The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-24

| nni arrest,d a.. p'rasattto observe The change
/ whch "it'n ~ ~. 80 tnr latriI V",' ""'i
dun l-n.1I.d AID ~ a. iosi- lfsk "d c.'r '-.i
w. Laugh or t'i. tie sl.IuiscUm ior TIM irf'
| and retre-lhy Iocpis frequently priI. !. l-e
Ispotiton must depend upon III gree OF hc, aitl
ths en- IL Of The application One Application Is
sometimes sIfncicnt lat i may lie NJ. s'tty TIC
FIRST DAY T. use i twice. AM once th. next day IL
Is seidon requisite aterwsri, for stAonsh The d a.
ease may continue, II - mild. and ltNatlv com
/ pete The cure. DR.. II. wees Aso recommends TIE
| cold nhluton or sponging. Dr Curris'- mode W
uea.meht II, when The l,e"i - great, st T. he It
tent, aud dash four ~ Eve gallons ~ the clIie.t
/ water u ie procured over his naked body. ms
produces It's usual cooling eeis, bat these sre ess
permhnen, thsn ~ 'yphus. IL one or two hours
aiterWsrd the heat 10 often found, exs'unst N,
as great as before. The aflusion Ia. therefore,
peated again and again, Al the obstu,cy vi tue hest
may indiMe Is neoesssiy u use it ten % twelve
times in the twenty-four hours. Al the end Il tbs
| time, but commonly earlier, tie forve Of the
| fever IL broken, and few tepd aNIsions, at
longer intervals, are sufficient T. subdue 1t en-.
trely During this time cold water and lemon.
ade may he used ~ drinks, aud the bowels opened,
u necessary, Wit c1om'. In few cases, |
have thought II sdyissl 10 70 assist the ausiou by
| the diaphorc,c t-westinsl poSer II a s,ution u
| trtsrized antimony. In. GOOD bears enthusiastic
| testimony " the excellence Of DIR. Currie's plan.
The great principle OF treatment in scsrlatns IL,
then, 70 keep down the generslfever. LpJ symp.
toms may also lie treated NJ the same time, NJ, for
example, when the throat In sore, painful, and
| swollen wet congresses, more or less COOLING
cordlng ~ the heat In the case, should bs applied
Aud a. also Of the wet girdlc " 10 better ~ use II
continuously, because this operates 70 keep down
general fever, IN relieve the throat by syrnpathy,
aud TO support the stienpth. In conclusion on this
| subject, the "Hydropsthic Family Physic 4" ad.
yiasi Use cold water feerlessly in tie way Of alb
utons pourngs, wet sheets, congresses, ely sters,
| drinks etc, and fear not.
This work, from which we have above quoted,
contains also Q number Of cases which occurred
in the practice of Dr. Hiram Corson, Of Consho-
hockon, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania,
showing that in number Of extremely malig-
nant cases, occurring with children of from eight
months to eleven years Of age, not only cold
water, but ice applied both Internally and exter.
| nally had the most beneficial results. The only
medicine he recommends is a little cream Of tar.
tar and jalap to move the bowels moderately.
DIR. TRAIL, Water Cure Practitioner, in his
Hydropa,hic Encyclopedia say'.
There Is often considerable degree Of blind
ness and deafness, IA well ms difficult respiration
attending the sweled throat lin scarlet fever,l and
physcns and friends will often, for these peculiar
| symptoms, insist OH little loechinR, q mild
| emctc. or n smart csthartic, or barharNus bis
ter. They are oil bad, worse. or worst. Th,.-
are states and stages la a OF scarlet e..
yer, In which q single dose Of an ordinary emctic
or rurgstiye, or single bleeding would be in.y Ia
| bly, fatal AMI It IL 10 lie regretted that ~ few
I pliysicians can OF will uni rs'and this fact In
| scarlet fever AZ n al tho cxan,hemsta there IL a
| p"iiod when ali the vital powers combine ia gen
| oral effort ~ throw the morbid virus and tehrl c
| irritation upon the surface. IL IL Mt this pre- 81
time that ~. sllppath regards the intensity OF the
fever as an iud,cItlun tor tie lancet, relaxing
| emenc, or n depicting purgativc. II he employs
| either Of them at this critical moment, he either
| suppressed this effort. OF produces reyulsion al
The Whole force of the disease t. the internal
cous membrane, resulting. perhaps and probably,
| Ia Inflammation Reorganization and death. II
you have courage, such S believer In water
| should have trust your child t. your own iutg
ment and the knowledge that you may obtain
rather than 10 any doctor, who, at this late Inv
docshot understand the virtue Of cold water IN TIN
disease,
We have presented above varioas medca, an
thoritics from which the lIydfop. ,bi.ts ar wa,o
'"e l'''''''o'e'' u'''N9 .cir convictions Of til
"p''.o' e'"'''' -, the water treatment, as ais
W. VIZ" oi some of their most prominent prac
toners, but, lest the reader become confuse
, with the mass Of information aud opinions given
, VIC append tho following simple mode Of trca,
mcnt, which may 10 regarded as the embol
ment OF the water cure practice. 1t is furnishe
i by DR.. MILLER, physician Of extended expert
cnoe in thi, line of profession, and connected wit
tho New York Hygiene Institute, No. IL Laig
street:
Dr. Miller advises baths u, n temperature Of frnr
u ca To- 30 deg fth In proportion to the heat of III
= patient cold applications 10 the head, and wnimt
u The feet There Ia always more ct lrgs sor. throat
, | - which cold water applications, even ice, shout
Toe made, and plenty Of water aud ice given To N
| patient internally. Tepd head baths are also ~
: commended, and to move the bowels, injections ,
h topd water at from - 10 30 deg. given. wher
lsthmg isinronyeui,n rcqucut spuug M OF the tod
with cold water has been found highly beneficial A
the commencement II the fever scarcely any food
required, but Ater the second or third day, the III.
should consist u fHrina c"tu'iues rurl anil otAe
= light vegetable preparations Of like character.
DIS. TRAIL and MILLER have had an extcr
sive practice for number If wears in fever cases
: using Away the hydropathic system, sndolsir
to have lost none Of their patients, cures havin
been effected where patients had been given u
: to die by other physicians, ard whore not OF
: the disease but tho evil effects Of other Treatment
had 10 he overcome.
Those OF our readers who have the disease i
their Households in course Of other treatment
which they do not feel willing lightly to chang
will dO we'll to resort to Some practitioner hold
ing favorable views towards the water practice
tor advice, so that the disease he not allowed t
reach n dangerous stage while the parent
making inquiries AND .lS'ssyDx himself as {
the merits Of the water mode VI .trcaimcn,
After such advice the parent will be better alb
to decide about treatment, and Ituience dictate
that this prccaution, at the earliest pOssiLl
period, should not he neglected II the paren
deems the hydropathic system good, it will wor
It, best effects 10y early application; rejected
the inquiries will have resulted in Information
hut no harm. The following is list of pro
mnont water cure practitioners in N.w Yor
and the vicinity;
R.T Trail, NJ. D., y. p. Miller, NJ. D., Mas II
| len Higgins Physicians W. W. wiea, NJ D..
| II. jones NJ. d., Assistant Physicians, at the NeN
York IIygeuic Institute, No. 10 Lsght street,
G. e. Schefcrcieck.r, NJ D., 1888 Broadway, N
A. II. Laidla~, n. d., 20 West TLrty-cight
street, n. Y.
Z. II. sheppard, N. D,,G3 and Co Columbia street
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Eliza De la versus, 9es Pacific street, Broos
DR.. and Mrs Lines. 20 south eth street, Wi
| lsmsburgh.
; We present the above information upon tn
: hydropathic treatment, from q belief that tn
merits OF the system deserve the widest put
LEFTY, and most thorough investigation.
, Scarlet Fevcr-AIiopathic Trcasnent'
r We publish above tho treatment Tor TIL
dangerous disease, upon the hydropathie system
i | accompanied with tho views and opinions {
2 water-curs practitioners Ms to the merits Of the
I practice Their course Of treatment is 80 simpl,
that In default Of the advice Of one VI their pra'
titioners, a parent can, with much conhdenc'
II undertake the care Of case OF scar let few
: | although such advice Ia preferable and should,