The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-07
acknowledgement.
uyDKOPITHIC SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.
.,..,,rc.s Medicines and Priml
N a DiCt. ~ "a Means OtPFOInSl-
~" IIcnlIh-Phy sicinnS VINO
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' What la, become OF the Water Cure
atom, |. a question that must have &C.
,.,eJ IA inqurins persons who recollec'
%,,imc y hen almost every large town
s.ln. bylropathic establishment profess
,,,, cure ali diseases by Plunges, DOUGH
W. ,borer.bath,, and wct'sheet "PackS''
4, bne ago put the question to the
nof all men be.t competent to answer
II. il, ii not the founder the most
a.. and energetic promuIgatOF Of the
' ',,,, IN the InitcdSlotes. He establish.
'"" ',Ilcce in New York to educate
~ .'i, SS in the new practice, wrote
Pn,',''hn ,ok. upon the subject-among
ml"! byjropa,hic cncyclopedia-edited
'as" ., - 4 and elaborated n complete
%"n "i hydropathic treatment. The
Hi I'sra now called Iiygcio' Therapeutic,
.y ,;II survives under his charge, and Is
s' .,; 'I' IN in village in New Jersey
ga, ga, ~, f,"m hi. city, and the Doctor { |
pG ,,, a,, name him for have not his per-
W." .; "D' IN do 40, Is still teaching, lectur'
a'','' snJ writing books. To him ! put
,1 , I" DlThat has become OF the
Water care system"
VIA" II. 'rsolicd All that was good in the
r',n,n Ne retain, The Water Cure es'
attainment, went down because they de-
a a,rDI ro Most Of them were in charge
'( Sner.oo. who had little or no medical
ehration-they had only one idea-t0
,nnv water, Under our system Of by
aI.nic medication, water is employed as
valuable remedial agent, but It IL only
,o ,,cnt among many"
O't Ianc conversation cnsued, in the
,,n,.ooi which the Doctor was so good rs
, :, ,iye me- .omc idea Of his system of
C w diseases without medicine, The
. "I Nh, oi talk will, perhaps, let
~" ,"aJsr into the secret.
II" rLo Wnclor-All the regular schools Of
mniicins baren false theory Of the nature
W Ii,cn.e and A false theory Of the &C.
,ion w." 81 ,cmcIies
w Tovro.nondent-IIm, Doctor, do you
mo," IN .ay that after centuries Of in.
"",,iya,ion and observation the medical
n,ots,.ion hos not even got foundation
li,,n,h 10 stand npon?
,rbr boctor-IIo. Their premises are
n,,lIy id.e, Ilippocrates was u better
'I~.icion ,hnn nny Of the modern practi.
ii"1rr. IIc did less harm than they do.
m" ho., ,loc,or nowadays il the one who
aiv., ,bc lca.t medicine.
Corrc.non,lent-pray explain wherein
fin cLisf crror of The current system OF
medicine lic,.
The Doctor-ln trying to cure the di-
,o,." in.leaJ Of the patient. The disease
/, Nature, curative effort. It ought not
,obc checked or DESTROYED, but should be
GeInsd The old system treats disease as
oncn,iwtoM driven out Of the patient.
Ohcn L cure, the lesease and kills the
paticnl, aud always II the patient recover,
br bo, In tbe place of the first disease, a
. .'y and usually chrome one, fasten-
alan HIM A. tho rc.ult If the drug poisons
Ga h,, iakcu Our hypienic system cures
,bo notirnt and then The di;ease disaD.
Ns,T. We hold that ali healing power is
InLcrcnt in tbc living system and that
,bS,s /, No ruro,iye virtue in medicines
mr. in ANYTHING outside Of tho vital organ.
lam Nature has provided no remedies
Gt disease Thconly way for the sick to
he wcll i.to obry ARCHAEOLOGICAL laws.
Corrc.mndentLTo take a practical H..
lu1raliUn. what would be The difference
in thc working. Of thc two systems in the
ca@ Of A patient sick with Intermittent
fever. a.tIc result Of breathing malar-
on,atmo.plrrcY
The DocIor-lhe old school would try
to stop the fever with uuininC, and in
curing thc disease wOuld leave the m.
tient With A torpid liver from which he
might never recover, We should helm
lbe sy.lem ia throw oil the malaria, and
when thr patient not III he would he n
we'll man.
Observation-Disclosures are your RENE.
lie.2
The DOctor-Ligbl, air, exercise, clec.
tricity. magnetism, rot. Wholesome food
and drink, bathing, sleep, and cheerful
mental condition. These make M Ma.
tufc'. matcria ncdica, We Use no drugs.
regarding them "A poisons, which can
OnIy cure the disease by causing another.
Corrc.Iondent-lsn't il rather strange
that the truth about the nature of disease
and remedies has iust been discovered ?
Whywas II not found out long ago?
The Doctor-Why was not The world
made before il was? The Lord was not
ready, suppose.
Ia reply to further questions the Doc.
tor said that his college had graduated
over $50 "hyvienic physicians" more
than iOOoi whom were now in successful
practice, treating diseases without medi.
cine. The college was established IN
lSj! and chartered in 1867. II had the
right to confer degrees. The terms hydro.
pathy and water cure were no more used.
lie said, because inappropriate. lie
termed hls system Revolutionary,
Connected with the college ia a hCure"
where patients are boarded and treated,
Other boarders arc also taken and pro.
videl with amore generous diet than il
allowed the inyalids. The latter Use no
neat, butter, milk, coffee, tea, salt, sugar
OF condiments. Their food Is coarse.
Hour bread baked without yeast, fruits in
ther natural state, and vegetables cooked
without grease, salt, or seasoning of any
kind and their drink is cold water. 4
more uninviting repast, than Il set before
them twice d day, except for the ripe
ltuit 1t would be hard to imagine. The
aivOts to which tbe nalote il accustomed
an 0,,;..i' .' ~. F~'" ~, !" SI'"a'V"'eu