The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
HEALTH IN COLD WATER.
THE KSEIPP CURE As ExPoUNDED
BIZ ONE OF ITS PROFESSORS.
Part Played In II by MassnGe-Appiianees
Used In tho Cure-LiEht Underwear
The Stomach and Health Walking
Barefoot and the Kneipp Cure.

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medicine; very little dleting; the skin used as q
great functional agent for healing. building up,
and reinforcing the body4theso arc the princl-
pies of n successful institution, removed in
every particular from relations with the drug
store. There Is but one element recognized as
remedial in the water cure and that Is water,
and cold water at that. Heated water in any
stage Is not used under any circumstances.
People who like to wash themselves In water
with Just the mir taken of" and people who
like to get into a tub OF warm water and then
turn on the faucet and give themselves q regu-
lar boiling, must give up their habits IL they
would be healthy and able to stand fluctuations
OF climate. Even the hot foot bath, the main
stay In domestic emergency, Is tabooed by this
cure. Steam Is used, but only in certain cases
| applied to certain portions Of the body, never a
full steam bath.
"Hot water week.-mrs." says tho doctor. why
use hot water2 Cold water strengthens. l
provo It," and he proceeds to prove 1t.
Before doing so no calls attention to a letter
pasted up above his desk, a letter from his
chief in Germany setting forth that he, and he
only. in these United States is authorized to
! practise this particular system OF curing, all
|, pretenders showing other afadavits to the con-
irary Notwithstanding.
The doctor is German In feature and German
In build. The cap and loose-fowing cassock that
he wears give the impression OF a professor. 1t
Is not easy for him TO express himself in q for
eign language.
~ give massage ?" he repeats. yes, but not
the massage they have here. When l would
help a sore place l massage 1t so that the patient
he cry. l never massage the body all over.
What use2 People like that; 1t feels nice, the
human touch. just so lovers hold hands for
long. but in medical practice a humbug. II a
mans foot pain and ache l only massage the
foot. II q house roof leak in one spot the car
penter patches the leak. he goes not over the
whole roof to put on solder and tin. Just so
massage. Mend the sore part, leave the rest
alone. The sore part heal quicker II the rest is
let alone.
People take steam bath for complexion"
he goes on. What good The complexion is
here laying his hand on his stomach. II the
stomach feel we'll It show quick on tho face; II
the stomach be in trouble II show quick on the
face also. a man takes medicine . plenty, the
right kind 1t helps him. maybe much, for a
while, but he go back sick once more. l prac-
tice regular medicine for forty year, I know.
Then l was sick, awful sick. I use a crook, a
crutch for two year. Sebastian kneipp cure
me. / give up medicine. / do the water cure.
Germany much different from New York.
The man who keep o Turkish bath In Germany
20 bankru pit; in New York he make rich. The
Turkish bath only good on account of tho cold
water a%fterward. II a man take q Turkish
bath and walk out without the cold water on
him he die"
The appliances used in this water cure are
simple enough. There is no full or even partial
submersion OF the body. The affected parts
are sprayed with the cold water. the pressure
being increased or decreased according to the
effect required. II tho trouble be heart disease
the patient hangs, arms downward, over a con-
trivance in a bathroom, and has the water
played first on his arms, then on his breast and
neck. lastly on his back, the bent position being
assumed to prevent the water from running Off
the back. For various com plants and diseases
he is sprayed lightly or heavily. according to his
condition. In certain instances 1t Is requisite
that he should sit wrapped up like a mummy
over the steam that rises from q basin of herbs.
This treatment is then supplemented by a cop!-
Gus spraying with very cold water, a process
that leaves him tingling in every fibre of his
used, the spray hitting the surface Of the body
like q billion dull pin points and stimulating the
dormant but ii answers to this imperative sum.
mons. II cold before. the patient is then warm
his finger tips and to the ends Of his toes.
the .M bno,o warm R iss Soay wiz Wh clothes nson nj says sys
put OH. This is all | wear next the flesh. show
Ing an openwork linen undervest Of texture 80
light that II could be crumpled up In the hand.
big. strong underwear binders the circula-
tion. weakens the body; the body then can
shirt on catches much cold. He takes that shirt
off even In a warm room and he shivers, he feels
the chill. 1t is the air the body wants. to feel
well. Just so n flower. Take it from where 1t
has MICE air. nice dirt; put 1t 10 a glass cese,it
put in an exhausted air chamber the blood runs
out OF the pores of his skin.
undergarments. the circulation is not free. Is
kept back, The food stays In the stoinach: IL
pluySt he Iayil with the whOla syAtRm. that la
what makes rheumatism. There are many kinds
OF rheumatism. all hard to cure. A man loses
sometimes much business on account OF rheu-
matism and neuralgia; many kinds OF neural
gia. neuralgia of the thiGkine parts, neuralgia
the matter with a person, that You cannot see
directly, IT e the stomach that is at the bottom
1t is useless to doctor the broken place In the
branches. Don't think of the top. 70 to the root:
his nose. or his big toe hurts. II Is the stomach
that is the trouble. To go back to clothes. | say
to the body. When it's freczing then put on a
heavy, thick coat to go out or a fur wrap. but
What do you do for dyspepsia ?" the re-
Put a compress on the abdomen of very cold
water, cover the linen com press with rubber,
the rubber with a blanket. have the patient lie
down witt, the COMPRESS on FOR an hour. repeat
this 30 many times he needs. Sometimes a little
v'@nsWEfhr a IN diet Iee :; %SA'er'"
NO very much sweets, no very much acid.
People eat too much all the time: and they
don't drink enough water. Everybody think
they must drink something. but not water. 1t
may he tea, ~ may he coffee. or whiskey. or
beer. or wine, but not water; and II 1t IL water
they drink. then II is iced water. and that kills
the stomarh. People in New York sit three
hours at the table, and they eat, eat all the time.
New YORK people live to eat. and they eat much
meat. They eat dinner, then they 20 to the
play. then they eat big supper. All wrong. They
give their stomach unnatural work to do. and
then they board their bodies up in big, strong
underwear, and the stomach can't move to
throw 1t of. II people would sleep at night and
walk out IN the day, IA God meant thea. TO do,
they would be well. except, OF course. may be
hereditary sickness bother them. or weak lungs.
but free air and cold water treatment heal the
luLgs and make them strong.'
= yon believe in people drinking milk p"
Yes. MIX IL good, very good; but In New
York they think milk tame; IL is too poor for
them. Az much harm as good can be done with
cold water. A young lady who takes my treat
ment for dyspepsia goes TO II dance. She eats
much ice cream and cake and sweet things.
She wants to keep up the treatment. so when
She goes lone she gets into a tub of cold water.
Next mOrning she feels bad, she tells me. say
to her it IL a wonder she Is living. Never take a
cold bath at night. Battle part OF the body;