Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-22
OOLD WATER CURES ALI.
: UNIVERSAL PANAcEA roa SUFFER-
ING HUMANITY.


ING HUMANITY.
no Able Sebastian Kneipp, ana ~.
Power Of Healing - P.t,sa. De-
scr''es the Method % the Prisst,. y
ment-c"id Water Used Esterns,rv.
Few Americans have seen the littls
village OF Woerishofen, between Mem-
mingen and Augsburg, in Bavaria. and
YET Tor the past four or five wears tl;s
little burg has attracted AZ many ,vis;tors
as Bayrenth and Oberaminervan Waar.
'shofen is celebrated not for its mineral
waters, not for its bracing air. bu. for
lts marvellous cures performed by the
priest OF the village, the Able Sebastian
hnelpp. Each year ut least 30 1000 in
vailds make a pilgrimage to Woerishofen
and endure all Inconvenience IN order
70 be cured by the Able Kneipp.
The Able Kneipp Is celebrity II
Germany. He is called oenins =
savant, a benefactor Of the human race
everything in the village is named for
the wise priest. For instance, there i
Kneipp coffee, Kneipp bread, Kneipp
linen, etc. Always at least dozen
physicians are present at the consuIta-
Tons OF the priestly heal r, and these.
after thoroughly understanding his syH.
tenn, will found Kneipp Anstalten at
Stuttgart, Munich. Wurtzbourg, etc.
This good able believes that water
will cure all the ills to which flesh il
heir. A friend who went from Paris to
consult the Able Kneipp has told me of
her experience at Woerishofen, and Of
her great admiration for the abbe,s wis
dom.
THE Able.
In the village there are only three or
four primitive inns, but most Of the in
valids lodge in private houses no less
primitive. The able has been compelled
to build large house for the benefit Of
the clergy, for priests also ask to be cured
by their confrere
The able receives at the presbytery,
and begins consultations at 8 o'clock in
the morning. The great physician sits
In a large room on the ground floor, srlr5
rounded by pupils The able is a fine
looking man. His regular features and
fresh complexion denote health, and his
broad, high forehead, hardly touched by
wrinkle, is framed in white hair.
His eyes are the bluest and brightest
have ever seen, for his soul seems to be
concentrated in these eyes, and they pene-
trate you through and through-in fact,
to make a diagnosis, the able only looks
at patient and in diagnosis be never
errs. Some who went to the priest with
despair in their hearts left him buuyed
up by courage and with the assurance
that their diseases were not incurable.
Although the able says 81 cannot de-
stroy DEATH still he has cured many
whose diseases baffled the skill of others.
A man whose face was disfgured by a
horrible cancer asked his advice Calm
/ ly the priest said, at is easily cured.
and after several weeks of lotions and
baths the cancer disappeared. The blind
have recovered their sight and the lame
have walked.
According to the Able Kneipp every
disease originates in the blood; there
may be disturbance in it's circulation,
where may be a arrangement of its com
position.
WHAT WATER DOES.
| Water alone can act thoroughly on the
blood, and water produces four notice
able effects. 1t dissolves the injurious
principles of the blood, eliminates tina,
which has been dissolved, restores regu-
lar circulation to the purified blood and
fortifies the debilitated organism. In a
talk with the able after consultation
hours, he said that fifty years ago people
did not take cold as at the present time
Why? Simply because the body was more
hardened to changes in temperature.
Water makes the body capable of en-
during all climates, and the best way tt
begin the treatment is to walk barefoot
in the wet grass. After quarter of al
hours promenade without drying th'
feet, one must put on dry shoes ant
stockings and exercise until the feet ar,
very warm. "If you can find no dew
no wet grass said the able, walk OF
cold, wet stones, or even on the snow
That is my remedy for those who are al
ways taking cold
The abbe's treatment varies according
to the malady. For some he prescrlbe
vapor baths, for others wet congresses
for others baths with oats or hay added
to the water, etc. The water must b.
as cold as possible, and in winter snow i
preferred. But cold bath must neve
last more than FIVE minutes. includin:
the time required for dressing and un
dressing, and the bather must never us
towels, but always exercise for tifteei
minutes after the bath. Friction onl.
causes unequal circulation, but exercis'
produces uniform heat.
Warm baths should always be followe'
by a plunge in cold water. The GOO
able says one must never drink too niue
water, and the least possible during re
pqsts. Drink little water before eat
ing. very little while eating, and two o
three hours after drink as much as yo
wish. Paris Cor. New York World.
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