see every man In this fourshing Rspub
lie a, independent OF the physicians (uness in Of
surgical operations. they seem Independent 10 spirit
90 different in that respect to spy part Of Europe or
the British Colonies.
! have conversed with Doctors slcott and shew. on
subec, Of the so called Water Cure and both these
men, whose merits oelleye most appreciate seem at
los. what nsme system should have that in.ures
a permanent cure and natural death Such system
depends in my opinion on Diet Occupation, Cleanll-
ness and Clothing-more 90 than any particular way
Of applying Water either externally internally "A
regards Diet. believe man may. with mpunity eat
Of all that agrees with bis palate If In ts pure unvi-
dated state Of nature, except ci that 20 procure
which II has been Necessary 10 take away life Blood
made from fsth f IN about nine days fhd
thaf made from ne H9aabs Kingdom People viii
therefore perceive how much more vigorous ana lee
hsoe diseais the system must be that is
tanned from the srter kin dom believe milk butter,
honey and eggs are all allowable, provided msn hss
sbored for them. They beiog more conceutrsied.
and apt to render the blood thick require strong d.
gesiiye and lung powers 70 carry them through the
system Mr.. Sylvester Graham author Of the Lectures
the Science Of Human Lie, did do this anti lie
destroying and health cause as much good as bis cspa
cities might have done by naming allowing 10 10
named the system after hirn.eli.
As to Occupation the most natural is In filling our
mother earth aud providing assistants 10 make her
more fertile. II knows his interest tie
he approach to that the better As regards
Cleanliness, believe most know that pure soft Water
best removes the scuri from the pores. As rule
for applying Wster, recommend the following plan
easily Kept In mind II person be sick with the akin
cold let dry rubbing meni pul alton, be resored to
II sick with hot skin let there be wet hand rubbiDgs
In both cases 10 equaize the temperature hot skin
/, always dstended 10 rub which without water would
cause irritation portion Of the best fies of ALSO
Ia the last with Water, manipulation handling
Is the bestskin upon skin The only why such
system. namely, that OF Chirop, which name he %
rived from bis In curing c1sesse BY msnipus
ting with the hand in ancient times. Is not more prsc-
deed l. that II gives little more trouble than paying
for poisonous drugs and stimulsnts We know the
good eject o manipulation on horses more 30 than on
ourselves Abstinence from all solids In sckses 10 Of
to let the stomach gather sirength
liquid only TO b. taken as thirst demands.
For Clothing would recommend just enough 10 in
sure comfort Linen 10 always better than cotton or
wool both which initiate the surface. And now sir.
although this may sPpesr long TO some trust con
sideTng the topics ! have touched 90, you may not
consider IL unworthy OF insertion In your widely circu.
lated journal. CALVIN NJ DICK, Of the Edinburgh
School OF AnstOmy and Surgery.
7. s Some few months back saw r. 7. Clsri5ge,
whose letters on the Water Cure appeared years
back In your psper and who appreciates The doc
i-ines on Diet se. Priessniiz, he told me has done
away with the sweating process be, like truly good
man, alters bis practice bis judgment tells him what
Is beet NEw-NoEE, 9th October, l-i9.
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respondent The bensht Of opinion that he talks ie az
this point Whatever may be MIR oTahsm's merits
faults 30 msnifesty could prevent other people
esling the system he taught the Grahgr system be-
Cause It's sdverres preferred TO consider and .iiscs Il
under iha; sppellstlon. I'd Trib