Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-09
MANY KINDS or CURES.
Water Takes the Lead at Present
and Milk Has Manv
Advocates
Liquid Food Alone for Tired StOmach'
-rads Followed II Europe-The
Crane Cure, which Has Draw.
backs, as We'll ~ Merits.

Lent Is the time to take a cure" sad
a fashionable physician. AT this time my
patients drift away from me and take
cures of their own. / turn them over To
the faddists with the result that they
come back stronger than ever says an
Exchange.
Our newest cure is our cheapest one. "
said society physician, one of the kind
called q faddist. 1T Is the water cure.
and the prescription calls for water, water
inside and out. Water. water every
where, all you want to use and all you
want to drink, is the motto of the
cure"
The IDEA OF the water cure is not IL
new one. But the ncwness of the latest
cure lies in the application thereof. The
neweH water cures call for cOpious
draughts of water and not much else.
There are now no less than three OF
these cures, all of them working in a diff.
fcrcnt way but all promise about tho
same results.
The Berlin water cure is the most
famous. The patient battles in cold water.
drinks it and takes 1t for meals. She rises
in the morning, has her water bath.
drinks several glasses of water before
breakfast. and goes on drinking all day.
1t is supposed to cleanse her system and
give it a rest.
The water used in the Berlin cure is
cool. not cold water, for the temperature
must be such as not to shock the stom-
ach. If too cold. it is bad; and IL too hot,
it is worse. 1t must be pure
s.(sn1d cni1 Ton, hot n &
school. or rather an attendant at this
sanitarium. "chlls the stomach. brings
on a tremor. so to speak. and produces
a tired feeling. Hot water is worse In
some respects. II water il used exter-
nally too hot it makes one liable to cold.
If water that is too hot is taken into the
stomach. it burns the lining OF the stom-
ach. The result is indigestion. The wa
ter should be cool. Not cold, but just
COOL
The second one of the water cures is
the Partisan cure This is not strictly
a water cure though rated among the
water cures. This cure. which is quite
"a famous one. is patronized by titled
American women and by English so.
ciety women who go over to rest and re-
cuperate.
WHAT THE PARIS CURE PROMISES
make your complexion good, to cure your
rheumatism, and to enliven your spirits.
It was a famous queen of Europe, who
being sadly depressed in her spirits, Wen
to this retreat in Paris to have her spirit.
lifted. Il am so depressed all the time,
said she.
cst.
came home almost cured. BY following
the cure in her own home. which Is one
Of the great palaces of the world, she
soon became entirely well.
II take said she to a lady in wait
ing. "all the liquid food | want ever,
day. My depressed spirits were due Il
the fact that l did not have enough
moisture in my system. Each morning
drink cup of hot water before break
fast. 1t is not very hot. And to max,
it palatable I put a pinch of salt in tn,
water and very little cream. Thi
makes nice drink. and [ take tw,
cups of it before eating.
For breakfast | eat as little as pos
sible. and during the morning drnl
hot water with cream in it and the tint
est pinch of salt. This makes the hes
dHu HtoSt IOt uTInk ! nav
ever tasted. eat the ordinary meals
But. somehow. one does not care for YER.
much to eat when one is drinking bctwee,
meals so much hot water and cream"
The milk cure is one OF the most IA
nous of all cures these days, and tn
way in which it is managed makes it
tonic for the skin and the stomach. Tn
patient takes milk inside and out.
The outside milk cure Is worthy at
tention. This is the way it was describe,
by woman who took it: II was mas
saged.' said she. from head to foo
every night OF my life with milk.
might have taken milk bath had it no
been SO expensive. The milk baths wer
managed for me In this way: At night
was massased with the top of the mill,
which was like cream. Then. as tn
weather was cold. was wrapped In blan
kets and put to bed. This was Cor ex
treme nervous prostration
I'm the morning took IA bath in thi
miXture The tub was filled with war;
water, in which about a quart Of mil
was stirred And into this was droppe
10 drops Of benzoin. This made a milk
bath. After a week Of this treatment
grew strong enough TO do without TIL
external milk treatment and 10 Deepen
entirely upon the internal.
1.-The internal treatment" said thi
woman, was even more interesting
was ON the milk cure. which was mar
aged thus: Every morning there wa
bought for ne six quarts of pure G
whole milk. This was put in six differ
Ient cans and to each can there was add
ed half a pint OF pure water. a can wa
then set in warm water. and as it heat
ed ] was allowed to drink it,
II took" said she, "a full glass OF mil
every half.hour. 1t was lightly warn
Just warm enough to take the chill O
and keep me from shivering.
1.-THE ingenious part came in the M
voring of the milk. On can each da
was slightly favored with vanilla. Th
made the milk taste like custard. An
one can was favored with cinnamon
There was just the very faintest taste
spice, az in a hot punch.
THE DRINK CURE IN LONDON.
The drink cure has become famous Il
the world over. The idea Is to let tn
~ ~ ho tod