The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-08-25
COLD WATER CURE FOR LOVE.
A Spanish Bicarbonats Of Lime
Spring That brings Lovesiek
Girls TO Their senses.

In a recent number OF the Siglo Med
leo DR.. Martinez Reguera gives an &C.
count OF a spring In Spain the water
of which, according to him, has the
property Of curing the pangs of de-
spised love. This woodworking well,
saws the British Medical Record, Is sit
uated at Alanje, and is held in great
repute for hysteria and neuroses OF all
kinds, but It appears to be a specific
for the intangible cardiac LESSONS which
are said to follow disappointments OF
the tender passion. Naturally there
fore this watering place is largely fire.
auented b.. lovesick maidens, and many
marvellous cures are reported. Young
ladies as disgraced as Ophelia are said
to have recovered their senses and be-
CONE decorous members Of society OF
the primmest "prunes and prisms
type, after going through a course OF
treatment at Alanje. DR.. Reguera, with
all proper gravity, gives details OF
some cases. One Of the patients was q
pretty Seyillian, a dark. nervous girl
Of II. with an expressive c~ountehance,
who. on account of a quarrel with her
betrothed, took such a dislike to him
that the mere sight of him threw her
into a violent frenzy in which she spoke
wildly and ineoherently, refused food,
and could not sleep; finally she fell
into q profound melancholy. In this
state she was taken to Alanje, where
she had a bath every morning, with
shower baths and douches on the back
morning and evening for is days. When
half way through the course q favor.
able change was observed, and shortly
before her return to Seville appetite
and sleep returned; she spoke ration
ally, and began TO show affection for
her betrothed. A further course OF
baths and douches completed the cure.
Another young lady Of 20, described
as dark, with an Arabian c~ountenance.
and brilliant black eyes, was attacked
by hysteria which took the form Of
talking constantly, without intermis'
sion, and rolling on the floor, where
, her mother had thoughtfully placed q
mattress. With a good deal Of trouble
she was taken to Alanje, She had Il
baths with powerful douches on the
spine and head. The treatment calmec
her excitement TO a certain extent, but
l she was not completely cured till aftel
a second course OF treatment. The
I third case was that Of . pretty CIR
Of IS who was caught by her motheI
d sweethearting with . young man O
b the class known, ue believe, to Lon
don society mammAs as "detrimen
I? tails" The mother, who seems to b
q lady of masterful temper, punished
her severely, and even threatened he
with death. The result was that tn
poor girl was hereft Of her senses, AM
8 took to running through the street
d with her hair undone, addressing re
e marks TO the passers-by Of a characte
hardly TO be expected from a younI
lady who had been religiously brough
up. She was taken TO Alap1e and wa
bathed and douched on the head an
spine for a fortnight. but went HON
e in the same condition rs she cam,
e Some time later DIR. Reguera receive
d a call from q quiet young person, WHIT
,. with tears, begged his pardon for hay
ing given so much trouble a mont
- or two before. II was the ~refractor
n patient Of some few weeks before. no'
ID clothed In her right mind, and 8
IS changed that it was with difficulty b
" recognized her,
10 A still more remarkable cure WI
II that Of a young country lass of 20, wit
z. whom the course Of true love was ruI
Y ming smoothly til a military cousi
III came on the scene and made troubl,
ii The girl lost her appetite and becam
furlously bysterical with attacks c
le destructive mania. which made II ne'
Id essary 10 place her under restrain
. After this state Of things had Taste
Id some months she was taken to Alanj
II but ~ first u was impossible TO q
he anything with her. as she struggle
80 violently that five people could NJ
" put her Into the bath, The docto
Is however. managed to obtain some d
I'd huence over her, and eventually vii
no a bath In the morning and douches al
he shower baths In the evening she b
ID, gan to improve and left Alanje at Il
10 end Of the treatment restored 10 hi
th senses. Soon she got married, an
nd let us hope. lived happily ever afte
20 We gather that the water VI this mira
nloua well contains nothing more T
nj markable. chemically than blearbo
ed ste of lime, We are inclined to thin
Id therefore. that lis curative virtue II
la. less In the spring than rs tutelary me
ical deity. In any ease We congratuln
va DIR. Reguera on his success In treatll
I'D an affection generally held to be |
n. yond the Of medical art. al
Of We are glad 20 have an opportunity
nj calling the attention Of anxious mot
I'D erA Of lovesick daughters 10 the heal
10. healing waters OF Alanje.
Washington, Aug. 2i.-Willlnm
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ideni Of the New Jersey state 3,
ate. has been rendered and has
cepted the office of first a~ssista
postmaster general made vacant
| the resignation OF Perry Heath.