Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-05-30
Water Cure Establishments of Malvern, Eng.

Water Cure Establishment Of Malvern, Eng.
/ have confessed myself h~ydropathlc pa
tent. am more-a disciple. 1t is good,
either for the sick or the sound, to be here.
But water, applied internally and external
ly, is not the only element to be credited III
the amount of cures. The air, the diet, the
exercise, the regular hours, the rest, and the
entire abstinence from all excitement, men
tai, moral, and physical; it is all this that
works those marvellous cures. almost rs
miraculous as the restoration effected ut the
Pool Of Bethesda.
Before arriving in Liverpool, | took severe
cold by sitting in Il draft three hours ut the
dinner table, in IA vest. on the back OF which
water had been spilled, and this gave me a
new sensation in a touch of the rheumatlcs
and lumbago. For this am here-but four
days only. independently of this slight local
difficulty, which is rapidly vanishing, these
water courses have already made me feel
like a new made being: and | can fully APP
p~reciate and cordially endorse all that the
most enthusiastic benetciaries of the system
have written in praise Of it. At DIR. Will
sons establishment, which Is simply Il hotel
literally supplied with watering accommo-
dations, the parties are put through the va
. rious operations of the Sitz. the Shower, the
Torrent, the Lamp, and the several other
different kinds of baths. three times a day
at q o'clock, \. NJ, ut l. o'clock, and at
u in the evening; and after each process he is
ordered to dress and 20 out to walk rs
quickly rs possible. In all the forms Of the
bath administered to me thus far, there Is 4
sudden plunging from hot to cold. which. at
first, is positively shocking but the vlo-
lent rubbing soon restores the equilibrium;
and by the time the performance is over, the
glow is perfectly delightful.
The most agreeable and eficacious bath |
have taken, is the Lamp operation; and, rs
this is the most novel one. | will briefly de-
scribe the moaus cpsranii. The patient, in
the original costume of ''our first parents
is "called to the chair" The chair has a
wood bottom. with a cushion on il. and a
light frame around it. His feet are put ina
hot bath, a lighted lamp is placed beneath
the chair, when the bather begins to wrap
thick wooden blankets around the neck Of
his patient, which, falling upon the floor, en-
tirely exclude the air. These blankets are
piled on until tho head of the sitter seems to
be sticking out of n huge stack OF wool;
then large linen sheets are wrapped around
the entire mass; and, 10. the dew begins TO
fall. Cold water is drank copiously, and
the perspiration runs down the arms and
sides of the body in streams. Each Of the
three million pores upon the surface OF the
skin is opened, and the fluids in the little ca.
mails extending in the aggregate to II length
Of twenty miles, (if the anatomlsts have eS-
timated them correctly, are particularly ac-
tive. The impurities upon the surface come
off. and the distractions under the surface
come out. The rationale, and the utility OF
the operation, are palpably apparent. When
the blankets are removed, the patient steps
into a cold bath, and II deluge of cold water
is poured over him. He is then rubbed dry
by the quick and vigorous hands Of an ex-
! pert, and left to dress himself, feeling light
and elastic enough to Jump over the moon.
The chair | sat in while undergoing the
glowing pcrspiration, has been filled by
many illustrious predecessors; among them,
Sir Edward Bulwcr Lytton, Charles Dickens,
the Marquis Of Anglcsca, Lord Alfred Pagct,
Admiral Codrington, Sir Henry Bulwcr, Sir
Hamilton Seymour, Mr.. Tennyson, Mr..
Bright. Mr.. Rocbuck, Sir Edwin Landsccr,
Admiral Elliot, Lord Seaton. Sir John Bar
low, the Bishop of Oxford, the Count de
Paris, &C., &c.-Cor. y. J. Impress.