The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-03

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Voo.iI:m%---S,.n,,ss E,slre> sir Dsszs- and
Esglat. 5sa.,raz.:aS S.eaIs. Cff-cssIsy
rezaI7t<a ExcreEse sad Rest.
/ There j. 81 in+eTestin~ assscle in T;ie
Nineteenth Cen5s-y II 6iich Ar J:
a. Gibson tells how lie was cured cf
consumption. III. Gibson found HING
ser, az the age . 2S. suffering from
ecute pbthis;s. Els case was prohouncef
% be desperate b. the doctors He
weighed cniy . stone pounds. and the
disease rad sccE 4 hold up. linn Esst
kosseve- expected t. recovsr.s EIEzsse 3 ~
he went OF into the coantIy. as the
doctors advised. and after three months
OF coTlls,iate resi- a1d a Diet Of moro
than half u gallon d milk day he ha7
! pot on ? few pourG5' weight f1en z
friend urged him to so 10 NoIIrach III
sne Black forest and place himself un-
der Dr.. Wzl,i.a--
He did so. and in four months ke
; came Back 70 England in a sbstso- bara
Laric health. weighing 1915 stole ana
( ssith a chest EssasuTanlsHt 20 correspond.
What was IFS nl;ie-icaI treG tsnent Of Dr.
Fyaltherr &ourishmeT.t, rest and fresh
air-no n.sdicines, no Ejaculation. nc
coGdIing. bat simply open windows day
end NIGHT, enormoas meals and careful
" regulated exercise and rest.
It sounds IN eagyscIre, ard It began
b take effect ilistaataneonsly in Mr.,
esibson's~ case The first thing was to-
gain IN weisht. and With It's object in
al, s..
Patient 3Ir. Gibson gained N weight!
Every body else gained n weight. There
Was a Competition as TO who should
gain most, and pcopf5 ate for dear life.
with an eye on tire se3le-
''EYe, ussd to say among ourselves,
writes 81. Gibson. ''tsis.s we had 70 eaf
thrce times the ordinary amount Of food
one portion to replace natural waste.
a second pOrsion to replace the extr5
waste from tho disecse 0Ba third pOF-'
t:o1 90 pat en- weight 80 hat the system
Eaight be streng and finally gef
toe better OF the disease Every body
had to lie down for an heUr. before
meals. To bed at and up at z; break
fast az s, dinner at 1. supper at This
was the days routine, with walk at
a snail's pace. -
From the morrcDt of arrival untir.
leaving Nordrach the patient never
breathes one breath OF any but the
pureSt aiE. IS KGrdTach is in the Black
forest, at "a elevation of 1900 feet.
s1rrolT.tlc5 by trees, and a long wav
sro.a a town or even & village. The
easement windows cf the saRitarium are
kept wide open day AID night, summer
and winter, and in some instances the
Hin.Jows ere taken completely out OF
The iIauaS- -
Thas il IS practically an outdoor life
the patient lives continuously There il
therefore 1fo danger OF chiIls On going
oct in ANY kind Of weather or at any
hOTr. rs the te.nreratzfe 1ithin and
Fithout IL eGaaL 90 pleasant does this
living IL TIE open become and so hardy
Is the lzstient IrraJe AID so ;nviSOrated
that c. rs return 20 this country it ia
the greatest 1ni5cry for him tc have to
rerisin Il roonl with closed windows
Being Il such considerable height
Il, 550 feet, with rise N tie; longer
walks CO another 1, 100 feet-the pa
tent. 10 get the SAME an6slnt OF oxygen
into the system. must Breathe relative
II raOre Of the rareiied air and thus cx-s
paad the lungs. In this way the lungs
are completely flooded with pure air;
al TIE odd corners and crannieS.s which
lie has har:iiy usod foT yafrs. are venti-.
LACED. which the easy walking mp hill is,
emincistiy calculated 70 effect. while at
Al. ~. IL
the ratient enjoys elbows the lungs to
be practically uzaistarbe1 ard so per-
IAits che healing process 70 proceed
'TEs climate IS much the same as Ia
England There Is quite as high rain
f,[iI, ard irswinter it is much colder.s
ECt 1t has been demonstrated beyond q
doubt that climate has absolutely moth
ing 70 90 with the case
There the patiocts. who so out regu
!sriy day. eE5cr day IN all Kinds Of
gseatn4r. sometimes wsIx for hoars at y
tire II the rain without ever thinking
= cc.lls>S-ag their wes clothes afterWard-:
'SSllis coarse ~. Gibson still adopts and.
finds that such wegt;ng- sometimes
twice IL one day-neycr ores him any
harm whatever
Re asked d. Wa.tier if he thought
his system could D. carried on with hops
Of success III .i;s & aE5ry. lie said that:
Il csonld be wo-lts9 L-re quite IS wei as3
at Nordraeh. or. as in thes.balmieak.
cline; that ali tEat-was required was a
place where pure air was 20 be had. Sit
uated well sway from toHyn. at fairrs
elevation. AID the MN u see that the
system was properly-earried out Mr.
Gibson IS now convinced that this is
perfectly true. L.
Absolutely nothing else is reeded-
Freedom FROM wind. high cverage ofs
sunshire. dry climate and aNsuch others
things is are generally supposed to be-
so Necessary 90 Tor noting. And this
is the cruz OF the VII il matter. It is
possible 70 c.lra here. on the spot. al.
most al the people CT this coanszy who.
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