Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-01-17
Death Of PriCSsnilS.

For the Inst year Priessnitz had felt him.
self gradually sinking, aud this winter, for
the first time during long period of prnrii-
cal life he found himself obliged to liml his
visits to the Immediate vicinity of his resi-
dcncc NJ Grnicnhcrg. Within n month be-
fore his deInl>e, ho showed symptoms Of
general dropsical complaint. lie treated
himself with the utmost clcarness of mind,
but entertained lirc hope ofhs evtnilul re-
coyery. lie said he should not live To sec
the spring return. Up 10 almost the very
last day oi his lilr, he continued to give his
advice to those WHO sought him. Poor
PriessnlZ his head was perfectly clear to
the last, hut he looked like shadow, aud
wiihou, smile any longer on his face.
lie received every one who came To him,
and gave his advice with an mir oi calm pa
tiencr. The day before his death, after la-
king the "cure" las the curative process is
here cnllcd) he WAS seen saving wood for
exercise IN II warm room, mud very warmly
clad. THUS il is evident that the eXirnurdi-
! nary will and the moral courage, upheld hy
inilli in the lydropathic cure, which he had
shown with regard to others all his life, was
strong in him to the last. On the day of his
death, Friday last, the 2Sth November, his
symptoms became aggravated; he grew
weaker and weaker, aud about five ia the ni.
icrnOOu he laid himself on his bed, without
any assistance, aud, in one minute nlterward,
hc brcnIhed his last. lie was only 50. III
early lie he received serious injury in the
chest from an accident aud he used to say
himself that his constitution was bad; that
nothing but his own cure" would have stls-
tanned him.
The whole lAace had been thrown into
Consideration as the news spread of his IA.
pidly approaching death. The inhabitants
of Freiwaldau lIronged up to Gralrnberg--
all the SledgGs available were following each
other, mp the steep snow covered road, soon
Ia descend again with the news that Press
nilZ WIS no more. II can scarcely Inc con-
ceived, the strange blank these words seem-
ed to leave on the mind. Suddenly the cen
ter that held all together, hnd vanished
Freiwadau seemed To have shrank again in
n moment into the obscure aud remote vii.
lage it was before Prcissnlz's name was
heard of.
IL Is not known what attempts will be
made 10 carry on the establishment at Graz
ienhcrr, which was in tull activity ut the
moment OF PrGissnilz' death. The most pro-
bahIe conjecture is, that PricsSntz' eldest
dnnghier aud her husband "a Hungarian gen
"cuh"h "l PIopeIl!,l Will carry u on, WITH the
ald OF some physician who has studied
Priessntz' method here. This may succeed
TO certain extent, i0l the place and neigh.
horiood are admirably adapted for taking
the water-cure, and the prestige of Priessnilz'
name, ms well ms the tradition of his prac-
lIre, will long survive him; but the great nt-
traction which brought patients, not only
from the ncig,.horing cities, but from the
remoiesi parts OF the world, is gone.
Ii Is not exactly known what amount of
property Prlrssurz has left, hut it is suppos-
ed 10 be nearly fl00000. When il is con
sdered how small, compared to that given
10 other physicians, WAS The remuneration he
took from his paIienls, and when it is re.
meinbered thai, thirty years ugo, PriessuiIz
was poor peasant, this fortune gives some
measure of the immense success that has nt-
tended him