New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

w Il y DElOa L ANA'O'
"BULwER AND FORBES on THE WATER
TREATMENT" edited by ROLAND s. HoUGHToN
MD issued by Fowlers Il Wells in new aud
revised edition. with important improvements
and the addition Of considerable interesting mat
er.nov published for the first time The leading
treatise in the volume is the Confessions OF a
Water Patient" by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
which produced decided sensation in England
ct the time Of it's original appearance in ls45, and
gave an impulse 10 the cause Of Hydropsthy
among the numerous classes which demand the
sanction Ct fashion and authority before entertain
ing new opinion. Addressed especially to lite
rary men, its sty lie is familiar and pquant, abound
ing In personal confessions and free from the pre-
tensions Of professional authorship. The descrip
ton Of hia first break down is given in lively co.
Tors.
have been q workman in my day. | began
10 write, and to toll, and to win some kind OF
name, which had the ambition TO improve, while
vet little more than boy With strong love for
study in bOoks-with yet greater desire TO accom-
plish myself in the knowledge OF mentor sixteen
years | can conceive no life 20 have been more
filed by occupation than mine. What time was
not given to action was given TO study what
time not given to study, 10 actlon-labOr in both
To a constitution naturally far from strong al
lowed no pause or respite. The wear aud tear
went on without iktermission-the whirl Of the
wheel never ceased Sometimes, indeed, thor.
oughly overpowered and exhausted, sought for
escape. The ply sicians said Travel" and L
travelled; &C. Go into the country" and | went
But in such attempts at repose all my ailmentS
gathered round me-made themselves far moro
papable sno felt. had no resources bat to fly
from myself--tO fly into the other world OF books
or thought, or reverie-to live in some state OF
essss ts.s P~Ans~A than my own. As hong ne l
was always at work 1t seemed that had no lei
sure 20 be i'll. Quiet was my hell.
At length the frame thus long neglected
patched up for u while by drugs aud doctors
put off and trifed with as an intrusive dun-ilke
dun who is in his rights-brought IN its arrears,
crushing and terrible, accumulated through long
years. Worn out and wasted, the constitution
seemed wholly inadequate 10 meet the demand
The exhaustion OF toll and study bad been com.
pleied by great anxiety and grlei. had watched
with alternate hope aud fear the lingering aud
pournfu death bed of my nearest relation and
dearest iriend-of the person around whom was
entwined the strongest affection my life had
known-and when all was over | seemed scarce
ly 60 live myself
His experience with the regular faculty is not
unparalleled.
resolved hen TO betake myself TO Malvern
On my way through town l paused, IN the limo.
oence of my heart, 70 inquire OF the faculty II
they thought the Water. Cure would suit my case.
With one exception, they were unanimous In the
yehemence Of their denuD Citations Granting even
that In some cases, especially OF rheuma.sm'
hydropathy had produced a cure-tO my COM
plant il was worse than inapplicable-it was
highly dangerously would probably be fatal
had not stamina for the treatment-it would fix
chronic ailments into organic disease-sureiy IL
would be much better to try what had not yet
tried. What had | not yet tried course OF
prussio acid Nothing was better for gastric irri-
tation which was no doubt the main cause OF my
suffering n however, | were obstinately bent
upon SO mad sn experiment, DR. Wilson was the
last person | should go TO. was not deferred
BY eli these intimidations, nor seduced by the
salubrious alurements OF the prussc acid under
its scientific apPellation Of hydrocyanc. little
reflection taught me thAtthe members OF q learned
profession are naturally the very persons least
disposed 10 favor innovation upon the practices
which custom and prescription have rendered
sacred In their eyes. lawyer Is not the person
to consult upon bold reforms in jurisprudence
A ply stefan can scarcely be expected 70 own that
Silesian peasant will cure with water the dis
eases which resist armament OF phias. Aud
with regard to the peculiar objections 10 DR.. vii.
son, had read ia his own pamphlet attacks upon
the orthodox practice sufficient TO account for
perhaps 70 justify-the disposition 10 depreciste
him in return
In spite Of the grim discussions of his physi-
clans, Bulwer went to the Water Cure. We give
the upshot in his own words
And now, to sum up. and to dismiss my egotis-
teal revelations, desire in 10 way to overcolor
my own case do not say that when first went
TO the w ater Cure l affected with any dis
ease Immediately menaCing 10 llie--l say only
that vas In that prolonged and chronic state Of
III health. which made life at the best extremely
precarious. DO not say that had any malady
which the faculty could pronounce incurAble--l
say only that the most eminent men OF the fac.
ulty bad failed to cure me. l do not even nov
affect 10 bosst OF perfect and complete deliver
ance from all my ailments. | cannot declare that
constitution naturally delicate has been render
cd hetculesn, or chat the wear aud sesrof whole
manhood have been thoroughly repaired. VIVA,
might have been the case had | nOttsken the cure
At intervals. had remained az IL steadily for ak
or eight moRths without interruption, cannot DO
more than conjecture bus so stToag IS my belief
that the result would have been completely sue
cessfOl. that l promise myself whenever can
spsre the leisure, long renewal Osthe system -
These admissions made, what have gained mesn-
while 10 justify my eulogies and my gratitude -
an immense accumulation Of the capital ofksatk.
Formerly Il vss my fAvorite and aueruloGs cues
tion 70 those who saw much of me- " Did Won ever
know me twelve hours without pain or ilpess p
Now, instead Of these being my constant c,ra.
psnions, they are but my occasional vi.itors
compare my old state and my presentio the power
ty OF q man who has q shilling in bis pocket ana
whose poverty is. therefore, & struggle for life
with the occasional distress OF man Of $4,000 a
wear who sees bRs a. sppendage endangered or
= luxury abridged All the good that | have gain.
cd is wholly unlike what | ever derived either
from medicine or the GermSn mineral baths in
the frat place, it does not relieve single maSdy
alone u pervSdes the v hoe frame "a The second
place far from sObsiGiUg, It seems 10 increase oy
time, 90 that may reasonably hope that the lat