The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
FATAER KNE4PP'5 CURES.
Goirg Barefoot al Seems to be tho
Chief Feature of Sis ystem.
From g London Standard

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From e London Standard
If diseases are multiplying and compli-
eating, as m st people think, 1t must be
owned that the inventors Of cures" keep
up with them fairly. The name If our
latest banefactor is Sebastian Kneipp, his
dwelling place TIE hamlet of VorI Shofen,
near Aug burg, and his state o. life that OF
PARISH p lest. All three he has made
famous Tar ,ughoUt the Austrian EN- ire aud
beyond. Eacn year for a long while past
the little village has been moro and more
crowded by invalids of every rank. Herr
Kne PIP has built hotel lately, at which
the charge per diem for BOARD AMI lodgings
Is shil!i gs. paid by ouch as can
afford the extravaganza. Trere is no
fee for eatment, no sale Of medicines, no
recommendations Ct patent ticles, no In-
gauiJus device 10 extract the sufferers
cash. Wealthy patients are expected TO
contribute to the support of their poorer
bre. Eren. Medical men not only send
patieAts from Vienna itself; d ctors come to
udy the good priests methods on tie spot.
These methods are in brief, r5turn to
nature. Herr kueIppis satisfied that peo-
pie generally consume en- u due proportion
Of meat, and be reco amends more vege-
table, White bread he detests. coffee ne
strongly di approves. tea is Ia his special
abomina. ion. Inval ds may smoke and
driak wine if they please.
Fifty years ago the good priest Of VOrish-
ofen became convinced that the softne of
our skins, above all of our feet, is the root
OF all bodily evils Therefore, 20 begin
with, a tnnai is banished, together with all
WOODEN materials for underwear. He has
devised or introduced very coarse Ii en-
which scra chss the skin mildly and keeps it
aglow, while flannel enervates it. ''knlipp
hnen" ii common = manufactured now in
Munich and Stu tgar5. Constant plunging
in cold water Is the second rule. IL mnsC DO
a mere plunge. and to dry the body is for
hidden; thrJwig on his clothes with ths
utm 1st speed, q patient arts TO run for
quarter of al hour, if he be eble-at least,
ne takes strong exercise. At the esd OF that
time his dip, nis mais ened linen, uni his
scratched sAin, . gether, have generated an
intense warmth, vastly wholesome The feet
il especial must 5e hardened Eng ish
doctors have begun to protest against the
usage of covering this part of the dy from
cary years AS iOon as child can walk
its ls.J are ercased in materials more or
.ss calculated TO exclude the air; and g.
they remaih for life, excepting only the
hou 8 passed / ! cod Ling aud sJtteaIug tIem
under tl nkcis.
Is is this mischief which Herr kneipp
sets himself t. emedy. His patien s. Ell,
women a ID chiiiren-rnn barefoot through
sno Y, when snow can be found; at other
times in wet ass or cold wa or. hair an
hour of this exercise is presc tbed. buG Z le
limit is reached gradually; then the Invalid
hurries on 3 l. socKs-of line and his boot IS,
an sets off brisk y for a walk. IL - need
less 10 quote a multitude OF 8 iccessful cures.
Weak D. eth ea may lie impressed by the
case OF a Rothsc lid. whoa has carried tue
fame Of Herr kne.pp 10 these islands