The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-19
Home Health
Club |
BY DAVID n. READER. Pb Nm
la Porte, Ind.


4"' 'he application OF water IN ~, 49,.
neht OF many forms of illness NJ.
nave come To me from All parts
~. "o Morld expressing the gratitude ~
"riters Tor the benefits received
anu IA many cases asking for moro do.
Information. Iydrotheranv ie a
wonderful and an interesting stndv and
4noompllancew with the requests of q eroo,
many | shall give a series ~ Iacs,,,os
Or papers upon the subject. the air.
oelng, as in all of the Homo rIao1th
a1 PAPERS 10 teach In an interesting
s,n,pie manner the practical home
agents. " therapeutic
oeslnnlng the study OF a subject ~ |
sucn Importance. II is not unintereet-
~ iearn something of the accredited
OF the agent as established nv
ieCorus OF wise and experienced
i'iouers, extending over a period
many hundreds Of years Water in
N'alhent OF human as well as mt
"'i suffering, Is undoubtedly tho mos,
'ent or an therapeutic agents Tbo
earliest medical literature oxtant refore
90 us use The old Assyrian ara Fen
l4an records which tell ps ~ no 49,.
ana customs Of those ancient ,,oor1o.
also establish the far. fba, 4 -, !
'.'l considered most valuable. '
80 ."e recent discoveries in Amer v
~ SN.nt unooubtcd evidence Of n bInb I
alate OF civilization which existed her. (
many thousand years ago. prove thar Il
.- 'alle Of baths was even then known a
FeFhaps ono Of the reasons for tho q
great value attached to water 10 that u
- Always 10 be had. Wherever livino p
indh Is round there is and must he va a.
W. ana 70 can with safety and a
''"souaoie assurance OF satisfactory
results be applied to every concelv-
able pathological condition. II tbrs /,
more nearly approaches and deserves N
me name OF universal panacea Of anv d.
known agent =,
The Chinese physician prescribed cold
ehlsions several hundred centuries bo- ca
lore nc time Of Christ. while the ereot m,
writer Pilny isauthority for the knovl- an
cage mat water was almost the excin- sh
slVe method Of treatment used bv the VIII
ltomans for about 500 years. one 81 the
the ancient physicians. CELSIUS calls !, icil
one OF The three essentials in a perfect up,
system Of therapeutics. exercise ana Pre-
friction being the other two. my
The great John Wesley. founder =, gar
ne Methodist church. wrote bool. val
allied Primitive PhysicS !" which wa. ayr
published in 17i7, in which be gives Al ton
.cuoh LOT the treatment Of diseases by Wo'
he use Of water. in a manner ,b,cb far
annot In many instances be excelled info
y even our present scientific knowl OF
dge OF its use. wee
~ would be not only interesting. but a., a.
instructive 10 take YOU with me through 'iioI
ne entire history that is available re- oOol
arding the cure OF diseases By means piie
wafer II Is curious fact how -, "a"
yer. which all physicians are forced ~ woo
Omit. no matter how much we dislike
90 50. that the practical and scion
nc use OF water In the Succession view
eatment Of diseases both In ENGLAND scrln
20 America has been forced nnon ne "Ilt'
Se many other valuable AGENTS n, not
embers Of the laity. First 4 neasan, Or
lmcd Priessnitz. then nri.st 49,, Dear
niepp The former was ra. ~ HON
markable ability and tart. 7, ~ ment
Tea OF him that when but IL years Of was
2 he met with severe accident In on a.
hlch he received many bruises and you
ner injuries including TWO broken heal'
- The family physician and those cent
lied In council gave him no hope Of ho'
rovsry. but as he had been A. ~ hahi. Conn
employing water freely in the treat rectlo
mt and care OF domestic animals no eshtl'
rided 70 apply the method 10 himself drink
ich he did, with perfect success. He ialthf
erred the wounded parts with what In
would call cold congresses and OF ire
Sc he keFt cold by the addition 81 lectur
q water as fast as they became Hterat
ted safe I
no spcooesfu, or,,ou - 49,, accord
him 10 observe similar effects upon 'ilis g
er persons whom he could In 80
shborly way. relieve of their suf 80
ms, until his success In the treat go
~ Of the sick and afflicted became so 80 +
known that even the most eminent -.
sicians were not slow to go to him - -
knowledge and help. w.
ne Of the most important s~peri- ~ -.
ts which he performed. and tho re- doii,
I "a WIN snoulu DC Ano"n e every and de
'a' ""s maui uFVh wv plSS. fattcr {
was constantly fed upon cold and nnygled
other upon hot food. When killed in 10
one which had been fed upon cold fnIlv r,
was found TO be in almost perfect Won cat
tn. and the lntestines were well con doctor
faie' anu " hrm' resisting times II
'u'e' WINE muse 81 the animal aged 81
upon hot food were inflamed. red can 70
'e'aAeu 10 sucn an extent mat they tor -
easily torn and corld not be used ooh ,
Saee cases fach reader OF this meals"
VINO mas loelcal reasoning pow any of |
- iesuliy ABSORB most valuable as 10 Il
: ioin ,n's' ana AVOID as far as by the I
Die hot food and drinks. know referred
experience both in my own case meals IN
hat OF many patients, that the de- who civ
or hot food ard drinks is mostly mcnt on
'it, and when once broken and of the a
iormed OF taking no food into the proper d