The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-01-15
GRANVILLE INFiRMARY,

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This Institution has Rre~ny yp entirely fror
!, ,Iprjvate' tfactice.4 Ddfihs sh cxtebe,v nh,
'IHaricd experience ofthirty years in the man
!, aee frcut ri the sick, We fmye found erea
! number ofChronic Diseases which could not b,
and skiiirosid Do, Sns done w our best PHysic
caiis and still the patients suffered, ,lhopcless
discouraged, feeling themselvesa q burden I,
their friends. and NJ subjects to be dupos I,
nostrum vcndersa and charlatans. :
For tic rellofofa few SUCH we consented u
open our doors. and take n few sufferers under
our Immediate care. so that VIC could see that
1 our prescriptions were fully carried out. Here
we can regulate the diet ventilation, rest. bath
ing. recreation, mental, moral, physical and
me deal treatment, and carefully adapt all, to
each case under our care. - 49,.
The observing Physician Is aware ofthe salu.
tary influence exeried. In many cases, BY new
associations. now plans Of nursing, &c. He 10
also aware Of the beneficial influence Of Water,
IL the temperature and mode Of application be
tudcieusly adapted to the stregth and cond.
tlon Of the patient But while we use water in
tho various modes usually approved In estab
lishmcnts exclusively hydropathIc, VIC have not
from other remedial agents. both old and new.
provided they are skilfully adapted to tho
wants Of tho patient.
During the SIX years that this Institution has
been in operation, IL has been demonstrated
that all the various appliances for the cure OF
Disease can be much better brought into re.
Iuisiton In such an establishment. than ia nos.
sibe In home treatment, for II Ia important that
old and morbid associations and habits be bro
ken up; new habits OF thought and action estab
lishcd; new and harmonious action in the secre
ting and excreting organs induced; the blood
purified, and It's circulation equzalied; weak
organs aroused; the nerves strongthe ned and
the system 30 freed from disease, that the
vital powers can go on renovating and building
up the constitutiOn;and the patient so instruct.
ed as to enable him in future To avoid the cause
Of Disease.
To secure these desirable results roauires
rrNE, and us We wish to receive no one, who
In our opinion, will not be greatly benefited,
We shall expect the sick and their friends tn nj.
low sufficient length oI time 10 effect a radical
change In the constitution aud habits tho pa.
tent. Justice to ourselves, as well as the best
interests Of patients require this.
or the cases which had been admitted to this
Institution, while under our care, forty.sx
were brought horo unable TO walk. The time
they had boon IN this helpless condition varied
from three months to twenty years. With one
exception, these have been so far relieved as
10 walk from ono to twelve miles day, and 20
through with much other exercise wlthOut'
The various diseases of females, spinal afrec
tons and dcfurmitics, diseases Of the JOINTS
Liver complaint and arrangements of the d.
gcstive organs, Nervous affections, General de.
bility, aud large class of nj. 1nalous aTec ctions
arc treated with success. Surgical diseases,
Club. Foot Diseases Of the Eye, NC. will receive
special attention.
There are hundreds OF delicate Misses and
young Ladies', with u scrofulous tendency. who
have proiltably spent u few months with u.s.
A judicious physical education, calisthematicl
and gymnastic exercise, diet, recreation, &C.,
&c, viii ward OF Consumption. and other
threatened diseases. expand the chest, impart
strength, ,nrmness, elasticity ,chcerfuncss, sym.
metry and beauty, and establish such habits
aud principles M would enable them to avoid
disease, which, when confirmed, no skill can
cure.
During tho last two years, this Institution had
boon In other hands. With improve thealth and
renewed zeal, We have returned toOur fayorite
work, fully resolved to introduce all important
modern improvements, and TO devote our best
enci .ies to the interests Of our patients.