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journal
Water-cure
The
 Property of ths
Public Library ofthe
City of Boston,
DEPOSITED IN THE
Boston Medical Library,

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Boston

Medical Library

8 The Fenway
 THE

AND

HERALD OF REFORMS.

4
DEVOTED TO

^jipittliigt}, Btjtopatjnj, unit \\t %nm nf Xifo.

TO PROMULGATE THE PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF HYDROPATHY ; EMBRACING THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH
AND LONGEVITY, TOGETHER WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF WATER, AIR, EXERCISE,
AND DIET, TO ALL THE VARIOUS DISEASES WITH WHICH MANKIND ARE AFFLICTED.

VOLS. XI. AND XII.

4
V
N c vo |) a r k :

FOWLERS AND WELLS, PUBLISHERS,

CLINTON HALL, 131 NASSAU STEEET.
1851.
 The Water-Cork, as a general thing, is safe, harmless, and capable of being made use of by every family at " Home,"
in all ordinary cases, whenever and wherever any remedy is necessary.
In view of this fact, we ask, " Is it not the duty of all who have been benefited by this great, yet simple system, to recom
mend it to their friends and neighbors?"
With entire confidence, then, do we appeal for aid, to those who would rescue mankind from the jaws of a premature grave,
by placing in their hands the means of preserving health and prolonging life to a green old age ; and, for this purpose, we tender
the new ^ olume of The Water-Cure Journal for 1852.
 INDEX. Ill

9nhx fa % nhm 11, fnr 1851.

PiQE Pack Pass

Address to Readers, 9 Hooping Cough, 15 Reviews, Rationalism,' ... 19, 43, 75, 96, 125,
Adages, .... 12 Hydropathy for the People 26 Review of January No. W. C. J 47
Accidents and Emergencies, . 19 Home Cases of Water-Cure, 32 Rattle-Snake Venom, 91
Answer to Noggs, 21 Home Practice of Water-Cure, . . *71, 73 Scrofula, its Nature, Ac 3
Answers to Correspondents, . 23, 51 78, 100, 132, 155 Home Treatment of Bronchitis 88 Sea-Sickness, 18
A few words on Clothing, 25 Hotels—Travelers—Bathing, . ... 128 Sudden Death 23, 48
An Autobiography, 27, 61, 100, 142 Hydropathy «. Allopathy 140 Special Notices, 23, 50, 148
A few Extracts from Correspondents, 47 Illustrations of the Eye, ...... 18 Surgical Operation 33
A few Honest Opinions, — Inflammation of the Bladder, 68 Small-Pox 69
American Hydropathic Institute, ■ • . . 01 Insanity and Delirium Tremens, 118 Sore-Throat, 89
April Topics, 93 Illustrated Botany, 125 Spasmodic Asthma, 96
An Old Doctor's Testimony, 07 Institution for Idiots, 127 Study and Examinations in Water-Cure, . 117
An Eye-Sore, ....... 110 Inflammatory Rheumatism, 146 Staff of Life 148
Abominable Supporters, 128 Long Life 22 Thoughts on the Death of a Young Friend, , . . 19
Burns and Scalds, 40, 92 Lecture on Hydropathy, 44 The Melon, 30
Blue Pills vs. Poultry, 99 Leaves from a Note-Book, 69 Twelve Cases in Midwifery, 61, 109
Blood Letting, 140 Literary Testimony 127 To S. Rogers, M. D , 75
Cutaneous Respiration, 3G Maxims in Water-Cure, 18 The Dr. says so, 87
Cholera, 38, 68 Miscellany 21, 47, 75,'97, 127, 152 Typhus Fever 94
Cases in Water-Cure, 67 Miss Blaokwell, M. D. 21,29 The Ox in the Grain, 86
Childbirth—A Contrast 88, 146 Measles 33 The Dernier.Resort, ....... 117
Constipation, 89 Mrs. Farnham, 50 The Appetite—Its Use, fco 120
Cold Water rj. Rattlesnakes, 91 Maternity and Water Cure of Infants, , 57 The Diseases of Women, 122
Cold Water for Scalds, 92 Maroh Meditations, 69 Too White 124
Cases in Home Practice, — Meat-biscuit^, . 94 The'jLampooning Parson, 129
Dentition, 42, 72 Medical Laconics, 115 Thoughts for June 149
Distinguished Men hard Workers, .... 137 May Meditations, 121 The Warof the 'Pathies, 150
Experience in Water-Care, 46 Monody, . , 129 Varieties, 23,49,78,100,130,155
Ear,—the—and its Diseases, .... 84,111 Nature the best Doctor, 119 Variola, 69
Enlargement of the Tonsils, .... Physiology and Pathology of the Eye, . . 6 Water-Cure Library, 90
97
Fruit* and Vegetables, Physical Education, ... 6, 13, 39, 69, 105, 139 Wonderful Cure, . 99
. . 37
February Topics, Woman's Dress, . . . . . 31, 81, 151
. . 41 Precautions against Pestilence, .... 18
Female Lecturers, Water Treatment of Dysentery,
. 49 Practice in Water-Cure 30, 80
Fashion Plates, Woman's Rights, *5
74 Pill and Water Doctors, 48
Familiar Correspondence 82, 113 Water-Cure at Home, <5
Patent Indestructible Water-Pipes, ... 74
Fresh Air 119 Water-Cure—How far Useful, .... 66
Physic and Pretension, 90
Fruit for Food, 120 Wheat with Chaff, 77
Portable Bathing Apparatus, 91
Food and Diet, 120 j Water for some Things, 88
Progress of Hydropathy, 93 Water in Chronio Diseases, . . . ; 127, 161
Gossip from Boston, . . . 21,48,74,98,129,153 j Poisoned Confectionery 134 What Nature can Do, I*7
Glen Haven Water-Care, 97 ,
Proceedings of Am. Hygienic and Hydropathic Asso. 137 Water-Cure at Home, 152
Gen. Washington's Illness, ... 118 >
Graham's Tilt with the Parson 129 \ Physiology in Schools, 142 Water-Cure in Ireland, 153
Heat is Life, Ac. IS i Quoggs to Noggs, ...... 21, 154
Happy New Year, 13 \ Rational Hydropathy, 10
iv INDEX.

Snbtx tn % nltinu 12, far 1801.

Pacr Paqb Page

Ancient Water-Cure, 7 ■ Fatal Mistake of a Druggist, 19 Quinsy and Fever, . 42
A Hydropath for Dover, Familiar Letters, .... . 29 Reviews, 17, 40, 00, 87. 112
Ague and Fever, 9 Fashion Plate*. 36 Rotten Teeth, 68
An Acrostic, 18- ; Female Physicians of Turkey, .... 38 Religion and Science, ... ... OS
A Doctor's Bill, - 1© \ Fragments, Gathered, Jcc, 41 Scarlet Fever, ....... 4, 52
Answer tn Correspondents, . . .21, 45, 70, 92, J |7 Fragments of Home Practice, ..... 134 Scalds by swallowing Hot Liquors, .... 122
An Autobiography, 50 Favorite means of Suicide, ..... 67 Small Pox, 4,0.33
Acute Rheumatism, ...... 53 Four Druggists at a Water-Cure, .... 08 Savages do not Bleed their Friends, 19
Asthma, 59 Familiar Talk with our Friends, .... 89 Slan<ler, * • • • ■ 20
A Hydropath for Dover, 59 Fever and Ague, Cure of, ... Ill Six Hundred Doctors, 42
Another Regular's Testimony, 67 Female Medical College* 115 Self-Treatment with Water, . j.i
A Mechanic's Thoughts on Dress, .... 07 Gossip from Boston, . 18, 66, 88, 113, 135 September Topics, . 61
Advertisements, 138 Glen Haven Water-Cure, ..... 18 Sick Stomach, 82
A Letter from J. C. Jackson, M.P , ... 131 Go Ahead, 19 Springfield Bloomer Celebration, R3
A Word with the Thoughtful, .... 131 Glen Haven Festival, 57 Statistics from American Water-Cures, 89
An Omission, ■ . 68 Getting the Mitten, 70 The Approaching Contest,
An Editor turned Water Doctor, .... GS Gos=ip from Ohio, 68 The Science of Medicine, 12
American Vegetable Society, 69 Hygiene—Report, • 1 The Anger Cure, .... . 14
American Costume in California, .... 89 Home Practice, ........ 5 Thoughts on Domestic Water Cure, 15
American and French Fashions contrasted, . . 00 Health,. a Religious.Duty, 12 The Music World, .... . 20
American Hydropathic Institute, .... 114, 115 ; How to save Money, 43 The Natural State of Man, . 25
A Good Dentist, 115 Hydropathy and its Claims, 70 The Pathies Defined, . 25
A Good Example, 115 Hydropathy vs. Allopathy, ..... 78 The New Costume, 30, 45
Bilious Fever, 8, 108 Home Treatment of Bilious Fever, .... 108 The Bloomer and Weber Dresses, . . 30
Boston Female Medical School, .... 07 \ Home Treatment in Child-birth, ... 112 Topics for August, :J7
Bless God for Rain, 08 Home Treatment, 112 The Anger Cure Case, • 38
Bowel Complaints, 84 Hard Time*, J 17 Tobacco-Chewing Girls, 43
Book Notices, 138 Insanity, 42, 70 Tobacco in Rome, .... . 43
Biographical Sketch of Sylvester Graham, . . 110 Improved Bread Flour, 130 The Agricultural Interest, 44
Business Notices, 137 July Cogitations 13 The Song—The Cork Leg, . 53
Cases of Childbirth, 7 Ladies' Waists, 20 The Throat Doctors, 64
Cases in Water-Cure 9, 52 Lines on Hydropathy, 43 Tobac:o and House-burning,
Colio of Infants, 38 Let Nature and Capacity Control, .... 50 Trembles, .
Chemistry of Life, 49, 75, 103 ' Measles, 4, 53 Tho Teeth, Mi
Chapter of Water-Cures, 54 J Medical Education, 10, 65 True and False Modesty,
Chicken-Fox, Home Treatment of, . 60 - Miscellany, 18, 40, 66, 88, 113, 134 The Lawful Postage on our Journals, 90
Cutaneous Exhalation, 64 More Nice than Wise, .... 20 Temperance and Hydropathy, 90
Converted Allopaths, 00 Medication in Surgical Diseases, .... 31 Teething and its Management, . 101
Croup, its Nature and Treatment, .... 79 Mind your own Business, 70 Tho Hunger Cure, 111
Causes of Disease 07 Milk Sickness, B2 The Life of Mary Lyon, 137
Children's Dress 104 Medical Profession, 97 To Correspondents, .... 138
Carson League, The, 117 Neuralgia—Allopathic cure of, ... 14 Varieties, 19, 44,69, 92,110
Dr. Wilmarth's Remarks, 26 New Inventions, 20 Valedictory, Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-One, . 121
Drippingi from a Wet Sheet, . . . 39, 88, 114 \ Neuralgia, or CrampB in the Stomach, ... 40 Vaccination, its History, Nature, and Effects, 128
Domestic Practice of Hydropathy 39 , November Topics, 109 Water Cure in Chronic Diseases, .... 16
Dutch Latin, 43 I New Costume—The, 117 Water Cure Poetry, 19
Doctors in a Dudgeon, 43 i October Matters, 85 Wood Engraving, 20
Disease of the Heart, 62 - Out Door Exercise, 115 Woman's Dress, 34, 42, 59, 87
December Notes, 133 ^ Prof. Silliman 19 Water against Calomel, 39
Desertion, 68 { Practice in Water-Cure, 32 Worms of the Bowels, 63
Dry Murrain, 82 \ Public Appreciation, 40 Work for Women, 70
Death of Sylvester Graham, go, \ Providence Physiological Society, 41 Woman the Physician, 73
Diary of a Honey-Moon, ilfl j Postago on Water-Cure Journal, 49 Water Cure in India, 90
Dietetic Character of Man, ..... 123 f Physic and Flies, 49 Woman's Dress a Cause of Displacement, .105
Effects of Coffee and Tea 106 ) Prof. Silliman'a Testimony, 00 Water Treatment in the City, 108
Expanding the Chest, 109 Puff for the Regular Profession. 114 Water Cure in the West, 114
Fable for the Medical Profession, . . . 18 ' Quoggs lo Noggs, 40 Woman's Dress, 136
 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO

VOL. XI. NO. 1.] NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1851. [S1.00 A YEAR
PHYSICAL EXERCISE. a familiar manner. This will be of great
(Dur (BttlnrgBtiuttt.
The Sedentary habits of a large class service to families who ever have occasion to
; of our people— men in nearly all of the consult a physician.
Agreeably to the announcement in professions, and women in every sphere—are
our last, we herewith present our readers causes of innumerable complaints, such as TO PHYSICIANS.
The Water-Cuke Journal in an enlarged Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and a host of pains
Our Hydropathic Physicians in all
and improved form. and aches, all of which may be avoided by parts of the country are enabled to aid us
The Unparalleled Success of this Jour a judicious course of Gymnastics. This sub
greatly in extending the circulation of the
nal has induced the publishers to thus ject will be presented with engraved illustra
Journal, thereby adding new converts, and
enlarge its borders, and add several new and tions in the present volume of this Journal.
swelling our subscription list to an indefi
important departments. For a more complete statement in regard nite number. May we not urge upon them
Our Extensive Circulation enables us to the Objects of the Water-Cure Jour the necessity of their co-operating with us
to furnish the Journal, thus enlarged, at its nal, see Prospectus on last page. in tin's good work, by which all may be
former extremely low price. benefited. We assure them that all favors
AIR AND VENTILATION. of this kind will be appreciated, and, as far
POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY. Than bad air, no one thing is j*ore as possible, reciprocated.
In the Present Volume we shall intro fruitful of a variety of fatal maladies Our
duce engraved illustrations of the Human dwellings, churches, school-house*!- lecture-
System, showing the Anatomy and Physi rooms, workshops, railroad-car*, steamboats, TO EDITORS.
ology of the various parts, together with and ships, all need thorough ventilation, From the commencement of our struggles
such instruction as will enable every one to Who has not suffered from the consequences in the promotion of the principles of Hy
obtain a general knowledge of this most of "bad air," and a want of proper ven dropathy, through the Water-Cure Jour
complicated of all machinery, the Human tilation ? We shall point out these evils, nal, we have received incalculable aid and
Body. and hope to suggest a remedy. encouragement from this influential and most
generous class of citizens.
FOOD AND DIET. •rO preserve health. Our success would have been doubtful,
The importance of a correct diet cannot Tlis is a matter quite as important as that indeed, had it not been for " Our Friends
be overrated. Thousands are now inquiring of curing disease. Obedience to the natural of the Press." To Editors do we offer
" What kinds of food arc most conducive to j iaws will secure this greatest of all earthly our most grateful acknowledgments, without
health ?" We shall examine this whole blessings. Few understand these laws, the slightest hope of ever being able fully to
matter, and give our readers a true HydbJ- hence ignorantly violate them in all manner repay the numberless favors which they
patiiic System of Dietetics. of ways. Disease is frequently transmitted have shown us.
from parents to children, who suffer and
CLOTHING. OUR TERMS.
pay the penalty of violated law with their
Its effects on health and disef*se. What
lives. It will be our duty to explain those The Water-Cure Journal is published
kinds and qualities are best adapted to peo
physical laws which govern life, and thereby on the first of every month, at One Dollar
ple in different climates and pursuits. This
guard and preserve human health. a year, in advance. For club prices, see
subject is little understood, and there is
prospectus on the last page. Subscriptions
great need of a radical reform in our style THE VARIOUS DISEASES should, in all cases, be postpaid, and di
of dressing. We shall endeavor to point So prevalent throughout the world, will rected to the publishers,
out a proper kind of dress for both sexes, be examined, their causes pointed out, and
including children and youth. FOWLER8 AND WELLS,
the Hydropathic mode of treatment given in No. 131 Naiwn Slrcot, Niw Yokk.
 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL

OUR READERS men, of all denominations. The public by eating, by drinking, by labor, by sleep, A)
speaking, hard study, and close confinement by want of sleep, by sexual excess, by tax- <f
to which they are subject, compel them to ation of brain, by moncv-making and spend
It is a source of great pleasure to us to ;
adopt the most careful and correct mode of ing, by extended violation of physical law,
repeat the gratifying fact, that the Great |
living. This they find laid down in the in almost every direction. Now a Water-
Hydropathic Reform is in a progressive j
Water-Cure Journal. Hence the adoption Cure Reformation contemplates a rectifica
condition. It is highly probable that we >
of our precepts, and their zeal in placing tion of the general habits of the people, in
shall soon outnumber those of any other
the same before their congregations, espe all cases where correction is needful."—Dr.
medical faith. j
cially those who most need the healthful Jackson.
It is but a few years since the Water-Cure
was first introduced, as a system, into the '■ advice which the Journal contains.
" It is my most earnest belief, that if a
United States, and we now have almost as j It is, indeed, a very common thing for copy of the Water-Cure Journal could be
many Hydropathic establishments as there ■ clergymen to deliver occasional evening lec
taken by every family in New York, four-
tures, on various useful and interesting
are Old School Medical Colleger ; and fifths of the sickness and premature mor
topics, including the necessity of Healthy
in less than five years we shall probably tality of the city would be prevented. At
Bodies, as well as religious and devotional
double our present number. the same time, three-fourths of all our
minds. In fact, some clergymen actually
There arc no five medical periodicals grog-shops, apothecaries, and tobacconists
take it upon themselves to go about " Heal
published, which, when all combined, begin i would shut up shop for want of customers;
to equal the circulation of the Water-Cure • ing the Sick," as well as preaching the
and our doctors— as many as would be
gospel. When they do this, it is an easy-
Journal. This fact alone should be re- j needed —would be studying and practising
garded as evidence of the. unequalled ad- ! matter to obtain subscribers in clubs for the
Hydropathy ; but the greatest portion
vancement and growing popularity of the ! Water-Cure Journal.
would take to other fields of labor."—Dr.
Water-Cure, as a system of preventing and > Teachers and pupils, merchants and Nichols.
curing disease. clerks, mechanics and fanners, lawyers and
*' Many years has it been mine to minister
TO OUR CO-WORKERS. doctors—all, everybody, may aid in extend
unto the wants of diseased humanity, and
Although many thousands have exam- ; ing the circulation of the Journal. during that time I have been called upon to
ined, embraced, and now live according to Every father and mother, every son and prescribe for almost all the dilferent phases
the Hydropathic philosophy, there are many > daughter*! may learn, by reading this Journal, of disease, and in hundreds and hundiedsof
millions yet unacquainted with its virtues, j how to PRESERVE HEALTH, PROLONG LlKE, cases— and never, during all these years,
To you, then, do we look for help in pushing AND INCREASE THEIR HaTPINKSS. have I seen a single case that would not
forward and onward this " Saviour." of > Are not these reasons sufficient to justify yield far more readily to the Water-Cure,
Health and Life. US in APPEALING TO ALL GOOD MEN AND properly applied, than to any other system
"omen to aid us in extending the circulation known to me, and I have been in active
TO POST-MASTERS. of &e Water-Cure Journal everywhere '? practice nearly twenty years."—Dr. Kitt-
Perhaps there are no public functionaries
kedge.
capable of exerting a wider influence than
TESTIMONY. j "If the people can be thoroughly in
Post-Masters. They may increase or di
minish the circulation of publications to " A national hydropathic association has : doctrinated in the general principles of Hy
almost any extent. How easy it is for them : now been organiztd. upon a strictly rational : dropathy, they will not err much, certainly
to encourage those in their circles to " take" and scientific basis. Its members are not not fatally, in their home application of the
a certain publication, or, if they feel disin : fettered by chains and shacWes. Taking the Water-Cure appliances to the common
broad ground that Water is ■> the best, the diseases of the day. If they can go but a step
clined, to discourage the same.
As a general rule, Post-Masters are of safest, and most universal in 'us applica- further, and make themselves acquainted
the enterprising, " go a-head" sort of peo ; tion," of all "remedial agents," aid that with the laws of life and health, they
ple, and, with a view of increasing the re Nature is most to be studied, in ah her will well nigh emancipate themselves from
ceipts of their offices, and at the same wide and diversified operations, by the re»l- all need of doctors of any sort."—Dr.
time doing good, frequently induce their ly wise and prudent physician, the constitu Trall.
neighbors to form clubs and subscribe tion expressly encourages the members to " People are beginning more and more
for useful publications. By this means, the watch and pay heed to " the various modi to read, think, and act for themselves.
people become enlightened, " the depart fications which may from time to time Mea'cal men may persist in denouncing the
ment enriched," and all are greatly benefit result from the progressive advancement of Water-Cure, yet there are those who will
ed. We acknowledge with pleasure the medical science."—Dr. Houghton. resort to it, and from a knowledge of its effi
obligations which many of these gentlemen cacy."—Lr. Shew.
" The Water-Cure Reformation, if it
have placed us under, by using their influ
secures its legitimate end, must be a radical To the above we might add the testimony
ence in forming clubs for the Water-Cure
reformation. It must combat not only the of almost every person who has ever tried
Journal.
' unscientific modes of treating disease, but it the Water-Oure. Are we not, then, justi
TO CLERGYMEN. : must sweep within its circle all of those fied in advocating, thus zealously, a system
Among those who have been benefited \ habits of the people which exist in violation so infinitely superior to all others known in
most by the Water-Cure, are the Clergy j of the laws of life. People kill themselves the healing art ?
 THE
SCROFULA.
ITS NATURE, EFFECTS, CAUSES, PREVENTION,
AND CURE.
BUI. NICHOLS, M. IX
{ FIRST.—ITS NATURE.
The term scrofula is said to be derived from
the Latin scrofa, a sow ; because it is a disease
to which swine are especially liable. It is some
times spelled schrnphula, and schrophulosis.
Some authors prefer the name struma. One
form of scrofulous affection is popularly known
as the king's evil.
Pathologists are not very clear or united in
their opinions of the nature of this disease. It
is generally termed a cachexia; and cachexia
means "bad habit." Good defines a cachexia
to consist in a "morbid state of the blood, or
blood-vessels, alone, or connected with a morbid
state of the fluids, producing a diseased habit."
If this definition conveys a clear idea to my read
ers, I am very glad of it. I confess that they
have the advantage of me.
Some suppose that what is called the scrofu
lous diathesis—and diathesis means habit, as
cachexia means bad habit—depends upon an im
perfect or diseased condition of the digestive sys
tem. Professor Dickson rather ascribes it to
"improper action of the minute order of vessels,
whose function it is to separate the materials of
growth and nourishment, and the several secre
tions;" that is, the capillary system; and this
idea coincides with a curious speculation of Dr.
Stokes, who looks upon the scrofulous diathesis
as "a condition of the human body, which is,
to a certain extent, imperfect, and which is to
be attributed to an arrest of development."
Thus it is known that at a certain period of fetal
life, the whole mass of (he body consists of white
tissues. The fetus is white-blooded. As its
development goes on, the vessels begin to carry
red blood, and this change continues up to ma
turity, when the red tissues are more abundant
than the white. But if this process be arrested
at any time, we have in consequence a lower
degree of vitality.
We know how large the head is in proportion
to the body, in the fetal state. An early arrest
of development should leave the head out of :
proportion to the body : and we find that scrofu-
lous children have large heads, and are exceed- !
ingly subject to hydrocephalus. Scrofulous chil- j
dren have also large bellies ; and this is another
characteristic of the fetal stage. The fetal
liver is large, and scrofulous subjects have large
livers. Scrofulous children have small limbs
and contracted chests ; both fetal peculiarities.
All this is ingenious and plausible, but I think
nothing more. There is arrest of development,
and these are all results of arrest of develop
ment ; but what is the nature of the cause which
has produced this effect ?
Many pathologists believe scrofula to be a real
virus, like the diseasing matter of small-pox and
syphilis; but the experiments by inoculation do
not prove it; neither do they satisfactorily es
tablish the negative. Lugol endeavors to prove
^3
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
that it is in all cases the result of hereditary influ
ences; but it cannot be denied that the same
condition is often induced directly, and otherwise
transmitted. Animals may be rendered scrofu
lous by being placed in bad conditions, and there
is no doubt that children can be filled with
scrofula by the milk of a scrofulous nurse.
I say filled with scrtfula; and I use this form
of speech deliberately. I believe that disease is
more than a condition, or habit, or predisposition,
or diathesis, or cachexia; all vague terms, in
vented by those who deny the reality of the mat
ter of disease. There is the matter of small-pox,
of measles, of syphilis, of typhus,"and of scrofula.
This last, like the others, is sucked in with
the mother's or nurse's milk, and the latter too
often with the milk of cows, made scrofulous by
confinement and improper food. It comes out in
eruptions and ulcerations.
Scrofula, then, is a disease which vitiates nu
trition, suspends development, and gradually
destroys the system. It is the most frequent and
the most terrible of all the diseases of civilization.
Its ravages begin before birth, and end with
death. Lugol estimates that one-quarter of all
scrofulous children are destroyed before birth by
spontaneous abortion. Such abortions are not
to be deplored so much as the causes which pro
duce them. Scrofulous children swell the fright
ful records of infant mortality. Scrofulous in
fants die of convulsions, dropsy of the brain,
cholera infantum, marasmus, tabes mesenterica,
&c. Scrofula is a terrible complication of all
the diseases of infancy, giving danger to whoop
ing-cough, croup, measles, and scarlet fever ;
and giving to diarrhoea and dysentery great
fatality.
Sometimes scrofula attacks the mucous mem
branes, and children are affected with sore eyes,
running at the ears and nose, whites, worms,
mucous fevers, and various intestinal derange
ments.
It attacks the skin, causing chilblains, erup
tions on the lips, eyelids, and ears; pustules
over the face, and on the chest, especially be
tween the shoulders ; and is the source of many
excrescences and uleeratious. This may be con
sidered its most favorable form, as this gives the
best chance of eliminating the disease, and cast
ing it out of the system.
Sometimes it lies below the skin, in the cellu
lar system, and causes tubercles, abscesses and
profuse suppurations.
In the bones it causes rickets, and a rotting
down of the bony structure. Sometimes the
disease concentrates upon a single point, as the
lower jaw, the elbow or knee joints, the small
bones of the hands, &c. ; sometimes it seems to
affect every bone in the body.
It attacks the internal organs, and we have
tubercular consumption of the lungs, the liver,
and the whole mass of intestines. Scrofulous
tubercles have been found in every soft organ of
the body. " Tubercle," says Lugol, "is the true
diagnostic of Scrofula."
We cannot tell what determines this disease to
one organ or tissue in one case, and to another in
another. Of several scrofulous children, one may
have ophthalmia, another rickets, another en
largement of the glands of the neck, another
some cutaneous affection, another deep ulcere,
another white swelling or hip disease, another
pulmonary consumption, &c. &c; but it is all
one disease—all scrofula. When scrofula at
tacks the lungs, we call it consumption; but we
might apply the same name to all its varieties.
Authors have pointed out several signs of
scrofula, such as light silky hair; a thin, trans
parent skin; a rosy flush of the cheeks; large,
moist, light eyes; a thick, pouting upper lip;
great delicacy, and often fullness of the face and
figure, &c. Where all these signs co-exist, the
scrofulous diathesis is strongly marked ; but it
would be a great mistake to suppose that it may
not exist where any or all of these are wanting.
There are many signs which indicate the exist
ence of the disease, which are very difficult to
describe, but which, once seen, cannot easily be
.mistaken.
There is in many scrofulous families a gene
ral mark of debility, pointing out badness of or
ganization. I have noticed the disproportion
between the head and body, the body and limbs,
and the chest and belly. The limbs are mis
shapen ; the joints are apt to be large. The two
6ides of the body are not evenly developed.
Sometimes there is hare-lip, division of the palate,
and other separations on the median line of the
body. The chest is bulged forward at the cen
tre, the child being what is called chicken-
breasted. Some scrofulous persons are very
short in stature ; others very tall. The mouth
is too small, or too large ; the teeth decay early.
The appetite is irregular. Some scrofulous
children eat very little ; in others the appetite is
morbid and voracious. The action of the intes
tines is feeble and irregular ; and there are often
symptoms of worms. Frequently there is an
unnatural apathy and aversion to exercise. Even
repose fatigues, and such patients are more
wearied in the morning than at night. Dullness,
laziness, and stupidity, are often the results of
scrofula. Children, so affected, must not be
punished—they must be cured. A precocious
activity, and consequent retardation of the de
velopment of the genital system, is a common
effect of scrofula, in both sexes ; and the weak
nesses and irregularities of young females often
come from the same cause.
Scrofula is often connected with precocity of
intellect, great beauty of disposition, and vivacity
rather than strength of the
§ SECOND.—ITS EFFECTS.
It has been impossible to describe the nature
of this terrible and terribly prevalent disease,
but by its effects, many of which I have already
enumerated. Scrofula destroys its victims in
every stage of their development. I have said
that it is the frequent cause of spontaneous mis
carriages and abortions. The foetus is ejected
in its early stage, because it is too much dis-
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eased for the process of life to go on. I think } THIRD.—ITS CAUSES. But with all that can be said of the hereditary
we may go back of this, and find scrofula in Lugol, a French writer, believes he has causes of scrofula, it seems to us unquestionable
either parent the cause of sterility. Where the proved that scrofula is invariably hereditary. that it may be developed originally, in the
taint is on the father's side, I do not know that He will not allow that it is ever of spontaneous healthiest constitution, by many causes :—
the child can be saved from its sad inheritance ; origin, or ever produced except by transmission By insufficient or unhealthy food. Especially
but where the mother is scrofulous, there is much from one or both parents; and in all cases where may it be taken into the system by eating the
reason to believe that nature often shields the it appears to have arisen from other causes, he flesh of swine, and other diseased animals ; or
child, previous to birth, perhaps only that it may insists that there must have been hereditary . flesh in a partial state of decomposition ; and
be poisoned by her milk afterwards. But some taint, predisposition, or diathesis. perhaps fish and vegetables similarly diseased or
times wo have the reverse of this. A scrofulous This, I think, is carrying the matter too far. : decayed. It is well known, that when animals
mother has given birth to a child which was one It seems to me that the disease must exist before : are shut up in styes, pens, and stalls, kept, as they
mass of disease, while her own health has im it can bo transmitted, and I see no reason why often are, in darkness, deprived of exercise, and
proved during the whole period of gestation. any other part may not become scrofulous, from ; fed to repletion, tubercles are found in their lungs,
The same thing has been observed in respect to j the operation of various causes, as well as the livers, &c, and these tubercles are the certain
syphilis. . germ of fcetal life. If hereditary transmission \ sign of scrofula. This is the case with much of
But besides the danger of abortion from scro ; were the only source of scrofula, it would long the flesh sold in our markets. It is especially
fula, the child has sometimes another peril. since have died out—but this Lugol does not the case with the cows kept in the city, and fed
Scrofulous women are sometimes affected with contend for. Ho admits that children may he on the slops nf the distillery. Is it possible that
such enlargement or malformation of the hones born scrofulous, on account of their parents hav- j the rnilk and flesh of these cows can be eaten,
of the pelvis as to interfere with the process of ing had syphilis; or having been licentious ; or as it is every day, by multitudes, without trans
labor, and cause the death of the child. And i too young or too old ; or of disproportional ages ' mitting scrofula ?
these are a few of the many reasons why scrofu | or strength ; or where they have suffered from j By want of cleanliness, light, and ventilation.
lous persons should conscientiously abstain from ; certain diseases. But I see no reason why the That which causes scrofula in sheep, cows, and
marriage. It is the solemn duty of every young | cause of scrofula, in some of these cases, should swine, must also produce it in men, women,
person who has reason to suppose that he has a i not be the disease itself, first developed, and then and children. Among the more than half million
scrofulous taint, to be cured of it before he ven i transmitted. population of this city, there are tens of thou
tures to marry. No one has a right to inflict | But there can be no doubt that scrofula is, in j sands, who are not thoroughly washed once a
disease upon his offspring. If a scrofulous child | a vast majority of cases, hereditary. And there j month, and many but once, perhaps in their
be safely born, it, in most cases, carries within it ' can be no more doubt, I think, that it can be lives : who live in deep alleys and dark cellars,
the seeds of early death. Its lungs may be full ; produced directly by a variety of debilitating cir- and on whom the blessed light seldom shines ;
of tubercles ; the mesenteric glands may be i cumstances. Typhus is generally recognized whose clothing is ever filthy ; whose miserable
diseased ; the spine may have begun to ulcer ! as a contagious disease ; yet who doubts that it and crowded rooms never admitair fit for breath
ate ; it may fall into a shapeless mass of rickets. ; may at any tivne.be bred in filth and misery, ing; whose whole lives are passed in these vio
Every cause of disease acts upon this unhappy j The itch is highly contagious ; yet it may also lations of the laws of health. Is it strange that
child with ten-fold efficiency, and when it falls ' arise spontaneously ; and though small-pox and children living in such conditions should be filled
sick, the probabilities are that no »kill can i syphilis seem at present to be propagated solely with loathsome disease ? Go among the poor,
save it. A bowel complaint, which some chil ! by contagion, that must at some time have had a and you will see on every side the marks of this
dren easily recover from, is a rapid dissolution j beginning. scourge.
to one filled with scrofula. Whatever part is in | It must be admitted, however, that abundance Sedentary and depressing occupations are
any way diseased, whatever part is weakest, ; of facts have been brought to prove that scrofula ' fruitful causes of scrofula. The body and mind
becomes the focus of scrofula. Such a child j has been developed, in the most unquestionable j demand active and varied exercise for their
takes a cold, and dies of chronic bronchitis, or i manner, in children, in whose parents it has \ healthy development. Monotonous labor, in
sinks under pneumonia. A little irritation j never shown itself, but who have been otherwise j crowded, ill lighted, and badly ventilated rooms,
causes a determination to the head, and we j diseased, or in various ways rendered incompe- ! as is the case to a greater or less extent in man
have brain fever, convulsions, effusion, and j tent to produce a healthy olYspring. In addition • ufactories of all kinds, and even the smallest
death. The bowels are disordered, and there ! to the causes enumerated above—syphilis, licen- : workshops, leads to rapid physical decay. The
Bets in an incurable dysentery. In some child I tiousness, improper or disproportional age—Lu- children of factory operatives and sedentary me
ish play it injures its knee, and we have / gol gives the following circumstances under chanics are therefore much subject to scrofula.
white swelling, with loss of limb or life. The ; which the disease may be generated. Those There is another cause, connected with all of
elbow is lamed, and there begins]an ulceration of ; who wish to see by what array of facts he sus- these, and more potent, perhaps, than all com
the bones, so that the joint is t lost, if not the > tains these positions, should get Dr. Doane's bined. I mean the influence of drug medication.
whole limb. Some trifling injury, or a simple | translation of his work, (published by Fowlers Every drug taken into the system, in any appre
cold, brings on terrible disease of the hip-joint, \ & Wells.) entitled, " Researches on Scrofula." ciable quantity, and for any purpose, tends to
and it is a cripple for life. i He says, parents' who have recovered from produce that condition of the system from which
In the same way, scrofula complicates all dis i scrofula, beget scrofulous children ; parents who springs the scrofulous diathesis, or out of which
eases of the internal organs, and is the founda i do not seem to be scrofulous themselves, but the matter of scrofula is produced. Under this
tion of all tuberculous affections, from the king's j whose brothers and sisters are so, beget scrofu- term of drugging, I include the use of tea, cof
evil to the dread destroyer, consumption. | lous children ; precocious marriages, and the fee, spirituous drinks of all kinds, tobacco, opium,
I am conscious of the repetitions in the pre j marriage of near relations, produce scrofulous and the whole class of medicines.
ceding paragraphs ; but this subject cannot be I children. In short, it would appear that any A child, with a weak constitution, and badly
made too impressive. In treating of the causes, cause of debility, or any violation of the laws of nurtured in unhealthy conditions, is necessarily
prevention, and cure, I may be obliged to tra health in parents, makes their children liable to sick; being sick, it complains; then comes the
verse the same ground ; but it matters not how an inheritance of tuberculous disease. It is in dosing with paregoric, to keep it quiet, to make
often it is gone over, if I only arrive at the end I this way that the sins of fathers and mothers are it sleep. Some children are put to sleep with
have in view—the eradication of this human visited upon their children to the third and fourth opium ; some aro made drunk on gin or beer,
curse. generations. sucked with the mother's milk ; some are narco
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tized with strong coffee ; some poisoned with
tobacco smoke ; all drugged in one way or other.
And if these poor children, with the scrofula de
veloped, are taken to the doctor, what is done ?
I have seen them brought in dozens, to the most
distinguished physician in New York, and heard
him prescribe for case after case, either corrosive
sublimate or arsenic. Not a word of air, or
cleanliness, or a pure diet—nothing but so much
corrosive sublimate, or so much arsenic. Is it
any wonder children die?
One of the medical inspectors of the English
factories, where, among the children of the opera
tives, the system of drugging, to make them
quiet, exists to an enormous extent,* gives the
following account of the results :
" The consequences produced by the system
of drugging children, are suffusion of the brain,
and an extensive train of mesenteric and gland
ular diseases. The child sinks into a low, torpid
state, wastes away to a skeleton, except the
stomach, producing what is called pot-belly. If
the children survive this treatment, they are
weakly and stunted for life."
There could scarcely be a better description
of scrofula than is here given as the direct effect
of drugging in infancy. If parents would save
their children, they must beware of drugs, and
all who give them.
If drugging is a cause of scrofula in children,
directly, it oftener acts indirectly, by producing
in parents that diseased condition which is the
sure forerunner of hereditary transmission of a
scrofulous constitution to their offspring.
Climate is supposed to have an influence on
scrofula; as it is said that warm and dry climates
are loss exposed to it than cold and moist ones.
It is true that some of the causes which produce
scrofula in the latter, do not exist in the former.
In warm and dry climates, for instance, people
have more air and light; but aside from this, I
believe the disease assumes different forms, un
der these different circumstances. In warm cli
mates the skin is oftener diseased—in cold ones
the internal organs, especially the lungs.
The marriage of near relations ; of persons of
a similar physical conformation ; of persons who
are too young ; of those of widely unequal ages ;
and especially of persons diseased from any
cause, tends to the production of scrofula. It is
asserted that it exists but little in the pure, and
very widely in the mixed races. It is rare with
Indians and negroes, but very common with half
breeds and mulattocs. It is common among the
English, a very mixed race, but comparatively
rare among the purer races of Southern Europe.
* In England, Godfrey's cordial it the favorite opiate, ai par
egoric is with a*. It contain! one onnce and a half of pure
landaoom to the quart, k It may be had at public housei aud
general dealers, as well as of druggists ; and on market days t he
people from the surrounding neighborhoods regularly provide
themselves with this * mother's comfort,' as they purchase
other household provisions. About two thousand gallons are
sold in Manchester alone every year. The nurses to whom the
children of the factory people are entrusted, are either laun
dresses or superannuated crones. The more they drog the chil
dren entrusted to them, the greater nnmber they can undertake
to manage."—Household Wordi.
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The laws which regulate the production of dis
ease by these crosses and intermixtures, deserve
a careful investigation.
In short, every violation of the laws of health
and life may be a cause of scrofula, in the indi
vidual or his posterity. There is no effect with
out its cause, and no cause without its effect—
no punishment without sin, and no sin without
punishment " The curse causeless shall not
come."
} FOURTH.—ITS PREVENTION.
The prevention of any disease has an intimate
relation to the causes that produce it. In giv
ing the causes of scrofula, we have indicated the
means by which it may be prevented, and finally
eradicated.
The first step, if one had the power, would be
to prevent the marriage of scrofulous persons ;
but as this is impossible, we must do the next
best thing,—we must cure them,—but this be
longs to the next section of our subject. But
notoriously bad marriages in this respect may
be discouraged, and the education of the people
in the knowledge that most concerns them—the
laws of their own constitutions—will do much
to prevent men from marrying scrofulous wives,
and women from marrying scrofulous husbands ;
and as the product of such marriages is gene
rally short-lived, this source of scrofula would
soon be at an end.
The next point, and a more important one, is
to surround every member of the community
with healthy conditions. No man ought to be
satisfied, or think that his country is safe, while
pure air, light, a convenient dwelling, water,
good clothing, a pure and nutritious diet, health
ful employment, recreation, and an education
such as will enable him to make the best use of
these advantages, are denied to the humblest
citizen.
To prevent scrofula, we must abolish all it*
causes; abolish poverty; abolish filth; abolish
vice; abolish misery; abolish drugs; abolish all
that poisons, weakens, and degrades humanity.
We must teach all mankind the laws, and sur
round them with the conditions of health.
{ FIFTH.—ITS CORE.
The means of prevention are, to a certain ex
tent, identical with the means of cure. In cur
ing, as in preventing, disease, we must still look
to its causes. If scrofula comes from hereditary
taint, we cannot go back to remove that. The
disease is here, and we must stop its further de
velopment, and cast it out of the system. But
where scrofula is being produced originally by
any of the causes mentioned above, our first duty
is to remove the cause, and change the condi
tions.
Is a child bleaching like celery for want of
light ? We must take it into the sunshine ; for
sun-light is the light of life. Is it pining for
fresh air ? Send it to the Battery,—to Ho-
boken,—anywhere into the fields, where it can
gel a new stock of the breath of life. See that
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every room is ventilated at all times, night and
day, summer and winter.
Is its food impure or insufficient ? Change
it. Lot the infant of a scrofulous mother have a
healthy nurse, or be fed on the milk of a good
cow. Leave greasy pork and putrid flesh, and
give it pure vegetables, fruits, and country milk.
A bad diet will do much to give any person the
scrofula ; a good one will go far to cure it by
substituting good matter for bad, in the natural
changes of the system.
Do not forget cleanliness. Every child that
is not washed all over at least once a day ia de
frauded of its natural rights. It has as much
right to so much cold water, as it has to air,
light, and food ; and a wise and good parent
would as soon think of depriving it of one as the
other. The skin upon the face and hands is
but a small part of the whole, and there is no
square inch of that skin that does not need a
daily ablution.
In all cases of scrofula, the clothing must be
very clean, and often changed. Under favorable
circumstances, the system will be constantly
throwing off diseased matter ; and this must not
be left to be again absorbed. No person ought
to sleep in any of the clothes he has worn dur
ing the day. This is a rule for sickness and
health.
Exercise in the open air favors all healthful
processes of the system, and this among the
number.
These are all simple hygienic observances,
which must commend themselves to every per
son of common sense and knowledge, and in
which physicians of every school would concur,
though they might forget to prescribe or enforce
them ; but here we part company with most of
the profession. There are many indeed who
have tested the uselessness of drugs, and who
would rely wholly on these hygienic recom
mendations, with sea-bathing, the shower-bath,
change of air, or some such hackneyed prescrip
tion. But the greater number drug, drug, drug,
through the same hopeless and miserable
routine of cathartics, anodynes, alteratives, and
tonics.
The Homceopathist seeks out an infinitessimal
quantity of some medicine which would produce
the symptoms of scrofula upon a healthy person ;
but he does not forget a judicious diet, and other
hygienic regulations; and if unaided nature can
cure the disease, he gives her a fair chance, and
really believes that he is rendering her important
assistance.
But the Allopathist treats scrofula as absurdly
as he treats most other diseases. He gives mer
cury, first of all, and as his great sheet anchor.
Generally it Js given in the form of bi-chloride,
or, as it is more popularly known, corrosive
sublimate. He gives cathartics, as Professor
Dickson says, " with patient perseverance." He
gives tonics. They are greatly confided in, es
pecially iron. Unfortunately they do little good
and much mischief. He gives iodine sometimes.
It is a sad poison, and he is afraid of it ; but
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when corrosive sublimate fails, he gives it, and
as that won't do, he then tries arsenic* Follow
ing the advice of the Chrono-Thermalists, he
tries one thing, and if thai won't do, he tries an
other. If arsenic wont do, he shrugs his shoul
ders, and orders some burnt sponge, or com
pound syrup of sarsaparilla !
I turn with pride to the methods and the
results of Water-Cure. Here we find a system,
and principles, and glorious results. The
Water-Cure physician, if ho understands his pro
fession, knows what he wants to do—knows
what will do it, and acts accordingly. He
knows that the system must be supported,
strengthened, and revivified ; and he uses the
means already indicated. He knows that it
must be freed from the matter of disease,
whether laid up in swollen glands, forming in
ternal tubercles, causing cutaneous eruptions,
settling about diseased joints, or diffused over
the whole system, poisoning and oppressing
every organ ; and he adopts the proper means to
accomplish this important work. These means,
in addition to such as I have named, are few,
simple, and effectual. The first indication is to
give vigor and activity to the skin. This is
done by baths ; by friction ; by the cold douche ;
especially by the wet sheet-pack. The next
point is, to excite the invigorated skin to extra
ordinary action—to quicken and increase the
eliminating process, by which, foul, effete, and
poisonous matters are continually cast out of
the system. f This is accomplished by long
wet pack-sheets, and long sweating packs in the
dry blankets, alternating, and carefully adapted
to the strength of the patient.
Short packs, twenty minute packs, and care
less, slip-slop treatment, will not answer; but
judicious and thorough treatment will; and will
cure every curable ease, from the first sign of
glandular enlargement, or cutaneous eruption,
to the earlier stages of tubercular pulmonary
consumption. I do not state this merely as a
matter of theory, but as the result of observation
and experience. I do not suppose, or think, or
believe ; J know it.
Some of the local forms of scrofula require
careful and particular management. VVhen any
part, as one of the joints, is injured, or weakened
in any way, the scrofulous matter seems to con
* These are the medicines commonly given and chiefly relied
on ; bot so nnsatisactory are Ihe result* of all drug medication
in this disease, that a mnttitude of empirical remedies (?) have
been resorted to. Among these are cod-liver oil, bromine, |ire-
paration* of gold, muriates of lime and barytes, veralria, sugar
oflead, sulphate of zinc, creosote, Sic, &c.
t Time is required for the perfectiou of this process. 41 The
constitution, in this disease," says Dubois tVAmiens, "is like
an edifice built of materials of bad qunlity. It is not, then, a
partial change that is necessary, still less a simple modification.
All the materials must in some manner be changed for others,
and to accomplish this, time is necessary."
Yes—and much time is necessary, when the process is com
plicated by the administration of mercury, iodine, or arsenic ;
but with the Water Cure all these changes are wonderful!?
expedited. Liebig, the first chemist in Europe, in his letter to
Sir Charles Scndamore, says as great a change takes place in
the system in six weeks, nnder the Water-Cure, as at ordinarily
accomplished in three years. What system can be better adapted,
n, to the change of materials spoken of by M. Dubois T
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centrate there, from other parts of the body. the pnrus opticus, through which the arteria
Perhaps the only comfort of hip disease or white centralis retina—central artery of the retina—
swelling of the knee, is, that it may have saved enters the eyeball. The cornea constitutes the
the sufferer from dying of consumption of the anterior fifth of the globe. It is circular, trans
lungs. parent, and resembles a watch-glass; It is re
In these cases, the system must be strength ceived into the grooved edge of the sclerotic in
ened ; the nutritive functions made healthy ; the the manner that a watch-glass is received into
disease attracted from the part affected, and cast its case. It is composed of four layers, the ex
out of the system. Merely local treatment may ternal being the white membrane, or conjunctiva,
aggravate the evil. before mentioned.
And the scrofulous matter docs come out. In
some cases, it exudes from every pore, staining
sheets and bandages, and tilling the room with
its pestiferous odor. In others, it comes out in
one or more critical eruptions, which for days
together will be covered with the yellow, charac
teristic matter of the disease. In some cases
there will be a crop of boils, and as fast as these
suppurate and throw out their matter, the system
becomes purified. Often, a cough, attended
with profuse expectoration, has entirely ceased,
on the appearance of a crop of pustules or boils,
which poured out exactly similar matter. In a
few cases, large abscesses have formed, and the
system has been drained of a pint of matter at a
time. We endeavor to avoid any violent crisis ;
but whether the matter comes out imperceptibly,
by every pore, or is poured forth in a mass by a
large abscess, the result is purification— Fig. 1.
AND PURIFICATION IS HEALTH.
Middle Coat.—The second tunic is formed
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE EYE, i of the Choroidj Ciliary Ligament, Iris, and
ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. Ciliary Processes. The choroid is a vascular
BY E. T. TKALL, M.J). membrane, of a rich brown color externally, and
of a deep black on its inner surface. Posteriorly
it has an opening for the passage of the optic
nerve ; it is connected anteriorly with the iris,
ciliary processes, and with the junction of the
sclerotic and cornea, by a dense white structure
called the ciliary ligament, which surrounds the
circumference of the iris like a ring. The cho
roid membrane is composed of three layers, the
external being principally an arrangement of
veins, called rena: vorticose- The middle layer
STRUCTURES OF THE EYE. is formed by the ramification of minute arteries.
The structures of the visual organ may be The internal layer is a delicate cellular structure,
conveniently divided into three classes, the coals, containing the pigmentum nigrum, or coloring
humors, and appendages of the eye. The Eye matter of its posterior surface.
ball is of a spherical form, about one inch in di
ameter. The Globe of the eye is composed of
three coats or tunics and three humors.
Outer Coat or First Tunic.—The first coat
of the eyeball is formed of the Sclerotic and
Cornea. The sclerotic is a dark fibrous mem
brane, investing about four-fifths of the globe.
Its anterior surface is covered with a tendinous
layer called the tunica alhnginea, which is de
rived from the expansion of the tendons of the
four recti muscles. A part of the tunica albu-
ginea is covered by a mucous membrane called
the conjunctiva, which constitutes the " white of
the eye." The sclerotic forms a thin, sieve-like Fig. 2.
plale, called lamina cribosa, at the entrance of The Ciliary Ligament forms a circle round the
the optic nerve ; this lamina is full of openings iris, connecting the cornea and sclerotic at their
for the passage of nervous filaments. The junction with the iris and externa) membrane of
largest of these openings in the centre is called the choroid.
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Tlio Iris, or rainbow, is so denominated from
its variety of colors in different individuals. It
makes a partition between the front and back
chambers of the eye, and has a circular open
ing near its centre, called the pupil <f the eye.
The iris is composed of two layers ; the anterior
is muscular, consisting of both circular fibres
which surround the pupil, and radiating fibres
from the centre to the circumference ; the com
bined contraction of these fibres diminishes the
diameter of the pupil.
The Ciliary Processes consist of triangular
folds of the middle and inlernul layers of the
choroid. Their circumference connects with the
ciliary ligament; they are covered with a thick
black pigment.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 4.
Inner Coat.—The third tunic is the retina.
It is formed of three layers. The external is a
mere film ; the middle or nervous is the expan
sion of the optic nerve, enveloping the vitreous
humor, and extending forward to the ciliary pro
cesses; the inner membrane is the vascular,
composed of ramifications of arteries and veins.
The anterior margin of the retina is connected
with the anterior surface of the lens, by a thin
vascular layer, called zonula ciliaris. There is a
circular spot in the retina, in the centre of the
back part of the globe, called the foramen of So
emmering, surrounded by a yellowish halo, called
limbus luteus.
Humors of the Eye—The Aqueous humor
occupies the two chambers of the eye. The
anterior chamber is the space bounded by the
comea in front, and the iris and pupil behind ;
the posterior chamber is the very small space be
tween the pupil and posterior surface of the iris
in front, and the ciliary processes, crystalline
lens, and zonula ciliaris behind. Both chambers
are lined by a thin membrane, which secretes
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the fluid of the aqueous humor, which doos not
exceed five or six drops in hulk.
The Vitreous humor makes the greater part
of the bulk of the globe of the eye. It is a glassy,
transparent fluid, enclosed in a delicate mem
brane called the hyahiid. The inner surface of
the hyaloid is disposed in thin lamellae or plates
reflected inward, forming different apartments
or cells, like the transverse section of an orange,
for holding the vitreous humor.
The Crystalline humor, or lens, is situated be
hind the pupil, surrounded by the ciliary pro
cesses, and embedded in the front part of the vi
treous, from which it is separated by the hyaloid
membrane. The Capsule of the lens is an elas
tic, transparent membrane which surrounds it.
The lens is formed of concentric layers, the ex
ternal being soft, the middle firmer, and the inte
rior still firmer. The canal of Petit is a small
triangular channel around the circumference of
the lens.
Muscles or the Eye. —The ocular group of
muscles are easily understood from the accompa
nying cut. They are so arranged as to move
the globe of the eye in all directions.
Fig. 5.
ACTION AND USES OF THE STRUCTUT1ES.
The firm sclerotic coat gives shape and form
to the eye, and protects its complicated and deli
cate tissues, the transparent cornea furnishes
a medium for the transmission of the rays of
light. The choroid supports the nutritive ves
sels, and by the black pigment of its posterior
surface absorbs the scattered rays of light, that
might otherwise confuse the image impressed
on the retina. The iris regulates the quantity
of light admitted through the pupil, by contract
ing when the rays are too strong and expanding
when the light is more feeble. The humors re
fract the rays so as to impress the object on the
retina in the most favorable manner for distinct
vision.
APPENDAGES OF THE EYE.
These are the Eyebrows, Eyelids, Eyelashes,
Conjunctiva, Caruncula Lachrymalis, and the
Lachrymal apparatus.
The Eyebrows, called Sapercilia, are project
ing arches of integument covered with short
thick hairs, forming the upper boundary of the
orbit of the eye.
The Eyelids, called Palpebral, are valvular
layers in front of the eye. The elliptical space
between is divided into the outer and inner can-
thus. The inner canthus is prolonged into a
triangular space toward the nose, which is call
ed the lacus lachrymalis. The lachrymal papilla
is a small angular projection at the commence-
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ment of the lacus lachrymal is on each side, each
of which papilla has a small orifice at its apex,
called punctum lachrymale, and constituting the
commencement of the lachrymal canal. The
thin, firm, fibro-cartilaginous bands supporting
the edges of the eyelids are called the tarsal carti
lages; in their internal surface are embedded a
number of secreting tubes or follicles, called the
Meibomian glands.
The eyelashes, called Cilia, are triple rows of
long thick hairs, curling upward from the upper
lid, and downward from the lower; an arrange
ment which prevents their interlacing each other.
The Conjunctiva covers the anterior surface
of the eye, and is so reflected on the lids as to
form their inner layer. The duplicates formed
between the globe and lids of the eye are called
the superior and inferior palpebral sinuses. .
The Caruncula Lachrymalis is a small red
dish body occupying the lacus lachrymalis at the
inner canthus. It is composed of an assemblage
of mucous follicles, and secretes the whitish mat
ter usually found at the inner angle of the eye.
On the outer side of the caruncula is a fold of
the conjunctiva, called plica semilunaris; this is
the membrana medians in birds, and the rudi
ment of the third lid in animals.
Fig. 6.
The Lachrymal apparatus consists of the La
chrymal gland with its excretory duct, the Puncla
lachrymalia, the Lachrymal canals, the Lachry
mal sac, and the Nasal duct.
The Lachrymal gland is situated at the outer
and upper part of the orbit. It secretes the tears
which are ordinarily convoyed away hy small
ducts which run a short distance between the
conjunctiva, and then open on its surface a little
above the upper border of the tarsal cartilages.
The Lachrymal canals commence at the puncla
lachrymalia, and run inward to the lachrymal
sac. The superior duct first ascends, then turn
ing suddenly inward, forms an abrupt angle j
the inferior duct, by descending and then turning
abruptly inward, forms a similar angle. The
Lachrymal sac is the upper extremity of the na
sal duct. It consists of a mucous membrane
covered by a fibrous expansion of the tendons of
the orbicularis and tensor tarsi muscles. The
Nasal duct is a short canal, three-fourths of an
| inch long, running downward, backward, and
i outward to the inferior meatus of the nose, ter-
| minating there in an enlarged orifice.
DISEASES OF THE EYE.
\ The most common of the morbid conditions of
> the eye is inflammation. It may attack any of
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its structures, but is most frequently seen in the
membrane covering the external coat and lining
the lids, the conjunctiva, constituting what is
called ophthalmia. Of this there are several va
rieties.
Act;te Ophthalmia.—This is the common
form of active inflammation. It commences with
a pricking sensation, as though dust was in the
eye, soon followed by heat, redness, swelling, and
extreme intolerance to light. Often there is se
vere headache, with more or less general fever.
Treatment.—Keep the eye shaded from strong
light, but not confined from the air by close ban
daging. Apply linen cloths wet in cold water,
changing them very frequently, until the tem
perature becomes natural, and the redness dis
appears. Wet the head often in cold water. If
there are irregular chills and heat, employ the
wet pack sheet once or twice daily for an
hour, followed by the cold ablution. Move
the bowels freely with tepid water injections. If
the feet are cold, use warm foot baths. The pa
tient should cat nothing stronger than water-
gruel, and but little of that, until the violence of
the disease has very materially abated.
Chronic Ophthalmia—This condition ofsore
eyes often results from riotous living, bad air,
bad food, liquor, tobacco, &c, and is very often
a sequel of maltreated acute ophthalmia. Mil
lions of eyes are rendered miserable to look
upon, or from, by the drugifications of doctoring,
washes, lotions, leeching, blistering, bleeding,
calomelizing, etc., to cure the acute form.
Treatment. — Particular attention must be
paid to the general health. A daily rubbing
sheet, and a daily hip-bath, should be part of the
treatment. Walking foot-baths are excellent
auxiliaries. The eyes should ba bathed several
times a day in moderately tepid water at first,
and finally as cold as may be found consistent
with comfortable sensations after the application.
Purulent Ophthalmia, or Egyptian Oph
thalmia.—This form of inflammation is rapidly
destructive, and requires prompt and energetic
treatment. In addition to the pain, heat, and
redness of acute ophthalmia, it is characterized
by the enormous swelling of the eyelids, soon
followed by the discharge of a large quantity of
thick, yellowish or greenish matter.
Treatment. —If there be much general heat
of body, the wet sheet packing should be em
ployed two or three times a day, followed by
washing the surface in tepid water. If the body
incline to chilliness, the sheet should be wrung
out of warm water. The eyes are to be very
frequently washed with pure soft water, warm
at first, then tepid, and then cold—never very
cold. Attend to the bowels as above.
Purulent Infantile Ophthalmia.—Children
of a few days or weeks old are often attacked
with this formidable malady. The symptoms,
however, usually come on with less violence, and
progress less rapidly. But the common lotions
and potions, washes and swashes, are very apt to
iggravate the disorder, deform the eyelids, or
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destroy the sight. The treatment is the same as
in the case of the adult, substituting the warm
bath for the pack.
Sclerotitis, Iritis, Retinitis, &c, designate, in
technical Latin, inflammatory affections of the
sclerotic, iris, retina, &c. They should all be
treated precisely as acute or chronic ophthalmia,
as the violence or mildness of their symptoms
approximate the character of either.
Granular Eyelids.—In this affection the
conjunctival membrane, or white of the eye, is
raised into little projections, presenting a rough,
irregular appearance. It is a consequence of
long-continued or maltreated inflammation. If
not cured, it may in time occasion opacities of
the cornea, by the irritation it causes, followed
by blindness. The only chance of cure hy-
dropathically is by a persevering course of gene
ral and local treatment. Moderate bathing, say
a daily rub-sheet and douche, the local applica
tion several times a day of very cold or iced
water, or even pounded ice, with a strictly ab
stemious regimen, carefully avoiding all exciting
condiments and all sorts of stimulants, constitute
the outlines of the remedial plan.
Nebclje and Specks, or Opacities or the
Cornea.—Nebula; are superficial deposites in
the transparent part of the eye, giving it a cloudy
appearance; opacities are deeper seated, pro
ducing a dense und pearly appearance. They
are caused by inflammation. Their treatment
should be managed precisely as for granular eye
lids, with the addition of means to excite power
ful absorption. A strong douche and walking
foot-baths are the best measures for this particu
lar indication.
Ulcers or the Cornea. —These occasionally
result from long standing inflammation, and are
also sometimes produced by mechanical and
chemical irritants. The treatment is, in all re
spects, as the preceding.
Pterygium.—A small reddish triangular tu
mor, growing from the inner cornea of the eye,
or from some portion of the eyelid. It can be
readily removed by cutting, the operation being
entirely painless.
Staphyloma. — A pearly, conical, whitish
tumor, formed by the enlarged cornea project
ing between the lids. It is the consequence of
severe ophthalmia, and of badly-managed eruptive
fevers, as the small-pox. It can only be removed
by a surgical extirpation ; though a rigidly ab
stemious and hygienic regimen might, in many
instances, prevent the disease from proceeding
to a dangerous extent. The sight is always
destroyed.
Closed Pupil.—Inflammation of the iris is
sometimes followed by an obliteration of the
pupil. Vision is often partially restored by
forming an artificial pupil.
Cataract.—This is an opacity of the crystal
line lens or its capsule. Its progress is very
slow, and it generally commences without any
apparent cause. The first symptom of the ap
proaching disease is indistinct vision. Objects
seem enveloped in a mist before the eyes. A
speck can then be observed in the centre and be
hind the pupil. As the opacity increases, the
sight grows dim, and vision is better in a mode
rate than a strong light.
Treatment.—Surgeons have three operations
for its cure. 1st. Breaking up the crystalline
lens with needles, which is probably the best.
2nd. Depressing or pushing the lens aside from
the angle of vision. 3rd. Extracting the lens.
When this affection is first discovered, its fur
ther progress might be arrested, and possibly a
cure affected, by the management applicable to
nebula:, specks, &c.
Amaurosis.—A total or partial loss of vision
from paralysis of the optic nerve, or an affection
of the nervous structure of the retina. It is pro
duced by inflammation, severe exposure to in
tense light, intemperance, gluttony, tobacco,
alcoholic liquors, excessive night labor, &c.
Milton was a notable example of this affection.
The defect of vision comes on gradually, letters
and other objects at first look misty or confound
ed, or run into each other; sometimes objects
seem double, and at other times portions of ob
jects are undistinguishable. Between the ob
jects and the eye, numerous insects, cobwebs, or
other substances seem to be interposed. The
eye itself manifests little or no change to the
observer. Sometimes flashes of light appear be
fore the eyes, and the head is often affected with
vertigo, pain, and heaviness.
Treatment.—Confirmed amaurosis is incura
ble. If taken in its incipient stage, it may be
arrested and generally cured. Being essentially
a disease of exhaustion, the full hydropathic
system should be thoroughly and pcrseveringly
applied. The general or constitutional treat
ment is mainly to be relied on, the local applica
tions being of secondary importance. The sim
ple and single indication is, to invigorate the
whole system. The rubbing wet sheet, the
pack followed by the shallow bath or plunge,
sitz, and foot baths, with occasional douchesl
should be adapted discriminatingly to the par
ticular condition of each case. Every part of a
hygienic regimen is important. In no disease is
strict temperance in eating and drinking more
indispensable. A little of the "hunger cure"
would be serviceable in all of these chronic
maladies of the eyes.
affections of the eyelids.
PsoRoniTnALMiA.—A form of chronic inflam
mation of the eyelids, attended with itching, red
ness, watery discharge during the day, and a
sticky, glutinous secretion during sleep. Its
causes and treatment are the same as of chronic
ophthalmia.
Trichiasis.—Irritative soreness of the eye,
from the eyelashes, growing in toward the ball.
Extract the inverted hairs, and bathe often in
cool water.
Entropitjm.—The eyelid is sometimes invert
ed, or turned inward. It requires surgical treat
ment, viz.: the careful excision of the inverted
edge of the lid.
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Ectkopium.—An eversion or turning outward
of the eyelid. It creates a hideous deformity,
and the lid must be excised as for entropium.
Hordeolum.—Commonly known as stye. It
consists of a small inflammatory tumor near the
edge of the eyelid. It is very painful, but gene
rally suppurates and heals in a few days. Fre
quent bathing of the affected part with water of
a temperature most agreeable to the feelings,
lessens the pain and accelerates the cure.
Excrescences.—Wart-like and other trifling
tumors sometimes form about the eyelids ; they
are easily and safely clipped off with the knife,
or a pair of scissors.
Ptosis.—A hanging down of the eyelid over
the eyeball, from relaxation or paralysis of the
muscle, whose action elevates the lid. Frequent
cold bathing, occasional head-baths, gentle ma
nipulations over the eye with the bare hand, and
attention to the general health, are all proper,
and generally all are necessary.
Fistula Lachrymalis.—This is a stoppage
of the tear passage, caused by obstruction from
a thickening of its lining membrane. The tears,
instead of passing off by the nose, run over the
cheek, giving the eye a watery appearance, es
pecially when exposed to wind or cold. In pro
tracted cases a swelling occurs at the inner an
gle of the eye, sometimes forming matter. It
requires to be treated on the same general plan
as ptosis. Usually the general health is so dis
ordered as to render a rigidly abstemious diet
advantageous. In bad cases it may be necessary
to probe the obstructed canal, or wear an artifi
cial tube.
Strabismus.—Squinting, or cross-eyes, is
sometimes congenital, and sometimes produced
by diseases and accidents. Measles, dropsy in
the head, worms, looking too much at objects ob
liquely, are exciting causes. More generally it
results from a permanent contraction of a par
ticular muscle which holds the eye in a wrong
direction. It is curable, by dividing the obnox
ious muscle, an operation scarcely painful or
dangerous.
INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS.
Ecchymosis.—" Rowdy's coat of arms." This
is the common black eye of rowdy characters.
Generally it comes from an unlucky blow, but a
fall, sting of an insect, or leech bite, may pro
duce it. Bathe freely in the coldest water.
Substances in the Eye.—Foreign bodies
often insinuate themselves between the eyelids,
Fig. 7.
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causing great pain. Draw down the lower lid
(Fig. 7,) and remove by a piece of moistened
paper. If the substance be under the upper lid,
place a bodkin across the lid, and draw back the
lid so that it is completely inverted (Fig. 8).
Very minute pieces of iron are often given with
such violence that a surgeon is compelled to cut
them out ; but the operation should not be at-
Fig. 8.
tempted by other parties, as they may destroy the
eye. Inflammation is very apt to occur after
these accidents, for which the eye should be well
bathed with tepid or warm water frequently, un
til the pain abates ; then follow with cool, and
finally cold applications.
Lime.—Lime and Roman cement are very de
structive to the eyes. Wash repeatedly with a
mixture of a tablespoonful of some vegetable
acid in a tumbler of water, as vinegar or lemon
juice.
Burst Eye.—From severe blows the eye is
sometimes burst. Do not attempt to touch it, as
vision may be irremediably damaged by merely
touching it with the finger. The careful sur
geon will frequently be enabled to preserve sight.
Place the patient at once in bed, and darken the
room.
perverted states of vision.
Asthenopia.—Weak vision. This depends
on constitutional or local debility, and requires
the full invigorating plan before mentioned.
Hemeralopia.—Day blindness. A peculiar
sensibility of the retina, by which the patient
sees better in the evening than in clear daylight.
The albino manifests more or less of this condi
tion. It is irremediable.
Nyctalopia.—This is the reverse of the for
mer condition, the subject having natural vision
in the day-time, but very imperfect in the eve
ning, or twilight. Glasses sometimes assist this
night-blindness to some extent.
Myopia.—Short-sightedness. The subject
cannot read ordinary print well beyond the dis
tance of fifteen or sixteen inches. In looking
at distant objects, he half closes the eyelids. It is
most common in young persons. The oculists
remedy this defect by concave glasses. Mani
pulations have been found successful, as the
difficulty depends on too great convexity of the
globe of the eye. Flattening the eyeball by press
ing gently with the fingers across it, from within
outwardly, tends to restore the proper focal point
of vision.
Presbyopia.—Far-sightedness. The subjects
of this complaint read with the book or paper at
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the distance of two feet or more. The corner is
too flat, the pupil is contracted, and the eyes
have a more sunken appearance. It is most com
mon to aged persons. Convex glasses are pro
scribed by the oculists. The defect may be
finally overcome in many persons by manipula
ting from without toward the nose, so as to
increase the roundness of the eyeball. Press the
fingers gently from the outer angle of the eye
inward, and rather around than across the globe.
PRESERVATION OF THE ORGAN OF SIGHT.
Whatever tends to impair the general health
also tends to impair the integrity of all the or
gans of sense, as well as of all the functions of
body and mind. The first rule, therefore, to lay
down for the maintenance of good eyes to the
end of life, is the same that would apply to the
preservation of the ears, the nose, the stomach,
or the teeth—correct habits of life. Use the
eyes well, and they will always serve you
well.
Among the special causes of diseased eyes may
be reckoned as peculiarly injurious, hot and dusty
rooms, lamp-smoke, tobacco-smoke, looking at a
bright fire, heating the face before a hot fire,
looking at molten iron, sudden transition from a
dark room to a very bright light. Reading or
writing, or sewing with the lamp or candle before
the eyes, or to one side, is very hurtful. The
light should shine over the shoulder, or be placed
over the head. Reading or writing in twilight
is injurious ; also reading in railroad cars when
in rapid motion. Bright and glaring colors in
parasols, sun-shades, and fans, and in flowers and
ribbons, on the inside of bonnets, are objection
able; veils are injurious, by preventing the free
circulation of air. Bright, dazzling, gilded fur
niture, and walls of houses and rooms, are
hurtful. Cologne water, and all spirituous appli
cations to the temples, tend to debilitate the eyes;
notwithstanding, physicians and oculists often
prescribe them for weak eyes. The use of nar
cotics and stimulants is among the most prolific
causes of disordered eyes, especially tobacco,
snuff, alcoholic drinks, and hard cider.
Much has been said, in medical books and
newspapers, for and against the practice of fre
quently bathing the eyes in cold water. It is
well as far as it goes, but without daily bathing
of the whole surface, no one can expect the best
condition of eyesight. Most of the morbid de
positions in the structures of the eye, occasion
ing nebula?, specks, ulcers, cataract, &c, would
never take place if the blood were pure, and no
one can have pure blood without a clean skin.
Concerning the " use and abuse of specta
cles," there is great diversity of opinion among
medical men. They are certainly very conve
nient and very useful in many states of disordered
vision; but are, no doubt, a source of debility,
like all other artificial substitutes for natural
means. For this reason, all the known reme
dial means should be resorted to first, and spec
tacles only employed as a final necessity.
Note.—For explanation of engrafingi see page 18.
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RATIONAL HYDROPATHY. any man to shut himself within such narrow j expressly encourages the members to watch and
NOT EXCLUSIVE EITHER IN THEORY OK IN limits, while so much truth lies outside of them. > pay heed to "the various modifications" [in
But this is not all. Every exclusive system not
PRACTICE. only does not embrace all the truth, but also em ' theory and practice] " which may from time to
BY ROWLAND 8. HOUGHTON, A. M., M. I>. braces much error. It is positively as well as i time result from the progressive advancement of
My altention lias lately been attracted to a negatively bad. Every exclusive mode or sys \ medical science." The members are not en
.couple of works recently published by Dr. Wor- tem, therefore, whether it is rude and unlearned, couraged to believe that they cannot learn any-
thington Hookf.r, of Norwich, Connecticut: erudition, or is decked with all the display of genius and ' thing more; they are rather taught to agree with
deserves to be regarded, to a greater
one of them entitled "Physician and Patient." or less degree, as a delusion. And well it is for j the opinion of .Sir, Charles Kcudamore, that
and the other, Lessons from the History of Medi the science of medicine that physicians are rap "a physician should consider himself a student
cal Delusions." I have strung together, below, idly coming to this view of the subject."— /, .s- to the latest period of his life ; for the wisest
a number of citations from these works, which sons from the History if Medical Dclusiviis, ! must still have something to learn." As regards
I deem of sufficient importance to serve as texts pagt a 53-4-5. ; their practice, the members of the Association
for a brief "discourse:"— My principal object in making these citations \ are left free to use water, or not, according to
" There never was such a variety of systems is to refute an assertion advanced by Dr. Hook • the best of their judgment, in any individual
of quackery before the community as there is at er, in common with quite a number of other s case ; and they are equally free to employ other
the present time. To say nothing of minor Allopathic physicians ; namely, that Hydropathy ( remedies whenever they may see any occasion
claimants, there is Thompsonianism, almost par is an invariably exclusive mode of medical prac < for their use. The writer, for one, claims " the
boiling its patients with steam, and shaking them tice. I contend that this is an error. 1 refer, of largest liberty" in this particular, subject alone
to shreds with lobelia, and burning them up with
cayenne ; and Hydropathy, that wraps up its de course, to Rational Hydropathy, as under to a becoming regard for his own self-respect)
votees in the. cold ted blanket ; and then gentle, stood and practised in our own country : for the 5 and to a proper sense of his responsibility for the
sweet, refined, sublimated Homoeopathy, that reader will please to recollect that at the Amer s welfare of his patjent. Ultraism and bigotry,
starts with horror at the very idea of such harsh ican Hydropathic Convention, held in this city,
means, and professes to neutralize all disease in the mouth of June last, a national organization j in his opinion, have no place at the bedside of
with little else than the mere shadow of med | the suffering invalid. As a matter of course,
icine. Each one of these systems, so opposite was f fleeted, upon a purely rational and scien f water is his " first choice" as a remedial agent ;
to each other, asserts its claim to be the only true tific basis ; and no such ground was assumed as |„„ iftnere exist any satisfactory reasons lor not
system of medicine, and bases this claim upon the one might infer would have been taken, judging j resorting to its use in any individual case, he not
success which attends it. The same claim is from the language of Dr. Hooker and his fellow-
also essentially made in behalf of numberless allopathists. only believes that he has a right, but that it is his
medicines which are before the public."— Phy What does the Constitution then solemn dull/ to employ some other remedy for
sician and Patient, page 174. adopted set forth? Why, that the physicians the relief of his patient—no matter what, so that
" The truth is that no exclusive system of prac and surgeons constituting the members of the it will accomplish the end desired. This is the
tice can be said to be a jjood system, for it is im Association organized at that time, " believe in
possible that it should suit all the varying states the doctrine of the l is medicatrix naturcr, or the only tenable ground to be taken, in the writer's
presented by disease. [These remarks may be best judgment; for no one of us can always
applied to an exclusive system quite popular just inherent tendency of the human constitution to foretell how he may be situated himself at any
now :— I refer to Hydropathy. Cold water is a free itself from disease; and, furthermore, that given time, or in what condition he may find his
valuable remedial agent, used both internally and of all the remedial agents which the experience j patient, when summoned on the sudden : and
externally, as the recorded experience of medical of ages has shown to be requisite to assist na- ',
men abundantly proved long before Priessnitz that physician who will go about the world with
appeared on the stage. But the indiscriminate ture in her operations, WATER is by far the his "one remedy" ONLY for every conceivable
and exclusive use of it, which is prescribed by best, the safest, and most universal in it ipplica- | malady, is just. about as rational as that tailor
his system, is as bad practice as the indiscrimi- . tion." This is all : this is the extent of the j would be wdio should insist upon clothing " the
nate and exclusive use of anything else— and a creed : and the English language must be proved j
full and impartial record of Hydropathic practice j to be susceptible of a pliancy hitherto unsus- universal Yankee nation" according to one
would show it to be so.] — Ibid., page 178. man's measure.
" There is error, gross error, in every mode of pected, if Dr. Worthington Hooker and his co- j By way of illustrating and enforcing this posi
practice, because it necessarily excludes valuable I laborers can torture anything "exclusive" out of ; tion, I take leave to refer to a recent case occur
facts. The only proper mode of practice, if it > a declaration so plain and simple. Water is ring in my own practice. I chanced to he sum
can be termed a mode, is the eclectic, which declared to be " by far the best, the safest, and \
simply takes facts from whatever quarter they ' most universal " remedial agent. There is no moned, not long ago, in great haste, to the bed-
may come, whether they belong to any system ; side of a patient in a family not.acquainted with
or not, and uses them in the cure of disease. I ; ultraism about that : nor is there any high trea the Water-Cure, whom I found on my arrival in
wish to be distinctly understood on this point. I son to sound common-sense, or to medical sci imminent danger from congestion of the. brain—
have not said that there is no truth in any of the ence either, that I can discover ; for Hofkman of a state brought on by want of timely care at a
modes, or systems, which have prevailed. There !
is some truth in most of them—not to say all. < Saxony, took very nearly the same ground, over critical period, and the improper use of one or
And the true eclectic will sift out from "them I a hundred years ago, in his treatise on Water. two (miscalled) "domestic remedies." What
whatever of truth he may find, and use it, wheth- : As I have heretofore declared,* "this is not a was to be done? Here was a patient, young
er they have had a professional or a non-profes- ; position of exclusivencss, norof one-idea-ism, but
sional origin. There is some truth in Hydro- i rather of comparison. * * * We do not take and delicate, of frail and evidently scrofulous
pathy; some—a little—in Thompsonianism; some i herein any obstinate, exclusive, ultra ground : we organization, and suffering from the most intense
in Calomelism, as it may be termed, for calomel I agony—now writhing in terrific convulsions—
is used by some in somewhat the same exclusive j do not assume that water is the only remedial now moaning in absolute despair. It was neces
icay as water is by the Hydropath, and lobelia, ; agent which the experience of ages has war sary that something should be done immediately ;
and red pepper, and sieam are by the Thompso- j ranted our using, and that those who employ not a moment was to be lost ; the brain was over
nian. Of Homoeopathy, popular as it is among
the refined, the learned, and the wealthy, I must ! other agents in their practice are, from that loaded with stagnating venous blood—anabsolute
make an exception. There is absolutely no ' very fact, no better than a set of ' poisoners and poison to the system ; the pulse was weak and
truth in this system. In this mode of practice, > assassins we occupy no such position, nor will fluttering; and atone time there seemed to be an
if followed out in good faith, there is nothing we submit to have it forced upon us from any almost entire suspension of the functions of life,
done, though there is a show of doing much. i quarter whatsoever.."
" Though there is some truth in almost every —pulsation ceasing, and the under jaw dropping
system or mode, there is no one, however good it ; And yet mo'O : the constitution of our society like that of one dying. What was to be done
may be, which contains anything more than a < * Vide "Three Lcctnres on Hygiene and Hydropathy,1 pub- under such circumstances as these ? Now, the j
small portion of the truth. And it is folly for ! lulled uy Fowler* and Wells. best thing, according to our hydropathic ideas, [
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would unquestionably have been a tepid sitz
bath, with active, repeated, and long-continued
friction ;—but, under the circumstances, the
family not being familiar with the employment
of even rearm water as a remedial agent ; not
having time to instruct them properly how to
proceed (even if I could have found enough ladies
who would be willing to give a bath to a patient
seemingly on the point of death) ; and not even
having time to make the necessary preparations
for such a bath, I made up my mind to employ
a mixed treatment. Cold wet cloths were ap
plied to the head ; bottles of warm water to the
feet ; and warm fomentations to the stomach ;
warm water was also given to drink ; the bed
clothing, meantime, being so arranged as to keep i
the patient as equably warm as possible, and the
attendants taking care that she inflicted no injury j
upon herself with her hands, as patients are apt
to do in convulsions like hers. I then adminis
tered a powder (anodyne and revulsive) ; and at
the moment when the symptoms indicated most
danger, I caused mustard plasters to be applied
to the nape of the neck, below the small of the
back, and to the soles of the feet. An interval
of the most anxious suspense ensued ; when
finally, the patient, who had been suffering in
conceivable torments for nearly twelve hours (in
the absence of medical advice), who had com
plained, at her lucid intervals, of a loss of the
power of vision—countenance livid and swollen
—her eyes often starting out of her head during
the spasms,—whose breathing had been, for the
most part, fearfully oppressed and stertorous.—
and whose*courage had been so effectually
quelled by the long and (until now) unequal en
counter, that she had bidden farewell to her rela
tions and friends, as she supposed, forever—
awoke calm and rational, and completely out of
danger. Nothing more was now necessary but
to " keep the upper hand of the disorder," and,
henceforward, recovery was rapid.
Now this was a somewhat peculiar case.
Although it was no common, every-day paroxysm
of Hysteria*—far from it, as all who were pres
ent can attest,—still there is no manner of doubt
that it could have been successfully treated with
out any recourse to medical advice, had it been
well understood and carefully watched from the
outset, and had the use of the tepid gitz-bath and
frictions been properly comprehended. The con
gestion of the brain could thus have been effect
ually prevented. But this was not so ; none of
the parties interested suspected any danger,
until symptoms declared themselves of the most
alarming import ; the " domestic remedies" em
ployed only added more fuel to the fire; and
then messengers were despatched to three dif
ferent physicians, but in vain, as so often hap
pens in city practice ; not one of them was at
home : the fourth application was made to my
self ; and the rest of the story has already been
told.
* The symptoms more nearly resembled those of the obscure ii everything
disorder, rpilrpsy—that opprobrium medieorum, as Dr. Mott | his day has been taught in every medical school Medicine in New York University, Medical Department, at
calls iu
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11 m
So much for the asserted exclusiveness of worthy the name. And the same may be said
Hydropathy. I do not hesitate to declare that I of all that is said of other Hygienic treatment. 9,
never would suffer myself to be called a Hydro- for We have been in the profession, man and boy,
more th-.in thirty years, and, as then taught,
pathist, did I thereby incur any obligation to use have ever since employed cold water in fevers
nothing hut water in my practice, in any con and other inflammatory diseases, and to such an
tingency. No sensible physician will ever con extent all the while as to bear the nickname of
sent to be clogged with fetters, with his eyes cold water and ice doctor, before modern Hydro-
open. For my own part, I willingly accede to >s simply pathy had a 'local habitation or a name.' It is
contemptible, therefore, to prate aB Dr.
one of Dr. Hooker's positions : that " no exclu i H. does on this topic, if he knows better.' If he
sive system of practice can bo said to be a good doos not, he had better abandon the idea of teach
system, for it is impossible that it should suitaZ/ ing until he first becomes a learner."
the varying states presented by disease." But I am sorry to be compelled to take issue with
I trust I have shown that Rational Hydropathy Dr. Reese. I cannot boast of "thirty years'
is free from the stigma of exclusiveness, and experience," to be sure; but I have not altogether
that its platform is as broad, liberal, and compre wasted my own opportunities for seeking in
hensive in its provisions as it possibly could be, formation : and 1 still affirm that " Hygiene is a
consistently with truth and the admitted princi sealed book to nine-tenths of our allopathic
ples of medical science. It does not narrow graduates." What says Professor Dickson ?
down the materia medica ; it does not make " Hygiene, the science of prevention, whose
water the Alpha and Omega of medical prac pure and elevated object is the extinction of
tice ; it has only elevated it to its merited rank, disease, has had until recently no separate
as the best antiphlogistic and tonic, the safest functionary in our social institutions, no definite
alterant and purgative, the mildest nauscant and place in the progress of our improving civiliza
diuretic, and the least injurious sedative and tion. And even now her voice is feebly uttered,
astringent. Add to all these properties, its scarcely listened to, and almost devoid of authority.
unequaled virtue and power as the grand pu We have no Professors of Hygiene in our
rifier of the system, and no wonder that Dr. Colleges; our Boards of Health are clothed
Warren found reason to say of it, that "it was with little power, and their recommendations
so valuable, so necessary, so beautiful an | destitute of influence, except in times of occa-
agent, that it would not be wonderful if an en \ sional panic, or when directed against nuisances
thusiast were to be excited in its favor." palpably offensive. * * * No single great step
I will not, in the next place, waste any time has anywhere been taken in the right direction.*"
in refuting the stale and vulgar charge of And now as regards the remedial use of
" quackery," weich Dr. Hooker has revamped Water, which Dr. Hooker and Dr. Reese both
against modern Hydropathy. I have written so think the world, or, at any rate, the profession,
much on this particular subject before, and so knew quite enough about before the time of
have many abler and older practitioners than j Pricssnitz. It is true, gentlemen, that a good
myself, that I will merely refer the reader, who ! deal was known about water, even as far back
is thirsting for more argument on this head, to j as the times of Hippocrates and Galen ; but it
the writings of Drs. Forbes, Scudamore, Mayo, was incomparably far less understood and appre
Smethurst, tfcc, and to the numerous publica ciated then than now. And so of the skin ;
tions on the Water-Cure which have appeared in something was known about it, undoubtedly, in
America. I will only add, in passing, in refer the days of Adam and Eve, but I question if
ence to Dr. Hooker's acquaintance with the it has ever been so well and thoroughly studied
details of Watcr-Cure processes, that if he has out as it has been within the last fifteen years.
ever seen a human being "wrapped" in a " cold, | I would rather be the author of Erasmus Wil
wet blanket," he has done right to " make a note son's Treatise on Healthy Skin than of all the
of it." I am sure J never have, and I have yet works attributed to IIitpocrates and Sydenham
to meet with the hydropathic physician who has both. And what does Erasmus Wilson—him
ever employed a process so grotesque and so self an allopathist of the highest repute in Lon
repulsive. don—what does lie say about water 7 Why,
One word more, before concluding, in regard this. " The water-practice has effected import
to Dr. Hooker's intimation that Water was ant results in the treatment of disease, and will,
quite well enough understood and appreciated I trust, be instrumental in RESTORING to
" before Priessnitz appeared on the stage." medicine one of her most valuable and import
The Doctor does not go quite so far in this ant auxiliaries. Medical men may be jealous
respect as my neighbor, the editor of The New that these benefits have been ' conjured from the
York Medical Gazette, who recently said (in a vasty deep' by other hands than those of the
| criticism upon my address at the Hydropathic high-priests of Therapeia, but they have no just
j Convention) : reason of complaint ; TnE treatment of dis
ease BY WATER HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY NE
I "In regard to the medical uses of cold water, GLECTED ; now, however, its merits may be
! for the knowledge of which it seems Dr. Hough-
; ton is indebted to his brother Hydropahists, * Bmn: an Introductory Lecture ; lij SaMVM Hinry
agent was
which he can justly claim for this DloKSoa, M I) , Professor of the Theory and Practice of
known to Sydenham, and ever since
the Session of 1848-0.
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tested, and the test aided by public encourage
ment; moreover, the remedy will revert to those
who are alone qualified to employ it, and we
may fairly hope that a correct system for its use
will be established by their labors."* This
language, gentlemen, is in precisely the right
spirit. Would that it had found a more cordial
response at your hands, Dr. Reese, and at yours,
Dr. Hookek !
Here, for the present, I lay aside my pen.
What I have written, I have written frankly
and without fear. There are, doubtless, among
the many readers of the Journal, some whom I
should have pleased far more with other lan
guage than that which is here set down ; there
are not a few in our country who have suffered
so severely in days gone by from the abuses of
allopathic medication, and who have found relief
from rational hydropathy, that they cannot bear
to believe that water alone is not sufficient for
all sexes and ages, at all limes and all places,
and in every conceivable emergency. To all
such enthusiasts I would merely suggest the
propriety of putting their faith into practice; let
them only take this world of ours just as they
find it, and not as they would have it. They
cannot fail to do some good, I am confident, but
I do not believe they will always be able to ac
complish what they expect and hope for ; and it
would not greatly surprise me if, in the end, they
were to give in their voluntary adhesion to the
broad, liberal, and comprehensive platform of the
Hydropathic Convention of June, 1860.
No. 8, West Eleventh Street, )
November 8, 1850. \ and thirst for gain, were ready to do anything to
"HEAT IS LIFE, AND COLD IS DEATH."
A SKETCH.
BY JE. A. KITTKEDOE, M. D.
Tins is the great principle on which the
" Thompsonian" theory is based, and the literal
application of it by the illiterate disciples of
Thompson, has been the death of thousands.
Dr. Thompson, the founder of this theory, was
doubtless a man of talent, and is deserving of
praise for his well-meant efforts to serve his fel
low-men.
But a theory, to be useful in practice, must be
something more than well-meant,—it must be
well-founded.
No one will dispute Dr. Thompson's assertion,
that " Heat is life, and cold is death," in one >
sense at least, for every one knows that in every ;
live man there is more or less heat, and in every
dead one there is none ; but it does not therefore i
follow that there is nothing else necessary to j
constitute the life principle than heat ! In fact,
many animals are cold-blooded entirely, and yet •
are the liveliest of any ! But grant, for argu- j
menl's sake, that heat is the sine qua non of
human life, does that prove that " hot things"
will prevent death ?
Unfortunately for the operation of their theory,
* Vide '*Balwer and Forbes on the Water-Treatment,"
page 133.
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however cold death may be, disease, which is
the enemy with which they have to do, is any
thing but cold ; in nearly all stupes of all dis
eases, there is too much heat within, in the very
parts, too, where the "hot-drops," &c, expend
their deadly energy.
All the best part of the Thompsonian theory
in practice has been abandoned by the modern
Solomons in whose hands it now is, namely, the
application of warm vapor to the surface, follow
ed by the cold affusion, as originally practised
by Dr. T. 1 don't mean to say that this is en
tirely discarded, but comparatively.
Any one at all familiar with diseased action,
will readily see how efficacious this treatment
must be in the cure of most diseases, as it
tends directly to equalize the circulation, and,
what is often more important still, removes all
obstruction from the pores of the skin, thereby
letting the morbid matter escape through its
legitimate avenues, which being pent up, was
the main cause of the diseased action.
To this, and to the omission of the poisonous
articles given by the old school, I apprehend, is
to bo attributed the success of the Thompson
ian system ; and for this improvement on the
allopathic practice of killing diseases by poison,
Dr. Thompson is entitled to great praise. Un
fortunately for the world, the theory of Thomp
son was no sooner embraced by the people, who,
tired of being the receptacles of poisons, which, in
trying to kill their diseases, were constantly killing
themselves, than it was practised by a set or ra
pacious Yankees, who, in their hate of poison,
" get an honest living," even to the trifling with
the lives of their fellow-beings, as was manifest
from their actions, taking upon themselves,
without any previous study, or even brains, the
important and responsible office of physician. In
this way only can we account for the neglect of
the only truly valuable part of the system above
alluded to : these ignorant pretenders, with an
assurance always proportionate to their igno
rance, made the people believe what they them
selves no doubt believed, or at least didn't care
whether it was so or not, that the great "idee" of
Dr. Thompson was, that in order to ward off
death, you had only to heat up and keep the sys
tem heated to a certain point! and all that was
necessary to do this was to give hot drops, com
position, and lobelia; and if neither of these
would do it, you " was a goner !"
In short, they acted just as if the only danger
to human life was freezing, and consequently the
greater the fire that could be kindled up within
one, the better for him ; and the medicine
that would do it the quickest—provided it wasn't
mineral!—was the medicine, and none other,
" continually !"
I saw one of these dear little doctors, whom
many, in their dread of being poisoned, have
learned to look upon as " saviours," trying, the
other day, with an assiduity worthy of a better
cause, to bring a man to life and health again,
who had been run over by a railroad-car, the
which had produced a concussion of the brain,
injury of the spine, be, and of course the man's
extremities were " ratherish" cold, by giving
him hot composition tea ! Poor " doctor," he
seemed to think it very strange that the man
didn't " come up," and be warm again.
As for the concussion or any of its effects, he
probably didn't know any more about it than he
did of chemistry or philosophy, and a fractured
skull and a " hole in the wall " were of alike
significance to him. According to the received
Thompsonianism of the present day, that man
ought to have got well, or at least not to have
died, for he had some " sparks of life " or lire left
in him, and with his hot things; he ought to
have been able to have kindled them into a blaze
that would have lasted !
Speaking of" blazes," any one not prejudiced
can see how such practices must operate when
a man is seriously ill : for instance, suppose him
to have " gastro enteritis," or inflammation of any
kind within—and what must be the effects of
such heating medicines ? Why, just such as
one must suppose—the rapid increase of fever,
ulceration, and death. It is much easier to
kindle a fire in the system than it is to put it
out with " medicines," and they find that a blaze
in a man is as had as a " house in a blaze."
So we see that though life is not without heat,
yet it is equally impossible with too much heat.
In fact, the reverse of Thompson's theory is
actually true in most cases of disease, for it is the
heat that is the cause of death as a general thing.
In all bad cases we find great fever eg inflamma
tion in some of the central organs; and just in
proportion as we succeed in reducing this heat
or inflammation, by bringing it lo the surface,
shall we succeed in saving the patient.
Now, everybody at all conversant with Water-
Cure, knows that cold water properly applied to
the surface and extremities will bring the heat
thither, so that it will stay, better than anything
in the world ; and everybody, whether acquainted
with Water-Cure or not, knows that cold water
inside will put out the " raging fire within" better
than anything else it is possible to conceive of.
So we can with greater propriety in disease say,
that heat is death and cold is life! The great
mistake i9 in taking results for causes.
In the process of living, heat is evolved, life
being in one sense a continual combustion ; and
only by disturbing the functions of the organs
concerned in keeping up this wonderful pheno
menon we call life, are we made sick ; hence the
only possible remedy is to cease our disturbance
by living in true conditions. To do this is the
aim and end of Hydropathy.
ADAGES.
A—mild answer turneth away wrath.
D—o as you would wish to be dune by.
A—faithful friend is the medicine of life.
G—o thou and do likewise.
E—vil be to him that evil thinks.
S—honld counsel be good, no matter who gives it.
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Good and had herbs does the same earth disclose,
Anil near the nettle often grows the rose.
The roses of this life arc all found in the path
way of truth. Yet turn we ever so little aside,
and the nettles of existence beset us on every hand.
On the cheeks of the obedient to physiological
laws only do the roses of health bloom perennially.
Those only who riotously trample on or unwittingly
trangress them, find the hirking serpent of disease
gnawing perpetually at their vitals, and their hold
on life as frail as " the spider's most attenuated
thread." The roses or the nettles are ours; let us
be wise. Instead of struggling through life and
agonizing through death, let us, by learning and
obeying the "laws of constitution and relation,"
so discipline and harmonize all our functions of
body and mind, that, when " summoned to that
mysterious realm," we can depart,
Like one who draws the drapery of hi* conch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Our Eleventh Volume.—We have yet a work
to do. The cloud of ignorance still hangs heavily
and darkly over the human mind. The deep pools
of human depravity are all around us. The thick
mists of prejudice and superstition float luridly
everywhere before our eyes. The mountains of
error rear their dismal peaks almost beyond our
power of vision. Wc must toil on. " Come over
and help us."
The busy world shoves angrily asiJe
The man who stands with arms a-kimbo set,
Until occasion tells him what to do :
And he who waits to have bin task marked out,
Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
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WATER-CURE JOURNAL. 13
Who, that sees disease, deformity, want, and mis content to let learned people remain in accommo" i- \
ery spread over the land, and knows that this dating ignorance. It is much easier to turn their ( j
world is adapted by Omnipotent Wisdom to health, whims, conceits, caprices, and errors to a good
beauty, plenty, and happiness, would be a drone ! business account, than to instruct them away. It
Who can view this earth, is easier to make a profitable hobby of the igno
Bo glorious in its action and itself, rance of the masses, than to educate them. Be
so perverted, misused, and abused, without striving, ours the harder task. We will leave " common
in some relation, for its redemption ? souls" to do the best they can with the present
state of affairs, while wc will labor to make good
The Philosopiiv of Reform. —The world is the poet's prophecy. We ask but one condition,
swarmed with reforms and reformers. Good- one favor—accest to the public mind. Give us the
hearted philanthropists are busy in scheming for ear of the masses, the common people, the rabble
counteracting influences to most of the evils of
if you please. They will soon become thinkers,
society. Most of their schemes aim but to crop and then co-workers ; and then a generation of
the brandies of the great tree of evil ; few direct men and women shall arise and replenish the earth,
their missiles to its trunk ; fewer still see the me neither cradled in sin nor brought up in iniquity,
thod of exterminating its roots. How very few in the physiological sense, but reared with healthy
appreciate the first principle, the starting point bodies, pure hearts, and clear heads, lions in
of every human reformation ! Reform the man! strength, yet lamlis in gentleness. Give us readers
Here is the true philosophy. Purify the body, as and subscribers. Help us to intercourse with as
well as educate the mind ! The kitchen and the much human mind as possible, and the consumma
cook are as efficient instrumentalities for good as tion of the especial reform we labor for will be
the pulpit and the minister. We would have both proportionately hastened.
in harmony.
The temperance reform, as now prosecuted by its '* For there are wonders, wondrous strange,
To those who will throngh nature range,
leading advocates, is doing much towards restrain And use the mind, and clear the eye,
ing the propensity for alcoholic indulgence; but And let instruction not pass by."
the deeper ground we take contemplates the re
moval of the causes of the morbid appetite. The
peace reform is doing humanity good service in at PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
tracting the attention of benevolent minds to the
horrors of war. We would teach men so to live BY. T. ASTISELL, M.D.
that the war passion would die within them. In When mankind reflect how large a portion, not
merely of a comfortable existence, but of a positive
stead of expending all our strength in efforts to re
pleasurable enjoyment of life, depends upon the
strain the brutal rage in man for a brother's blood,
feeling of good health in the system : when they
we would cleanse his own blood of the hellish lust.
There is the anti-slavery reform. reflect that a large portion of this comfort in ex
istence and joyous sensation is dependent upon
" He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves beside." themselves ; that they can have it when they
will, and that if they have it not it is partly be
Then there are mosal, social, political, land, cause they will not ; and when they farther re
church, state, and national reforms. . We are tit*flect that not only have they the power to build
"heralds" of them all. We would lay the true up their physical frames to that condition of tone
foundation of them all in reforming the whole and elasticity that action becomes delightful and
MAN.
repose tranquil, but they also have the power of
Medical or healthful reform is our more peculiar
transmitting such frames, and of course transmit
field. The delusions of the world in the matters
of food, drink, and medicine, and in the employ ting the same sensations—that it is possible for
them to make their children of a constitution
ment of all the hygienic agencies, we regard as
the greatest Btumbling-block in the way of human physically happy, and that it is thus in their
power to multiply the happiness of the whole hu
progress. These delusions cause three-quarters of
human talent—energies of mind and body—to be man family, by giving them better knit bodies,
whose tendency is to make their minds look on
either wasted, or, worse than wasted, misapplied ;
and against these delusions we shall still wage the bright side of nature ;—when they reflect that
all this is in their power—that they can do it if
"offensive and defensive war." With "simple
they will—that to do it is right, and to do it is
nature" as our only authoritative teacher, we shall
agreeable to themselves—does it not appear
criticise, with all possible freedom, the teachings
and theories of the learned, called science, and strange that it requires a warning voice, a tutelary
angel, to remind them that they are not pursuing
the sayings and doings of the learned and unlearn
ed, called experience. As ever, we shall and do that course which results in either individual or
collective happiness?
invite and challenge controversy on all points in
issue. Personally we will treat all candid oppo That mankind is aware that he can, to a great
extent, make or mar his own happiness, is evident
nents respectfully ; but notions, dogmas, and opin
ions, we shall handle without conditions. from the public voice acting on the community
with respect to the necessity of taking some pre
cautions to better public health,by establishing pub
APPLICATION.
11 The riilnro works oorgrcat men's destinies ; lic walks, parks, baths, wash-houses, better ventilat
The present is enough for common souls." ed public buildings, and general sanatary measures.
The learned may* talk and write so profoundly ; The public are alive, but the individual man ne
that nobody but the learned can understand them, j glects himself—and it can only be referred to the
But, cui bono ? The learned in medicine are too ! influence of that all-j>owerful controller of human
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destinies, habit. "The majority of mankind net
more from habit than reflection," said the illustri
ous Paley; and never is it better shown than in
the neglect of physical education. When man
was a fighting animal, as in the palmy days of
Greece and Rome, and even during the Middle
Ages—when valor and virtue meant the same t hing
—when the best right to the possession of any ob
ject was the power to take it, the development of
the human frame was a paramount necessity, and
hence physical education was the education of
early life, both in public and private. To wrestle,
to throw the dart, and to ride the great horse, was
the education of Persian children; to draw the
bow and to use the broadsword, to run a tilt with
the lanee, or to manage a Ferrara blade, to box,
and to play single or double stick, have been, in
different ages, the physical education of various
countries. These no doubt have been the arts of
war, and were cultivated for war when it was an ex
hibition of physical force ; but when it became a sci
ence, and force was no longer necessary to suceess,
this education fell into disuse, until, in our days,
when war is beginning to be frowned down, and
a Christian spirit of peace is displaying itself in na
tional as well as individual forbearance, not only
have the arts of war been neglected, but even the
sinews of war have wasted away in the community.
That a weak tone of muscle begets a weak tone
of mind, is a physiological fact, and was as well
known to the ancients as to us, who forbade their
slaves to exercise themselves in the public gym
nasium—well knowing that a love of liberty
would spring up with a muscular frame. That
satirical writer, Dr. Arbuthnot, in contrasting an
cient and modern habits, thus alludes to this: "The
Cretans wisely forbade their servants gymnastics as
well as arms; and yet your modern footmen exer
cise themselves daily, while their enervated lords
are softly lolling in their chariots."
The necessity of physical education is not less
imperative now than in earlier times, though for
a different reason. In our day, the arts of peace
have an injurious effect upon the community indi
rectly, by producing excessive labor, long hours of
toil, and, owing to machinery, a close congregation
of human beings together. From these circum
stances results an overtaxing of the muscular pow
ers of some part of the body, unaccompanied by
sufficient rest to that series of muscles, or occupa
tion of the others. For this reason, to this class a
course of training which will develope and call
into active exercise the rest of the body, is neces
sary to preserve the balance of health.
When a muscle is brought by exercise into con
stant activity, it increases in size. It is made up
of innumerable small threads or fibres, each sepa
rated from the other by a thin sheath or cellular
membrane, which yet serves to connect the whole
into one mass of red flesh. For healthy and vigor
ous action these then must be of a deep red color,
of a strong texture. Everywhere in the body the
muscles are made proportionate in size and power
to the effects they were intended to accomplish.
If not called into play, the fibres become thin and
pale ; when exercised, they increase in thickness,
and also act with greater readiness aud rapidity ;
in other words, the contractility of muscular fibre
is increased by exertion. But not merely does the
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muscular fibre thicken, but the bloodvessels of the
part are altered, the veins become larger on the
surface of that part, and the arteries, those deep-
seated vessels which convey the blood from the
heart to the muscle, become more filled with
blood, and deliver that blood in a quicker cur
rent; the part is more nourished by blood, and
becomes of a deeper red color. The arms of the
mechanic and the drawing-room lad}-, when con
trasted, exemplify these statements.
Here, where the muscles of the arm and shoul
der are developed to the utmost by excessive ac
tion of that part, the outline of the muscle becomes
prominent in a remarkable degree, and the con
traction of the fibres may almost be observed un
der the skin by the eye. The. surface of the skin
is marked by veins of cable-like dimensions, and
the arteries, though unseen, may yet have their
action estimated by feeling the pulse at the wrist
or at the bend of the elbow, where the size of the
vessel and the rapidity of the passage of the wave
of blood is appreciated by the shock given to the
finger. On the other hand, in the unemployed
lady the veins are not to be seen, and the arterial
pulse is scarcely aud feebly felt. The blood is
compelled to flow through an exercised muscle,
for the latter, in contracting, presses against the
sides of the artery running between its fibres ; the
blood, thus pressed upon strongly, has a tendency
to flow either backward or forward backward
it cannot flow, owing to the elasticity of the ves
sel, and the column of blood again coming from
the heart preventing it ; it must then go forward,
and thus the circulation in the part is kept up
more netively by muscular exercise.
What is true of a single muscle is true of the
more than four hundred of which the human frame
is built up. When all are duly exercised, all are
better developed, a greater power and energy is
given to the frame, the body becomes broader and
the limbs more massy, more blood is contained in
the individual, and it circulates more quickly.
The ancient athlete, and the modern wrestler and of nature, and disease results. The shoemaker,
prize-fighter, furnish illustrations of the fuller mus who generally sits bent to one side on a bench, and
cles and increased dimensions of trunk and limb.
J So intimate is the relation between mind and
! matter, between muscular fibre and thought, that
', we cannot improve the one without also calling out
the other. The faster the blood flows upon the
brain, other things being the same, the readier
will thought lie produced; and when the muscles
of the whole body are developed, the circulation
of the whole system is quickened, and the flow of
ideas is more active from the brain. It is difficult
to think when the muscles are over-fatigued, be
cause they cease to contract and to circulate the
blood. Similarly situated is the student, the sed
entary man "toiling by the midnight lamp," the
inactive clerk chained to a desk from morn till
night, and she of the boudoir. Their muscles,
lax from want of exercise, hang loosely, and of
small proportions upon a thin and narrow frame.
There is no beauty iu this outline, no quivering
activity in the limb, no proportion of parts, and
the efforts both of body and mind soon cease to be
exerted spontaneously, and require for their re
newal the supply of some artificial stimulant
. which shall make the blood flow more rapidly
through the muscles and upon the brain. Hence
the excessive use of tea by some writers, and of
alcoholic liquors by others, aud not a few yield to
opium. Dunning, the English lawyer, never en
tered court to speak at any trial of importance,
without having a blister upon his chest. How
worse than absurd appear these means, adopted to
produce excited circulation and more nctive
thought, when the same end could be accomplished
more certainly and more agreeably by a fair
development of the muscular system.
And this is all that is contended for. It is not
wished in these pages to inculcate the fullest de
velopment which any set of single muscles is
i capable of arriving at Such is not health ; it is
j what the employment of artisans tends to produce,
5 and it ultimately results in disease. These special
! muscles are supplied with blood, and nourished at
j the expense of other parts of the system, and then,
; of course, there is corresponding atrophy or wast-
' ing. The unpleasant contrast which the upper
part of the body of the sailor presents with the
lower limbs, must be fresh in the recollection.
The tailor also has the trunk developed at the ex
pense of his legs. Not merely is this undue ac
tion of a part of the body an offence against our
idea of beauty, but it is a transgression of a law
exercises the right arm, has, after some years, a
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carved spine. A similar disease attacks those who
are constantly occupied turning a heavy wheel.
There is, then, a law of nature compelling to
muscular action, not of a part, but of the whole.
Muscular action may indeed bo said to be the chief
means of carrying on the functions of life. It is
the best mode of sustaining a regular circulation.
If it be neglected, the blood will circulate slowly
or not at all ; it will accumulate in the lowest po
sitions and in places most distant from the heart,
until swelled limbs and varicose veins give notice
of the transgression of Nature's law.
This law appears to act in a kind of circle. The
muscle in action discharges blood quickly, and re
quires fresh blood to enter as quickly. The very
act of emptying its vessels admits of the new sup
ply. This fresh supply enables the muscle to act
with increased vigor. There is a corresponding
waste or consumption of blood and of nutrition of
the part. To replenish and keep up the full
measure of blood, requires increased food. The
appetite becomes stronger, and the food is digested
quicker, and more readily absorbed into the arte
ries to form the new blood. This fluid has to be
aerated more bountifully than before, and the
lungs accordingly perform the office of respiration
with greater frequency and fullness. Thus all the
parts of the body become invigorated and supplied
with new energy when the muscular system is put
into a state of activity.
The full development of the muscles of a limb |
contributes materially to the beauty of its outline. (
The Bense of beauty, however, appears in different
ages to have varied a little. Thus, in the chef-
d'oeuvre of antique sculpture, there is a curvature
given to the lower part of the leg just above the
ankle, in the Greek statues, accompanied by a
thickness which does not correspond with our
present notions of elegance of form ; in these the
thinner of the two bones of the leg, the fibula,
is represented as curved outward, which gives a
more solid plant to the foot and a capability of
greater resistance to receiving a stroke. The
statue of the Apollo Belvidere comes closer to
modern notions of elegance of form, although the
knees are very large : they are, however, placed
close together, and give an oblique position to the
thigh bones, and have the lower part of the leg
bearing a due proportion to tliat immediately be
low the knee.
In the leg of the dancer we perceive combined
all that constitutes beauty in form and contributes
to powerful action and rapid motion ; we observe
the . protuberant calf, implying power over the
motions of the foot; the muscles of the calf being
attached to the heel bone and moving the foot on
the ankle joint with great rapidity, in graceful
curves, so aptly termed " the poetry of motion ;
the resisting force is not required in the dancer,
and hence there is no fullness of the leg above the
ankle ; in fact, the bones of the leg there appear to
be merely covered with integument, and give thus
a strongly marked contrast to the round and full
development above. In the dancer's foot there is
also combined beauty and solidity in the double
arch, the high instep showing the curve from be
fore backwards, and there is also a correspond
ing bridge from side to side, so that there is a
well marked hollow in the sole of the dancer's
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foot. The instep becomes so much higher than
usual in professional danscuses, that it is impos
sible to obtain a shoe to fit that part, except made
upon a special last.
In the ploughman the reverse form exists ; the
calf dwindles away and the fullness above the an
kle increases, or, in common language, the " calf
drops into his shoes, owing to exercise only de
veloping a few muscles. A similar effect takes
place with those who wear boots, which are un
favorable to the play of the muscles of the calf,
and call into action those situated lower down,
giving an unpleasant thickness to the lower part
of the leg. The grace contributed to motion by
well-developed muscles, aided by skill, did not e3-
| cope the notice of Lock, who, in his essay on the
understanding, has declared that the " legs of a
dancing master and tho fingers of a musician fall,
as it were, naturally, without thought or pains,
into regular and admirable motions."
There is another view of the necessity of a
good development of the muscular frame, which
has not yet been adverted to, but which presents
so much of interest and truth as to command
attention : it consists in a review of some consider
ations arising out of a chemical view of the ques
tion.
It is well known that every portion of our frame
is continually undergoing change,—that deposition
of new matter is continually in progress, and ab
sorption of the old as constant There is nothing
stable in the human frame. Our muscles of to
day are not our muscles in a few months ; a new
set have to be deposited ; and in a few years the
whole fabric has dissolved away and been as gra
dually replaced. These particles are selected from
the blood, it containing all the materials of bone,
sinew, muscle, ligament, membrane, and fat: the
blood is conveyed by the arteries to its special des
tination, and there what is necessary is separated
out to form the additional supply for the wasting
organ. Each particle newly deposited is, so to
speak, dependent upon the previous state of the
part, for its nature ; in other word*, the particle
deposited bears a relation to the size of the artery,,
the quantity of blood carried, and the quality of
that blood. If the artery be small, the deposit
will be small: if the blood be of poor quality, the
matter deposited will be of an unhealty charac
ter. Thin, to obtain a healthy muscle, it is in some
degree needful that an active circulation should
have previously existed; and we perceive from the
foregoing how possible it is for us to change our
physique, and to build up for ourselves, after a few
yearn, a new body, of a healthier miucnlar lone, of
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greater controctility, more capable of enduring
physical fatigue, and, what is of great importance,
more capable of resisting the first advances of dis-
Here we find tho crowning necessity for muscu
lar exercise ; a necessity arising out of the very
nature of our frame, and therefore one which, if
we wish to live in physical comfort, we must obey.
In future articles we shall give practical direc
tions for developing all parts of the human body.
HOOPING-COUGH.
ITS NATURE AND TREATMENT,
BY JOEL SHEW, M. D.
The hooping-cough takes its name from that pe
culiar sound or convulsive clangor which accom
panies it. There could not, certainly, be a more
appropriate term by which to designate a disease.
The names chin-cough, kin-tongh, and kind-cough
come from the Saxon or German word " kind," a
child, or child's cough, the disease being peculiarly
common to children. The Greeks denominated the
disease bex theriodes, which, translated literally
into Latin, is tussisfcrina,—a " wild or untameable
cough." The name pertussis, which is more com
monly employed by scientific writers, is from per,
a prefix denoting excess, and tussis, cough.
The distinctive feature of this affection is the
peculiar convulsivo cough which occurs at inter
vals, in fits, as we say. These " fits," when the
disease is fully formed, consist of several expira
tions, followed by inspirations, in which there is a
very peculiar clangor or hoop—a sound which,
once heard, cannot easily be mistaken for that of
any other cough. The fits of coughing generally
come on more frequently in the evening, or the
night or morning, than during the day.
It occurs mostly in Childhood.—Although this
disease occurs for the most part only in childhood,
cases are not unfrcquently met with in persons of
advanced age. Dr. Mackintosh, of Edinburg, tells
us that he had seen many instances of it in adults.
Dr. Heberden saw it in a woman of threescore
and ten, and in a man of eighty years of age.
These were probably eases of a second coming on
of the disease, a circumstance which is well known
sometimes to occur.
Is Hooping-codoh coxtagious ?—It is often epi
demic, and is evidently a contagious disease gene
rally, although not highly so. This some writers
have denied. Even Laenncc, the great French
writer on diseases of the chest, regarded that its
contagious nature was not satisfactorily proved ;
and that alternations of temperature are quite as
much a cause of this as of other cattarrhs or colds
in the lungs. But if this be true, we may ask,
how docs it happen that hooping-cough so rarely
affects a person more than once during life ? This
fact would seem to lead us to the conclusion that
it is a specific disease, as much so as measles,
scarletina, or small-pox, all of which leave behind
them in the system some mysterious influence
which shields the person ever afterward from an
attack. And yet, it must be admitted, that tho
remote cause of hooping-cough is very difficult to
trace. "Frequently, indeed," says Dr. Good,
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" like common or humid cough, it seem* to pro
ceed from cold, from some irritability of the sto
mach, or some peculiar affection of the lungs."
Linnaeus endeavored to resolve almost all diseases
into an animalcular or insect origin, and hence
taught that the hooping-cough was also produced
in the same way by an insect of a peculiar kind.
Evidently enough this theory cannot be proved,
for cases often happen in which it is wholly im
possible to determine the cause of the disease.
From wThat is known of this affection, then, we
are to conclude, that it proceeds, in most instances,
from some miasm or poison of a specific nature,
which, like that of the influenza, or epidemic
catarrh, and the measles, has a direct determina
tion to the lungs; though, as Dr. Good observes,
it is not, like these contagions, necessarily linked
with fever.
Periods ok Incubation. —AVe speak in medicine
of incubation or hatching, by which is meant the
period of time tluit elapses between the exposure
to the contagion and the appearance of a disease.
The contagion of hooping-cough is supposed to re
main dormant from ten to fourteen days. So it is
believed in the country, where these things can be
more readily traced than in the thickly inhabited
city. Medical works, so far as I know, are wholly
silent on the subject
Mortality or the Disease.—Ilooping-cough is
not of itself a very fatal disease. It is doubtful,
indeed, if it ever causes death, except by being
connected with, or by inducing some other affec
tion which is sufficient to destroy life. According
to Dr. Watt, as quoted by Dr. Mackintosh, the
deatlis from hooping-cough in Glasgow have been
pretty nearly 54 per cent, of the whole deaths in
that city. The greatest number in any one year
took place in 1809, when they amounted to 114
per cent. ; and Dr. Watt concludes that next to
small-pox formerly, and measles now, hooping-
cough is the most fatal disease to which children
are liable. According to Dr. Emerson, the disease
in Philadelphia is more fatal to the female sex.
Dr. Dunglisou quotes from the census of Ireland
for 1841, which gives for every 100 males, 115.13
of females who died of hooping-cough. Accord
ing to all experiences, the younger the subject the
worse and more liable to prove fatal has been the
disease. It is said not often to attack children at
the breast ; but the writer at this time knows of
a number of nursing children who have it ; and
about one year ago, he attended a lady of this
city, (New York,) in child-birth, in the month of
October, whose infant was attacked with hooping-
cough before it was a week old. It, however, did
well under water treatment.
Symptoms.—Hooping-cough may, for the sake of
convenience, he divided into three stages, although
such a division—it need scarcely be said—must
necessarily be, to a considerable extent, arbitrary.
There are :
1. Tue Catarrhal Stage, or the coming on of
the disease, wluch resembles simply a common cold
or catarrh.
2. The Nervous, Spasmodic, or Convulsive
stage, which is easily known by the peculiar eough
attending it ; and
8. The Period of Decrement, or decline, and
which is indicated by the wearing away of the
spasmodic symptoms.
In the first stage, there is more or less of in
disposition, as in a common cold. There is apt to
be a feverishness, alternating with chilliness, suffu
sion of the face and eyes, sneezing, running at the
nose, and an increased discharge of tears. There is
nlso a dry fatiguing eough, which, like a common
cough, returns in paroxysms, particularly at night,
in consequence of the feverishness which is apt
then to recur. This stage, like all the others,
varies considerably in duration ; it may last only
a few days, or, on the other hand, for weeks.
Usually it does not last more than a fortnight.
In Tin-: second stage, the cough attains its great
est violence. It is now excessively convulsive
and violent. The little patient, as lie feels the
symptoms of its approach, if able, runs to lay hold
of his parent or nurse, or some object by which
he can support himself, till the fit is over. Some
times, too, he gets down on all fours, and seems to
derive more aid in that, than any other position.
After the paroxysm is over, he jumps up and runs
about to play, as if nothing at all bad happened to
mar his comfort. Sometimes also the feeling of
suffocation leads him to run to the open air, and
mothers have found by experience, that if, as soon
as the fit comes on, the child be taken to an open
window, or the door, it is the more easily borne,
and shorter in duration.
In some eases the sense of suffocation is dread
ful beyond description ; the respiration is im
peded ; the cough is intense and protracted ; the
features are swollen, and of a livid color; the eyes
seem ready to start out of their very sockets ; the
eyelids are red and swollen, and the cheeks, per
haps, bathed in tears, till at last expectoration
takes place, and brings relief. This is at first
more tough and ropy in character, but as the
disease advances, becomes thinner, nud is conse
quently more easily thrown off. When the cough
is bad, there may be three or four fits as it were
in quick succession, which terminate only by the
expulsion of a thick, ropy, tenacious phlegm,
which is also sometimes accompanied with vomit
ing up the contents of the stomach, particularly
in cases where food has been recently taken.
The child often swallows the phlegm, which, con
trary to the notion of old women, is not necessarily
an unfavorable circumstance. It passes to the
stomach, and cannot therefore be again thrown
up by coughing, as is supposed. Vomiting up the
food is considered a favorable omen, 6ince it gene
rally brings relief to the sufferer.
In bad cases there is a good deal of head-ache
experienced. The appetite becomes bad, the sto
mach and bowels disordered, and oppressed with
flatulence and distension. It is possible, in some
rare cases, for bleeding of the lungs to occur ; so
also some of the little bloodvessels in the conjunc
tiva of the eye may break. The nose often bleeds,
and when this occurs, in a plethoric child, more
particularly, it is to be looked upon as a good
omen. In the worst cases of the disease there is
more or less of fever always present ; this, in con
nection with the impediment of respiration, shows
that there is mischief going on within, which, if
not remedied, is very apt to end in death. Fits of
temporary asphyxia, or fainting, sometimes occur,
and which may suddenly destroy life. It is said
by Dr. Mackintosh that, in some cases, children
have been known to die suddenly in this way,
whose cases were previously slight, and not at.
tended with fever. Convulsions may also carry
off the patient ; but cases of this kind, as well as
those which die in a fainting fit, must be exceed
ingly rare, and such, too, as are not properly
attended to from the beginning. The worst cases
we find are those which happen in connection
with an absence of general health, with bron
chitis, or which succeed the small-pox, scarletina,
measles, or some other serious maladv.
In the third stage, or decrement of the disease,
there is a gradual wearing awav of the spasmodic
fits; the paroxysms of coughing become by de
grees shorter and shorter, and less frequent and
violent in character. The peculiar noise which
designates the disease also disappears gradually—
although in some cases quite of a sudden ; matter
expectorated becomes thicker and more opaque,
assuming towards the last a greenish hue ; and
sometime s it becomes puriform or puslike in cha
racter. The cough towards the last docs not differ
from that of an ordinary catarrh. This, if it be in
the autumn, may last until the coming on of warm
weather in the spring, particularly if the child be
feeble and has an hereditary tendency to affect ions
of the throat and chest. At other seasons of the
year, however, the disease generally passes off
very soon after the hooping has ceased, especially
if the case be well managed according to the prin
ciples of the water treatment.
Duration of Hooping-cough.—This, as in other
diseases, is variable and uncertain. On an average,
its period may be estimated at from six weeks to
three months. It may in some few cases be shorter
than a month and a half; but it is generally much
longer, and not unfrequently lasts beyond three
mouths. Much here depends upon the manage
ment of the ease.
Treatment.—Each of the three stages demands
a treatment in some respects peculiar to itself,
although the general principles of management
must all along be the same. As regards the use of
drug medicines, Dr. Dunglison frankly admits
that it rarely happens that we are able to cut
short the disease or to modify its course. "The
number of remedies which have been brought for
ward," remarks this author, "is immense, but the
true plan is to treat the disease according to gen
eral principles; for neither in this, nor in any
other disease, has a specific been discovered." And
Dr. Gregory, with that characteristic frankness
and candor which ever marked his brilliant career,
remarked, in his lectures, "I think it proper for
me to warn you, in the first place, that we have
no cure for it" Long ago the great Sydenham
declared it to be "a most stubborn, and commonly
unconquerable, incurable disease." If we look
over all the best authorities on the Practice of
Medicine, we shall find as much discrepancy of
opinion regarding the treatment of this as of
any other affection. In carrying out the best of
motives for the good of the sick and suffering,
medical men have left no stone unturned in the
treatment of this disease. Every remedial sub
stance, from the simplest herb to the most deadly
and virulent poison—not omitting bleeding, leech
ing, and blistering, to the fullest extent, have been
again and again resorted to, and with this result
—that there it no known specific for the disease.
In regard to its treatment by drug substances, we
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have another among the many proofs of the la- i
mentable ignorance that obtains in the profession |
concerning the true principles of the healing art j
The first stage, as I have remarked, resembles j
in all respects a common catarrh or cold ; and I
consequently the treatment should be the same. !
In short, everything should he done in the way of !
bathing, air, exercise, diet, and in the hygienic
habits throughout, that may be, to fortify and in- (
vigoratc the general health. I believe ull authori
ties agree on this one point—that fresh air, ex
ercise, prudent exposure out of doors daily, cold
bathing, and, in short, the tonic plan generally, is i
the best possible course that can be followed in this
disease. Dr. Mackintosh tolls us that he has seen
the greatest advantages in this disease, as in many |
other cases of chronic bronchial affections, from
sponging the body with water, or vinegar and
water, two or three times a day. " At the meet
ing of the Medical Section of the British Associa
tion, in 1 840," says Dr. Dunglison, " it was stated,
that rubbing the chest with cold water, repented
two or three times a day, with so much activity
as to produce a rubefacient (reddening) effect, was
frequently of great use." Dr. Elliotson remarks
that " after a time, there can be no doubt of the
use of the cold shower bath." And the celebrated
Dr. Good tells us that " cold bathing, so far as his
own experience extended, had proved more cer
tainly and rapidly remedial than any other pre
scription whatever." The effects of fresh air, also, |
which belong to the same category of therapeutic
agents, are spoken of in the highest terms of re
commendation. Even the change from one room
to another is often productive of manifest improve
ment. This fact is very well understood by peo
ple generally. In the city of New York, some
have been in the habit of taking their children
frequently across the ferries, where the air is pure
and fresh, and with the best of results.
Sometimes, however, mischief is done, by ex
posing the child to a great change suddenly. This
happens oftener in consequence of its having been
kept too closely confined within doors, and in
over-heated rooms. If the apartments be kept
at all times sufficiently ventilated and of proper
temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, and the
child is at the same time bathed daily in cool or
cold water, it can seldom receive any harm from
being taken out into the open air. Nothing in
the medical art is better established than the great
value of cold bathing and ventilation as a means of
preventing colds.
The second or inflammatory stage of hooping-
cough is generally attended with more or less gene
ral fcveriBhnesB ; and in connection with this dis
ease there may be at the same time some other, of
inflammatory type. In all such cases, the great in
dication of treatment is to subdue the abnormal
heat Without attention to this matter, we might,
as Dr. Elliotson observes, "give all the anti-spas-
modics, all the narcotics, and all the other medi
cines that are Supposed to have a direct influence
over the spasm, and yet do no good ; we should,
in fact, make the patient worse ; and if nature
were not to get the better of us, and cure the in
dividual, there is every probability that great
mischief would be done."
The water treatment, properly managed, it is
beginning to be understood at this late day, is the I
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best, safest, and most effectual means possible for , water upon the surface, might easily, in some
reducing general feverishness, of whatever kind. | cases, make all the difference between life and
As to what amount is to be given, the nature of i death. These fits arc often hard to bear.
the case should determine. One patient may need ! The Diet.—As in all inflammatory diseases,
few baths in a day, another many ; and, in all so in hooping-cough, the diet should be light,
cases, enough of the water processes should be fol i rather spare, and of unstimulating kind.
lowed out to keep the general fever constantly in j The Clothing.—This should be loose, so as to
check. admit of a free circulation of air about the whole
The Wet Jacket.—There is one method of prac surface. At the same time it should be such as
tice, which I have adopted with marked success. to insure a comfortable temperature in the cool
It may be resorted to during the whole period in and cold seasons ; in the hot there could scarcely
which the cough is present. I refer to the use of ( be too little ; one single light flowing garment
the wet jacket. We make, of linen cloth—sheet would be better than to have more. It should be
ing, usually, although heavy cotton will answer remembered, in reference to this, as in all other
the purpose tolerably well—a jacket, with arm- ! inflammatory diseases, that, while the heat is above
holes, that covers the whole trunk of the body ; t/ie natural standard, it is the very next thing to
two or three thicknesses are worn at a time. It ! impossible in any way to take a cold. This is par-
should be re-wet in from one to three hours, ac i ticularly true of cases in which the water treat-
cording to circumstances, always before it becomes ! ment is practised.
too warm or dry. In the hottest weather there j Water Drinking.—It is of great importance in
would be danger of its doing more harm than s hooping-cough, that all the water used for cooking,
good, by the heat retained, if it were not changed j as well as for drinking and bathing, be pure and
very often. In cold weather there may be flan I soft All families may, at a trifling expense in the
nel enough over the wet to keep up a comfortable construction of cisterns, have always an abundance
degree of warmth. This, especially in bad cases, i of the best and purest water, that which falls
should be worn constantly. In some cases, where j from the clouds. Pure, filtered rain-water, with
it has been left off for a Bhort time—as, for in | the addition of a little ice in the hot season, if ne-
stance, an hour or two only—the fits of coughing | ccssary, to make it palatable, is one of the greatest
have at once grown worse, and, on putting it on i of luxuries, as well as highly conducive to health.
again, the unfavorable symptoms have as quickly Let the child, then, with hooping-cough, have as
vanished. much pure 6oft water as it will take ; during the
Tnt Batti.—In connection with the wet jacket, > paroxysms of coughing it will be manifestly re-
I have been in the habit of ordering two to four ! lieved if it can be induced to take small draughts
ablutions in the twenty-four hours—with water \ of fluid ; and throughout the whole management,
not entirely cold—at from 60° to 70° Fahrenheit, the more freely we use the pure soft element
according to the child's strength, and the season i both internally and externally, the less thick and
of the year. The colder the weather, the cooler ! tenacious will be the phlegm, the less the quanti
the water used. But I conclude that there is no ty expectorated, and the less violent and trouble
need of using it at a lower temperature than 60° some the symptoms of every kind,
Fahrenheit. Certain I am that there is no need j In the third stage, or decline of the disease, the
of doing any great violence to the child's feelings ) treatment should be, according to circumstances,
by using the water very cold. Tepid water—by similar to that of the first stage, and always such
which we mean a temperature of from 70° to as is calculated to fortify and invigorate the gene-
90°—is cold water in effect, only milder in de | ral health. If boils make their appearance, as is
gree. We may give the tepid bath oftener and sometimes the case in the decline of the disease, we
longer at a time, if necessary to produce the de are to regard the symptom as a good one.
sired effect. j If the hooping-cough occurs in connection with
The shallow bath I regard the best form. Any S any other disease, we are simply to treat the case
common tub may be used ; and if the child objects j according to the symptoms, without any reference
to sitting down in the water, as is often the case, | whatever to mere names.
he may stand while the water is poured, cupful | It is the opinion of most writers, though not
by cupful, over him. Or it may be laved, so to all, that we cannot by any means whatever short
say, upon the surface, by means of a sponge or en the duration of this malady. If it be admitted
large towel. j that we cannot, we know that we may, in a very
The Wet Sheet.—In some cases I have advised | marked degree, mitigate its severity by the water
the packing, loosely applied, twice in the twenty- treatment, and doubtless, in some instances, save
four hours, with the bath after it. This method life, where, in the ordinary methods, the patient
may be adopted in connection with the wet jacket j would be lost
if it be desirable, at any time. If the child is very W.-C. Institution, Twelfth sU and University PI.
young, the sheet should be placed loosely round
its body, with blankets sufficient to insure com \ have A Chakge of Dress.—Mormon women, it Is said,
fortable warmth, and then held in the lap to sleep. have commenced dressing in pantaloons. Then, they
shown good sense in one thing, at least.
A young child usually sleeps better while thus
held than in bed. j Some slandering bachelor says it Is " much joy"
If the child swoon or faint away from conges | when you first get married, hut is more jawy after a
tion of the brain, carrying it to the open air, and S year or so.
Bprinkling cold water upon it, is the best means
of reviving it It is possible for a child to die in Fishing in Mile —Lately, a living trout wasfound
such fits—such cases having been known to Bwimming in the " new milk" supplied by a contractor
occur—and so trifling a matter as sprinkling cold 1 to the Killarney (Ireland) workhouse.
18 THE
THOUGHTS
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND.
BT SYLVESTER GRAHAM.
Gone, loved one, gone I
And we thy Wight form shall behold no more I
With what celerity thou wast honied on
To death 's wide yawning door<
But yester-weck we saw thee full of life,
With a proud bearing and a stately tread ;
The crown of health wan on thy head ;
In thy warm heart still warmer hopes were rife.
Thy laughing eye
Was radiant with a blithsome spirit's light,
And onward swept
Far over flowery fields of coming joy.
In early manhood's might
And noble pride,
Thou didst go forth with nothing to annoy ;
Pressing toward the goal
Of all Ihy fond heart's hopes, with eager Htride,
And thy expectant soul
Kenned not the doom that so hard by thee slept.
Now thou art to earth,
As if thou hads't not been :
In it* mixed scenes of woe and mirth,
Thou'It never more be leen ;
The social hearth
No more shall be
Made glad by thee ;
And hearts that loved thee passing well,
No more with sweet delight shall own
Thy joyous pretence, nor shall swell
In sympathy with thine. The place
That thee hath known.
Again shall know thee never.
Thy days have flown.
And every trace
Of thee is gone from earth forever 1
O, how the heart with faintneas doth grow sick,
la contemplation of the ills of life,
Which ttrew the path of man so darkly thick
With blighted hopes and disappointment's strife I
How the rough-edged knife
Of stern advetsity doth sever
The tondereat ties,
And separate forever
Heart! which in love's fond alliance had combined ;
Leaving behind
A pang which never dies,
A wound which never heals.
How fell calamity's fierce grasp doth ring
The nerve which keener feels—
The soul fraught string
Which binds ns to life's dearest thing 1
And is it not enough that man,
Blind, erring, wayward, frail.
Whose longest life is but a span.
Made up of feebleness and ail ;—
O, li it not
Enough that he
Is so afflicted in his lot,
With ever claltering misery,—
So beaten by the iron flail
Of scourging Heaven,
To chasten him from sin's deep leaven,
Hut must he he mora sorely cors'd
Than by the damning sin at first,
In that to which he looks for life
With most relying trust J
In this tad world,
To means of death so rife,
Must man impart
Apollyon's most destructive mace,}
And moft envenomed dart,
Whose work immense
Exceedcth that of sword and pestilence,
Slaying alike the cowardly and brave,—
Assailing all the race t
Must men he thrust
Into death's forced embrace,
Like beasts into the cliarnel mart?
Headlong horlcd,
In mnlf'tndes, to an untimely grave,
By the deadly virtues of " tiie iikalino art ?"
NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EYE. MAXIMS IN WATER CURE.
Fin. 1.—A longitudinal section of the globe of the eye. REGULAR TILTING.
1. The sclerotic, thicker behind than in front. '2. The cornea, BY E. A. K1TTHEDOE, M. D.
received within the interior margin of the sclerotic, and con In reducing inflammation or fever, do that which
nected with it by means of a beveled edge. 3. The choroid,
connected anteriorly with (4) the ciliary ligament, and (5j the c will effect your object quickest, without compromising
ciliary processes. C. The iris. 7. The pupil. 8. The third | the general health. Applying cold water will allay
layer of the eye, the retina, terminating anteriorly by an ab inflammation quicker than anything else in the known
rupt bonier at the commencement of the ciliary [troceasef. ; world ; therefore cold water should be used.
9. The canal of Petit, which encircles the lens (12) ; the thin Never bleed ; for, however great the 14 phlogisis" or
layer in front of this ennal is the zonula ciliarIs, a prolon<j;ition : fullness of the bloodvessels may be, it can be much
of the vascular layer of the retina to the lens. 10. The an : more easily remedied by the proper application of wa
terior chamber of the eye, containing the aqueous humor: the ter and abstinence from food.
lining membrane by whic h the humor is secreted is represented Never give cathartics, as they only make a bad
in the diagram. 11. The posterior chamber. 1*2, The lens, mutter worse, and aro never necessary, as sitz-baths,
more convex behind than before, and enclosed in it1* proper
capsule. 13. The vitreous humor enclosed in the hyaloid mem : injections, &o., aro all-sufficient.
brane, and in cells formed in its interior by that membrane. 1-1. Never use drug emetics, as warm water, persever-
A tubular sheath of the hyaloid membrane, which serves for ingly administered, will do all that ever ought to bo
the pic-sage of the artery of the capsule of the lens. ]5. The ; done in tho way of vomiting, and, if properly given,
neurilemma of the optic nerve, 1G. The arteria centralis re J never produces cramps, whereas drug emetics frequent-
tina?, embedded in the centre of the optic nerve. \ ly do, and sometimes death.
Via. 2.— A dissection of the eyeball, thowing its second tunic, ; Never use blisters of flies, or antimony, as they mako
and the mode of the distribution of the vena: vorticose of the ) a useless and a very troublesome sore, and, in delicate
choroid. After Arnold. 1. l'artofthe sclerotic coat. 2. The constitutions, disturb the equilibrium of the nervous
optic nerve. 3, 3. The choroid coat. 4. The ciliary ligament. system in a manner always dangerous, and sometimes
5. The iris. 6, f!. The vena: vorticotar. 7, 7. The trunks of
the venie vorticose at the j>oint where they have pierced the fatal.
sclerotica. 8, The posterior ciliary veins, which enter the
eyeball in company with the jiosterior ciliary arteries, by pierc PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PESTILENCE.
ing the sclerotic at 9. 10. One of the long ciliary nerves, ac"
companied by a long ciliary vein. BY DOUGLAS JBRROLD.
Fi«. 3.—The anterior segment of a transverse section of the , constitutional dialogue betwkek jones and brown.
globe of the eye, seen from within. 1. The divided edge of Jokes.
the three tunic*; sclerotic, choroid (the dark layer), and retina. Why, Brown, how well you look, I say,
2. The pupil. 3. The iri«, the surface presented to view in this In this alarming season,
section being the uvea. 4. The ciliary processes. 5. The scal To what you did the oilier day !
loped anterior bolder of the retina. Old fellow, what*! the reason ?
Fig 4.—The posterior segment of a transverse Motion of the
globe of the eye, seen from within. 1. The divided edge of Brown.
the ttiree tunics. The membrane covering the whole internal Well, I do feel an altered man,
surface is the retina. 2. The entrance of the optic nerve with For which 1 owe thanksgiving ;
the arteria centralis retina: piercing its centre. 3, 3. The rami I've also rather changed the plan
fications of the arteria centralis. 4. The foramen of Soemmer And manner of my living.
ing, in the centre of the bxm of the eye ; the shade from the JONCS.
side? of the section obscures the Iiinbus lateoi which surrounds What would I (fire to be like yon !
it, 5. A fold of the retina, which generally obscures the fora I'm ill and melancholy :
men of Soemmering after the eye hat been opened. 1 wish you'd*to)I me what to do,
Flo. 6,—The appendages, of the eye. 1. Tiie superior tar To look so fresh and jolly.
sal curtilage. 2. The lower bonier of the cartilage, on which
are seen the openings of the Meibomian glands. 3. The infe Brown,
rior tarsal cartilage: along the upper bonier of thU cartilage Then, first of all, betimes I rise,
the opening of the Meibomian glands arc likewise icen. 4. The And wash myself all over,
lachrymal gland—it* superior or orbital portion. 6. Its inferior Not cleansing only what yoar eyes
or palpebral portion. 6. The lachrymal ducts. 7. The plica semi Are able to discover :
lunaris, t*. The caruncula lachrymals. 9. The punr.ia lachry My wife and children, too, I make,
malia of the lachrymal canals. JO, The superior lachrymal To nrm the constitution.
canal. 11. The inferior lachrymal canal. 1*2. The lachrymal Each morn their soap and water take,
sac. 14. The dilatation of the nasal duet, where it 0[>ens into And do the liku ablution.
the inferior meal js of the nose. IS. The na*al duct.
Bcrubh'd sweet and clean I've had my homo,
Ska-Sickness.—M. Curb IE, in a paper read before from garret to foundation ;
And taken care, in every room,
the Paris Academy, has pointed out the cause of sea To 'stablish ventilation.
sickness ; he has shown that it depends upon the Beneath ray kitchen ran a drain,
movement of the intestinal canal, which flouts, as it > Which oft the nose offended ;
were, in the abdomen- It descends with every move The sink was faulty, it was plain—
ment of the vessel, and then, ascending, pushes up the I caused it to be mended.
stomach and the diaphragm. Ilia theory, well ex
plained, was well received, and Maoendtk and Ker- Tho money saved in drink, I spend
avdien gave their assent to it. But his remedy was In good nutritious diet
thought more ingenious than practicable. It was to And warm apparel ; now, my friend,
You know my system— try it.
breatho in with every downward movement of the
vessel, and expire the air with its ascent. What Then epidemic* yon may view
seems more easy, and is known to be more effectual, With very slight misgiving ;
is a horizontal position in the middle of the ship, and They seldom tronble people who
Adopt my style of living.
a tight bandago over the abdomen.
Jones.
I think you're right ; and mean to try
Pretty Well Paid.—Sir Benjamin Brodio receiv Yonr measures of protection :
ed from the e?tatc of Sir Robert Peel $1,200 for hia And no—please goodness—fhall defy
last visits aDd attendance, merely looking upon the Contagion and infection.
patient and doing absolutely nothing—Sir Robert re \ Note.—There is truth as well as rhyme in the above,
fusing to have his rib set, owing to his acute sensitive and it would bo well for " our dear people" to follow
ness of pain. the example of Mr- Brown and his family.
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ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES.*

An interval must necessarily elapse between the occurence of an accident and
the arrival of medical aid. Accidents often occur under circumstances which ren
der it impossible to procure the services of a physician before it is too late. In
deed, emergencies frequently arise in the course of our lives—particularly when tra
veling by railroad, steamboat, stage-coach, etc.—in which a knowledge of the
best modes of treatment in certain cases becomes invaluable, as often the future
health and happiness of ourselves or those near to us depend on such knowledge.
To furnish information which shall bo useful at such times, the following brief and
comprehensive directions are presented.
Bleeding occurs either from an artery, vein, or the small vessels which join the Fig 12.
arteries with the veins. It may take place as the result of injury, or spontaneously,
from various internal organs. If the person show signs of fainting, do but little to Apply cold wot cloths until tho heat, redness, and pain abote ; then, if the skin
rally him, as fainting teuds to stop bleeding. bo entire, a wet cloth covered with a dry one. If the surface bo destroyed, apply
1. ARTERIAL BLEEDING. linen covered with any bland oil or cerate. If blisters arise, leave them a/one, if not
very tense ; and if thoy be very tense, puncture with a fine needle, and keep on the
Arterial bleeding is known from tho lint and oiled silk.
bright scarlet color of tho blood, and from Absence of pain over tho injured part is a bad sign, and shows that it is destroyed.
its issuing in jerks. To stop it, put your \pply linen and oiled silk as before, or bread-and-water poultice.
finger in the wound and press upon the If shock oxists, constant care alone can save the patient. See Shock (53).
bleeding aperture, and as long as this pres Afterward, if excessive sleepiness, stupor, or difficulty of breathing set in, or great
sure if s properly applied, bleeding cannot pain ensue about tho stomach, danger exists. The surgeon should always attend
occur (Fig. 1). Or, tie a handkerchief even the slightest burns, if largo in size, for then, especially in children, there is
twice round the limb above the injury, always ground for alarm.
and place a piece of stick in it, and turn
till the pressure is so great that tho blood 25. ADDER-BITE.
cannot flow (Fig. 2). Or| fold a piece of Wo have, fortunately, in this country (England), but one poisonous reptile
soft rag several times, and put it quickly (Fig. 14), which is called in some counties tho viper, in others the adder. It may
over the aperturc,and secure it in its proper Fig. 1.

Fig. 2.
place by a piece of broad tape, or a bandage (Fig. 3). Fig. 14.
be known from the common snako, which is quite harmless, by a series of black
lozenge-shaped marks down its back. If a person be bitten, proceed as for a poisoned
wound (No. 13, Figs. 7 and 8).
35. MATTERY EYES.
When the eyes run with matter, it is very serious, and the matter is eminently
contagious Wipe away tho matter, and wash with tepid or warm water very
Fig. 3. frequently, and gently squirt it between the lids. Neglect for twenty-four hours
2. VENOUS BLEEDING. may irrecoverably cause the loss of the eye.
Venous blood is dark colored, and flows continuously, Stop it by tho pressure of 42. OPIUM—LAUDANUM.
tho finger .(Fig- 1), or piece of linen (Fig. 3).
Excite vomiting. Dash cold water over tho faco ; make tho patient walk bo-
13. POISONED WOUNDS. tween two persons ; pull the hair, or otherwise inflict pain to prevent sleep. This
Sometimes great injury arises from poison treatment must be pursued for many hours.
being introduced into a wound, such as dead 43. STUNNING.
animal matter, etc. Place a ligature tightly
round the limb, a little way above the point of lace tho ipatient in bed with head slightly raised. Appl>ly warmth to the feet
Place
injury, and only so tightly that it shall favor, and ]legs. Sprinkle cold water on the faco, and apply a cold wet cloth to the fore-
but not stop the bleeding (Fig 7). Wash well head.d. "Keep
Keep Very
very quiet. If the head be manifestly broken, look1 to bleeding (1).
with warm water, and place one end of a large Place the patient in the same position as for Apoplexy.
quill, or small tube, ovur the wound, and keep
sucking at the other, which will produce a va FITS.
cuum, and act as a cupping glass (Fig. 8).
When the wound is poisoned, tne parts around Fits are intervals of unconsciousness, and, thorefore, in all cases, the senses of
speedily swell to an alarming extent, requir sight, hearing, feeling, and tasting are lost, or very much diminished, and the power
ing the constant caro of tho surgeon to prevent ofmotion is interfered with, or takes place involuntarily!
its extension over tho whole body.
19. BURNS AND SCALDS. 44. FAINTING.
The action of a hot body on the skin is call Faco and lips turn pale ; the pulse is scarcely to be felt.
Place the patient flat (Fig. 21). If ho can swallow, give cold water. If the cold-
ed a scald, if tho hot body be fluid, such as
boiling water or melted grease. If the sub
stance bo solid, or if the injury arise from the
effect of the fire, it is called a burn. When the
clothes catch fire, roll the person in the carpet
or hearth-rug, or bed-blanket, as quickly as
possible, to stifle the flames, leaving only tho
head out for breathing (Fig. 12).
The effeot of burns are three-fold—redness
and pain, blisters, and the total destruction of
the part. Fig. 8.
* From " Accident* and Emergencies : a Guide, containing Direction! for Treatment
Id Bleeding, Cuts, Slab*, Braises, Sprains, Ruptures, Broken Bones, Dislocations, Railway and
Steamboat Accidents, Burns and Scalds, Explosions, Bites of Mad Dogs, Inflammations, Cho*
lera, Uiarrhcea, Injure. I Eyes, Choking. Poisons, Kits, Son Stroke, Lightning, Drowning, etc.,
etc. By Alfred Smke, F.R.S. Willi Alterations, Corrections, and Appendix, by Dr. R. T.
Trall. Illasurated with engravings.*' Pnbluhed by Fowlers Sl Wells, 131 Nassau Street, ness of the extremities continue, apply hot
Now York. cold water to the head.
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(4.) The Pui.sk —The pulse may be best felt

nn inch above the root of the thumb, and about
half an inch from the outer side of the arm (Fig.
25.) Where there is any doubt, apply your ear
over the left side of the chest, as tue action of
the heart may sometimes he heard, even when
the pulse can scarcely he felt.
[Besides the above, the little work from which
we extract , contains many other useful hints,
including the various processes of the Water-
Cure, with all the illustrations ; which every
family should understand.
The price of the work is only twelve and a half cents, and may by mail
to uny post office.

The Water-Ore Library, in seven 12mo. volumes. New York: Published by

Fowlers and Wells.
Fig. 22. M Whatever opinion may bo formed in regard to the merits of Hydropathy as a
The pulso is generally strong; the patient usually shows symptoms of pain or curative system, there is no doubt of the general interest and favor with which the
oppression over the head, which is aggravated when the patient lies down. Some writings of its professors have been received by the great mass of readers in this
times half the face drops, or half the body becomes powerless. country. This may be accounted for in part by the simplicity of style, and the tone
of plain, practical common sense, with which most of these productions are pretty
48. SUN STROKE. strongly m;irked. They have more the air of actual household life—they take
This very rarely occurs in this country (England). The symptoms in the cases more direct hold of the various aches and pains which are every day met with—and
which 1 have seen much resemble Apoplexy, and require to he treated in the same they aim more exclusively at showing the invalid the best means of procuring re
manner. lief for his sufferings, than the generality of medical works which are written for
the professional student, and which savor of the hospital, the dissecting-room, and
49. LIGHTNING. post-mortem examinations—the significant close of the series of fashionable methods
If symptoms of Apoplexy exist, treat as for that fit. If the heart's action be of medical education. The Water-Cure publications, moreover, arc usually full
stopped, treat as for Sudden Death (60). and explicit in regard to the means of preserving health ; they abound in valuable
50. HYSTERICS. suggestions concerning diet, regimen, exercise, the government of the passions, and
the regulation of the habits—presenting h great fund of advice, which commends it
Patients select a comfortable place for this fit. The patient usually cries or self by its plainness and availability to those who have neither leisure nor inclina
laughs immoderately. The pulse is much altered. tion to peruse the more pretending treatises of the old-school professors.
"The issue of the 'Water-Cure Library' by Messrs. Fowlers and Wells is an
expressive sign of the demand for medical or rat her physiological reading—as the
pure element is the only medicine known to Hydropathy— of this description, and
will serve, in a very great degree, to gratify the taste by which it has been called
forth. It consists of the most valuable works in the various departments of the
Water-Cure that have already appeared from the most eminent practitioners in this
country, including the translation of several standard treatises from the German.
" In the seven volumes comprising this 'Library,' the reader will find a general
statement of the principles of the Water-Cure practice ; its application to the innu.
merable forms of disease, and copious directions as to the methods to be pursued
by the patient, when no practitioner is at hand. The views presented on dietetics
are often of a character to call forth dissent, even from advocates of physiological
reform, but they are sustained with ability, and are suited to direct attention to a
subject which will not be settled without further discussion. We have no doubt
that the issue of this work will be welcomed with great sat isfaction by the nume
Place the head over a basin, and pour water from a jug over the head and chest rous inquirers who are in pursuit of the true system of health, and who already feci
till the patient becomes chilly and revives. Never use anything but cold water for themselves deeply in debt to the publications of the house which has taken such an
the hysterical fit, unless the party turn very cold, when you should discontinue it, active part in the leading reforms of the day."
and apply warmth to the feet. I once saw the cold applied for three hours, but the
patient was quite well the next day. Thus writes the editor of the New York Tribune ; and we are happy to state that
this beautiful Library is being introduced into many families, as a Guide in the
54. DROWNING. '* Home Practice" of the Water-Cure.
Strip off the wel clothes ; cover the body with other clothes, to maintain the heat ; The price of this Library is $1 1)0 a volume, or the complete set, in seven vol
wrap up in blankets, and give the warmth by hot bottles placed in contact with all umes, will be furnished at Five Dollars.
parts of the body. A hot bath is also of great value. Have several assistants to
rub the body with their hands. Clear the mucus from the mouth, hold the nose,
and then suck the foul air with a tube, and blow in fresh air in the same manner.
The melon has been cultivated for centuries. It is a native of Persia, and draws
its rich and luscious juices from her arid and barren sands. To havo the melon
hero in perfection, it must be grown in a sandy soil. New land, fresh from the
woods, suits them best. A piece of new land, that has been trod by cattle, will
produce the water-melon of monstrous size. All melons, to be kept pure, should
not be planted in the immediate vicinity of squashes, cucumbers, or gourds, as the
seed saved from these, raised iu close proximity, will produce melons partaking of
the nature and flavor of all the squash tribe. The mixture of the pollen produces
new varieties, but rendering all worthless, causing the melon to be insipid, the cu
cumber to be overgrown and hollow, the squash to bo watery, and the gourd-shell
soft. Water and musk-melons may be planted from the middle of March through
the month of April. Plant water-melons ten feet apart, each way, somo eight or
ten seeds to a hill, and when they show, thin them out so as to leave four plants to
a hill. Musk-melons may be planted about five fect apart, and thinned out in the
same manner. The nutmeg, or citron musk-melon, is the finest variety cultivated.
When grown in perfection, it combines the flavor of the strawberry and the pine
Fig. 24. apple ; but this variety should not be grown in the vicinity of any other melon. To
Restoration has followed after eight hours* perseverance. Attempts at resuscita save seed, select the earliest and best melons, dry the seeds in the shade, and put
tion had better always be continued for twelve hours, or longer, if there be any signs them away in paper bags. Water-melon seed improves with age, and may be kept
of life. ten years to advantage.
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REPLY TO NOGGS. I Satan's Sugar-Coated Pills.—Dr. Jewett thus

I Beloved Hydro—Thy " gossipings" are as sharp designates a now preparation for smuggling " the
| as leech bites, and twico as refreshing. It rejoiceth ' crittur" into the human stomach :
Our Present Enlarged Form.—It has been said Gotham excedingly to behold thy endeavors to wash I
< The latest trick of the old enemy, and one which
by a friend who examined the proofs, that the Water- the " unctuous matter" ofT the " cutaneous skins" of ;
I would do a vast amount of mischief if not exposed,
Cure Journal " surpasses, in the beauty of its me the Boston allopathies. Their "sebaceous follicles" ;
| and considerable, do what we may, I first became ac
chanical execution, all other journals published in need amazingly to be opened as well as their under-
j quainted with about ten days since. I have already
America." This sounds like " talking large ;" but, standings.
' made some efforts to expose it, and will briefly lay the
on looking around, we do not remember to have met | Hereabouts as well as thereabouts are a few " great ; matter before your readers. I learned, before leaving
with any other serial publication that pleased us bet guns" of the profession, whoso pilulce tell effectually Massachusetts, that some of the confectioners and
ter. We confess we like it. That it looks well, all J on the theory of population ; and I assure thco, they grocers were selling an article in the shape of a little
will admit ; yet that is by no means the principal test | are " some pumpkins" in all matters pertaining to sugar ball, which contained a fluid smelling like al
of its value. Does it read well t—that is the ques I cod-liver-whnle-or-anyconimon-fish-oilogy. cohol, and, worst of all, that boys from our schools
tion. Our modesty compels us to leave this question ] Against thy " $a]>-icnt editor of a medical journal, were purchasing and consuming them.
to the reader. That it is printed on new and beauti | we c.in boast of a living locomotivo gai-ouieter, ivhich I managed to procure a quantity of the article, and
ful types, and on the very best quality of superfine j conducts a medical gazette. Tho way his tank ex- have analyzed them. The balls aro about the size of
paper, is evident to every beholder, But aro its arti I plodes ever and anon when brought into contact with a filbert, flattened somewhat on one side, and hollow.
cles acceptable, sensible, and useful I If so, all is cold water, is a caution to Snltpetcr. He argues The crust of the shell is composed of white sugar and
well, and printers, publishers, and readers are satisfied. ; from the strongest possible data, being his own strong- gum. If a resinous substance were used to cement
| est possible assertions, and reasons on the high pres- ; the particles of sugar, the shell would be soluble in
5 sure principlo, which makes a terrible noise with alcohol but insoluble in water ; as, however, gum is
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON. j dreadful little steam. used with sugar in the preparation of these little (not
BY NOGGS. Here is an ensamplo :—He snys there aro 875 alio- bomb, but) rum shells, the alcohol cannot escape.
A spirited apothecary in this city, whose enormous pathics in our town against 35 homccopathists, and George III. is represented by the facetious ** Pin
profits enable him to sport his tandem, and live the from this compound ho extracts tho inference that al- ! dar," or Dr. Walcot, as inquiring of the apple-dump
life of one of tho fastest of our " fast men," offers to lopathy must be all right. O antimony ! ling maker, " But, Goody, Goody, tell us where's the
give a young man of intelligence and education the Now, we have at least 875 rum-groceries, and not J seam 1"—to whom the old lady replied, in the most
magnificont salary of fifty dollars a year, and the man more than 35 of tho anti-grog sort. Isn't tho rum respectful manner, doubtless—
board himself, with the flattering prospect of having business the Tightest, according to arithmetic ^
twenty-five dollars added each year for five years, and It makes tho very Crotou Kescrvoir swell with " There is do Beam, greal sire,—I never knew
the knowledge of the mysterious art of compounding "fiery indignation" to hear these learned donkeys That folks did apple dumplings sew."
medicine—a business just about as difficult to leara as bray so. The pcrsovering king, still bent on unraveling the
that "I' a fancy restaurant, and very similar, the latter { Thy Boston physic man, who don't believe in wash mystery, inquires—" But how the Devil got the apple
being far less injurious ! ( ing folks very ofton, publishes to the world that hy in V Now, to me, it is equally a mystery how the
True, tho business of an apothecary has been very j dropathy is running out. I leave thy modest face to rum or brandy contained in theso shells is put there ;
lucrative : but times have altered, and are altering speak for the Old Cradle ; but, as to York, it's pretty but it is there, nevertheless, and it is thore to do its
fast. considerably so. It's running our, and over, too. Out work of ruin, by creating in the constitution of tho
Even now tho best part of most of our druggists' i to all the regions round about, and over all creation. young and thoughtless, who may consume them, a
business is selling soda, mead, scgars, liquors, confec- j Does thee suppose he has more than one reader to our fixed appetite for intoxieating stimulants.
tionary, and fancy articles generally ; and pretty soon s ten 1 Cause why, ho hasn't more than a tenth part Each of tho balls contains one-fourth of a teagpoon-
they will be druggists only in name, having, in self- ( as much sense. ful ; and an ounce of them, for which only five cents
defence, become oyster Baloons, or something of that } That same neighbor of thine—that man of " mark- is demanded, contains alcohol enough to intoxicate a
sort—the people having become bo disgusted with ) cry" and acquainted with jalap, which is pretty
drugs, that even the unprincipled among the allopaths much all—prays, too, that tho Water-Cure may be j| lad of eight or ten years pretty essentially. The arti-
cle is manufactured, as I am informed, in New York.
da re not prescribe much medicine. soon buried so low that tho waters of a deluge can
How a man with any soul, knowing all this, could < never wash it up again. There's a genius. How won j< Let your columns warn the young against this agent
of mischief, and let parents look well to their children
have the impudence to ask a young man to throw ? derfully the ideas of some men don't come out of their | and to the confectioners.
away his flvo most precious years, is more than I can > heads at all ! Washing up cold water with a flood of
conceive of. water ! Such logic is very like trying to get the poi
I hear good reports of tho doings of hydropaths ( son of a discaso out of a man's blood by sending a
everywhere, especially in your own city of New York. \ whole apothecary-shop full of poisons after it. It's Miss Blackwell, M. D , at Graepenburo.—"A
This way we are coming over to the faith (believing I allopathy to tho life—to the death, rather.
the truth as it is in cold water) ulike sheep over a \ Thy gossip alluded to a doctor who was doctored to j private letter has been transmitted to us by a mutual
wall ! " In East Cambridge, Dr. K has just \ the future state latoly, somewhere down East It has [ friend, which we are not at liberty to insert at full, by
finished a very well-attended course of lectures on hy- S often attracted notice in theso parts, that when a con |i which we learn that Miss Blackwell continued her
studies in Paris up to July last. The disease of one
dropathy, and " everybody that was anybody " was j sultation of regulars is held over a regular, ho is apt
there, from the members in Congress down to the < to get finished off right away. Not long ago, a regu ! of her eyes, contracted from a patient undor her obser
vation, hasiproved a serious calamity, the sight being
schoolboy. Beforo this, only two copies of your ex- { lar doctor came over from Jersey to bo doctored by
cellent journal were taken ; now twenty-five are al- I our regular doctors in the regular way. Tho doctor j! nearly destroyed. In July she was at Graefenburg, at
the hydropathic establishment of Pritssnitz, partly to
ready subscribed and paid for, and many more intend- i was doctored through a regular course, and in just ; try the effects of bis system upon herself, and partly
ing soon to take it. four days the doctor was regularly done for ! After
Hy the way, have you seen " Dr. Pillicody's ingc- j he died, an examination was made, and it was dis ;; to study its effects upon the numerous patients
congregating there, with a view to ascertain what
nions manner of accounting for the sucoess of arsenio \ covered that nothing could have saved him ! Isn't it : success is really attained, and to determine how
in ' curing' bad humors 1" true that the profession is too much crowded 1
" Pray toll mo," says Miss Jemima, " how it is j A word confidentially. Can't we contrive some way : much is to be attributed to the therapeutio action of
arsenic purifies tho blood 1" " Why," says tho doctor, \ of provoking theso regulars into an argumentation water, and how much to the general hygienic condi
" by killing the humor, and the humor being dead, of j through tho papers, so that the " common herd" can i tion under which tho patients are placed. She states
course tho blood is pure !" " But how can you kill a ! see both sides 1 Let the allopathies bring on as many - that she has reoeived a courteous invitation to pass
several months in London, every facility for attending
humor. Doctor 1—it aint a critter, is It 1" "Humors s as they please of the tallest professors they can scare the hospitals and schools having been promised; and
are said to exist in man, and of course must be alive ! \ up between Lake Winipissiogee and Sundown, and one that it is her intention to avail herself of this oppor
Arsenic will kill anything, and of course it will kill a j of us—it won't need both—will handle them after tho tunity to institute a comparison between French and
humor !" similitude of David and the Philistines. What does British Practice." Thus says the Buffalo Medical
A man hereabouts has been lame seven yoars. I thee think 1 Give my lovo to Mrs. Noggs and all the Journal. We 3hall hoar more of Miss Blackwell, in
Dr. Warren says his lameness was caused by being little Noggses. Quogos. connection with tho Water-Cure, in due time. After
poisoned by tho bite of a leech ! having visited Graefenburg, she will not bo slow in
The Massachusetts Medical Society meets next Wanted, a Driver for one of the last Stages of Con applying the principles of hydropathy to such cases of
week, when much important business is expected to be j sumption—an allopathic physician preferred. Inquire disease as present themselves for her advice and treat
done, especially about dinnor time. at a drug store. ment.
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The late Professor Gregory scrupled not to declare,
in his medical class-room, in Loudon, that ninety-nine
out of every hundred medical facts were so many medi
cal lies; and that medical doctrines were, for the
most part, little better than stark staring nonsense.
And yet these lies and that nonsense retain their
hold in our colleges and in our academics, with a
tenacity that is truly wonderful. Medical students
are regularly crammed with them, just as our geese in
the fall are pampered by the wholesale use of pellets
of moistened meal. And the result is exactly what
might be expected—most disastrous. A practice,
based on lies and nonsense, what can it produce but
misery, ruined constitutions, and premature deaths !—
so that it has been justly pronounced, in the true
spirit of profound inspiration, " the destructive art of
healing !"— Universe.
The Water-Cure Journal in Illinois. —The
Western Mercury, published in Geneva, says—" This
Journal of Health increases in value, and is a bold,
energetic, and scientific exponent of the true princi
ples of health and diaease. No system of medicine, be
it allopathic or homoeopathic, can at all compare with
the system recommended in this publication. One
feature in this journal we cannot but admire, namely—
its disinterested benevolence. The spirit of love for
mankind, and an earnest desire to alleviate and pre
vent human suffering, stands out in bold relief on
every page. Much good has already been done by
this magazine, and its future will be made more emi
nently successful and glorious by its extended circula
tion. No person should thiuk of being without a
copy."
Now, this is plain talk, spoken by an honest man,
without a selfish motive. Would it not be well for
every one to heed his advice, and subscribe for the
Journal 1
Long Life.—The New Hampshire Statesman sa3*s
—" There is residing in Canterbury an aged couple,
Mr. Elijah Matthews and wife, who have lived to
gether 71 years last September, and in the same house
69 years. The age of Mr. Matthews is 91, and that
of Mrs. Matthews 88. What is still more remarkable
is, that no death has ever occurred in the house since
they lived in it."
This is as it should bo, and as it would be, if the
laws of life and health wero obeyed ; yet how few
there are who live in harmony with these natural and
divine laws ! Sickness and premature death are as ;
common as night, and few indeed reach the number
of years allotted to the life of man. Who will aid in
reforming the world and prolonging human lire 1
Sudden Death.—It is our sad task to record the
sudden departure from this life of Mrs. Sewall, wife of
Samuel E Sewall, Esq., and daughter of Mr. Nathan
Winslow, of Portland. Having come into town from
her residence at Melrose, on Monday evening, in her
usual health, she called at the house of Mr. Pitman,
in Carver street, where she was taken with bleeding
at the lungs.. Two physicians were called, but in
three hours she expired. A very numerous circle of
friends will mourn the loss of a most amiable, accom
plished, and benevolent lady, whose heart and hand
were in every good work ; nor will they forget to sym
pathize with one whose happy home has so unexpect
edly lost the presence of its guardian angel. — Chrono-
type.
Wonderful Cure.—The Belfast , Me., " Journal,"
tells of an old lady who was alwayst troubled with the
asthma during the prevalence of ■ st winds. " After
consulting physicians without success," her husband
nailed the weathercock with its head to the west, and
she hasn't been troubled with the distemper since.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
TllE Water-Cure in Alahama. —Wc have as yet It is the etiquette in the Chinese Court for the
no regular Water-Cure establishment in Alabama, Emperor's physicians to apply the same title to his
but many among us resort to water, and nothing else, disease as to himself—so they talk of " his high and
as a remedy in all cases of sickness. mighty diarrhcea!"
We have tested the water in our own case, and have
seen it adopted in many families with the most bene Ice-Houses.—Now is the time to "fill up." Ice
ficial results. \ in hot weather is always a luxury, and, in certain dis-
All who have paid any attention to hydropathy, \ eases, a valuable remedy. Hence it would bo well for
and understand the principles upon which it is founded, ; everybody who has the facility, to "lay in" a supply.
express the fullest confidence in it as a system of medi
cine. The time is at hand when people will no more " Swimming has been ordered to be taught in the
think of taking calomel, quinine, or any other poison, French army since the accident at Anglers"—Ex-
to cure disease, than of using nitric or prussic acid as ; change.
a common beverage.—Alabama pajter. Every" child should learn to swim. Thousands of
j lives would be saved yearly were this art understood.
Bathing.—Arthur's Gazette publishes that silly Read " The Science op Swimming," published
twaddle, copied out of the Boston Medical and Survi at the Journal office.
val Journal, and calls it an '* ably-written article."
We regret to find this new paper so far behind the , The Lebanon Springs Water-Cure has been
age as to be ignorant of the advantages of daily ! closed for the winter. It will be reopened on the first
bathing. It is not at all surprising that the allopa of next May,
thic medical journals should take the course they do The Troy Water-Cure is now in charge of Dr.
in opposing hydropathy ; but it is quite uncullejl-for
in Arthur's Home Gazette, in whieh paper we find so ;' Bedortha, of the Xew Lebanon W. C. Patients may
receive treatment as usual, during the winter, at
many good things.
j Troy.
"Toiiaoco.—There are in operation at. the present Be Earnest.—We've had milk and water stuff
time in Richmond, Va., 43 factories, in whieh are cm- long enough in the old school journals. You must
, now
ployed over 2,AH) hands, and which produce in manu ■ tion of give 'em something that will call t he atton-
factured tobacco 14,500,000 lbs. annually It would everybody and faintly to the Water-Cure and
require considerable shrewd ciphering to ascertain the ; its great expositor—the W. C. Journal.
precise number of 'old sogers to whieh this quantity Thus writes a zealous advocate of the liquid ele-
of 'raw material' is finally reduced."
Linough to saturate a State ! We would sooucr : ment stronger
We hope to give the world nothing hotter or
than water, without the milk.
work at anything else than this filthy, unhealthy, and
degrading business. We have visited tobacco facto
ries, ank know that it is most decidedly injurious to
the health of the operative. Who ever sjw a healthy
tobacconist 1
The number of Post-Offices in the United States at
" Army and Navy. —At a supper party, some gen this time is nearly twenty-one thousand. Of these,
tleman gave, ' The army and navy. This was fol there are eighty-three Post-mistresses. Upwards of
lowed by a total silence. There was no epauletted
soldier or lieutenant with gold ' swabs' to respond thirty-six hundred offices have been established within
for the tent or quarter-deck. Matters were in this the last eighteen months.
position, when a certain M. I), rose, and glanced
around the sumptuous table.
"'Gentlemen,' said he, * the health of the army Progression.—An exchange has the following.
and navy has been given. I am neither a soldier nor The editor, referring to his newspaper, says—"It*
a sailor. We have no one hero who has shed blood character will bo modified from that whieh we ever
for his country except myself—yes, gentlemen, except
myself. I have a hundred times—yes, a thousand published or intended ; for the world has changed,
times. I have bled for my country—yes, and blistered sentiment has gone with it, and forward is the word,
too: » and we would not be behind."
A Candid Confession, truly. Well, wo had never Thus is the world progressing. The very earth
beforo thought of classing the regular M. D.'s with is constantly undergoing changes, imperceptibly to
the " rcgu'ar xvarrers," but we now see that there ua the unobserving, but changing, nevertheless ; and he
resemblance. who fails to take cognizance of these facts will be
left behind the " light-house."
The young woman who ate a dozen peaches, half a
dozen apples, the same number of pears, three raw We know a carpenter's apprentice, who, being too
tomatoes, and a half-pint of plums, within half a day lazy to work, about once an hour bumps his nose
says she knows " fruit aint wholesome !" against a post till it bleeds, and then he sits down to
have a good resting spell.
Woman's Drf.ssks.— Our readers may look for a
series of articles on dresses, in future numbers of the It is stated in an Irish paper, that a sheep was
present volume. lately stolen from a field in Coolcarney, county Mayo.
Water-Cure —New Establishment.—Doctors Suspicion fellforupon the wife of a man who had been
Hobinson and Bolles have opened an Hydropathic transported a similar offence, nnd, on searching
the house, the officer found the sheep in bed with chil
Institution in McLean, N. Y., fourteen miles from dren, with a chemise and night-cap on !
Ithaca, on the regular thoroughfare between Ithaca
and Syracuse. Their location presents many advan
tages, and we doubt not but they will be liberally j " Jim, does your mother ever whip you T' " No ;
supported. but she does a precious sight worse, though !"
" What's that V " Why, she washes my face every
J. F. Dodge, of Mississippi, has really set the peo morning !"
ple "all afloat" on the Water (Cure) in this great
valley. A few such co-workers will soon annihilato the j "Mr. Walter Colton saw at Rio a woman only
evil practice—t, of the "regulars:* Mr. Dodge has j twelve years old, who had two children. She was
sent several large clubs of new subscribers for the ■ married, at the age often, to a man sixty-fivo."
Water-Cure Journal. All but the woman.
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Some one says the best vegetable pill yet inTented is j To Borrowers.—Now that the Water Cute Journal can
an apple-dumpling. be had at Half a Dollar a year, in a club of twenty, we do 36nnk Jtititex.
think every one can afford to subscribe. Dr. Franklin said,
Dietetics.—" What's the matter with yonr veal 1" "rowIf ;webut,wit-h to use an article but once, it may be better to bor
if wanted more than once, it is belter to buy." Now The World's Progress—A Dictionary op Dates, with
said a nasal-voiced Yankee to a street butcher the who is there who lias ever rend one number of the Journal Tabular Views of General History, and an Historical Chart.
other morning ; " what makes it look so blue ? Didn't but what wanted the whole twelve ; then is it not better to Edited by G. P. Putnam. 1 vol. small 8vo. cloth, 92.
die, did it 1" " No," says the other ; " it didn't subscribe 1 PLAN OF THE WORK.
die, 'sactly ; it kind o' gin out ."' I. Tabular View* of Universal History, in Cotempo-
At Wholesale, to those who prefer it, we will send the rary Columns, from the Creation to the Present Time.
We heard a good joke once of a party of young Journal one year for $1 ; Five years for $4 ; Ten years for $7 ; II. Dictionary of Dates, Comprising all Essential Facts,
fellows who found fault with the butter on the board or Twenty years for ^10 ! ! Historical, Statistical, See.
ing-bouse tablo. " What is the matter with it V Most of our subscriber* would as soon enclose the arronnt for HI. Literary Chronology, in which all celebrated Wri
said the mistress. " Just you ask it," said ono ; " it ble three or four years as for one, and thus save the time and trou ters of every age and nation are given.
is old enough to speak for itself." of writing. Weshal) be suited if our subscribers suit them- IV. A Copious List of Heathen Deities, with the
Heroes and Heroines of Antiqnity,
What is the difference between Noah's Ark and a V. A Bibliographical Index, which shows at a glance
what events happened, and who were the prominent contem
down east coaster 1 One was made of Gophir wood poraries of any celebrated personage.
and the other is made to go for wood. The volume before us is one of onnsnal interest and value.
It will find its place in every public and private library.
To commit murder quietly, tako a lady and tell her Our Numerous Contributors will please be patient. In spreaking of this work, in Sartain's Magazine, Professor
she has a pretty foot. She will then wear a small \ Their articles will appear as soon as our space will admit. Not Hart says,—" As a work or reference, showing at a glance, in
thin shoo, go out in the wet, catch cold, and a cold space. withstanding our enlargement, we find a great pressure on our well digested tables, the progress of the world in arts, arms,
will bring on a fever, and sho will die in a month. The writers, the readers, and the public shall be served science, and literature, from the time of the creation down to
as promptly as possible. the arrival of the last steamer from Europe, we know nothing
The Poughkeepsie Eatfe states that the health of equal to lhe book under consideration, either for comprehensive
H. R. S. Sends us a communication " On the Immediate ness or perspicuity. We know no one book of equal size, in
the people ot that village is so excellent, that the phy Causes of Fever.*' His principal proposition is baaed on Lie- which one can find so much valuable information with to little
sicians have nothing to do but sit in their offices and big's hypothesis of the burning of carbon in the lungs to keep up troubls.
make out bills.. animal heat. This Liebigian notion we regard, in the language
of Mr. Hough, at the late Vegetarian Convention, as '* flat che History of Propellers and Stiam Navigation.—With
A lady asked a physician if snuff was injurious to mical nonsense," hence it is hardly worth while to publish oft Biographical Sketches of the Early invention. By Robert
the brains. " No," said he ; " for nobody who has any refuted absurdities for the sake of refuting them again. The McFarlane, C. E. New York : George P. Putnam.
brains ever takes snuff." observations on diet are but the re-echo of the common notions
of medical books, which, by the way, we have very little re A vast amount of valuable and interesting information in a
very small compass, to be read as a scientific description of the
The London Times complains that tho descendants spect lor. Give us something really new, Mr. 8., ora new view
of old things. progress of steam navigation, and as a cheering and edifying
of Arnold, tho American traitor, are supported from the illustration of the power of perseverance to achieve woadera
fund of England. Injury to the Hip.—In the case of Mrs. C, of Princeville, from very email beginnings. The wood cuts are so full and
Illinois, lhe symptoms strongly indicate what is called the ''hip clear, as to give a very good idea of the various part* of steam
disease." If so, it is far advanced, and the patient ought to be machinery in the progressive stages of its preparation. The
under full treatment. The best home practice is a constant sac- book ought to be in every school district library in the land.—
cession of cold wet bandages if the part is hot; ifnot, thetrepid Christian Inquirer.
or warm douche, poured from a pitcher, and continued a long We not only endorse the above, bnt would add, that it should
Thk Postage on the Water-Cure Journal is one cent in the time. General treatment should be attended to also. Half or be in the hands of eyery man in all creation.
State where published, and one and a half cents out of the hip baths would do good.
State, in the United States, Lhe same as on all other news A want of space prevents ns t i noticing a number of
papers. Canton Flannel.—J. M. P., Williamsburgh, a*ks: Whe other valuable works which have b
ther Canton flannel as an article of clothing, is liable to the sent bs. They will be
HYDROPATHIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA; same objection as flannel 1 Probably not, for most purposes. noticed in our next.
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OP When used about children, and liable to get wet often, fine soft
PRACTICAL HYDROPATHY AND HYGIENE ; flannel is the beat, because it will not take up and retain so much
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VOL. XI. NO. 2.] NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1851. [$1.00 A YEAR.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY clined to fickleness. Men dress with great is true that the whole body needs light and air,
BY regularity. Yo:i never see their skin, except as it needs cleanliness. It is true that much of
FOWLERS AND WELLS, what covers their faces, or such portions of our clothing interferes with these requisites. I
them as are not concealed by shirt-collars, hair, like the fashion of the Turkish ladies, who, after
No. 131 NASSAU STREET, and whiskers ; and the hands, when not covered their baths, amuse themselves for an hour or
Keto SorS;. by rings, gloves, and mittens. But the women cer two, talking, working, or playing games, before
tainly have some slight tendencies toward the dressing. This practice, in a large, airy, well-
A FEW WORDS ON CLOTHING. theory of our Iowa philosopher, which I charita lighted room, cannot but be favorable to health.
BY T. L. NICUOLS, M. D. bly attribute to their comparative state of inno To let in air and light, clothing should be made
A writer, in a recent number of the Journal, cence, and some dim longings after the lost loose, and of a spongy texture. There are two
dating from what used to be the far west wilds | Eden. points to be considered here. The transpira
of Iowa, opposes all clothing, as detrimental to j Thus our fair and gentle ladies are sometimes tions of the body must be thrown off without im
health. If I understand him rightly, he would j dressed to the tips of their fingers ; at others, we pediment, and access permitted to the external
banish it at once, and have mankind appear in j see their beautiful white arms bared to the air. Iam satisfied that we breathe with the skin,
the primitive garb of our first parents. He may j shoulder. Sometimes their dresses come up to all over the body. In that case, tight, close gar
be right —but if I undertook to try the experi- j their chins; anon, they fall far down their ments must smother us. Nothing like oiled
ment, I should prefer an Eden, and a state of in- j chests. At present, their dresses sweep the silk or India-rubber cloth should ever be worn.
nocence to try it in. In the torrid zone, some pavements, but I can remember when, in obedi All dresses of oil-cloth, or other water-proof com
clothing affords a convenient protection from the ence to the nod of fashion, they rose some dis positions, which are also air-proof, should be
intense heat—in Russia, it seems rather a neces tance above what may be properly called the avoided. It is better to get wet. Great mis
sity. I know the Indians did pretty well with ankle. At the theatre, especially in the ballet, chief has been done to heads by wearing tight
a few coats of paint, and as they exposed the the style of dress, like that of the South Sea and air-tight hats. The silk hats especially are
whole body, as we do our face and hands, they Islanders, is more ornamental than useful, and, quite air-tight, the plush being put on with shel
said they were all face. It is probable enough at times, is so very little, that our Iowa friend lac. Prom this cause we have headache, bald
that a man might begin early, and get tough could scarcely make it a subject of complaint. ness, and tendency to apoplexy. So of the feet,
ened to it, even in this climate. In the beauti Dress, aside from its ornamental qualities—and cased in water-proof boots. The boots commonly
ful islands of the South Sea, dress is worn more these are by no means to be disregarded—is a worn make the feet tender, unhealthy, and chilly.
for ornament than use ; but that is a different kind of necessary evil. I know that the poet Every sensible man wears shoes or cloth gaiters
affair from the zero temperature of a northern speaks of " nature when unadorned, adorned the when the season will admit, and when compelled
winter. most;" but nature, in the poet's sense, is, I fear, to wear boots, he has them made large, and
It is a favorite dream of the lovers of progress, rather a scarce article. It is necessary, as a changes them as quickly as possible for his
that the climates will be gradually softened, the protection from the inclemencies of the weather, slippers.
seasons equalized, and the earth redeemed from and to protect, not our innocence, but our want In texture, the knit stocking is the best article
its sterility. But as it will take time for the of it ; for it is not the pure who are scandalized of clothing we have. It seems to answer every
poles of the earth to become perpendicular to at nudity. Leaving the decency part out of the requisite. We might wear knit undershirts and
the ecliptic, so as to make an eternal summer question, if we should all leave off our clothes, drawers, with advantage, when they are needed.
round the world ; as the progress of ameliorating I suppose three-fourths would be killed the first Some people lay great stress upon the healthi
the climates by cultivation must necessarily be winter, while the balance would be remarkably ness of wearing woolen flannel next the skin.
slow ; and as people have no great fondness for tough and healthy. I think, therefore, that if When people do* not bathe, and when it is not
toughening themselves so as to go naked under any such change be made, it should be done allowed to become too filthy, I think it may be
present circumstances, I conclude that some gradually ; not, perhaps, as the ladies do, by useful. It will cleanse the skin after a fashion,
kind of clothing will be worn for some time wearing their arms or bosoms bare now and and take up the matter of perspiration, so as to
J\ longer. then at a party, a ball, or the opera, but by leav prevent in some measure the clogging of the
i [ There are, indeed, occasional signs of change ing off some of our unnecessary coddlings and pores. But Water-Cure people can seldom
c N in this respect ; and these signs occur in the comforters. wear woolen next the skin, and they do not need
/X sex that has the name, justly or not, of being in So much for necessity—now for the evil. It it. When a person bathes every day, his skin
—= -se*
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becomes very tough, but at the same time very and as use is the highest beauty, we may take even the greatest advocates of drug treatment
tender. It is both hardy and delicate. This in the ornamental. The requisites of comfort forbid all this, keeping the patients as cool as
comes from its greater vitality. It will bear a . are, case of motion, lightness, and just enough possible, and giving scarcely any medicine.
great rubbing, but cannot endure the irritation and not too much warmth. The requisites of If they were mistaken in the one case, why
of coarse woolen. So we wear cotton, or silk, : health are absolute purity, the free ingress of not in the other ?
or fine worsted, next the skin; and in all cases ' air and light as far as consistent with comfort, But let us look at the philosophy of the matter
the more open the texture, the better. and the maintenance of the degree of warmth for a moment, and then we shall see the absurdity
It is hard to pay whether men, on the whole, necessary to the highest vitality. I shall leave i more clearly.
dress better than women. They are more con the points of decency end ornament to the taste The institution of pregnancy is one of the
sistent, and their fashions have but 1 i i tie change. ' and sense of propriety of my readers ; but let most natural as well as holy of any ever set up
Of late, their garments have become more and j me assure them, as one who has an eye for the ' by nature ; and whenever any very bad symp
more loose and flowing. The ladies have beauty of the ft male form, that a waist squeezed tom or feeling arises, it should only be received
greatly the advantage in hats, and so have less into less than its natural dimensions is neither ', as so much evidence of previous false condition,
occasion for wigs, and die less frequently of apo- j decent nor ornamental. To the artist it is a de occasioned by violated law. Generally speaking,
plexy. They do not coddle their feet so much formity'; to the anatcmist and physiologist, an over-eating, and indulgences of other kinds, are
in tight, impervious boots; but then they chill j indecency and an outrage. the immediate causes of them.
them severely, when there is no need of it. The Now will any one pretend to say that the
ladies admit the air with some freedom to the remedy for such symptoms is to be found in the
lower half of their bodies, but they make up for HYDROPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE. apothecary's shop ?
that by close lilting bodices and corsets to the '. WATER-CUBE IN CONFINEMENT. Y our common sense revolts at this preposter
upper half, including the most vital organs. I j BY E. A. KITTREDOK, M.D. ous idea, and well it may, for a greater absurdity
believe I shall say nothing about tight lacing ; j Moke harm is probably done by the officious never was palmed upon an unsuspecting and
as it is presumed that every woman who presses intermeddling of ''doctors" during the time of trusting community.
her heart, liver, lungs, and stomach into a less j gestation, and at and after confinement, than at " Did Marcus say it? Then, 90 it is—
space than nature designed for them, knows almost any other time. No truth so valid as a word ofliis !"
that she is killing herself, and takes the respon- ] When transitions of any kind take place, there
sibility of suicide. But as it is our duty to pre is always more or less of commotion ; and no But it is high time, O women of the nineteenth
vent people from drowning themselves or taking sooner docs the woman begin to feel the natural century, that you began to think for yourselves,
poisons, " unless prescribed by a regular physi results (i. e. natural to " civilized" woman) of if not to act. Ay, the time is even now at the
cian," I don't know but it may be the duty of the new action instituted in the system—such door, when women, who are women, are both
every man to carry a knife or a pair of scissors as nausea in the morning, headache, constipa thinking and acting, and the result is manifest
in his pocket, and rip open every woman he sees tion, languor, &c, &c, than the family physi ing itself in the increased respect shown, and
committing this most stupid of all modes of self- cian is consulted, especially if it be the first time, superior advantages accruing to them.
slaughter. and he, nine times out of ten, will order some " But these symptoms, doctor, they will arise;
Aside from the cravat, which there has kind of cathartic, perhaps a gentle emetic, to be now what shall we do to be rid of 'em ?"
been much debate about, men dress the chest gin with, and, as the case progresses, all sorts of I answer briefly, be hydropathic.
to better advantage than do the women. 1 " stomachics" and " correctives," to remove the "But being a hydropath won't cure us, will
have heard of male dandies, who wear belts, acidity and cure the heart-burn!— and, before it ?"
body-braces, and corsets ; but I trust, for the its completion, oftentimes pints of blood—though, If you "live the gospel you profess," it will;
honor of humanity, that such specimens are mind you, such " doctors" never take any but the for being hydropathic is nothing more or less
rare. What few may be found running at large bad blood—is taken, in order to relieve the head, than living in accordance with nature's laws,
should be caught, caged, and turned over to the &c, &c, to facilatate the approaching labor! and assisting nature in her own way, when she's
menageries. If women w ill profane their bodies To the young, thoughtless, and inexperienced, unable to perform her accustomed work.
by such hideous distortions of themselves, men this is thought all right, and absolutely neces In the first place, if you want to have healthy
should try to sustain their portion of the dignity sary ; they rely implicitly, at such times espe children, and be anybody yourselves, ponder well
of the race. There is a question about the cially, upon the ipse dixit of the " old woman" your footsteps.
practice of leaving a portion of the bosom less and their " doctor," and nothing is too absurd for After conception, let there be no more inter
protected than the rest, as is done by the open col them to do, if these oracles only sanction it, even course ; and if you want no more trouble in your
lars of our coats and waistcoats. It is not set- to the eating of charcoal and magnesia by the stomach and in your offspring, Le carefvl what,
tied whether this partial exposure is a cause of j ounce, and taking physic daily when, and Iww much yon rat.
bronchial difficulties, or a protection against Now, I need not tell any well-informed wo I know very well, that it will be told you,
them. But the changes in female dress, from man, one who is at all conversant with physi as it was told Adam and has been told to all his
dresses high to low in the neck, and from long ology, that this practice is entirely at variance descendants, that it won't hurt you to eat all you
sleeves to bare arms, cannot be favorable to with the laws of nature. want and everything you want, at such times
health. They should be one thing or the other ; " But good, honest, and intelligent physicians especially, but I say it is untrue.
and much as I admire a white, well-shapen arm, recommend these things." Perhaps so. But I know very well, too, that now, as then, you
the graceful fall of the neck, the alabaster gleam what of that ? Ten thousand men may swear to will be more disposed to believe the "serpent"
of the well-rounded shoulder, and the heaving an error, and yet not make it a truth. Hundreds than the God within you, who, through your
bosom's voluptuous swell, I Cannot but think of things, once believed by the learned and good, common sense and judgment, is continually say
that for the present, and in a variable climate have been repudiated by the same as unworthy ing, " in the day thou eatest" too much or im
like ours, they had all better be protected by pro of belief, "new light" having discovered to them properly, " thou shalt surely die ;" but neverthe
per and graceful coverings. the falsity thereof. less, 'tis so.
There are a few laws of dress, easily under For years and years it was thought absolutely Ay, however you may side with your carnal
stood, and easy to observe. The objects of dress necessary to the salvation (physically) of small appetites, you will sooner or later find that your
are comfort, health, decency, and ornament. I pox patients to give them hot drinks, stimulating disobedince has been the death of your health ^
think comfort, health, and decency go together ; "medicines," and keep them very warm ! But now and enjoyment, and perhaps of your offspring. 8
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"But what shall we do with our greatly in
creased appetites at such times ?"
What shall you do with 'em ? what shall the
intemperate drinker do with his 1
In the first place, if you were anywhere near
what you ought to be, you wouldn't have such
inordinate appetites—secondly, if you do, your
judgment should tell you that it is not normal, and
morbid appetites should never be indulged. Eat
in the first place the simplest kinds of food, using
no condiments ; drink freely of cold water and
nothing else, keeping the skin perfectly clean—
which, be it remembered, is vastly more likely to
become unclean during this most important pe
riod—and when you have eaten a very liltle
more than would suffice you in your common
state, stop, let your appetite cry never so earnest
ly for more,—and very soon you will get the
mastery of the unnatural appetite ; at any rate
you will be rewarded for your self-denial, by the
absence of the usual distressing symptoms, and,
ultimately, with an easy confinement and a
healthy child—comparatively speaking!
The great mistake about eating during this
period arises from the fact that women in this
condition can eat almost anything and any quan
tity of food, and not affect the stomach particu
larly, and therefore tiiey suppose it don't hurt
them at all !
But the restless nights, the aching head, the
sour stomach, and the general uneasiness, follow
ed by a " humory," puny, sickly child, show the
mistake ; it is no less an injury than it is an in
sult to the recuperative power within.
" But what shall we do with our constipation ?"
If you live as you ought, you will have but
little if any of that terrible and necessary con.
comitant of evil-doing and neglect ol d .1 iiyr-
If eating moderately, of coarse, plain food,
vegetable and frugiferous, does not obviate it,
you have only to use injections of sligii ly tepid
water—in some cases very cold water is advisa-
able—in quantities larger or smaller, say from
a pint to a quart, or even more, and you c n
effect your object, especially if in conjunction
you use the nearly cold sitz bath once or twice a
day for fifteen or twenty minutes.
" But what's the harm of taking physic at
such times ?"
I might answer—Yankee-like—by asking you
what's the use of taking physic ?
It don't cure constipation, never did and never
can, simply because it does not remove the cause
thereof. On the contrary, it increases the very
difficulty it was given to remove, by rendering
the liver, &c, more unwilling to act without
being whipt ! than before.
But this is not the only harm it does ; it pro
duces a determination to the lower part of the
bowels, &c, that often proves very serious ;
this and the fancied necessity of giving it after
confinement, is what makes so many " female
difficulties," " weaknesses," " fallings," &c.
" Now, supposing labor to have commenced,
what shall we do—how shall we best
ture ?"
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
By letting her alone merely !
" What, shall we so far depart from all com
mon usage as to stand idly by, give no help, too,
' nor nothing !' to help nature in her expelling
efforts !"
"Help nature!" poor, presumptuous fools,
wait till she asks for help, at least—and in
ninety-nine cases out of every hundred you will
rind you are not culled upon iit all.
It has been mine to attend several hundred
births, and never in but a very few instances did
I find it necessary to do anything to " assist
nature," and, in my opinion, the " assisting na
ture," so frequently desired by the anxious and
fearful, lias been productive of ton times as much
evil as good.
That ergot possesses the power to increaso
uterine action, I will grant for argument's sake,
if nothing more—and also, tint circumstances
may occur where it may bo necessary or advisa
ble to increase the action ; but cold water applied
to the bowels is all-sufficient ; at least in the
worst cases of inefficiency with which I have
had to do, I have found it so.
Mechanical assistance is sometimes necessa
ry, but not nearly to the extent it is generally
supposed. In most cases of difficult labor even,
nature will manage to relieve herself, take it all
and in all, about as well as the most scientific
and skillful surgeon can do, and ten times as
well as the majority of the presiding "geniuses"
at such times can possibly do.
In short, as a general thing, all the accoucheur
has to do is to be in readiness to receive the lit
tle stranger, and perform those duties which
every attendant, of good sense, can learn to do as
well as the surgeon. You may stupify the brain
so as to render the patient insensible to after-
pains, but you can't stop them ; they are caused
by the contraction of the uterus upon itself,
which is absolutely necessary to stop the hemor
rhage, and to have it resume its natural condi
tion. If you take opium, &c, to quiet the pain,
you do it at the expense of your general health.
I often find it necessary to increase the pain !
that is, to increase the contraction, in order to
facilitate the closing up of the bleeding vessels.
This is done in the same manner as you would
do to produce increase of " pains" on action be
fore delivery, namely, by cold cloths, constantly
applied to the bowels. Many and many a woman's
life has been saved when in danger from flood
ing, by this simple and always present remedy.
It is necessary sometimes to use injections largely
of the same precious element. The treatment
of the mother after delivery is simple, very.
If she be warm and uncomfortable from long
perspiration, wash her all over in water slightly
tepid ; then let her rest for twelve hours with only
a wet bandage on the bowels. After this a sitz
bath of sixty to seventy degrees, according to
the constitution, &c, with occasional wash-
downs, is all that is necessary, unless the bowels
be constipated ; if so, the third day give an injec
tion of tepid water.
Let the child be well washed with warm
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water and pure soap the first time ; after this cold
water is decidedly best ; feed it with sugar and
water till the milk comes. Having dressed the
cord with lint, with linen bandage, and you've
done all.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER III.
One can hardly decide which to rejoice at sight
of the most—the cradle—or—the coffin. The
one is the depository of joy—the other of sor
row. One heralds in hopes, the other takes
away misery. The birth, the death of a babe !
We feast at the former, at lho latter we weep ;
but as children now are, it would be as wise to
weep at the cry which bespeaks the entrance
into this world of a new soul, as at the death-
rattle which indicates its departure.
Job, good old Job, cursed the day he was born.
Ho prayed that its remembrance might be blotted
out. I will not go as far as Job ; but I do not
know that I care to rejoice at my existence ; for
life to me has issued from two fountains, the
bitter and the sweet. As regards health of the
body, I have never known what it is in perfec
tion ; and as regards the health of the soul, that
it has maintained itself against fearful odds, my
history will demonstrate.
I was the first-born of my parents, and all
Jirst-born children are wonderful children.
" Some are born to greatness.
Some achieve greatness,
And some have greatness thrust npon them."
My greatness was of the latter character. My
father had calculated my nativity, had cast my
horoscope, and my star shone brightly. Not a
cloud dimmed its twinkle. It rode as clear in
the heavens as the star of Power's Gitano. I
was wonderfully made ; a born genius—in his
esteem ; and greatness was to be thrust on me,
" nill it, will it."
There lived in our village a " maiden lady,"
named B r. She was none the worse for
living unmarried—in fact the was better. Celi
bacy is by no means the vice it is represented
to be. In many instances, as respects both
sexes, it is a high virtue. More especially is it
virtuous in a xcoman to live unmarried. Society
makes her dependent, an appendage, a thing ;
gives her half her rights only, and that grudg
ingly ; places her interests, her hopes, her prop
erty, her name, her 'indentity, in the power of
the man to whom she surrenders ; demands that
her surrenders shall be, in the language of
chivalry, "rescue, or no rescue;" and covers
her so completely, buries her so entirely under
her lord, as to coin a term expressly to indicate
her condition, and, in legal phraseology, terms
her a
" Femme coverte."
It stakes all her happiness on a single throw,
after having made her as unskillful as possible.
It educates her so that she shall not know the
honest from the knave, the man of heart from him
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of special pleading, the man of genius from the ; They stand in the gateways of opinion as criers j the door-stone, and look at, and try to under
man of dull plodding, the man of philanthropy of deeds done. Their sanction may bo more or stand, a variety of things of which I knew not
from the miserly wretch. And if this were not • less important where there is a living union, but the cause or the uses, and do not unto this day.
so, if she had discernment, it precludes her from where there "is no union of soul they cannot make O, Miss B r! I am now on the shady side
its exercise. It laughs at her for her coarse ! the outward union less disgusting—less a sham ; of life. It is approaching autumn with me.
fihre. If, in a matter of so much moment as that for no power of statute, opinion, or custom, can My leaf is in " the sere and yellow," and you
of connecting her individual and social, her phy give validity to shams. are
u dt.ad, anil your body tamed to clay ;"
sical and spiritual destinies with another, she i Is it wonder, then, that educated, high-minded
takes the initiative, it calls her masculine, de women are refusing to wed ? To me it is not. but from any height wheresoever you may be
clares she o'erleaps the hounds of decorum, and I am glad of it. I consider it a harbinger of re sitting, looking down on me, please to hear me
apes powers and prerogatives belonging only to demption to the sex. It tells clearly that woman say : Of all the features I have known, those of
the opposite sex. And what docs society, if she is getting glimpses of the sphere to which great my schoolmasters and mistresses are the most
abstains from all this—ifquietly, dumb-like as a Nature has assigned her. She will live with a indelibly daguerreotyped on my soul's tablet.
lamb before its shearers, she says nothing—she companion, an associate, an equal, a husband, if How plainly I can see you now, as you were
waits to be asked ! It laughs if she is not asked, she can; but at any rate she will lire—not vege then, dressed like a maid of the Puritan stamp,
and laughs still louder, if, when asked, she re tate—not drawl out an oyster existence—not or like the wife of
futes. It insists that she shall not seek actively breathe, but lire—in the noble, manly sense of I " Miles Standtsh, of Mayflower memory."
a companion that will suit her tastes, and whose the term. God bless the single women of this Plain, prim, exact, with no gew-gaws—no orna-
strength shall aid her in climbing successfully country, say I. They are the possessors of i ment—not even that of a meek and quiet spirit
life's steep hill, tinder penalty of i/nsexing her noble hearts, cultivated intellects, sensitive souls. ! severe, cold, selfish, unsocial, and unsympa-
self; and it equally insists that she shall marry Now I do not mean, in defending ihe single ! thizing. The hoar frosts of November were not
somebody, or be made the butt of neighborhood women of this country as a class, to stand god 5 more chilling to a hot-house blossom than was
gossip, the theme of tea-party conversation, a father to each individual of that class. To do < your presence to me. No wonder that 1 stutter
have affixed the soubriquet of "old maid," to j this would force me to defend Miss B r, a ed, that 1 called A B, and said E was X. What
carry, Hester Prynne like, as a scarlet letter to thing I feel quite disinclined to. Miss B——r, • else was to be expected ? I was an exotic. An
her grave. Such injustice has forced thousands j as soon as it was proper for her, called to see my < aura such as surrounded you was not indigen
of girls into embraces that they loathed, and ) mother and the baby. She was a fussy, old ous to me. I was from a torrid zone, and I
made their marriage-bed a hell— their home the ! thing, and she insisted on taking me. After \ shivered for the clime natural to me. My
abode of discord and misery. Thank Got!, this > holding me for a minute or two, and looking very ' mother—I blush !—had warm blood in her veins,
result is coming to its finale. The Graces, the 1 intently, she with great gravity delivered her ! and a warm heart in her bosom, and I had lain
Celias, the Fannys, the Marys, the Phebes, all j jirognosis. Reader, do you know what a prog next that heart, and felt its throbbings ; and her
over the country, are concluding to live single nosis is? Lest you should not, permit me to blood had coursed my tiny frame before I made
lives, in preference to union with those who can , tell you. A prognosis is 0"a prognostication. my debut to this world of sin. To put me by
in no way aid them in developing the higher It is a Greek word, used by medical men, to j your side was to crucify me, to impale my young
life. They act wisely. Hard as is the lot of make " common folks," like you and me, believe spirit on a spear's point, and I longed for that
woman without man for a helpmate, her lot is they are learned. Well, Miss B. prognosticated, nook—my mother's lap—
still harder with man for a clog. Marriage im and pronounced me to have wonderful talents. " bo soft, bo gentle, and bo kind,"
plies and embraces more than an agreement to She was a cunning woman. She warned my whence I could look up into her beautiful face
dwell together for the promotion of special inte father's influence in her behalf as a school-ma'am, and feast on her loveliness.
rests. It always contemplates more than this ; it and so she took him on his blind side, and de Shall I ever forget how, at that lime of life, I
permits union only where love is. All the clared to him that I should ha" something won studied your features, Miss B r? With
priests or judges in Christendom cannot marry derful." what instinctiveness I sought sympathy, and how
a man and woman unless they lore each other. When I was three vers old, my father left his my soul turned from your hard, unloving face
They may legalize the relation, but they cannot home for Sackelts Harbor. The United States upon itself, and said " Nothing for you there !"
make it lawful. They cannot spread over .the and Great Britain were at war. Canada, and My tuition under you gave shape to my whole
ceremony the sanction of propriety, nor lift its the States that border it, were the seat of the life. It solved a problem tougher than any in
issues beyond the pale of illegitimacy. Love contest. He was drafted as surgeon, and went. Euclid. It demonstrated the worth of a heart.
(not lust) alone can do this ; love that is pure, I recollect as vividly as can be his mounting a Young as I was, I could observe and compare. ;
intelligent, elevating. There may bo more or horse called Bob, and on a canter riding out of and I did so. I brought my dear, good mother
less of ceremony, more or less of respect paid to our door yard and our village away to the and you into contrast, and the decision was made
conventional arrangments. But however multi North ; whilst I, poor little fellow, was turned without trouble. From that hour—its dawning
plied the forms or burdensome the ceremonies, over to Miss B r, who was to is as distinct as that of yestermorning—I shrunk
the whole procedure is abominably degrading " leach my yonng idea how to »hool." from the frigid and un-emotional in character,
and impious, unless it be sanctified by love. If I was ever to astonish Christendom by my and bound myself to such as had lineaments that
Why, then, should high-minded, noble-souled talents, if I was ever to turn up an could dilate at sight of suffering and sorrow.
women part with their independence, their right " admirable Crichton." Time rolled on. My father came home from
and privilege to struggle after a loftier position, my parents thought no time was to be lost. So j the wars. I was old enough to wear coatee and
to have the fruit they grasp turn to ashes on Miss B r took me across our door-yard, pantaloons. I was six years old; how I strutted!
their lips ? The land is full of such women, and leading me into her school-room, seated I have since seen "children of large growth"
who thoughtlessly, and under the promptings of j me on a little bench, by her side, till my turn strut pretty much after the same fashion and from
passion and fancy, have publicly allied them- I came to read. Capital idea ! was it not ? Think ! > pretty much the same motives. At this period,
selves to men who cared infinitely less for I was getting advanced in life—I had been an ! my father, still clinging to the notion that I was
them than their broad acres. Such men are not inhabitant of this sublunary sphere for ten j bom to make a stir in the world, thought it high
husbands. Such women are not wires ; for hundred and ninety-five days; and I knew time to put me under different tutelage. I was
ceremonies and forms have no creative power. nothing more substantial than to ride tny dog, 1 too old to be taught by a woman. What was to
At best, they only give publicity to the reality. caress my tame woodchuck, feed chickens from ; be done ? The village of my nativity was
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large. There were few men of fore-liandedness < her soul. Look into them, and you could see i knotty point with a glance like an eagle's, and
in it, and the hope of inducing them to go in with s how innocent, trusting, generous, amiable, and with a dignity like that of a queen met her re-
him and establish a select school was faint. Yet loving was her heart. Look again, and you i sponsibilities fairly.
he was bent on having me taught by a man ; and J would see them flashing with intelligence of the ! She is dead. She died many long years ago,
he concluded to try the village pastor. He ap highest order. She ruled me with those eyes, j and in my boyhood I was left alone. She had
plied to him, and the reverend gentleman con and that heart of hers. She was a poet of the first loving friends. Father, mother, brothers, sister,
sented. My father fitted up with rough-boarding order, though of what is calkd poetry I kno w not all dear to her, as she was to them ; but I ven
partition a room in the attic of his drug store, cut that she even wrote a line; her prose was all ture to say, that not one of them now living can
and made a dormer window in the roof, so that poetry; she never talked common-place, but al call up her image as freshly as the man can,
light could be admitted and I could see out on to ways spoke common sense. Unlike myself at that who, up to the time of her decease, was a little
the top of a horse shed ; and on the 1st day of J time, she had her earthly resting places, spots of Latin scholar and her devoted worshiper. If I
April, 1817, with a dull, plodding cousin of mine green, where her dove-spirit sealed itself; but she did not cherish for my parents a fond love, I
many years older than myself, I took my seat i also took flight into a sphere of life higher than should feel impelled to say that, with the excep
in that little pent up room and commenced the ! the mere worldling will ever dream of. Her tion of Delia Greenwood,
study of the Latin language. It was a beautiful i voice was musical as a linnet's, and varied in its " the whole of those that surrounded me
morning; the green grass had spread itself over ! tones as those of a mocking bird; yet I have no were a pack of fools."
the road sides and along the village paths; the j recollection of any attempt on her part to sing. But they acted up to their knowledge, for light
tall Lotnbardy poplars were leafing out nicely and i I have often thought whether there was such and truth were not at that day evolved as at the
tenderly ; and the robins were chirping in their i natural connection between large, dark, soft present. Now, I have no patience to exhibit to
branches. The wild thorn-apple was in blossom, | eyes and sweet voice, as to warrant the conclu those who house the young in school-rooms,
and the wild plum was following suit. The I sion that where one found the former the latter teaching them abstractions, where they ought to
beautiful, modest violet lifted its head with inex was sure to be found. My experience is in favor send them abroad in the sunshine, and make
pressible gracefulness from the path-border of i of the conclusion. I never saw a man, or woman, them observe and learn by induction. No child
my father's door yard ; and the rose in the corner boy, or girl, with such eyes, who had a harsh ought to see the inside of a school-house till full
gave forth buds of promise. grater-like voice- The eyes, if so peculiar as to twelve years have rolled over his head. This
How sweet was the air ; it was filled with fra possess originality of expression, almost always does not necessarily imply that he may not
grance : a warm shower of rain had fallen in the indicate the tones that will fall on the ear when know his letters, or be incapable of reading,
night, and the sun was lifting up vapor from val the individual speaks. Take a man like Senator j These he can be taught at periods of cessation
ley and hill-top. The old steeple-top sheathed Butler of South Carolina ! The intonations of ; from bodily exercise by his mother ; and if Bhe
in tin glistened in its rays, and held its head his voice could be known as well before as after : cannot do as much as this for her child, she
proudly in the air, as if to say—"this is the way he had spoken. His is a foxy eye, deep set, with i has no right to be a mother. His school is out-
to Heaven ! On such morning as this, did a little over-hanging lash, and flashing forth stratagem | of-doors, on the hill-side, in the meadow field,
boy, with feeble frame, asthmatic, thin in flesh, and cunning constantly. Restless, watchful | i under the shady butter-nut, by the water-stream,
nervous and highly excitable, with too greatly turning on all sides, peering out from under its ! with labor and recreation appropriately mingled
developed reflective powers, take his departure lid as if he expected every instant to hear the —and freedom from all intense intellectual ex-
from the outward world, never again to enter it political hounds baying on his track. One would | citement. Will fathers and mothers always be
as a child. O, that hour! how full of thought swear that the man's voice would be like the Billy ? Will they never learn ? Which de
and of sorrow to me. How I longed for play, for barking of a fox at eventide,—short, coarse, nerv- velops first in the order of Nature, the animal or
the run down the hill, for the cow milking, the i ous, lacking fullness. the spiritual ? the physical or the intellectual ?
sheep and calves feeding, for the rides to the j But Delia's voice was as capable of full vol- A child comes into this world with its animal
wood, for the ridings of Old Bob to water, and j ume as were her eyes. And it produced as de- wants in predominance. Its propensities are in
other things to give me full sweep and grace of i cided effects. Throw her into mixed company advance of its moral sentiments. Its perceptive
my bodily powers. But I was a Genius, and t —and in fifteen minutes all would gather about grow in early years more rapidly than its reflect
must study Latin. A year passed, and my poor < her to listen not only to what she had to say, but ive powers. Children observe earlier than they
little dwarfed spirit was saved from ruin by " fall j to her manner and tone of saying it compare or causate. A very moderate modicum
ing in love." Well : this girl kept my heart true to humani of sense exercised by parents would go greatly
" Olt, ifthere is one law above the rest ty, else I should have been a misanthrope before toward avoidance of heart-ache, and " the im
Written in wisdom—if there is a word I entered my teens. I loved her—child as I was provement of the breed " of men and women.
That I would trace as with a pen of fire i —but not with passion. I loved her as one To be continued.
Upon the onsonned temper of a child—
If there is anything that keeps the mind ! might suppose a child of my age might love a
Open to angel visits, and repels being of superior order. I worshiped her. A Female Medical Student.—A correspondent
The ministry of ill— 'tis Unman Love I" She to me was the embodiment of the Divine. sends us the following extract of a letter from a medi
cal gentleman in London :—" You will smile, I think,
I loved my mother and a grown-up girl. \ She to my young mind was (he most perfec1 when I tell you that we have afemale itudent at Bar
There dwelt at this time with my parents a j symbol, the most glorious representative of God j tholomews—you have doubtless heard of Miss Black-
young woman about nineteen years of age. Her ; that I had seen, or conceived ; for she filled my \ well, of American celebrity. Well, on entering the an
name was Adelaide Greenwood—sister of the \ ideal. She answered to the strength of my im- atomical theatre a few mornings since, Mr. Paget said
celebrated Grace Greenwood of this day. We j aginativeness. I looked on her, and my pant- j at that this lady had applied to be admitted as a student
the Hospital : and that after consulting the gover
always called her Delia. She was not handsome > ings after something higher, holier, nobler than i nors, the medical officers bad agreed to reoeivo her ;
—was beautiful. There's a distinction for you, | 1 elsewhere saw, were satisfied. She kept me ; and he therefore hoped that she would be treated with
reader!—she was beautiful. She carried the j true to my instincts. She had watched her own { every consideration and respect by the students. Mr.
brightest and best pair of eyes in her head, with | and kept them unperverted, so that in all mat- Paget then said, I will now introduce her to you ; and
one exception, I ever saw. They talked, convers- s ters of right and wrong she was as keen-scented > stepping in the museum walked in with the lady,
whom bo oouducted to her seat. She then very coolly
ed laughed, prayed, sung, and said sweet things— as an Indian warrior on the trail of his foe. removed her bonnet, and sat as unconcernedly in the
those eyes ; and then water never run down hill She was no controversialist, disliked strife midst of us as if she had been there six months. Sho
more easily than tears flowed from them at sight ! avoided making issues on disputed questions; has been a regular attendant since, bnt the students
of sorrow. They were the inlets and outlets to ; but, when compelled to do so, saw through a j generally do not like it."—Englith paper.
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PRACTICE IN WATER-CURE. it is most intimately connected with, if not abso been immediate, and the improvement marked,
BY T. L. NICHOLS, M. D. lutely dependent upon, the condition of the sto and apparently of a permanent character. In
CASE XX.—ASTHMA. mach and the skin; and any treatment which will other cases, I have been able to use more treat
If I were to declare my utter ignorance of the secure the healthy action of these organswill cure ment, and have produced greater effects, in a
nature and cause of tliis disease, I should follow the disease. Both stomach and skin are in a shorter period ; but I give this case as an encour
the example of most medical writers. Its symp delicate, sensitive condition ; but it is my belief, agement to perseverance, under apparently in
toms are apparent enough, its diagnosis is easy, that the suite of the skin has the most direct in superable difficulties, and as an instance of what
but all the rest is very much in the (lurk. Web fluence upon the disease. The stomach acts the Water-Cure can do, if we give it only half a
ster's Dictionary may seem a strange place to upon the skin, the skin upon the organs of res chance.
look for the description of a disease, but it is not piration. The influence of the state of (he skin upon
a bad one, when you want it brief and compre The case I have under treatment is that of a this disease, as well as upon many others, ap
hensive. The old Doctor of Laws probably con mercantile broker in this city, who has been a pears to have entirely escape d the notice of pa
sulted some dozens of doctors of medicine before sufferer for fifteen years. The disease is clearly thologists. It is the constriction of the skin by-
he wrote down the following : hereditary. The patient is an active business cold which brings on the attack in most casfs ;
" Asthma, A chronic, paroxysmal, and inter man, with a family to support in a style which and whatever will excite the action of the skin
mittent disease of respiration ; the paroxysms demands his constant exertions; and the treat will give relief, and whatever will re.-tore its
exascerbating and remitting; the inspirations, ment has, in consequence, been partial and inter health will also cure the disease. Hence the
during the attack, fuller and more frequent than rupted. I have at no time been able to put him temporary relief afforded often by the ordinary
natural, but with a sensation of want of air, ac
companied by paleness of the skin and lividness under the full treatment the case requires. The remedies. An emetic causes perspiration; small
of the lips. The term is also often applied to skin, in this case, is in such a sensitive condi doses of ipecac, especially if combined with
any difficulty of breathing." tion, that I have been obliged to use the greatest opium or camphor, produce the same effect. To-
It would bo difficult to tind a better description caution. The wet sheet brought on a violent bacco.with those unaccustomed to it.stramoniutn,
of this disease, so far as its phenomena and paroxysm. Even a wet towel laid over the chest, lobelia, all act upon the skin, but in the same
symptoms are concerned ; but its absolute nature in an otherwise dry blanket pack, produced the wretched and poisonous way as all drug medi
is untouched. It is called spasmodic; but where same effect. Doubtless this condition might cines ; and what little temporary relief they
are the spasms .' are they in the muscles of the have been overcome, had I been able to take the give, is at the cost of future suffering. But with
chest, the diaphragm, the bronchia, the trachea, case fully in hand ; but 1 had only an hour a day the Water-Cure, we have not only immediate
the larynx, or where ? Dr. Webster does not —an hour at night, after a busy, toilsome day— relief, but at the same lime we secure a perma
inform us. Let us turn to Professor Dickson, a to work in. I tried the wet jackets, both night nent benefit.
very careful and highly respectable authority. and day, but they brought on the paroxysm ; and
" The pathology of Asthma," says Professor I was reduced to a quick cold bath, with a free
Dickson, " is difficult and obscure. The diffi rubbing in the morning, a wet bandage around WOMAN'S DRESS.
culty of breathing is twofold, and urges both the abdomen, worn pretty low, a dry pack car BY MRS. R. B. OLEASON.
during expiration and inspiration. It is hence ried to the point of perspiration, followed by a Is not your wide-spread and valuable Journal,
plausibly suggested, either that the muscular short douche at five o'clock, and a tepid sitz
fibres of the bronchia are everywhere rigid, re bath on going to bed. though in most respects greatly in advance of
fusing both to contract and to dilate; or, that in the age, in one point a little in the rear? You
some portions of the air-tubes, these fibres are This course gradually strengthened the skin, have no ladies' fashion plate, that important part
spasmodically contracted, resisting both the en relieved the paroxysms when they occurred, and of a magazine to which one-half of the human
trance and exit of air." gave great relief ; but this was not so marked, race always turn with a personal, practical in
The usual treatment of Asthma is vague and until I had, with some difficulty, succeeded in terest, and into which the other half always de
palliative. The lancet, cupping, emetics, pur getting my patient upon a rigid diet. He was sire lo look, probably to keep their standard of
gatives, and narcotics are used, especially the j obstinate for a time, protesting that his stomach taste correct, as to what is becoming in ladies'
latter. Some eulogize tobacco, some stramo had nothing to do with the disease, and that apparel.
nium ; lobelia, the spider's web, coffee, and what he ate in moderation made no difference ; ; But no fashion plate is better than one teach
opium, camphor, ether, ipecac, the inhalation but when I persuaded him to make the trial of a ! ing such gross violation of the laws of our being
of gases, and galvanism, have all been tried, but very spare and simple diet, leaving all warm as those set forth in all popular periodicals.
with no very remarkable success. drinks, all oily food, and making many of his j But really, would it not be a curiosity, equal
The recent causes of asthma are as obscure as meals on bread and water, he soon found how to any that Barnum's Museum contains, to see
everything else about it. In a majority of cases much influence his stomach had, directly or indi even in picture a style of dress for women, com
we may find a hereditary predisposition. Bad air rectly, upon the disease. fortable, convenient—in short, one in no wise
is considered a cause ; but it is a curious fact The cold weather has crept upon us ; we have conflicting with their bodily functions or life's
that the air which will excite attacks in one case had our autumnal frosts and storms ; but the duties ? And how much more glorious would
will relieve them in another. Hence some asth usual attacks of the asthma have not made their j it be to see every woman free from every fetter
matics find a high airy situation in the country appearance. My patient has not lost a day from that fashion has imposed! Such a day of" uni
suit them best—others find their only relief i n liv his business, nor a night's sleep ; he bears expo- versal emancipation" of thesex would be worthy
ing in the city. The paroxysms are excited by ■ares to the cold and rain he has not been able of a celebration through all coming time. The
sudden changes of temperature, exposures to to endure for ten years past; and there is every j Quaker mode of dress is belter than any other
cold or moisture, to the bad air of crowded prospect, even with the little treatment he can \ prevalent, though not -perfect. In some respects,
apartments, to certain gases, and some odors. give lime for, of an ultimate cure, though a more
as a matter of taste and convenience, it might be
They come on especially after full meals and discouraging case it would be difficult to meet improved ; but its construction is more favor
late suppers, and follow repelled eruptions. with, I need not say that during all this period < able for health than most other forms, and from
Marshall Hall has a remark in his admirable of fifteen years everything that promised relief J being without change.it gives greater mental
work on diagnosis, which shows him to be an had been tried, and, as is usual in such cases,
freedom, by saving a world of thought, as well
acute observer. He says " True Asthma arises, tried in vain. as a world of work. Hence women of this sect,
I believe, generally, from dyspepsia." In the Wator-Cure, even under these disad
My observation of the disease assures me that vantageous circumstances, the relief has always as a class, surpass others in general intelligence,
and retain their youthful look and vigor longer.
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Were our style of dress consistent, the appella
tions " weaker sex," " softer sex," and the like,
would be far less appropriate than now. Wo
man's intellectual power, as well as physical,
would then rise far above its present standard.
A permanent fashion is not to be desired, un
less there were some head wise enough to frame
one every way perfect, which is not to be sup
posed. Man is a progressive being; and wo
man, who was made as a helpmeet, surely
ought to be so too. The change should not be
yearly, monthly, or weekly, as in Paris, but
when any real improvement was suggested to
any mind, be it a matter of beauty, economy,
comfort, or convenience. Now we have change
on change in such quick succession, that the
husband might well " hurry home with his wife's
new bonnet, lest it got out of style before he got
there." But precious few of the changes are
for the belter ; most of them from bad to bad,
and some of them from bad to worse.
When the day of corsets passed away, there
was great commendation, as well there might
be, but m.t at what soon followed. Then came
the heavy skirts, bustles, long waists, and longer
points, filled with whalebones and other splints,
tit only to be used on the human frame in case
of broken bones. This style of dress has in
duced more suffering than tight lacing, though
that was a more speedy cause of death. One
oppressed and displaced important organs, though
not the vital ; the other attacked the very citadel
of life. Both of them are semi-suicidal in their
tendency. One usually extinguishes the lamp
of life early; the other half quenches it, leaving
it to flicker on through many a long and painful
year.
The excessive heat induced by an inordinate
amount of clothing, has caused spinal affections
and relaxation of the muscles of the back and
abdomen. Then from the skirts not being sus
tained by the shoulders, as they should always
be, what are termed the "dragging, bearing
down sensations" have ensued. To • relieve
these, woman is harnessed in an abdominal sup
porter, wearing at the same time a much more
efficient abdominal depressor, in the shape of a
bodice waist. The harm these have done, and
are still doing to the present and prospective
generations, words fail to tell. No matter if they
are loose, as the wearers always declare them
to be, these unyielding points cause more or less
pressure upon the abdomen, unless the form is
erect, or rather thrown a little back—a position
which no one maintains but for a short time.
And this pressure chiefly falls where there is no
bony framework to resist, there being only the
muscular and cellular tissue, and the still more
yielding, displaceable organs beneath. Thus the
free motion of the diaphragm is impeded, abdo
minal respiration hindered, and henco the blood
is imperfectly oxygenized. The stomach, being
short of room, cannot do its work well, and
indigestion ensues.
Consequent upon excessive pressure, come
torpidity of the liver and portal circulation,
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accompanied by constipation. The returning : more ease and beauty ? Why, we might
blood being obstructed, congestion of the lower well pretend that a wry neck, crick in the back,
bowels, and perhaps piles, follow. Along with , a stiff hip or knee, made one's motions more
this train of evils, well nigh equal to those which graceful. We laugh at the Chinese for wearing
Pandora's box contained, comes often prolapsus ; wooden shoes, but that is but a shadow of a sin
uteri, from undue'pressure of the impending vis- : compared with our wooden waists. They girdle
cera upon its fundus, together with the debili- : b-.it the extremity of a liml), we the very body of
tating causes above mentioned. Perhaps this the tree.
scourge of woman is accompanied by leucorrhoei, Much as a " snug fit " is admired, how much
painful or profuse menstruation, uterine neural more beautiful were the loose, flowing robes of
gia, and similar accompaniments. the ancients, allowing freedom of motion to"
When the fashion of all chest and no abdo every joint, tendon, and muscle our Heavenly
men first began its reign, young women were Father hath given us.
often delighted to find themselves " growing Our present style of clothing, when not guilty
longer waisted," as they termed it. And how of compression, is, in many respects, cumber
was this, when they had attained their height some. Look a moment at a walking dress in a
some years since ? In no other way than by the fashion plate. Ths name should signify a form
compression and depression of the interfering of apparel suitable for active out-door exercise.
organs. But what do we find ? Why, the same snug
Our Professor of Anatomy said to the class, waist, in wearing which the walker must be
when demonstrating the location of the liver, soon " out of breath," for the reason that not more
" that its lower border corresponded with the ■, than half the amount needful can be taken in.
lower margin of the ribs, usually; but that in ; Long, heavy skirts, which fetter the limbs, as
women it sometimes extended to the right iliac well as perform the office of a street broom ; a
fossa" (or internal cavity of the hip-bone). Then thin slipper, so that the feet are soon wet, if the
added, " If you wish to find all the organs in \ earth has been moistened by dew, or the pavements
their normal position, procure a male subject." * by the sweeper. The arms are confined to hold
As much as to say, women are so deformed by i on the mantilla or shawl, thrown so gracefully
art, that not even their remains are fit for dissec- < over the shoulders, the freedom of which would
tion. Sarcastic as was the remark, it contained facilitate locomotion, besides giving more perfect
too much truth. It is to be feared that few fe- , exercise to the entire body.
male forms are what unrestrained nature would How much better some simple dress, fitted to
have made them. The floating ribs are ap- ; the form, but so loosely as to allow of freedom of
proximated ; the umbilicus, which should ba \ inspiration and motion, of a material of sufficient
near the centre of the protuberance, is now usu- ; warmth so as not to require a shawl ; skirt
ally quite above it, so much are the viscera de- : short, so that the limbs can move freely, on
pressed. the feet good boots, such as a man would wear
Compression is more hurtful to woman's frame j on a similar walk, the limbs well protected by
than man's, for the reason that her muscular a garment which we will call pants, if the sen
fibre is less firm, and more loose, soft, cellular sitive reader will not be shocked by calling any
tissue enters into her organization ; hence it j portion of a lady's apparel by that name.
yields more readily. This pliability and mobility j Why are short dresses, which all agree are
are needful, to allow of the change of form decidedly becoming for a young miss, so impro
which maternity induces Were much resist per, indelicate, and immodest, as soon asshe has
ance offered then, harm if not destruction to passed into her teens 1 Why must she, as soon
some of the internal organs would ensue. To as she puts on womanhood, cover her lower ex
gentle pressure, whether from within or without, tremities to the very tip of the toe with a flowing
her form readily yields. It would seem that robe, however inconvenient she may find it at
" the world, in its wisdom," thought this plasti times? No matter if her neck and arms are
city given that woman might shape herself to nude, even when the state of her health, and
please her own fancy, or rather that of men. that of the weather, demand that they be warmly
But the changes made thus far have been in clad, this exposure is to be admired, not criti
nowise for the better. True, thousands of long cised. How absurd is all this !
and slender waists have been made, which are Would men wear clothing so uncomfortable and
called beautiful. But were our standard of inconvenient as ours, and not complain ? Was
beauty the one given us by Infinite Wisdom, we ! there ever such a grumbling among the whole
should cease to admire such. Is not a thing race as when the long, loose camlet cloaks, with
beautiful in proportion as it accomplishes the big capes, were in vogue ? Many a man de
end for which it was designed ? If so, then clared himself so fettered that ho could do
away with your fashionable forms, which prevent nothing ; that he had as lief wear a balloon ;
the healthful action of those organs they should that it was always in the way, being always in
protect. Our present mode of dress forbids the flated with air, and under foot.
full motion of one-half the joints of the spinal If a woman dares to put off an inconvenient
column, and of the corresponding anterior and form of dress, and adopt another, without the
posterior muscles. And can any one say that sanction of fashion, she is at once vulgar, lacks
the human frame, thus fettered, moves with taste, and refinement. None of us should wish
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to be singular, but all should be Killing to be so
for the sake of lite gocd and the right. All un
necessary violation of public opinion if eensure-
able, for to it we all look for protection ; but we
should never allow it to enslave our bodies or
our spirits.
Forest City Water Ci re, Ithaca, N. Y.
SURGICAL OPERATION.
On Thursday an operation was performed at
the Infirmary in this city, by Dr. J. F. May, j
assisted by Drs. Miller, Johnstone, Stone, and
Garnet, of this cily, and Drs. Witherspoon and \
Coolidge, of the U. S. Army. Tbe patient was \
Richard Eaton, aged thirty-seven years. He j
has for many years lived in ihis city, and fol- >
lowed huckstering, ducking, &c, as a means of
support. He has been a man of a tolerable ;
even life, and comfortable way of living, so far !
as his pursuits would admit, and of a naturally ;
good constitution. Three years ago, he was \
taken with the white swelling, or a scrofulous j
degeneration of the knee-joint, as we believe his
affection is technically termed.
For seven months past he has been bed-ridden,
and it was the opinion of his medical advisers <
that he could not survive another month, if the 5
continuity of the disease could not be arrested, |
His knee was as large as his head, and the limb
was badly affected, in all its pans, up to the hip. >
He evinced much courageous determination, and
calmly awaited the operation, which, we must j
here remark, a patient has seldom survived. The j
preparations were all well made, and a very
large number of spectators were assembled, j
when chloric ether was administered. Dr. j
Way then disarticulated the hip joint, and re- j
moved the entire limb, in a little over thirty
seconds! In twenty minutes ligatures were ;
applied to the twelve arteries, without the loss ]
of more than half a pint of blood.
When the patient awoke ho was asked where
was the seat of his pain ? He replied that his j
knee and foot pained him. He was then told j
that the limb had been entirely removed. He ;
smiled in incredulity, and could not, for some ;
time, believe the assurances of those around
him. The surgeons sat by him about three
quarters of an hour before they finally dressed
the part, lest secondary hemorrhage should
ensue. He passed the evening and night well,
and yesterday was cheerful and in high spirits,
eating freely the food presented to him. Thus
far all indications are wonderfully favorable;
but the surgeons do not encourage sanguine
hopes of final recovery. The operation has, as
we have said, very seldom been finally success
ful, and in the present instance the lips of the
wound are not wholly unaffected by the disease
that was ascending in his person. We will
hereafter announce any decisive change that
may occur in his condition.— Wash. Repub.
A correspondent, who sends the above case,
asks :—" Would not the Water-Cure have saved
this man's limb ?" Our opinion is very decided
that it would, if applied in the early stages.
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HOME CASES OF WATER-CUKE.
BY M. D. V.
Early in September last, my brother, who is
about eighteen years old, and naturally healthy,
was taken with pain in the bowels, and sick
ness at the stomach. At first, he thought he
would try to keep at work, and that it would pass
oft'. But it was not so easy. He grew worse
in the night, with vomiting, and a severe pain in
his head and bowels, accompanied with a diar
rhoea. He drank cold water, and kept a cold,
wet cloth on his head the most of the night. Ur
gent business called me from home until 9 A. M.
I then found him worse than over, with a high
fever and severe pain, as before stated, appear
ing somewhat delirious. In the first place, I
opened the windows, and then proceeded to put
him in a cold wet sheet-pack, at the same time
keeping his head as cold as possible. In a few
minutes I renewed the pack, but instead of one
sheet, I took two, wrung out of the coldest wa-
ter that 1 could get, and let him remain in this
pack about twenty-five minutes, each pack fol
lowed by a cold shower-bath. By tbis time the
fever was reduced, so that he felt somewhat com
fortable, except the pain in his head. However,
he felt so much refreshed that he slept most of
the time, till about 2 o'clock, P. M., when the
fever returned, with pain as before. I pursued
the same course— the cold pack, shower-bath,
&c. This seemed to break up the fever entirely ;
it could not stand such treatment as this. The
patient gained very fast, and on the fourth day
ho was out to work as usual, and has been well
ever since. This is but one of many cases that
have come under my observation since I began
to use water as a medicine, and the reason why
I select this one is, because there were two
cases very similar to this one, in this neighbor
hood, about the same time, that were treated by
the regular doctors, and it took them as many
weeks to get about, as it did days for my brother.
Sickness in California is an expensive business.
The fee bill agreed upon by the San Francisco Medi
cal Society is published with their by-laws, and
fixes the price of a singlo visit from a physician (who is
not a regular attendant) at $32 ; from the regular at-
tending physician $16 ; and $10 for every mile travel-
ed from the city ; when detained, for each hour $32;
for a written opinion or advice, $50 to $100 ; for a
visit at night, $100 ; for an opinion involving a ques-
tion of law, $150 ; for a post-mortem examination in
case of legal investigation, $200 ; do. made at tho fa-
Daily's request $100 ; certificate of the stato of a pa-
tient's health, $250 ; for vaccination, $32 ; case of
ordinary labor, $150 ; application of forceps, $300 ;
operation of tumiug, $500 ; removing stono from the
bladder, $500 to $1000 ; for amputation of a leg or
arm, $300 ; extirpation of tumors, $100 to $1000; for
trephining, $1000 ; operations on tho eye, $100 to
$1000. The San Francisco Herald, speaking of tho
effects, of these high rates on medical gentlemen of the
States, says :
" We beg them not to be deceived, however, by the
showy appearance of the above rates ; there are, un-
fortunately, many physicians in this city, skillful and
able as any of the Medical Society, who would be glad
to earn $500 a month, even though they had to per-
form, every day, the strange sounding operations to
which that sum is affixed."
MEASLES;
ITS NATUKE AM) TREATMENT.
BY JOEI, SHEW, M. D.
Measles, although a very common affection, is
to be ic guided ( n the wl.o'e as a formidable one.
It not only tends to the development of other
diseases which may be at the time dormant in
the system, but proves not unfrequently of itself
fatal. This disease is named by medical men
in England, mr.rbilli, from the Italian, signifying
a minor plague. It is also called, still oftener,
rubeola, from the Spanish signifying red. The
word rubeola was formerly applied to measles
and scarlatina without distinction, although the
two diseases are plainly very different from each
other—not only in character, but generally in
severity.
There are reckoned to be three varieties of
measles :
1. The vulgaris, or common measles, in which
the rash is only slightly prominent, extending
over the mouth and fauces, and in which there
is harsh dry cough, with inflamed and watery
eyes.
2. The incocla, or imperfect measles, in which
the rash runs its regular course, with little fe
ver, or catarrhal affection, and which docs not
afford any certain security against a subsequent
attack of the common form of the disease.
3. The nigra, or black measles, in which
the rash appears about the seventh or eighth
day, assuming a black or livid hue, interspersed
with yellow, prolonged in its stay, and accom
panied with extreme languor and quickness of
pulse.
Some have added also another division, called
rubeola putrida, or putrid measles.
This affection occurs mostly in children, but
no age is exempt from it. As to whether adults
or children have it most.severcly, does not seem to
be settled. It generally attacks an individual
but once during life ; but exceptions to this rule
are not unfreqnent. It prevails most in the cold
and wet- seasons of the year, but it may occur,
and in a very severe form, in the most genial
season, as in midsummer or autumn.
j Its nature.—That measles is a contagious
\ disease, few doubt ; it is also supposed to be
,
infectious. It seems often to come on when
there has been no exposure whatever to its in
: fluence. This, like all other diseases, must
| have had a beginning somewhere ; and we have
1 good reason to believe that it is often recreated
i or that it begins anew in the world.
Period of incubation.—The books do not tell
j us, but it is supposed that the measles, like
I scarlatina, hatches from eight to twelve days in
the system before coming out. It may, how
ever, be weeks before it makes its appearance.
Symptoms.—Measles is usually ushered in
j by a set of catarrhal symptoms, of greater or
less violence. There is headache and a de
; gree of hoarseness, with more or less harsh,
dry cough, with difficult or oppressed respira
tion ; there is "flushing of the face, redness
' of the eyes, heaviness of the countenance ;"
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" a running of the eyes and nose, soreness of
the throat, sneezing," with the peculiar cough
called the "measles cough."
Dr. Marshall Hall's very concise enumeration
of the symptoms of measles is the following :
The disease is early characterized by the
conjunction of thin fever and a sensation of
stricture across the forehead and eye3, with a
disposition to sleep. To these symptoms are
added, on the second and third days, redness of
the eyes and turgidity of the eyelids and nos
trils, a copious flow of tears, and a frequent
sneezing, a sense of soreness about the throat,
hoarseness, a frequent, dry cough, difficulty in
breathing, and a sense of constriction across
the chest. The rash commences with distinct,
red, and nearly circular dots ; afterwards larger
patches appear, which tend to assume crescentic
forms. The surface of the skin is gently
raised ; the wrists and hands are papillated ; the
color of the rash is deeper and less vivid than
that of scarlatina, being of the raspberry hue ;
miliary vesicles are frequently seen on the neck,
breast, and arms. The general surface is lass
tumid than in scarlatina."
These symptoms may last from two or throe
to twenty or more days, before the eruption
shows itself on the surface. Oftenor it appears
on the fourth day. First, we discover it on the
face, especially on the forehead and chin ;
thence it spreads over the whole face. After
some hours, it may be seen over a considerable
part of the trunk and'extremities. By the next
day, usually, the body becomes pretty thorough
ly covered. It is then most vivid on the face.
About the sixth day, it becomes paler on the
face, and redder on the body ; and on the
seventh day it begins to go off.
The catarrhal symptoms, then, usually prevail
four days. The cutaneous disease then appears
and lasts three days, amounting in all to seven
days. This enumeration will assist the me
mory. But cases often vary in progress. The
catarrhal symptoms may last many days—fifteen
or twenty—perhaps more—before the eruption
comes out at all on the surface. But generally
it arrives at its height on the seventh day, so
thatou the eighth, it declines ; and on the ninth
there is only a sort of brownish discoloration left.
This is the usual course of the disease in ordi
nary practice. But the water treatment, as we
shall hereafter see, has often a marked effect in
modifying its symptoms and progress.
Jn severe cases of measles, there occur some
times, about the fourth day, small dark patches
in the mouth and throat, showing that the mucous
membrane is affected as well as the skin.
Character of the eruption.—This varies, as a
matter of course, considerably in different cases.
Dr. Elliotson has described it as follows :
" When the affection first appears, there are only,
at the utmost, little red dots, nearly circular,
which are scarcely perceptible, and rather less
than the spots of flea-bites. They become more
and more numerous, however, and coalesce
into patches. These are of an irregular figure,
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and frequently assume a semi-circular or cres
centic form. This is characteristic of the dis
ease, and is worthy of notice ;—not that the
diagnosis is often at all difficult ; but if it be diffi
cult, we may be assisted by remembering that
the patches in measles affect a semi-circular or
crescent form ;—that in the midst of those
patches there are circular spots;—and that
around the patches arc spaces of the natural
color. The disease is most severe upon the
face. The skin of the face is finer and more
abundant in red vessels than that of many other
parts ;—and then it is that the effects of the in-
flamation are most severe, from these circum
stances. The skin is not smooth hut roughened,
so that by passing the finger along it, a little
roughness is observed ;—hardly worth the name
of roughness, perhaps, but an inequality. Occa
sionally, if the inflammation bo severe, this is
observed in other parts of the body. Sometimes
the red dots are more or less hard and elevated.
Although the disease is characterized by patches,
the inflammation may bo so intense as to cause
the face to swell, and the eyes to be closed ; nay,
the symptoms may be so severe as to cause lit
tle collections of water, the size of millet seeds,
which are called miliary vesicles ; and some
times there are papulae on the hands, wrists, and
fingers ;—elevations of the cuticle, having a dis
tinct roughness, in the midst of the patches; so
that while the patches give to the feel a sensa
tion of being elevated above the surrounding
skin, in the midst of these there will be another
roughness, arising from the papulae."
We read in medical books that when the
eruption appears in measles the catarrhal and
other internal symptoms arc materially lessened
in severity. But there are differences of opinion
on this point. Dr. Elliotson, who is certainly
high authority in the old practice, affirms that in
measles, instead of there being an alleviation of
the internal symptoms, they are more frequently
aggravated ; at any rate, he says they are not
relieved. Still it would be difficult, I apprehend,
to convince people that it is not a good omen
always to have the eruption come out well upon
the surface.
Results of the disease.— In bad cases of
measles there may be, not only some catarrhal
symptoms, but bronchitis—inflammation of the
lining of tho bronchia; pneumonia—inflammation
of the substance of the lungs ; and plcuritis—
inflammation of their investing membrane of the
pleura. There may be inflammation of the eyes,
a chronic inflammation of the bowels, in the
form of a chronic diarrhuja. Tuberculous dis
ease of tho mesenteric glands of the abdomen
may also be developed by the muscles and va
rious cutaneous eruptions, and. in rare instances,
a general dropsy. The mouth and throat may
ulcerate, and ear-ache and running at those
parts is not unfrequent- The rash may likewise
go in suddenly, when there is very apt to follow
some internal inflammation,—as of tho lungs,
the abdomen, or the head. In these cases it is
commonly supposed that the retrocession of the
eruption is the cause of the internal mischief; ^)
but this is by no means certain, and is, on the ( >
contrary, probably not at all the case ; it is just
as probable that the internal disease put a stop
to the external. As a general fact, no two con
siderable diseases can go on at the same time in
the living body. The recurrence of another dis
ease, in an internal part of the body is sufficient
to suspend or put a stop to an external disease.
Diarrhoea following Measles.—It not unfre-'
quently happens that a somewhat troublesome
diarrhoea sets in, or continues after the disease
is over ; this is more commonly seen in the or
dinary modes of treatment, but I have never
known any troublesome diarrhoea to follow
measles in a single case where water treatment
has been depended on. Still, such a thing is
possible, and for this reason, more particularly,
I refer to it. When the diarrhoea does occur, it
is probably often,—especially in the beginning,—
a normal effort of the system to rid itself of mor
bific matter. If this bo true, it ought not to be
interfered with. As it is seen in the old prac
tice, it generally becomes more or less inflam
matory in its character, as is known by the ten
derness of the abdomen, when pressure is made.
The method usually resorted to is, that of leech
es, blisters, mustard draughts, etc., with bleed
ing of the arm, if the patient is sufficiently
strong, and the inflammatory symptoms suffi
ciently severe to warrant it. I need hardly say
here, that the common water appliances for re
ducing local inflammation and general feverish-
ness are far better, and more effectual, than tho
ordinary means.
" Measles is very apt," says Dr. Elliotson,
" to leave after it an obstinate diarrhoea, which
ends in disease of the mesenteric glands ; and a
bronchitis, that is apt to leave a disposition to
tho formation of tubercles. We have chronic
bronchitis, then tubercles, fo that children fre
quently die of consumption ; but measles often
sot up scrofula both in the abdomen and the
chest." Hence the necessity of treating the
disease in the most faithful and careful manner
It is, in reality, a disease of more danger and
liability to harm the constitution, than is gene
rally supposed.
Altogether, the accompaniments, complica
tions, and results of measles,—and more espe
cially when the disease is improperly or injudi
ciously managed,—are such as must cause all of
us who are parents to feel a deep solicitude in
regard to the best means of treating so formida
ble a malady, not indeed of necessity so very
formidable, but formidable as things have been
in tho world a century and a half back.
Predisposing causes. —I remarked that chil
dren are more liable to measles than adults ; but
this does not apply to extreme infancy, for the
child at the breast is not so liable to it as the .
one that has been weaned. Sometimes a whole (
family of children have it, one after another, ex- ✓
copt the nursin? one,
one. which escapes an attack. ^
But infancy at large,
rge.cchildhood, and the earlier p
adult period, are more liable to it than those of 2
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the later adult period ; and those in old ago the
least liable. But it does not follow that adults
are necessarily less subject to it than children.
In order to ascertain whether grown persons
may not as readily contract it as the young, it
would be necessary to expose a sufficient num
ber of adults who had never experienced it.
This, however, could not easily be done, since
almost every individual has the disease before he
has grown up to manhood. It is rarely seen in
persons past sixty, and seldom, too, in very
voting infants, although it is possible for a child
to be born with it, or to have it in a very few
days after its birth.
Exciting causes.—The fact that measles can
be produced by innoculation, is proof positive of
its contagiousness. Dr. Home, many years
since Professor of Materia Medica in the Uni
versity of Edinburgh, made experiments which
proved that measles could he communicated by
innoculation. In 1802, these experiments were
repeated by Dr. Spcranza, an Italian physician.
He innoculated six cases, and afterwards himself,
with the blood taken from a slight scratch in a
red papula. In a few days the measles appear
ed, and went through their course mildly and re
gularly. On making further experiments, Dr.
Speranza found them to prove uniformly suc
cessful. Dr. Elliotson is of the opinion, that
when measles produce vesicles—small ones—
as is sometimes the case, the contagious matter
might be obtained from them in a concentrated
form. It is said that the disease produced by
innoculation is much milder in character than
when received in the natural way, and hence it
has been recommended that innoculation should
be practised, since all must, sooner or later,
get it. Some have failed in the attempt to com
municate it in this way, and there is doubtless
much more difficulty in communicating it by in
noculation, than there is in the small-pox. It has
been recommended, too, that children be exposed
to it during the mild and most favorable seasons
of the year.
Prognosis of the disease.—The measles, I have
said, (on the whole, a formidable malady,) is
not, if well treated, in general a very dangerous
disease. But even a mild attack may be sud
denly converted into a very dangerous one. The
mere disease or extent of the surface eruption,
does not appear to place the patient's life in dan
ger, as in scarletina and small-pox, but the inter
nal inflammation of the bronchia, lungs, pleura or
head, before referred to, constitutes the chief
source of danger. If the disease occur in connec
tion with, or soon after any other considerable dis
ease, the danger is proportionately augmented.
The scrofulous and most unhealthy children,
and those having diseased parents, are more lia
ble than others to die of it ; and in this, as all
pther diseases, the better the constitutional and
acquired stamina, the more likely the patient to
get safely through it. The symptoms de
noting great danger in measles, are :—a vio
lent general fever, attended often with spas
modic twichings and convulsions ; tardy appear-
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J ance of the eruption ; a dark livid color of the < him, he would give her nothing but what was of
; surface ; retrocession of the cutaneous symp- j the same nature with what he had given her be
: toms ; delirium, especially at night; great dis- j fore without success ; and besides, we being
i tress in the head ; lividity of the lips ; a persis- j afraid she would be dead before he could come
i tent flushing of the face ; difficulty of breathing ; j to her, I persuaded my wife to leave her to me,
5 the appearance of petechial ; hemorrhage from j and to submit to God's providence whatever
i the bowels ; and great general prostration ;— j might happen, and go to bed. I found she was
' these are the appearances that occur in a more ' struggling for life, and looking on her breast,
i or less marked decree, in the more dangerous discovered that the measles had gone in, and were
j attacks of the disease. It is surprising, how- nothing but livid spots ; then I concluded her
j ever, to witness to what an extent these symp- gone and past recovery. I then fetched up a
i toms reach in some cases, and the child yet live '. pint of cold water, and a small wine-glass, from
j in spite of their severity, as I have more than j which I let her drink, not daring to give her a
j once had the opportunity of seeing. A favora- large draught at once, not knowing what might
j ble issue in these extreme cases is far oftener happen upon it. At the distance of some min
i to be looked for when drugging is avoided, and J utes, a second ; and, after some time, a third ;
| the water-treatment is persevered in. By this j and awhile after, a fourth. I looked on her
i treatment, and without the use of a particle of j breast before I gave her the fourth glass, and
drugs, I have known an infant to live in an illy j found the measles had come out again, and
S ventilated part of New York, when night after j worked very well, and rose as high as the
night it remained in convulsions, and when nei- j measles ever does. Before drinking the water,
i ther myself nor any one else concerned had the < she breathed with great difficulty, and perfectly
i slightest hope that it would recover. struggled to get breath, and was in a terrible dry
Treatment.—It is no new thing to treat this heat and a kind of agony. But before I had
! disease by water. Long ago it was understood i given her all the water, she breathed with great
I in England, that the cooling or antiphlogistic \ ease and freedom ; and soon after the fourth
• plan was incomparably the best in this, as in all j glass, she fell into a quiet easy sleep—slept four
j other inflammatory diseases. hours or thereabouts, waked pretty well, and
Before proceeding to speak of the methods never was in any danger after, but was well in
which we now adopt in the treatment of j a little time ; by all which I conclude, that if I
measles, I will give some account of certain j had given her cold water in the beginning of the
means which have been hitherto resorted to by | fever, she would never have been in any danger ;
those who have gone before us. • and that the same plain remedy might save some
The Rev. Dr. Hancock, who wrote early in when they are in extremis in common fevers
the last century, gives us, in the quaint old Eng- j without eruptions, and do more to set the stag
lish style, his experience in water-drinking as a j nating blood afloat, and produce what is gene
cure of measles, in a manner evidently so can- j rally wanted in that case, a kindly, gentle
did that one cannot hut he persuaded of his lion- f sweat, than the best cordials that are commonly
esty in the belief of what he practised. He ob- given ; for in fevers the kindly coming out of
serves : — these makes the sweat needless."
" I had a daughter who fell ill, when we j Dr. Bell, of Philadelphia, in his able and in
thought it would be the measles. I would have ; teresting work on baths, quotes from the North
taken her under my own management, but a American Medical and Surgical Journal, vol.
certain person in my family, who had a particu- viii., the experience of Dr. Thaer, a Prussian
lar interest in me, would not be persuaded to it. physician, in the treatment of measles by cold
We sent, therefore, for an ancient experienced j affusion. In an epidemical visitation of measles
apothecary, who in these common cases must which occurred in the neighborhood of Berlin
needs know what was commly given by the best during the autumn of 1825, this gentleman di
doctors, with many of whom he was well ac- j rected the use of ablution with cold water and
quaintcd, and had been long and often employed vinegar in sixty-eight cases. Out of those there
by them. He gave her several things, what I was but one death, and that was of a person in
do not remember, and came often to her. She j whom there were pulmonary tubercles, and in
continued very ill for some time after he came whose case the ablution had been practised con
to her. One night she was so very ill, my wife trary to the advice of the physician. Contrasted
would not trust her with anybody, but sat up with this favorable result, was the fact of eleven
herself, with somebody to assist her. About j deaths out of fifty-two sick of the same disease,
three o'clock in the morning, my wife came to but on whom the remedy had not been used. It
my bedside, and awakened me, and told me I must j was remarked that the children who had been
get up ; my daughter would bo dead. I made bathed were, for the most part, perfectly cured in
what haste I could to her, and found that she the space of eight days ; the disquamation (pull
was much worse than my wife was aware of; ing off the tubercle) was less extensive, and
and by the best judgment I could make, she more rapid in its course after the ablutions ; the
could not live in that condition three hours. We convalescents exposed (contrary indeed to Dr.
concluded to send for the apothecary, but the Thaer's orders,) did not experience, on that ac
time being unseasonable to send for an old man count, any inconvenience, although they had
out of his bed, and I believing if we did send for some remains of cough. When the irritation of
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the lungs had lasted some time, copious expec
toration supervened after the use of the cold lo
tions ; and when the pulmonary disease was in
its incipient state, it was cured without expecto
ration so soon as the functions of the skin be
came regular. In these patients the eruption
was observed to come out immediately after the
use of the lotions, although, prior to this, there
had not been the slightest evidence of it ; and
whenever the eruption appeared, the other symp
toms were considerably moderated in violence.
The conditions for prescribing cold ablution in
these cases, were :
1. That the temperature of the body should
be above 98° Farenheit,—the natural tempera
ture of the blood in health,—and that there co
existed restlessness and shortness of breath.
2. That the water for ablution should be cold
er in proportion as the body of the patient was
warmer.
3. That the sponging or ablution were never
to be resorted to when the little patient was in a
tranquil state, or perspiring.*
The success of Dr. Timer's practice was cer
tainly good—remarkably so—in comparison to
the old plan ; but I should not agree with it in
the second particular, to wit, that of using the
water colder in proportion as the fever became
more intense. I would rather, in such cases,
employ the water at a milder degree,—at least, I
would commence the sponging or ablution with
it, at a degree mild in proportion to the heat
present, for the reason that it is better not to
overshock the system, which very cold water is
apt to do, especially when great heat prevails in
the body. Admitting that the surface needs a
greater amount of cooling in the hotter cases, as
it certainly does, we can easily accomplish this
object by continuing the operation a longer time.
Besides, when we have once brought the body
under the influence of tepid water, which is cold
in effect, we can end the process with that which
is colder, and thus avoid the unpleasant shock
referred to. The less shock the better, in taking
a bath, especially in acute disease.
While at Graefenburg in the winter of 1847,-
'48, a case of measles happened in the family of
Mr. George Douglass, of this city, and in which
I took particular note of the treatment as direct
ed by Priessnitz. The patient was a boy five
and a half years of age. He had swelled ton
sils, and was every way a feeble, delicate little
fellow. He had had croup and inflammation of
the lungs repeatedly, and at one time,—after
having been calomelized and blistered according
to the old style,—was given over, by a council
of four great doctors, to die.
The treatment Preissnitz put him under for
his general condition of enlarged tonsils, debili
ty, great susceptibility to colds, croup, and other
inflammations, was the cold wet sheet, twenty
minutes, on rising, followed by the ice cold
plunge,—for it was in the mid-winter of a very
cold climate,—the rubbing sheet in the forenoon,
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the packing sheet and plunge in the afternoon—
the same as in the morning— a wet bandage,
covered with a dry one, night and day about the
throat, and the abdominal girdle ditto.
Three months of this powerful treatment
benefited the little patient most astonishingly,—
considering what his condition was and always
had been before commencing it. At the end of
this period, he was attacked with the measles.
For this, Priessnitz directed the wet sheet pack
ing as before, for each morning, but to be fol
lowed by a tepid half-bath of about 70° Fahren
heit, instead of the cold plunge. The same in
the afternoon, which was continued during the
period of the rash, at the end of which a diar
rhoea supervened—a circumstance that often oc
curs in measles, particularly if the case pro
gresses favorably. For this the packing was
continued in the morning, as before, during the
eruption ; a cold rubbing sheet, followed by a
cold sitting bath, forenoon and afternoon, with
out any afternoon pack. Whenever the diar
rhoea should appear worse, either night or day,
the cold sitz-bath was to be repeated thirty
minutes. This, in connection with the other
treatment, had evidently a remarkably good effect
in moderating the looseness. Altogether, the
case did remarkably well.
Early in 1847, I published the following para
graphs concerning measles :
"A few days since two or three children of
Mr. H. P. Osborne's had the measles. I was
called but once to one of the children. Mrs.
Osborne having studied the water-treatment
considerably, gave the wet Bheet, and thus
brought out the eruption very quickly. She re
peated it daily, gave baths, kept down the fever,
and dieted the children, so that all went on well.
These were good instances of domestic water-
treatment. The little girl, 1 saw, had passed
through the worst of the attack, but the mother,
not having seen measles treated by water, wished
to know from me whether she was proceeding
properly.
" Another case occurred some daya since. A
little daughter of Mr. Joseph Allen's, in Mac-
Dougall street, seemed to have taken a cold and
was coughing. Being called, I ordered the
packing wet sheet and an extra bath per day, to
give her plain food in small quantities, and, if the
cough should yet prove troublesome, to use the
wet bandages upon her chest. The first wet
sheet and bath brought her measles out com
pletely. I directed the sheets to be continued
twice daily, and a tepid half-bath as often as the
fever rose. Wet bandages were kept constantly
on the chest, and injections were given to regu
late the bowels. Everything went on favorably.
"My friend, Mr. Perry, No. 115 Orchard
street, tells me he has just been treating one of
his children by water, it having had measles.
Friends, relations, and the doctor, have all ex
postulated, but without effect. He has had his
own way, and has done well in the case.
" I have known no cases of measles to be lost
when water-treatment alone was practised ; and
I have repeatedly treated the first case of a family
of children, while all the succeeding ones have
been treated by the parents themselves. This
is with some an objection to the water-treatment.
It is so plain and simple, people learn a great
deal too much. It spoils the trade."
The Rev. Mr. Butts, of Yorkville, near this
city—or rather a part of the city—has just given
me the following account. His oldest child, a
girl between eleven and twelve, was taken with
measles about the middle of Oct., 1850. She
was treated by wet sheets twice a day ; was very
feverish for three or four days, and had much
cough. Bathed her also often as the heat came—
water cold out of the cistern. Wet bandages on
a good share of the time. Eruptions came out
well. She had great looseness of the bowels,
for two whole days, about the fifth or sixth days
of the disease. After this she improved aston
ishingly.
In a few days their two other children, one
eight and the other ten, gave signs of having the
disease. These were treated about in the same
way as the girl. Both of them had a looseness
also. The diet was very plain with all of them.
They were taken or went freely into the open air
every day, with the exception of perhaps one.
The weather at the time was very changeable.
The children are now—Nov. 8th—all well.
The weakness of the eyes, the cough, and all
other unfavorable symptoms, wholly gone.
I might go on and give a great number of
cases of the cure of measles by water-treat
ment. Enough, however, have been cited for
our present purpose. And now, after having
practised this method for upwards of seven years
in this city, and having had myself, every year,
much to do with the disease, and after having
known a very considerable number of cases
treated by others, I have not yet known of any
that have been lost by measles when water-
treatment has been alone employed. I have
been called sometimes in consultation, and some
times in other cases, where drugs have been
used first, and the child getting worse, we have
used water and failed of cure. But we have
sometimes succeeded, even in these bad cases,
and then water has had the credit as it should,
whereas in the fatal cases there was nothing to
lose. Besides, we have been able often to miti
gate the symptoms, to render the sufferings less ;
and this certainly is worthy of our best efforts,
as every parent can appreciate. The success of
the water-treatment in measles, I say, then, is
remarkable, and such as should commend it, not
only to physicians, but to the community at
large.
From what has been said, it will readily be
inferred that we are always to treat measles on
the same plain principle as all other inflammatory
diseases.
We must have regard to the age of the
patient, the state of the general health and vigor
of the constitution, and particularly to the symp
toms of fever present. Every parent should
know as much as possible concerning the pulse.
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its qualities, and what it is in health. Then, as ! bonic acid through the skin may undergo a con- the blood ; and Carpenter* adds, even when there
feves comes on,—no matter what the cause,—we ! siderahlc increase, for we find a similar disposi- is no other obvious means for their removal, we
know it by the pulse, and should always treat the : tion to vicarious action in other parts of the ex- can have little doubt but the skin and lungs giv e
case accordingly. We employ wet sheet packs, croting apparatus. There is also evidence that important aid in their separation.
—short ones,—half baths ; the water tepid, or the interchange of gases between the air and Worcester, Mass., Dec, 1850.
at most not very cold ; ablutions generally ; wet the blood, through the skin, has an important
compresses; water drinking, and injections;— : share in keeping up the temperature of the body ;
these, with due attention to diet, air, temperature, so we know that decarbonization takes place CHOLERA.
similar to that in the lungs ; and as a negative THE OT.-SFENBEIiG PRACTICE, COMMUNICATED BY
cleanliness, and all the ten thousand little mat V. TKIESSMTZ, FOI! rUBIJCITY.
ters that are included in the term " good nurs evidence, we find the temperature of the surface Gentlemen,—Having received the treatment
ing," constitute the safest and most effectual is often much elevated in pneumonia and phthisis of Cholera as practised by V. Priessnitz, I copy
of all known means for the euro of measles. when the lungs seem to perform their functions it for the Journal, as promised some time since.
And in no other respect, probably, is water-treat very insufficiently.
ment more remarkable than in its power to pre To put that this matter entirely at rest, we Von may state, for the information of your read
vent the unfavorable after effects, of this have the following experiments, performed by ers and subscribers, that it was obtained directly
disease. ; JIM. Bccquere and Breschet. The hair of two from Priessnitz by a friend of mine now at Gra-
—. j rabbits was shaved off, and a composition of fenberg. To show that there is no falling off in
CUTANEOUS RESPIRATION. I ^ suet, and rosin, forming a coatmg, through the followers of Hydropathy in that region, I will
. winch air could not pass, was applied over the ; add, that in a letter received from my friend in
by prof. i. m. comings. < w]lolc surface. j.n lne first rabbit, which had a October last, he stated that there was 1,213 pa-
While we have volumes written about the temperature of 100 degrees before being shaved ; tients around Graefenberg, from the first of Ja
nuary up to the tenth of September, of which
lungs, their office, and the importance of their all<l plastered, it had fallen to 89 degrees by the 5!)b' had gone, and there remained about 017
healthy function, yet very little attention has : time the material which was spread over him
been paid to the skin as an organ of respira- ! was dry. An hour after, the thermometer placed ! there then. They were continually arriving and
fon. in the same parts had descended to 7(i degrees. ' departing. All classes and conditions of people
Numerous and satisfactory experiments have In another rabbit, prepared with more care, by ; are to be found there, from prim-ex royal to beg-
been made, to prove that the aeration of the ||ie tim0 that the plaster was dry, the tern- ' gars, and hailing from Mexico to Constantinople.
blood takes place not only by the lungs, but peraturo of the body was not more than 6£ de- ! Please state this as a nut for " unbelievers to
through the whole cutaneous surface. In some grces above that of the surrounding medium, : crack" during the holidays.
Yours truly,
of the lower tribes of animals this is a very im which was at that time 09.} degrees ; and in an Pkank .Stewart, M. D.
portant part of their respiratory process; and in hour after this, the animal died. These experi
some of the vertebrata;, the cutaneous respira ments place in a very striking point of view the P. S. Had you not better add the " Fahren-
tion alone is capable of snporting life for a con importance of the cutaneous surface as a respi ; heit" degrees to the " Reaumur," as the " Reau
siderable time. This is the case in some of the ratory organ, even in the higher animals, and mur" may lead some persons to make mis-
frog tribe, whose skin is soft, thin, and moist. they enable us to understand how, when the . takes. F.S,
Carpenter speaks of some experiments made secreting power of the lungs is nearly destroyed As a preventive against Cholera, it is good to
by Bischoff, who ascertained that even after the by disease, the heat of the body is kept up to its , wear a cold wet bandage round the body, and to
lungs of a frog had been removed, a quarter of natural standard by the action of the skin. : bind a dry one over it, in order that it may warm
a cubic inch of carbonic acid was exhaled from If the human body should be thus covered, ; better, and as often as it gets dry to wet it
the skin during eight hours. Experiments which life would become extinct almost as soon as ' again. People should wash themselves in cold
have been made on the human subject, leave no though the air should be cut off from the lungs ' water morning and evening, that the skin may
room for doubt that a similar process is effected by strangulation. When a considerable portion remain active. In the morning, when fasting,
through the medium of his general surface, for j of the cutaneous surface is destroyed, or thus ' (before breakfast,) and at every meal, one should
when a limb has been enclosed for some hours covered up, we find the lungs immediately labor ; drink about two glasses of water; by this means
in an air-light vessel, containing atmospheric air, and pant for more air to make up the loss from the laxness of the stomach and bowels will be
freed from carbonic acid, a sensible amount of ! the skin, and the blood is imperfectly decarbon- i prevented. Hot fowl and hot drinks should be
tbis gas has been found to be generated. It has j ized. i avoided.
been observed not unfrequently that the livid A valuable therapeutic indication is derivable On the commencement of the Cholera itself,
tint of the skin which supervenes in asphyxia, from the knowledge which we thus gain of the : the following treatment must be applied.
owing to the non-arterialization of the blood in \ importance of cutaneous respiration, and the de- One or two abreibungs with a large dripping
the lungs, has given place after death to the fresh \ sirableness of keeping the skin moist, especially ; sheet; then, if there be great pain in the bowels,
hue of health, owing to the reddening of the ; in the various forms of febrile disease, where a clyster of quite cold water, and a sitz-bath of
blood in the cutaneous capillaries, by the action ' there is great heat and dryness of the surface, from six to eight degrees (R.) with copious
of the atmosphere upon them. Another proof j since secretion and decarbonization cannot pro drinking of cold water, should be employed, that
of this we notice in the reaction that takes place j perlytake place through a dry membrane: hence : the patient may vomit, and he must remain in
after cold bathing, when the venous capillaries tho great relief from cold and tepid sponging, as ! the sitz-bath, having his back and abdomen rub-
seem almost of the scarlet red, showing conclu j well as from the great variety of baths. : bed until the vomiting and diarrhoea are miti-
sively that decarbonization has taken place in S These considerations are of the highest im-
the surface. \ portance in the treatment of disease ; and the ') * Page 663. The urinary excretion ii, in a great degree,
The great sympathy that exists between the j success of the practitioner will depend very : discharged, vicarious with the cutaneous, in regard to the amount of fluid
the urine being more watery in proportion as the
skin and the lungs is also evidence of this. ! much upon the extent to which he follows the cutaneous exhalation is diminished in amount, and vice versa.
What physician has not seen the happiest re \ indications of nature, and keeps these facts in ' The share which the skin has in this office has probably been
sults form relaxing and purifying the skin, in \ view. S generally underrated. There is reason to believe, that at least
asthma and other pulmonary complaints ? When poisons are taken into the system, there j\ any 100 grains of azotized matter are excreted from it daily: and
canse, which checks this excretion, must throw additional
We find in cases of obstruction to the due j is almost invariably an increased exertion of : labor on the kidneys, and will be likely to produce disorders of
action of the lungs, that the exhalation of car- \ some kind, which tends to eliminate them from . tbeir function.
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gated. Should there be much cramp, more abrei-
bungs are to follow—five minutes wet, and five
minutes dry. If the patient cannot stand, he
must be rubbed lying on a mattress.
Then he must wrap an umschlag round his
body, and lay down in bed to sleep. On awaken
ing, he must take a tepid shallow bath of from
10 to 12 degrees (R,) a few minutes long, during
which the body must be rubbed. In the cham
ber let there be fresh air. If the water in the
sitz-bath becomes dirty, let it be changed. The
patient must only use cold food, and on no ac
count animalfood. Let those who nib and treat
the patient not be afraid. In general, with this
cure, the disease is not dangerous, for one can
often be cured of all pains in an hour.
These directions are communicated by V.
Priessnitz, only for those who have the necessa
ry knowledge of the VVater-Cure.
fui anii Jut.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
BY SYLVESTER GRAHAM.
We learn from Holy Writ, that when God
created man, He planted a garden, or, as the
Hebrew text more strictly signifies, an orchard,
eastward in Eden, or in a pleasant region ; and
caused to spring up out of the ground all trees
pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; among
which were the trees of life, or trees yielding life
and health-sustaining fruit; and trees of the
knowledge of good and evil, or trees yielding in
toxicating and pernicious fruits or substances,
the eating of which would give, not an intelli
gent discernment and appreciation of good and
evil as abstract moral qualities, but, according
to the strict sense of the language in the Hebrew
text, simply that knowledge of good and evil, as
matters of personal experience, which is derived
from such a suffering of evil as gives a mental
consciousness of good and evil conditions, affec
tions, and emotions, as contrasted with each
other, as health and disease, pleasure and
pain, cheerfulness and sadness, joy and sor
row, happiness and misery. And God took the
man whom He had formed, and put him into the
garden of Eden, to dress it and to keep it ; and
commanded him, saying : " Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat ; but of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil, eat not ! for
in the day that thou eatest thereof [moth tamutk]
thou wilt begin to die." But man disobeyed this
injunction of Divine benevolence, and ate of the
tree of death ; and God said to man, " Because
thou hast eaten of the tree of which I command
ed thee not to eat, cursed is the ground [ba' ab-
hurecha] in thy defection: through thy delin
quency as its tiller, it shall bring forth weeds
and briers exuberantly ; and through thy ener
vating sensuality, the care and labor necessary
Notk. From an A<ldre«s before the Agricultural Society of
Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Counties, Man.
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for the cultivation of the produce of the field
which thou shall eat, shall be troublesome anx
iety and irksome toil to thee ; and in the sweat
of thy brow shalt thou procure thy food, and in
weariness shall thou eat it, till thou return to the
ground out of which thou wast taken." And as
men multiplied upon the earth, they increased in
sensuality and depravity, creating disease, and
shortening life, till all mankind had corrupted
their way, by eating flesh and drinking wine, and
rioting in every form of sensual pleasure. And
God, in mercy even to the incorrigible and aban
doned race, sent a flood to cleanse the earth from
its human pollutions ; saving only Noah and his
family from the general destruction ; not on ac
count of the peculiar goodness of this particular
family, but for the continuation of the species.
And when the face of the earth had been cover
ed with water for many months, and every living
substance was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, and all the fruits of the earth
were cut off, and Noah and his family had no
thing to subsist upon but the animals which they
had taken with them into the ark, God said—not
as at first, to unfallen, undepraved man as a
species, but to a remnant of the fallen and cor
rupted race, to Noah and his family, in their pe
culiar condition and circumstances, and to all
others in like necessitous conditions and circum
stances—" Every creeping thing that liveth shall
be food for you ; even as the green herb have I
given you all things."
These Sacred Records clearly teach us that,
in the Divine constitution and appointment of ]
things, the food adapted to sustain human na
ture, in its highest, holiest, best, and happiest
state, is the fruit of the orchard—of trees and
shrubs, as distinguished from the grain and other
products of the tilled field ; that, these latter,
which require the careful, pains-taking, weari
some, and sweat-producing toil of man, for their
cultivation, constitute his second best kind of
food, in relation to bodily and mental health,
vigor, activity, usefulness, happiness, and length
of days. And that in the most destitute, de
praved, and abandoned state of man, he i3 given
up to feed, like boasts of prey, on the carcases of
other animals, and even to go beyond the most
ravenous and ferocious of predaceous beasts, and
devour with greediness the flesh of his own kind !
filling the earth, by his transgressions, by his
sensualities and atrocities, with disease and
suffering, and untimely death, and every other
evil and afflictive and calamitous consequence of
ain.
And these teachings of the Word of Inspira
tion are confirmed by all human history and
experience, from the beginning of our race till
now ; and by all the truths of science which
have been clearly and fully ascertained by man,
in relation to the same matter. All the relevant
anatomical and physiological and psychological
evidence of Human Nature certifies the truth of
these teachings of the Sacred Records.
But rarely has it been more terribly demon
strated than in our own afflicted land during the
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past season. Had God wholly withdrawn His
merciful providence from His creature Man, and
left us to the malignant and destructive tyranny
of the Prince of Darkness, a more fatal delusion
could hardly have possessed the human mind ; a
more fatal course of conduct could hardly have
been pursued by Man. And yet, in all this bale
ful experience, in all this horrible mortality,
God's benevolent admonitions have been plain
and palpable and pressing ; and their clear and
merciful import has been—"Turn ye! turn
ye ! for why will ye die ?" " Return to the
Primitive and Divinely instituted Regimen."—
" Of every tree of the garden—of every tree of
life—every tree which bears life-sustaining
fruit, eat freely ; but eat not, touch not the fruit
of the tree of death !"
The plague, the cholera, the various epidemics
—all the forms of pestilence that have scourged
the earth, have distinctly and unambiguously ut
tered the same admonition. But the heart of
Man has been too fat ; his whole nature has
been too deeply sensualized to perceive and un
derstand and obey the true teachings of his
calamitous experience ; and, consequently, he
has been confirmed in his delusion, and impelled
precipitately down the steep place of destruction,
rather than convinced of truth, and converted to
the way of life, by the scourgings he has re
ceived, and the tribulations he has endured.
Twice, at least, has that form of disease, de
nominated the Cholera, been generated and pro
pagated over the human world, destroying mil
lions of lives—not by its own absolute morbific
and pernicious energy, but by the fatal delusion,
and error, and madness, which it has occasion
ed ; and yet men remain as ignorant of the na
ture and causes of this disease, and of the true
means of remedying and preventing it, as they
were when it was known only in sporadic cases
half a century ago. And consequently every
preposterous theory, every absurd hypothesis,
every erroneous conjecture has been conceived
and adopted, in preference to the simple truth,
which is rejected and contemned as most incredi
ble and fatuous falsity. The atmosphere, and
the earth, and the fruits of the field and of the
garden are, each of them, accused of hostility to
man, and of being the source of the mysterious
morbific and pernicious energy which constitutes
the epidemic principle and fatal potency of Cho
lera. Yet it is certain that Cholera, in all that
constitutes its primary and essential character,
is one of the mildest and most easily managed
forms of disease ; never supervening upon the
healthy and unimpaired energies, and normal
condition of the human organism, and taking
place only where protracted or violent abuses
have tortured the body into a preternatural sus
ceptibility to its influence and action : and never
proving violent and fatal, except when exasperat
ed to vehemence and mortality by the outrages
which are committed on the important vital tis
sues which more especially and immediately
constitute its seat.
In short, everything in the nature and causes
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and history of epidemic Cholera, when rightly
understood, admonishes man to return to the pri
mitive regimen which the Creator prescribed for
the human kind, when He formed the first of our
species of the dust of the ground, and placed
him in the garden of Eden, to dress it and to
keep it.
Yet everywhere, during the prevalence of the
epidemic, both in the form of Cholera and of dys
entery, the universal cry has been " Eat not of
the trees of the garden, nor of the fruit of the
field ! Beware of strawberries, cherries, cur
rants, and other fruits ! Touch not the radish !
Touch not the cucumber! Let your diet be
nourishing and generous, consisting mainly of
beef and mutton, and bread, and rice, with tea
and coffee, and wine and brandy."
The just reply to this, is couched in the an
cient Pagan proverb : " Whom the Gods will
destroy they first make mad." For, though,
when from other causes a Cholera diathesis or
dysenteric diathesis has been induced in the hu
man body, the eating of radishes or cucumbers,
by persons accustomed to the use of animal food
and stimulating and narotic condiments and bev
erages, may occasion the development of that
diathesis into the active manifestations ofdisease,
yet never, since God created Man, did the eating
of fruits, or cucumbers, or radishes, or any such
edible and succulent vegetables, produce either a
cholera or dysenteric diathesis in the human
body. Even the greenest fruits that abortive
fall, worm-blasted, from the trees, if eaten freely,
whatever other mischief they would produce,
would servo to generate such a diathesis almost
infinitely less than the "generous diet" which
has been prescribed and used to prevent the
cholera and dysentery.
Not only the brandy and wine, the beef and
mutton of the prescription, are powerfully con
ducive to such a diathesis, but even the rice and
bread, too nearly approaching purely concen
trated forms of nutrient matter, contribute large
ly to the same effect. And there are profound
physiological reasons for believing that the too
exclusively subsisting upon rice has been an im
portant, cumulative, procuring cause of the exist
ence of endemic and epidemic Cholera in India.
However this may be, it is nevertheless certain
that, in diarrhoea and dysenteric affections, rice,
though almost universally prescribed, is a mor
bific rather than a therapeutic kind of food. Not
because it is poisonous, but solely because it is too
highly nutrient, too destitute of succulent and in-
nutritious matter. The same is true of bread, es
pecially that made of superfine flour ; and even
that made of the whole substance of ground
wheat, though incomparably more wholesome
than the former, is still, as a general rule, when
taken as a sole article of food, not so conducive
to the highest and most permanent state of
health, vigor, and activity in all the faculties of
the human system, as a diet consisting largely of
fruits and succulent vegetables, which contain a
much smaller proportion of nutrient matter.
Incredible as it may seem to an error-stricken
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world, yet it is entirely certain that an individual
laboring under chronic diarrhoea, whether re
cent or inveterate, will more surely and speedily
recover health on an exclusive diet of boiled
green corn or raw cabbage, than on one of boiled
rice or fine bread.
It is not here asserted nor implied that no dis
order can be produced by the dietetic use of
fruits and succulent vegetables ; but it is boldly
and confidently affirmed that they who abstain
from all kinds of animal food, from all intoxi
cating substances, and from all pure stimulants,
may " feed themselves without fear," on fruits
and succulent vegetables, with the fullest as
surance that, whatever temporary disturbances
may be produced in the alimentary cavity, by an
excessive or irregular use of those kindsof food,
yet, unless they are themselves diseased, and
thus rendered noxious by an ungenial soil or
season, they will never generate either a cholera
or a dysenteric diathesis. On the contrary, a
free use of them is one of the surest ways of
preserving the body from the accession of those
forms of disease ; and even an excessive use of
them, producing frequent turmoils in the alimen
tary cavity and largely aperient effects in the
bowels, is far more safe during the prevalence of
an epidemic cause of cholera or dysentery, than
an entire abstinence from them, and a restriction
to a diet of beef, mutton, bread, and rice.
These things are not rashly thrown out as the
offspring of fancy and conjecture ; but they are
deliberately and solemnly presented to the serious
consideration of intelligent, moral beings, as the
mature results of long and diligent and careful
and conscientious investigation and research.
They are founded on well-ascertained principles
of physiology and pathology, and confirmed by
large and accurate experience, and may be
relied on with all the confidence that is demand
ed and justified by scientific demonstration.
It is most certain that everything in human
experience, throughout all the generations of
mankind, relating to human life and health and
disease, when rightly understood, testifies in
favor of the Divinely appointed regimen of Eden,
and admonishes man to return to it.
God made Man to replenish tho earth and
sub:lue it; but man hath ravaged and devas
tated it.
God made Man to till the ground, and to cul
tivate "every herb bearing seed, and every tree
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,"
for his food ; but Man hath made the earth a
great field of carnage, and covered it with the
machinery, and implements, and munitions, and
trophies, and calamities of war, and bloodshed,
and violence, and hideous atrocity.
God made Man to cultivate the whole earth
into a garden ; but Man hath converted it into a
Golgotha. God made earth for an Eden ; but
Man hath made it an Aceldama. And, beyond
all question, the primal and perpetual source of
these enormities and calamities has been the
breaking away of Man from the primitive diete
tic regimen constitutionally established in the
nature of things, and divinely prescribed for all
the human kind, and the depraving, sensualizing
and brutalizing of himself by devouring intoxi
cating substances and the flesh of animals.
Pure Reason acknowledges these truths,
Science demonstrates them, True Religion teach
es them, God enjoins them, and the inflexible
laws of Nature inexorably enforce them. And
what do we, as intelligent, moral, responsible
beings, come together on this occasion for, but
to grow in the knowledge of the truth, that we
may better understand and obey the requisitions
of Heaven upon us, as Heaven-appointed tillers
of the ground, in order to fulfill the glorious pur
pose of Divine benevolence in the highest good
of Man ?
Let us, then, in obedience to the concordant
teachings of the Word of Inspiration, of Divine
providence, of Human experience, and of Na
tural Science, forever abandon the carnage of
tho battle-field and the shambles of the slaugh
ter-house, and beat our swords into plowshares,
and our spears and our butcher-knives into
pruning-hooks, and give ourselves, in peace and
purity and perpetual devotedness, to the primi
tive and most natural vocation of Man, " dress
ing the garden and keeping it ;" making Earth
an Eden of fruits and flowers ; cultivating
"every tree that is pleasant to the sight and
good fjr food," and every herb bearing seed—
every form of vegetable substance comprehend
ed in the true import of the els ha' hayyim of the
Hebrew text—the life and health sustaining pro
ducts of the vegetable kingdom.
It is cheering to the heart of the enlightened
philanthropist, to observe how rapidly correct
views and sentiments in relation to the agricul
tural calling of man are advancing in the civil
ized world. Never before, since man expelled
himself from Eden, has there been so general, so
earnest, and so effective attention given to the
cultivation of fruits. And yet we have but just
entered upon the experiment of developing the
capacities and resources of the vegetable king
dom. We know what has been accomplished ;
but God only knows how much yet remains un
improved and unexplored of that field of human
effort and achievement which He originally de
fined, when he said to Man, " Replenish the
earth and subdue it."
It is a beautiful truth, that God has capaci
tated man for the performance of no labor which,
in itself, affords him so much enjoyment as the
cultivation of fruits. Every tree he plants,
every scion he ingrafts, every bud he inserts, be
comes a nursling and a fondling of his heart,
and he watches its putting forth, its growth, and
development, and beholds its first blossoms and
its first fruits, with a pleasure like that which a
fond mother feels in fostering a beloved child.
But, as the mother who merely gives birth to her
children, and leaves them to be fostered by a
hireling nurse, experiences little of the heart-
thrilling pleasure of maternal fondness, so the
husbandman who hires or suffers others to plant
his trees, and graft and innoculate and dress and
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foster theon, knows little of the cordial pleasures, 1 the drunkard is generally doubled forward and trapezius, or triangular muscle, is attached to
the peculiar and even exquisite delights which he tends to fall in that direction from want of the the spine by its base, and has its sharp angle at
enjoys who does these things with his own hands, counteracting efforts of the extensors over the the shoulder ; and lower down on the spine is
and gives them the attention of his own mind, flexors. attached that large muscle, the latissimus dorsi,
and makes them the object of his own care. In age, when atrophy of the muscles com- > irregularly triangular, with its base to the spine
It was in the warm depths of the souls of men >, mences, the extensor muscles seem to lose and the apex in the arm-pit, (fig. 8, 9).
of this last description, in very early times, when ; their contractile power first ; hence the inability \
the energy of the instincts exceeded the intelli- ) to stand upright, and to keep the limbs firmly 1
gence of the mind, and the religious sentiment pressed against the ground. The flexors have
was more powerful than the theological idea was j now the superior influence, and from their po- i
clear and accurate, that the conception origi- ' sition on the calf of the leg and on the front of j
nated of offering the " first fruits" to Deity, as 5 the body, drag it downwards by bending the J
the most acceptable oblation with which the i joints. This loss of power is also in some de- !
tiller of the ground could propitiate his God, and i gree duo to the fibre becoming soft in aged per
secure a blessing upon himself and his labors. \ sons. This softening affects also the ligaments j
and the heart ; producing those frequent dislo- j
cations so common to the old, and the feeble j
PHYSICAL EDUCATION. j flow of the blood out of the heart.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, j To give strength and firmness to the plant of j
BY T. ANTISELL, M. D. i the foot upon the ground is very desirable, and j
To the question promptly put, " What are the j marching, as an exercise, contributes to this in |
uses of the musles ?" the ready answer would no a very remarkable degree ; by it the extensors of j
doubt be, " To facilitate the movements of the ! the legs and of the back of the body are power-
body." Such a response would, however, ex- i fully called into play. In the gymnasium the
press but partially and inefficiently their total i exercise o( balancing aids the contractile power
purpose. The bony skeleton cannot stand of J of these flexor fibres, as may be seen by the ac
itself—its centre of gravity is not immediately companying cut.
over the point of support, and to keep these in i
due relation requires the active exercise of mus- j
cular fibre ; so that to be at rest as well as in ac- /
tion requires that muscular power be called into \ All the muscles act in two directions ; that is,
play ; when, in the erect posture, the body is not j they can pull from either end, whichever happens
perfectly free from motion, but is accompanied j to be fixed : thus, if the spine be steadied, the
by a staggering, which is the more marked as ! ribs or the shoulders will be drawn out and raised
the person may have less strength and vigor, j up, and if the shoulders and ribs be the fixed
This tendency to sway about is very evident in > point, the spine will be drawn to either side; or
the efforts of the young child to keep its body > Here the muscles of the leg are called into , if both sides act together, the spine will be made
over its feet. These constant oscillations, j active exertion, for the arms of the pole moving f straight.
though but slightly distinct in a man who stands up and down compels the individual to. plant his All these muscles are called into play while
upright, depend upon the incapability of the j feet more firmly upon it, and to retain his hold j standing, in order to keep the bones in as erect
extensor muscles to keep up a constant state of j by grasping the timber, as it were, by the sole ' a line as possible. This line we have already
contraction, so that they become relaxed for a '/ of the foot. In balancing, as in walking, the ; remarked to have more tendency to fall forward
short time ; and in proportion to the weak state ; toes require to be turned out, which increases > than backward. Nature has directed the mo-
of health, so will be the frequency of the inter- \ the surface of support, and less likelihood of de , tions of the hands in the same direction, which
vals of rest. The extensor muscles lie generally ; viating on either side. ; are carried forward to break the force of the
on the posterior part of the body and limbs, and In that exercise, as in walking, the muscles | fall, to prevent too violent a shock being re-
in proportion as these are powerful and well- of the back are called into action to keep the j ceived, and to lessen its effect.
developed, so will be the capability of the subject ! body erect over the feet. This is accomplished The wading birds are perhaps the only ani
to resist the fatigue of gtanding. by the large muscles which lie along the spine mals which do not exert a muscular effort in
Some writers have given a very inaccurate on either side, and are attached to the ribs, the standing, for they remain so a long time without
and erroneous idea of standing, by making that shoulders, and the haunch-bones ; these tend to effort, by means of a peculiar contrivance in the
attitude depend on a general effort of the mus straighten, support, and draw to one side the articulation of one of the leg-bones (tibia) to the
cles ; while in truth it is only the extensor mus spinal column, and to draw the shoulder and thigh-bone. All other birds, however, are obliged
cles which are engaged in it. The flexor mus arm backward. In aged people the muscles be to use muscular exertion while standing, except
cles (those mostly situated on the forepart of the come pale, soft, and weak, and hence are unable during sleep.
body and limbs), so far from assisting, tend on to support the upper part of the column, upon The majority of the muscles of the back hav
the contrary rather to produce a disturbance of which the head rests. In the accompanying ing one insertion into the spine, and being capa
the relation between the bones necessary to cut the superficial muscles of the back are given ble of pulling it to one side, provided the other
render that state permanent. It is for this very on the right side of the figure, and the deeper end of the muscle be fixed, it may be easily un
reason, namely, that the act is solely produced seated muscles upon the left ; among these lat derstood how possible it is to have a curved
by one set of muscles, the extensors, that stand ter, the serratus or saw muscle (fig. 49, 50), so j spine produced by over-action of one arm ; this
ing is so much more fatiguing than walking, in called from the shape of its outer edge, is at- i occurs with tradesmen who wield heavy ham
which both the extensors and flexors of the tached to the spine at one end and to the ribs at mers and turn large wheels. The other side of
limbs are in alternate action and rest ; for this tin' other ; and higher up the rhomboid muscle the body requires to have its muscles called into
reason also the child more frequently falls for (called after its shape) is attached to the spine exercise, to prevent the excessive^strain of its
ward than backward in attempting to walk, and and the shoulder-blade. On the right side the j antagonists.
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Walking brings into play all the flexors and leg is now straight, and the toes pointed for with flat feet are always bad walkers, and when
extensors of the lower extremities, as well as ward ; to complete the step, the flexors cease to this defect is very considerable, it is viewed in
those of the lower part of the trunk ; on this ac act, the extensors of the thigh commence to con many cases as sufficient to render a man unfit
count it is an exercise only for those portions of tract, and pull the limb downward to the ground, for military service.
the body, and is full exercise for those who em which it reaches considerably in front of the Thus much having been premised concerning
ploy the upper part of the trunk and the arms other leg, and thus a step in advance has been the mechanism of walking, and the muscles en
at some mechanical employment ; but it is such made. For every step similar motions require to gaged therein, it may be perceived that, as an
forthose only ; for those who are sedentary, and he made. It has been mentioned that to raise exercise for health, it only calls into play the
not mechanical, it is quite insufficient for the the limb, it is necessary to fix the lower part of lower limbs and the abdominal cavity ; it scarce
purposes of health. It is not exertion enough the body stationary for a moment. This is ac ly influences the stomach, except indirectly, the
for these, and requires to be combined with some complished by the aid of the rectus, or straight lungs to a small extent, and the arms still less ;
movements which will engage the upper part of muscle of the abdomen, marked i i, which con for these parts, other exercises arg required.
the body, as dumb-bells, rowing, or fencing, &c. tracts and tends to pull the bones of the pelvis In female boarding-schools, where walking is
and hips forward and upward ; it thus anta the only exercise between periods of study, the
gonises the muscles of the thigh, which would upper part of the body never obtains an opportu
tend to pull them down, and by these opposing nity of being exercised ; the arms and bust never
forces, the part becomes steady and fixed. These attain their development,and health, as a whole,
muscles of the abdomen, in their contraction, is not fully enjoyed ; the stiff and prim street
narrow the capacity of the intestinal cavity walks are valuable as so much air, rather than
within, press upon the bowels, and stimulate exercise ; and girls, so trained, will never pos
them to increased activity. This gentle and con- sess the robust health and full figure of those
slant force is very beneficial to health, contri who are allowed to romp for a while, and enjoy
buting to heathy digestion by propelling the food the abandon so natural to those of that age.
forward through the alimentary canal, and tends The art of walking being one which calls the
very much to remove torpidity of the bowels. abdominal muscles into play and facilitates di
Almost all females, and others who do not walk, gestion, it appears a natural result that a walk
suffer exceedingly from costiveness, for which should not be taken w hen there is notlting to di
this kind of exercise and horse-riding appears to gest ; in other words, when the stomach and ali
be the most natural remedies. mentary canal are empty : it is like giving a
From the oblique position which the neck of stimulus to a part which has no office to per
the thigh-bone has with regard to the socket in form, and which, when repeated, can only end
which it rests, the body has a continual tendency in fatigue of that part, and render it incapable of
to oscillate laterally, or to make the person walk doing its office when called upon by necessity.
zig-zag. This is, in some degree, checked by We see this reasoning borne out by fact : long
the balancing of the arms, the effect of which is walks before breakfast are unhealthy, though a
to throw the body in the eipposite direction ; the popular prejudice exists to the contrary. There
body is then between two impulses equally ba is no doubt that exercise in the morning is natu
lanced, and, as a result, it takes for its direction ral and healthy, but it should be after a meal :
the diagonal of the parallelogram, whose sides digestion is then made to be performed both ef
are represented by these forces. It is difficult fectually and rapidly. There is then never felt
to teach a child to walk in a straight line, and that languor and corporeal incapacity for exer
for the drunkard to keep one, because he has tion, which at noon seizes those who have exer
In walking, the upper extremities are exer lost the power of balancing himself. In fact, we cised much before breakfast. Many women
cised a little, the arms sweeping about and are always deviating from a straight line in persist in tins practice from mistaken notions,
balancing the body. This, as well as the gene walking ; and if the sight did not enable us at a and the total prostration of strength, and occa
ral action of the muscles engaged in exercise, is distance to see the object toward which we were sional faintings which come on in the afternoon,
shown in the accompanying cut, where the flex moving, we should go widely from it. When a are looked on as fresh causes for following out
or muscles are displayed on the front of the man with his eyes blindfolded is placed in the the injurious practice, when in point of fact they
body, they being those which are primarily en centre of a square field, he will always, in his arc manifestations of the injury which the sys
gaged in the act of raising the limbs. Thus the attempts to get out,—and supposing that he is tem sustains from pursuing it. Nor are women
strong rectus, or straight muscle of the thigh, moving in a straight line,—make for one of the alone subject to it ; in all large cities where dys
marked b, which is attached above to the haunch- corners. In departing from the straight line, we pepsia is so prevalent, the majority of the male
bone, and below to the knee-pan, contracts, as, in generally deviate to the left side, the right lower inhabitants cannot with impunity exercise on an
the act of raising the foot to step forward, the limb being the stronger, carrying the body round empty stomach ; the shock is too great for an
knee is pulled upward, because the hips are toward the opposite side. The lame person de enfeebled digestive organ to endure.
steadied, and the muscle has no power to move parts still more from the straight course, and in Unless the person bo a practiced pedestrian,
them ; it raises, therefore, the bone attached to clines toward the side of the shorter leg. walking for exercise should not be pushed to the
its other extremity, and the foot, with the aid of The breadth of the feet, and the holding them extent of being severely fatigued, as muscles do not
other muscles of the thigh, is elevated. somewhat apart, gives more stability and firm recover from irregular exercise so rapidly as when
It is, however, still directed with the toe down ness to the gait of the walker ; hence the gait that action is frequent. Short walks through the
ward, and the sole backward ; to bring the foot of a woman, from her having smaller feet, is less day are more conducive to health than one long
forward, the knee now becomes a fixed point, firm ; and when nature is lessened by art, as in walk, although the distance traveled be the same.
and the muscles which run from it down to the the foot of the Chinese woman, the hobbling step, This practice should be pursued in all semina
toes contract in their turn, and thus bring the necessarily produced, is as unnatural as it is un ries, as it gives the same amount of air and ex
toes upward and forward, making the foot take graceful. The arching of the sole of the foot ercise, with less fatigue. Health should never
an arched sweep in the same direction. The adds much to the steadiness of walking. Men be mado subservient to study, but the reverse.
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< but cholera is not among the necessary casualties ' about the causes of cholera before the public, and
| of life. It is only developed in persons who have ; discussing sulphur pills, charcoal powders, saline
! been for a considerable time accustomed to bad injections, opiate enema, and "personal eommuni-
The Water Cure Journal is published monthly, in New- living — by bad we mean grossly unheallhful. i cability," in their academies, they would long ago
York City, at Ore Dollar a year, in advance. This bad living may prevail in the princely ; liavc found, in the voluntary habits of mankind
palaces or miserable hovels of New York, or in i the explanation of the phenomena, and in hygienic
All LKTTicns. and other communication*, relating in any the hotels or shanties of the mining regions. It is : agencies the materials for the cure of the cholera.
way to this Journal, should, in all cases, be post paid, and
directed to the publishers as follows : of course granted that the inhabitants of Cali-
FOWLERS AND WELLS, | fornia are subjected to many unavoidable dieease- Non-Medical Newspapers.—Popular newspo-
No. 131 Nassau St., New- York. { producing influences. They may suffer from irre .' pers are not always sufficiently cautious respecting
i the character of the articles they extract from
The Responsibility.— It has been supposed by some of gularities and exposed habitations, be chilled with ; medical and scientific periodicals, and commend
our readers, that Dr. Shew wai responsible for everything which ! vicissitudes of temperature, starved with deficient ; to their readers. They ore too apt to take it for
has appeared in the Water-Cure Journal. To coirect such food, or be rendered plethoric with repletion ; yet ; granted that whatever originates in medical jour
erroneous impressions, we will here state that he is responsible ! these alone would not produce cholera,
for that only whi< h nppcnra under his own signature. The nals of decidedly orthodox character, must of ne-
PUBLisiiRRa are alone responsible for that which np|*ar9 i Before cholera can be developed, whatever may | cessity be sound. Therein they often mistake, and
without the name of the writer. be the predisposing or exciting causes, there must
j be a morbid condition of the body. Among the J become the mediums of disseminating false doc-
Our Numerous Contributors will answer for themselves, j causes which produce this condition, may be i trines and injurious practices ; for, of oil the blun-
each of whom ontertains views and opinions of his own. Nor j named, in the order of their potency : 1. Bad { dering and speculative literature of the da}', thot
are the publishers txpected to endorse all they print, as every ! called medical is the fullest of egregious nonsense
medical man, and all systems, are allowed a place in the Wa- j food. 2. Spirituous liquors and tobacco. 3. Sup- ; and palpable absurdities. We have a ease in
tee-Cubi Journal. Wo believe it well, to " prove all ! pressed perspiration. j point.
TmsoB,*' and hold fast only **that which 19 good.'' j Bad food includes an extensive catalogue of j A few montlis ago, the Boston Medical and Sur-
much-loved dishes ; but those kinds most condu- j gieal Journal, for the manifest purpose of throwing
j cive to the cholera diathesis are salted and stale ; o block in the way of hydropathic progress, come
FEBRUARY TOPICS. j flesh or fish, and concentrated farinaceous articles.
BY E. T. TKALL, M. D. < out with a foolish attempt at an argument against
\ Old pork and fine flour are fair samples, and the ; frequent bathing. The article was perfectly silly
Cholera ix California.—As was predicted, the j most prominent examples of this class. The far- \ to every tyro in physiology, and bore on its face
ravages of disease have succeeded the rush of emi | mer verily believes he cannot labor well without : the unmistakable marks of inherent absurdity,
gration to the Land of Gold. San Francisco hns i salt pork ; and his only argument is, he has never j So it was pronounced in this Journal at the time,
been plunged in mourning, and Sacramento City \ tried it He is utterly ignorant, perhaps, that the and so it was characterized by many of its ex
nearly deserted. The "fell destroyer" has been i amount of labor required to produce one pound changes, some of which ridiculed it as it deserved.
there. But why? Has God exercised a " special i of swine-flesh, is sufficient to produce half a dozen But, notwithstanding its own palpable foolish-
providence" of wrath? lias Satan been privileged ^ pounds of much better nutriment. The miner, \ ness and the prompt dissection its logic received
to reign awhile at that particular point of earth's i with from half to a quarter the expense requisite ; at the hands of its contemporaries, it has found its
periphery? Is the earth itself there peculiarly > to supply himself with what he considers ncccssa- j way into some fifty or o hundred newspapers, not
pestiferous, or the skies redolent of death) No, I ry provisions, could be sustained on good and ' only without criticism or contradiction, but even
no, none of these. wholesome aliment Both labor under the sad ; it has been puffed for its reasoning and ability 1
Yet there is a cause for cholera on the Pacific delusion, that the finer and more concentrated is The following, which occupies a conspicuous place
as well aa on the Atlantic shore ; and the cause in i the flour, the more rich, nutrieious, and life-sus- I in the editorial colums of a country newspaper, is
one place is precisely the same as in the other ; | taining. And this delusion is kept up by the a fair specimen of the numerous commendations
and the reason why we undertake, at this time, j writings, teachings, and prescriptions of the great ; it has received.
to make the California cholera an item in our j body of the medical profession, who, like blind ; Bathing.—An article, very ably written, in the
"line upon line, and precept upon precept," as j leaders of the blind, arc continually tumbling into • lost number of the Medical and Surgical Journal,
regards this malady, is because events at a great ; the ditch with their patients, j strongly argues agoinst the too frequent nse of the
distance, in a new country ; a point to which the i The immense exportation of New-England rum, \ batli, and the writer is of the opinion that a bath
especial attention of the world of mind—rather j and New-York brandies, and Philadelphia porters, < once a week is more healthful in its tendencies
j than the application of water once or twice a day.
the mind of this world—is now directed, strike ! and Albany ales, and other "favorite brands" of in- \ He says that flannels worn next to the skin are in-
us more forcibly than equally important occur j toxicating poisons from other commercially cnter- ' finitely more beneficial to the health than all the
rences at home. Not that cholera and death there ! prising cities, has done its share of the work of \ daily baths which have become so fashionable.
are any worse than cholera and death here, nor j getting up a cholera pestilence in California. And, > His arguments are sustained thus: "The oil which
) is secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin,
cholera and death here any more to bo deplored j no doubt, inattention to personal cleanliness—al- J serves the purpose of lubricating its surface. Now
tlian deatlis from consumption and convulsions, > lowing the skin, to become clogged up with viscid I if the secretion is constantly removed as fast as
which yearly add three thousand to the premature S perspirable matters, so that the body is in a state j exuded, its destined object is thereby defeated,
population of the grave-yards, from New-York of incipient putrefaction from its own retained j The excretory ducts of the perspiratory glands
city alone ; but the occasion is a fitting one to > excrementitious particles, is an efficient co-agent ; and the glands themselves, require this unctuous
> matter of the skin to keep them in health and ac-
point a moral and re-cuforee truths as important j These, or similar things, we may say, are the ■ tion. If very frequent bathing of the whole body
as life is precious—truths which, understood in } essential causes of cholera everywhere ; and they j is practised, it must be obvious that this matter
the mind, and practised in the life, would cause ! are everywhere avoidable. And if these things ; cannot be long present to perform its office. As
cholera, and consumption, and convulsions, to be { are so, it is certainly of some importance to the j to the assimilation of functions of the skin and
, lungs, it will bo apparent, that when the skin
" known no more forever" amongst civilized j world to know it ; and if they are not true, we ask I acta imperfectly, or ceases to act at all, the lungs
people. i the medical profession, and all others holding po- ' have an extra amount of duty to perform ; and it
Wc have often asserted, indeed, as we think, i sitions as teachers in society and leaders of the mul ; is generally in such coses thot engorgement takes
proved, that cholera can have no existence among ; titude, to show the contrary, place, constituting inflammation or pneumonia."
those whose physiological habits are correct. We i It is the great error of the medical profession, \ Now we respectfully remind and most positive-
believe further, that it is in the power of all per • that their energies of mind are so occupied in : ly assure all non-medical newspapers, that, in all
sons, at all times, and in nil places, so to control j seeking destructive drugs to destroy diseases, that ■ of the obove " 6trong argument," pertaining to the
their voluntary habits, as to avoid this or any ; they give little attention to hygienic agencies to ; functions of the skin and the practice of bathing,
similar pestilence. True, all persons cannot al \ preserve life ; else, instead of parading their ozone, j there is not one syllable of truth; and we stand
ways avoid the producing causes of all diseases, ; and animalcular, and electro-magnetic nonsense \ pledged to prove it to the satisfaction of every
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reasoning and thinking man, woman, and child in
the laud, whenever the writer will undertake to
show, by any evidence except his own assertions,
that their is any truth in it.
The application of common sense to the expla
nation of a single familiar fact, is a sufficient refu
tation of the Boston man's philosophy. Every
body (exceping, perhaps, the writer of the above
"argument") knows that it is a common practice
with many persons to wash the hands and face
several times a day, and rub them, too ; so that
the " oil secreted by the sebaceous glands" gets
rubbed off continually ; and everybody knows,
too, (save and except as above,) that the hands
and face are the least liable to disease of any parts
of the body. Will not the papers alluded to do
their readers and the cause of truth the justice to
publish both sides of the question ?
Another Strong Argument.—The Boston Medi-
cal Journal is republishing Dr. Dick's "Alphabet!-
cal Notices of Subjects Connected with Dyspepsia."
To show how directly and practically useful to the
people such medical writings are, we take the fol-
lowing directions for obviating the unpleasant
effects of milk, in cases where it appears to dis
agree wit h dyspeptics :—
"There are various modes of avoiding these
effects. 1. We may dilute the milk with water.
2. Boiling the milk seems to lessen the chance of
its deranging the stomach. 3. Adding a little
brandy to it has the same effect, and is perhaps
the most eligible amendment."
That is a very strong argument. Brandy will
have the same effect as boiling the milk, or diluting
it with water, but is " the most eligible!" Of course
it is ; we can't say a word.
New Method of Doctoring Influenza.—Won-
ders will never cease—in fact they are every day
growing more wonderful. Allopathy is a system
ofwonders unfathomableand unaccountable. Every
publication of the school we open exhibits a won-
derful progress from bad to worse in the treatment
of some disease or other. The last New Orleans
Medical Journal gives us " a novel and efficacious
method of treating influenza," by Dr. John B. C.
Gazzo. It consists in applying hot tincture of
iodine to the throat until the skin becomes red.
This, we are told, is sure to arrest the disease at
once. But the following directions in case of a
failure, which is allowed to be possible, look some-
what ominous and dangerously bloody :—
" When the suitable application of the tincture
of iodine and water, in the manner above recom
mended, does not produce well-marked and evi
dent reliefnt the end of twenty-five minutes, then
nothing more can be expected from a longer per
severance in its use, and the increasing cough,
hoarseness, anxiety, and dyspnoea of the patient
must be met by other means. In such cases, I
would advise the instant abstraction of blood from
both arms; if the iodine fails to give relief, then
more blood may be taken from the jugular veins."
Four streams of blood, one running from each
arm, and one from each side of the neck ! Why
not cut the patient's throat, and have done with
it! Cold wet cloths to the neck, frequently
changed, and the rubbing wet sheet, will cure
all influenzas, and save all the trouble of this
burning and butchering business.
A Marvf.l Explained.—A medical correspondent,
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writing from Rome, relates the following circum DENTITION;
stances, which he finds it impossible to account ITS DISORDERS AND REMEDIES.
for :— BY B F. MAGT7IRE, DENTIST.
" The Midwifery Hospital, San Rocco, is very
small, containing from twenty to twenty-six beds
only. All women, whether married or not, are
admitted if the case be urgent, but they are not
allowed to remain, on an average, more than five ;
days. The children are deposited in the asylum
of the Pia Casa. If any faith is to be placed in ;
official returns, the practice of this hospital ought
to be a model for all Europe, inasmuch as only '
eight deaths occurred in 1,058 eases, admitted :
during the ten years we have taken for our statis- i THE TEETH.
ties. A mortality of 0.47 per cent, is a result
which surpasses anything we have been accus- \ When dentition, or the first growth of the teeth,
toined to from the records of other obstetric hos- : takes place in a truly natural and healthful state
pitals. The cause it is impossible to discover, for ' of the system, no inconvenience or symptoms of
the hospital doors are closed against the profession disease whatever are experienced. In the animal
as well as the public. How the art can have .
arrived at the perfection inferable from the mor- j creation we see no trouble arising from the erup
tality just alluded to is the greater mystery, j tion of the teeth in the young. Thus would it be
; because the Roman accoucheurs are the worst \
j with the human animal, if the laws of nature were
instructed in Europe. Until he has taken out his obeyed.
; degree, no student knows anything of obstetric Dr. Cullen did not allow dentition to enter in
. practice bevond what he can learn on the mani-
kin." to the list of diseases : and this was on the supposi
! tion that the process of teething takes place in a
. In the above statement are three important :
points to be reconciled. 1. A less number of I safe and easy manner, and without pain or irrita
women die in childbirth in the San Rocco than in j tion of any kind. But in many cases, and per
any other hospital in Europe. haps a majority, in "refined and intencrated"
From this hos- ,'
j pital the medical profession is excluded. 3. The : society, there is more or less of the symptoms of
! disease experienced ; and in many instances these
; Roman accoucheurs are the worst instructed in (
Europe, Now for the solution of the mystery. become alarmingly severe and complicated, and
,
The Roman accoucheurs, being confessedly igno- ; not unfrequently terminate in death. A know
rant, would naturally be little employed, and ledge, therefore, of this process is necessary to all
i hence the process of child-bearing would be left mothers, as well as to all well informed dentists. I
to nature instead of art ; and all history proves . know it may be said that the physician is oftener
'. that nature hits always done this part of her work consulted, and is the proper person on such occa
much better without the doctor's interference than sions ; still the dentist is not unfrequently called
with. Then the doors of San Rocco are closed to j upon in these emergencies.
i the profession. Of course, their bleedings, and i The period in which irritation and constitutional
< opiates, and chloroform, and ergot, have no troubles are most liable to be experienced by the
\ child in teething, is that in which the protrusion
! chance at all to kill, as they certainly do now and
then in hospitals where the profession has charge of the primary teeth first takes place.
; of the cases. The immediate or proximate causes of this irri-
; In corroboration of this view, we can refer to tion is the pressure of the teeth upon the gums ;
< historical data nearer home. Mi's. Wiat, who died but the remote cause is to be looked for in the con
at Dorchester, Mass., in 1705, at the age of 94, stitution of the child. We know that through
acted midwife in more than one thousand eases various voluntary habits the constitution may be
without losing one. Mi's. Whitmore, who died in . modified to almost any conceivable extent. Thus
; Marlboro', Vt., near the close of the last century, a beer drinker, of general bad habits, in the city
; aged 87, officiated as midwife at more than two of London, is found to suffer vastly more from any
; thousand births, without losing a single patient. wounds, or mechanical injury, than others, whose
\ Mi's. Elizabeth Phillips, who came to this country habits are more in accordance with nature ; so
from London in 1719, and died in 1761, aged 76, 1 much so, that a very trifling injury, or surgical
at Charlestown, Mass., attended above three thou operation, is sufficient to inflame the system, and
sand women in confinement ; and we have no re in a short time to destroy life. On the same prin
cord left of any fatal accidents or disasters in her ciple, we find that those children who are carefully
reared according to the principles of sound philoso
practice.
phy and hygiene, are less liable to experience in
convenience or symptoms of a morbid character
Dr. S. O. Gleason and his amiable wife have lo during the period of cutting teeth.
The earliest and most common symptoms of ir
cated at the Forest City Water-Cure, at tho head
of Cayuga Lake, near Ithaca, in Tompkins county. ritation from teething is manifested by the child
This is a healthy region. Yet sick people may be grasping the nipple more loosely than ordinarily.
found, even here. And nono more competent or wil At the same time it lets go its hold frequently, and
ling than tho doctor and his lady to relieve them. We commences crying, as if it were pained by the ef
cannot concludo this brief paragraph without wighing fort of nursing. The salivary glands, partaking at
them much joy on account of their beautiful—of
course—" Christmas present," namely,—" A Daugh the same time of the irritation of the gums, throw
ter." May sbc prove, if possible, an improvement on out their peculiar fluid more copiously than usual.
the " first edition," Were it not too late in the sea In such instances the uneasiness of the gums is
son, we would wish the 9tranger " A Happy New found to be relieved by rubbing them with the
Year." finger, and more particularly if it be wet with cold
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water. Rubbing them also with any hard sub
stance, such as'coral, a gold or ivory ring, pleases
the child under such circumstances, which ia an in
dication of the relief given.
Some writers have objected_to this use of hard
substances in rubbing the guma It has been said
that the instinct of animals leads them to exercise
their budding teeth, not on bones, or stones, but
softer substances. In accordance with this view,
marsh-mallow, liquorice root; and wax candle have
been recommended, instead of coral, and the like
hard substances. In this country we often see them
given what is called the sugar-tent—a piece of
sugar tied up in a rag. Such a practice may serve
to keep the infant quiet at the time, and save the
mother or nurse some trouble ; but the gastric de
rangement the bowel complaint, and other consti
tutional disturbances they cause, are but poor com
pensation for the temporary relief thus obtained.
If mothers could but rightly understand this mat
ter, they would never resort to any such practices,
since they must necessarily cause them more trou
ble than in pursuing ajudicious physiological man
agement. That course which tends to the best de
velopment of the general health of the infant, is
always the one attended with the least trouble.
The usual symptoms of morbid action arising
from teething are, pain, redness, swelling, and heat
of the gums. The flow of saliva also occurs in
most cases. At the time, the gum is often extreme
ly sensitive, and, instead of being relieved by the
pressure of a hard substance, can scarcely endure
the slightest touch of ever so pliable a substance*
The base of the gum is florid and distended, but
pale and white at the edge ; when the tooth is on
the point of protrusion, it appears sometimes as if
covered with a flat and whitish blister.
In connection with the constitutional symptoms,
there is sometimes an eruption of scabby or scaly
appearance about the lips and head ; there may
also be an inflammation of erythematic appear
ance behind the ears.
Treatment.—The grand point, of course, is to
moderate the local irritation.
This, nature herself often accomplishes, by the
free discharge of saliva that takes place, and by
the diarrhoea that accompanies the affection. The
diarrhoea may indeed become complicated, and too
severe ; but that it is often a healthful effort of
nature to rid the system of inflammation, there
can be no doubt. But if the parent attempt to in
terfere with this discharge of the bowels, by ad
ministering magnesia, ipecacuanha, calomel, rhu
barb, chalk mixtures, and the like, he is far more
liable to do harm than good. Even the beef tea,
rice and milk, arrow-root, and the various mix
tures that are substituted for the natural food of
the child, are detrimental in these cases. A judi
cious use of water treatment is far better than
drug treatment.
The water treatment has this advantage, too, of
being very Bimple. To keep down the morbid or
unnatural heat, take the infant often into the open
air, keep it from overheated and illy ventilated
rooms, and nurse or feed it judiciously: these
means persevered in faithfully are the best possi
ble means to enable a child to pass safely through
this most trying of all periods.
In conclusion, I will say a few words on gum-
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cutting, or rather lancing the gums. In some
cases it may be beneficial, and even necessary;
yet, as a general tiling, let nature do her own
work ; she works by luws unvarying, immutable ;
and in relieving or assisting her operations, be
careful you do not retard them. We should first
seek to understand the cause of the disease, and
the effect of the remedy, before we attempt to
apply it. In future articles we shall give direc
tions for the treatment and preservation of the
teeth, with engravings.
No. 2 Union Place, N. Y.
RATIONALISM.
BY T. L. NICHOLS, M.D. • remedies are not hydropathic, and form no part of
I believe in the right and the virtue of kree
criticism. Entirely willing that my public acts <
and my published writings should be freety com-
mented upon, and fairly judged, I take the same
liberty with those of others ; doing as I would be
done by. In this spirit I wish to briefly examine
the positions taken by my esteemed friend. Dr. ;
Houghton, in his article entitled " Rational Hy
dropathy, NOT EXCLUSIVE EITOER IN THEORY OK IN \
practice," in the January number of the Water-
Cure Journal.
The meaning of this, as defined by Dr. Hough
ton, is, that rational, or reasonable hydropathy, as
a system of medical treatment, does not exclude
the methods of any other system. On this point I
take issue.
Hydropathy is properly defined by Webster,
and understood by the public generally, to be i
" the Water-cure, a mode of treating disease by j
the copious and frequent use of pure water, both
internally and externally." It includes attention
to diet, air, exercise, and all hygienic conditions.
I can go no farther than this. The application
of a mustard plaster, or a blister, is not hydropa
thy. Blood-letting is not hydropathy. The ex
hibition of opiates is not hydropathy. The giving
of calomel, or quinine, or arsenic, is not hydropa
thy. Certainly it is not rational hydropathy.
Some may think these methods rational ; I do
not; but whether rational or not, I think it must
be admitted that they are not hydropathic.
With all respect, then, to Dr. Houghton and his
opinions, I assert that hydropathy, and especially
Rational Hydropathy, is, and must be, exclusive.
It excludes all the absurd and mischievous prac- I
tices and medications of other schools. It is ex
clusive both in theory and practice, since it eat- ;
eludes, both in theory and practice, all the abuses
and absurdities of the old medical systems. If it
did not do this, it would not be hydropathy. In- \
stead of being a rational hydropathy, it would be
irrational, absurd, and contradictory.
If hydropathy were not exclusive in theory and
practice, how could it be a distinct system I In
what would it differ from allopathy, or homoeo
pathy t
A homoeopathist, or one who calls himself such,
may give crude drugs, but the giving of crude
drugs is not homoeopathy, either rational or other
wise. So the hydro athist, as in the case of Dr.
Houghton, may give drugs, and apply other allo
pathic remedies. I do not deny his right to do so ;
but the giving of drugs, and the application of
mustard poultices, is no part of hydropathy—cer
tainly no part of a rational hydropathy.
I know that several professed hydropathists are
in the habit of resorting to drugs, some giving
them in allopathic and some in homoeopathic doses.
They do this either because they do not know how
to use the water so as to produce the desired re
sults, or because they do not find it convenient.
I do not question their right to do so—I question
no man's right to act according to his sense of
duty, under such restrictions as the public safety
may require ; nay, I can conceive of a case in
which I might feel myself compelled to resort to
allopathic remedies, though I have never yet seen
such a case ; but what I insist upon is, that such
hydropathy. I protest, therefore, against a Ra
tionalism, which is, upon its face, an absurdity.
Hydropathy is something well defined, clear,
distinctive, and of necessity exclusive. It is the
Water-Cure: and allopathy, or homoeopathy, or
Thomsonianism, or eclecticism, cannot be made a
part of the system, however they may be com
bined with it, by its practitioners.
The Hydropathic Convention, to which Dr.
Houghton refers, was made up, to some extent,
of physicians who follow a mixed practice, and
when they subscribed to the doctrine that " water
is by far the best, the safest, and the most univer
sal " of remedial agents, they subscribed to all that
could have been expected of them ; but I doubt
if there were many members of that convention
who would contend that calomel or opium are
hydropathic remedies, or that hydropathy ra
tionally includes them. A hydropathist may do
many things ; but his doing them does not make
them a part of hydropathy, any more than all a
professed Christian's transactions are a part of
Christianity. Even a rational Christianity will
not allow its members to be Mahomedans or idol
aters.
I would not have voted in the convention to
restrain any member from the use of any remedy
which, in his judgment, the case demanded. I
freely avow that if I knew of any curative agent
better or safer, or more universal than water, or
more applicable to any particular case, I would
use it; but I would not call the use of it hydropt-
thy : I would call it allopathy, or homoeopathy, or
whatever it might be. I am entirely satisfied
with the clause of the constitution quoted by Dr.
Houghton ; and to whatever extent a remedy is
" the best, and safest, and most universal," it may,
to the same extent, exclude such as arc uncertain,
unsafe, and of but partial application.
The case given by Dr. Houghton does not
strengthen his position ; for it was just the case in
which water is the "best, safest, and most univer
sal"'—I will add, the most rapid and efficacious, of
remedies. All that mustard poultiees or anodynes
and revulsives can do, can be better done by wa
ter; and though Dr. Houghton felt himself justi
fied in the use of allopathic remedies, I see no
sense in calling them hydropathic. These names
are very well as we uow apply them. Why need
they be altered ? Let hydropathy be hydropathy.
Let the terms allopathy and homoeopathy desig
nate the two systems of practice to which they are
applied. The adjective rational cannot alter them.
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I think hydropathy is nitional ; but destroying
the whole significance of the name, by mixing up
distinctive and exclusive system^ is not rational
at all.
The proper name for a mixed system ia eclectic
ism, and that is what Dr. Houghton means by
rational hydropathy, provided the eclectic prac
titioner thinks watervthe best remedy, and to be
used in preference to others in most eases, and
when it can be conveniently applied.
A genuine eclecticism is very respectable, for it
supposes candor, sincerity, and a search alter
truth. The trouble with eclectics is a nervous
dread of exclusiveism. They forget that truth is of
necessity exclusive of error, nor can any rational
ism mix them.
After all, this may be more a dispute about
words than things. I should contend as earnestly
as Dr. Houghton for my right to treat a case ac
cording to my best judgment ; but if I treated it
allopathically, or homceopathieally, I should not
consider it at all " rational" to call my treatment
" hydropathy."
A LECTURE ON HYDROPATHY.
BY E- A. KITTKFOGE, M. D.
Wo make the following extracts from a Lecture,
recently delivered by Dr. Kittredge, in IlorE
Chapel, New York. We should have copied it
entire had it not already appeared in other news
papers. After a characteristic introduction, the
Doctor said—
Under the present prevalence of " regular practice,"
men, women, and children die like rotten sheep. In tho
little city of Boston—little compared to New York—
one thousand death.* occur in a single month. Think
you the great 4>od that made them, sent them into this
breathing world to be cut off from usefulness in this
wholesale and summary manner ? These awful facts
are what the people want. Let the facts of Hydropa
thy be set side by side, with those of Allopathy, and I
will risk tho judgment that will be decreed by the
public. I tell you the facts would stare you in tho
face with an irresistiblo difference in favor of Hydro
pathy. Where is the town, where Hydropathy is at
all known, in which you will not find wonders almost
incredible resulting from its application. Tho simple
wet sheet, that great bugbear of delicacy and sensi
tiveness, is a mightier instrument than ever was the
lancet, pill-box, or powder ; and Allopathists know it.
I come not here to run the profession, and i know not
whether there ore any of them here. I believo tho
Professors themselves are infinitely ahead of their doc
trines. They incau well, and think, as once thought I,
that they are doing ( iod service. What 1 have to say
of them is simply this—it has been demonstrated that
there is now a more excellent way, that has been giv
en unto us whereby man can he restored from his fall
en state ; for I, and all Ilydropathists. take the ground
that all sickness is the result of violated law ; and
consequently the object of medicine is to restore men
to their original normal condition. You will hear folks
say that tho Water- Cure is very good in certain dis
eases ; but these diseases never happen to be the one
immediately under treatment ; but I say it is good in
all diseases.
^ All that I have got to blame the Allopathic profes
sion for, since its practice, though handed down for so
many years, has proved so very generally unsuccessful,
and it neing demonstrated that the Water-Curc is ca
pable of doing all that is claimed for it, is that they
won't just try it. That profession which holds the lives
of our fellow-citizens in its hand, it seems to me, is
bound by every tie of honor to examine a system that
will be likely to alleviate human suffering in any way ;
but no, they have not done it. They turn up their
scientific noses, and pass it by as the idle wind, and
say it is a popular whim, that will soon have its day
and pass away. They will find themselves mistaken,
for I see that water is rifting every day. It is a max
im among builders to clear away the rubbish of the
old, before you begin to build the new structure. This
is the reason why I thus sweep away the old profession.
I forsook the old way, because it failed me for fifteen
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years of practice, and it failed in the hour of my great- i will put out fire in inflammation as well as in a barn.
est nerd. When the anxious mother and the fond fa- ) How queer! I gave sit/, baths, wet bandages, wet
ther were looking up to me with confidence in my j sheets, and so on ; and instead of wailing for a week
boasted instrumentalities, 1 found that they failed me, i for the inflammation to get to its height and have a
and I became disgusted with them. Just when 1 need- 5 decline, like the rise and fall of the Uoraan Kinpire, in
ed their assistance most, it was least likely to appear, i four days the patient was about. " Now why is this V
1 do not charge against medicine that it won't do ) I asked myself. I could not help knowing why ; 1 had
anything, it does toomiirh. For instance calomel— administered none of the cathartics, diaphoretics,
and 1 don'tbutinstance emetics, sudorifics, nor the other 'etiesand 'ifici usu
bugbear, becausethis
it isdrug because
one of it is potent
the most a popular
me- ii ally given. J defy any physician to stand up here and
dicities in the Allopathic school. It is almost sure to ] say there is not more or less debility consequent upon
operate upon the liver, and will remove obstructions - these medicines. You may talk about your tonics.
there quicker than any article in the world ; but it ; They produce ten times more weakness than strength.
produces a disease ten times worse ; making the old J They are irritants, debditants, and the employment
adage true, that the remedy is worse than the disease. ) of them produces nothing else but weakness, i defy
Look at oar Water-Cure establishments. What are S the whole universe, and the New York Academy of
th«) principle diseases treated there ? Why, chronic j Medicine thrown in, to deny it. Well, this is only
diseases, who ever heard of chronic diseases begin- ' the beginning
niug and becoming chronic right off ? Chronic disea- ' Hut the next case was one of still greater difficulty.
ses arc acute diseases gone to seed. The improper I know, by sad experience, the pains and horrors and
manner in which they arc treated is what makes them \ writhings. and—1 hope some of you have had it, so
chronic, llo you call that being cured, when the dis you may know more feelingly what I was going to
ease has %n\y changed its form, and the man goes ] say. This was such a ease as 1 would once have treat
limping around, dragging his slow length along, or be- > ed with bleeding and cathartics ; and what did I do?
comes partially blind 1 Xo, my friends, it is like that s The man was writhing and twisting in agony—and
veterinary surgeon, who brought in his bill—** For f why I Because he was a scrofulous man, and it was
curing your Honor's horse till he died: $20." '1 hanksgiving time, and he had to drink something—
Acute diseases are only so many crises in the order ! one of those given to imbibing, going on sprees.
of nit ture- -that is, we sin, and come short of our duty, ■ When anybody died or got married, who was any re
and the consequence is that wc go on, adding insult to 5 lation to Lira, he would make it an excuse to get
injury by giving medicine ; whereas these diseases are '. drunk. When I got to him it took four of us, all
only the crises of nature, and we should let nature < smart men— I speak only fur myself— to hold him in
alone ; or, as the politicians say, use a wise and J his bed. In ten minutes I relieved him, s-o that he
masterly inactivity. If you would let nature alono ; was just as quiet as the day he was born, probably
entirely, the disease would work itself free, the same J more m> ; and he went to sleep, and in less than twen
as a barrel of beer will work itself free. Nature is na- ! ty minutes 1 took him out and washed him down, and
ture, and just as much manifested in nuin as in a bar- < in four hours he was out of the bouse and in his store.
rel of beer. Take a person diseased, and go to put t ing : The Allopaths might say, if he had been let alone ho
irritating medicine into his stomach, and what is the ■ would have recovered just as soon ; but generally
consequence ? Why, the whole system becomes dis- j speaking, in such a case as that, the more you lot the
eased, and the case becomes aggravated to such a de- ; patient alone, the more he wouldn't get well.
gree that it is impossible *-vcr to recover from it. To In one of my lectures in Providence, a man of re
illustrate: it is just like throwing gravel—my compa- ; spectable standing, that is to say lie had property to
n'sons are nil homely, because I am talking to homely ; any amount, got up and said: "1 had once nearly
folks—it is like throwing gravel on the railroad track ,( such a time as you have described : 1 had thirty doses
to make the engine run easier. ol cathartics in me at one time." Tell it not in Gath,
Well, in consequence of this system being practised \ proclaim it not in the streets of Gotham ? Thirty doses
for ages, disease has been growing more complicated ; < of cathartic ! And to cure what ! Why, bilious colic.
and instead of this science diminishing disease, it is ; Now, friends, let us reason together. Forget your
now more common, and a much greater per cent, of ! science and look at facts. Fuels are stubborn things ;
men die prematurely than before. Medicine failed mo j and all the science in the world won't rub out one sim
in the hour of my greatest need, and 1 was just about \ ple fact. I have stated only one side of my patient's
to give up in despair, when i heard of the Water- < case. Now let us have the other. Some time after
Cure. I have told most of you how I was brought ! this, ho was taken down ngnin with the same disease.
over—by the case of a beloved child, who was sick Because I didn't go to the same " meotiu' " that his
with the measles. It came recommended to me as a I hoarding house people did, he sent for another physi
complete, or at least as a decent substitute for the old j cian. What, did he do f In the first plncc ho gave
profession, and J immediately availed myself of an op- \ him a mustard emetic, which was right enough, Allo
portunity to go to Europe and search out all about it. ( pathically speaking, but it happened, in this case, that
1 returned, and from that day to this I have been try- drink had done it. It is a fact that simple mustard is
ing what virtue there is in water, diet, exercise, pure the quickest emetic in tho materia medica, simply be
air, &c. Now, my friends, I don't say this is a scicn- ; cause it is so irritating to the stomach. Everybody
tific demolition of the old house of Allopathy ; I have 'i thinks he must go to a doctor to get an emetic, and
not time to do that. I only wisli to say that the old \ everybody knows that putting the finger into tho
fabric had got rickety and dilapidated, and didn't > throat is the quickest way in the world to vomit. The
bring mo any rent. 1 don't mean in the money sense, • same membrane is irritated ; but if the doctor you
for I had a bet ter run of business than I ever expect to , scut for should go to tickling your throat, that
have again, as most of my friends know and can ,( wouldn't do No, no ; that ain't scientific. Well,
testify. this doctor went to give emetic? ami cathartics, and
I came back from Europe to the place where I had \ the more he gave them the more they wouldn't ope
practised, resolved to apply tho Water-Cure to some \ rate. What was the effect ! There was inflamma
of my old pat rous, though it teas rather late for $ome of \ tion in the centre of the alimentary canal first", but now
them. 1 determined to give it a fair trial, but 1 hadn't ■ it had spread through the whole of the canal; and
the least idea that it would turn out tho complete sub- ] then he gave him a dose of morphine, the deadliest
stitute that 1 now know it to be, and fc-non* th/it I know stimulant ever known. Who ever heard of anybody
it. The very first case I had after I returned, was a case \ being cured by opium 1 To be sure it does blunt tho
of severe acute inflammation of the kidneys. If there * sensibilities, like a flat-iron on the brain. But this
are any Allopaths here, T weuld call their attent ion to i same man, who was relieved before iu ten minutes by
this case. 1 want them to judge if these things are not j the wet t-hect, was now completely drowned in his
worth trying. They know that inflammation of the j own blood, by its pressure on the brain. A clammy
kidneys is a severe disease while it lasts. This was j perspiration covered him, and he seemed to be dying.
the most severe case 1 had ever been called to treat in \ Then it was they were reminded of a certain man who
my life. In tho old way it would have taken at least ] dealt in water, and who lived in tho next house. They
a week to have subdued the inflammation. It used to s sent forme, and 1 knew I could raise him. 1 felt it iu
be the practice to bleed in all kinds of inflammation, \ my bones. I went, and the dear little doctor wanted to
and bleed till you subdued tho inflammation—noru'o > know if I would stay till he came back. I agreed to
was ever given. Then what 1 Why then give digi- do so, with the privilege of doing what I had a mind
talis, to reduce the circulation. Try to reduce thocir- j to. '* But you don't mean to say you are going to put
culation in this underhand manner, when it is so easy j water on a man as low as that ! The spark of life is
to reduce it by Water-Core ! This pationt happened j almost extinct. Water will put fire out, but how to
to have faith in the Water-Curc, and submitted to j kindle fire by water—that's the question." Oh. my
everything 1 recommended, however shocking. I want < friends, if you only knew half as much as I do—about
you to understand, however, that 1 had my old inedi- j these things at least. I had cold water brought in,
cines in my pocket, not dreaming that I could go and established an express running to the well. 1
through entirely without them. Well, in the very went to work rubbing that man in cold water. Why 1
first fifteen minutes [don't talk about four hours; in j Simply because I understood tho Watcr-Cure. What
all ordinary Allopathic cases it takes about four hours \ was the matter 1 Internal congestion, so to speak.
to mako any medicine operate,] I realized, for tho f How should I apply it ! Hydropathy, I know, was 4-
first time in my life, that simple water would put out J founded upon this great principle, that action should £
firo. I wanted to hide my diminished head. Why, it produce reaction. Instead of proceeding after the
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manner of the Thompsonians, and thereby increasing | WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

the irritation, 1 began simply by making the action WATER TREATMENT OF DYSENTERY. |
where I wanted the reaction. I rubbed him with cold '• CASES AT HOME." 1 BY MBS. N. P. LAS8ELLK,
water an hour and a half, and I assure you it was like
tho pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. I kept Since -writing to you last, cur usually healthy ', It if her right to watch beside
rubbing hitn, and by-and-by began to perceive some | village has been visited with the dysentery in its The bed of sickness and of pain,
thing red. In half an hour more, the blood came to A ii.l when the heart almost despairs,
the surface, from the head and heart, and began to j severest forms. Eight have died, and many more j To whisper hopes of health again :
circulate; but I tell you what, there was some skin ! have been very sick. I hud an attack of it, and j
missing the next day. Mind that, Mr. Reporter.
Look at the different treatment in the different S took to the water with a? much confidence as a j Her right to make the hearuVnton* glnd,
coses. The first time I applied tho Water-Cure to ; young duck ever did, and it bore me up as tri- j With gentle words and elieerful smile ;
him, he wa.s writhing and tumbling on his bed, and 1 And when man » with care oppren'd,
simply applied the wet sheet ; but in the last case, | umphantly. In three days I succeeded in stop- j Ilta wearied spirits to beguile.
when tho olood was all curdled around tho heart and ping my discharges of blood, and soon recovered
brain, thereby preventing the action of the nervous !i my health. Several others since, and one before, It is her right to train her eons
force, if 1 hud applied the wet sheet it would have nut So they may senate chambers grace—
out the spark of life entirely. When a reaction took have tried that treatment, and all that have taken '
place, and a circulating of tho blood was established, it in season have done well. We have also had ! Thos, is she with more honor urown'd,
I wrapped him up in a wet sheet, which had the same Than if herself had filled the place.
happy effect as before ; though this time one sheet i several other trials of it in fevers, diarrhoea, and J
didn't do the business. 1 had to keep applying the wet ■ many other complaints, and in every instance that ; It is her right to be admir'd
sheet two or three times a-tlay, for something liko a By every generous, rannly heait,
week, before I got him in a decent trim. The doctor ' . I have heard of it has operated favorably. But I ] When with true dignity and g/aco
didn't come back till the next morning, and then ho j will only mention one case more. A niece of j She acteth well a woman's port.
just dropped in to sec what time he died, and found
him ** up and dressed." ; mine, about fifteen years of age, and rather slen- j
I am going to multiply case?, because some persons j der constitution, has had several severe attacks of j She hath a dearer right than this ;
here don't think anything can be offered on this sub To be in one true heart enshrined—
ject that is very striking. I don't know whether they ! sickness, which the physicians say was occasioned j Who, though the world may all forsake,
" came to scoff," but I hope they will "remain to pray." i by a predisposition to scrofula in her system. Will cherub still, aod still be kind.
They caunot get away trom these facts—that is, sup
posing me to bo a man of veracity, which is a pretty I About two weeks ago she was at my house on a
well understood thing my way. The next case was I visit, and about ten o'clock she awoke with a vio- \ And there is yet a higher right,
ono of fits. The Allopaths know nothing can be dono ! lent pain below the pit of the stomach, where she / Which also is to woman given:
in a ense of fits. They cannot get medicine to act ; 'Ti« hers, to teach Ike infiuit mind
the brain cannot act ; the stomach cannot act. They j has always been attacked, and also with sickness ; Those truths divine which came from heaven.
pour down the ipecac into the stomach, and it will lie ; at the stomach. As soon as we could, I procured !
there dead and inoperative. That is about all they What wonld she more, than to perform.
can do. This wns tho first time I had applied tho ;. some hot water, and commenced applying hot \ On earth, lift's holiest, swelest tasks?
Water-Cure in a case of fits. It was one of those un < cloths to the scat of the pain, and also to giving j
fortunate children who have a grandma. Nothing too : injections of warm water, which we followed up j When you a perfsvt woman find,
good for the little baby, when it comes to see its No other rights than these she asks.
grandma ; and so it is supplied with ginger-cake, rat- ' for sonic six or eight times, until we procured a ;
sins, candy, &c., and the consequence was, when tho ,' thorough evacuation. We gave her plenty of j Note. All very well. We infer from the first verse
child came to cut its teeth, it was thrown into fits. Do
you think God meant children to have fits and die in i warm water to drink, which caused vomiting, un- j that tho author is in favor of Female Physicians, to
the simple operation of cutting teeth I Why don't which no rcasonble objection can b# made. We shall
animals die cutting teeth 1 Only civilized animals die | til her stomach was thoroughly cleansed ; we then never look for " perfection" either in man or woman,
cutting teeth The ilog and horse sometimes suffer, j gave her some cold water, which stopped the vo- \ yet wo may hope for a high stato of physical and men
and have to send for tho doctor, because they are pam miting. After applying the hot cloths for a short j tal culture, and by a proper observance of tho laws of
pered like some children. But 1 will ^ot back to my jI time, we commenced alternating with cold ones. I nature, ascertain tho rights and duties of both sexes.
story. I must not radiate" so much. This false
living oppressed the brain so much that the child be | In this way we could relieve the pain for a short !
came convulsed. What did I do 1 Simply pitched j time, but it would return again; but after follow- j
him into wet sheets, lie was relieved in fifteen nlin- WATER-CURE AT HOME.
utes, and the convulsions ceased entirely. lie had fits | ing this mode of treatment awhile, we found the j
after that again, because his teeth hadn't got through, I pains were less severe, and the intervals between ! CASES IN MISSISSIPPI.
and the good living was kept up. Another time I held
tho child in a tub of water three minutes, till the i were longer, which gave us courage to persevere, j BY A. S. H.
blood came rushing to the surface of its body. A third { and by four o'clock in the morning she was so re- ; I wore the nervous sick head-ache, with con
titno I held him under throe minutes, and the fits
ceased, and stayed ceased. Now for 'tother side. ; lieved that she would sleep some between the ; stipation, twenty-two years, and tried all the
Three years after that the child was cutting its dou r pains, and through the forenoon she was quite ! drugs known, with a downward tendency contin
ble teeth, and was treated Allopathically, and died In ', comfortable, except an occasional chill, followed ually. In the meantime I had what the doctors
convulsions.
God has placed water all around us. He know that j by a slight fever and a soreness in the bowels, called acute hepatitis, was bled every day, leech
man would sin, and he had placed tho remody at j where the pain had been, which we kept covered ; ed, blistered, cupped, salivated, and the doctor
hand, for fear we might forget what to call for ; so
that we cannot mistake. Many a man, in spite of his \ with a cloth wet in cold water. About twelve j only knows what all. He never cured me, but
physician, has got up and gone after a pitcher of wa ! o'clock she had another severe ague chill, (which I ! from being a stout strong man of one hundred and
ter. One caso I'll .tell you, whether I've got time or
not. The doctor would not let him havo anything but \ should hare mentioned 6he had had occasionally { seventy pounds weight, ho speedily reduced me
milk porridge. Ho was said to be dying of typhus fe ; from the commencement,) which lasted about ; to one hundred and forty-five, and left mo with a
ver. Watchers were appointed to see that he didn't
kill himself. One of the watchers got to sleep, and the < twenty minutes, when it began to pass off. She broken down constitution, unable to evacuate my
other had stepped out, and be took a notion to step out j called for water, and I gave her three tumblers ; bowels without blue pill or some other poison,
himself. And what did he do ! According to Allopa full in about ten minutes. I then thought we looking forward to a premature grave; from which
thy, ono would naturally suppose ho would rush fur an
apothecary's shop, and help himself; but no ! true to j would try what virtue there was in the wet sheet, 1 I hope I have been rescued by water alone, and
his natural instinct, ho ran and jumped into the midst : and as she was very weak and nervous, we wrung have been the humble means of helping many of
of a Hydropaihic doctor's medicine chest. The watch
er found him swimming round in a mill pond. Tho i the sheet out of warm water, and rolled her up. j my fellow mortals during tho last two years.
worst part of that story for Allopathy is, that ho got ; She became easy immediately, and soon com- ; During tho present year I have treated some
up ana got w«ll. ■ menced sweating freely. We kept her in it j thirty cases, and have not failed in one instance.
Ci.ipton Springs Water Cure—Located in Onta about an hour, when we washed and rubbed her In the high bilious fevers of the South, accompa
rio Co., midway between Geneva and Canandniguo, off, and she has not had any chill or fever since. ' nied with congestion of the brain, it is the divine
on the Albany and 'Buffalo Kailroud, is now in suc ! Two days after she was taken, she got up, washed J remedv, and when properly applied will succeed
cessful operation. It is conducted by Henry Fos ; herself all over with cold water, sot up all day, j where every other remedy fails, and is perhaps
ter, M.D., assisted by Miss S. It. Adams. An out ; and in a few days recovered her strength, and was ', better adapted to the ailments of the South than of
lay of somo $12,009 is said to have been made in the North, as we can practise it here through tho
building and fitting up this establishment. Dr. Fos ; as well as she was before. I am certain I never j winter without being hindered by frost and ice.
ter has had a large experience in the practice of Hy ; saw a person suffer so much for four or five hours ;
dropathy, being ono of tho earliest practitioners in ; as she did ; some part of the time she was quite j I have gained eighteen pounds since I commenced
this country. Wo hope it will moot with that patron : delirious. ! self-treatment at home, and have a digestion equal
age and success which it merits. \ A SuDPCItlBER. J to an ostrich.
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PILL DOCTORS AND WATER DOCTORS. ' objection to that route. Since, I have been con not very cold water soothed the pain the most.
BY A PATIENT- vinced we were heaven-directed. 1 concluded to The contact of uir was excessively painful to all
In 1839 I had the typhus fever, as it was call stay and try the Water-Cvrf. The second week parts of the burned surface. Those vesicles which
ed, as also did four others in my father's family, after entering fully into the treatment, I could were elevated into points high above the surface
one of whom died. I barely escaped with my walk five hundred steps,—in five or six weeks, were pricked, and their fluid evacuated; those
life. My fever ran twenty-one days before it one mile, and so on. I stayed only eight weeks, which were but slightly raised, and were filled
turned. I waa delirious most of the time, but I and came home comparatively well. Who can with a thick, tenacious, glairy fluid, were left un-
can distinctly remember the burnings within, for imagine my feelings on coming out of the boat , opened as the best protection to the raw surface
not a drop of water did my physician allow me ; and walking home with the aid only of my own , beneath.
to cool my parched tongue. In spite of the doc limbs? Two years before 1 was carried on board The applications were continued through the
tor, I got alxjut again, but was almost a complete of the same boat. • night, the directions being to use water at all
wreck. Before I was sick I had an excellent con Let all who are diseased give the Water-Cure a | times, of the temperature that felt most agreeable.
stitution ; after, I was weak, and life at times ' fair trial. At times it will appear like drudgery, The next day the abraded surfaces were sprinkled
seemed a burden. I had continued pains in my but the delightful sensation produced by the with flour, over which wet cloths were kept con-
chest, which would shoot in all directions. I went plunge after coming out of the pack, compensates | stantly applied, and renewed as often as there
first to one doctor and then to others, followed for idl the trouble. [ was any aggravation of pain. This treatment was
all their directions, physicked, blistered, plastered, I have always been easily operated upon by pursued until the patient recovered. The flour
and patched myself to suit them all, but not a small causes, taking cold from the least exposure, > was sprinkled on as frequently as the discharge of
whit to my satisfaction. I kept about, and was but since I have used water and exercised in the > matter, which was profuse on the hack of the
able to labor some ; as I gradually grew worse, open air, I have not had one cold that I could not j hand, rendered necessary to form a complete and
my doctor told me I must leave work entirely for wash away. i soft crust by which to exclude the atmosphere,
a year if I ever expected to recover. At this I My treatment was as follows:—I took a foot t and cloths, wet to that degree and of that tcmper-
felt quite discouraged, as I am under the necessity bath in the morning-—a sitz hath at nine, and at j aturc which wus most agreeable to the patient's
of laboring for my support. But I left off work eleven a pack ; again, a sitz bath at two, a foot j feelings, were continued without interruption un
almost entirely for a year, for whenever I tried to bath at five,—varying the baths at different times, til all inflammation and pain hail subsided, and
labor it caused me pain. I continued gradually to and taking a walk after each one. * * * , healthy granulations were completed, which was
decline until January, 18-ltS, when I went to New A friend of this lady informs us, that she con ! about ten days
Lebanon, X. Y., and was under Dr. N. Bedortha's tinued this treatment for one year after her re. I never knew as severe an injury of the kind to
care six weeks without perceiving any particular turn home ; packing herself, which very few per i recover as rapidly under any other plan of treat
change, but I began to feel as if I had hit upon sons think they can do for themselves. She can ment, nor as perfectly. The face scarcely shows
the right medicine. I went home and practised now walk several miles without stopping or feel the slightest deformity, and the cicatrization of
as Dr. B. taught me, as far as circumstances would ing fatigued.—Ens. W. C. J. the back of the hand is much less rough and ir-
allow, wearing a wet bandage by day, and a wet ' regular than is usual where the application of
sheet by night, taking a bath every morning, with ointments, greasy salves, or oleaginous liniments
packings according to order. Let it suffice to say, BURNS AND SCALDS.
UY It. T. TRALL, .11.D. has been resorted to.
that under this treatment, which my pill doctorsaid On the third and fourth clays the irritative fe
would kill me, I grew better, and I now consider The superiority of the water-treatment over all
other known methods, in the management of ver, which always attends severe burns or scalds,
myself well. Water is now my only medicine. and is the consequence of prostration from pain,
I have not taken any other since I was under Dr. burns ami scalds, has been frequently demon :, restlessness, want of sleep, etc., appeared, attended
Bedortha's treatment. strated in actual practice, within a few years. I
. have had several opportunities to test it, and with considerable headache. Cold cloths to the
• compare results with cases treated after the usual head, tepid sponging of the. surface, and water-
EXPERIENCE IN THE. WATER-CURE. manner, with oils, ointments, plasters, cotton gruel sufficient to move the bowels—the patient
BILIOUS FEVER. j dressings, lime-water, pain-extractors, <fec Ac The had taken scarcely any food until that time—were
BY A FRIEND. found to relieve the fever completely.
Feeling a deep sense of gratitude on being re following ease is perhaps worthy of record:— In conclusion, let the reader contrast this sim-
stored to health, I cheerfully add my experience in Mi's. C, of Williamsburgh, a few weeks ago,
> pie, rational, and successful treatment, with the
the Water-Cure to that of many others, believing : was severely burned by the explosion of a fluid > complicated, absurd, ami constitution-killing me-
that to have been the means of my restoration. lamp. I saw her between 11 and 12 P. M., about
j thod recommended and practised by the allopathic
After having suffered for want of health for an hour after the accident. The whole face and school. In one of the late standard works on
more than a year, I was attacked by a slow bil part of the neek were dark-red, highly inflamed,
Surgery—"Cooper's Surgery, by Parker," Profes
ious fever in the spring of .1812, which left me and on the left side deep vesication had taken sor Parker advises, for the local applications,
weak, particularly in the lower limbs. I was place ; the left ear was badly injured, and the "pressure," or "tome stimulant which induces the
unable to walk much for five and a half years, eye brows burned off close to the skin. The left vessels to contract," as "warm turpentine," "oiled
and was in the habit of counting my steps, and for hand was injured still worse, owing to its being silk," "warm and emollient applications," " patent
the most part of the time could walk but one hun mainly employed in extinguishing the flames lint, wet with a decoction of poppy leaves, and
dred steps from the door, and indeed not that if I which caught the upper part of her dress. The ! over this a covering of oiled silk;" and for gene
had fatigued myself by previous exertion. Ten whole back of this hand was deeply discolored, : ral treatment, " warm brandy and water with
months of the time I could not sit erect or walk and the scarf-skin hung in various blistered folds. | tincture of opium pro re nata,'' in the first instance
uprightly from the sofa to the bed. During that The eyes and inner edges of the lids were unin to get up reaction ; and after reaction is got up,
time I put myself under the care of three physi jured, and the salvation of her eyesight is, no antimony, opium, or Dover's powders, ipecacuan
cians of the old (Allopathic) practice, one of the doubt, owing to the extraordinary self-possession ha, calomel, and general bleeding," to get the re
Homoeopathic, and two of the Botanic practice. which induced her to keep them fast closed until action down again ; and when the reaction is got
With all these I was no better, but rather grew the blaze of the burning clothes was put out. A down again, "tonics and nutrients" to sustain the
worse, although they did all in their power to young gentleman present, who had seen much of system, and so on to the end of the chapter.
help me. water-practice, and by whose presence of mind
she was saved from much worse consequences, What beautiful philosophy this must be, which
In the autumn of 1848 my sister and myself, poisons the body with calomel, and takes out the
with a friend, concluded to take a short journey. persuaded her to place her hand in cold water, life-blood, just because the patient is worn down
They wished to go by the way of Lebanon and to apply cold wet cloths to the face and neck.
I found her in extreme pain, though it had be When with pain, and exhausted from want of rest !
Springs, and although against my will, I made no will learned doctors learn to think a little
gun to abate a very little. At this time cool but for themselves 1
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REVIEW OF THE JANUARY NUMBER
OK THE WATER CURE JOURNAL.
BY A CRITIC M.D.
Residing " up tho country," I will, with your per
mission, give you a brief review of the Journal itself,
and tell you what " the people" think of it.
The Present Quarto Form is much admired ;
and the clean, beautiful paper on which it is printed,
together with its unsurpassably bright new types, ren
der it, altogether, unequalled in its mechanical execu
tion.
Now let us examine its contents.
Scrofula—Its Nature, Effects, Causes, Pre
vention and Cure, by 1)r. Nichols, is thorough
and complete A volume in itself. There is scarce
ly a family, especially in your cities, but what may
" see themselves" in that article ; and, to a great ex
tent, apply those undoubted principles of Hydropathy
to the mitigation and removal of this terrible infant-
destroyer—Scrofula.
Physiology and Pathology of the Eye. With
engraved illustrations. By Dr. Trall. Who is not
interested in the preservation and restoration of the
organs of vision 1 Tho doctor has given, in that
article, more real science—[common sense]—than I
have ever before met with in an equal number of sen
tences. There remains nothing more to be said on
that subject. Those afflicted with sick eyes will do
well lo go back and rt-rcad that very important ar- ;
tide.
Rational Hydropathy not Exclusive either
in Theory or Practice. By Dr. Houghton.
[As this article is referred to in another place, we '
omit the remarks of " Critic."]
Heat is Life and Cold is Death. By Dr. Kit- j
tredge.—Rather hard on our friends of tho " Thomp- !
sonian School." Yet his comparisons are fairly and '■
closely drawn. No one can refute Dr. K.'s argument.
Too much cold water is as bad as too much hot water ;
and all sensible Iiydropaths will discriminate and be
governed by the condition of thejjatient.
A Haity New-Year. By Dr. Trall. Exhila
rating. It is equal to a Fourth of July oration. Who
would believe that a Water Doctor could become to
eloquent 1 It is the best dose of Wator-Curo medi
cine that was ever administered.
Physical Education. By Dr. Antisell.—This
is a capital thing—good for every day. If our board
ing school misses and genteel little dandies would read
(his article, they would take less pride in showing their
slender waists, soft hands, and soft—Give us moro of
the " same sort."
WnooriNo Couoii—Its Nature and Treat
ment, by Dr. Shew, will attract attention. There
is no doubt of the infinite superiority of tho Hydropa
thic treatment in this disease.
Accidents and Emergencies, with engravings,
in tho Kcview department, were very acceptable ;
ditto the Poetry ; and the Gossip from Boston, by
Noons, and the Itcply by Quougs, together with
your exceedingly interesting Miscellany and Vari
ety, 811 up, and render that number the most accepta
ble of any which it has over been my go#d fortune to
read. It has made a sensation hereabouts not unlike
a Mississippi crevasse. May the Journal obtain a cir
culation unbounded—equal to its merits.
see 3^-
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
A FEW EXTRACTS FROM OUR CO-
VVORKING CORRESPONDENTS.
The following extracts are madt without the knowl
edge or consent of the writers.
S. R, when ordering a club of new subscribers, re
marks as follows :
" The sample number of thc'.Watcr-Curo Journal,
which I have received, astonishes all who sec it. The
question it raises is, What will Fowlers and Wells do
next 1 And when 1 tell them there is one publishing
house in New York, besides the religious, that has tho
moral courage to reject everything not calculated for
the public benefit, I need not tell you there is suffi
cient morality among our citizens to appreciate it."
J. C. J. says,—" The now Journal is magnificent.
I have lived in an editorial chair for ten years of my
life, and looked over hundreds of papers weekly, and 1
never 1 set eyes' on a neater dress ; but that is the w.ty
to do the thing. Make the outward the indicator of
the inward. Please the intellect through the eye. 1
had rather read a nicely printed newspaper than one
bunglingly got out. 'Twill go now, like its prototype
whose cause it pleads—good, pure, soft water. It is
the thing wherewith to recommend water to the people.
R. F. R., of Wisconsin, a zealous co-worker, in a
letter, ordering fifty copies of the Journal, writes as
follows :
" I have long been a sufferer from violated natural
laws, the doctors, and patent medicine craft, when a
copy of the Water-Cure Journal caught my attention.
I subscribed, and have been greatly benefited by it.
That Journal has been of more service to mo, in the
recovery of my health, than four years' previous doc
toring on the old system, and four hundred dollars
paid for medical assistance.
D. D T. M. says, The January No. of tho Watcr-
Cure is a perfect beauty. It is the most beautiful
quarto 1 have yet seen. We did reckon the Kural
[referring to that excellent paper, the Rvral New
Yorker,] some [in vulgar parlance,] but must ac
knowledge the maizt.
T. J., Sen. " I have obtained one hundred subscri
bers for tho Water-Cure Journal for 1851, and inclose
you a draft for the amount. J shall send you another
club, perhaps of fifty more, within a month."
[This is pretty good evidence that T. J. considers
the Journal worth wb.nt it costs. He has our thanks,
and will have the thanks of those into whose hands he
thus places the Journal. He is a ** co-worker" in
deed.]
Mrs. O. T. says, ** f havo obtained sixty subscri
bers for the Journal, and enclose the pay for the same.
The interest in the W. C. is greatly increasing. A
year ago last July there was but one copy of tho Jour
nal taken in this place, and that by two ladies. I
think its merits need only be known to bo appreci
ated."
[The ladies have, thus far, been our most efficient
apostles in the advancement of the Water-Cure, and
well they may be , for to them are the principles of Hy
dropathy especially adapted.]
W, H. H. B., when sending a club of fifty-four
subscribers, adds, ** The peoplo in this vicinity are be
coming interested in Medical Kcform ; and even the
physician [an Allopath] is practising tho 11 Water-
Cure" to some extent, and has subscribed for the
Journal. I expect to send you more subscribers soon."
E T. B. says, " There is a man in my neighbor
hood raising arclub of twenty for the W. C. Journal,
but I am not willing to await his motions. These
Journals are so appropriate to the times, and prcrtnt
condition of the people of tho United States, that I
wish they wore invited into every family. This talk
may seem strange in reference to the IV. C. Journal^
coming as it does from an Allopathic physician ; but,
strange as it may seem, I not only reduce my honest
convictions to paper, but to practice, wherever and
whenever opportunities present."
(To be continued,)
A FEW HONEST OPINIONS.
We cannot forego the pleasure of telling our sub
scribers what our " friends of the press" say of us.
The Fountain Journal has the following:
" Every man, woman, and child, who loves health,
who desires happiness, its direct result, who wants to
' live while he does live,' ' live till be dies,' and really
live, instead ofbeing a mere walking corpse, should be
come at once a reader of this Journal, and practise its
precepts. Tho Water-Cure Journal contains more
information really necessary to mankind, than all the
fashionable monthlies and quarterlies in existence."
For us to confirm tho above would seem like " self
praise," we shall therefore leave its confirmation or re
futation to our readers.
The Union, that dignified paper, says :
" The Water-Cure Journal for January, 1851,
comes to us much enlarged, on new type, fine whito
paper, and much improved in every way."
Briof, but quite to the point.
The Ledger thus guardedly expresses itself :
" The Water-Cure Journal appears in an en
larged form, new type and superfine paper. It is de
cidedly one of the most beautiful, if not the most beau
tiful serial of the day. The low price at which it is
afforded—$1 a year—tho excellent quality of its
matter, and the high aim to which it is devoted, ren
der it altogether worthy of extensive patronage."
The Morning Mirror, with that characteristic
discrimination for which it is distinguished, comments
as follows :
" It will astonish many who do not understand tho
benefit of an immense circulation, to sec a paper of
that size published for $1 a-ycar.
" Tho value of water and its proper application is
surely becoming known among the people. In no way
can they get so much knowledge on this subject for so
little money, as by subscribing for the Water-Cure
Journal. The publishers spare no pains or expense to
make it what it should be. We advise every family to
subscribe for it, on the ground of economy, health, and
its being a sure cure for drug-mania."
The Radii, in an elaborate notice, remarks : " Its
contributors are among the best medical writers in this
country."
The Oswego Palladium very kindly informs its
readers, that " This model ' Herald of Reforms,' not
content with its vigorous and effective assaults upon
the errors of the mcdieal profession, nor with its man
ly efforts in behalf of Reform in general, has com
menced the New Year with a work of Reformation—
or, rather, of Improvement—at home. Though well
printed before, it has been materially enlarged and
greatly improved in its typographical appearance. It
is now ono of the prettiest, as it has ever been one of
the best, journals in the country."
The Hampshire Express pays us tho following
most flattering compliment. "It looks as -if it had
been under a course of water treatment itself."
We can add nothing to tho above. None but a
Hydropath can fully appreciate it.
The Washington Examiner winds up an editorial
notice after the following dignified and sober manner,
with more meaning than words. " 'I his is a very in
teresting periodical, and mny be read with profit by
all."
The Clear Spring Sentinel, with its olear Ar
gus eye, takes cognizance of our improvements in the
following language :
" We have received the first number of the eleventh
volume of this extensively patronised and fearless ex
pounder of the Hydropathic practice. The Journal
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48 THE
has undergone a handsome chango. It has been en- s
larged to double its former size."
The Orleans Coitnty Gazette seems well picas- 5
ed, and observes, " It is beautifully printed on the
best of paper, and contains excellent practical dircc- \
tions for tho preservation of health."
The Lewiston Gazette, among other complimen- :
tary and appreciative remarks, says, " The work is
conducted with great ability, ami ought to have an >
extonsivo circulation.'*
The Columbia Spy seems to be puzzled. We will \
let him into the secret if he will agree not to tell the I
men. If wo were to inform him that we are on " good ;
terms" with all the ladies in the^NATioN, we fear lie \
wodld be jealous. " Woman's Rights" to take tho |
Journal we go in for. Hear the Spy. " Tho January
number is before us, and a finer specimen of typogra
phy we have never seen ; while tho contents continue -
varied, useful, and interesting How they can publish j
such a work for $1 per annum, we arc utterly at a loss
to know."
The Spy adds : " The PhrenologicalJournal is not
a whit behind tho Water-Cure ; they are both para- ;
gon specimens of American journals, and aa such aro \
well t-upported. It is also published at tho low price :
of $1 per annum."
The Star of the North sagely informs his read- >
crs, that " The Water-Cuke Journal conies in an ;
eularged and improved form, tilled with useful inform
ation, and a hundred suggestions for the preservation >}
of health and the prevention of disease"
The Star and Banner warms up in language more \
eloquent and unreserved. He "flings to the breeze" j
thoughts like these,—" It is decidedly the handsomest \
papor on our exchange list. The publisher, to be ablo \
to present his Journal in a style so elegant and at so -
low a price, must have command of a very htavy sub- j
scription list ; a fact which of itself gives evidence of j
tho extrordinary popularity which this new system of ;
medical treatment has already acquired in this coun- !
try. Tho Journal before us is conducted with much \
ability, and is well ealculatod to extend that popu- j
larity."
The Ashtabitla Sentinel judiciously remarks :
" It contains much valuable information in regard to j
tho proper treatment of disease, and to physical cdu-
cation generally. Such a journal is almost invaluable
in a family, and should be extensively patronized." \
The American Union!! without qualification,
announces to the World !—including North and
South—(we beg pardon)—South and North. And
here lot us remark, that we think it as.impo.s.-iible to
" Dissolvo the Union" aa to blow up the liocky
Mountains, or split the Mississippi Hirer. The Union
says: "In ucatness of mechanical execution it sur
passes all our ideas of perfection in printing. All
know by this time, that tho object of this work is to
advance the principles of water-euro in tho treatment
of diseases. This it does in a manner that arrests at
tention and wins converts. We consider it a work of
much value—ten times as much as its subscription
prico, which is only ono dollar ;"
The PjtvMot-TH Rock. " Laud of our Pilgrim
Fathers," may thy name ever bo spoken with true
vonoration. Thou art remembered by, and endeared
to, untold millions ; and thy sacred rocky altars shall
echo thy praiso until time shall bo no moro. Thou art
as a beacon light set in the heavens, to illuminate the
world with thy moral example ; out-hung by au all-
wise Providence, inviting mankind to worship at thy
shrine. But let the Plymouth Kock newspaper [and
a good one it is] speak for itself :
" Water-Cure Journal. We have received this
health-reform periodical. Agreeably to promise, it
comes to us in an eularged and improved form, and
with an addition of several new an important depart
ments."
WATER-CURE JOURNAL
The Somerset Whig—laying politics aside for
this occasion—thus argues :
Tho Water Curo Journal for 1831 is issued in a o/iarto
form, with its typography beautified to the point of
perfection. This is an extremely useful and entertain
ing publication, and exceedingly cheap.
The Democr vrh; Hkflec.tor has no notion of being
beaten by tho Whig. Hear him reason. "The number
before us presents a splendid appearance, having been
enlarged and otherwise improved. It is a work that
should be in every family."
The Public Medtu.it, without putting on its glasses,
gravely cxpre.s-e.-j its choice thus: '* It is printed on
paper of a superb quality. We like it in its new form
best."
The New-York Tribune. This moral and intel
lectual philosopher thus eulogizes our *k feeble efforts."
" The Water-Cuke Journal," with its improved
exterior, presents an increase of interest in its reading
matter, nud apart from its able illustration and advo
cacy of Hydropathy, contains a great dc tl of important
information on the means of preserving health, and
kindred topics, and must always prove a welcome vis
itor in reading families.
The Christian Freeman seems to take a pecuniary
view, referring of course to doctors' bills. " The tak
ing of this journal will be found a money making busi
ness."
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.—
Lest our readers may think we copy only such *' opin
ions" as are fovorable, wo insert the following with
out comment from this venkhadle and most respectable
authority. The Water-Cure Journal and *' Herald of
Reforms," published by Messrs, Fowlers and Wells,
New-York, comes to us in an enlarged form, present
ing altogether a very handsome appearance. It is
really one of tho best specimens of typographical ex
cellence that comes to us in exchange. Were the sub
jects that arc discussed in its columns, any where near
as correct and truly scientific as its mechanical exe
cution is beautiful, it might rank with the first journals
devoted to medical science- If its enterprising publish
ers really wish to have their Journal a " herald of rt-
forms" let them commence de novo, first telling their
rentiers what constitutes disease, the modus operandi
of water alone in treating it, and further, what is dis
tinctly to be understood by the " Reforms " spoken of.
Our homoeopathic friends say theirs is the true and
only method of curing disease. The Thompsonian, tho
Neuropathic, and other would-be doctors, say the same.
Now which is to bo believed, or are they all correct 1
It is not our purpose at this time to enter into a dis
cussion of their relative merits. Suftice it to say, were
wo sick, and without any previous knowledge of the
first principles."of the healing art, we might possibly
chooso those doctors who give no medicine.
Among the thousands of " Notices " which our
friends of the press " have showered upon us, not
one has 6pokcn unfavorably. All this, together with
the numerous private testimonial which we are daily
receiving, is enough to determine us to work zealous
ly, for the further promotion and universal diffusion of
this GREAT AND GOOD CAUSE " HYDROPATHY."
A Sudden Death.—John T. Kirtland, of Cleve
land, Ohio, on Friday afternoon last knocked a small
piece of skin from the little- finger of his right hand.
On Saturday noon it pained him somewhat ; tho pain
increased during the afternoon and night. On Sun
day morning, at five o'clock, he was violently attacked
with diarrhoea, which continued for about an hour.
Tho pain left hjs hand as soon as the diarrhoea com
menced. He suffered none afterward, and died on
Monday morning —Excluingc-
Had tho above person resorted at once to full wa
ter-treatment, and nothing else, we have no doubt he
would have lived.—[Eds. Journal.]
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON.
BY NOGGS.
Dear Brethren of tho true and simple faith, first
and foremost, lot mo congratulate you on the fine ap
pearance of your January number; its splendid type,
paper, and form elicit the highest praise from every
ono who beholds it ; it speaks volumes for Hydropa
thy! Give my best love to Quoggs, and tell him I wel
come him with great joy, and hope we shall often tra
vel together in the same vehicle. Tell him also not to
be alarmed by the imbecile efforts of the Boston Me
dical Journal man, to prove that M Hydropathy is run
ning down"— folks this way, don't consider his testi
mony as exactly impartial, and by no means conclu
sive. The fact is, that during the absence of Dr.
Smith, he is ** dressed in a little brief authority," and
ho flatters himself that he's going to use the Water-
Cure folks all up before tho Doctor gets back !
Newport and Nahant, and all the other fashionable
watering places, from Brighton, in England, to Ban
gor, in Maine, will be shunned next season. Of course,
nobody, after such able reasoning, will venture to wash
themselves all over again, much less to expose their
skins to the rough pollings of the pitiless surf, as here
tofore, and the breakers henceforth must be content to
" Wash the beach at Hockaway," and nothing else !
Quoggs says I must answer for Boston ; I can most
truly say, that I never knew the time when Hydropa
thy was half .so popular at it has been this winter. Dr.
IC, to my certain knowledge, was never so busy as
; now—going every which way day unto day ; does this
- look like '"running down V I would not have be-
< trayed his confidence thus if " Quoggs" had not called
j upon me so imperiously to speak for Boston. The
i trouble is it is getting altogether too popular for the
| Allopaths to contain themselves.
] I have just been told of an interest ing caso of na-
'i turc versus art, which occurred, not long since, in the
■ neighboring city of Charlestown :—a child of Mrs.
! ■ ■, was taken sick during her absence, and a neigh-
\ bor of hers, who kindly supplied the mother's place, as
\ probably none others could better do, was requested by
' the doctor to give one of certain little while powders
j every hour—she gave ono of them, and being convmo-
; cd that it hurt thechild, she persuaded the friends to let
j her manage it. This they did, as the doctor had said
•; it was very doubtful if the child got well, even with
- his medicine. .sho accordingly washed it over in
S warm water occasionally, and once au hour M tucked
I the powder under the grate" and nursed the child up
; in her own motherly way ! and, very much to the sur
prise of tho doctor, the next day thechild was greatly
I relieved ; and the doctor boasted considerably of hid
J having had the tact to "hit upon the right mcdi-
j cine !" and wrote for another batch of powders,
; which, I need not add, went the -same way as their
> '* illustrious predecessors" had done, ami with tho
: same happy effect! they were indeed grn/e-ful to
I tho patient, " going to tho right spot" truly ! though
; the doctor little drcampt whoro that spot was till af
: ter tho mother got homo and tho child got well, and
he was told by her the disposition made of his pow
ders. He didn't feel particularly pleased, but couldn't
well say anything, as tho child, contrary to his fre
quently declared opinion at first, got well !
A New Discovery,—A druggist and 'an Allopa
thic M. D., of a kcertain town in Otsego county, wcro
overheard discussing the merits of patent medicine ;
and, speaking of cod-liver oil, the doctor said he
bought a bottle for a person who has since died of the
consumption, and as tho patient did not use half of it,
ho took the remainder to oil his harness,—and recom
mends it as tho best thing of the kind ho ever used !
♦ .
The Springfield Water-Cure is now under tho
management of Dr. E. Snetx. For particulars see
advertisement.
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From Blackwood's Magazine.
A PLEA FOR OUR PHYSICAL LIFE.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.
We do our nature wrong,
Neglecting over long
The bodily joy* that help to make ut wite ;
The ramble np the slope
Of ihe high mountain cope—
The long day's walk, the vigorous exercise
The fresh luxurious bath,
Far from (he trodden path.
Or mid the ocean waves dashing with harmless roar,
Lifting ns off oor feet upon the sandy shore.
Kind Heaven I there is no end
Of pleasures as we wend
Onr pilgrimage in life's undevious way,
If we bnt know the laws
Of the Eternal Cause,
And for his glory and our good obey.
Bat intellectual pride
Sets half these joys aside,
And our perennial care absorbs the soul so mnch,
That life burns cold and dim beneath its deadening touch
Welcome, ye plump green mends,
Yc streams and sighing reeds,
Welcome, ye corn field*, waving like a sea I
Welcome, the leafy bowers.
And children gathering flowers 1
And farewell, for a while, sage drudgery !
Whatl though we're growing old,
Our blood is not yet cold 1
Come with me to the fields, thon man of many ills.
And give thy limbs a chance among the daffodils 1
Come with me to the woods.
And let their solitudes
Re-echo to oar voices as we go.
Upon thy weary brain
Let childhood come again,
Spite of thy wealth, thy learning, or thy wo 1
Stretch forth thy limbs and leap—
Thy life has been asleep ;
And, though the wrinkles deep may farrow thy pale brow,
Show me, if thon an wise, how like a child art thoa I
Female Lecturers.—The Ohio Statesman, of re
cent date, contains a report of a course of lectures on
Physiology, delivered by Miss Coates, in Columbus.
The following extracts show with what interest these
lectures were attended i
" We had the pleasure, last evening, of listening to
an introductory lecture upon this vitally important
subject, delivered by Miss Coates, a professional lec-
turer, who has devoted the energies of her clear and
vigorous mind to its careful investigation.
" The lecture was appointed to take place in the
First Presbyterian church ; but before the hour ap-
pointed it was filled to overflowing ; and the crowds,
who continued to assemble, found it impossible to gain
admittance. They accordingly adjourned to the up-
per room, which, with the galleries, was soon densely
crowded."
" In introducing her subject, she dwelt upon the
perfect harmony manifested in this wonderful mecha
nism, 1 the human form divine,' remarking that we no
where received purer, holier teachings, when rightly
apprehended, than through the handiwork of God.
And then tracing the whole scheme of creation, from
the orb of day that enlightens worlds on worlds, to the
tiniest insect floating in the morning beam, Mas
stood forth as the crowning work."
Were our pages not already crowded, it would give
us pleasure to copy these lectures entire. The Ohio
State Journal, at the commencement of a second course,
remarks :—** W*o are gratified at the cordial reception
she has met with from the ladies and citizens of Co
lumbus, and trust she will have as liberal patronage
for the second course as she had for the first."
The Central Medical College, at Kochester,
N. Y., is now in successful operation. A good num
ber of Female Students are in attendance. We are
glad to know that most of the Professors in this col
lege are in sympathy with the Hydropathic interest.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL. 49
The Water-Cure in Oregon Territory.— Our Health of England.—A document has been
readers shall enjoy with us the extracts which wo printed, by order of the House of Commons, showing
make from a letter received by the last mail from this that the expenditure of medical establishments under
the poor law, in the year ending the 25th of March
new, promising, and great territory. last, was £177,039 lls.9jr/. The total number of
*' Gentlemen,— Allow us to introduce ourselves to hospital patients in the year, was 468,028.
you an friends of the noble cause you advocate, with Four hundred and sixty-eight thousand sick pau
all good wishes for your success. But as wishes are pers ! ! and seven hundred thousand dollars for doctor'
neither food nor drink, wc inclose a draft for $50, ing them ! ! !
which we 'wish appropriated as follows—$30 for the
Journal and $20 for books." This is what wt call a deplorable condition of
Then a list of sixty names, all new subscribers, aro things. A sick, doctor-ridden, community. In such
a case as this, the Hydropathic mode of treatment
given ; which of course establishes at once an Hydro
pathic colony in this Western Kmpire. The writer would be to first banish the doctors, including their
adds :— drugs and cod-liver oil, rand apply 11 clean water/'
" I have received from your establishment five works "pure air," "simple food," and "healthful exer
on the Water-Cure, for which 1 am most thankful j cise." Now we submit this proposition to the common
My object is to introduce the Wator-Curo into this sense of England and the world—would not this be the
country. If we can succeed in keeping down the drug i best!
practice in Oregon, we can boast, for health, over all i
other civilized countries on the face of the globe. For i Your people are doctored to death, and your doc
pure water, mildness of climate, magnificence of scene- tors made rich by the " spoils !"
rr, Oregon cannot be surpassed It is an Asylum for ;
California. A good Hydropathic physician would do j Dr. P. H. Hayes, late physician of the Green
well to locate here. Our ixiople ran away from the
drug doctors when they left the States, and they do \ Wood Springs Water-Cure, is now building a Water-
not wish to be troubled with them any more. Cure Institute at Wyoming, Wyoming county, New
Yours, truly. *•* \ York. The building is after an original plan, and will
be constructed in a modem style of cottage architec
\ " Careless or Ignorant Apothecaries.—Cases ; ture, and with express reference to the health,'comfort,
i of injury, and even death, resulting from the careless- j and convenience of the invalid Dr. H. will open the
< ness or ignorance of men who attempt to compound \
| medicines, are constantly occurring. The Philadel- Wyoming Cottage Water-Cure on the first day of
! phia Ledger contains a notice of a case of recent occur- May, 1851, for the reception of patients.
J rence in that city, in which a sick lady came near los- ,
ing her life by the carelessness of an apothecary, in 5 The Glen Haven Water-Cure is" henceforth to
| putting up opium instead of what was prescribed by j be under tho charge of our worthy friend and contri
I the attending physician. These constantly recurring i butor, Dr. J C. Jackson, assisted by his wife, Miss
f examples of the unfitness of many who pretend to be j
> qualified to read medical prescriptions, and to com- \ Gilbert, and his son. The "Glen" has already
| pound medicines, should enforce on our public autho- j obtained a reputation which its proprietors may well
\ rities the necessity of some regulations, by which the > bo pleased with ; yet, still greater success awaits it.
5 fitness of a man to retail deadly drugs shall be ascer- i
i tained before he is suffered to commence his dangerous \
J work. As things now are, a blockhead who, by any j New Water-Cure Houses.—In Raisin, Michi
i chance, gets possession of an apothecary's stock, may j gan, J. W. Carpenter has erected a new establish
j commence business at once, as a compounder of drugs, ment, of which T. S. Hamilton, M. D., ofTeeumseh,
f of whose properties he knows no more than he does of
s the condition of the inhabitants of the remotest planet is the resident physician. We predict the complete
' of the solar system."—Boston Traveller. eradication of all drug shops and patent medicines
The only effectual way to get rid of these poisonous from this region.
nuisances is to let them alone entirely. Refuse to
meddle with drugs, and no such murderous accidents A Professor in a Medical College in Wiscon
would occur ; but so long as children are permitted to sin delivered a lecture recently on the Immortality of
play with powder, explosions may be expected. Our the Body. Oh Calomel !
advice to all is, Let drugs alone.
i Dr. Weder, formerly of the Parkeville Water-
\ Cure, is now the resident physician of the South
j A Change of Occupation.—A friend and co
i worker writes us that the Water-Cure Journal has Orange Hydropathic Institute, N. J.
ruined the business of an Allopathic doctor in the
j neighborhood where he resides ; and that he has been
j
] driven to seek another occupation. He is now respect Uamtun.
> ably employed in agricultural pursuits. It is presum
I ed that he will do less damage now than while in the Prooeessiok.—For ages past mankind have devot
< poisoning business.
i ed their energies to war, and the gratification of their
animal propensities ; but the present is an age of In
Soap—Soxr—Soap.—The world is progressing ; sci ventions—Steam Ships, Locomotives, Telegraphs,
ence [advancing ; and why should not the quality of and other scientific and mechanical developments. All
Soap keep pace with other improvements 1 Recent former discoveries, when compared with thoso of tho
chemical discoveries, applied to the manufacture of nineteenth century, are insignificant. The present age
soap, have set the world all agog—especially the wo is more glorious, so .far as a higher mental develop
men. Hence those rascally washing pamphlets—sold ment is concerned, than all past ages together. And
at only a dollar a copy, (which cost about a quarter of the most spiritual observer dare not even predict tho
a cent,) and numerous other cheats, all in the soap extent of our progress for the next half century. One
and washing lino. These cheats act on the principle man, (a chemist,) aftirms that it is not only possible,
that the notes of a goed bank may be counterfeited to but quite probable, that wo shall, ere long, warm our
some purpose,while a poor one would not pay. dwellings, cook our food, and subtract all necessary
Now the entire success of these soap counterfeiters warmth for our convenience and comfort, from the at
has grown out of the popular and superior quality of mosphere ; and another boldly affirms that, by the aid
the " Simon Pure" nrticle discovered and manufac of science, we shall soon be enablod to dispense with
tured by Isaac Babbitt, of Boston. The Cream of tho use of gas, oil, and tallow, and use, as a substitute
Soap, and tho Shaving Powder manufactured by for all our lights, common electricity. And who will
him, are probably unequaled. Wo take this occasion bo so reckless as to venture a contrary opinion until
to recommend our friends to try it. Not for the pe they shall have been tried 1 It is an easy argument to
cuniary advantages which he may derive therefrom, say " I don't believe ;" but doubters and skeptics
but for their own pleasure and profit. should remember, that neither belief or i/i's-belicf ever
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proved the truth of any thing. AH things, no mattei\ Mrs. Farnham in California-It will be reinem- .ii: nny Lind Goods for Sale.- -We have heard
how new or strange, will be tried ; and we havo only bered by our readers that this woman embarked on \ of Jenny Lind Candy—Jenny Lind <tcam boats—Jen
to look back to the past, in order to satisfy ourselves board the ship Angelique, for California, in May ny Lind horses and cattle, and Jenny Lind Soup, but
of the absurdity of opposing new theories. It was 1819. From some cause it became necessary for tho \. we never before heard of Jenny Lind Cod-Liver Oil,
once supposed to bo impossible to navigate even our vessel to "put in " at liio, and for Mrs. F. to obtain ' which we find advertised in the newspapers ; said to be
rivers by steam. Look now at our fleet of magnificent the services of an assistant to aid her in taking care of ; good for the tick-dolor-o.
ocean steamers ; look at our railroads ! It will not be her children. Hut while on shore, her children remain- \
many years before the " Iron Horse" will penetrate ing on board, the inhuman Captain very unceremonious- ' Anna Dominv.—" Father, did you ever have an
every county on our continent ; and will soon cross the ly *' set sail "—taking with him all her cash, clothing, other wife beside mother V " No, my boy ; what
ilocky Mountains. Professor Page tells us' that, and other goods. This condition of things very soon : possessed you to ask such a question V* " Because I
instead of wood and coals, as fuel, wo arc to use Mag became known to '* the People," who at once provided saw in the old family Bible where you married Anna
netism as the propelling power. And so confident of her with all she needed to make her comfortable, and Dominy, in 1835, and that isn't mother, for her name
this were our senators and congressmen, that they ap furnished her with the 4i menus.'1 money, to complete was Sally Johnson.
propriated $20,(MR) of the people's money, at their last her voyage. She took passage ( u the first ship that
session, to developc and establish this new power. sailed, and reached San Francist o soon after the arri- Puffs.—An Eastern editor says, "1 am prepared
Telegraphs, too, will vibrate all over the world, even val of the Angelique. A law si it was at once com to write Puffs, Sermons, or Orations, for all occasions,
as the nerves of the human body ramify every root ami menced against the run-away captain, and damages to on tho most reasonable t erms A puff will usually lie
branch of the living man. Another progressive phi the amount of $3,66] 27 obtained. While separated written for §2, and published in our paper for an addi
losopher comes forward and claims that even the tele from her children, they were kindly protected by the tional $3. Sermons will be furnished on short notice
graph will soon bo surpassed, and all; mankind be other lady-passengers. for $10, and Orations for $20.
brought into immediate mental communication with Mrs. Farnham took possession of the farm left her In and Out.—One day, at dinner, Currau said to
each other on psychological principles. Another still, by her husband, and commenced cultivating the same, Father O'Leary, *' Reverend father, 1 wish you were
avers, that Aerial Navigation is not only probable, With what success our readers will judge when we in St. Peter."
but certain ; and capitalists are investing their funds form them that the proceeds of her crops last year " And why, counsellor, would you wish I were St.
in this kind of stock, with undoubted hope of success (K'iO) amounted to the snug sum of $t>0,000. So far \. Peter V* asked O'Loary.
and profit- as the profit is concerned, we regard this a '* better bust *' Because, reverend father, in that case," replied
It is a fact, that our people have come to regard ness" than serving as Matron to the "Sin# Sing Curran, " you would have the keys of heaven, and
*' all things possible," even with man, which the hu prison." you would let me in."
man intellect is capable of conceiving. " By my honor and conscience," replied t lie divine,
Who, then, shall prove himself so low, and dull of Something Pithy.—Four gentlemen—a Baptist, " it would he better for you that I had the keys of the
comprehension, -as to venture an opinion against these
things t Blowing against the wind will not change its by Presbyterian, Methodist, and Roman Catholic—met other place, and then 1 could let you our."
course ; retiring to a dark room will not prevent tho said,agreement to dine on a fish. Soon as grace was He got hit, while passing up Nassau street, a few
tho Catholic rose, armed with a knife and fork, days ago, the famous washing-man. Thirteen
sun from shining, and opposing the truth will not pre and taking about one-third of the fish, comprehending
vent it from making itself known and felt, wherever the head, removed it to his plate, exclaiming, as he trees got struck by a snug looking little man, who
mankind are sufficiently developed to appreciate its sat said he had been humbugged out of his money by this
Grandeur and Beauty. down, with great self-satisfaction, " Papa est caput same thirteen trees, who sends his circulars all over
eeelesiai ;" the Popo is the head of tho church. Im the country without paying his postage, and charges
*' Tki tii, crushed to earth, will rise again, mediately the Methodist minister arose, and, helping a dollar for a little tract which costs about a quarter
The eternal year* ofGod arc hers ; himself to about one-third, embracing the tail, seated of a cent.
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain. himself. "Finis coronat opus ;" the end crowns the
And dies am id her worshiper*." work. The Presbyterian now thought it was about Mrs. Partington, on hearing that Mount Vocifer
time for him to move, and, taking tho remainder of
Our friend Bryant never wrote a truer stanza. the fish to his plate, exclaimed, '* In media est Veri ous had another eruption, wondered if Townsend\s
We see it confirmed every day, but in no instance does tas ;" truth lies between the t wo extremes. Our Bap Saucy prunella wouldn't do it good.
it strike us more forcibly, than when applied to the tist brother had nothing before him but an empty
different methods of treating diseases. Tho old allo plate, and the prospect of a slim dinner ; and, snatch " Oh ! ah ! how very strange that one goose can
pathic errors are dying, and hordes of worshipers, ing up tho bowl of drawn [melted] butter, he dashed suckle so many goslings," exclaimed Miss Josephine
(many ofwhom however are only worshiping mammon, it over them all, exclaiming, " Fgo baptiso vos ;" I Amelia Olivia Augusta, while paying a visit to her
undor cover of this practice, the more easily to accom baptize country cousin.
plish their acquisitive purposes, regardless of the wel you all.
fare of their deceived patients, are in lamentation at
their departure. Meantime the Sun of Hydropathy The Chromotype believes in Paine's Hydro
has arisen upon the horizon of our hopes and, surround electric Light. And the Evening Post wonders
ed by the effulgence of its own beams, is rapidly attain why Mr. Paine " keeps his light so long in the dark."
ing its meridian glory. But think not that, like its We never doubted the pre-eminent value of water to For Three Dollars, a copy,eaeh, of the Student, the
glorious prototype, it will again descend, and leave the put out fire, but never believed it could be made to Journal, American Phrenological Journal, anil the Water-Cure
world in darkness. No, Hvdropathy is truth—" tho burn like Cod Liver, Whale Oil or Gas. Yet if Mr. family he provided will be sent one year. That may every memberofthe
eternal years of God aro hers"—and from its meridian Wright believes it, it must be right. But where's the est, with the choicest, as well as the cheap
reading. Together, the<e throe magazine* contain an
altitude it will continue to dispenso its blessings light! amount of matter equal to one thousand six hundred and
through all coming time. thirty two large octavo pages, all of which are printed on the
The World's Fair.—Those of our literary and pro finest quality of paper, new type% anil in the very best style of
Tho New York Tribune says that " dosing infants fessional friends who visit London in June next, wil the art, quite equal to that of the higher priced magazines. The
with paregoric is a system of child murder that ought children should have the Student—rhe men the Phrenological
to bo indicted at common law." It makes the children find accommodations at John Chapman's, 42 Strand. and Water-Cure—and the women the Water-Core and the
" weak-nerved and shallow-brained.'* Mr. Chapman is the principal American bookseller in Phrenological Journals.
We should think that " paregoric" had been used London ; and his place is a " resort" for all *' Lite
pretty extensively in New York some day, judging rary Americans." We shall stop with Mr. Chapman, Our Water Cure Lidrary.—Some zealous co workers-
from the number of** weak-nerved and shallow-brain 42 Strand. have really undertaken to canvass the country, with a view of
ed" chaps to bo met with in that city.— Oswego Pal introducing this Library into more general use. The course
ladium,
Generai, Wintield Scott is a R<tman Catholic. pursued is a novel one, founded on the associative principle, as
Now look a-hear, Mr. Palladium, if you don't want follow* :—The man (or woman) induces seven persons, re*id rug
a ** ducking," yon had better stop that laBng. We He has been proposed for the office of President of the in the »ame neighborhood, to subscribe One Dollar each.—mak
admit the fact, but don't want you to "twit" us of United States for 1S51. We doubt his success. Even ing Seven Dollars in all,—to pay for the complete work in
it. Aint it " bad eniugh" without being "laughed ing Gaz&ttt. Beven volumes. He then Bends Five Dollars to the publishers,
at in the bargain 1" Don't you know we've got Cod- which is the wholesale price, and retains Two DoIUrs for his
Liver Oil factories, Saraaparilly factories', Pill facto The Port's Bulls.—Mrs. Partington wonders why services. This Two Dollars pays his expenses, and when lie
ries, Balvanic Gatery factories, and lots of others ; to the English people don't ** pound" them when they sells several nets of the Library in a day, it leaves him a good
gether with tribes and tribes of doctors, all trying to are committing such depredations. She thinks they profit. Thus, where families or individuals are unable to pay
Cure 11 weak-nerves" and ** shallow-brains 1" What ortn't to be alowed to " run" without a commission provide for this work, they may combine, and at a very small cost,
more can we do 1 Say ! themselves with the most important and extensive
from the selectmen. Health Library ever published.
 THE
GtM Stealing.—Ah, yon rascals, "you did It," and now
we will jo* '* tell our folks of it." Why didn't you give us
credit for it, hey? then we wouldn't have fell so bad. You
know how it made Daniel Webster feel when they stole his
thunder^ don't you 1
la our last volume we had some articles—which were about
right, we reckon—under the title of " Considerations for
Common Folks," by J. C. Jackson. Well, in looking over
a pile of exchanges the other day, we picked up a little monthly
pamphlet, which bore th» title of " Qreen Mountain Qcm,"
printed in Vermont, by a person named H , no we won't
tell that, for fear it would be a libel. Well, while looking
over this " Gem," we discovered a Gem indeed,—an old ac
quaintance,—under the *l taking title" of "Useful Con
siderations," which had been approoriated entire, without
saying one word about its having been "hooked" from the
Water Cure Journal. Nor is this the first instance in
which our gems have been plagiarized.
The " Habits of Jenny Lind," for example, were copied
by hundreds of oar exchanges, and only a lew gave us credit for
it* We have no objection to being copied by everybody, only
tell where it came from,— that's all.
A Magnificent Present.—We are happy to state that a
number ofour Hydropathic co-workers have done themselves
the honor of presenting their friends with that most useful
"■family guide," the Water Cure Library. Wo cannot
imagine a more useful or acceptable gift to either sex than
this. True, it is not filled with u fashion plates" from
"Paris," but it is filled with common sense from some of
the best brains in the world ; and, we must confess, we place a
higher value upon that which enables us to prolong life, than
upon that which destroys both health aod life. This Library is
a present adapted to all seasons.
Women and Water-Cure.—A man called at our office
recently, and said that he subscribed for the Journal a year ago,
to oblige a friend of his who was then soliciting subscriptions,
without any idea of continuing it ; but his wife had become so
much interested in it that she could not do without it. Hence, in
order to keep peace with her, he was compelled re-subscribe.
Now, this is the kind of*' woman's rights" we " go in for."
We hone no married woman will permit her husband to sleep
until he has subscribed for the Water-Cure Journal.
Advertising.—Thecuitom has now become so general, that
few persons engage in any kind of business without advertising.
The enterprise and success of a business may be determined
by the extent of its advertising. The terms on which advertise
ments may be inserted in the Water Cure Journal are extremely
low, when the extent of its circulation is taken into account.
Thus, at 20 cents a line, it costs the advertiser but one cent a
line for a thousand copies, our circulation being never less than
25,000 copies a month
Back Volumes.—We have recently obtained a few com
plete sets of the Writer-Cure Journal, from its commencement,
bound in muslin, with lettered backs, in library style. These
sets include vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and |0, complete; and,
as a record of the rise, progress^ and present condition of th<*
Water-Cure, is unequaled, and exceedingly valuable. The
price for the entire set is only $6. They may be sent by ex
press, or as freight (not by mail), to any place desired.
Post-Office Stamps may be remitted in place of email
change, in payment for any of our publications. They may be
had at all post offices. It will be perfectly safe, however, to
remit a quarter of a dollar, or less, at single letter postage.
Gold coins of $1, $2.50, or $5 pieces may be remitted at sin
gle letter postage. These small pieces should be wrapped in a
thin piece of paper, or secured by a thread, to prevent them
from slipping out of the letter before reaching their destination.
Sample Numbers.—Friends and co-workers, don't be back
ward, say the word, and specimen numbers shall ba sent to
you, or your friends, anywhere and everywhere. We are deter
mined to give everybody and family at least one. drink out of
the Water-Cure Journal for 1651, whether they subscribe
for it or not.
Erratum.—In our notice ofthe Hydropathic Encyclope
dia, in the Jan. No., ns 14 la press," we should have said, " It
will consist of eight numbers, of aboot one hundred pages
each," instead of two hundred. The price for the complete
work will be $2.
J. W. Gillam, of Easton, will supply all who wish with
our publications, including the Water-Cure Journal, the Stu
dent, and the Phrenological Journal.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL. 51
Chronic Diarrohoca.—M. B. M , Elboot's Mills, Md., is
Cn Cnrrapotthttts. informed, that the best cheap works for him are w Hydropathy
for the People," and K Water-Cure Manual." A system of
Vegetable Diet, by Dr. A Icon, contains many specific directions
D L. , Snow Hill, Ala.—Your suggestions in regard to for preparing vegetable food. It is also a cheap work. The
reporting the results of clinical practice, or the detail* and resultsphilosophy of diet is fully developed in Graham's Science of
of water treatment in inveterate cases of chronic diseases, are Human Life, a more expensive work, costing $2.50. In old
good, and will doubtless be acted ujion by our hydropathic phy bowel complaints, particular attention mast be paid to the
sician!) at the various Water Cure establishments. The Journal water for drinking, which should be soft aod pure.
is not ouly open for these rejwrts, but solicits them.
The Magnetic Machine, to which you refer, is probably Deafness from Quinine.—Mrs. S. R. F.—In addition to
the best. The price ofit is $ 1 2, including the book giving direc whatever general treatment the system requires in attending to
tions for its use. Dr. Sherwood is dead. While living, he |ter- \ the general health, the ear should be syringed two or three
formed many remarkable cures. The machine and mannal times a day with warm water for several weeks ; follow this
may be obtained of the publishers of the Water-Cure Journal. with moderately cool syringing, and then employ the stream
bath, or ear douche, perseveringly, around the affected organ.
Herpetic Eruption—Our Cincinnati friend who has this No doubt the head bath occasionally would be serviceable.
complaint on the forehead, breast, and back, U informed that \ Lead Pipes.—We are asked, what will serve as a substitute
nothing Is more efficacious in rnoting out old, obstinate skin dis
eases, than a rigiilly ah*temioug, ns well as vegetarian diet. ; for lead pi]«s ? Further experiments must determine what is
U»e unbolted farinaceou* food, with the mild or sweet fruits, j best. Glass or gutta percha might answer. We can see no
anil avoid greaee nnd alkalies, and much salt. A few weeks of f reason why gutta percha might no*, answer all desirable pur-
daily pack sheets, an hour each, followed by a tepid shallow ! [macs, so far as mere conductors and reservoirs are concerned.
bath, would greatly accelerate the cure.
' W. H. F.—Why don't yon " come to the point?" We
S. W.—"The Curse Removed," by Dr. Nichols, has \ can't stop to read or print long prefaces. Give us the quint
excited great interest. It has been copied by a number of edi essence. Words, words, words, all about what yon are " going
tors, and almost universally commended. It has been reprinted to say," are not wanted. State the facts in a plain, common
in a 24 page pamphlet for gratuitous distribution. They may sense manner, and leave yourself out.
be had in any quantity for $2 a hundred at the Journal olhee.
M. M. Johnson, of Fentonvile, Mich., says:—"This place
"The Two Pictures, or Hydropathic Quackery nnd Allo would be suitable fur a Water-Core hr>u*e." Notdoubt of it.
pathic Quackery," by Dr. Trall, has also been printed in a isRotthewhere are you going to get a Water Cure doctor 1 That
question. There are ten thousand demands to one sup
separate pamphlet, and may be had at the same price. These
little tracts, or pamphlets, should be placed into the hands of ply. You will have to " wait a little longer."
every family. Proprietors of Water-Cure establishments cannot
do better than to buy np from one to rive hundred copies ofthese A. T.—We intend to give our readers an ahundance of just
health messengers, and give them away in their neighbor such practical " common sense" matter as they require. We
hoods. are aware that Galesburgh isa great place, and we wish a copy
of the Journals could be placed into the hands of all those stu -
J. 11. S.1—Notwithstanding one man may have made unkind dents.
allusions, and drawn unjust comparisons, we do not believe it
will mend the matter by replying to it Fair competition muy E. S., Moone's Mills, Ballitore, Ireland.— Your draft
be carried on, without jealousy, and we intend to harmonize hni been received, and duly honored. The Journals will be
all interests—so far as it is in our power—and act as a mediator sent as you direct. We are glad to know that your family have
between these extremes to which you refer Equilibrium will received so much benefit from the Water-Core.
ultimately take places—if wc do not prevent it.
B F.—Your article is a mere advertisement, without any
Deafness Following Spotted Fever.—Miss J. V , Ver '\i public interest whatever. When you try again, please write
mont, will find a daily rubbing bath, and two or three tepid \ for " the people," and not for yonr own concern. For local
warm injections into the ear by a small syringe, probably gra nnrmiM. an advertisement would doubtless be of service to
dually restore the sense of hearing. Tin- subject wiU, in a you.
month or two, be fully explained in this joornal. Tell youi
neighbor*, Miss V., that the time is not far distant, when they Mrs. N. D., Salem, O. T.—Your remittance was duly re
will be compelled to like the Water-Cure Journal, nolens ceived, and publications sent according to order. Hope yon
may succeed in Introducing these new views into yourcoontry.
volcns. The Spirit of the Age has been discontinued.
Painter's Colic—R. T. H., Wellkville, Pa —The C. H. B., Syracuse.—You have done nobly. There is but
Hydropathic treatment is a moderate employment of the sweat
ing sheets, followed by tepid bathing, a free employment of little danger of your being annoyed by drag doctors in your
water drinking of a mild temperature, the copious use of tepid vicinity. We hope to hear from you again.
or warm water injections, and the wet girdle. This impoilant C. H. CM M. D.—Your article on portable baths is received
subject will be treated in detail in this journal i3on.
A pressure of matter prevents its insertion in the present num
Fistula.—E. F. W.. Texas.— Fistulas of long standing ber. Your offer is accepted.
have l>een cured by a rigidly abstemious and mainly vegetarian
R. F. R—Wc accept your proposition. All right. Thank
diet, with the use of one or two geoeral bathi daily. We you for your aid in forwarding the good cause. Yoobnvedone
should have great confidence in curing nearly all cases by this nobl .
plan, without using the knife. The patient must avoid all ex
citing habiu or exercises, always keeping the brain calm, and "General Washington's Illness."—We had intend
the I ed to have pnblUhed this article in the present number, bot
mult defer it until the next.
H. F. asks—"Can you inform me through the Joornal
whether pipe, made of other material than lend, can be had, S. F.—Yonr article is on file. We shall try to serve it up
which is not liable to the same objections ' and if so, where,
and at what price, whether cheaper or dearer than lead .'
Will some of our subscribers give us an answer to the g_ c_ p._Your ** Experience" will serve as i
above ? A want of space prevents ns from inserting it as present.
O. C. W.—We publish, in the present number, an article
Communications or Advertisements designed for the from one of our editors, on the same subject on which you write.
Journal, should reach the publication office on the first of the
preceding month. Thns, articles or advertisements for the
MARcn Number, should be sent in on the first of February. E. L. P.—Your experience will be a
Oor editions are very large, and in order to serve c J. H. II.—Look for " Diet" in oor next number.
promptly, we must "go to press" early.
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I Phrenology covers the whole man—all his emotions proceed operation, and about a hundred copies of the Water-Cure Jour
Innk 3Wtr*0. j from his brain, while his face express but few of those emo* nal taken by her sensible citizens. Our friend, Dr. Rogers, is
I Hon*. Hence Physiognomy is enlin-ly dependent on Phrenolo- always at home.
t gy, andean never become more than a twig, or branch, of the
LECTURES OS THE APPLICATION OF CHEMISTRY AND great TREK, on the sap of which its growth and life depends. Littell's Living Aqe. Boston ; E. Litlell & Co., 165 Tre-
Gbolooy to Aoricultprig. By Jas. F. W. Johnston, ; The Propagandist, a Hekial, is»ned every Wednesday. mont st. Subscription price, six dollars per annum; singU
M.A.i F. R. SS., etc. New edition, with an appendix. New Devoted to Practical Reform, especially in matters of Self- numbers, 12 1-2 cents.
York : C. M. Saxton. Price $1.36. Education, but chielly to the Writing and Spelling Reforma This work is conducted in the spirit of Littell's Museum of
Tiie tendency of the world is towards feform ; nor is progres tion. Jons F. Trow, Publisher, 4'.i it 51 Ann street. Ste Foreign Literature, (which was favorably received by the pub
to be found alone among1 the men of letters, but all elates are phen Pkari. Andrews, Editor. Terms: $1.00 per annum, lic for twenty years.) but a* it is twice a« large, and appears po
adopting the watchword "Onward," and none are content in advance. o(i»*n, the publisher" are able to increase the solid and sub
to follow exactly in ihe foot>lep« of k* their illustrious predeces- Mr. Andrews \* well known to the Phonographic reformers, •tantial part of our literary, historical, and political harvest, so
sort," but seem inclined to break away from llie trodden path*, lie lias for years been connected with this interest. His friends as fully to satisfy the wants nf the American reader.
and, guided by reason and the light of science, «eek amid un will he glad to know that he has commenced the above named : While they aspire to make the Living Jlge desirable to all
explored regions for advantages to aid them in their labors. serial. The following from his pro*jk-ctas explains itself:— who wish to keep themselves informed of the rapid progress of
Among thefe inquirers after "more light," and occupying "The Propagandist will be mainly devoted lo the Writing and ■ the movement—\o statesmen, divine", lawyers, and physicians
the foremost rank, is the Agriculturist. He is no longer Spelling Information, though not exclusively so. All improve —to men of business and men of leisure—it is still u stronger
willing, because his father balanced the corn that was in one ments in the means of education, in the largest sense of Ihe object to make it attractive and useful lo their wives and chil
end of the bag by placing a ttoue in the other, to continue the word, and in the advancement ol human development and im dren. They believe they can tlms do some good in their day
absurdity, but is endeavoring to seek Mime better way. A few provement, will be legitimately within its sphere. It will min- ; and generation ; and hope to make the work indispensable in
years ago, such a thing as " bouk farming" was looked upon gle amusement with instruction. So far as space will allow, every well-informed family.—Home Journal*
as a humbug, and the application of science to the common each number will contain a tale, and such oliier elegant ex- ■ The Food and the Teeth. Observations on the Inorganic
walks of life, u foolish in the extreme. tracts ns may give it a literary attraction to all. These will be Constituents of the Food of Children, as connected with ihe
But, then, it most be remembered, there were no such books chielly printed in Phonotyphy, the interest of the story being
extant as the one liefore us under notice. Nothing that was so relied upon a little to induce the reader to overcome the slight Decay of the Teeth, and the Physical Constitution of Women
well adapted to the undemanding of all, that was at once t-o difficulty of the new method of printing." in America. Particularly addressed to Parents. By James
interesting and instructive. The Agricultural Chemistry h a Tho*c who have not seen this new periodical, would do well \ Pall, M. D. Trenton, N. J.
work of seven hundred pages, containing twenty-one lectures, to wad for a sample number, by which they may form an opin- > This is a pamphlet of 32 pages, the nature of which is clearly
and an appendix. The lectures are divided into fuur parts. ion of its importance. defined in its title. The author treats the subject scientifically
Part first treats of the inorganic constituents of plants. Parlse- and like one who knows what he » talking about. Read it,
cond of their inorganic elements. Part third of the improvement Popular Education, for the use of Parents and Teachers,
and Young Persons of both >exes, prepared and published in J
and you will find some things you did not know before. Price,
of the soil byjnechanical and chemical means ; and part fourth 12 1-2 cents.
of the profWrS of the soil, aud their use in the feeding of ani accordance with a resolution of the Senate and House of Re
mals; while the appendix suggests the propriety of making ex presentatives of the State of Michigan. Jly Ira Mayhew, ' The New York Reformer, a weekly newspaper, published
periment* in prnctical agriculture, and gives the results of many late Superintendent of Public Instruction. New V'ork : in Watertown, N. Y., at $1 a year, in advance. Inoalls,
already made. No farmer's library can he complete without Harper at Brothers. \ Burdick & Co., publishers ; VVm. Oland Bourne, asso
this work, and those who have it not, will, if they study their zealoaUy We recognise in this work those principles advocated fo ciate editor.
own interests, procure it at once, and profit by it* invaluable hum and byCombe. those great Physiological reformers, Drs. Spurz- j
Although our people were slow to receive \
Another accession to the cause of Reform. This news
teachings. paper, we are informed, is to be especially devoted to the Great
those doctrines, thev have finally been adopted by all intelli- ;. Temperance Movement. We wish it unbounded success. Mr.
gent writers and teachers. In a review of the work under no- | Bourne is a Poet, a Heformeit, and a Man.
Tbe PULFTT Reporter.—In order lo correct any wrong ; Lice, the Y. Evening Post remarks:—"Three or four <■
impression which may have grown out of the fact that this chapters at the commencement of the book are devoted lo the ^ The MrsicAL Times, a weekly journal, devoted to Litera
work has been widely advertised in the name of our firm, we subject of physical education, and the education of the senses, j ture, Music, and the Fine Arts. New York ; Edited and
deem it propct te make tbe following statement :— J These arc topics of great importance, but so generally neglected, published weekly by Merrman S. SaRom, at $2 a year, in
The Pulpit Reporter was commenced on the first of Decern- tliat the earnestness with which the author dwells upon them, j advance.
bcr, 1849, and published semi-monthly, at the rate of $2 per i and the excellent practical precepts he lays down, give his work Thii interesting quarto has recently entered upon its second
annum, by an enterprising company of young men, under the . a peculiar value in our eyes. i volume, with fair protpecrs for the fulute. We hail these cheap
names of Holbrook, Buckingham b Co., No. J28 Polton street, ] The Majchattaner in New Orleans ; or, Phases of , and popular musical gazettes with much interest. We believe
New York. The work wasconducted with judgment and good the influence which they exert lo be oood.
taste, each number containing sermons, delivered by our ablest Crescent City Life. By A. Oakley Hall. New York : i
Nature Defended, and the Abuses of Custom Exposed ;
divines, reported phonographically, expressly for that paper ; but, < J.A book S. Redfield.
of unusual interest. In it we have the Physiognomy i being an Argument Advocating the Claims of Female Mid
for various reasons, after reaching some two hundred and twen- and Anatomy of that wonderful city,—a city of French, Span- \ wifery. By George W. Skinner, M. D.
ty pages, it was discontinued, the principal cause of which was, ish, English, Irish, Scotch, Dutch, and '* hive Yankees," \ This ig a book of 6-1 pages, the design of which is set forth
*' it did not pay," and after expending several hundred dollars, who deal in Cotton, Sugar. Molasses, Tobicco, and such other ' in its title. The subject is one that needs correction, and we
over and above receipts, the parties concluded tu suspend it, or, commodities as arc "peculiar'' hope that this little work will be the means of inducing many
as lias since been determined, to drop it, without any thought has described, in the most graphicto manner, that latitude. The author !
to lend a helping hand. For sale by Fowlers & Wells.
of recommencing it. Thus it retted, until recently, when oue of Orleans," where he has " summered and"Awintered." Life in New ]
Price I- 1-2 cents. It may be sent by mail.
tbe parties applied lo oar DOOM, asking permission to leave strangers visiting New Oilcans, we commend this book. ToIt \f
bound copies of the work on sale at our store,—the price being will prove a valuable guide, and if the Crescent Citizens would ! Labor: Its History and Prospects. By Hon. Robert
fixed at $1,50,—lie proposing at the tame time to advertise the '. ki see themselves as others sec them," they -should read The f Dale Owen. New York: Fowlers and Willi, pub
work in our name. We consented. lishers. Price 25 cents.
This is the beginning, middle, and end, of our responsibility j Manhattans* in New Orleans. This is, unquestionably, the most complete treatise on the
in the matter. Those who failed lo receive the whole number The Scientific American. The Advocate of Industry, and J question of Human Labor ever published—a qnestion in wnrch
for which they subscribed, will look to the publishers, who alone Journal of Scientific, Mechanical, and other improvements. J every individual ought to be interested. We should lie glad
arc responsible. j New York': Published weekly, at $2.00 a year, by McNN j to have a copy of this little work find its way into the hands
hi Company, I2S Fulton si. and hearts of ** the people." It will do great good.
The Twelve Qr.-ALi.TiKS of the Mixd ; or, Outlines or rica. This is unquestionably the leading mechanical paper in Ame The Great Metropolis, or New York Almanac for
a New BtstkM of Physiognomy. No 2. By J. VV. : It was establishedjnaiiv years ago, and has obtained a 1851. Henry Wilson, 49 Aun st., Publisher. Price 25
Rkdfikld, M. D. New York : J. S. Redfield. world wide reputation. It is devoted particularly to mechanical cent*.
Everybody believes, to a certain extent, in Physiognomy. purjioses, and is a complete encyclopedia. While we give in A very useful, neat, and cheap annual. It contains a map.
Lavater says, " Man is, in himself, tbe most worthy subject of the Phrenological Journal only a general view of the chief in
ventions, the Scientific American contains, in detail, all with a description ofonrcity, a complete street directory, with
observation, as he is himself the most worthy observer." Dr. < that upi»ertains thereto, laying open to full view every part of views ofseveral of our most conspicuous public buildings.
Rkdfikld says, "The credit of discovering exact signs of the most
character in the developments and configoration of the skull, dence of complicated machinery. This paper merits the confi
" the people," aod the immense circulation which
The Student and Family Miscellany continues to at
tract the attention of Teachers, Parent*, Children and Youth,
and of thus laying the foundation of a true system of physi it has obtained. wherever it has been introduced. It has recently entered upon its
ognomy, is due to Dr Gall." This, so far as any reliance second volume, with cheering prospects, for the new year.
can bo placed on Physiognomy, it undoubtedly true. Hence it all Worcester in 1800, is the title of a little book that has The Student is edited by N. A. Calkins, and will prove
resolves itself into Phrenolooy, where Dr. Gall himself been placed in our hands. It is not only what its title indicates, more useful to those who read it than would all the gold of
resolved it. The brain gives shape and form to the features, a description of Worcester at the present time, but a history of California, Published monthly, at One Dollar a year, by Fow
and in accordance to the development of the Brain, wilt the the town from its earliest settlement, and a gnide to the many lers and Wells New York.
features be marked. We do not concede what Dr. Redfikld 'i walks, rides, and drives, which abound in its vicinity. It is em
claims, in nnother part of his pamphlet, that M Physiognomy is \ bellished with two beautiful maps, and numerous wood cots of The Genesee Farmer.—Our readers will find the prospec
more reliable than Phrenology." Compared with Phrenology, tbe principal public buildings in the city, of which there are not tus of this agricnltnral pioneer in our advertising department.
we look opon Physiognomy a« a mere satellite, decidedly inter a few. Worcester now contains about 17,000 inhabitant*, and We have frequently recommended this publication as worthy,
esting, but infinitely legs important. Who would attempt to - 40 Allopathic doctors, some of whom will soon leek other em in every respect, of the extensive circulation which it has
determine all the poinUofa mnn'scharactcr by his face T Yet, ; ployment, as an Hydropathic establishment is now in successful obtained among the " bone and sinew" of the land.
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The Practical and Scientific Farmer's own Paper.— able works ever written upon the Water-Cure, and if it were
The Genesee Farmer, a Monthly Journal ofAgriculture made a part of every school, district, or family library in onr
and Horticulture, illustrated with numerous engravings country, it would prove ofinestimable benefit.
of Farm Buildings, Domestic Animals, Implements^ To the student of Waler-Cnre, and to those who wish to
Springfield Water-Chre—This institution Is situated Fruits, <Sc Volume XI/., for J851. Daniel Lee and enjoy its benefits, where professional advice cannot be obtained,
in Springfield, Maw., one of the pleasantest towns in the val James Vice, Jr., Editors; P. Barry, Conductor of Hor your Library will be a treat-tire ; since all the processes of Wa
ley of the Connecticut. It is acceaible from all points by ticultural Department. ter-Cure are fully described, aod the mode of treating almost
iBilroad. In point of location, and conveniences for the In issuing a Prosj»ectus for the Twelfth Volume of the every form of disease may be gathered from the works of
accommodation of patients, it is second to none in the conntry. Genesee Farmer, the Publisher flatters himself that it is too various authors, while errors of theory and practice are fully
Each patient will furnish two linen or cotton sheets, two widely known, too extensively circulated, and too well read, lo criticised. Leaving my own modest coutribution out of the ques
woollen blankets, two comfortables, some towels and linen for render it necessary to state at length, the design of the work. tion, there is no work comprised in this Library which is not
bandages,—or they can be hired at the establishment. Those who read the Farmer are the best judges of its value, ofgreat interest and valne, while, as a whole, it would be dif
E Sxkll, Physician ; H. R. Bardwell, Assistant. It and those unacquainted with it are requested to examine its ficult to make a better collection of physiological and thera
peutic science.
We dumber among onr Contributors hundreds of the best In the hope that your enterprise will be abundantly re'
Troy Water-Cure.—Dr. N. Bedortha, of New Lebanon warded, I remain, very truly, yoor friend,
Springs, is now located in Tioy, where lie will receive and Practical Earners in the country, and our readers have, through T. L. Nichols, M D.
treat patients as osnal. onr pages, the benefit of their wisdom and exjwrience. No
thiuking man can read any number we issue without receiving The Water-Cure Library.—Thewholeexperience of the
Address N, Bedortua, H. D., Troy, N. Y. medical faculty in times past is given, and complete instruc
some useful hiut in regard to the management of crojis, stock,
or the orchard, of more value than the price of the volume. tions are added as to the best methods of applying the agent ia
Magnetic Machines.—The combination, the vibrating, The Genesee Farmer is by far the cheapest Agricultural various processes of cure. The books are neatly printed, and
and the torpedo, may all bo obtained, including a mannal, with Journal published in America. OurTWENTY THOUSAND the whole getting np does the greatest credit to the enterprise
directions for their use, at $ I"2 each. They may be sent as SUBSCRIBERS place us ahead ofall other Agricultural Jour and taste of the flourishing house by which they are put forth.
freight, or by express, to any place in the United States or nals, and enables us to furnish a pn|>er for the trifling sum of —JV*. Y. F.vcning Post.
Canada. Address all orders, post paid, to Fowlers and i Three or Four Shillings, equal to any, both in value and This Library may be ordered and sent by express with safety
Wells, 131 Nassau street, New York. beauty. That we have done this, thus far, our friends and to any part of the world. The wholesale price is only Five
readers will bear us witness. But we intend more folly to ac Dollars for the seven volumes.
MOTORPATHY : TlIE SYSTEM OF Cl RING DISEASE By complish this in the volume for 1851. The Genesee Far Cj^" Please address, post-paid, Fowlers and Wells,
Statuminating, Vitalizing Motion.—In compliance with | mer is, truly, the Practical and Scientific Farmer's Own No. 131 Nassau street, New York.
the solicitations ofmany physicians and ladies, who are anxious Paper ! It will continue to be edited by the old Editors, assisted
to avail themselves of ray new method of treating Prolapsus by a host of the best practical Farmers, Gardeners, and Horti- To Persons Desirous of Becoming Agents.—The
Uteri Motorpathicly, in which no Supporters are used, or any ! colturists, in the country. principles upon which we grant agencies for the circulation of
of the usual treatment of the day employed, I pur[K>*e leaving The new volume will commence on the 1st of January, our periodicals and the sale of our books are as follows:—-
our Institution in the care of others a short time, to visit An- 1851. It will be published in the best style, as heretofore, on Upon receiving suitable recommendations, say from the
burn, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Troy, Springfield, Hartford, handsome and clear type, and superior paper. The Postmaster, or some other public man, we furni«h certificates of
New Haven, and New London, one day each ; and Boston, volume will he appropriately illustrated, containing agency fur the American Phrenological Journal, and the Wa-
Providence, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore, numerous and expensive Engravings of Farm Buildings, Im ter-Cure Journal, published monthly, at one dollar a year each.
and Washington, two days each ; Harrisburg, Pittsburg, proved Implements, Domestic Animals, Choice. Fruits., Floto- Every person having a certificate is authorized lo receive sub
Columbus, Cincinnati, Sandusky City, Cleveland, and Buffalo, esr, Shrubs, «S-c. jy* Each number will contain TWENTY- scriptions and payment for the Journals, and will be required to
FOUR ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES !—making a large and
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next, for the purpose of treating several important cases on Payment in advance is always required. No Journals will
thesu new principles, the modus operandi of which will be ; page, Index, &c, suitable for binding, at the close of the > be sent without the money, and no longer than paid for.
open to the examination of the attending physician. year. Sample numbers are sent gratuitously to agesa)s when re-
It is my desire to extend to the faculty every possible facility theAnA'oiV, earnest advocate of improvement of both the Mind and j quired.
the Farmer seeks to advance the rural interests of
for testing the merits of this discovery ; therefore physicians are All subscribers will commence and close with the volume.
particularly invited to call with the ladies under their charge. the country, and elevate the profession of Agriculture to iU > It is particutaily requested that agents will be careful to
Many of the cases of Prolapsus Uteri can be cured by one pro|ier position. To accomplish this, it has labored long and write the nsmes of persons, places, counties, and states, plainly
visit; others in a few days, and the most difficult in a few ( faithfully, and not without some success. Its position as the j as by so doing, they will save trouble, delays, and mistakes.
weeks. To produce this almost instantaneous relief, the patient ■ cheapest, and, at least, one ofthe -best agricultural jour < Also, lull directions for sending, whether by express, ship, or
is subjected to no pain or inconvenience. When the organ is nals in the country, is folly established, and we confidently : railroad.
made to assume its natural |io4iiion, the patient is immediately ask for it that support which it merits from the Farmers, Gar To persons who send ns twenty-five, fifty, or more
able to go through any ordinary exercise which she has strength deners, and Fruit Cultures, of the United States. We invite \ dollars at once, we make a liberal disconot on retail prices.
to perform, without fear of displacement. all who feel the Importance ofsustaining this work, and extend Our agents travel in various ways,—some on foot, some wilh
For the removal of other Uterine Weaknesses this system U ing its usefulness, not only to subscribe themselves, but intro a horse and wagon, and some by public conveyance, stopping
equally efficient. The art of treating these diseases Motorpa duce it to the patronage of their friends. \ only at villages and larger places. Others visit every family,
thicly is of recent origin : yet several hundreds have been cored Fifty Cents a Year, in Advance. 5 stopping at every house on their routes, whether sparsely or thickly
without a failure. Many of the most inveterate and extraordi Five Copies for $i. Eight Copies for §3, and any larger j settled. Each person must judge for himself as to the best
nary cases, of from one to fifteen years standing, some of which - number at the same rate. \ course to be pursued.
We are often asked how much an agent can make per
were accompanied with extreme urinary difficulties, and many Cj?" All subscriptions to commence with the year, and the
with that inability to stand upon the feet, or be raised from a entire volume supplied to all subscribers. i month or year. This like any other business, depends upon
horizontal position, which is peculiar to these diseases, have been £T3^" Postmasters, Aoents, and alt friends of improve the energy and perseverance of the person employed. There Is
brought to this Institution, on beds, a distance of from twenty ment, are respectfully solicited to obtain and forward lubscrip- no occupation, bot what some whoengage in it make a fortune,
to several hundred mile**, attended by their physicians or friends ; ; tions. j while others fail to du more than get a living. Slill we know
and these suffering and helpless woman have been raised from Sobscription money, if properly enclosed, may be sent, post of nothing that offers better inducements, or promises more cer-
their beds, and, after a short treatment, been enabled to walk paid or free, at the risk of the Publisher. Address to Daniel i\ tainIt success is best than this when possible, lo send funds in drafts
for agents,
from one to six miles a day, and take much other exercise. I Lek, Rochester^ JVeW York. Feb. It
Their address can bo given to ladies wishing to communicate ' or checks on New York, Philadelphia, or Boston. It isadvisa-
with them. Fowlers and Wells's Water-Cure Library— This blaAllto send by express, when it can be done conveniently.
oommonications should be post-paid, and addressed to
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particular cases, i* to give medical men and afflicted females of nearly three thousand pages, contains all of importance that Fowlers and Wells, 131 Nassau street, New York.
such practical evidence as may lead to a more wise treatment has been published on t'sjr Water Cure in Europe and
of Uterine diseases, many forms of which, heretofore considered All Books on the Water Cure may be obtained at
unmanageable and hopeless, we trust to ><■■■ controled and America. Families at home, as well as Physicians, may find in this Wholesale or Retail at the Journal Office. Works will be
cored by this new method. Library directions for the treatment of a great variety of dis imported to order by every steamer. Remittance, should be
Those who wish to know more concerning onr treatment or eases, on well-established hydropathic principles. post-paid, and addressed to Fowlers and Wklm, J3I
Institution, or who wish to call on me at my rooms, when I \V itii this Library, all who may have occasion or a desire to Nassau street, New York.
visit the above places, can write to me, and they will be in acquaint themselves with the Water Cure practice, may do so
formed of the day I shall be at each place, &c, with such at their leisure, without other instruction or ex[»ense. Ten Dollars will secure twenty copies of the Water-Cure
other information as may be desired. Address, post-paid, The Philosophy and Practice of the Water Cure, together
" Halsted's Medical Institute and Water Curb Es with the principles of life and health—how to insure the one orthePhrenological Journals for one year. It will be the same to
publishers should tweny copies in ill be ordered, of both
tablishment, Rochester, N. Y." and prolong the other—arc laid down in these volumes.
N. B.—No charge will be made, or fee expected, for services these Journals, at club prices. *
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by this important discovery, and that no obstacle should be put seven handsome volumes constituting your Water-Cure Li other dewription of Wood Engraving, done by William How-
in the way of relief from suffering. II. Halsted. brary—a noble monnment of your intelligent zeal in the
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Forms a leading feature, which will be amply illustrated with learners. It is emphatically a Journal or Health, adapted struction. with
Physiology of the Human Body, with familiar instruction to SCHOOLS valuable reading, combining inteiesl with in
portrait* ofthe virtuous and vicioo?, and its doctrines applied to to all classed, and is designed lo be a complete FAMILY j only work Itof i*theinkind every respect a Family Paper, and is the
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Race. Several pages are printed on large, plain type, containing
Physiology Hydropathy articles written with easy word* and simple ideas, for children
Will be clearly defined, amply illustrated, and made iolemt- inWillvarious be fully unfolded, nnd sy explained that all may apply it j just learning to read, teaching them some useful moral lesson
diseases, even tho-e not curable hy any other means. or fact from nature, thus
ing and profitable to all; our motto b*:ing, " A sound mind in There in no system so simple, barmlees, and universally applica-
a healthy body." ; hie. ai the Water Cure, lt« effects are almost miraculous, and 41 To aid the mind's development."
Home Education it has already been the means of saving the lives of thousands The Youth's Department
Will occupy modi attention, and be just the kind of knowl ' who were entirely beyond the reach of all oilier known reme- j Is a little further advanced, and contains narratives, travels,
edge that the mother requires, as a guide in the discharge of '< dies. descriptions of animals, poetry, and articles on scientific sub-
her important duties. The Philosophy of Health ' jects, adapted to the capacity of the young —ju»t suited
W ill be fully discussed, including Food, Drinks, Clothing, Airt *' To poor the fresh instruction o'er the mind,
Young Men and Exercise, showing their effects on both body and mind. To breathe the enlivening spirit, to fix
Will find the Journal a friend and foster-father, to encourage The generous purpose ami the noble thought."
Reforms
them in virtue, shield them from vice, and to prepare them Cur In all our modes of life will be pointed out, and made so plain In idditoo to these, several pages are devoted to reading of a
usefulness and success in life. that ''he that runs may read." We believe fully that man members higher character, such as will interest and instruct the older
may prolong bis life muih beyond the number of year', u-ually ofthe family, including parents and teachers. These
Engravings, attained. We propose to show bow. divisions into departments for various grade* of readers make
To illustrate all the leading topics of the Journal, more nu the work admirably suited as a Schoo!-R"ader. In short, it is
merous and beautiful than formerly, will commend this volume To Invalids, so arranged as to be
to all readers. No matter of what disease, the principles of Hydropathy may Adapted to All.
sandy be applied, and, in nine cases out of ten, great benefit It is devoted to the Physical, .Moral, and Intellectual Improve
Physiognomy, may be derived Iherefrom. ment of Youth; embracing the
Or the external signs of character, bated U[>on the anatomy of To Those in Health.
the face, and its relation to the brain, a.* shown by shape, Natural Sciences.
expre«ion, Aid natural language, will be presented, and ex Without health, even life is not desirable, unlets a remedy Including Physiology, Astronomy, Botany, Geology, Chemis
plained in an interesting and attractive manner. can be found. To preserve health, no other mode of living try, and Natural Philosophy, and Important discoveries made
can compare with this system. In fact, pen its rules observed from time to time in each.
Magnetism and carried out, many of our ills would bo forever banished,
Will he DDfolded, and a rational explanation given of its manhood. and tuceeeding generations grow up in all the vigor of true Of distinguished persons,Biography illustrated with handsome portraits;
phenomena and nses at a curative agent, and those interesting to preserve health, It will be a part of our duty to teach the world bow
Psychological facts, which seem to open to the world a new ' as well an cure disease. Natural H story,
field of interest in the empire of mind. Water-Cure at Home. (Jiving a familiar description of animals and their habits, illus
Particular directions will be given for the treatment of ordi trated by beautiful engravings, forms au interesting leature ofthis
The Natural Sciences, nary cases at Home, which will enable all who may have work. A page of Music is given monthly, also lessons in PHONO
^rt, Literature. Mechanism, Agriculture, and General Intclli- \ occasion to apply it without the aid of a physician.
gence, will be presented in the Jonrnal, constituting a new ' GRAPHY.
feature for 1851 . To Women and Mothers. History,
It is universally conceded by all intelligent practitioners, as In its leading features, of our own and other countries, will be
The Mechanic, well by the old school a* the new, that the Water Cure is not found in ourcolums ; thus keeping the reader advised of the
The Farmer, the Professional Man, the Strident, the Teacher, ! equaled by any other mode of treatment in those peculiar com principal changes and discoveries taking place among the differ
and the Mother, will find each number of the Journal an ! plaints common only to woman. The Journal will contain such ent nations of the earth. Also, the (.'oat of Arms of each
instructive and valuable companion. advice and instruction as may be considered most important in State of the Union, with a brief history of its settlement and
all these critical yet unavoidable cases. present statistics.
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MATERNITY; AND THE WATER-CURE OF
INFANTS.
BY MRS. M. 8. GOVE NICHOLS.
The pressure of manifold duties has kept me
from speaking through the Journal for many
months, and now so many things come for utter
ance, that I know not how to speak. I have
thought for many years that I had faith in Water-
Cure, and that I was not an unworthy apostle of
the good cause. But I have felt for some weeks
that I never had faith in Water-Cure till the
present winter, and that I never before had
earned the right to speak understanding^ to my
sisters. My heart is full of faith and strength
at this time, and I wish that I had a voice which
could be heard to the end of the civilized world
—everywhere that reputed wise men have made
a pall, and covered all men and things with it.
And yet I have no contest with these men. I
do not blame them, but their work. Doctors are
mostly honest men. Their honesty is proved by
the fact that their wives and children die after
taking their medicine, as the wives and children
of others die. The only war that the disciples
of Water-Cure are to wage, is with ignorance.
Enlighten the people, and the Moloch, to whom
half the infants of the civilized world are sacri
ficed, will fall lifeless upon his broken altars, and
the future will bury the dead, and clear away
the rubbish of the past. Daily, sometimes many
times in a day, bereaved parents tell me of the
loss of some dear child, born with the never-to-
be-told pangs of the present evil state, nurtured
in a torturing uncertainty, and murdered by
parental ignorance, and the time-honored, death-
procuring system of Allopathy.
During the past week, a mother appealed to
me for help. Her health was ruined by births,
sorrow, and other evils. She mourned all the
time for a child of four years, who had been
NEW YORK, MARCH, 1851.
seized with croup. The mother was thrust out
of the room, and. the. door locked by her family
physician, because she was averse to bleeding,
and then the child was bled into a dead fainting
fit, and revived to take dose after dose of calo
mel, till the doctor gave her up to die, and an
other distinguished allopathic physician was sent
for. He decided that the only chance of saving
the child was to compel it to breathe the fumes
of burning calomel. This was done five times;
the child struggled so as to escape from the
father, who held her with all his force, and ran
across the room. The fifth time they laid the
child upon the bed, the mother came to her side.
She gave her one look of agony, and turned on
her face and died. O I/ord ! how long shall such
murder of the innocents be permitted in our
midst ? Who will not labor and sacrifice for a
world thus perishing for hick of knowledge !
The sufferings of woman in giving birth to chil
dren, and the miseries of infancy, are enough to
put hearts in stones. During the past twelve
years I have not ceased to promulgate the laws
of health—through evil and good report I have
wrought on. Born with a diseased organism, I
must have led a lifo of much suffering, if my
parents had been wise for my rearing; but their
ignorance of health laws, which insured my first
feebleness, insured also that sort of wrong
training, which resulted in what seemed a
hopeless cachexia when I was 1-t years old.
Partially rallying from this wretched state, I
studied intensely, taught school, took snuff,
and drank strong tea, till my nerves refused
rest, and sleep seemed forever to have left me.
I then resorted to opium ; I kept on this weary,
wretched way till I was 18 years of age, when,
probably, from my apparently confirmed illness,
I became possessed of a passion for medical
study. I began to read such works as I could
procure, and with a body filled with evils, and a
vitality exhausted by many wrongs, an Allwise
Providence led me, or left me, to enter into the
prison of an evil marriage. I bore one living
child, and had, besides, untimely births, in the
agony that civilized woman only knows. My
[$1.00 A YEAR
last remnant of life seemed exhausted, when I
had been ten years a wife and nine years a mo
ther. Consumptive symptoms supervened ; I bled
largely from my lungs, (nearly three quarts by
measure, in three days,) and I had a hard cough.
I now commenced the systematic and daily
practice of water-cure at home —my father's
home, where I was emancipated from many of
the evils that had beset me, and had the society
of my only child. For a winter and summer
after this great bleeding, I bathed twice a day,
used much friction over the whole surface, and
wore a wet jacket, reaching from my neck to
my hips, covered warmly. As winter came, I
went South, thinking the warm weather might
bo favorable—afflictions, so stunning and ter
rible, fell on mo during my absence, that my
reason reeled to its centre ; but my heavenly
Father saved me from insanity, and in a few
months lifted the crushing and annihilating bur
den from my heart. I lived to consecrate my
self to His work, and to care for my beloved
child. I zealously went on restoring to health
myself and my daughter, to whom I had given
a feeble constitution, and whom sorrow had ren
dered still more delicate. My labors in estab
lishing myself in a new and untried profession,
were very terrible. I had difficulties to encoun
ter that I cannot describe. Sorrows and wrongs
that my whole beingrcvolts from recalling to my
memory. I was poor, and in debt ; I was a wo
man, and my path was untrodden, and Wa
ter Cure was new to mo3t parts of our
country.
God only knows what I had to encounter, or
how much He strengthened me for His own
work. I record and recall these things not idly,
or for the sake of speaking of a good work ac
complished, but that you may see clearly how
much I owe to Water Cure : two years and a
half since, I was married the second time, in this
city—my work was then well begun, my mis
sion was accomplished, for Providence had open
ed a wide door for Water-Cure, and for woman ;
the people had at length a wise Faith. The last
shadows were lifted from my path.
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In November last I became a mother. To one, excellent, and my strength greater than a year ' and diseases the system of the mother, diseases
whose whole life had been filled with labor, and ago. Doubtless much of this freedom from suf < her child. Children are born feeble, and as soon
sorrow, and struggle, who had twice been given fering has been owing to the perfect harmony J as they breathe the first breath, their bad treat-
up to die of consumption, who had been weak and happiness of my marriage, and the fact that < ment begins. A thick, tight bandage is put
ened nigh unto death by miscarriage, abortion, my husband is one with me in my work, as in , about the infant's abdomen, and it is often fed
uterine and pulmonic hemorrhage, Water Cure thought and sentiment. < with some nauseous mess. It is loaded with
could not be expected to bring any considerable Here is my experience given in all plainness ! clothing of the most uncomfortable kind, except
immunity from suffering, especially when I add, to my sisters. I have suffered no motives of i its breast, shoulders, and arms. These are left
that during the period of gestation, my profes ■ false delicacy to hinder mo from seeking the j naked. The mother would soon find her death
sional labors were not intermitted, nor greatly , salvation of my sex. ; if she exposed herself in this manner. The air
abridged, and that for seven months I went lo Women of delicacy are thrown into the hands i and light are carefully excluded from the room,
parturient and other patients, night and day. of men, and the most revolting examinations i, as if God had not made the eyes for sight and
My treatment, through the period of gestation, and the most torturing operations are constantly i the lungs for breathing.
was unremitted and earnest, and for weeks, ! performed, and no one lifts a hand or raises a The sick mother's milk is perhaps long in com-
when my labors were most severe, a single : prayer to have it otherwise. All this is con ! ing into her breast, and the child is fed on rich
ounce of bread made as hearty a meal as I sidered proper, because gray-haired custom has ; nourishment, when a little sugared water the two
could possibly digest, and yet I was famishing I sanctioned it. But people talk of the exposure j first days, and a little milk added afterward, is the
for food. But if I took a larger quantity, I suf of Water-Cure, and shrink from bringing cases i best form of nourishment. The child, from con
fered most severely from indigestion, and was before the public. stitutional inaction of the bowels, or from tight
often obliged to take a tepid water emetic, and I could not ask God to forgive mo if I refused to bandaging and bad nursing, is very likely to
throw off the food that was distressing mo. 1 remove woman from the martyr's stake, where | have constipation ; this is met with a dose of
Even my Water-Cure friends thought I was | she is bound and burnt for a false faith, by a i castor oil, or something worse. With many
starving ; I said, it is not the food we eat that ; profession as blind, almost, as herself, and as ! children this constipation continues for months,
sustains us, but what we digest. If I could ( much a martyr as the deluded devotee must for | and the purging is continued until the child's
leave my wearing labor, if I could cease to be ever be. Talk not of Juggernaut, whilst our ; life is lost.
anxious and careful for the sick, 1 could digest j women and children are destroyed in multitudes, The true way to cure this state, is for the
more food ; as it is, 1 must grow thin apace, ! by ignorance of the Laws of Life, by Quackery, ; mother to regulate her diet properly, and give
on an ounce of bread, or an apple, for a meal. I and Allopathy. The lancet, cauterization, and ; the babe injections twice every day, of water
The two last months I gave up much of the care I calomel, are a Christian Juggernaut, or rather a ! with the chill off. An ounce syringe, which
of patients, and did not go out at night, nor Juggernaut in a Christian land, that dooms us to '■ will cost eighteen pence, would save the lives of
attend any parturient patient. The consequence disease and death, as surely as the darkened i many children. This application of water never
was, that I could digest moderate meals perfect daughters of Hindostan are destroyed by their : weakens, but always benefits. If the water
ly well. idol, consecrated likewise by an utterly ignorant i were given warm it would weaken. You need
For my care in treatment, I had my reward devotion. ! not fear a habit being formed of using the ene-
fully. My labor was slightly suffering, a labor The birth of a babe should be a blessing and I mas. There is no fear of any bad result from
of love for a beautiful daughter, plump, of clear a joy to its parents. My slight illness with my \ relieving a child. I have had abundant expe-
complexion, and symmetrical head, weighing 8J babe, I think partly referable to my intense ■ rience, and I know what I assert. My own babe
lbs. I was only confined to my room one day, < happiness, in the prospect that a new love was ! had constipation for ten weeks, which has been
and after the fourth day I attended to practice, to be born to bless us all. I do not know how a 1 overcome by the daily persevering use of the
and went out doors, not keeping in for rain on ; millionaire feels in reiving on his riches, and in \ syringe, and now the natural action of the bowels
the fifth day. During twenty-four hours after \ the consciousness that he cannot know want or i is established.
the birth of my babe, I took four cold baths—two pecuniary suffering ; but I do know the peace What a baby wants is to be properly clothed ;
sitz, and two sponge baths. After the first day and fulness of joy that a sense of power gives. in winter with loose garments, covering the
I took my plunge hath in the bathing room as ; When I have felt strong in the strength that God breast, shoulders, and arms. The sack form
usual. The wet bandage, and cold water injoc- ' has given me, and have thought that my life was ' is good and easy.
tions upon the uterus effectually prevented after- : no useless life, I have been happy. Very simi J The babe should be bathed from birth, every
pains. I had not one, and I do not believe that j lar was my feeling that I was possessed of great j morning when dressed. I bathe mine when I
I have ever had more than three patients who . riches, prospectively, in my babe. A thrill of ; dress her in the morning and when I undress
have had after-pains, and I do not remember one ; joy pervaded every fibre of my complex being, | her at night. The water may be 70 degrees F.
where injections of ice cold water have been j whenever I contemplated this wealth that was J the first month, 65 the second, 60 the third, and
thrown on the uterus at first. Cold applied to j to be mine. But how can the mother feel joyful ■ the natural temperature after that.
the surface, without cold injections, makes the ; and happy in Buffering as most mothers suffer ? If the babe is fat, a little sweet oil rubbed in
uterus contract more slowly, and there are often No words can describe the cost of birth to the 1 the creases of the flesh hinders chafing. Fresh
after-pains. For two weeks after the birth of i civilized mother. The deathly sickaess of the ! air and light ought always to be admitted into
my babe, I took a morning plunge, with much - first months of gestation, the weakness, the lan • our rooms, as much for our children as ourselves.
friction, wore a wet bandage day and night, took guor, the pain in the back, and the relaxed state ! A child's nourishment should be the milk
morning enemas, and vaginal injections of cold of the uterus, that often hinders exercise until ; of a healthy mother, a healthy nurse, or a good
water four times a day, and two sitz baths, one | after the period of quickening; then the fearful < healthy young cow. • The first three months of
mid forenoon, and the other mid afternoon, and ! apprehension of suffering and peril, the utter a child's life, it will take its food once in two
a sponge bath on retiring. At the end of this j failing of heart and life, as if death and not birth '■ hours ^and at three months it will naturally
time my strength was so fully restored, and > awaited us at a fixed period. These horrors are J fall into the habit of taking food once in three
my practice so absorbing, that I have since been the heritage of woman. Whoever can lessen i hours.
only able to take my morning plunge and even the sum of this sorrow, and refuses to do so, is I am convinced, from observing many child-
ing sponge bath, wearing the wet bandage in the ! verily guilty. l ren, as well as my own, that the nearer we come
day time, and using occasionally cold water The wrongs of children commence long before to these periods of feeding, or nursing the child,
injections. My milk is abundant, my digestion < they are born ; for whatever exhausts the life I the better for its health. If the child is fed, the
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nursing boltle should bo mostly used, as the na
tural way for an infant to take food is by suck
ing. The infant should take nothing but milk
for nourishment, and water if thirsty, or for wind
in the stomach, until it has teeth. On the abuse
of clothing I have a few words to say : Excess
of cold and excess of heat are equally fatal to
infants. If you half clothe your babe, born
near or in winter, leaving its breast and arms
bare, you may make a strong child stronger, but
you almost inevitably destroy a weak child.
The young of all animals generate but little
heat till after the period of nursing is past.
They need the mother's warmth ; and to put a
young infant, in winter, alone in a crib to sleep
at night, is little short of child murder. But
warm rooms, heated above 70 degrees F., and
flannel next the tender skin of a babe, are hurt
ful. We should sleep with our infants in winter,
that they may be warmed with our warmth, and
thus partake our life ; but we should not sleep in
heated rooms—our rooms should be without fire,
and the external air admitted, and our beds well
covered wiih blankets, not cotton comfortables
which confine foul air and exhalations, and are
nearly or quite as unhealthy as feather beds ;
our beds should be made of hair, moss, husks,
palm leaf, straw, or some such material.
I have sometimes almost thought that infants
were universally conspired against. Mothers
make themselves ill by improper eating, drink
ing and dressing, and many more bad habits, and
of course their nursing infants must be ill too.
Then they have a fancy to see the little rounded
shoulders and arms all bare, at all seasons of
the year. They think their babies look very
beautiful thus, and so they do, but many beauti
ful fancies lead to death. Our grown daughters,
exposed in this way, court consumption, and
find an early tomb ; and yet people expose their
infants, before they have acquired an independ
ent life, to a risk that their grown children
cannot take with impunity.
If mothers could be persuaded to care for
their own health, and could bear their children
in strength, without the dreadful suffering which
a diseased nervous system insures, and then
would but allow their babies pure air for the
lungs, pure water for bathing and for drink, good
healthy food for the nourishment of the body, at
regular and right intervals, light for the eyes>
and loose, porous clothing for warmth in winter
and decency in summer, with needful exercise
and purity in all their surroundings, tliey would
save their children in the maladies of childhood,
and give thein health and power of usefulness
in maturer life; and, oh! how many pangs
would mothers be spared. What a " path of
fire to brain and heart," is the mother's of
ten. She watches, and prays, and agonizes for
the frail life of her child, and yet half destroys
it by her want of wisdom, and employs deadly
drugs to finish the work she has all unconsci
ously begun. Alas! for mothers! I pray God
to pity them, and to make my prayerful pity use
ful, and to bless all efforts for their enlightening.
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! May the Heaven of Angels cease to be peopled
i with infants, who die for the ignorance of those
i who would gladly give their own lives, or all the
I joy of them, a ransom for their babes.
THE SMA1L-P0L-VARI0LA*
BY R. T. TRALL, M.D.
Character.—The small-pox is a contagious
eruptive fever, affecting both the skin and mu
cus membrane of the mouth, throat, stomach,
and lungs. Its access is a fever; this is fol
lowed in three or four days by an eruption,
which is papular at first, then vesicular, and
lastly pustular ; the pustules are pointed at first,
bnt afterwards become vmbilicaled. The erup
tion terminates in twelve to seventeen days in
dessication and scabbing, leaving smaller or
larger irregular cicatrices. It exists in this and
most other Urge cities at all times ; it is how
ever more prevalent in the spring, when it also
prevails more generally in country places.
Species.—This disease appears in three
forms: 1. Distinct small-pox—variola discreta.
2. Confluent small-pox—variola conjluens. 3.
Modified small-pox—varioloid. The first variety
is the mildest, the eruption is regular, the vesicles
distinct, and the fever of the inflammatory type.
The second variety is the most severe, the ves
icles are irregular and mixed, and mature im
perfectly, and the accompanying fever is typhus.
The third variety is the small-pox, as modified
by vaccination or a previous attack.
Stages. —The phenomena of variola are di
vided into four stages: ). Incubation, or the
latent period ; being the time that intervenes be
tween the inception of the virus and the first ap
pearance of the symptoms. This period varies
from six to twenty days. 2. Invasion, which
extends to the eruption, usually three or four
days. 3. Eruption, the vesicating and pustulating
period, extending to the eleventh or twelfth day.
4. Dessication, extending to the time of cicatri
zation, usually about the seventeenth day. The
time from the third to the eighth day, during
which the papulae change to pustules, is called
the period of maturation.
Symptoms of Distinct Smai.l-Pox.—The
attack is characterized by the usual premoni
tions of a violent fever, as chills or rigors, lassi
tude, headache, pains and weakness in the back
and loins, tenderness about the pit ofthe stomach,
frequent nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, some
times stupor or coma, and with infants convul
sions are frequent occurrences. These symp
toms are succeeded by general heat of the body,
dry skin, frequent pulse, coated tongue, and
extreme restlessness, which continue until the
eruption appears, when they partially subside.
The eruption appears first on the face and
forehead, in the form of minute spots or papulae,
sensibly elevated above the surface of the skin.
They are first noticeable aboul forty-eight hours
after the occurrence of the rigors. During the
* From the manntcript of Dr. Trail's forthcoming work,
Hydropathic Encyclopedia.
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third and fourth days the eruption extends to the
sides of the nose, chin, upper lip, neck, and
wrists, then to the trunk and thighs, finally
covering the whole body. About the fifth day
little vesicles, depressed in the centre, containing
a colorless fluid, appear, surrounded by an in
flamed circular margin, one vesicle arising on
the top of each little point or pimple. Usually
the eruptive fever further abates or entirely dis
appears at this time.
There is generally, though not always, an in
creased flow of viscid saliva, some swelling of
the throat, with hoarseness and difficulty of
swallowing, about the sixth day.
On or about the eighth day, the pustules are
completely formed and spherical, terminating in
a point, and the vesicular fluid becomes purulent ;
the face and eyelids swell, and the mouth, nose,
and fauces are covered with pustules. About
the tenth or eleventh day from the febrile access,
or eighth or ninth from the appearance of the
eruption, the inflammatory areola surrounding
the vesicle subsides, the contents change to an
opaque yellow, and a dark spot appears on each
pustule. Usually at this time, the tumefaction
of the face subsides, and the hands and feet be
gin to swell. After the eleventh day the pustules
become rough, break, and discharge their con
tents, which, by drying on the surface, forms a
small crust. In a short time these crusts fall off,
leaving the part of a dark brown color, which
often remains many days ; and when the pus
tules have been very large, permanent indenta
tions of the skin remain. About the seventeenth
day, the secondary fever, which comes on about
the completion of pusttilation, disappears, and
the swelling of the hands and feet subsides'
Symptoms of Confluent Small-Pox.—The
eruptive fever is more intense, the strength is
greatly prostrated, coma and delirium are fre
quent, and profuse diarrhoea or salivation are
often present. The eruption is preceded by an
erysipelatous efflorescence upon the face, from
which the pustules emerge on the second day
in the form of small red points, which run to
gether and form clusters resemMing measles.
The pustules are irregularly shaped, and con
tain a dark, ichorous matter instead of true pus.
When the crusts begin to form, the whole face
is covered by a general scab, which falls off
from the fifteenth to the twentieth day. The
fever does not cease upon the appearance of the
eruption, but about the ninth day suffers a re
markable exacerbation; in very bad cases the
eruption becomes livid or black, and petechias,
hemorrhages, bloody urine, and exhausting di
arrhoeas occur. Should recovery take place, the
pits or scars will be much deeper than in the
preceding form. The patient often dies about
the eleventh day.
Symptoms of Modified Small-Pox.—The
eruptive fever, though generally severe, usually
lasts but a single day. On the following day
the eruption appears, first on the wrist and
about the nose. Frequently a pimple on the ala
of the nose gives an indication of the nature of
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the disease. The course of the disease is shorter 1
and the symptoms more irregular than in the \
other forms. Some of the eruptions progress to j
perfect pustules, others die away without sup
purating. As soon as the eruption appears, the j
patient is well, unless it is sufficiently extensive <
to keep up some degree of irritative fever.
Diagnosis.—The diseases with which small-
pox is liable to be confounded, especially in its ;
early stages, are chicken-pox — varicella; measles j
—rubeola ; scarlet fever—scarlatina, and ery- \
sipelas. Variola may he distinguished from i
chicken-pox by the pimples appearing on the
back, the maturation of the pustules on the third
day, and the absence of suppuration and indenta- <
tion, which characterize the latter disease ; from |
measles, by the hoarseness, moaning, swelled J
eyelids and watery eyes, which attend the at- ■
tack of measles, and the eruption appearing in j
crescentic clusters, not rising into visible pimples; |
from scarlet fever, by the strawberry appear- j
ance of the tongue and the bright scarlet efflo- j
rescence of the skin, which usually appears on !
the second day in the latter disease ; and from j
erysipelas, by the eruption or efflorescence being j
of a florid red color, and spreading from a par- \
ticular point over a large surface, in the case of
erysipelas.
Prognosis. —The result must be judged of by j
the condition of the tiody at the time of attack, :
and the intensity of the fever. It is generally \
favorable in the distinct and modified forms, and j
generally unfavorable in the confluent form. <
Dangerous symptoms are the pustules becoming
flattened, livid, and interspersed with discolored
spots, a sudden disappearance of the eruption, j
general pallor of the skin, with great anxiety and
extreme prostration of strength, and complica-
tions with local affections.
Post-Mortem Appearances.—After death,
dissection has shown the windpipe, broncial ves
sels, lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines to be
covered with pustules, with local inflammations j
in various organs ; the whole body runs rapidly !
into putrefaction.
Causes.—Variola is produced by a specific
contagion, its nature has thus far eluded the \
recognition of our senses, and probabaly never !
will be detected by chemical analysis. The 1
virus seems to act like a ferment in relation to
some one or more of the elements of the blood, \
analagous to the process of sacharine fermenta
tion. It is produced by subjecting the body to
the effluvia arising from those who already labor
under the disease, or by introducing a small ;
quantity of the purulent matter of the disease
into the system by inoculation. A doctrine has
lately been started, that the changes effected in
the blood by the contagion of small-pox were a
purifying process, analagous to the working of
a barrel of beer. But the theory is refuted by j
the fact that all fermentation is a destructive |
process, absolutely decomposing the saccharine j
and other fermented matter, and resolving it
into its ultimate elements.
Laws of Contagion.—It is communicated by I
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contact or through the atmosphere, by pustules, i system by vaccination. My own practice would
or substances imbued with the variolous matter, be, to keep children as.healthy as possible, and,
and equally by the living or dead body. It is if the small-pox happens along, let it have its
occasionally epidemic. Sometimes, though rare natural course. Those who have the means to
ly, it occurs twice in the same person. do the same I would advise to act accordingly,
Mortality. —From the statistics which have while those who live, move, eat and drink, alter
been collected, it appears that one in three or the ordinary manner, would have a better chance
four cases are fatal. In the modified form, or at chances by resorting to vaccination.
in those who have been vaccinated, the mortality
has been much less—about one in twenty. The Treatment or Small-Pox.—As in all fevers,
periods of life of its greatest mortality have been > whether eruptive or not, the temperature of the
under five and over thirty years of age ; the body is the guiding principle in the treatment.
ratio increasing below and above those ages, and To regulate the temperature and equalize the
being the least between them. • j circulation, are the leading indications. On the
Sequel.*.—Medical books describe a long j access of the febrile symptoms, the bowels, un
catalogue of diseases as the consequences of less entirely free, should be moved by tepid
small-pox, some of which are more to be dreaded injections. When the fever is fully developed,
than the disease itself. Among these arc boils, j if the heat is not great, tepid or cool ablutions to
abscesses, ulcers, gangrene or sloughing of the the whole body will moderate it sufficiently ; if
skin, erysipelas, suppuration of the joints, hip the fever is severe and the heat extreme, the
disease, ophthalmia, blindness from opacity of wet sheet pack should be resorted to, and Re
the cornea, ^inflammation of the serous mem sumed as often as it becomes warm, until the
branes of the chest and abdomen, tuberculatcd skin becomes soft and the temperature near the
lungs, consumption, mesenteric disease, and natural standard. Give the patient as much
scrofula. Some of these sequela: doubtless re water to drink as the thirst demands. Give no
sult from frail organization, more from bad food save Indian or wheat-meal gruel, and not
habits of living, and still more from unfortunate that unless the appetite calls for it. Nursing
medical treatment. * j children may take the breast as usual if inclined.
Prevention.—Physicians are not all agreed From the second to the fourth day, when the
as to the propriety of resorting to vaccination as j efforts of the organism are determined to the
a protection from small-pox. The vaccine virus skin to produce the eruption, be cautious in
is the variolous matter modified by passing meddling with the stomach and bowels. Thou
through the organism of the cow, or some other sands have been killed outright by an emetic
of the domestic animals ; hence the disease re or strong purgative administered at this critical
sulting from its introduction to the human sys- \ period. At this time all the vital energies]are
tern is called vaccinia or vacciola, cow-pox, kitie- • aroused to throw the virus off through the sur
pox, and vaccine disease. There is no question face, and if, by an irritating emetic or cathartic,
but that it is, to a great extent, a protection from this action be repressed, and the force or the dis
the violence and danger of the natural small ease directed to the stomach and bowels, death
pox ; at the same time there is danger of inocu may bo the speedy result. The principle here
lating the patient with some loathsome and even involved affords a satisfactory explanation of the
worse disease, as venereal, or scrofula, from the ; superior safety of homoeopathic treatment, com
impossibility of always getting a supply of vac- ; pared with allopathic, in all eruptive fevers, as
cine matter from healthy constitutions. In either has been frequently demonstrated in practice in
way there is a risk to incur, and it is a delicate the management of scarlet fever.
matter for a physician to advise on a subject j After the excessive febrile heat is subdued
when both sides are hazardous. I am fully con by ablutions or packings, two cool or tepid ab
vinced that if people could bring up their chil lutions daily, morning and evening, will gene
dren in strict physiological habits, the non-vacci- 1 rally be sufficient through the whole course of
nating plan would be altogether the best ; but in the disease. Should the extremities at any time
a city this seems next to impossible, and in the j become cold, bottles of hot water should be ap
country it is pretty generally neglected. Chil plied. There is often a strong determination to
dren reared healthfully in relation to food, exer- j the brain, evinced by headache, delirium, convul
ciso and ventilation, have little to fear from any sions, etc., when cold wet cloths should bo ap
disease, however contagious ; they may have plied. In the violent delirium of the confluent
this, but it will not endanger life, nor produce form, cold water should be poured over the whole
much deformity nor serious injury. I have seen head until relief is obtained, the patient's head
within the last year, a most horridly loathsome resting over a tub ta receive the water. In the
case of scrofulous disease, in which the patient most intense paroxysms of fever and headache,
literally rotted alive at the ago of fifteen, from this process will generally afford prompt and
unhealthy virus received when he was but three ; often surprising relief.
years of age. Parents often find some one of The secondary fever requires precisely the
their children tainted with morbid humors, un same medication as the primary, though if the
like any other member of the family, and which former has been well managed, the latter gives
they are wholly unable to account for, except on but little trouble.
the supposition of foul matter taken into the Ventilation is always important; the patient
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should be kept in a large, well-aired room, of
even and rather cool temperature.
Various expedients have been tried to miti
gate the itching that often attends the dessication
of the pustules, as well as to prevent pitting or
scarring. None have, however, been found of
much service. Washing tlic sores with cold
cream is as harmless, and probably as useful, as
anything which has been suggested.
Note —The symptoms of small-pox, in the
above article, arc stated as they occur in pa
tients whose habits of life pattern after the usual
fashions of society. The hydropathic practi
tioner will often find them very materially modi
fied in persons who have for a considerable time
been accustomed to a hydropathic regimen, es
pecially in children, who have been trained on
the principle of "eating to live," instead of that
of " living to eat." Indeed, in such,cases many
of the symptoms laid down in medical books as
characteristic may be entirely wanting. I have
a case at this writing under advisement, which
strikingly exemplifies the difference between an
eruptive fever occurring in a very healthy or a
very unhealthy person.
A child, fifteen months old, was attacked with
the disease in the natural way. Having the
good fortune to be born of Water-Cure parents,
the child had been bathed regularly from birth,
and its principal solid food, after it began to ex
ercise its teeth, had been cracked wheat. In
this case the hoarseness, swelling of the throat,
and difficitlty of swallowing were wholly absent.
The secondary fever was so slight as to be but
just noticeable ; and about the tenth day, when,
according to the experience of most regular
physicians, the symptoms usually become ag
gravated and dangerous, the little patient, though
covered with plump, well-developed pustules,
was entirely free from all feverish irritation,
playful, and in fact, with the exception of the
skin affection, in its usual good health. This
child only required a slightly tepid bath twice a
day, and cold wet cloths to the head during a
part of the eruptive stage. The sores are heal
ing so kindly that I doubt if, after a short time,
there will be any traces of the disease about the
face. All these remarks are equally true and
equally important in all the eruptive fevers,
called in medical books exanthemata.
New Water-Cure Arrangements.—Dr. Tram.
having assumed tho medical direction of the Lebanon
8pring9 Waier-Cure, in eonnection with his city insti
tution, has made arrangements with Mr. D. Campbell,
proprietor of the former establishment, to accommo
date invalids and hydropathio boarders in the country
during the warm season, and in the city the year
round. Mr. Campbell will have the entire domestie
management of both establishments, which will be
conducted on the same plan as heretofore. The country
establishment will be ro-opened on the first of May.
Dr. Trail will be in attendance five days in each
week, and at tho city establishment Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, from the first of May to the first of
November. During the remainder of tho year he will
be located in the city. Patients will be left in charge
of competent assistants during his absence. R. T.
Trall, M.D. 15 Laight street, New York.
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. ! I have seen but few women who were good
CHAPTER n. I walkers, and not many men. Horse-breeders,
f Continued from page 29.) ; who train up roadsters, always take great pains
The brains of children are easily injured by | with the walking powers of an animal. They
over-tasks, and any education which, quickening j think it the most important pace to be cultivated.
the intellect, fails to invigorate the bodily powers, J But the idea of parents training their children is
is false and ruinous. Aside from morai teach preposterous. The most beautiful walker I ever
ing and the acquisition of knowledge from the saw, was a girl who worked for my father's
outward world, the education of the body is the nearest neighbor. She was a poor girl, with fine
main thing. American mothers take no pains in natural intellect, but not educated, of remarkably
this respect. An intelligent English noble fine taste, and carried a Jenny Lind sort of faco,
woman will spend six months of close labor and full of genuine good humor and benevolence.
care to teach her daughter how to stand,—that She moved with more grace than any woman I
is, how to place her feet so that her limb shall be ever saw. I used to think nothing eurthly could
perpendicular to her foot, by means of a straight, equal her. She attended the Presbyterian church,
firm, well-balanced ankle. I would wager fifty and when she walked out of the porch on to the
dollars, were I not so poor that I ought not to j street-flagging, the old and young, man and maid
borrow it, that no man can find five women in en, would stop to gaze at her. A gentleman, at that
each hundred that he may meet, who have the I time a young man—resident in our village, since
ankles of both their limbs anatomically straight. honored by the citizens of this State with the
They are not what Nature designed tliem to bo. distinguished office of Lieutenant Governor,
Generally speaking, the ankle of the left limb is j used to express himself in no measured terms of
the most crooked, and sways inwardly to a marked the grace and beauty of her step.
degree from the line of perpendicularity. And Till the period when adolescence dawns, ab
then the walk of American women is greatly de stract intellectual effort should be avoided. Then,
ficient in gracefulness. It is half-way between the train assumes more of consistency, and
a wriggle and a waddle. There is no poetry of severer drafts on the nervous system may be
motion in it. It is complete in only one thing— made with less probability of injury. It is a
its unmitigated Yankeeism. It has one feature remarkable fact, that, other things being equal,
—directness. The entire boddy posture indi the intellects that have moved the world are and
cates a determination to reach a point as quickly have been those, whose application to severe and
as possible. The head leans forward, the arms anxious study has been made after the juvenile
wrapped up in a shawl —for some sort of a shawl period of life had passed. Their childhood was
a woman will wear, even in August. The spent, not in crowded and ill-ventilated school
limbs stiff as stakes at the hips—the ankles rigid rooms, not in poring over books, not in getting
as if anchylosis had taken place—the feet placed exacted lessons, not in attempts to master what
in parallel lines to each other. tWThe Knees ) thev cou,d not understand; but in avocations
do all the work. Set her a-going and she wiggles \ tllat invigorated their bodies and tasked their
about the hips and waddles about the knees like mental energies only in the way of observation.
a crane wading a drawn-off mill-pond. But It is the law of wisdom that this result should
what ofall this ? IfJemima-Gaudiosa-Arethusa follow. The mind is dependent on the body as a
can only write and cipher to the rule of three, medium of expression. That body, therefore,
can parse—" I am a sinner saved by grace"— which is depraved, lacking nervous and muscular
can read without bungling, thrum a piano, work energy, is a poor machine for a great soul to
worsted cats and dogs, she is on the high road to work out its bright aims with.
fame. No scholar beats hef—and the ambitious My professional career brings before me nu
parents are satisfied. Pshaw ■ I would infinitely merous cases of utter ruin caused ly this mal
prefer a daughter of mine under twelve years of practice on the part of parents. Mal-practice,
age—if she could know but one—should know which, if done under sanction of the medical
how to climb a peeled bass-wood, wrestle like an | cloth, and by a member of a medical fraternity,
expert, and play ball like a gamester—than j would subject him to a heavy penalty. I will give
to " quip and quilp" over mathematics or the art i two instances and then travel back to my school-
of speaking and writing the English language s room and my Rev. Pedagogue.
correctly. The grammar such a girl wants is On my way eastward this fall on business, I
Nature's. The language she needs to learn is was detained in Syracuse a d;iy. A gentleman
Nature's. It speaks within her in her impulses. of wealth and influence learning that I was in
It speaks outside of her in God's works. From the city, called to consult me in respect of his
every bush and brake comes a fairy voice sing daughter's health. She is about nineteen years
ing to her old. During infancy and childhood she exhib
" Come wander witlt me ited fine robustness, having inherited a good
Over hill anrl lea, constitution from the parents. They are persons
And I'll iing yon the prettiest Bongj." of large brain ; the father, of nervous and san
A school-house for such a young thing ! One guine temperament, and great activity, devoted
might as well prescribe the dye-tub in the chim to business, and full of schemes for the realiza (
ney corner for a scat, and the Westminster tion of the one thing needful—Wealth. The
Catechism for an amusement. mother a notable housek«eper, full of cares and
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duties. The child active, energetic, and inquisi
tive.
About the time that four years had ripened
on the little girl's head, the mother took into se
rious consideration what should be done with her.
So, after cogitating the thing all over, she says,
of a morning when they are at table, " Husband,
Miss Janette Schoolcraft is to open her select
school for little girls and young misses next
week, and I think I had better have Emily go.
She is almost four years old, and I have so much
to do, that I cannot take care of her. You know
we cannot afford in our small family to keep a
hired girl and pay her a dollar a week ; and if
/ do the work, Emily has to go uncared for. You
can hardly imagine how she romps. She will
climb over our front yard fence like a squirrel.
There is no keeping her. She gets with Mr.
B.'s boys ; and only yesterday I saw her playing
horse in his yard, holding the string, and driving
little Charlie about. If I keep her in the house,
she is as mischievous as a witch, asking me
what this is made of, and what that is for, till
my life is tired out of me. If she is not taken
care of, she will grow to be the greatest 1 Tom
boy' in the neighborhood. Besides, how broad
she is getting: she looks more now like a boy
than a girl ; she is as big one way as the other
already."
" Well, my dear, I do not know but it is best
that Emily should go to school ; but I think you
rather exaggerate the evils of her romping,"
says her husband.
" Exaggerate them, my dear ! Why, she is
all that I tell you, and more. If you will believe
nc, the other day, when Billy B. came by riding
his father's horse to water, she clambered up on
the gate-post and asked him to ride."
" Did she ? Here, Milly ! Did you want to
ride with Billy B. on the horse ?"
" Yes, Pa, I did; and I wish you would get
me a pretty pony to ride. It would go so pret
tily !—Canter to canter, to canter ! Come, Pa,
promise me a pony."
" Father's dear girl ! If you get through life
and do nothing worse than to ride on horseback
with Billy B., your sorrows will not bo very
heavy. Here's a kiss !"
" Now, husband, how could you do so ? I
have tried to make Milly feel that it was not
pretty to want to be with boys."
" My dear, why not ? Is there anything im
proper in being a boy ! What shall we do with
our daughter if we should ever have a son ?"
" Fie, now ! Our son will be lier brother."
" Yes ; but he will, if a son, be a boy : and it
was for not coinciding with you as to the impro
priety of Emily being with boys that you blamed
me just now."
" Well, my dear husband, do you want your
daughter a great coarse thing, weighing two
hundred, fat as a moose, and so red in the face
that one would think she painted ?"
"No, dear! Two hundred pounds would be
rather uncomfortable to carry when the ther
mometer is 90Q on the shady side of our street.
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I would be content with 140 lbs. As to her be
ing coarse, I would prefer fine fibre, for there is
as much difference in human flesh as in that of
beasts : the finest fibre makes the finest meat.
The finest body is likely, other things being
equal, to contain the finest spirit. I want to see
our daughter beautiful—so beautiful that I might
sit and grow good under the spell her beauty
might fasten on me. I do love beautiful children.
I do love a beautiful iciman .'"—looking a shy
glance at his wife—but I am not afraid of her
redness: a peach-blossom cheek for me, dear!"
"Peach-blossom!" exclaimed his wife. "Her
color will be more like that of sole leather, if she
is not kept out of the wind. I am almost pro
voked with you, husband, for you really talk
about Emily as if she were a boy. I wish"
" You wish—ah, I know what you was going
to say—you were going to say that you wished
Emily teas a boy. Well, well, dear ! Milly's
education must, in the main, devolve on you ; so
act as you think proper about sending her to Miss
Schoolcraft. Give me a warm cup of coffee,
please."
He took it, drank it, seized his hat, gave his
little romping Milly a kiss as though he should
never see her again, but in her place a little, de
mure, quiet, pale-faced thing, whose soul had
perished for want of air, and ran to his office, to
see if any improvement had taken place in the
prices of grain in New York, or the value of
stocks in Wall street.
He never did see his little Milly again, but for
a short space. Miss Schoolcraft came. She
was rightly named. Milly N. was put into her
hands; and from four till eighteen years of age
she was never out of the hands of her schoolmis
tress or master, except nights and Sundays. Day
in and out, year after year, she held her weary
way till she left—with a "finished education" and
a ruined body. Her health is completely gone.
Am I asked, what is the matter ? I will answer ;
and inasmuch as the reader may happen to he a
father, and have a daughter in the same predica
ment,! will give him my prescription for this young
broken-bodied girl. The matter with the girl is
this :—She has a lateral curvature of the spine,
to a degree that one shoulder is nearly two inches
higher than the other ; has strong indications of
anterior curvature ; has derangement of the
stomach, amounting to dyspepsia; has inactive
state of the liver, accompanied with enlargement ;
has serious disturbance of the pelvic viscera;
has hot head, cold feet, irregular pulse, and low
vitality. She cannot endure much exercise, is
a slave to fashionable clothing ; wears corsets,
shoulder-straps, whalebones, and tight waists ;
in fine, is a fashionable lady. She has hopes of
marriage. She is about as lit for a wife as sick
ness would be for a bride to rosy-cheeked, laugh
ing Health ; and so foregoes the application of
all agencies that would expose her deformity to
the gaze of all others. She is padded, wadded,
and dressed till she looks " all right ;" and I feel
quite sure that the man who marries her will
never dream that the wife that be has taken has
not a stright backbone, till the priest has tied
them with the bands of the law.
My advice to thefather was this :—
" Take your daughter from home ; away from
her mother; away from fashionable associates ;
away from drug Ductors. Find a good Water
Cure, rural, pleasant, whose proprietors are in
telligent and refined, whose physician has skill
and a heart with it ; where the laws of life are
rigidly yet kindly enforced ; where the principles
of health make it fashionable to dress as health
demands; and then let her take treatment for
her functional derangements, and by appropriate
regimen of diet, air, exercise, and the right social
life, she may gather up vigor enough to stay
} the disease. If so, she may be of use to the
; world ; otherwise, she will come to be a burden
; to herself, and you and all who know her."
; I piiied the father. He has slaved himself al-
\ most to death for the child. I piiied the girl.
; She would have been a sweet thing under right
\ treatment; and life and its glorious blessings
J are all turned to bitterness. I felt almost indig-
j nant at the mother ; for, having ruined herdaugh-
J ter, she now attempts to conceal the evidence* of
that ruin.
\ The father thanked me, paid me well, and
• promised to send his daughter to my Cure.
I Take one more instance. In my circle of in-
! timate friends, there is a family of seven persons.
I Father, mother, and five children. Their two
'. eldest are daughters—adults. The third—a son
; —adult in stature. The parents are wealthy,
i have fine talents, and commanding influence in
the place where they dwell. They dote on their
children, and give them intellectual and social
advantage. But not one in five can be called
healthy. What is the cause ? They are not
cursed with taint of blood. Hereditary disease
has not taken its life-lease on them. The cause
is their bad, physical education. They have been
trained ill. The school-room has been the
theatre of their powers. There, their activities
have expended themselves. They have conse
quently orer-grown brains, all of them, and tall,
slim, not weM-shaped bodies. The chances are
that by the time these parents have reached that
point of life when strong arms and wise heads
are their needful support, they will be without
| them.
j The eldest—let me make an attempt at de-
} scription, that the reader may see what ruin,
wrong education does. She is above the medium
height—with an original frame-work of great
beauty. The bony structure is firm and normal
in all its parts. She has too little muscle to
have it said that she is finely proportioned.
This deficiency is mainly owing to want of ex
ercise. The muscles that support the trunk have
been long relaxed, and she is somewhat crooked
when sitting. She leans forward, thrusting the
lower part of her breast-bone inward on the
stomach, and by that posture tending to make a
mechanical displacement of the bowels and
organs of the pelvis. To remedy this defect, she
has taken to wearing shoulder-braces, which in
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creases the evil it is designed to cure, inasmuch
as it relieves the muscles from all duty, and so
adds to their impotency.
She wrote tome for medical advice,and I went
to see her.
Of her bodily habits I found that she exercised
out-of-doors inconsiderably; that she kept her
feet cold by a hot stove ; that she complained of
headache almost constantly ; that she had acute
dyspepsia ; that she was troubled with constipa
tion, slight enlargement and marked torpor of
liver; that her spleen was sensitive; that the
vertebral processes at the point where the nerves
piirtogo to the heart and lungs, were tender
under pressure; that she had restless uncom
fortable nights ; that she had, when sleeping,
unpleasant dreams ; that in the morning she was
oppressed with lassitude, and each day at stated
periods was troubled into disgust of life—and
longed to get away from her catalogue of woes.
She is of nervous-bilious temperamant, with
a very large head ; possessed of extraordinary
ideality, and very large casualty and compari
son. Her moral sentiments are large ; her ac
quisitiveness large ; hersecretiveness very large.
She has firmness large ; caution large ; self-
esteem moderate—quite moderate.
Her motive power is good. Yet with such
powers as these qualities unmistakably indi
cate—powers which, under the right direction,
should, at her age, have made her namo ring
across a continent, she is known to a small
circle comparatively. As far as she is known,
she is the delight of all hearts at social gather
ings, for there she lifts herself out of her usual
depressions and reigns queen of the evening.
Compared with wiiat she could hav? been under
right management, she is now, NOBODY. The
most alarming feature in her case is, that
Consumption, like an unleashed grey-hound,
waits for the opportunity, at the cry of the
Tally-ho! to fasten its fangs in her flesh, and
let out her life's blood. The chances, taking
into consideration her social fetters, the habits of
her whole life combined with the blindness of her
parents—who, it would seem, will never see
that she is not " pretty well," till Death's en
trance in to their dwelling startles them from
their illusion—the chances are against her.
Perhaps she may gather up strength of purpose
to double the stormy cape, and find her way into
smooth waters. Were she daughter of mine, I
should hopa to save her. As her medical advisar
now, I shall work hard for it ; but doctors are
not almighty.
Her sister—a girl of splendid mind—is doomed,
ruined, and will drag out a life of old age wretch
edly, if some acute disease does not play the mer
ciful to her. The son, bright, and beautiful,
ambitious and talented, is studying himself to
death. The two youngest are quite likely to
follow in the track. Beautiful picture for Bene
volence to contemplate. More than probable that
in less than forty years from the birth of the eld
est—the whole group will be kept in remem
brance under monumental inscription.—O, Folly !
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will men ever strip thee of thy stolen drapery, and Mab, came along on tip-toe, and lifting the chair,
drive thee to herd with thy kind ? Or, must thou set it noiselessly one side. I saw her do it,—
always be our Wisdom, whilst she of the golden perhaps not another scholar in school did ; for
hair and angelic face wanders alone—thou sit the seats were fronted to desks on the wall, and
ting on her throne—a Usurper ?—Enough of this : the backs of the scholars were all to the master.
My heart aches at the recital. When the prayer was through, the master as
Now let meturn to myself and my master. I had usual sat down, but this time he sat on the floor.
become a great Pet with him. My father looked The whole school burst into laughter. It was
on me reverentially. My mother thought me an their time. He rose livid with wrath. About
extraordinary child, the old women cried " amaz the wings of his nostrils, and the corners of his
ing!" The reverend gentlemen—my father's lips, there was a pale streak—the blood had fled
house was a " Gospel tavern "—declared that from the skin. It changed his appearance strange
under the Abrahamic Covenant I was to be set ly. To look at him one would have thought he
apart for the ministry; whilst / knew I was a never could pray. He frightened me, for I had,
Latin and Greek fool. I never whistled, I never as I supposed, studied all phases of his counte
sung, T never dreamed the sweet pretty dreams nance, and I had seen nothing that looked like
of youth. The Heaven I dreamed of was, where this before. His eye, usually cold and gray,
Leonidas and Miltiades were ; and the Hell I saw flashed like a meteor across a January sky—pale
was Virgil's. I sought not the society of boys. but luminous—darting its ray in all directions.
Girls—all but Delia Greenwood—she was no girl, He took in every scholar at a glance ; his voice
she was my Divinity—I detested. My little room at length called me.
had become my world. I had come to associate " Jacobus,"—he always called me by a Latin
with ./Eneas, Ascanius, and Dido, before she name—" Come to me ! Who pulled my chair,
burned herself, f was with Agamemnon, Ajax, whilst I was at prayer ?"
Ulysses, Nestor, and Achilles. I wandered " That's a rhyme !" cried a little curly head on
through Troy and Priam's palace, gazed on He- j one of the low seats. " I cannot tell you," said I.
len's beauty and Hector's warlike face. I was " Do you know ?" " Certainly, sir !" " Who
" In the land of lost gods and godlike men." was it ?" " I cannot tell, sir." " Then, sir, hold
Thin rales of evergreen, their hills of snow." out your hand ! " I did so, and taking a heavy
I hugged my books with morbid pride, and day \ ruler, made of cherry, he clasped my fingers,
by day was warped more and more from a natu- < bent them back, so as to elevate the palm, he
ral line of life. My heart only was safe. That beat raised himself on to his tip-toes, and swinging
as true to the voice of affection, as Taglioni's the ruler in the air, brought it on to my hand
feet to the music of her orchestra. I spent no with all his might. A blister instantly followed.
evenings in childish amusements. I had no re " There, sir ! Take that !"
lish for sports. I was a dwarfed man. The I went to my seat, shed not a tear. I never
period of childhood had passed me, leaving only yet cried for my own sorrows. And the school
dim recollections of its fragrance. About this was dismissed. Within fifteen minutes the poor
time, my father had applications to take in other man would have given all he was worth —to be
children. The matter was discussed, and the able to recall that blow. It was too late. I went
result was, the establishment of a select school. to school in the morning, took my seat, but got
About this time also, I was taken to Utica to re no lesson. I could get none. He had severed
cite before the late Erastus Clarke, Esq., who the link that bound us. We were twain. I flour
prophesied great things for me, which have never ished no more under his regime. His blow hurt
come to pass. my heart worse than my hand. I could no longer
At the establishment of the select school, a love him, for he had doubted me, and from the
new room was obtained. My exodus from the earliest hour of my ability to think to this time,
little attic was made with streaming eyes. I en I have never been able to keep my heart true to
tered it as one would enter a prison. I left it, feel those who doubt me. I shrink instinctively from
ing such sadness as one feels on going from his all such. At the end of the term we parted. The
home. Besides, I was fearful of my capability old man wept—but the little houri loved me :
to sustain myself with the scholars who were to
come in as my fellows. I shrank from contact
with them. The school opened ; every thing Wanted—A Water-Cure Establishment in Dover,
passed on quite harmoniously. 1 made my way New Hampshire. The intelligent eitisens of Dover
better than I expected, and although not the fa and vicinity are greatly in want of a Water-Cure
vorite of the majority, I was suffered to pass in physician ; and we are assured that the most liberal
support will be given to a competent practitioner. Do
peace. But a trial awaited me, the results of ver is only three miles from Great Falls, and in the
which I little dreamed of. immediate neighborhood of South Berwiok, Salmon
Our master was a devout man. He prayed Falls, Now Market, Exeter—all manufacturing places ;
night and morning iu the school. His habit was and is within twelve miles of Portsmouth. The water
is pure and soft, and the place accessible from every
to rise" out of his chair, spread abroad his hands, direction by innumerable railroads. Besides, the peo
make his prayer, and, on saying Amen, to seat ple are thoroughly indoctrinated in hydropathy. Mr.
himself without looking back. One afternoon, J. Pkekins, of Dover, once a patient under Waler
a wicked little sprite of a girl— beautiful as a Treatment, will give any farther information that may
houri, and mischievous as the elves of queen ! be desired.
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TWELVE CASES IN MIDWIFERY.
WITH DETAILS OP TREATMENT.
BY JOEL SI1KW, M. D.
Early in 1813 I commenced the practice of
midwifery, using water as the great remedial
agent in the art. The new method, invaluable
as it is, had not been adopted in this branch of
medicine in the old country ; and it being at that
time wholly unknown in America, I was under
the necessity of acting without precedent. I had,
it is true, the example of the aborigines of our
own country, and that of the savage nations
generally ; but the constitutions of these, be it
remembered, are very different from those of the
inhabitants of our metropolis. We may do
much, I am aware, to harden the constitutions of
our delicate females; and to ascertain by what
means, and to what extent, this may be ac
complished in reference to matters of childbirth,
has been the object of my most earnest study.
To what degree I have succeeded, facts alone
may determine.
I propose, then, on the present occasion, to
give twelve cases of parturition, in illustration
of the effects of Water-treatment. These cases, I
conclude, present a very fair average of the suc
cess attending the treatment generally. Certain
I am that I have no desire to mislead people in
so important a matter. I ask only a candid in
vestigation of the facts as they occur, the truth
of which any one interested may readily learn, by
by conversing with those who have submitted
themselves to the new treatment.
CASE I,
July 15, 1850.—This is the case of a very
worthy and intelligent lady who resided in
our establishment, about thirty yoars of age,
delicate health, and scrofulous tendency. She
bathed through her whole period, and paid toler
able regard to diet, but was too much en
cumbered with domestic duties to allow of suit
able exercise in the open air. This was her
second pregnancy.
She came to labor very suddenly on the even
ing of the above date—labor lasting only about
half an hour. The pains were exceedingly se
vere. The presentation of the child was an ob
scure one, but I succeeded in bringing down the
feet foremost, and then, by arranging success
ively the body and the head in a proper position,
I met with no serious obstacle in effecting the
delivery. The after-birth came away in a short
lime, with very little manual aid. Cold wet
cloths were at once placed over the abdomen,
genitals, and thighs, and often renewed. Thore
were some after-pain?. After resting half an hour,
the patient was raised as she desired, placed in a
hip-bath, and thoroughly Washed all over with
water, temperature of the Croton, and which pro
duced an effect which she designated as " heav
enly." A folded wet sheet was placed about
her body, and being left in a condition which
would not allow of her becoming either too hot
or too cold, she soon slept sweetly. She had
also slept somewhat before the bath. Changing
the wet application from time to time, she ob for five minutes, the chill taken off the water,
tained a very good night's rest. then sponged the body and retired to rest ; she
The next day she used the wet applications slept well all night. She had no nurse but her
according to her feelings of comfort, and was husband.
washed four times thoroughly from head to foot The second morning she complained of no
in a hip-hath. Immediately after the first hath, pain; followed the course of the preceding day,
early in the morning, she sat in a rocking-chair, namely, the bathing of the body and the sitz
had water brought to her, and then washed her bath washing; partook of unleavened wheat rneal
infant, unaided, with her own hands, because no cakes for breakfast, with good ripe berries; for
one could perform this important duty so well dinner, corn bread with berries; supper, dry toast
as herself: she continued so to do daily from made of brown bread, with blue-berries; no drink
the first. at any time but the best of pure cold water.
She was herself bathed three or four times The third morning she walked about the room;
daily until she was perfectly recovered, which helped to bathe herself; appetite good, food pretty
was in a very short time. She sat up four hours much the same as the day previous ; spent a large
the first day, and so onward. Her infant did share of the day sewing; sitz bath washing as
remarkably well. usual at night. The fourth day she was able to
bathe and dress herself, partook of meals with
CASE II. the family, and kept about house all day.
About midsummer, 1847, this same lady was From this time forward she took the entire
confined, under my care. Not long before the care of her child ; neither mother nor child have
beginning of pregnancy at that time, she had suf taken one particle of medicine, nor any herb
fered from a very severe attack of fever ; but drinks of any kind or name, and both have been
by dint of perseverance in good habits, she got perfectly well and regular in all their habits up
along very well through the period, though the to this time, it being two months since the birth.
labor was a severe one, and the perineum became All that the child has ever had was two or three
torn. There was likewise some trouble from tca-spoonfulls of cold water at the time of its
swelling of the breasts. But notwithstanding birth; after which it was put to the breast. 1 ought
these drawbacks, she was able to sit up, walked to mention that the child has also from the very
out very soon, and on the whole recovered re first been washed every morning in water made
markably well. The sitting-bath and wet. com slightly tepid.
presses had evidently a very salutary effect in
healing the perineum ; the child also thrived case IV.
well. This lady had been some years, for the This is the case of a newly married lady of
most part, a vegetarian, and drinks neither tea this city, twenty-four years of age, of nervous
nor coffee. temperament, studious habits, and highly sensi
tive but well-balanced mind. She had been for
case in. years engaged in teaching in the South, and
July 31s/, 1850.—A lady friend in a l>ealthy suffered very much with dyspepsia. She had
part of the country was confined the tenth time followed water-treatment, pretty thoroughly one
at this date. She ate no flesh-meat during preg year before she became pregnant. The first four
nancy; the diet was entirely vegetable, including months of this period, it being the winter seasonj
the different kinds of berries and fruits in their she took the sitting-bath an half-hour every
season; her drink pure water only. morning in cold water, and after it bathed the
Living thus, she was able to attend to the dairy, whole body. During the day, she wore a large
making her own butter, and performing all the wet girdle, covering the whole trunk of tlie body,
cooking herself for a family of eleven persons, always during the day re-wetting it before it be
up to the very day of confinement. came dry ; at night it was left off.
Labor commenced in the evening, and soon She experienced at first much trouble from
after, at the recommendation of her husband, she. nausea and prostration.
was sponged over the whole surface with cold By the use of the wet girdle, the sitting-bath,
spring water, and soon after took a cold sitting and general washing, in connection with absti
bath. In about an hour after this she was deli nence—for she passed whole days eating not more
vered of a fine plump boy weighing ten pounds. than a fourth part of a Boston cracker in the
After resting a little and being somewhat fa twenty-four hours—she soon got the mastery of
tigued and suffering some pain, her husband her stomach sickness, and other troubles.
proposed another ablution, to which she readily After the first four months she took tbc half-
consented. After this she slept well till sun-rise hour sitting-bath and general washing three
the next morning. The wet girdle had been times daily, and wore the large wet girdle as
worn nights some time previous to labor, and before. She was active in her habits, and for the
was continued about a week after it. greater part of the time appeared in as good
The first morning she was washed all over, health as ever in her life before. She remained
and felt very comfortable after it. She partook in the city until the summer, and then left for
of rye-bread toast and blue-berries, with water the country.
for drink; this was her whole breakfast, and her About the middle of August, 1860, as she was
appetite was good. At night she took a sitz bath on the point of returning to the city to make
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ready for her approaching confinement, under
my care, she met with a fall. This brought on
labor some weeks earlier, as she supposed, than it
should have been. It was rather severe, lasting
twenty-four hours. She took ether, as is the
custom with many in New England, where she
was—an unnatural and injurious practice as I
regard it to be. Her child was born on the
morning of the 15th of August, soon after mid
night. During labor she ate nothing, bathed
a number of times, and took clysters of water,
all of which served to refresh the system.
In less than an hour after the birth she was
helped into the tub; sat some ten minutes in the
water, and was washed over the whole surface.
She could easily have borne her weight. The
wet girdle was applied and other cooling fo
mentations, after which she slept soundly til'
morning.
She was then bathed again, as before, and
after this washed her infant herself, and dressed
it the first time, and thereafter continued daily
to take the care of it.
She took daily, three baths in the wash-tub,
the water always at about 70°P., and continued
to wear the wet girdle and compresses night
and day the whole of the first two weeks.
The first day she sat up half an hour besides
taking the baths. She could easily have re
mained up a large share of the time, but being
among those who knew nothing of water-treat
ment, she preferred to be on the safe side. The
second day she sat up an hour, and felt well and
strong. The first and second days she ate
almost nothing. The third day she was up all
the time, and took her meals with the family.
The fourth day she walked out and visited two
families near. The fifth day she carried her
child in her arms, walking with perfect ease a
quarter of a mile, feeling no fatigue. During
the first days she had some trouble with swelling
of the breasts. Cold water was poured upon them
a good deal and wet compresses worn. She also
persevered much in drawing them herself with
the tobacco pipe, and by these means conquered
the difficulties readily. In three weeks she was
able to travel alone with her infant, some two
hundred and fifty miles, to this city. She came
first about four miles in a stage coach, thence
by railroad to the steamboat, thence over night
to the city, and then rode nearly or quite three
miles over the rough pavements in the morning
to her city home, it being just three weeks to a
day from the birth of her infant.
Thii worthy and intelligent lady remarked
that she considered it her duty to make known
to the world her experience in the water-treat
ment. She said " that many suppose they cannot
avail themselves of the advantages of the now
method, for the reason that they are not within
the reach of a physician who is competent to
practise it. But," she continued, " there is
not a lady in the whole United States who may
not readily learn as much about it as I myself
i did. I gained all my knowledge from books, and
' had never for once conversed with any one who
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had gone through with the treatment in child
birth." Great good must necessarily be accom
plished if women will but read, understand,
and practise, carefully and intelligently, for
themselves."
case v.
A lady of delicate health and small stature,
twenty-nine years of age, came to our establish
ment in the autumn of 1850, to be confined with
her first child. On the 5th of November, con
sidering herself within a week or ten days of
confinement, she went by my permission, in
company with her husband, to hear Jenny Lind
at Tripler Hall. She slept well during the
night after the concert, and at six the next morn
ing she was awakened by pains resembling labor.
These increased gradually until her child was
born, a little after eleven in the forenoon, her
labor being on the whole an easy one.
Two hours after the delivery she was taken
up and bathed thoroughly in a sitting-bath tub,
the water at 70° degrees. Being delicate, it
caused her a good deal of shivering at the time ;
but this amounted to no harm, and usually occurs
during a number of the first baths after delive
ry. At evening she was again bathed as
before, and slept well during night. Cold wet
compresses were used freely, as according to our
custom in such cases.
The second day, and onward, she was bathed
four times—before breakfast, dinner, supper, and
on going to rest. She was able, also, to sit. up
more or less daily, and the first three days went
on in all respects apparently well.
The fourth day, in the afternoon, there occurred
a circumstance of ominous character, such as
I hope it may be my lot seldom to encounter. I
refer to the coming on of that most fearful malady
—puerperal fever—the puerperal plague, as it
has been appropriately called. The patient was
already somewhat feverish, which was caused
probably by the new excitement of milk in her
system.
At the same time some relatives came to see
her, it being the first time of their visiting her after
the birth. They were in high glee, joking, talk
ing, laughing, and making all manner of fun for
a considerable time. All this transpired without
my knowledge.
At the edge of evening, I found the patient
in a most terrific fever ; her flesh was very hot,
face flushed, pains in the back, abdomen, and
head; the pulse full and throbbing at 140 per
minute. Judge my surprise at these pheno
mena, knowing as I did that the patient had been
remarkably well in the morning ; I had not yet
learned of the excitement she had undergone
during the afternoon.
It is evident enough, I think, that under such
circumstancos, some powerful and decided ! of Brooklyn, of small stature, tolerably good con-
means must be resorted to ; otherwise, the dis | stitution, nervous temperament, and I should
ease might proceed so rapidly as to destroy the i judge about twenty-five or six years of age, gave
patient's life, and that too possibly within twenty- birth to her third child near midnight of the
four hours.
We commenced the treatment, by giving her last preceding confinement, particularly with
a thorough ablution in water, a little tepid at first.
She was then placed in a heavy linen sheet but
moderately wrung from cold water, and packed
looselywith but little covering. The object ofthese
applications was, gradually to cool the system,
to bring down the pulse as soon as might be
to its natural standard, to arrest the inflam
mation that was already going on in the al>do-
men, and to quell the pains. The wet sheet was
changed every twenty to thirty minutes. Gradu
ally the pulse became less frequent, and the pains
less, till midnight, when we had succeeded in
bringing the pulse permanently down to eighty,
and the pains were quite gone. The wet sheet
was then folded each way, making it four double,
and placed about the patient's body, from the
arms downwards ; in this she was to sleep the
remainder of the night, having just covering
enough to keep her comfortable. But if she
should become wakeful from pain or feverishness,
the husband was to renew it. that is, re-wet it in
cold water, and as often as necessary. Once or
twice only it was changed before morning.
The reader who is at all acquainted with the
danger and the fearful ness of this most awful
disease, may form some idea of the anxiety I
felt when I first found this patient with the
attack upon her. He may judge, too, something
of my feelings, when, by midnight, I had suc
ceeded in bringing the pulse down to 80, and
quelling all fever and pain.
The next morning the patient appeared in all
respects well, but somewhat weak and not a
little blanched. She got along afterwards in all
respects perfectly well.
In a very short time—I do not now remember
in how many days after^the birth —she com
menced walking out carefully, and riding in the
city to improve her strength, with a view of re
turning home as soon as circumstances might
warrant.
When her infant was nineteen days old, feel
ing in all respects strong and well—as much so
perhaps as ever in her life—she proceeded, in
company with a female attendant, on her jour
ney homeward, about three hundred miles.
I should remark that this patient was always
of weak, nervous, and delicate constitution. She
had had a miscarriage three years before this
confinement, which weakened her a good deal.
During this second pregnancy she adopted
the water-treatment under my directions, but
was obliged to use, both for bathing and
drinking as well as other purposes, very hard
limy water—a circumstance considerably against
her. She experienced numerous little ailments,
but on the whole got along very well.
CASE VI.
Nor. 8th, 1850.—A lady residing in the city
above date. Having suffered a good deal at iter
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after-pains, she had resolved at this time to
adopt the water-treatment.
Very soon after the birth, the placenta having
been expelled soon after the child, the most fear
ful after-pains commenced, precisely in the same
way the patient had suffered before ; and she had
doubtless, as many have, experienced incom
parably more pain after the birth of the child
than before it. This is all unnatural and wrong,
and would not be, if human beings had from
the first always obeyed the physical laws. But
is there no method by which these pains—terri
ble and persistent as they often are—may be
prevented ? Certainly, if the experience of thou
sands may be taken as a guide. No drugs can do
it. Suppose we give strong opiates, as some few
of the more stupid practitioners may yet some
times do, we may allay the pains somewhat for
the time. But who does not know that the pains
are in the end made worse? And what havoc does
such treatment make with the nervous system ?
But fortunately, physicians have, as a general
thing, abandoned this practice.
The patients are told that these pains are
natural, and that they must bear them as well
they can. But I myself take a different view
of the matter, and for this reason : we everywhere
observe that with the most healthy and robust
persons, and especially in cases of first chil
dren, no after-pains worth mentioning are ex
perienced.
I hold moreover that these pains, occurring as
they do in persons possessing constitutions more
or less depraved, may as a general fact by proper
treatment be prevented.
In the case of whicjh I have been speaking, we
helped the patient into the wash-tub—having the
back elevated two or three inches by a block of
wood, she sitting in it with the feet outside, and
there being a couple of pails of tepid water in it.
She was rubbed for a long time—say fifteen or
twenty minutes until all pain was removed. A
large heavy sheet was then folded both ways,
making it four double, and laid upon the bed ; on
this she was placed, after which it was folded
about her, reaching from the arms to the knees.
The application caused a good deal of shivering,
but as I told her, the more shivering tlie less fain,
she bore it patiently. She was covered so as to
make her in a reasonable time comfortable, and
there was I believe moderately warm applica
tions made to the feet.
This being at about one o'clock in the night,
I directed that if the pains should again come on,
as they probably would, she should be rubbed as
before a long time in the shallow bath, have the
wet sheet renewed, use the wet towels about the
abdomen and genitals, as we always do without
exception in such cases, and to repeat these
processes without any reference to hours or time
of day, as might be needed to keep off the pains.
Once only before morning was it necessary to
repeat them, and she enjoyed on the whole a
good half night's rest in the folded wet sheet.
the morning another bath was taken, when
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she found herself very comfortable and, withal,
strong.
This patient bring at a considerable distance
from my home, I saw her I think but twice alter
the birth. She bathed three or four limes daily,
used the wet compresses freely, and took injec
tions according to need; and suffered almost
nothing with after-pains. She kept her strength
well, and sat up to rest herself more or less
every day.
The third or fourth night— the latter I think
it was—she was a good deal wakeful from fever.
Seeing her in the morning, I directed the bath and
folded wot sheet as before, which at once subdued
all unfavorable symptoms. Had she resorted to
them in the nicht time, as often as the symptoms
might have demanded, she would have obtained
a good night's rest.
All things considered, our intelligent patient
found a vast difference between water-treatment
and that to which she had been before subjected;
and she was well rewarded for the heroism, self-
denial, and perseverance which she manifested
at and before the time of her confinement.
(To be continued.)
THE WATER CURE, HOW FAR USEFUL.
BY E. A. KITTREDGE, .M.D.
"I can easily conceive how water may cure a
fever, but it is too absurd to suppose it will cure
dyspepsia, and such kind of diseases !" said a
friend to me the other day. My reply was, " Sup
posing your child was addicted to stealing, what
would bo your remedy ?"
" Why, by instilling into him the principles of
Christianity."
Very well, supposing he was a profane swearer
and blasphemer
" Well, I should do the same."
If licentious ?
" Why of course the remedy would be like
the others."
But supposing he was a murderer, or a pirate,
or an incendiary, or all of these combined, then
what would you do ?
" Make him a Christian as soon as possible, if
I could, as this is the only cure for a bad life
that is known to be of any radical importance."
But why not whip him, 'and scourge him ;
confine him, and torture him in all sorts of ways ?
By doing violence to his physical laws, he has
done alls orts of wrong ; is it not meet that you
should do the same to him ?
" Because whipping him, &.c, will only tend
to harden him in his sin and make a bad matter
worse ; besides, it is no excuse for me to do
wrong because my child has. Whipping a child
into Christianity would be a fruitless task ; be
sides the attempt would make the parent a
sinner, if not so before."
Well sir, then why whip and torture physical
nature, and why not cure the dyspepsia or any
other disease by the same reformatory means
that you would use to cure a fever .'
What is the definition of disease ?
! According to Webster, it is " to interrupt or
! impair any or all the natural functions of the
! several organs of the living body."
As sin, theologically speaking, affects our
; moral nature, so sin, physiologically speaking,
affects our organic or physical nature.
) And if the same remedy holds good in all
cases of moral disease, why in the name of
common sense should it not hold good in cases
of organic or physical disease 1
Again, I say, if it will cure a fever— and
almost everybody, doctors and all, admit this
now—why not any disease ? Is a fever any
thing more or less than an evidence of inter
rupted, impaired natural function ?
And surely, if it is, dyspepsia is more so, at
least wo have ten times the evidence in the
latter case, as the veriest simpleton knows that
| over-eating and drinking and other violations of
| hygienic law always precede dyspepsia—as in
j fact it docs every other disease.
! Now what is hydropathy or water-cure ?
It is simply this. It proposes to take man
: from the false conditions in which he is wallow-
f ing, and make him live in obedience to the laws
f of his being and health, believing the scripture
• to be as applicable in the physically sick man's
| case as in the morally sick one's.
" As in sin all have died, so in righteousness
; shall all be made alive."
In other words, you must remove the cause of
; the disease in the one case as well as in the
other, before you can hope to do anything; and
having done this, in both cases, where there is
anything to build on, there is a power within
that will do the rest.
Where there is great weakness in either case,
and the victim of false conditions will yield to
the tempter, or thinks he must, why he must be
helped, not whipped.
It is the gentle admonition, the word of encour
agement, the kindly shoulder to the wheel, that
nature wants, not the scolding, or pricking, or
spurring, and certainly not burning or poisoning.
" If a man ask ye for bread, would you give
him a stone ?"
If Nature ask you for a gentle lift, would you
give her a kick or a cut 1
Long continued violation of the laws, moral,
physical, and intellectual, is the cause of all
disease. And long continued perseverance in
the way of well doing is the only way in which
we can recover our health. And if the re-cu-
perative power within is unable to cope with the
diseased action, you may be sure she will be
still more unable, if thwarted and obstructed
with " medicines." Violated law can never be
atoned for by using drugs, and artificial stimu
lants are poor substitutes indeed for wasted
strength.
No, no, my friends ; be not deceived by such
shallow tricks, such insults to the God within
you ; do no more evil that good may come, but
put your trust in the water of life and health,
which, with air, exercise, diet, and such like, will
do all for you it is possible to do for gjjd.
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Let those who will, take the nauseous drugs ;
i tell you, that that passage means something
which says—"You cannot touch pilch and not
be defiled." Leave therefore the unclean things
to those who delight in 'em, and touch not, taste
not, and handle not drugs of any kind.
CASES IN WATER-CURE.
BY S. ROGERS, M. D.
CASE IV.—PNEUMONIA, OR INFLAMMATION OF THE
LUNGS.
6th mo., 21s;, 1850.—Male patient, age about
thirty; light hair, blue eyes, thin, slender form.
Not far from two years ago raised considerable
blood from the lungs, which was followed by
loss of strength. During some time previous to
this hemorrhage, shower-baths were daily taken,
and the patient subjected to long-continued men
tal and physical exertion. A day or two previous
to the bleeding, chloroform was inhaled. This
completed the list of exciting causes. Many
physicians and dentists administer this destroyer
of sensation with as little concern as they would
a cup of cold water. I believe it to be always
injurious, and to those of weak, diseased, or con
gested conditions of the viscera, it is sometimes
falsi.
Since the haemorrhage referred to, this patient
has seldom been entirely free from a cough, pain,
and oppression of the chest, viscid and mucous
expectoration, containing now and then specks
of substance closely resembling tubercles ; cold
feet and hands, and occasionally indigestion.
This patient has been spending a few days at
Newport, R. I., and after undue fatigue and ex
posure on the 17th inst., was attacked with all
the ordinary symptoms of pneumonia. By the
use of some mild medicines and frequent baths,
the inflammation was somewhat controlled for a
day or two ; but the disease gradually increased,
and the patient was brought to Worcester this
morning.
I find the pulse now (11, a. m.,) small and
quick, beating at 95 per minute. Tongue thickly
furred with white, except the tip ; pain in the
head, chest, leins, and limbs above the ankles ;
also much soreness and lameness of limbs ; res
piration hurried, oppressive, and slightly crep
itans ; articulation interrupted ; cough frequent,
straining, and accompanied by much viscid sputa.
Treatment.—Full wet sheet pack forty-five
minutes, followed by shallow bath at 75° F.,
with much pouring of water over the head and
body. In fevers, I usually have the patient re
tain the sheet about the body while taking the
bath. There is a better evolution of heat, and
less tendency to shiver. Coughing was induced
by entrance to the cold pack, but was counter
acted by a few swallows of ice water. Cooling
wet bandage kept constantly about the loins.
Another packing to be taken at 3, and one at
6, p. M.
| 22<i.—Patient rested quite well last night,
, and seems more comfortable in every respect
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this morning. At 9 last evening, a double half furred—dark yellow in the centre, and white
pack was taken, and after a thorough shallow laterally.
bath, wet bandages covered with dry ones were Treatment consists of packing sheets, shallow
put upon each limb for the night. At midnight baths, and full warm injections.
was packed again, and again at 4 a.m. Much 6th.—Pulse 95, feverish symptoms increased.
less pain and soreness in limbs and loins. No Same treatment, with water drinking, which
change in appearance of tongue. Pulse full, always reduces force and frequency of pulse.
compressible, and not so frequent as yesterday. 6th.—Patient very feverish; pulse high as 130
Expectoration the same. in the afternoon. Some tendency to rigors and
9 P. M.—Find patient more feverish. Pulse 85. cough, especially before getting warm in the
Some inclination to cough. Sputa slightly packing sheets. Warm water drank freely to
streaked with blood. Has been packed but day.
once since morning. Use full injection at 70° llh.—Found patient this morning with pulse
F. now. at 127. While preparing for the packing sheet,
23d.—Patient quite feverish and weak this a severe general chilliness occurred, and the
morning. At 10 last evening, a folded wet dry blanket pack was used instead of the wet
sheet covering the whole trunk induced sleep, sheet. (Shallow bath at 70° F., with much
which lasted till midnight ; was then bathed and friction, would have been better.)
slept quite well till morning. Treatment this I saw the patient soon after, and administered
morning consists of two dripping sheets in suc a large quantity of warm water, which soon pro
cession. They increase the strength and re duced vomiting and perspiration. Dry blankets
duce the heat. Less tendency to cough than at used to promote the perspiration fifteen minutes,
any previous time. Pulse 84, weak and com then a wash-down at 70° F. Shallow bath at
pressible. Has taken no nourishment since the 1 1 a.m. and 2 p.m. No return of fever.
17th, except occasionally a little arrow-root tea, After treatment to be similar to that for pre
orange juice, and lemonade. vious fever.
4 P. M.—Patient comparatively free from suf 8th, 7 A.M.—Was intending to visit my patient
fering, though the pulse is 95. Has had several again, but met him walking to my office ; a fact
dripping sheets to-day and compresses upon the which renders further description unnecessary,
chest often changed. The double packing i Since that time this gentleman has been con-
sheet now used, and pouring head bath while in > stantly much healthier, more fleshy, and stronger
the pack. Remained twenty minutes in the * than for many years previous.
pack ; followed it with dripping sheet, and with
out wiping returned agaia to the pack. Used j CASE V.—MISCARRIAGE.
cold water for wetting the sheets, without pro Cases of midwifery, however interesting to
ducing any cough, or sensations of chilliness. ' some, I shall seldom report, for it is better to
After a few minutes the sheets were opened and ; always have medical attendance in these cases,
a double wet compress placed upon the whole ■ and such reports are only beneficial to the " peo-
exposed surface. Cold water constantly applied J pie," so far as they teach them what class ot
to the head, which was at the time cool, and physicians to employ. I hope the time is not far
pulse natural. Within twenty minutes after (he i distant when midwifery will be entirely in the
last application, the patient was in a profuse hands of properly educated females. That they
'perspiration. Dripping sheet again used, fol are in all respects better fitted for the partarient
lowed by copious injection of water at 70° F. i chamber, no candid physician will pretend to
Auscultatory signs good ; pulse natural ; entire deny.
freedom from pain. > The case which I am about to report is a
2ith—Patient slept well during the last night, ' representation of what too often occurs and passes
and is this morning apparently free from disease. ; by without the requisite treatment; and following
Pulse natural ; strength belter than yesterday. As ' it we have prolapsus uteri, with its whole train
a rule, water-cure patients are always stronger ' of concomitant evil*.
immediately after the abatement of the fever. \ Miscarriage is most likely to befall those of
Patient advised to wear the wet compress con '., depraved constitutions and enfeebled health,
stantly upon the chest, and take two or three | though it not unfrequently, as the result of care-
dripping sheets daily, till the full restoration of [ lessness and violation of nature's law, occurs to
health and strength. Good appetite, which may i healthy females. Sexual intercourse during
be moderately indulged ; first, with gruel and ; gestation is one of the most prolific causes.
strawberries ; then, as strength improves, use I This vile and worse than bestial desecration of
solid substances. | of the marital privileges is sadly destructive not
1th mo. 4th.—Patient rapidly improved until i only of human life in the embryonic stage, but,
i yesterday. The weather a few days past has as a rule, the health and not unfrequently the
j been cool and damp, north east winds prevailing. • life of the mother is compromised.
A little over-indulgence of the appetite, and too 5lh mo., 25th.—Was called to a lady, who had
1 much out-door exposure, has created a disturb ! been bleeding at intervals during the last thirty-
ance of the stomach, and caused a return of the | six hours. At first it was not very serious, but
j fever, attended with rigors, heat, hard, full and i a short time previous to my attendance it in-
\ frequent pulse, offensive breath, tongue thickly j creased, and fainting ensued. During the three
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months since pregnancy commenced, nausea and j the man up to the umbilicus in water, at 100 S sician could render him any aid, for he felt that
headache had been almost contant. A short time degrees F. \ his last hour had come, but, as he said, that we
previous to the commencement of the h.Ttnor- \ In five minutes he micturated freely. I then } might have the comfort, after he had gone, of
rhage, the unhealthful atmosphere of newly- ; commenced rubbing the abdomen lightly, the \ thinking that everything had been done that
painted rooms had been inhaled ; and only a few ? lumbar region more forcibly, and in five minutes \ could be, to save him. I tried to persuade him
hours before, the patient was startled and grieved ; reduced the temperature of his bath by the addi j to let rne try what I could do. Oh, said he,
by the unexpected news of the death of a friend, j tion of water to 72 degrees F. Taking him out, { water can't save me now, and before another
These causes acting upon a constitution enfee- j I rubbed him well, dried his surface, laid him ! hour it will be too late. I told him if the doctor
bled by scrofulous taint, were sufficient to ac- 5 on a lounge, and slowly injected up the lower - was called he would give him calomel, and then
count for the following unpleasant symptoms: : bowel a quart of tepid water. By pressing on s he would surely die. Said he, do yon really
I found the patient with severe headache, gen the part, I kept the desire to eject within his ! think you can help me ? I replied, that I knew I
eral feverishness, slight pain in the loins, and j control for two minutes, and then let him go to | could, hoping by my positiveness to give him con-
frequent copious discharges of blood from the S stool. There came away a monstrous quantity | fidence. I finally obtained his consent to make a
uterus. of hard, dry, hall-like faeces, of a very black i trial, and during the intervals of vomiting I
The treatment prescribed was the sitting-bath ; color. | gave him two quarts of tepid water as fast as he
and bath of affusion together. Temperature of | I put about him immediately thick heavy linen ! could drink it, and an enema of warm water
the water was 70° F. Patient remained in the ) compresses, covered with dry, and extended one after every discharge, rubbing him as hard as I
bath, with feet outside the tub, from five to eight ' from the posterior to the anterior portion of the | could with hot water, and, as soon as I could
minutes. This was immediately followed by \ body, over the perineum and scrotum. The | procure them, put warm bricks to his feet and
friction while enveloped in the dry sheet. After j perineal and scrotal bandages I changed over in | limbs. I should think it not more than twenty
returning to the bed. bottles of warm water were j two minutes. They acted like a charm to quell j minutes after taking the tepid water, he said, " I
placed to the feet, and cold wet compresses over > the force of the paroxysm. > certainly do vomit easier ;" in an hour his pains
the vulva and region of the uterus : the latter to i When the febrile symptoms ran high, I gave \ and spasms began to abate, and in two hours he
be often changed. Room to be kept cool, and < him the wet sheet-packing, for short periods— ! was in a gentle slumber. I had conquered the
well ventilated. when I could not control his agony otherwise, j enemy, and with simple water. He said after-
The result of this simple treatment was quite the sittiqg bath at comfortable temperature gra | wards that no person could have convinced him
satisfactory. Within twenty or thirty minutes j dually reduced would do it, and would also re of the wonderful efficacy of water by any other
the embryo was discharged, and no more haunor- i lieve his head. ! means than by a practical demonstration.
rhage occurred. I gave him short foot-baths at 8 o'clock of the I have made this simple statement of facts,
2Glh.—Patient felt quite well, except a slight evening, and in five days I had him on his feet, i not because I think the cure an extraordinary
pain and oppression in the forehead. without having given him a particle of medicine I one under the hydropathic, treatment, although it
27th.— No indication of former illness, except or drawn a drop of blood. f would have been so considered if accomplished
some debility from loss of blood. Recommended i A few reflections let me add by way of im i by an allopath, and sufficient, if performed among
patient to continue the daily use of two dripping ; provement, as our clerical brethren would say. the " upper ten" of your city of Gotham, to have
sheets and a short sitting-bath for several weeks. > 1. No application which I made produced as ! obtained for the practitioner a reputation that
Worcester, Ms., 1st mo.. 8th, 1851. marked and immediate effect as the perineal ! would last him through life, but for the purpose
bandage. } of showing to the world at large that pure water
2. The urinary secretion was scanty, turbid, is adequate, when properly applied, to overcome
and he suffered great pain in its passage. It was ' any and all of " the ills which flesh is heir to."
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. highly odorous and foamy.
BY J. C. JACKSON, M. D. 3. After the treatment, of a day or two, the j
Of this disease, laid down in the book as one i cutaneous transpiration was very great, and it | Cheap Ci.OTmxa.—If we may believe a writer
of the most incurable, I have had lately an inter- ! smelt strongly of urine. I in the last number of Blackwood's Magazine, those
estingcase. The subject was a man in the prime 4. I gave him large quantities of water to drink, | persons who employ tailora that keep down
of life, but who for years had been troubled with j hut little or no food. ! journeymen's wages, sometimes get the worst of
irritability of the bladder, extending through the ] 5. I cured him, got his thanks, and something i it for their folly and meanness. Evidence is men-
whole length of the urethral canal. more. \ tioned as having been produced of eases where
He had long been a dyspeptic, and his kidneys i G. His old irritability is much lessened, and he ! the operatives, having pawned their own clothes
had sympathized strongly with the ill state of the | is doing well at his daily avocations. i from poverty, would use as a substitute the very
digestive organs. His bladder, of course, was in I I garments they were making. In this way, "Lord
fellowship with the kidneys, and so took on easi- ' i B.'s coat has been seen covering a group of chil-
ly a high degree of irritability. A long sie^e of ':- WATER TREATMENT IN CHOLERA. | dren blotched with the smnll-pox. The Rev. Mr.
this disordered action had induced chronic irri- j BY MRS. M. 11. ! I) suddenly found himself unpresentable
tation. In November last, my husband, who had been | from a cutaneous disease, little dreaming that the
On the — December I became satisfied that a very sick with the dysentery, but whom we sup j shivering dirty being who made his coat had been
task was before me. The man was seized with • posed was getting better, was very violently i sitting with his arms in the sleeves for warmth
shiverings, chills, hot and dry skin, nausea, loss I attacked with all the symptoms of the cholera. ! while he stitched at the tails. The charming Miss
of appetite, scanty urine, frequent pulse, and ! I awoke in the night and found him vomiting j C was swept off by scarlatina, and her pa-
severe constipation. At the time ho took to his < and groaning in great distress. His extremities ; rents talked about " God's heavy judgment and
bed, he had not urinated for 18 hours—to any were cold, countenance livid, and he was rolling j visitation!" Had they tracked the girl's new riding-
full degree. The abdomen was tense, and pain- and tossing with the most excruciating pain in ; habit back to the stifling, undrained hovel, where
ful to the touch ; severe dragging pains in the I the stomach and bowels, with frequent move l! worker, it served as a blanket to the fever-strieken slop-
they would have seen why God had visit-
loins, inside of the thighs and bottom of the feet ; ' ments. As soon as possible, I procured some f ed them—.seen that His judgments are true judg-
and paleness of the face, fulness of the eye, tepid cistern water and told him to drink it. He f ments. There is no knowing but that instances
hot head, tenderness of scalp, were present. requested me to call the family and to send some < not very dissimilar to these are likely to occur in
The first movement I made was to immerse one for the doctor, not that he thought the phy- ; every city.
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BY B. T. TRALL, M. D.
A Short Preachment.—In the Daily Tribune of
this city, not long since, appeared the following
scriptural argument ngainst bathing. It was pub
lished as an advertisement, and no doubt the inge
nious author or compiler really thought that this
" strong testimony," added to the Boston Medical
Journal's profound lucubrations on the duty of the
" sebaceous follicles" would make a chain of logic
strong enough to hold the people back from run
ning into that fashion, fast becoming general—of
washing themselves every day. Why it is that
the practice of daily bathing should so alarm a
medical profession, whose bread and butter are
plenty exactly in the ratio that community is sick
and suffering, may he incomprehensible to those
who have never dealt in cod-liver oil. But to the
advertisement.
A Text for TnE ULTRA-IIvDROrATiusTS.—In the
Gospel of St, John, chap. xiii. v. 10, it is written :
" Jesus suith to him—He that is washed needcth
not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit"
How many millions are there who never bathe
their bodies, and who yet enjoy very good health I
Anti-running-the-thing into-the-ground.
Being " ultra"-hydros in the most ultra sense, we
feel specially moved by the spirit of controversy,
for truth's sake, to discourse a brief sermon on the
words furnished by our adversary, who, we fain
hope, and fully believe, is not the adversary.
It has been said the correct reading of the Serip-
turciscorreet interpretation. "He that it washed."
It means in the present tense—now. Whosoever
M clean note, needs not now to bo cleansed ; to
which sentiment every ultra-hydropath will sub
scribe. Before the adversary or our opponent
can make an argument against frequent, or daily
batlung, he must transpose his Bible. If it had
been recorded,—"He that hat been washed," or
" he that teat oner bathed, need not, save to wash his
fect," an inference could have been drawn in fa
vor of dirty integuments ; but fortunately for both
hydropathy and the Bible, the latter says exactly
what it means.
The ceremony emblematical of purity and hu
mility, and benevolence, consisted in washing the
feet ; and certainly nothing could have been more
beautiful or appropriate. But that the full intent
and lesson of the rite should be appreciated, gene
ral personal cleanliness was enjoined ; else why
the permission to those only who tecre washed al
ready, to wash not again save the feet ? Is not the im
plication plain enough that all who were not washed
all over, should be ? "He that is washed needcth
not save to wash his feet." Why so, unless he that
is not washed noedeth to wash the whole body as
well as the feet )
The second clause of our text is in form of nn
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interrogation, but evidently intended as the appli
cation of the author's understanding of the words
of Jesus : " How many millions arc there who
never bathe their bodies and who yet enjoy very
good health." Alas ! for humanity, this logie is
susceptible of being " run into the ground" very
suddenly. We know of no such millions. But if
we look around us at home, where our senses can
take cognizance of existing things, we find a very
different picture. Here, in New York city, peo
ple in ordinary health, and in the prime of life and
manhood, are sickening and dying every day in
the year. At the end of every year fifteen or
twenty thousand of our city's population are laid
in their graves, one half of whom, at the com
mencement ofthe year, enjoyed " very good health,"
according to the anti-washing notions of our anti-
groundling; and of those fifteen or twenty thou
sand, not ten persons have died a natural death.
Pure Milk.—It is a strange fact, that our city
authorities allow the distillery-slop milk of several
thousand cows to be daily distributed among our
citizens, well knowing, as they do, its injurious ef
fects as food, and its fraudulent character as an ar
ticle of traffic A suggestion has been made in
some of the papers, that it would be a profitable
speculation for a company of capitalists to engage
extensively in supplying the city with pure milk.
Such an enterprise would be of vast benefit to the
people ; and could hardly fail, if well managed, to
be an exceedingly lucrative business for those en
gaged in it So long as distillers can find it profit
able to make their alcoholized slop at a penny a
quart, there will be cupidity enough in the small
dealers to buy it, and supply their customers with
it under the name of "Orange County." The
" rights of property" arc generally regarded, in
this commercial age, as so much superior to the
"rights of persons," by politicians and municipal
authorities, that little hope can be entertained that
legislation will offer to stand between our citizens
and those who can make money by selling them
poisons.
But a company of honest, enterprising men
could remedy this evil effectually. One, two, or
three hundred thousand dollars could be used to
advantage by an association consisting of five,
ten, . or twenty persons. One or more tracts
of good meadow and pasture lands could be
purchased, contiguous to some of our many rail
roads, within a few hours ride of the city; or at
convenient points for transportation by steam
boats. Let these lands be stocked with the best of
cows, kept on the most healthful food, and let
men of known integrity guaranty a " fair business
transaction" with the public, and the company
will have no trouble in selling their milk at remu
nerating prices—four, five, or six cents, according
to the Beason of the year. Who will lead in this
business !
A Golden Idea.—The Journal of Dental Sci
ence, published at Baltimore, estimates that 0,600
ounces of gold foil arc annually used for filling
teeth in the United States; its value is about
$198,000. It is a significant fact, that dentists, as a
class are very favorably inclined to hydropathy,
and particularly disinclined to swallowing mine
ral medicines. These " phenomena" may be fairly
imputed to the extraordinary opportunities they
have for witnessing the ravages of mineral and
metallic oxides on the structure of the teeth and
bonea It is highly creditable to the dental pro
fession that its publications are replete with in
structions in the matter of preserving the teeth,
thus eventually destroying its own business, as is
the ease with Hydropathy, and as is not the case
with Allopathy.
Medical Offshoots.—The New York Register
of Medicine and Pharmacy, imputes Hydropathy,
and other forms of quackery, to the evils resulting
from the indiscriminate me of impure calomel, and
similar things. The Register remarks :
"Ask any of the offshoots of the profession why
they left its ranks, and if an honest answer is ob
tained, it will be that they had lost their confi
dence more in medicines than principles. Ask the
people why they so often forsake their medical ad
visers and resort to empirics and patent medicines,
and they will tell you that they have been disap
pointed in the use of remedies under the direction
of their physicians."
The Register might hare added, with equal
truth, that those physicians who have administer
ed the greatest amount of drugs, have lost the
greatest amount of confidence. There may bo
more uncertainty in using impure minerals as re-
medics, but whether better or worse for the pa
tient, must be a matter of chance also. The actual
result of the popular system of drug-medication is
spoken of by the Register in no very flattering
terms :
" It is an undeniable fact that physicians, as a
general thing, are less learned in Materia Medica
than in either of the other departments of the pro
fession, and therefore, however much discrimina
tion they may exlubit in the diagnosis ofdisease„if
there is not the same skill exercised In the applica
tion of means to its cure, the result must necessari
ly often be unsatisfactory ; nnd when we add to
tlio common fault of insufficient knowledge of the
use of remedies, the great liability of their notcon-
taining the properties for which the physician pre
scribes them—either from substitution, adultera-
tion, or improper preparation—how can we help
considering the practice of medicine, under present
circumstances, a pursuit in the hands of many,
which is liable to effect about as much evil as good f
However much we deplore that hallucination
of theory and education, which impels intel
ligent and scientific men to advocate a system
which does " about as much evil as good," we must
admire the honesty and candor which acknowl
edge it.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
BT T. ANTISELL, M. D.
In the previous article attention was drawn to
the development of the lower limbs in the exer
cises of walking and of the gymnasium ; no less
important is the exercise of the arms and the up
per part of the trunk. In the majority of the
muscular exertions of the arms, the chest is moved
also; some of the muscles of the breast being in
verted into the long bone of the arm (humerus.)
The proper developments of these parts may,
therefore, to a certain extent, be considered to
gether. Indeed, there is so natural a connection a
between an ample chest and well developed raus- f }
cles, especially of the upper extremities, that they j- ^
may, to a certain extent, be viewed in the relation
of cause and effect A large chest implies lungs
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which expand freely, and a complete oxygenation
of the blood : if the blood be thus rendered pure,
it is a healthier and a more powerful stimulus to
the muscles supplied by it ; they become larger,
harder, and contract more powerfully : perfect
artcrialization and muscularity go together ; and
it has been truly remarked by one of the best
writers on physiology, that he never saw a very
strong man who had not broad shoulders, indi
cating a considerable cavity for respiration. If
there be exceptions to this statement, it is in in-
dividuals who, by frequent exercise and a laborious
life, have increased the natural power of their
muscles. Such an increase, however, is of the
character alluded to in a previous paper: it is not
general, but limited to certain parts which have
been most employed, as the legs, arms, and shoul
ders. What this undue exercise does for a part,
perfect artcrialization does for the whole, develop
ing the muscles pretty equally.
The upper extremity in man was never intended
for progression, nor for supporting the weight of
the body for any length of time ; the chief motions
for which it appears designed being to overcome
resistances, as, by pushing, pulling, and raising
weights, or to perform rapid and delicate move-
mcnts. The powerful movements are produced
by the muscles of the arm and shoulder, and the
quick motions by those of the forearm and hand.
The several occupations develope these as they arc
used : it is the office of gymnastics to develop all.
As the muscles of the shoulder are always larger
than those of the arm, there is in a healthy limb
a natural beauty in the roundness and fulness,
whether produced by nature or exercise.
This represents the well-developed muscles of
the sailor, the smith, or the carpenter. Contrast
it with the limb of the pianist, the seamstress, or j
the writing-clerk, which resembles rather the pro- j
gress of disease, or the atrophied muscles of a dis
located joint. With these latter, the arm not being
raised, the elevating muscle is seldom called into
action, and wastes away.
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This muscle, called the deltoid, from its trian
gular shape, is one of ten muscles which hold the
| ami to the body : these are attached to the bones
j of the trunk near the shoulder-joint, one being at
j tached to the collar-bone or clavicle, two to the
humerus or arm-bone, and eight to blade-bone or
\ scapula. These latter muscles have been shown in
; the cut given in our last, and arc not true muscles
of the shoulder. The deltoid muscle is attached
to the scapula behind the prominent bone of the
j shoulder in the middle, and to a portion of the
collar-bone in front ; this is its base: it laps over
the shoulder-joint, and, converging to a point, is
attached to the humerus half-way down in its
front. It is a soft pad over the shoulder-joint, and
protects it from cold or injury. Its office is to
raise the arms away from the body, to draw it
forward and backward, and give it a slight twist.
It is this muscle which enables the arm to raise
great weights, and to lift it to deal heavy blows ;
it is the muscle which is much called into play in
sword exercise, and in feudal times it was found
necessary to protect it by the brass or steel plate
of which the tinsel epaulet is the modern imitation.
| This muscle, with four small ones termed capsu
j lar muscles, protect the humerus from starting out
s of its socket or being dislocated, for which there is
j naturally a very great tendency if the muscles be
weak : hence there is a natural imperative necessi
: ty for developing these muscles. In old people,
j when the muscles are weak, dislocation of the
j shoulder is common ; and when paralysis seizes
I these muscles, spontaneous dislocation frequently
j occurs.
The other muscles of the arm arise from the
scapula, pass down over the shoulder-joint and
are inserted into the humerus at the elbow-joint :
they thus pull at the farther end of the humerus
and raise it up straight and draw it forward. They
are used in straightening the arm for pulling, push,
ing, or protecting the body while falling, and they
are useful rather for rapid motion than strength.
The exercises by suspension practised in the
gymnasium contribute to develop them; such as
supporting the body by one or both hands, fixing
the arms in the act of vaulting, moving on parallel
bars, and exercises with the dynamometer.
In the act of pushing, the man puts himself be
tween the obstacle and the ground : he bends his
body between these two points by bringing all his
limbs to the bent position ; he then extends them
more or less suddenly, and the action of his body
thus represents the action of a spring, which is re
leased and recovers itself, and the two ends of
which, meeting two obstacles, the ground and the
body to which the force is to be communicated,
exert their action on the one or other which is
most easy to be moved : thus when a man rolls a
barrel, it is easier to stir the barrel than his own
body ; but when he raises himself by his arms, his
body becomes the obstacle most easy to be moved.
The force which is exerted is in proportion to
the contraction of the extensor muscles. In the
same manner and by a similar mechanism, it is,
that by pushing against the shore with an oar we
move the boat into the water away from land.
The spinal column represents an elastic curve,
which straightens itself between the feet resting
against the bottom of the boat, and the end of the
oar or pole which is pushed against the bottom
of the water.
In pulling, the arms are first extended, and then
bent forcibly, the feet in the meantime firmly
planted against the ground with a broad base, and
the effort is wholly performed by the flexor mus
cles. This is also the action of a metal spring, and
cannot be carried out as continuously as pushing.
Generally it is less fatiguing to push a load before,
than to drag one behind.
In throwing projectiles, two motions may be
used ; either the arm ma)" sway like a pendulum, as
in bowling and other similar exercises, or by a
whirling motion of the arm, as in using the sling
or in throwing stones. This last action is a very
powerful one, because the muscles which go from
the trunk to the upper extremity concur in it.
These motions of contraction and extension of
the arm* are perfectly analagous to the act of
leaping, when by the contraction of the limbs the
whole body is moved either upward or forward.
In motions applied to a resistance that cannot bo
overcome, the body is not repelled with the force
communicated to it in leaping, by the abrupt ex
tension of the lower extremeties.
The force applied by the muscles in their exer
tions is very great, and when applied with due
regard to position and mechanical skill, it appears
sometimes enormous ; a man of ordinary strength
accomplishing in this way, incredible feats of
strength. The man who keeps his back rigid can
not lift a heavy weight, because he throws the
whole power on his arms and not upon his body
also. A great advantage is gained when the
weight is thrown upon the loins, as by a girdle
place! round it, and resting on the hip-bones ;
then by pressing with the hands against any frame
work, a great mechanical advantage is gained, and
a man of average strength can thus raise 2000 lbs.,
who otherwise could not lift more than 300 lbs.
A man of great strength has been known to lift
800 lbs. with his hands. The exercises with clubs,
sticks, and balls, wrestling, and pulling the han
dles, have all for their object the developement of
the muscles of the arms and thorax. For improv
ing the tone of the muscles of the chest, Swimming
and Fencing are among the best exercises for boys,
and that of the Club for females; all these exer
cises should be left off as soon as the muscles are
fatigued by them, no matter whether the allotted
hour of a gymnasium be uncompleted or other
wise, excessive exercise being as injurious to per
manent health as a deficiency.
Here we have an example of the muscles called into play ia
polling and pushing in the same exercise. In all the cases where
the arms are osed in these sports, it is absolutely necessary that
the thumbs should be separated as far as possible from the fin
gers, for thus more grasping power of the bar is obtained, and
when turning there is less fear of losing hold.
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HOME PRACTICE OF THE jj relieve nally, by various processes, to remove obstructions, raised a few degrees above its natural temperature
congestions, excite reactions, and bring partic- —in winter from 50 to 60.
WATER-CURE. i ular organs and the whole system into healthy condi- Tepid Water is from 60 to 90.
BY T. L. NIcnOLS, M.D. S tions. Jt includes an attention to clothing, exercise, Warm Water from 90 to 112.
\ diet, and alt personal habits. Hot Water from that to the boiling point, or 212.
Within a few weeks I have given three free lec ( The Materials required for a full course of hydro- These terms aro indefinite, but will be well enough
; pathic treatment, and with which every patient
tures in this city, on the home practice of the Wa ' be furnished, are pure soft water, for drinking and ab- when not otherwise should understood. In all cases the water is to be used cola,
directed.
ter-Cure, and it is my intention to continue them, ! lutions ; a cotton comforter, four blankets, and a me Drink water according to thirst, or as directed. The
dium-sized sheet,
in all parts of the city, and places adjacent. I have i and syringes for injections. for a pack ; toweling for bandages, amount must correspond to the exercise and transpira
tion. If it chills, drink slowly, and in small quanti
been agreeably surprised at the interest felt in wa ! Pure Air, nighl and day, is an absolute requisite. ties at a time.
ter-cure, as manifested by the attendance at these || to Light, health.
in doors and out, is an important requisito If the stomach is disordered, drink rapidly several
t umblers of tepid water, and eject it by tickling the
lectures, and those given to ladies exclusively, by ; Exercise, daily, out-door, if possible, full and va- faucesi The cathartic effect of water is obtained by
Mrs. Nichols. Her first lecture, this season, was ; ried, should be taken by every patient. Kiding on without drinking a wine-glassful every ten or fifteen minutes,
exercise, until it operates.
given at Knickerbocker Hall, corner of Eighth :; horseback, or in a carriage, may be taken, where
walking is too exhausiing No greater fatigue should If costive, or troubled with bowel pains, move them
Avenue and Twenty-third street, the northwest i be incurred than a night s sleep will remove, by full and repeated injections of cool or cold water.
part of the city: but it was attended by about j• clean. Dress.—The dress must be loose, comfortable, and From one to four pints may be injected ; retain it as
No article must be worn at night that is worn J long as possible. This may be repeated daily.
eight hundred ladies. My evening lecture, at the ; during the day ; and all clothing should bo thorough- 1 he best instrument is the pump syringe, costing
same place, two days after, was attended by about : ing, and, daily
. ly aired, and nightly. Wear cotton under-cloth- from three to five dollars. But very good metal sy-
if necessary, flannels over. ; ringes may be obtained at from fifty cents to one dollar
the same number of both sexes. Mrs. Nichols's se ) Sleep on a mattress of hnir, wool, straw, &c.—not 5 and fifty cents.
cond lecture was given at nope Chapel, in a dis ;■ forters. on feathers ; bo covered by blankets—not cotton com- > The best vagina syringe is the eight or ten ounce
| metal syringo, with curved tubes. One of these, with
mal rain storm, but was, notwithstanding, attend The Habits —There must be no labor, excitement, \ tubes for both uses with our improved packing, costs
ed by two or three hundred ladies ; and on the ' or gratification of body or mind, which can exhaust < two dollars. It may be used from once to four times
coldest night of the past winter, my second lecture, >> vitality. Temperance in things natural ; abstinence j full of cold water.
from ihings hurtful. Avoid autxeett. j Pi.usoe Bath.—The entire immersion of the body
at Bleccker Hall, was attended by about three \ Diet.—A Water- Gure diet excludes all fat, greasy, ; in water ; first wetting the head—a rule in all full
I oily substances, except a small
hundred persons. Our lectures at the Society Li ter; all smoked, very salt, or preserved meats, and ;; baths.quantity of good but
Pouring Bath.—Standing or crouching in a tub,
brary have been equally well attended ; and the ; fish, pickles and preserves: all pork, lard, sausa- ! and having one or more pails of water poured over the
ges, mince pies, geese, ducks,
interest manifested by the audiences is beyond all | fish, and all high-seasoned made-dishes, gravies, sau- veal, eels and all oily i entire body.
SroNOE, or Towel Bath.—May bo taken in vari
former example. ' ces, rich cake, or pastry, spices, or condiments, except ous ways, with these articles.
There arc good reasons for this : Water-Cure [ a moderate uso of salt and sugar, honey, or melasses. The Dripping Sheet is a full bath, taken by hav
coffee, spirits, tobacco, and all medicinal drugs, ing a wet sheet thrown over the whole person, and
principles are spreading rapidly among the people. j Tea, are strictly prohibited. being briskly rubbed with and over it. It is tonio and
For a time, all knowledge of Water-Cure was con ■ cles, A Water-Cure diet may include the following arti- refrigerant.
which we have endeavored to place in the order In cold weather, and always by delicate persons, the
fined to people of wealth and fashion. It required ; in Which wo prefer them, under their several heads : hath should bo taken quickly, and followed by rub
time and money to go to Graefenberg, or any oth I. Farinacea.— Wheat, unbolted, as bread or bing enough to excite a vigorous reaction.
er Water-Cure establishment ; but now the people ;: mush ; oatmeal mush or gruel ; Indian corn bread,
hominy, &c. ; rice, tapioca, sago, arrow root, &c.
'Ihe Sitz Bath maybe taken by putting one or
two pails of water in a common wash-tub, and sitting
are beginning to learn that every family may have 2 Fruit.—Apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, in it the prescribed time—usually fifteen minutes.
the full benefits of this mode of treatment, almost whortleberries, blackberries, plums, bananas, oranges, The clothing need be only partially removed, and a
figs, dates, in winter, stewed apples, peaches, prunes, blanket thrown over the shoulders. The feet are not
or quite without expense, at home. And our lec &c. in the tub.
tures have been given to teach the people this green 3. Vegetables.—Potatoes, common and sweet, The Douche is a stream of wator of any diameter,
peas, green corn, turnips, squashes, beets, broco- falling from a height of five to twenty feet. It is taken
great truth, and to give them practical instruc li, Savoy cabbage, shell and string beans, oyster chiefly on the back and limbs ; but the full force of
tions. But we cannot lecture everywhere, while plant, spinach, spring greens, &c. the water must not strike the head, which must be
everywhere there arc people to be taught. I have ducts •1. Ammalized Substances.—Milk and its pro first wetted as usual ; or by breaking the stream with
; eggs, modeiately cooked, either soft boiled, the hand.
thought, therefore, that a brief lecture in the Jour poached, scrambled, or made in an omelotto. Head baths, hand baths, and foot baths are any
nal might answer the end I am aiming at—the in season. 5. Fish.—Oysters and scale fish, fresh and in their convenient application of water to those members.
The Wet Compress is a towel wrung out of cold
struction of mankind in the true principles and 6. Flesh Meat.—Lean mutton, beef, venison, and water, folded in fuur or six thicknesses, and laid upon
practice of medicine ; in other words, the pres other similar wild meat ; chicken, turkey, and similar the part as directed. The heating compress is covered ;
wild fowl. the cooling is left uncovered.
ervation and restoration of health. A Strict Diet is composed ofa few of the best ar- 1 . The Wet Bandage, or Girdle may be a piece of
Perhaps I cannot do this more briefly or better, tides of farinacea, fruit, vegetables, and milk, in a ! toweling—not crash—of one, two, or more thicknesses,
than by the publication of the following "Direc quantity not exceeding six ounces of solid nutriment ; eight or ten inches wide, and long enough to pin
a-day, at three meals, six hours apart. around the body. As usually worn, it is wrung out of
tions in Water-Cure," which we have prepared, A Moderate Diet may include a greater variely, ; cold water, drawn closely round the abdomen, and
printed upon a letter sheet, and furnish to every and a quantity not exceeding ten ounces a-day. j pinned before If it produces chilliness, a dry one
A Full Diet is suited only to a state of health, and f may be worn over it.
patient, with further written directions suited to may vary from twelve to sixteen ounces a-day. Wet Bandages are also worn upon the limbs, the
each particular case. It seems to me to be very in Nj B. Ten ounces of solid nutriment is contained ; head, the neck, or any part affected by disease.
about twelve ounces of uncooked wheat, rice, oats, i The Wet Sheet Pack.—Lay a cotton comforter
simple, plain, and thoroughly practical. It seems or corn ; in forty ounces of uncooked beef or mutton, ] upon the bed ; spread upon it three or four blankets ;
to me that a patient, furnished with such diree- j and in a still larger quantity of many fruits and vege- wring out a medium-sized sheet of cold water, more or
less dry, according to the amount of heat in the body ;
tions, with the particular treatment prescribed, tables. Eat slowly, masticate thoroughly, and be sure that j spread this upon the blankets ; let the patient lie
oonld hardly go amiss. a single ounce more than the stomach can readily di down upon this, with his arms at his sides ; fold the
It is intended as a guide to home practice ; and try toactswork
gest as an irritant, and exhausts vitality. Do not sheet over, first one side, then the other, from the neck
or study during the digestive process. J to the feet. Do the same with each blanket in succes
many of the best cures we have are the result of | Take moderate exercise ; but no bath for half an hour ; sion, tucking in at the neck and packing tightly.
domestic treatment, with such plain and explicit ! cold water—milkbefore or two hours after eating. The only drink is j Bring over the comforter, and fasten it. If the head
being classed as food. is hot, apply a cooling bandage, or compress. If the
directions. We have no copyright for this docu- j feet are cold, warm them by rubbing, or a bottle of
inent, and shall be very glad if it proves useful to ' WATER-CURE PROCESSES. hot water. Take tho patient out, when thoroughly
\ The best water, doubtless, is that which is fresh, ; in warm, and on the point of perspiration ; this may be
other Water-Cure physicians. j pure, and soft. None but soft water must be used for j The Partial from half an hour to two hours.
J drinking ; and filtered ruin or river water should be i of the wet cloth toWet-sheet Pack is the application
DIRECTIONS IN WATER-CURE. j used whenever the springs and wells are hard. But i age round tho chesta portion of the body, from a band
Dr. T. L. Nichols, and Mrs. Mary S. Gove Ni j hard the water, if fresh and cold, is better for bathing ! quarters of a sheet—that is, a wet, tosheet or abdomen a half, or three-
down to the
chols, Water-Cure Physicians, to aid their patienta ;> than soft which is flat and warm, fait water bath- \
ing differs but little from fresh of an equal tempera- ' hips or knees.
in understanding their directions for treatment, and to I ture. The Sweating Blanket Pack is given in the same
facilitate, as far as possible, the home practice of the < ble. All water should be as freshly drawn as possi- wav, but with dry blankets instead of the wet sheet.
Water-Cure, have prepared the following rules of > Ice Water is cooled nearly to the freezing point, or i This process must be used with great care, and always
regimen, and description of Water-Cure processes. j 32 Fahrenheit.
These directions are to be strictly followed, and never j Cold Water ranges up to 60, according to the sea- under directions.
We never suspend treatment during menstruation.
varied from, except by permission. j son ; 60 degrees being cold in summer, but almost \ Cnre, All the sheets, bandages, and towels used in Water-
The Water-Cure is the scientific application of \ warm in winter. j must bo thoroughly washed after each opera
water, at various temperatures, externally and inter- I Water with the Chill Off is that which is < tion, and boiled as often as once a-week. The blan
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kets, &c, used in packing, must be thoroughly aired
after every pack. Cleanliness is the first principle in
Water-Cure.
There I with such a sheet of directions printed,
and the special treatment written out, is it possi
ble to make any mistake ; or is there any difficul
ty in the home practice of the Water-Cure ? With
a clear account of a ease, and this document to aid
me, I feel as if I could prescribe for a man or wo
man in Wisconsin, almost as well as in New York ;
and I believe it will enable all Water-Cure physi
cians to greatly extend their sphere of usefulness;
while it gives every possible information, so far as
general principles and processes are concerned, to
those who feel competent to treat themselves.
I have spoken of my lectures, in the beginning
of this article, nnd will here take occasion to say
that I will cheerfully lecture in any place, within
a few hours' ride of New York, where the friends
ofWatcr-Cure will provide a hall, give me notice,
and pay my expenses. The cause must go on ;
and I don't see that a man can be worked up to
better advantage than in trying to promote it
THE TEETH—NO- II-
wrrn illustrations.
TIIE GUMS AND THEIR TREATMENT.
BY B. F. MAOUIKK, DENTIST.
In a state of health, the gums are not possessed
of any great degree of sensibility; but like every
other structure of the body, when inflamed they
become highly painful.
Inflammation of the gums is a disease of com
mon occurrence, especially with those who do not
possess a good degree of health. It is known by
the ordinary signs of inflammation, namely, pain,
heat, throbbing, redness, and swelling.
Termination,—The common and more favorable
termination of this affection is that by resolution
or dispersion ; but it not unfrequently passes on
to suppuration, ending in what is termed gum-boil.
The formation of pus takes place often very ra
pidly in this structure ; as much so as in any other
part whatever.
Causes.—It is not always easy to ascertain tho
causes of this affection ; but in mnny cases we may
readily do so. A morbid condition of the alveo
lus, or a carious tooth may, and often does, keep up
a Btate of irritation and inflammation of the gums,
adjacent to the affected parts, causing a succession
of abecsses or boils. The gums also become in
flamed and irritated by an accumulation of tartar
on the roots of the Ucth, as the following cut will
show :—
The tartar accumulates in some cases to an alarm
ing extent—destroying the gums and alveoli, and
ending in the entire destruction of the teeth thus
affected.
In some conditions of the system, when both the
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teeth nnd alveoli appear perfectly healthy, the most sumptuous dish your imagination could fancy
gums frequently suppurate, without, however, or cook procure.
being attended with any particular inconvenience,
other than that which occurs at the time. We
must infer that in such eases the general system is
alone at fault; and we find occasionally that when
persons are troubled in this way, and make such
changes in their habits and modes of life as tend
to the improvement and restoration of the general
health, the morbid symptoms of the gums invaria
bly cease.
Treatment.—A'great variety of remedies have Tliis is an cmrraving of the same teeth, with the
been resorted to in this affection. Scarifying the j tartar removed, which is the best thing that can be
gums with a lancet has been a favorite practice ; done under the circumstances. To restore the gums
with many ; also, leeching ; a leech or two applied j and alveoli, is impossible. By removing the tartar,
to the most inflamed part, will certainly very soon j (which is done with a small sealing instrument) the
mitigate, in a greater or less degree, the inflamma- j gums generally unite again to the teeth, nnd if care
tiou. is used in keeping the tartar off, with a tooth
When suppuration is likely to occur, warm and j brush, they become comparatively healthy. It is
emollient applications have been made, with the j an old maxim that prevention is better than cure.
view of bringing the matter the sooner to a j It is always easier to prevent a disease than to
head. In such treatment, the application should \ cure it
be of such a nature as to retain both moisture nnd \ 2 Union Place, Kew York.
warmth.
Roasted raisins, or a roasted fig, answers the \
purpose, very well. A part of a roasted onion ^ HOME PRACTICE IN WATER-CURE.
would perhaps be as good as anything of the kind. >
But it should be remembered that the mouth is ; BY MRS. .JANE V. IIVT.t.
always necessarily in a moist condition, nnd of the J Having, from sad experience, learned that little
blood temperature, namely OS degrees Fahrenheit, ' good and much evil resulted from allopathic prac
so that after all it is to be questioned whether the tice, I turned with eagerness to examine the ap
parts may not naturally be in as favorable a eon- J parently extravagant and marvellous claims of its
dition for the suppurative process as could be ' present* rival, Hydropathy. These claims, after a
with the use of the so-called " suppurativss" men careful examination, I was constrained to believe
true. But prejudices that have grown with our
tioned.
Frequent gargling the mouth with hike-warm growth are difficult to overcome ; nnd it was long
water is a very excellent remedy for the disease in after I became a theoretical hydropathist before I
question. Some use the water cold, and in this gained sufficient confidence to become a practical
condition it does good, doubtless ; still, I myself one.
incline to the use of the tepid. The first envelopment in the " wet sheet" was
A plain and unstimulating diet, nnd spare in made with fear and trembling. Alone, at mid
quantity, is advisable in this, as well as all other night, I watched beside the sick bed of a dear
inflammations. Bathing is also an excellent means. child, burning with fever and raving with deliri
Let a person take t wo or three baths per day, at um. Medicine appeared to fail in arresting the
moderate temperature, nnd at the same time prac disease. I thought, of the " wet sheet" and its
tise suitable exercise in the open air, provided the cures. Soon the fearful experiment was made.
patient be of suitable age, and he will find mate With what anxiety I watched the countenance,
rial benefit in subduing the inflammatory symp listened to the breathing, that I might note the
toms. Indeed, a regular course of "hydropathic smallest change! Gradually the little sufferer be
regimen," to which 1 acknowledge myself partial, came calm, the flushed cheek pale, the breathing
could not fail of being of essential service in this easy. The experiment was repeated, and with so
ailment. happy a result, that I was able to take my little
The hunger-cure, also—a German method-—of patient to bed, where we both slept comfortably
which I would also speak in terms of commenda until morning.
tion, is peculiarly applicable in reducing an inflam But the " wet sheet" lias no terrors for me now.
matory state of the gums as of the system general Since that time, a period of four or five yean have
ly. Almost everywhere there is great error on the elapsed. I have become more nnd more interested
subject of fasting. People are not at all aware that in the progress of hydropathy, and have devoted
they may pass many days without food, having at much of my time to its study and practice. I have
the samo time pure water to drink, and yet expc- \ treated successfully scarlet fever, bilious fever, re
rience no harm in so doing, but in some cases mitting fever, fever nnd ague, several cases of se
much good. vere colic, one of painters' colic, erysipelas, cholera
Let any person whose system is feverish and morbus, one of child-birth, in which the patient
clogged, try the hunger-cure for two or th ree days was able to walk about the house in three days,
—exercise in the open air, don't consult the cook one case of fever after child-birth, together with
as to what will taste good, don't order this delicacy wounds and bruises, sprains, etc In three cases
or that—Nature will dictate when you shall cat or I have failed to effect cure. My knowledge of
need nourishment; and when your appetite does the " Cure" is derived entirely from reading, as I
come, a dry crust of bread tastes far better than the have never seen any practice but my own.
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I should like to 6tate the particulars of a case of
erysipelas which I treated, and should be gratified
if some of the hydropathic M. D.'s would give
their opinion in the Journal as to the course of
water treatment pursued ; and whether, as charged
by the allopathic M. D., it could have had any
tendency to produce the paralysis that ensued sub
sequent to the treatment.
The patient, a young Irish girl, had been ill four
or five days when I first saw her. A physician
liad visited her once, left a cathartic, some pow
ders, and a lotion for the affected limbs. She was
not relieved by these means. I was sent for.
Found the patient with the lower limbs of a dark
purple, much swollen, very stiff and painful. On
the side of one foot was a circle of deeper purple,
in the centre of whi<jh was a gangrenous-looking
spot, which I think was about to ulcerate. She
complained much of nausea and distress of the
stomach, loss of appetite, and entire inability to
use the limbs. I had never seen a case of erysip
elas ; but feeling the utmost confidence in the effi
cacy of water in all inflammatory disease, I did
not hesitate to undertake the case.
The first application was a packing-sheet, fol
lowed by a tepid bath. This process was repeated
three times during the day, cold wet bandages ap
plied to the limbs during the interval. Next morn
ing found her quite comfortable ; no nausea or
distress of the stomach ; appetite restored ; limbs
much less swollen, and assuming a lighter color ;
the gangrenous Bpot had assumed the appearance
of a white blister ; could begin to use the limbs.
Afternoon, hands and arms swollen and painful,
but no redness ; affection of the arms appeared to
originate in the spine ; every motion caused a
great increase of pain. I now repeated the "wet
sheet" and tepid bath, followed by cold wet com
press to the spine, and frequent rubbing of the
arms with cold wet cloths. These applications
soon removed the pain, and enabled her to move
freely. Next day (Friday) patient very comfort
able ; only one application of the packing-sheet
Saturday, still improving; "wet sheet" omitted;
body bandage and bandage to the limbs still ap
plied ; no pain or sickness ; good appetite ; able
to walk about.
Was detained from visiting patient again until
Monday morning, when I found her much worse.
Had eaten on Sunday morning fat salt pork. Be
fore eating this meal, she was able to go about her
usual employment ; but an hour or two afterwards
she was attacked with such severe pain, that her
friends, in alarm, sent for the doctor. He gave a
cathartic ; this gave some relief ; still the nausea
and pain were not removed. Finding her under
the doctor's care, I thought it best not to interfere.
Tuesday morning, called to see how she was get
ting along ; found her worse : doctor called, and
left more medicine, but patient declined taking it,
as her stomach would retain nothing. She had
slept none during the night ; severe pain, and fre
quent vomiting. Soon after the doctor left, she
grew rapidly worse ; pain became intense, and hu
manity prompted me to attempt her relief. Placed
her in a tepid rubbing-bath for fifteen minutes ;
then in packing-sheet for half an hour ; then a
wash off. This entirely relieved the pain and nau
sea ; at ten left her quite comfortable. At three
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returned, and found all the unfavorable Bymptoms
greatly aggravated ; the disease now assumed the
form of inflammation of the stomach ; severe pain ;
frequent vomiting ; great tenderness and inability
to bear any weight or pressure over that organ ;
inability to lie on the side. I saw that prompt and
energetic measures were necessary. Placed her in
a tepid bath, where I kept her almost an hour,
using friction over the stomach as she could bear
it This relived pain and nausea, and enabled her
to lie on her side, and bear a wet compress on the
stomach. Now gave tepid injections every half
hour ; these were all retained ; at five, a packing-
sheet and tepid bath : left, her at eight, free from
pain and nausea. At ten returned ; found her in
great distress. Disease now put on the form of
inflammation of the bowels ; she was vomiting a
dark green fluid, and discharging frequently from
the bowels membranous formations, accompanied
with discharge of blood ; intense pain about the
region of the umbilicus. Put her in a tepid sitz-
bath, but the discharges were so frequent that she
could not remain in longer than five or ten min
utes ; fever was high, and debility great The
sitz-bath and a thorough ablution abated the fever,
and put a stop to the vomiting, but appeared to
increase the frequency and copiousness of the dis
charges. Used tepid injections after every evacu
ation. This produced no relief. I now com
menced using cold compress to the bowels, and
cold injections. These soon checked the discharges,
and relieved the pain. After these became less
frequent I applied a packiug-shcet from the neck
to the knees ; in this she slept comfortably for an
hour. On washing her off after this, found her
Btomach covered with a thick rash, and other parts
of the body with thick welts, of a bright scarlet
A body bandage was now applied, and she re
mained comfortable until morning, when she had
a small evacuation of dark green bilious matter.
I remained with her until eight in the morning,
when I left her perfectly comfortable. At three,
patient perfectly comfortable ; no return of any
unfavorable symptoms ; complained of nothing
but debility, and needed now nothing but the to
nic application of water ; but al"8 1 the doctor
made his appearance about two o'clock. Had not
seen the patient since eight o'clock the preceding
morning, since which time she had taken no me
dicine. Instead of giving water credit for the
complete cure it had effected, he asserted that it
was the water which had produced those violent
symptoms, and that, notwithstanding the apparent
relief she had obtained from its use, it was in re
ality an injury. In some diseases water was cer
tainly good, but in hers it was particularly dan
gerous. The cold injection and cold compress to
the bowelshe particularly objected to; said I should
have applied hot instead of cold compresses. Be
fore he left had the body bandage removed.
Forbid the use of any more water, on pain of never
entering the house again, to visit any of the family
should they be ever so sick. But being forbidden
the use of water, all I could do was to call occa
sionally to see how she was getting along. Next
morning I called; found the doctor there; she Was
still improving. The monthly discharge, which
had been suppressed, had now made its appear
ance—a free evacuation from the bowels had taken
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place. She had not yet taken any medicine, but
the doctor left some powders, remarking that he
thought she would now get along; called again
two or three times ; found her not so well. Erup
tion had disappeared. When she grew worse, the
doctor attributed it to my visits, supposing that I
still made use of water, which was an erroneous
supposition. I now discontinued my visits, and
heard nothing more from her for two or three
weeks, when the doctor informed my husband
that she had lost the use of her limbs in conse
quence of my treatment, and that he must take
charge of her, as her friends refused to keep her
any longer, the doctor having informed them that
it was not probable she would ever recover, and
that if she did, she would never regain the use of
her limbs. We brought her home, discharged her
physician, and employed another, as my husband
wished me to have nothing more to do with it
She was entirely helpless, not from paralysis,
as stated by the doctor, but from the intense pain,
which every movement of the limbs caused. For
one week the pain had been so great that she was
unable to sleep, notwithstanding the constant ex
hibition of morphine. She was quite weak, had
considerable fever, and was slightly salivated.
Nitre, ij^eeae, morphine and calomel liad been
taken ; what else I do not know. She began to
improve immediately after the change of physi
cians. What medicines were given I do not know.
A blister to the upper part of the spine restored
the use of the arm?, and one on the lower part,
that of the lower limbs. In less than a week she
was cured of the paralysis; the fever continued
for some time longer, but after a spontaneous
diarrhoea occurred, the fever gradually wore off.
In three weeks from the time she was removed,
she was able to commence light work. But she
still continued weak, and the lower extremities
much swollen, until she voluntarily commenced
bathing. After this she improved still more
rapidly.
I have been thus minute in my description of
this case, because the sapient M. D. who pro
nounced it a case of incurable paralysis, has made
great use of it to prejudice the minds of the com
munity against hydropathy.
It will be perceived that she exhibited the same
symptoms of what the doctor called paralysis soon
after I commenced treating her : these were en
tirely removed, by the application of water, in a
few hours. There was no appearance of any such
symptoms when she passed into the doctor's hands,
nor for a week afterwards.
As thisjournal, by the liberality ofa zealous friend
of Water-Cure, is pretty extensively circulated in
this place, tho publication of the factt concerning
this case, together with comments, may have a
tendency to correct the erroneous impression
which tho doctor's version of it has produced.
I would like to give the particulars of two
cases of child-birth, in which water was used ;
but as my communication is already long, I will
at present only say, that they are the theme of
wonder and astonishment to all who know the
particulars.
Another case, too, of premature birth, preceded,
and followed by fever, the person being in a rav
ing delirium, pronounced hopeless by her physi
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cian, was saved by the application of water. Those
present declared it would be a miracle if she were
saved.
REMARKS BY DR. TRALL.
I haye no hesitancy in pronouncing the treat
ment of Mrs. Hull singularly judicious and effi
cient. Lead washes externally, and solutions of
nitre internally, which are generally resorted to in
erysipelas by allopaths, are a thousand times more
liable to be followed by paralysis as a sequel of
that disease, than are the water processes, for in fact
the latter have no such liability at all.
I differ, however, from Mrs. If., in imputing any
special virtue to the blisters. Leaving off drug
ging, giving nature a fair chance, the let-alone
system ought to have the credit of many a won
derful cure, and probably the one under consider
ation. Thousands of invalids, who are kept under
by drugging, become convalescent as often as drug ;
ging is discontinued.
PATENT INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER PIPES-
The above cut represents a section of the cement
pipe, manufactured in this city, for conveying wa
ter. Its great advantages over all metallic con-
duetors is its non-liability to corrosion or oxida
tion. The tube is constructed of hydraulic cemen^
enclosed in a sheet iron cylinder, and this again is
covered with a thick coating of cement, so that
rust or decay is impossible, and the purity of the
water secured. This pipe is also cheaper than lead
or iron, and may be applied to the construction of
baths, water-closets, basins, etc., <tc.
Specimens may be seen at the office of this
Journal, where further information may be ob
tained.
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GOSSIP FROM BOSTON BY NOGGS. warm water, and said nothing about it, and per
The way the allopaths fret about the water- haps Hahnemann would never know it ! or if he
cure, is a caution to grumblers. They will have did, in consideration of its saving the man's life,
it that it's all humbug, and yet they use it on the he would forgive him. But the doctor said there
sly. was no pukes in his book, and—and so he died.
I know of one who still uses or pretends to use, By the way, where is " Quoggs i" I hope he is
the various kinds of rfvV-stulfs and yet it is evident not defunct ; we need all such, who deal in hu
to every one that his reliance is in the water-cure. morous satire ; for most of the errors and absurdi
There are in fact many of this class, who arc ties of the medical world are so ridiculous, that
doing more than they think for the water-gospel, they are entirely unworthy of serious refutation.
more in fact than some of the professed hydro- One of the most intelligent and best educated
paths—who give a little medicine now and then, physicians among the allopaths in Leominster, in
thereby virtually acknowledging that the water- this State, a man of large experience too, talks of
cure is not competent in all eases,—which is just visiting Europe soon, for the purpose of looking
what the allopaths are constantly crying out. into the Water-Cure, —he is already more than
"It is irood in some cases, but it wont do for you half hydropathic, and will soon be wholly so, for
Ma'am.'' he is not a man to do things by halves.
"That's the Deacon for me," said a certain gen- If such men as he be with us, I had as lieve nine
tleman in black—whose name we never mention out often of the faculty would be against us as not.
! to ears polite—when he saw him selling rum. In fact, go where you will, wherever you find
" What's in a name," and what will not a man a remarkably intelligent and experienced physi
< do for money or to " curry favor f' cian, there you find an eager inquirer concerning
It is very possible that some who are politely hydropathy.
called hydropaths give medicine " now and then," The reason is plain, they are not mere learned
| who really believe in their efficacy; but generally automatons, who do the things their fathers did,
! speaking you will find they an.' very inexperi- "asking no questions for conscience's sake"—saying
J enced, in both treatments; those who have tried with tin.' celebrated Isaac Letsum :—
' both faithfully never find it necessary to resort to ' " I pokes, I purges, anil I sweats 'em,
( poisons in any emergency. AnJ if they dies, wliythen—/ lAlnum.
Every one to his fancy though—only in justice but take the liberty to think for themselves; and
| to hydropathy let those who are only half eon- you let a man of brains once begin to think on the
j verted, or wish from any particular motive to give subject, and there is not much danger after that of
' drugs, call themselves by some other name. his usin^ much "medicine."
The cause goes bravely on hereabouts; the peo- Another very promising young physician in this
j pie everywhere are crying out with stentorian same town, told me the other night, that he saved
voices for reform, and will have it, and one has the life of his own child, by the free use of ice and
; only to present the truth, as it is in cold water, water, when afflicted with real membranous croup.
( oVc.,—to make them repent and believe—that in Pieces of the membrane were coughed tip.
j order to be saved from the effects of their phy- . Speaking of Leominster, Dr. K , the long
f sical sin, it is all-important in the first place that haired critter, whom you may remember, is giv
; they should stop sinning—which is altoEether ing there, as well as elsewhere, a course of lec
| new to them—and that cleanliness is indeed the tures on the Water-Cure, and he says everybody
j "mother of godliness," and that in much water, and his wife, and all the rest of his children, turn
j is much health. out to hear them and evince the greatest interest
They also readily recognize the absurdity of in the subject, as is particularly manifested by
< medicinal practice, when properly presented ; tlmt their buying the books he carries with him.
) poisons are inimical to healthy action, and if per- I In short, brethren, be of good cheer; a brighter
f severingly used, destructive to the living organism. day for hydropathy and poor physicked humanity
' Everywhere I go—and I am round "some,"—I , never dawned, than is now dawning in this our
< hear the Water-Cure Journal spoken most highly yet to be "happy land."
\ of, and nearly all of them like the new form it Love to ' Qiooos,' from your own "dear
| has lately assumed "hugely." IS'ogos."
! There was a report in a neighboring town, a day Boston-, Feb. 1851.
! or two ago, that a man had died "in a fit of indi-
i gestion," caused by an " overt act" of his own, he Fashion Plates. —The Water-Cure Journal for
j having eaten at one meal two pounds of sausages, February is out. Wo liko the suggestion of Mrs.
\ four boiled eggs, three pickled cucumbers, two make themGiveGleason. us fashion plates, by all means ; and
\ pieces of mince pie, with potatoes, bread, and possible, correspond with present forms, as nearly as
and secure the proposed advantages. The
j butter, <fce. Ac, to match ! The " old women" are bodices skirts should always bo attached to waists ; long
\ outrageous, it is said, because the doctor, who was We have talked arc fruitful of spinal and kindred weaknesses.
this a long time in our home circle.
; a Homoeopath, did'nt give the man an emetic, and The) Journal is doing an excellent work."
j thereby save his life, declaring they "didn't think Thus writes tho editor of the .Windham County
j much of a docte* who didn't know enough to puke Democrat, Vt.
j a man, especially when he was dying for the want We expect to introduce some ntiv fatliinnt before we
( of a puking." get through with this subject. In cases of insanity,
( The doctor justified himself, by proving it was or for the punishment of crimo, it may possibly answer
to put on a tight dress like unto those now in use, but
< not in accordance with Hahnemann and honiceo- i wo have a better way, and if we can convince tho
j pathy to give emetics. But the old women stick public of tho facts, why wo shall save the lives of thou
j to it, that he should, in this case, have given a little ! sands of unborn children.
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lEUtttems.
Discontinued.—The Water-Cure Reporter, form-
erly published at New Graofenberg, near Utica, New
York. We presume Dr. Holland found himself too
much occupied with his professional duties to attend to
its publication ; he has therefore handed his subscrip-
tion list to us, who have nothing else to do bul to edit
and publish the Water- Cure Journal in such a manner
as to please everybody.
Dr. Holland addressed the following circular to his
old subscribers.
The Publisher of the American Water-Cure
Reporter having concluded to discontinue the same,
would hereby give notice to those of his subscribers
whoso subscriptions have not expired, that he has made
arrangements with Messrs. Fowlers & Wells, of
New York, to supply them with the Water-Cure
Journal for the remainder of their term.
To those of his old subscribers who designed to re-
new their subscriptions for the Reporter, he would
cheerfully recommend the Journal, as well worthy of
their attention and patronage. Those who wish, may
remit to him, and he will forward the same without
delay. Address R. Holland, P. M-, New Graefen-
berg, N. Y., or Fowlers & Wells, 131 Nassau St.,
New York City.
R. Holland. P. M.
New Grakfenbrho, Jan., 1851.
The Water-Cure Journal and Herald of Re
forms.—This periodical has become one of the most
valuable publications of our country. In my honest
judgment, it is adapted to be of moro practical util-
ity—to do more actual good than any other periodical
of the day ; and I earnestly wish that every individu
al of our species could have the benefit of its instruc
tions. There is not a family in Northampton, nor
upon the face of the earth, however cultivated and in-
telligcnt, on the one hand, or however unimproved and
ignorant on the other, but may be largely benefited by
the constant and attentive perusal of this periodical.
1 cannot doubt that, if it were universally and atten-
tively read—not with a blind credulity, but with
a discerning, reflecting, and discriminating mind,
honestly seeking truth and earnestly desiring wis-
dom—it would be the means of saving the human
family from an incalculable amount of sickness, suffer-
ing, and untimely death. Its enterprising publishers,
Messrs. Fowlers and Wells, of New York, have,
without enhancing the price, increased its size from an
ootavo to a quarto form of twenty-four pages. It is
published monthly, at one dollar a-year in advanee for
a single copy, and fifty cents a copy to clubs of twenty
or more. S. Graham.
[We clip the above from a paper published in
Northampton. Mass., where Mr. Graham resides,
Those who have read " The Science of Life," will
appreciate the above commendatory remarks ]
IfitanUatttj.
A Nut for Beef-eaters to Crack—New and
True.—It is, indeed, a fact worthy ofremark, and one
that seems never to have been noticed, that through-
out the whole animal creation, in every country and
clime of the earth, the most useful animals cost nature
the least waste to sustain them with food. For in-
stance, all animals that work, live on vegetable food ;
and no animal that eats flesh, works. The all-power-
ful elephant and the patient, untiring camel, in the
torrid zone ; the horse, the ox, or the donkey, in the
temperate ; and the reindeer, in the frigid zone, obtain
all their muscular power for enduring labor from na-
ture's simplest productions, the vegetable kingdom.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL. 75
But all the flesh-eating animals keep the rest of the an \ " Comino over.'*—We say it not to boast, but
imated creation in constant dread of them. They sel i simply to inform our hydropathic friends of the fact.
dom eat vegetable food until some other animal has We now have the names of upwards of one thousand
j eaten it first, and made it into flesh. Their only use ] allopathic physicians on our subscription books, and
j seems to be to destroy life—their own flesh is unfit for | they are daily increasing. We state this as an evi-
other animals to eat, having been itself made out of i dence of the progress of Hydropathy and the M decline
j flesh, and is most foul and offensive. Great strength, j and fall" of Allopathy. We have only to refer to the
fleetness of foot, usefulness, cleanliness, and docility, ■ want of support and discontinuance of their journals.
j are then always characteristic of vegetable-eating ani For example : one of the most spirited of that class of
mals ; while all the world dreads flesh-eaters.—Health \ journals, entitled the Probe, published in St. Louis,
< and Wealth. j has just been abandoned. In his valedictory the Edi-
[We regard this an argument uncontrovertible, and , tor says,—
must strike every reader as a most palpable truth,
" The present number closes the volume and ends
which cannot be refuted. Feed mankind on grains, the publication of the Probe. During our experience
j vegetables, and fruits, and we will answer for all the ; in journalism we have been convinced that neither
war, crimes, and most of the evils of mankind.] j fame nor funds can be acquired by conducting a medi-
; cal monthly ; and that many members of the medical
I j profession are miserably poor in pocket, and mors are
I deficient in moral principle. * * * Our hearts are
j TO S. ROGERS, M. D. so very full, and our pockets are so very empty, that
> BY. REV. K. ARVINE. ' we are unable to say more."
Blessing* on the Water Care ! | To us the above paragraph speaks volumes. It ac-
f How delightful 'tia to fee ' knowledges the weakness and decline of the cause it
s Nature's element most pure, ) advocates. It charges the medical profession with a
Nature's greatest remedy, j " WANT OF MORAL PRINCIPLE." Now W6 WOuld not
j Free as heaven '■ own light and air, | pretend that this statement was 'designed to apply to
j Found, like toffering, everywhere! ; every individual member composing the medical pro-
i Borne upon the ocean's tides, j fession, for there are glorious exceptions ; but when
f Floating on the streams along. j one of their own members, and he an editor, makes
j There an unseen angel glides, \ such a statement, it cannot fail to attract the atten-
Chanoting many a tuneful song : ; tion of the public.
HbaLth'b true friends and worshippers, ; The Probe, from which we have copied, we assure
Hear that music ! it is hers I j our readers is no mean authority. It has always fair-
O'er our valleys, o'er oar hills, i ly represented the allopathic school, to which it bo-
; Wave that viewless angel's wings ; : longed. And so far as reliance can bo placed on the
Voices from the founts and rills. I statements of any old school journal, we are justified
\ Are the notes which Hygeia sings ; . in regarding this as truthful. At all events, the Bos-
And the light they flash meanwhile, | ton Medical and Surgical Journal pronounces it an
Is the splendor of her smile I s " ably conducted" medical journal. We have no occa-
Charmed by these, poor Invalid 1 j aion or desire to add to this humiliating picturo.
To the streams she loves repair;
In the mine's foul darkness hid \ Copfee.—A microscopic examination of thirty-four
j Seek no poisons—leave them there ; j different qualities of coffee sold in London, showed.
! And, like Syria's leper, go ) that, with throe exceptions, the whole were adulterat-
Where the healing waters flow ! j ed. Chicory was present in thirty-one instances, with
the frequent addition of roasted corn, beans, or pota-
J Freely drink, and freely bathe, i toes ; and, in some cases, the quantity of coffee was
? Under jet and shower be placed, j not more than a fifth of the whole article.—Eve. Qaz.
j Or be bound by watery swathe. \ If Tea-drineers only knew how much poison they
j As thy guide shall say thou mayst ; imbibe, especially with green tea, they would be
't And ere long shall thy disease '< frightened : but as its effects are slow, (but sure,)
! Yield to miracles like these I j they are not aware of the cause. A gradual decline,
', Sufferer 1 are thy nerves unstrung, | with increasing nervousness—a sallow complexion,
Or like web of burning wire ? j and other symptoms of disease, show clearly that
Is thy blood through heart or long something is the matter. But the doctor charges it to
; Coursing like a stream of fire 1 ' "an all-wise and mysterious Providence, whose ways
<: Try in this, the appointed honr, - are past finding out," etc. He then prescribes a few
Water's cooling, strengthening power I j pills, a little calomel, and perhaps extracts a little
f ' hlood, with a view of counteracting the influence of
With a hollow, pallid cheek, \ this same " all-wise Providence." The strong green
j Drooping eye, and wasted frame, tea, 11 without milk or sugar," is continued : the pa-
j Feverish pulse, and vitals weak, ; tient soon dies, and is buried with an apothecary's
Rogers, to thy home I came 1 i shop in her stomach. Her husband pays the bills, and
I have found the boon I sought ;
What a change a month has wrought ! j so goes the world. But there's a good time coming.
Throogh thy skill and constant care, >
The Water-Cure m Troy.—Dr. Bedortha in-
Health and hope return to me ;
Now, to breathe the keen, cold air, '
forms us that his house is not large enough to contain
| Walk, or work, is luxury 1 j
the numerous applicants for the Water Treatment, and
j Fare thee well 1 thy cause is sure,— !
that he shall be " compelled to enlarge his establish-
; Blessings on the Water Cere 1 Worcester Spy.
ment."|
< i
This is all quite natural, and we look upon it " as a
Alcohol Outlawed.—The Legislature of Ver matter\ofcow sc." Where two hundred copies of
: mont has just passed a law. prohibiting absolutely and the Water-Cure Journal are taken in a city orvil-
j
entirely the sale of intoxicating drinks, except for lage, they must necessarily drive out all other kinds of
'
; medical, mechanical, or chemical purposes. Good ! medical practice, and leave what little remains to be
j
: So much for temperance reform. But let us keep on done in the hands of the Hydro path. If Water-
j
\ agitating until a la~ is passed prohibiting its sale for Cure physicians wish to annihilate the drug practice,
|
'■ medical purposes. Is there any more reason that a sick and remove the filthy patent medicines, and other
.
i person should bo poisoned with the stuff than a well slops, let them place the Water-Cure Journal into the
> person 1 What say you, Doctor Toddy ? 1 hands of " the people."
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Increase in the Medical Profession. —The Awother Fatal Mistake.—The papers of the city >
Boston M. and S. Journal, remarks,— make the following brief announcement :
Died.—At Macon, Ga., on the 2.1 inst., Miss Eliza- i W&xittitB.
** There is evidently an apprehension in the minds beth S. Sanger, youngest daughter of Zekiah Sanger, 5
of some, that the practice of medicine in the United : Esq.
States will lose all its pecuniary value at the present Miss S. was a few years ago a pupil in one of our nions, Old Books are simply the expression of old opi
rate of increase in the medical ranks. It is admitted institutions of education ; and was distinguished for and those who believe in the eternal principles
that fees are not so readily collected as they formerly accomplishment, amiability, and beauty. She was on « of progression will seldom be influenced by old theo
were in the country." , her way southward for her health, when, complaining < ries contained in old books. Active men adopt the
What a pity ! We deeply sympathize with our of momentary illness, she was persuaded by a lady to ; new and improved plans in all tilings. Who would
" apprehensive'* doctors, but most respectfully assure , oxalic
take some trifling medicine, which turned out to bo ;
acid. A physician, called in soon after, at once J think of using tho old printing-press, the old hand-
them that their "apprehensions" arc well founded. detected the mistake ; but it was too late to avert the : loom, the old stage-coach, or the old open steamboat 7
" Many foreigners aro practising among us, some of terrible catastrophe, and by a double fatality the over- Nobody. il The universal Yankee nation," and " all
whom are well qualified practitioners ; but many con ; dose of poison, instead of being mortal at once, as a the rest of mankind," are seeking by every possible
sider this a superior and excellent country for carry less quantity would have been, prolonged the tortures means to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and
ing on the grossest deception. If they only speak brok of the victim through a fortnight of suffering, which
en Lnglish, charge high, and boast lustily of their po terminated in death.—Albany Atlas. happiness ; to obtain which, old theories, cobwebs,
sition and extensive influence at home, they find their We can furnish the public with ten thousand sim and trash must be cleaned out of tho way. They
fortune is secured here."
True,—but why is it that "our people" have so ilar cases of unpremeditated murder. It is that look ahead, not back. Read what Mr. Stuart, of
little confidence in the regular allopathic practice, in at." ofYetignorant
cljss sins which is said to be " winked the New- Yorker, says :—
the United States. Did they cuius their patients in ty of the violated law.ofa Ifhuman
the death being pays the penal- j " Books have exp'oded great wrongs and errors ;
stead of killing them, is it likely that they would risk cities folks will play with mcdi- - they have also created error and wrong, and entailed
their lives in the hands of persons with whom they must expect of which they are totally ignorant, why they J curses upon nations and ages. If they have advanced
science, civilization, and truth, they have also shut
have no acquaintance, or who could not speak their consequences like the above. When will ; out light and progress from the world. Books con
language T The truth is, M our dear people" have the people learn to let drugs alone ! tain theories, philosophies, and religion, upon which
schools, sects, and creeds have been founded, and
been as grossly deceived by natives as by foreigners, j New Water-Cure Establishments.—It gives successive generations of adherents and disciples have
Doubtless quito enough by both. defended old falsehoods, and rejected new truths, in
us pleasure to record among the new Water-Cures ' battling, frotnjpride, to defend the theories, opinions,
*' When the next national census is taken, the sta- { and philosophies id* books. Books have committed
tistical tables will lead to the supposition that this is ; springing up all over the land, that of Mount PitOS- $ men and schools—have forestalled innovation, and pro
an alarmingly sickly country, to give employment to . pect, in Biughamton, N. Y. hibited, in the name of heresy and schism, the ad
such a vast body of practitioners ; or else that the ] " This establishment is situated within a mile of the : vance of knowledge. Aiding, they have also hindered,
people aro laboring under an hallucination of univer- ( village, in a romantic grove, at the base of the cele- ; the development of the human mind. They have
sal pestilence, in sustainining an army of ignorant bratcd Prospect Hill. With a mountain in the rear, \ obstructed the path of science and art.
charlatans, mountebanks, and quacks." with carriage and footw.ilks leading to its summit, and '* Le Sage beautifully illustrates what we mean,
In our hydropathic reform, wo contemplato the two hundred and thirty feet of piazza, fronting out on 5 when, in defending himself against the advice of Gil
complete eradication of all these nuisances. Wo glory the rich savannahs of the Chenango and Susquehanna, ter,' asto fatal Bias, abandon his ' blood-letting and warm wa
to his patients, he makes Dr. Sangrado
in the multiplication of doctors, foreign and domestic, it has combined all requisite advantages for successful S say—* 1 know 1 kill my patients, but how can I aban
and look forward to the time when that blood-sucking hydropathic treatment." For terms address the pro- \ don ray theory and practice, when 1 have written a
trade, generally called a profession, and its practition- j prietors, 1). W. & H. M. Ka.m.nev, or A. A. Mason, \ pugn bock iu their defence. To deny my practice is to im
ers—no matter how long their ears—professors, shall . M. D.t the resident physician. my book, and forego my reputation and my
means of wealth.' How many false sciences and phi
pass away, and our good people shall have no more losophies—how many fallacies and curses— have been
need of them. fastened upon the world, by the fact of books having
A Prediction.—I have the strongest persuasion that < been written in their defence ! How many antiquated
While we aro positively certain that the patent me- i Pricssnitz and his co-workers will, at no distant day, < errors and abuses of popular science, custom, and
dicines so much in use invariably damage those who < accomplished a work for the benefit of mankind, ' practice, now exist, solely upon the strength of old
use them, wo are forced to believe that they are less ■ have I'll no one will fully appreciate. rr.The medical gen- 1, books and theories, which their disciples are too proud
injurious than the common allopathic remedies. What J which or bigoted to abandon ! How many huge institutions
tlemen in my vicinity, though fully able to maintain, j of wrong have lived unshattered amid revolution go
class of doctors efFect the greatest number of cures 1 j in argument, their predilection for drugs, are, as might t ing on all around them, on tho strength of old theo
Tho "regulars" or the irregulars 1 If the " regu- ries written whoand
lars" had given satisfaction, by saving the lives" of S be expected, unable
""^3^^ 7""*% oru unwilling
J4""1""6 ,u ™C0«niiW ^he • disciples, printed in books—books whichacade
beget
found professions, which establish
*u - *■
thfiir patients, * l
n&fciAnfca. who ,, V r . .
whn would have employed quacks T ' tho wonderful efficacy of hydropathic appl
- world is on a rapid march 1 to improvement
11 ances. But mies, ami secure monopolies, under tho sanction of
their in rela > statute laws !
But, inasmuch as they have not succeeded, let them tion all subjects ; and none have higher attractions \ " We would have books appreciated in proportion
not whine when other systems are introduced, which than tothose which tend to preserve the health and pro 'S. not to their merit, and binding according to their truth,
are evidently better than their own. long tho life of man. J. C. < everatpresent the period when they were written, but in tho
now. What centuries of * stand still'
J medical science has passed through, from tho doggtd
The Water-Ct;re in Cleveland, Ohio.—Mr. T. The Providence Female Physiological Socie 5 adherence of its disciples to opinion?, simply because
Jones, Sen., has sent us two hundred and fifty new ty.—Wo aro glad to know that this Society continues ' written iu books ! \\ hat Kseulapius wrote may have
subscribers from this thriving and beautiful city. Mr. to dispense the principles of life and health in courses S science, been the highest truth and good of his time, in his
Jones thinks ho shall be able to send an additional fifty of lectures on Physiology, delivered by their own mem 'I science—a but it may be never so false now. A book of
book given to regulato the opinions of so-
soon. This will make three hundred copies ; the diffu bers. Among whom wo find the names of the well- '. ciety—should be abandoned when it is outgrown.
sion of which, we may safely predict, will work out a known Mrs. Davis, formerly Mrs. Wright; and Books which live beyond that point, live as a falsehood
complete medical reform in Cleveland. Miss Mowky, an educated, practical physician.* and a curse. They bequeath errors, and defraud
t mankind. We have professions and faculties in our
If each of our co-workors and subscribers would per This society was organized some two years ago, and day insulting the intelligence of the age, by imposing
severe, they might, in a very short time, placo the wo have every reason to hope that it will be perma upon society book-theories and practices which com
Journal into the hands of every family. Were this nently continued and liberally sustained. The price of ismon sense has long since convicted of falsehood. This
done, who can calculate the immense advantages that membership is only half a dollar per year, and each to a kind of books, and book influence, which ought
would accrue to tho Human Race 1 bo destroyed."
member has admission to all the lectures. This is precisely our view of tho matter; and tho
Female Charms.—The ladies in Japan paint the \ month, Lectures on Hydropathy. - - During the past idea of hanging to old theories of medicines is palpa
face white and red, the lips purple, with a golden much success Dr. and Mrs. Nichols have lectured with bly absurd and nonsensical. We live in an age of
to our citizens. PROGRESS.
glow ; tho teeth of a married lady are blackened, and • Dr. Klttrkdge has also delivered several courses in
eyebrows extirpated.—Home Journal. Boston and vicinity. At Salem, his native place, wo , Kissengen, Artesian Well.—Tho famous Artesian well, at
Bad enough—but far less injurious than Tight are informed a great interest has been awakened in tho j ago, and which in Batavia, commenced eighteen years
Laeing.— Water-Cure Journal. Water-Cure by his lectures. it was feared would havo to be aban-
5 douod as a failure, has Just given the most satisfac-
The Water-Cure jn Old Aoe.—J. "V., when or conducted The Greenwood Springs Water Cure is now ' tory results. The town is located in a saline valley,
dering the Journal for 1851, remarks, " I have now ten. by Drs. J C. Whitaker and J. E. Pat- J nine hundred and eighty-four feet above the level of
been a reader of the Water-Cure Journal for a year, Kaiiroad, Located on that great thoroughfare, tho Krie j the Baltic sea. Last June, the boring had reached <
and have derived therefrom great benefit. My moth in the village of Cuba, Alleghany county, } a dePth of eighteen hundred and thirty-sevon feet, (
er, now in her ninety-fourth year, reads the Journal N. Y., it can hardly fail to bo well patronized. \ antl several layers of salt, separated by a strata of -
regularly, and is unwilling to do without it." , '; granito, had been traversed, when carbonic acid gas,
* See Miss Mowry'i card in oor advertising department. J followed again by granite, was found. Finally, on
 THE
the 12th instant, at a depth of two thousand and
sixty-seven feet, perseverance was rewarded by com
plete success. A violent explosion burst away the
scaffolding built to facilitate the operations, and a
column of water, four and a half inches in diameter,
spouted foith to the height of ninety-eight feet above
the surface. The water, clear as crystal, is of a
temperature of sixty-six Fahrenheit, and is abund
antly charged with salt. It is calculated that the
annual product will be upwards of 6,6C0,C00 lbs. per
annum, increasing the royal revenues by 800,000
florins, after deducting all expenses.—Rational Intel-
ligencer.
The Aztec Children.—We are more given to sci
ence than mere flippant amusement ; the great a ttrac
tion of the city is the exhibition of the Aitec children.
If you go into society, you are sure to be asked whe
ther you have seen them, and what you think of them.
The ladies have taken a decided fancy to them,
and they make the exhibition room their present
lounging place, because " they ore so interesting."
They have been exhibited to the Academy of Science,
but the savans seem to be afraid of giving any opinion.
They are certainly curiosities of the human species,
and calculated to suggest many ihoughts to the natu
ral as well as the general philosopher. Although in
one sense of the word idiots, they are not painful to
look at ; they are as lively (is crickets, and play and
run about incessantly, like monkeys, only that these
would show more sagacity and shrewdness.—Boston
Cor. X. Y. Eve. Post.
Where is Professor Aoassiz 1 We had an in
terview with these children in company with Pko-
PESSOK Fowler, the Phrenologist, on their arrival in
this country. We have delayed giving an opinion,
expecting those better versed than ourselves in such
matters would do it up scientifically. We aro in
formed that the Phrenological Journal will con
tain an elaborate account of them, with iheir likeness
es, 33 soon as a proper investigation shall havo been
made.
Since writing the above, we find the following in an
exchange :
The Aztec Children.—The Springfield Republi
can, in speaking of theso children.now on exhibition in
Boston—and represented as being recently obtained
from the idolatrous city of Iximaya, newly discovered
in an unexplored region of Central America, being de
scendants of the Kaunas, a Sacerdotal caste (now
nearly extinct) of the ancient Aztec founders of the
ruined. temples
The Kepublican
of that says
country—pronounces
: them a
" We have the authority of a perfectly reliable
gentleman, a scientific man, for some years a resident
of Nicaragua, and soon we believe to return thither,
that these children came from the town of Granada, in
Nicaragua, and are the half-idiotic offspring of an In
dian woman, who is one of tho common Indians there,
a tribe well known, grown and developed. They are,
therefore, nothing more nor less than dwarf idiots, the
production of one of Nature's occontno freaks !"
After this, we think it will be well for people to be
lieve that only which seems probable to their own judg
ment. The Springfield Republican will doubtless be
believed by many, yet it may not be true, after all.
Remarkable Cure op Deafness.—A very singu
lar case of cure of deafness from traveling on tho rail
way has just oome under our notice. Shortly after
the opening of the Oxford and Banbury Railway, an
elderly lady, who had been perfectly deaf for nearly
eight years previously, started by that railway from
this eity for the purpose of paying a visit to her rela
tives in Banbury. During her journey, from the noise
and the unusual mode of traveling, she becamo ner
vously excited ; she suddenly felt something in her
ear give way with a slight noiso ; and to her great joy
she found, before arriving at Banbury, that her hear
ing was perfectly restored to her ; and so it has con
tinued, to the no small gratification of herself and her
friends. Tho caso has oome under our immcdiato ob
servation, for we saw the lady shortly before she went
to Banbury, and we have seen her since she came
I back : we can therefore vouch for tho foots as we have
l stated them.—Oxford (Eng. ) Journal.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
TnE Great Last Fast Printino Press.— Col.
Hoe, of our cily, has recently invented a press that
will print 20,000 copies an hour ! ! The Brothers
Beach, of the Ntw York Daily Sun, have honored
themselves and the inventor, by introducing into their
establishment the first of these immense machines ever
manufactured. The Sun has a daily circulation of
some 40 or 50,000, besides a weekly of nearly half that
number.
As a mark of respect, the proprietors of the Sun re
cently gavo a splendid dinner to the inventor, at the
Astor House, which was al tended by editors and pub
lishers from Philadelphia, Boston, Albany, and the
entire " press" of our city, as well as several distin
guished clergymen, literary gentlemen, inventors, and
others. A more generous dinner, or joyous company,
wo havo never known. " Tho food for the mind"
" served up" by our editorial brethron, was highly
relished. The April number of tho Phrenological
Journal will contain a description of this now printing
press, with illustrated engravings.
Faithfulness.—The Mass. Cataract thus compli
ments one of its honored dignitaries :
By the election of Solomon Foote as Senator from
Vermont, in tho place of S. S. Phelps, Vermont will
gain a faithful Senator, and IVillard's bar lose a
faithful customer. -
WHEAT WITH CHAFF.
The anti-street smoking law has boen recently re
vived in Boston with renewed force.
A chaplain was once preaching to a class of collegi
ans about tho formation of habits. " Gentlemen,"
said he, " close your ears against bad discourses."
The scholars immediately clapped their hands to their
ears.
It is singular kow slippery whisky punch will make
the sidewalks.
'* 'Taint horriginal, 'taint horriginal'" said John
Bull, " you Hamericans follow us in hevcrything."
" Yes," answered Jonathan, quickly, " our soldiers
acted on that principle with yours, in battle."
A man was found at Trenton, tho other day, mount
ed on a ladder, with his lips pressed to the telegraph
wires. He was kissing his wife in Philadelphia by
telegraph." It was found afterward that he was a
J newly married man.
J> A lady, who lives about ten miles from Germantown,
\ affirms that her boys are the most tender-hearted chil
dren she ever knew. She says that if she asks one of
them to draw a pail of water, he instantly bursts into
tears !
To see a delicate woman rubbing bod-clothos over a
washboard, from morning till night, and a herculean
gentleman measuring rolls of lace and delicate ribands,
would make a Pawneo laugh at our assumption ofchi
valry.
It is said that Barnum is in full chase of a chap who
helped his own wife at tho dinner-table, in preference
to another lady.
" How many mills make one cent," asked a school
master, of a promising pupil. " Don't know ; but
guess it takes a good many cents to make a .mill, if
they 'm built of stone." The pedagogue fainted, and
we left."
Always do as the sun does—look at the bright side
of everything, for while it is just as cheap, it is
three times as good for digestion. Tho melancholy
man don't even relish wedlock.
If you would relish your food, labor for it ; if you
would enjoy your raiment, pay for it before you wear
it ; if you would sleep soundly, take a clear conscience
to bed with you.
" Who took care of the babies 1" artlessly inquired
a little girl, on hearing her mother say that all people
wero once children.
Do not consider time lost that is spent in tho inter
change of social feeling—always provided you neither
liston to, or repeat scandal, in which case it is worse
than lost.
A Western editor, speaking of a cotemporary's at
tack upon him, says, " It reminds us of a little boy,
we once saw, squirting dirty water from a mud-hole
at tho sun."—Modest, that.
An Irishinan lost his hat in a well, and was let down
in a bucket to recover it ; the well being extremely
deep, his courage failed him before he reached the
water. In vain did he call to thoso above him ; they
lent a deaf ear to all ho said, till at last, quite in do-
spair, ho bellowed out, "Bo St. Patrick, if you don't
draw me up, sure, I'll cut the rope .'"
At a Graham boarding-house in Van Schaick street,
the bill of fare for breakfast consists of shingles fried
in pump water—dinner of the soup leftby the shingles,
thickened with saw-dust.
[Pretty good. Those who subsist on such a diet
will require no physic]
Temperance is the best physic. It is conducive to
health and cheerfulness. Intemperance clogs the body,
wastes the property, and siupifies the mind.
The Albany Knickerbocker tells of a young man who
recently died in that city of disappointed ambition,
as he wanted to wear high shirt collars, and his mo
ther wouldn't let him.
Why is a schoolmaster like an engine-driver 1 One
trains the mind, the other minds the train.
Secret kindnesses done to mankind are beautiful as
secret injuries are detestable. To be invisibly good is
as godliko as to be invisibly evil is diabolical.
To take castor oil without tasting it, you have only
to put it in a tin cup, rich take by the handle, but
keep away from your lips.
Why was Jonah, in the fish's belly, like a fashiona
ble young lady 1 Because he had more of the whalebone
about him than was good for him.
A largo dog, which had been beaten in a fight, com
mitted suicide a few days ago in Albany.
" Well," said Mrs. Partington, " I tremble for the
longitude of that noble animal, the Union, if somo of
the politicians don't get off his bock. They'll ride him
to death, I fear, as if ho was a common hobby !"
"Come horo, my dear, I want to ask you all about
your sister. Now tell me true, has she got a beau 1"
" No, it's the yellow jaundice—the doctor says so."
Connecticut.—Venerablo and great in her long
line of Statesmen, Heroes, Poets, and Divines ; fa
mous for her Charter Oak and its story ; her Hartford
Convention ; Wooden Clocks ; Schoolmasters, and
Pumpkin Pies—Picayuno in siie, but of " unbounded
stomach."
Hiram Woodruff has just succeeded, we understand,
in raising a colt from a horse-chestnut. Ho intendsto
take him to the World's Fair.
Thanksgiving.—The way a large majority of the
people give thanks on this duy is something after the
following fashion I Kise late, breakfast heartily, loaf,
smoke,;,drink, become listless and stupid, thon shave,
dress, and prepare for the great load of 44 stuffin" pre
pared for your stomachs. At two or three o'clock sit
down to your mahogany, groaning beneath a load of
fish, flesh, fowl, and " domestio cookies," sufficient to
feed Napoleon's army when he first started for Russia.
Being seated, eat like a hog !—lay in lots of turkey,
boiled and roast—chickons tho same ; a piece of duck,
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a slice of ham, a plate of roast beef, rare ; padding^, \ "John says the reason why he don't get married, is C. N. It., Sao Harbor.—Your double club was thankfully
mince, apple, and pumpkin pies—gravy, sauce, fat j because the house is not large enough to contain (ho received. Our brother, L. X., will probably accept your jjene-
butter, spices, coffee, snear-plums, raisins, nuts, ap J consequences." rons oner- Your F. M. is in error. Our Journal contain* less
ples, cream, and a score of other varieties of light teed. ■ This is very much like counting the chickens before than nineteen hundred square inches, and it is in every respect
Lei all this go into your stomachs in a mass of mush j they are hatched. what the law requires it to be, to entitle it to berated at news
together. Pass the evening in idleness, or protract it
into the next morning with dissipation and excite paper postage. At present the lawful postage is one cent in the
ment, and the next day you will have reason to be State where published, and one and a half cents out of the
very thankful if you are alive and able to attend to State. As soon as the proposed new law goes into operation,
your business.—New York Atlas. the postage will he materially reduced. Wo shall publish the
"Cheap Postage IJill" as soon as it becomes a law.
The Gold Dollar " is a total failure. It is so j We Know It.— A subscriber says, "You ought to have a
small that its liability to get lost renders it useless.'1— ' bundi i thousand subscribers for the VV. C. Journal.'* Well, C. W. W. writes us from Soitiiborouou, Mass., as fol
27ie papers. ; how are we to gel Ihem ? We can print a million, and should lows :—"We want you should wend us a Water-Cure Doctor.
Not so.—The greatest objection that ire ever found , he glad to do so. It really leemi to ns to he a great lot* to the We are a small town of 1,500, surrounded by larger ones. On
to this hantly, elegant, aud most useful coin, is our in ! public, that every family is not supplied with a copy. We the east Framingham, of 3 or 4,000; on the west, West-
will print the Journals ; our friends and CO-workers must fur- borough, of2 to 3,000 ; on the sooth Elopkinton, of 3to4,000 ;
ability to get enough of them. We never had the ! nish subscribers. We are convinced that no man can gel more on the north Marlborough, of 2 to 3,000, and no cold water
least troublo in '* passing" them ; they always " go" j valuable reading matter for the mme price. Friends, what physician in either. Now, sirs, we are all ready to support a
at "par," and no grumbling; whilo we have had J tay yon ? Shall we tie content with the number of copies we good Water Cure physician. Send us one."
trouble with " shin-plasters," and other "promises to now print ? or shall our li*t outnumber that of any other puli- Well, we'll try.—W. C. J.
pay" at such and sueh institutions. No, the trouble J licition in the world ? We shall strive to merit it. but it is for
or failure'1'' of the Gold Dollar is in consequence of you to cay "enough." Duodenitis.- R J. W, Madison, N. J.~Yoni form of
its driving out of circulation a few bank bills. Money Dyspepsia U doubtless a primary affection of the liver. The
brokers, who "deal" in money, don't like gold dol Fur 1650.—We have a few complete volumes of the Wnter- great tenderness abont the stomach is probably, occasioned by
lars, because they give no chance at shaving. We , Cure Journal—voir. IX. and X.—which we will furnish to old acrid bile corroding the mucous membrane of the first intestine,
shall never object to gold dollars so long as they . subscriber-! at club price*, namely, 50 cents for the year. Those producing iin affection some authors have called duodenitis.
" pass" for the value of a dollar. They may bo en who commenced their subscriptions with vol. IX. in July, ISoO, The short breath may be from a swelled liver. The best treat
I may, if they with, obtain vol. X. at 29 cents. This will ment if the wet pack sheet, followed by a moderate douche, or
closed in a letter and sent with perfect safety all over enable them to have the two vol*., IX. and X., boand together, the dripping sheet, and frequent sitz and footbaths; the wet
the United States, without increasing the postage. J completing the work for the year 1850. girdle occasionally,
We hope all oirR subscribers may bo well supplied
with these " perfect failures." The Water-Cire Joirnal, published by Fowlers & Indigestion.—"Two new subscribers" ask: "Can you
| Well*, of N«w York, is one of the most beautiful works we not give some remedy for indigestion, or the failure of the
bowels to move without application being made to the inex
Remedy f<5r Ferociousness in the Dog.—In one ! receive. It looks as sweet, clean, and healthv, as though it had haustible medicine chests of the pill dealers?" Certainly we
of the Cincinnati papers, we find an account of an at been treated by ill own favorite system, and purified from can. The constipation which you call indigestion, may be
tack by a ferocious dog upon a little child. " The dog i everything ordinary, foul, or offensive.—Model American remedied by conrme unconcentrated food—Graham bread,
seized the child .by the throat," wo are told, "and | Courier, cracked wheat, plain vegetables, and abundance of good
the more he was pounded to make him let go, the i Our Subscribers will regard the taste of this gentleman fruits Attention should, of course, be paid to the general
harder ho held on. The people broke the dog's back, ' correct. We think we have not only the most sensible joornal health.
and, after inserting a lever into his mouth, pried his 1 intheall women
the world, but the u best LOOKINO.*' At all events,
My so, and who will dare dispute with thrm !
jaws open and released the sufferer; but not until her Dyspepsia.—O. C. W.. Delphi, Ind —" Full and explicit
throat was mangled." There is a sure remedy in such directions" for particular cases can only be given in written let
cases, which should be known by every one. We hoar H. W. McCaRON, of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, hai kindly con ters of advice. The general plan in your ease is a pack sheet
of the cases often, and it would seem that persons at sented to act as agent for thin Journal. We liopo he may ob for an hour, followed by a wet tub sheet two or three limes a
these times arc very apt to forget the disposition of tain a long !i»t of subscribers. week ; the wel girdle to the abdomen ; frequent sitz baths,
and a plain, mostly vegetable, diet.
the animal. Now, if instead of pulling upon the dog, In Canada— Onr publications may l>e obtained at New
to disengage him, when his jaws are set upon any i York prices of Mr. Jambs Leslie and Sons, Toronto ; and of Periodical Colic—F. II., Western, Mass.—These
thing, a sponge or cloth, wet with strong sjnrits of ) Mr. Dawson, of Montreal. attacks came from a bad liver, which is now extending its
hartshorn, bo applied to his nostrils, ho will instantly effects to the lungs, as denoted by the expectoration. Yon need
relax his hold. Tub Ear.—Its physiology, diseases, and treatment, will be full and thorough treatment ; brown bread and milk, and froit
t given in the next number, with illustrated engravings. diet; dripping rub sheet, and half or shallow baths, are the
Smoking.—A clerk was recently dismissed from a leading baths. A pack occasionally would be desirable.
fancy store in New Orleans, because he smoked cigars. I ~
He hadacontractfor six months with his employer, and Rheumatic Pain in the Left Hip.—W. O. S. will find
brought suit to recover wages for the whole time of his thedoucho, of a temperature to suit his general physical condi
engagement. The trial took place on the 18th ult., tion, the best of the water appliances. A safe rule is to com
and the judge gave a verdict in favor of the defendant, mence with it moderately cool or tepid, and gradually reduce
expressing the opinion that the causo of the clerk's dis Water Pipe?.—In answer to a number of correspondents, the temperature. The half bath, followed by the pail douche,
missal was a sufficient one, in view of the nature of we would state, that a uew invention has recently been patent would be the next best appliance.
the establishment. ed in New York for a pipe, which is described as follows :
Well.—This accords with our notions exactly. We oxide, "This pi|te. unlike cast iron and lead, imparts neither color, Atrophy.—J. B. H., Ijmaville, would do well to make a
would no sooner endure tobacco smoking in our estab evenly nor tasie, being formed of stronglv-riveted sheet iron, and
lined on the inside with hydraulic cement. While in persevering use of the rubbing wet sheet and half bath. Foil
lishment than any other filthy, vile, or unhealthy nui- same—thus offorming
the process laying, it has a thick covering externally of the
nature's own conduit of *tone. The iron, directions in detail cannot be given in these answers to specific
being thoroughly enclosed on both rides with cement, precludes questions. For those he most consult with a hydropathic prac
the possibility of rnit or decay, and render* the pipe truly inde titioner. He will find much instruction applicable to his case in
Temperance at the World's Fair.— Ilcr Majes structible. The prices are less than those of iron or lead." Hydropathy for the People, and the Water Cure Manual.
ty's Commissioners have invited bids for tho privilege weIfshall the proprietors of this pipe will furnish us with diagrams,
be glad to publish the same in this Journal, by which Epileptic" Fits.—H. II., Conneact, Ohio.—Your son's
of selling refreshments in certain prescribed parts of
the building devoted to this exhibition. One of the onr readers may jodge for themselves of ils superiority. At case seems to be a discouraging one, but as his constitutional
conditions is, that " no wines, spirits, beer, or intox present, onr convictions are in favor ofthis newly-invented pipe- integrity still holds good, there is a fair chance for his recovery
icating drinks can be sold or admitted by tho con P. S —Since the above was in type, the engraved illustration, if he conld be taken to an establishment. For home treatment
tractor." with a description, has been handed us. See page 74. the rub-sheet and shallow bath, with a very plain diet, are tbe
Right,—it is quito time tho English people should leading measures.
begin to restrain inteniporanoe. Fever and Aui'e.—F. G. S., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.—
" Dumb ague," and ''chill fever," are merely disguised forms Chilblains:.—L. T., Olkdn, N. Y.—Rnb the feet with
of intermittent fever. In nearly all oase* of protracted lever cold wet cloths, and wear the wei bandages covered with a
tW Melancthon was reproached by some one with and ague, there is more or less enlargement, congestion, orother dry cloth whenever the parts are painful. Prohabty the in
changing
plied hisyou
: ■' Do views uponsir,athat
think, certain subjeot.
I have lie re functional derangement of the liver or spleen, generally of both.
been studying tense itching is from bad blood, therefore you would do well to
assiduously for thirty years without having learned The radical cure demands a persevering use of the robbing wet attend strictly to diet.
anything 1" " He that never changos his opinions sheet, half bath, occasional packs, and a rigidly plain, ancon-
never correct his errors."—Daniel \V ebster. centratfrf, and rather abstemious diet. Some case* are cured in Cbphalaoia.—S. J. 0., Rochester, N. Y.—Yon think
[This little doso should be administered to our Allo amonths. few weeks ; but the worst cases require treatment for several
This u scourge of the West" would cease to trouble
tho lady who is subject to three-week attacks of headache
pathic doctors, who still persist in trying to cure folks the Western people much, ifthey would all adopt hydropathic needs " tonics ;*'—a mistake. She needs curatives. No
by bleeding, poisoning, or physicking to death.] doubt she has a bad liver, and requires coarse, opening food,
ideas of living. occasional packings, frequent rub sheets, and daily sitz baths.
 THE
Scrofulous Fistulas.—P. L. B., of Chatham Centre,
wants to know if these are curable by water-treatment, without
a surgical operation ? Generally they are. In some few cases
the structure may become so changed aa to require cutting or
cauterization.
H. B., Hancock Co., III.—We shall be glad to receive
yonr communications. Tell as about your people, climate,
water. The present condition and prospects of reforms in yonr
vicinity. We look with hope in the direction of the mighty
and glorious Wist.
"The Staff or Life" will appear nnder the appropriate
head of ** Food and Diet," in our neat number. The new
method of bread- making therein given cannot fail to inteieat
everybody.
D. A. H.—We have placed your communication on file. It
will appear soon. Thanks for your efficient labors in promoting
the good cause.
S. O.—Yes. If you send additional subscribers at any time
during the year, yon will get them at club prices.
M. A. S.—We shall publish your "Last Resort" as soon
as we can make room for it.
R. J. F.—The works of A. J. D. cannot go by mail. They
may be sent by express.
T. E. L», Philadelphia.—Yours of the 3d iost. is received.
We hope to make use of it at a future time. Our pages are
crowded at present.
A Report on Butter and Cheese, by S. G., will ap
pear in due time. It will not spoil by keeping.
B. B. B.—"The Doctor Says So," is on file. It will
C- ' Ark Developments in Water Cure Progress
ive 1" You shall have a "hearing" as soon as possible.
''Two New Subscribers" shall be accommodated in
our next.
The Proceedings of the Woman's Riqhts Conven
tion, held in Worcester, Mass., October, 1850. Price 25
cents. To be had of Fowlers & Wells, New York.
A large octavo of Dearly one hundred pages, printed in (be
be»t manner, under the supervision of Mrs. Paulina W.
Davis, President of the Convention. We take the following
from the Aeio York Tribune, which will be regarded as good
authority on this question :
" We heartily commend this handsome pamphlet to the con
sideration of readers anil thinkers who are not afraid of being a
year or two in advance of the popular notions, and who de not
think a prayer in behalf of five hundred millions of human
beings for rights, opiwtunities, development, is fully answerjd
by a slur or a sneer. The noble letter* written tu the Conven
tion by many excellent, if not eminent, men and women ; the
Resolves, Committees, List of Members, a capital Address on
Medical Education, by Miss Harriet K. Hunt, &c, &c, are all
given. The pamphlet is printed in Boston, and we pr?sume
may be had of Fowlers & Wells, 131 Nassau st , as we regularly
look there for any good thing which we do not know precisely
where to find."
Popular Anatomy and Physiology, adapted to the use of
Students and General Readers. By T. 8. Lambert. With
wood cots and Lithographic descriptive Illustrations. New
York : Leavitt & Co.
Such a title may attract attention, bnt the person who as
sumes the authorship of the work un<ler notice it quite incom
petent to impart reliable information on these important sub
jects. His selections from others are, in the main, very good;
but much of his own composition is mere twattle.
Should the yonng man turn his attention to some other occu
pation, be woold doubtless succeed better; or, if he should
stndy another term, he might be able to proJuce a more sensi
ble book. We regret that the gentlemanly publishers have in
vested their money in printing such useless trash.
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reprinted by Leonard Scott & Co., of Nr* Y. Terms, $3 pocket of almost every traveler."—Shield, Snow Hill, Md.
a year. ** It is put up in suitable form for the pocket, and may be
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the Intellectual ; Drains, Hirers, and Water Supply ; " It should be in the every f
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 This establishment is situated near the village of South Orange, Emi County, New Jersey, Terms, and $|0 jn winter, and $|0, $||, mid $13 in *n miner, payable always weekly.
five milt** from Newark, mi.! fourteen miles from the City of New York, on the line of the Morris Consultation fee, $5. Persons occupying the whole of a double room, or requiring extra at-
mi I Essex Railway, by which passengers are landed at the depot of the establishment, a few lendance will be charged accordingly. Hoard of private servant", per week.
ruinates walk from the door. Paiienta must provide themselves with four ooarva. thick linen wheel", two thick blankets, two
All the requisites for such ao establishment are here fonnd, viz : pure mountain spring water, thick comforteri, and six towels ; or when unavoidable llie same may be hired of the Institution
beantifnl and retired walk* through the wood* and upon the mountains for several miles in extent, for M per week.
and shielded from the wind* in .winter and the nun iu summer ; springs of soft water along Persons coming to the establishment from New York, leave the foot ofCortlaodl street at 8
the various paths, and picturesque iceDery. o'clock, A. M., and 3 12 o'clock, I*. M., in winter, and -1 P. M , in summer. The lime occupied
From miny points in the walks where the prospect is not intercepted by wood*, an extensive in reaching South Orange from New York, is about one hour. Visitors can come from, and return
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and West Woomfield, North and South Orange, Newark, Belleville, E'izsbethtown, the waters Da. Josera A. WcnitR, late of Philadelphia, ■- the physician of the Institution. He is a
of New York harbor and Newark bay, Platen Island, it* village*, etc. gni.uate of the Medical College of Freybure, in Daden, Germany ; has visited the Grafenberg
The establishment is admirably adapted for the water cure practice in winter, (which for many Institution, conducted by the celebrated Prieesnita ; many of the water-cure establishments of
diseases is the most favorable period of the year,) being sheltered on the East and North West by Europe ; and has hail twelve years experience in Hydropathy. Letters opon professional business
prominent mountains ; fitted jup in a very superior manner and provided with abundant supplies should be addressed to Dr. WeJer ; all others to the Superintendent, directed lo South Orange,
of cold and hot water. Ladies need not leave their rooms for treatment, as private bath* are Eseex county, New Jersey.
attached to mail of them.

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THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL THE STUDENT. THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL
FOR 1851 : DEVOTED TO A FAMILY' MISCELLANY AND .SCHOOL READER. FOR 1851 : DEVOTED TO
SCIENCE LITERATURE, AND N. 3. CalfUns, Eoitor. PHYSIOLOGY, HYDROPATHY, ANDTHE
orNIRAL IKTILLIOIHCI. LiWI OF L I r It .
To know ourselves is a matter of the first importance, and Tilts work is published monthly, containing Tni*TV*TWO
there is no means of obtaining such knowledge so well as by large octavo pages, and intended to supply rs.MU.IKI and Tiik Water O rk Journal is published monthly, illus
the aid of dt'iiooLa with valuab'e reading, combining interest with in trated with engravings, exhibiting the Structure, Anatomy, and
FHRENOLOG-Y, SuTUCtiou. It is in every respect a FAMILY. Papkr, and is the Physiology of the Human Body, with familiar instructions to
Which forms the leading feature of the Journal. PhISIOLO- only worli of the kiml published that is adapted to all the learner* It is emphatically a JnrR*AL or IIkvlth, adapted
uy, and Homk BOOC atio.v, will make it invaluable as a guide KBMBESS or A KAMILY. to ull classes, and is deigned to be a complete FAMILY
to mothers in the training of children. It is devoted to the Physical, Moral, and Intellectual Im GUIDE in all cases, and in all disease*.
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this Journal a friend and foster father. History. Will be fully unfolded, and so explained that all may apply it
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FOWLERS <fc WELLS, PUBLISHERS, said; and as you furnish your publications at what few of us are ready to bear the criticism which
131 Nassau street, New York. •seems like "half price," wc infer you are used to singularity brings, unless shielded from its sting
working for " half pay ;" though it is to be hoped by a sense of duty. Few, save those who study
Contents. that it comes in a more substantial, useable form and listen reverently to the voice of physical law,
Women's DreMel, than the above. as the voice of God, will have the moral courage
Spasmodic Asthma, . To denounce a present system is usually vastly
Familiar Correspondence, Reviews, to dress in accordance with its commands.
The Ear sad its Diseases, Bolwer and Forbes on W. T., easier than to recommend a better; so it is much The increase of comfort, the diminution of sick
Physiology of Audition, MlSCKLLANY, .... easier for me to point out what is palpably wrong ness which a better style of dress promises, will
Practice in Water-Cure, . Water-Cure in Missouri,
Cats 81.—Hooping Cough, . An Old Doctor's Testimony, . in the present mode of dress, than to describe what induce but few women to brave the world's
39.—Measles, All was June, etc., . would be perfectly right. scorn, unless convinced of the sinfulness of their
23.—Inflammation Liver, Glen Haven Water-Cure,
" The Doctor says so. Enlargement of the Tonsils, . Having bestowed little thought on the subject present custom, and their moral obligation to in
Childbirth—a Contrast, . Gossip from Boston, of dress, save as a matter of health, convenience, vent and adopt a better.
Bronchitis, .... The Ox in the Grain, .
Water is good Ibr some things, The Progress of Hydropathy, and economy of time, the writer feels inadequate I have written thus much on this point, because
Leaves from & Note-Book, Wanted, .... to dwell on it in reference to elegance. Though conviction of this can alone form the true basis
Constipation—Sore Throat, Water-Cure in Mississippi, .
Fresh Air, . . ' . Wster-Cure in Utah, a point well worthy of attention, a busy life re for a reformation; and because when the few sug
Portable Bathing Apparatus, . Hydropathic Anniversary, plete with other cares and duties more pressing or gestions as to change in dress which are to follow
Cold Water v. Snake Venom, . The good Time Coming,
Cold Water for Scalds and Burns, more congenial to her taste, has kept this quite are read, one will say how queer a body would
April Topics, .... Caution, out of mind. We have an innate love of the beau look in such a rig ; another how ungenteel, and a
Stealing our Thunder Fruit Culture, ...
Water Ointment, . Water-Curc Establishments, tiful, the tasteful; and for the gratification and third, why I had .rather be sick than suffer the
Water-Cure Lectures, . cultivation of this love, earth furnishes multiplied mortification of being so grossly singular. All re
Varieties, . 100
Tho New Law, . 100 resources. But we should always strive to wed garding it a truism that a woman " may as well be
An Elevating Dinner, . Mock Auctions, . 100 beauty to utility; when this cannot be done, if the out of the world as out of the fashion."
Meat Biscuit, Btbcul -Notices, former can survive the lack of so needful a "help First, then, let bodice waists and their extensors
An Allopathic Aphorism, To Correspondents,
The Pepsin Business, . Book Notices,. meet" let her "lead a single life," never strive to be among the thing3 that were. Never admit
Typhus Fever, . unite her to that which is hurtful to the physical, genteel company, fashionable gatherings, or church
mental, or moral being. Now as to dress, most going as a plea for recalling them from the oblivion
WOMEN'S DRESSES- women, (and many men too, only we won't mention to which they should be consigned. L«t the 256
BY MBS. a. B. OI.EASON. it), have had no mind of their own as to what is bones in the human frame suffice, without borrow
Oh, my Nora's gown for mo, beautiful in dress, but have taken the dictates of ing any from the dwellers in the mighty deep ;
That floats as wild as mountain bree«a, " Dame Fashion" as the true guide. With all due use no splints to make your form fit your dress ;
To sink or .well, u hea' deference to one who has been so long in author but make your dress to fit your form, unless un
Is the Feb. No. of your Journal, some of the ity, I must say she rules, if not with a "rod of fortunately it is already distorted; if so, leave
inconveniences and unhealthful tendencies of our iron," with splints, pads, and bands, to the great plenty of room to invite the depressed, compress
present style of dress were portrayed, with the discomfort of her subjects; leading directly to ed members to resume their rightful position.
intention of leaving it to the ingenuity of those imbecility of body and brain. While we "study Great changes may be made in the shape and size
who saw the evils, and seeing wished to shun, for those things which make for peace" we should of the body, even after it has arrived at what is
to individually invent a better mode. also look for "those whereby one may edify termed maturity, by active, muscular exercise,
But as some of the readers of that article have another." To rebel is better than to yield certain when clad in apparel which offers no restraint.
politely asked for some more specific directions rights. There is a point beyond which forbear Many ladies at our Cure have been induced to
how to remedy existing faults, the writer begs ance is no longer a virtue. We have long since wear only loose dresses for many weeks, and they
leave to reply by the same medium through passed that point, as respects allegiance to the have been greatly surprised at the change in their
which the suggestions were made which gave rise empress in question. Thousands have died, and forms. Shoulders thrown back, making the chest
to the queries, and thus save repetition by pen thousands more have been made infirm for life broader ; flouting ribs thrown out, abdomen more
and tongue. You know we Yankees love "amaz under her senseless and arbitrary reign. rotund, <fec.
ingly to economize." No doubt you find many, First among " woman's rights" is her right to By loose dresses, not those so m»«named, with
who, in like manner, wish to further their own in dress in accordance to the dictates of health, the tight backs and lining in front, laced closely, hav
terest or ease under the mantle of contributors to state of her purse, her employment, Ac. To do ing long points and whalebones, the outside only
the Journal. "To own the truth, pays half," it is this, we must in many respects bo singular, and being loose, giving the semblance of ease without
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the substance, but some form of suck or double
gown, which is a loose dress in truth, outside and
in. Persons who have worn these for a time,
taking much active exercise meanwhile, find that
dresses which they once wore with comfort, as
they thought, now give them great discomfort-
Hie truth is, women have been so long bound,
that they are quite unconscious of the fetters they
wear in the shape of apparel ; yea, even think
them needful to hold themselves together. Hence
many say I can't sit up straight without a tight
dress, feel all gone at the stomaeh, it seems as
though I should fall all to pieces, Ac.
The reason for this is, they have depended on
foreign support till they have lost the ability to
support themselves. The muscles about the chest
have been so long out of use, that they have lost
their wonted power, which will be gradually re
gained, by being brought into activity.
Strength in any direction is not gotten by
waitingfor, but by working for. If tight dresses
were needed to keep the form upright, why are
not the aborigines of this country crooked as rain
bows? On the contrary, when we wish a compari
son for the erect, we say "straight as on Indian."
Infinite wisdom has not left our powers so incom
plete as "worldly wisdom" seems to indicate.
Another sad fault in woman's clothing, is its lack
of adaptation in make, and material, to the varied
seasons of the year. To be sure we have " mulls,"
"lawns," and the like, "by wholesale," for sum
mer ; and in winter such a display of fur, that one
might well imagine all the animals of the cold re
gions were minus their skins; and precious little
comfort do they bring the wearer, in comparison
to what they might.
Every lady's wardrobe is supplied with "thin
dresses" of a material thin enough, 'tis true ; but to
the waist is a thick lining well tilled with whale
bones and cotton, and made so snug as to shut out
all air save what passes through the pores of the
cloth. The arms, that part of the body which can
best bear the burden of excessive clothing, is all
that is left free and cool, being clad in a thin
sleeve, and perchance that a short one.
Beneath the thin flowing skirt are a load of
thick ones, often oppressive, both because of their
excessive weight, and the heat induced. It may
seem untimely to denounce these, as thev are
now "off the stage," but so fickle are Fashion's
edicts, that no knowing but they may be recalled
ere this "shall go to press."
During warm weather sonic form of sack dress,
or a similar style, should be worn, which will allow
a free circulation of air between the clothing and
skin, thus making the wearer comfortable for the
time being, rendering the cutaneous circulation
free, the skin healthful, so that it will endure
changes of temperature with les3 liability to a
chill, and require much les.s clothing to secure
warmth in winter. Those who will pass a sum
mer thus clad, will be delighted to find how snug
and warm they feel when cold weather returns, in
a dress with a close waist, without their accustom
ed flannel wrapper. The "short sack," "Jenny
Lind," " pardessus," or whatever one is pleased to
call that sort of jacket, were really quite a blessing
which many seemed not to know how to enjoy ;
wearing them in summer over a tight waist
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as a mutter of ornament, when they would have while the former, if not needed, are decidedly in
been one of great comfort if worn with a skirt jurious.
only. Many wear twice, and even thrice, as much
These sack dresses, of whatever shape, which all clothing on some parts of the body as health
agree are so becoming for a morning gown, are allows, or comfort requires. By being over-clad
now unqenteel indeed when one is "dressed tip," in summer, the skin is enfeebled, and made over
as it is called. But I see no other way than that sensitive to cold ; and so the amount must be
those of us who look for comfort and health, must increased as winter approaches, and when heavily
wear them still, unless our own ingenuity can in laden with warm clothing, like the fabled Harry
vent something more tasteful, and equally com Gill, their " teeth do chatter, chatter still."
fortable ; if so, then adopt it. Forest City Cure, Ithaca, X. Y.
In cold weather, a close waist for some persons,
and on some occasions, is better ; but then it should
be so loose that the wearer can inflate the lungs to FAMILIAR CORRESPONDENCE ON
the utmost, without any feeling of resistance from USEFUL SUBJECTS.
it. Those made like what is ordinarily called a (letter I.)
loose dress, only minus the padding, point, and Glen Haven Water-Cure, Feb. 1, 1851.
splints, secured by strings or a licit, is a convenient Gentlemen—The letter, a copy of which I
form. Having an aversion to being unnecessarilly send you for publication, 1 have received from a
singular, and no objection to being in the fashion, young lady—one of the noblest minds naturally
provided that fashion chance to be a good one, which it has been my good fortune to meet. She
mv rule has been to conform to present customs has powers, by means of which she could take high
in dress when there were no pecuniary or physi rank in any walk of life; and she says she has—
ological objections for so doing. notwithstanding her terrible warping from the
In winter women are clad in cloaks, shawls, path—a mind to try. With your permission, I
merinoes, and furs; but so arranged that while propose to address to her according to her request
the chest is oppressed with heat, the inferior ex a series of letters, which shall be, after the mea
tremities are chilled, being encased in only one sure of my ability, amusing and instructive. I
thickness of thin cotton, and on the feet thin hose am, with great respect, gentlemen, yonr ob't
and "paper shoes." Thus there is too much blood serv't James 0. Jackson, M. D.
in the chest, too little in the lower limbs. What
wonder then that we have coughs, colds, conges Linnet's Nest, Dec, 1850.
tion, and consumption, when the equibrilliitm in To James C. Jackson, M. I).
the circulation is destroyed, as the quack said; Dear Slit—By the bonds of an old friendship I
proper distribution of the vital fluid being indis ' demand pardon for writing you. Years have
pensable to the healthful action of all our bodily passed since we met—you have grown into mature
organs. j manhood. I have been by Time, the old gray-
Fur about the neck may be of value when one j beard, forced to cross the rubicon which separates
is to be long abroad in very cold weather ; but if child from womanhood, and so no longer cau be
kept on during morning calls, at the evening lec '■ counted as of the tribe who are pantnletted and
ture, or in the church, when the thermometer i wear their hair like the Misses Kenwigs in Nicho-
stands at eighty degrees or upward, it is to be < las Nickleby.
feared they do more harm than good. I I am a woman grown, without womanly dis-
Many on short exposure have fingers well nigh • cipline; I lack thorough manliness; in a woman,
frozen, though "their hands arc up to their el ■ 'tis her richest jewel. I have it yet to win. I
bows in fur." Now the muff has no power to im j must win it or die. The swellings of a true wo
part warmth ; all it can do is to retain the heat manhood rise up in me at times, like the swellings
generated by the body in contact with the surface. i of Jordan under the gaze of the Israelites.
Air being a bad conductor of heat, those substances, As you know, I am not an only daughter. Our
such as furs,wool, and the like, which retain much family numbers enough to make the circle eom-
in their meshes, are warm, as it is said ; that is, pre ; plete. Our household gods—Penates—as they
vent the heat of the body from escaping. ; seat themselves on our hearthstone, smile at the
Mow the kid gloves have much to do in making ; unbrokenness of our circle.
the- cold fingers. They are so thin that but a min I am the eldest child of my parents. And the
imum of air is held in their pores, so close that a i world calls me a beauty. Perhaps I am in the eyes
sufficient strata of air is not allowed between i of others. Certainly I am not in my own eyes.
them and the hand, and often so tight as to impede ' Beauty with me can never be disassociated from
the circulation, thus lessening the amount of heat j the spirit—character hus to do with it—and as,
generated in that part Good a protection as are < yet I have no character. My condition is ahnor-
furs, a woolen mitten or worsted glove will make : mat. It is, so far as it has shape, ill shapen. I
the hand more comfortable than it can be in a > am desirous to give it proportion. To do it I
muff, if it is first squeezed into kid-skin more need help. And I come to you.
tightly than its own cuticle. My father is a dear man. He has philoprogeni-
Another hurtful practice is that of using fur > tiveness large, and so loves his cliildrcn, though
for " fashion's sake," when the state of the weather ■ he never was the man to praise one of us for a
does not absolutely require it We often see ; deed done, a temptation overcome, a virtue clung
muffs carried and fur capes worn, when a fan and \ to, a noble aspiration cherished and gratified.
parasol would be better for the health. The lat : Strange philosophy! the remnant of Puritanism,
ter, at least could be only useless appendages, [ which teaches that having done the best one can,
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one no less deserves - ; and that to cherish \ glory, look over my card-rack and find whether I I doubt it. Lank, lantern-jawed, staggering Pov
with lively attention a child who may, in a given Iain to give or receive calls. Whichever way it erty, twin-sister to Famine, has not much of the
instance, have triumphantly conquered an ill is, I am thrown into company with which I am not Divine in her I know. On the other hand, Riches
habit, a seductive influence, is to waken up in his in affinity, and which adds to the general hypoc that spread luxury in its most enervating forms
little heart the Old Adam, and so endanger his risy that marks my social intercourse. At S in the laps of its votaries, that palsy their energies
chances of the Kingdom of Heaven. . o'clock, eat again—like the majority of people, I by the superabundance of gifts bestowed, that
My father has always petted me. How I dislike j live to eat instead of eating to live, and I eat, like induce idleness by removing all motive for effort,
it. It is the meanest kind of slavery. He lias j all young ladies, without chewing. At 6 o'clock, and thriftlessness by non-necessity for economy,
done it from two causes. 1st, to gratify his longing J Mr. , whom I do not like, calls to take me to that stimulate the propensity by constant excite
—2d, to make me happy. He has failed, as all do ! Judge B—'s for an evening party. I go, meet the ment, and whet up the passions to undue gratifi
who have human pets. For pets always wear ! ton, put myself to the top 6f my bent—"cut a cation—these also are little allied to the Divine.
collars, and humans were not made for collars. ; wide swath," talk, laugh, dissipate, set half the young Most certainly Poverty furnishes the strongest
Pet lap dogs always are badged, pet lambs liave men crazy, make the balance act like fools; despise momentum to labor, and this truth may be seen
cropped ears, pet birds have cages, pet horses now ', the whole of them and myself also, and at 12 m., illustrated in the history of very many of the great
and then get the lash, and petted children are ; reach home, jaded out, sleepy, peevish, sick. I men in our country.
spoiled. They grow up awry, ill-shaperi ; they | undress as quickly as possible, and literally tumble Take some cases as enforcing this view.
have too much muscle in one place, too little in into bed,"to know nothing till the next morning, In no country and among no people do persons
another; they become eccentric and so are some j and not much then. accumulate great fortunes out of mere labor and
times called geniuses. On waking, my eyes are full of rheum, mouth skill—unaccompanied by capital —as in the free
My father has money, and < is full of cotton, and my cars as full of buzzing as States of this Union. Yet such accumulations
" Mooey, you know, j though a swarm of bees were tenants in common generally stay in the families of their founders not
Makes the mare go ;" J with my brains. beyond the second generation. The reason is ob
and so I have never known what it is to want. ! My room] O ye gods! On waking, what a vious. There is no law of entail," nor of primo
'What money can procure lies about me in abun ! sight ! Bonnet here, shawl there, dress yonder. geniture, and the children of such men are seldom
dance. Shoes in one place, stockings in another, garters in reared to habits of business. Their relation to
Joe and Bill, Dinah and Peggy, come at my bid a third.* Confusion reigns. Gradually I come the fortunes thus erected, are those of expendtrs ;
ding and go at my beck. I am waited on till no to myself, and perceive how beautifully I enact the they consume—whilst they gather nothing. " They
thing is left me to do. I have never known what Christian—how lovely young womanhood sits on reap where they have not sowed, and gather where
freedom is. When a child, I could never go out my brow. Such, dear Doctor, is life. How I they have not strewed."
alone, lest I should fall into a well—Dinah must hate it ! I'd rather All men, who from poverty rise to wealth, dis
go with me. The cow and calf yard—if I started " be a cabbage and grow in a garden like their original condition. They despise it, and
after it, father would cry " deary ! you must not tban such woman." generally all who can remind them of it.
go to the barn yard alone—you may get kicked," My list of bodily pains—Hear I hear I Pain in the They come to love Riches per se. Wealth be
or "the sheep will bunt you over," or "the old head from temple to temple. Pain in the nape of comes their Alpha and Omega. Their counting-
gander will bite you ;" and so onward and upward the neck, pain in the chin, pain on the top of the houses, their offices, places of business, are their
till I am a woman grown. world—their empire. Their tripod is their throne ;
head, pain hard—at times severe—between the their pen their weapon of war. Here they thrive,
My mother has all along made slight resistance
to this partial course, but in the general has swum shoulders, paiu also under the right shoulder- and breathe, and have their being. Home and its
with the current, so that the result of this mal in the smallin ofthetheleftback—extending
blade, and side near the heart. Pain
downward
comforts, society and its benefits, public associa
administration of parental authority and watch- and tions and the intellectual pleasure derivable there
care is twofold. forward. Pain on the inside of the limbs—dys from, all dwindle to nought before Wall street and
1st. My parents evidently think me incapable pepsia—cold feet—very cold hands, intermittent the funds. They may beget children, but they
of great effort—in which I know them to be mis pulse, ravenous appetite, constipation, and at stated hardly know them. They cannot be troubled with
taken. periods hard headache, so that I am unfit for walk their education. If they furnish the money, their
2d. Such life has made me hollow, false, and mis ing, it making me dizzy to do so. duty is done.
anthropic. Am I worth saving? If so, can water do me The natural consequence is, that tho parent
Let me give you the history of a day in my life— good 1 I am ambitious—want to make the most toils, the children are inert The father acquires,
with small abatement it shall stand for all. of myself—have had fine advantages, and am con the children disburse. The man of dollars and
I rise at 74 a. m., at 8 I eat, 84 help mother scious of fine powers—1 have a love for the study cents grows prematurely gray mid his hoarded
clean off the table, for a pastime. At 9 go to the of medicine amounting well nigh to a passion. By heap, and the man of pleasure grows old surround
sitting room, draw up a rocking chair, take the the way, I wish you would address me a series of ed by bill* that are to be paid. Occasionally a
last new novel, and placing my feet on the fire- letters through the Journal, beginning at the rudi son will apply himself and keep up the honor of
fender, I proceed to dive into the depths of human ments. I am ignorant, I will sit at your feet and ! the house; but generally the son spends his fath
fiction—I applaud the hero, curse his plotters, learn. There are thousands like myself—dying ; er's money. Our successful business men are, in al
pour out all my sympathies on those who suffer, from dissipation, for want of something better to most all departments of business, boys from the
and grow excited with the writer if he does not do. Come! here are two. motives to write me. ! country.
make the denouiment a brilliant one. One—for sake of " Anld lang Syne," friendship— ! Twenty-nine years the 17th of April last, there
I know you may blame me for not reading other the other—you can do me and others good. were seven boys at play on a little green, in an
and better books. But do you not recollect what I am, my dear Doctor, inland village in the f?tate of New York. They
Sidney Smith in his posthumous lectures sayB of yours truly. were all the children of poor parents. Not one
the force and power of habit. Rich as is my Ivy Gazelle. i of them but wore "patched breeches," and some ef
father, and many as there are of us, he has not, LETTER TO IVY OAZELLK, BY J. C. JACKSON, M. D. them had jackets that were buttonless. Two of
aside from our schoolbooks, a library that will Philosophers have speculated from time imme- them had drunken fathers. All had good, noble
amount to fifty dollars. So that now at full grown ! morial, whether Riches or Poverty were the mothers. A thunder storm arose. They fled
womanhood I have all my substantial reading to 5 greater curse. Usually, Poverty is decided to be. from the dropping rain to a horse-shed. After the
do, and my life's habits to break. Pardon this di shower, which was very violent, they came forth
gression. Twelve o'clock ! and dinner is ready. with trousers up to their knees, and went into the
•And yet I would hare you know that my order is large, street gully to build dams to stop the muddy wa
I eat again. and that naturally, generally, and habitually, 1 am neat, and
At 1 o'clock, I dress. At 2, come down in my keep things in their proper places. ter which flowed down the street. They gave no
GQ*
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signs of promise at that day beyond their oontem- j or associations. Even marriage must not do this ; j Then, with uplifted eye, as if you would like
raries. Stop I They did. They gave evidence . for it has for one of its special objects the creation ; God's wing to overshadow you, commence your
of energy of character,—they exhibited force of | of new individuality, and so of course may not : labor of redemption. You will rife. There is not
will,—they showed a resoluteness to do. Crude :. destroy that which already exists. gravitating force in the Universe sufficient to keep
manifestations of power, these 1 Perhaps: but . No greater burlesque was ever played, having you down. You come within the attraction of
better than none, and equal to the sphere in which j reference to that institution, than that which moral gravitation, whose force is upward ; and
at that time they moved. J priests and magistrates daily enact by attempts to < vour light shall rise out of obscurity, and your in
Not one of these boys, with the exception of the j: make of two persons one, by one absorbing the fluence shall be known and felt.
writer of this article, that has failed to make his ■;'. other. Glen Haven Water-Cure, Feb. 1, 1850.
mark on the people with whom he dwells, or to ; This rule holds good in childhood. As far as a ;
leave his healthful impress on the age in which i child has an identity—takes naturally to itself a | THE EAR AND ITS DISEASES.
he lives. Four of them are prominent merchants i personality—the parents, friends, neighbors, and i BY R. T. TRALL. M. D.
at tlus day in the city of New York—the fifth, a ! associates should religiously recognize it. Neither
man of high standing in New Orleans—the sixth, ; father nor mother should sponge up the individu
a lawyer of eminence in Milwaukie ; and the sev ality of a child. To do it is common, I know, yet :
enth is a Water-cure doctor, who is writing to Ivy j it is none the less monstrous. To do so is called
Gazelle. < Christian, parental watch-care, yet it is' none the j
From that little village of 1200 inhabitants there j less devilish. A soul's salvation should depend on
have gone forth within my remembrance twenty- j itself. Helps may be offered where impossibilities
six merchants, four lawyers, eight physicians, three ! arise, but they should be helps, not substitutes, for
ministers', nineteen mechanics—all of them poor i effort
children with but poor advantages of early edu Without egotism on your part, or flattery on
cation. Not one of them has failed to do well in j mine, let it be admitted that with good health you
character or business, whilst the children of the can and therefore ought to take care of yourself.
rich men of that same village, with one notable You are no suekling, to be dandled in the lap of
exception, have dwindled into emptiness. So far motherly affection, and have your cheek tickled.
as that village is concerned, poverty was its bless You are no weakling, lacking common sense, and
ing—she has developed its children, she brought therefore needing special provision in your father's
forth their genius, she clothed them with the will. You are a woman, with good talents you >
strength and the will to struggle. say, with great talents, I say ; and all you need is < The auditory apparatus is divided anatomically,
development in the right direction. Let your j into the external ear, tympanum or middle ear, and
41 Dear lowly bowers of innocence and ease, father's property take care of itself— "Let the J labyrinth or internal ear.
Seatl of my yonth, when every sport could please. The External Ear.—The external ear consists
How often have I loitered o'er thy green, dead bury the dead. "Go you and work.
Where hnmble happiness endeared each icene." Work for some bread, be it ever so slotrhj 1 j of a funnel-shaped cartilaginous plate, called pinna,
Cherish some flower, he it ever so lowly, ' which collects the vibrations of air, and the meatus,
Now, what is true of my native village is true Labor, for labor is nojtle and holy, \ or tube, which conveys them to the tympanum.
of your native village, is true as a great fact every And let yonr great deeds be yonr prayer to yonr God. ', The Pinna is marked by several folds and kol-
where. The circle of the rich is kept whole by The gospel of work is the gospel for you. ! lows upon its surface ; a rim called helix; within
recruits from the ranks of the poor. Hitherto, yours has been the gospel of laziness and | it a curved ridge; the antihelix, which divides
Do you inquire what has this train of remark to frivolity. Life has been to you a series of follies, above and encloses a space called scaphoidfotta ;
do with your case? I reply, much! The curse a round of senseless dissipations. Till you get the pointed process over the opening of the ear is
that has hung over you from childhood is wealth. back health, you can pursue no severe intellectual
Had you been of poor parentage, compelled to labor. You want work in the open air—milking
eat your bread in the halls of strangers, to earn cows, weeding garden, working in a Water-Cure,
every calico gown which you wore by hard labor, rambling on hill and dale botanizing, collecting
with your talents, your genius, j our force of will, mineralogical, conehological, entomological speci
and your originally good physical organization, mens. Go
there is no telling to what height of manly culture
you might at this day have arrived. You would " Where joy. heart's ease and comfort* grow,
(Jo scorn proud tower*,
not have complained of daily dying from inanity. And seek them in blessed bowers
You would have not in your own person so well Where winds perhaps yonr woods may sometimes shake,
illustrated the life of a woman of fashion in Yan- Rat blustering enre could never tempest make,
brugh's "Provoked Wife." You would have been Nor mnrmura ne'er come nigh you
Saving of fountains that glide by yon."
alive with earnestness; you would have been a
woman of heart and thought, a noble leader in And when life begins to glow more exhilarat-
the work of elevation to your sex. Riches are iugly and hopefully, then some way will be opened
not the heir-loom by Divine allotment for such as for you. For the hour that needed a soul to meet
you. They arc for the feeble in mind and decrepid it never yet came and the soul absent. The spirit
in body. Work is your sphere. For want of it, that throbs and throes for a birth into a higher
you are perishing by seZ/'-consumption. Your sphere of life, will find that God always sends it a
restless, unappeasable spirit is eating up your good deliverance.
body. To be good for anything, you should be The true principle of development is «e(/"-govern-
put to "hard labor." ment. To govern yourself you must have re
Whoever in the arrangements of life has power source, you must work. I do not mean drudgery,
to hew a way, should not have that way hewn. but occupation, employment; not pastime, but se
The Divine economy is, that under all social ar rious business. If necessary, you must turn your
rangements the individualism of the race is to be back on home, its luxuries, its associations, and In figure 1 ia wen a general representation of all parti of tha
preserved. Identity is to be maintained, kept enervating influences, as sources of weakness and torioj ear. J. Thn tobe leading, to the internal ear—meatus andi-
extern ns 2. Dram of the ear, or tympanum. 3, 4, 5.
prominent, thrown into bold relief, and for no not of strength to you. Mature yonr plans, and Bon™ of the ear. 7. Vetititiule. S, 9, 10. Semilunar canali.
II, 12. Channel! of the cochlea. 13. Auditory nerve. 14.
cmsideration submerged in parties, sects, classes, j let them centre in yourself as the source of vitality.
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called tragus ; a tubercle opposite, antitragus ; the Bones of the Ear.—The proper bones of the The Cochlea, (snail-shell-like) forming the anteri
dependent portion is the lobulus; ft space between ear—ossicula auditus— are contained in the tym or part of the labyrinth, is a tapering osseous canal,
the helix and antihelix is called fotsa innominata ; panum. The malleus (hammer-like) consists of a one inch and a half in length ; it makes two turns
the large central space to which all the channels head, neck, and handle, called manubrium, which and a halfspirally around a central axis, called the
converge is the coneha,aa& this opens into the is connected with the membrana tympani, by its modiolus, which is a porous plate of bone, perfo
meatus. whole length. The incus in named from its resem rated by numerous filaments of the cochlear nerve.
The pinna has a number of small muscles, the blance—rather imaginary—to an anvil ; it has a ! The canal of the cochlea is partially divided into
names of which are helicis major, helicis minor, flattened body, which is articulated with the head two passages (scala) by a thin porous plate of
tragicus, anti-tragicus, and transversalis auriculte; of the malleus, and two processes. The stapes bone called lamina spiralis, w'hich terminates at
they are merely rudimentary, and the analogues of (stirrup-shaped) is connected by its head with a the apex with a hook-shaped process called liamu-
some of the lower animals which arc large and ac process of the incus, os orbieulare. These little lus ; this is covered by the cupola. The two scala;
tive. bones arc articulated with each other, and held in communicate over the hamulus by an opening
The meatus auditorius is about an inch in their places by various ligaments ; and they move called helicotrema. Near the termination of the
length, extending inwards and a little forwards upon themselves by four muscles, called tensor tym seala tympani is the small opening of the cochlear
from the concha to the tympanum, and narrower in pani, laxator tympani, laxator tympani minor, aqueduct The internal surface of the osseous
the middle than at either extremity. In the sub and stapedius. labyrinth is lined by a fibro-serous membrane,
stance of its lining membrane are ceruminous Openings ok the Tymfanum.—There are ten fora which exteriorly serves as a periosteum, and in
glands, which secrete the ear-wax. Short, stiff mina or openings of the tympanum, five large and ternally as a mucous membrane, secreting a limpid
hairs are stretched across its interior to prevent five small. The large are the meatus auditorius, or fluid called aqua labyrinth*.
the ingress of dust and insects. external opening; the fenestra ovalis, communi
The pinna is plentifully supplied with arteries cating between the vestibuli and cochlea; the
from the anterior auricular branch of the tempo tnastoid cells, which communicate by a large irreg
ral, and the posterior auricular branch from the ular opening with the upper and back circumfer
carotid. Its nerves arc branches derived from ence of tlic tympanum; and the Eustachian tube,
the anterior auricular branch of the fifth pair, a communicating canal between the tympanum
with branches from the facial nerve, and from the and throat. The small openings are, two for the
cervical plexus. entrance and exit of the chorda tympani ; one sit
The Tympanum.—The middle ear is an irregu uated in a fissure called Glasseri, for the laxator
lar bony cavity, within the hard or petrous portion tympani ; one immediately above the opening of
of the temporal bone, bounded externally by the the Eustachian tube, for the tensor tympani, and
membrana tympani, and filled with air, which en one for the stapedius at the apex of the conical Fig. 3.—The Cochlea.
ters by the Eustachian tube. j body called the pyramid. Above the fenestra
; ovalis is a rounded ridge formed by a projection of Fig. 3 is the cochlea divided1. parallel with2.its[nfundihulum.
axis through
the centre of the modiolus. Modiolus.
j the aqueduct of Fallopius ; and beneath it is the 3, 3. Cochlea nerve. 4, 4. Scala tympani of the fir*t turn of
promontory, formed by a projection of the first the cochlear. 5, 5. Heals vestibuli of the first turn ; theseptnm
between 4 and 5 is the lamina spirali*. 8. Loops formed by
, turn of the cochlea, the surface of which presents the filaments or' the cochlear nerve on the lamina spiralis. 9, 9.
Seala tympani of the second turn of the cochlea. 10. 10. Sca
three grooves for lodging the tympanic branches of la vestibuli of the second turn. II. Half turn of the scala ves
tibuli; the dome over it is the cupola. 14. Helicotrema ; a bris
' Jacobson's nerve. tle is passed through it, in front of which is the hamulua
The arteries of the tympanum are derived from
! the internal maxillary, internal carotid, and poste- The Membranous labyrinth is in form a perfect
t rior auricular. Its nerties are branches from the counterpart of the vestibule and semicircular ca
< facial, chorda tympani, tympanitic branches of Ja nals, but smaller in size. In structure it is com
posed of four layers, an external or serous, a ii<m-
cobson's, and a filament from the otic ganglion.
The Internal Ear—The term labyrinth is ap-
\ plied to the internal ear, on account of the complex-
: ity of its communications. It consists of a bony
and a membranous portion. The osseous laby-
; rinth presents a series of cavities channelled
: through the substance of the petrous bone, and
' is situated between the cavity of the tympanum
and the meatus auditorius internus. It is divided
Fio. 2.—Diagram of the Ear. into vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea.
Figure 2 if a diagram exhibiting the principal divisions and The Vestibule is a small three-cornered cavity
parts of the par. p Pinna, t. Tympanum I. Labyrinth. I.
Upper part of the helix. 2, Antihelix. 3. Tragus 4. Anti- within the inner wall of the tympanum ; its cor
trngus 5. Lobulus. 6. Conch*. 7. Upper part of the ners are called eornua, or ventricles. The semicir
fossa innominata. 8. The meatns. 9. Membrana tympa
ni, divided by the section 1U. The three small bones or the
ear, malleus, inens, and stapes, crossing the area of the tympa cular canals open into it by five orifices behind,
num ; the foot of the stapes blocks the fenestra ovalis upon and the cochlea by a single one in front. The. fe
the inner wall of the tympanum. 11. The promontory. 12. nestra ovalis is on its outer wall, and on its inner
Fenestra rotunda ; the data opening above the hones leads into Fig. 4.—The Labyrinth.
the ransloid cells. 13. Eustachian tubs ; the little canal upon are several small holes, a cluster of which is called
this tube contains the tentor tympani muscle in its passage Fig. 4. The labyrinth of the left ear laid oiieu, to exhibit its
to the drum. 14 Vestibule. 15. Semi circular canals. macula cribrosa, for the entrance of a portion of cavities and the membranous labyrinth. I. Cavity of the vesti
16. The ampnllss upon the canals. 17. Cochlea. 19 A
depression between the convexities of the two tu bull which the auditory nerve. The seala vestibuli is the ter bule. 2. Ampulla of the inferior semicircular canal, with iu
contained membranous canal. 5. Ampulla of the inferior canal .
communicate with the tympanum and vestibule ; one is the mination of the vestibular canal of the cochlea ; the 6. Termination of th:i membranous canal of the horizontal se
scala tympani, terminating at 12; the other is the seala vestibuli. micircular canal in the sacculns communis. 7. Ampulla of the
aqueductus vestibuli is the commencement of the middle semicircular canal 8. The same canal with its mem.
The membrana tympani is a thin semi-trans- small canal which opens under the osseous scale braoouscanal. 9. Common canal. 10. Membranous eommoa
parent membrane placed obliquely across the upon the posterior surface of the petrous bone. canal. 1 1. Otocon ite of the sacculus communis 12. Saccu-
lus proprius : its otoconite is seen through its membranous parl-
meatus, concave externally and convex towards The Semicircular canals are three bony chan etes. 13. First turn of the cochlea. 14. Extremity of the scala
the tympanum. It is composed of an external epi nels communicating with the vestibule, into which tympani corresponding with the fenestra rotunda. 15. I,atnina
spiralis. 18. Half tnrn of the cochlea 19. Lamina spiralis,
dermal, a middle vascular, and an internal mu they open by both extremities, each extremity be terminating in its falciform extremity. The dark space included
within tue falciform curve of the extremity of the lamina spi
cous coat. ing expanded like a flask, and called ampulla. ralis is the helicotrema* 20. Tho infnndibulum.
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cular, a nervous, and an internal or serous. Its the external air and that enclosed in the tympa school. Even Water-Cure physicians, and those
cavity is filled with a limpid fluid, and contains num, by which undue tension of the membrana of no mean celebrity, have been content to sup
two small calcareous masses called otoconites ; and tympani is prevented. port the strength of the patient with cold baths
it consists of a small sac, sacculus communis, of The uses of the different parts of the labyrinth and bandages, to regulate the diet, and let the dis
three semicircular membranous canals, and a small are not well understood. It is supposed that the ease run its course.
round sac, sacculus proprius. semicircular canals regulate the perception of the And that course may last from one to six
The auditory nerve divides in the meatus audi- direction of sounds ; while the cochlea determines months ; and the child may endure the most fright
torius internus, into a vestibular and a cochlear the pitch of the notes. Thefluid contained in the ful sufferings. Long fits of spasmodic coughing
branch. The vestibular nerve divides into three membranous portion of the labyrinth, and the ear- follow each other, the child turns purple in the
branches, which are distributed to its various stones, otoconites, which float in it, doubtless in face, the blood gushes from the nose and mouth,
parts; in the substance of the sacculi and ampulla; crease the impression on the sentient nerves by and in some cases death ends the agonizing scene.
the nervous filaments radiate in nil directions, being thrown into vibratory motions, while this We have changed all this. We have found that
anastomosing with each other and forming inter part of the labyrinth itself affords a more extended the Water-Cure not only strengthens the patient,
lacements and loops, finally terminating upon the surface for the expansion of the auditory nerve. and palliates the symptoms, but that it cuts short
inner surface of the membrane in minute papilla', (Concluded in tlie next number.) the disease As the treatment of children has
resembling those of the retina. The auditory | naturally fallen chiefly to my wife, to her belongs
nerve divides into numerous filaments, which ■ the honor of this important discovery, which is
enter foramina in the base of the cochlea, and are PRACTICE IN WATER-CURE. destined to be such a blessing to children and
distributed to the tissue of the lamina spiralis. BY T. L. NICHOLS, M. D. < parents throughout the world.
The arteries of the labyrinth are divided mainly Cases have been accumulating in my note book, j Case after case of hooping cough has been cured
from the auditory branch of the superior cerebel and the more frequent and important they are, j raider her care in from ten days to a fortnight,
lar artery. the less time I get to write them out for the Jour j The last one is that of our own child, who was
nal. Besides, there seems less need now than > exposed to the disease and attacked by it, when
rilYSTOLOGT OF AUDITION. formerly, since so many others are vigorously at | not quite three months old. At my request, Mrs.
No part of the human organization exhibits a work in this field of medical reform. I shall | Nichols has written out the following particular
greater complexity of structure than the hearing therefore select such as seem to me of the most account of this case, which every mother, I think,
apparatus. Nor will it excite wonder that it is practical use—such as will best teach the distant i will find instructive.
so, when we consider how extensively human converts to hydropathy how to avail themselves • "When my babe was about nine weeks old, she
beings are related to the external world and to of the Water-Cure, and to exemplify their faith by \ began to cough a little, especially in the night
each other, in their duties, their interests, and their works. As we often had children at our house with hoop-
pleasures, by this function. The external ear is Every mother will yet be the physician of her > ing cough, I feared she had taken it, though her
fashioned into various elevations, depressions, and family. Every maiden aunt will be a Sister of cough was slight. I said, why should she have a
curvatures, peculiarly fitted to catch the sonorous Charity, dispensing the blessings of the Water- i cough at all? Still I hoped it was not hooping
waves from all directions. The external meatus Cure among the poor. Every venerable grand i cough, as I had never had a case in so young a
conveys them, strengthened by reflection from the mother will be a comfort to her children's child | child, and I was fearful that I could not cure her
walls of the canal, and modified by the resonance ren, and they shall rise up and call her blessed. ; as I had others.
of the mass it encloses, to the membrana tympani. 0 women, who have become missionaries in j " We had noticed the cough about two weeks,
This membrane is not essential to sound, for its this good cause, who are preaching this gospel of when, on a Saturdny, she coughed worse, and be-
perforation or destruction is not followed by a health, who are trying to purify the world from i came very feverish, and through the day needed
loss of the sense ; but it serves to modify the so its evils, you know not the good you are doing 1 much care. At half-past one that night she hooped
norous vibrations which are to be communicated A sphere of glorious usefulness is opened to vou. violently when coughing. I will here remark
to the chain of bones, in such a manner as to be You can no longer say there is nothing for you to < that during the first month of her life she was
thrown into reciprocal vibration ; though it can do. Here is a whole world, lying in ignorance bathed in water 70" Fah. ; the next month 65° ;
not reciprocate any sound lower than its own and filth and disease, to be enlightened, washed and I had been bathing on the next month in
fundamental note. clean, and healed. Here is the home missionary water 00°. As soon as the hoop declared itself,
The chain ofbones, moved by their muscles, con field in which you can labor unceasingly, and your and the fever came on, I dipped her in the plunge
ducts the vibrations across the tympanum to the reward is with you. What a luxury of delight bath every morning, the natural temperature of
internal ear. The tensor tympani, in the function must belong to those who have been instrumental ! the water.
of hearing, performs an office analogous to that of in the spread of truths so important, and the "Sunday, I plunged her' in the morning; at
the iris in seeing. Its contraction draws down progress of so glorious a reform I j midday she had a full wet sheet pack for two
the handle of the malleus, rendering the membrana j It has been thought, that it was woman's mis < hours, but did not get as warm as I wished. I
tympani tense. When very tense it cannot recip- ! sion to redeem the world. The beginning of J rubbed her warm, and she was bathed again be-
cate low sounds, and by very loud sounds it may ' that redemption must be a return to nature, to i fore going to bed, and rubbed much.
be excited to reflection, in which state the mem purity, and to health. Blessed are the pure, in j "That night, at about half-past one, she began
brane is too tense to reciprocate them. Its natural > person, in heart, and in life. Filth, and disease, ! again to cough and hoop, and the cough continu-
condition is rather lax, the state in which it can ! and suffering are of ignorance and sin : purity, and ; ed by spells for an hour, as on the night before.
reciprocate the greatest variety of sounds. The health, and happiness, are of holiness. Every ! "The next day's treatment was the same, and
tensor tympani muscle contracts more powerfully movement of a healthy man, every happy thought, ! the time of coughing at night a little later, and a
as the sound is louder, as the iris does upon the ; every joyful emotion, is to the praise and glory of little less severe. The fourth night the paroxysm
application of the stimulus of light. God. We honor the Creator when wc obey his was at 4 o'clock in the morning,- and somewhat
The typanum isolates the chain of bones, and laws ; we sin against him when we violate them less severe. The paroxysms continued to occur at
allows free motion to the membrane at each of its in the smallest degree. about 4 o'clock in the morning, but grew leas se
extremities, while its contained air reverberates j But my space is limited, and I must proceed to vere till the ninth morning, when she ceased to
the sound, which is still further strengthened and an account of such cases in my practice as I think hoop. During the day, all this time, the cough
modified by reflection from the neighboring walls, may be most useful. was very light In two weeks she was well over
cells, spaces, and cavities, particularly by the re- ! the cough. During the two weeks that she had
flection from the membrane of the fenestra ovalis j CASE 21. HOOPIXO COUGH. the cough, and hooped, she did not gain or lose
and fenestra rotunda. The Eustachian tube serves This disease, often so distressing in infancy, has | in flesh. She always remained in the pack two
principally to maintain an equilibrium between been thought incurable by the doctors of every | hours, unless she grew feverish and short of breath,
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and then I took her out, and bathed her if she had the opposite extreme, and declared that he was leeches to the side, followed them by a blister and
only been in an hour ; this occurred twice. Her saved. a brisk cathartic ; and I hen having got the system
appetite was small, but she did not appear as rest So it finally proved ; but there was a long and into a weak and irritated state, he would have
less as during two first weeks. severe Btruggle. After the first application, I was given James' powders, Dover's powders, morphine,
" All the water used about her was cold. obliged to attend the child, and I saw him every saline draughts, and then tonics and stimulants.
" After her cough ceased, she appeared at times a few hours, at first, day and night The oppression It was a good case to last three weeks, and to leave
little feverish ; and I put a wet bandage on her at of the lungs, and his consequent distress, were the patient very weak for a long time ofterwords.
each accession of fever, and it was always subdued terrible, but there was never a single application I was sent for one morning. 1 ordered a whole
very soon. Her health is now excellent. of water that did not bring relief. It Beemed to wet sheet pack to be spread, and a wet compress
"The cure of hooping cough, measles, and the mother like magic. "Doctor," she said, ''this of four thicknesses to cover the region affected.
other diseases which are exanthematous, has occu child is better every time you look at it ;" and After a pack of a little less than an hour, a fresh
pied much of my thought and practice. I consider such was probably the fact, for I never looked at compress was applied. In the afternoon the pack
hooping cough as strictly an eruptive disease, it without making some application of water, and was repeated.
which is usually confined to the inner surface or I have never felt, in any case, more exquisitely the At night I foimd the patient nearly free from
mucous membrane of the lungs. luxury of doing good, nor appreciated more fully pain, her pulse natural, and learned that she liad
" In cases where I could give several wet sheet the beauty of a system, which, whether it can cure Blept five hours. Next morning, I found that
packs in a day, I have rapidly thrown off the dis or not, never fails to give relief, and which always another pack had relieved the pain and fever as
ease by eruptions on the surface and by perspira aff jrds it without the le: st injury. they arose, and that she felt almost well.
tion and transpiration, without eruption. I have I need not give the details of the daily treatment It was not necessary for me to make another
cured the worst hooping cough I ever saw in one in this case, which lasted fifteen days, before the visit I had made three—the case had lasted
week, by thorough packing. child wTis thoroughly cured. twenty-four hours, and was so nearly cured that it
"I wish Water-Cure physicians and others to The treatment was constant, and nothing less no longer required my attention. This is Water-
take note of such facts as this, and cure the disease could have saved him. A few hours' neglect, or Cure in acute diseases.
instead of just supporting the patient's strength by unfaithfulness, would have been fatal. The wet
baths, and letting it run its course, or chilling the sheet packs, of from one to two hours' duration,
skin by short wet packs and bandages and making were repeated every few hours. "THE DOCTOR SAYS SO."
the cough worse. When taken out of the pack, washed, and rub- j BT A MEDICAL STUDENT.
" If physicians will not learn the best mode of | bed, a fresh bandage was put around the cheat, S There lived, a few years ago, in the town of
practice, the people will. This is as it should be. i and this was renewed as often as it became dry, or ; M , an honest and extremely credulous pair,
The mother should be the physician of her family. '■ whenever the irritation, cough, and oppression of ; who never doubted, for a moment, the truth of any
This day of grace, in which the prevention and j the lungs were increased. The child was constant- \ assertion made by Squire B , or Doctor F ,
cure of disease is woman's mission, and her best < ly wrapped in blankets, which were changed nnd > however unreasonable it might appear to those
right, has dawned, and its meridian is approach- I aired every few hours. The head was cooled by i in the habit of doing their oicn thinking.
ing." \ wet cloths, and the feet warmed by hot flannels, I They were the pircnts of t o sui iving chil
CASE 22. MEASLES. ; bottles of hot water, Ac. It had water to drink, j dren—a daughter thirteen years of age, and a son
One Sunday afternoon, a few weeks ago, an in \ which it took greedily, every few minutes, and ' about eleven. The son was taken ill, and as a
fluential gentleman of this city, who has long I after three or'four drys, was allowed to hire, once > matter of course, Dr. F. was immediately employ
known us, called and requested Mrs. Nichols to go j in three hours, a small quantity of its nurse's milk j ed, to administer to the wants of the Buffering boy.
with him a short distance and see a child, six \ in the water, and, when still better, to take the , He entered the sick room, and nfter examining the
months old, who was dying of measles. The phy i breast. "patient," proceeded to prescribe as follows:
sician had given it up that morning ; the friends j Its recovery was regular, and as rapid as seemed i " He must take—here, Jane," (the daughter en
were standing around, waiting for it to die ; and | possible with such a condition of disease ; and all j tering the room) " I must give you this prescrip
there was no longer a gleam of hope, except what : who saw the child in its extremity, consider its s tion too—your mother may forget it ;—take of
this gentleman, a friend of the family, felt in the • cure a miracle—but we have many such miracles j this mixture two teaspoonfuls once an hour, for
miraculous possibilities of the water-cure. in Water-Cure. j three hours, and then take a sufficient dose of the
When Mrs. Nichols saw the babe, it was lying in salts and senna to work it off pretty thoroughly."
a hot, close room, with a dozen people standing j CASE 23.—INFLAMMATION OF TUE LIVER, ifcc. ) The Doctor being in considerable haste, and 4
about it, just as the Allopathic doctor had left it i It is seldom that we are called to a case of acute having other patients to attend, left—expecting to
A blister covered a large portion of the chest, but i disease until it has been treated mischievously by call the next morning. Meanwhile the medicine
did not conceal the bites of the leeches that had | allopathy, or inertly by homoeopathy. It is our j was taken by the son—and daughter too ! thougli
preceded its application. The oppression of the ! fortune at present, to have cases both of acute and ) not without a considerable degree of reluctance on
lungs threatened momentary suffocation, and it j chronic disease, which have been treated by other \ the part of the daughter, who " couldn't see what
was apparently so nearly gone, that a gentleman \ methods, and where the Water-Cure is resorted to use there was in her taking 'Doctor stuff' when
present took the father aside and protested against aa a forlorn hope. she wasn't sick." The father returning home, and
any application of the water-cure, as an experi But this is not always the case. There are ! finding both his children "under n edic n ," isk d
ment utterly hopeless. people who make Water-Cure their first instead of if the daughter was ill too. " Why," replied the
But while there is life there is hope, especially their last resort, and the number of these is daily mother, " 1 didn't know but Jane w .is as well as
in children ; and though it was apparent to every increasing. common, but the Doctor said ' she nust t.ike it ioo,"
body that this child had not many hours, perhaps A lady in Hudson street, taking cold with and I thought he must know best." " Well," re
not many minutes, to live, it was resolved to make some imprudence or exposure, was attacked with joined the father, " if the Doctor said ' she must
the effort to save him. The windows were opened, J inflammation of tha liver and right kidney, ac take it, ' that's enough ; but it seems to me like
the room cooled and aired, and he was packed in companied with great pain, a high fever, and bil- rather queer work."
a wet sheet It did not seem possible that he iary and urinary derangements. The Doctor " called" the next morning, and im
could ever come out of it alive. But the instant Here was a case allopathy would have revelled in, mediately manifested his surprise on finding Jane
effect of the sheet was to allay the irritation of the and homoeopathy left to the vis medicatrix naturae, " under the weather" too 1 " Why," replied the
lungs; as the skin began to act, the eruption, with an infinitessimal once a week, and a daily ex Doctor, "I didn't mean to have Jane take the
which had disappeared, came to the Burface, the hibition of charming placebos. An allopathic doc- medicine. I only wished her to remembtr the
breathing became easier, and the change was so ! tor of the ordinary stamp would liave taken a pint prescription." The Docto-, how ever, commended
rapid and decided, that the most faithless went to ] or two of blood from the arm, would have applied them for adhering so strenuously to what they
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had supposed to be his orders, and thought that
the medicine she had tuken might be the means of
preventing a future fit of sickness. His prophecy
■was verified ; for, although it stole for a few days
the rosy tint of health from her cheek, yet it ulti
mately gave her such an inveterate prejudice
against " drugs," that however indisposed the
might fed, she could not be induced, even by her
friends, to swallow anything in the shape of medi
cine. She resolved to think and act for herself:
and though nearly a score of years has passed since
this (un)lucky event, she still carries out her noble
resolution, and, as a natural consequence, continues
to enjoy the best of health. Now a large portion
of the human family are in a condition of mind
similar to the parents above alluded to, so accus
tomed are they to employing the Squire Bs., L.
G. Ds., and M. l)s., to do up their thinking, that
they seldom find it necessary or convenient to em
ploy their own intellectual powers ; and several
years of close observation lias taught us that the
M. Ds, receive a greater amount of confidence and
respect, (at least in proportion to their real useful
ness,) than any other class or profession of men.
IIow long shall our blind reverence continue to
heap honor xipon a profession whose influence lias
swept into a premature grave more victims than
famine, sword, and pestilence combined? Some
may think this strong language, but let them see
what / have seen, and suffer what my friends
have suffered.
CHILDBIRTH-A CONTRAST.
BY MBS. o. c. w.
On the 11th of December, 1847, I was confined
with my first-born. An allopathic physician was
called, and I was put under the " regular" treat
ment, and, as a necessary consequence, all the
" regular" results followed. A broken breast, sore
nipples, O horror 1 and the like, kept me confined
to my bed nearly two months ; and it was not un
til about the middle of the following summer that
I attained my former health and strength.
On the 17th of May, 1800, I was again confined.
I had previously practised daily bathing, and also :
made free use of the wet bandage. Towards the ',
close of the period, 1 took occasional sitz baths, j
My diet I aimed to regulate uccording to hydro- ;
pathic, that is nuturul principles. At my confine- !
ment, I was attended by intelligent females of the ;
Water-Cure order. Of doetoi-s wc had no need. >
At the commencement of labor, I took a sitz; bath, ■
and an enema of cold water ; these soothed me «
into n quiet sleep, and seemed to prepare me for !
my coming trials. After the birth of the child, I ;
was allowed to remain about an hour ; I was then
bathed in cool water, and linen towels wet in cold
water were applied to the abdomen. The next
morning (the 18th) I was again bathed, and I arose I
from my bed, walked to a chair, and sat up while '
I ate my breakfast, which consisted of Graham \
bread, a glass of cold wafer, and a few Btewed
peaches. In the afternoon I again arose, and par
took of similar refreshments.
19th. Took sitz baths, and sat up three or four
hours during the day.
20th. I went into the kitchen, pantry, <tc., and
helped myself to whatever I chose.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
21st. Walked out into the door-yard and garden eil to remove every vestige of Bronchitis.—Four
to inhale the fresh air. or five weeks ago, I had a very severe attack of
Tims I continued improving, and in a few days Acute Pleurisy, which I removed by applying the
was enjoying my usual health again, meanwhile wet sheet three times, at intervals of six to eight
continuing, as ever, daily ablutions and simple diet, hours. I remained in the sheet from one to one
I had read many, of what appeared to me re- and a half hours at a time.
lnarkahle eases of child-birth under the Water
treatment. I did not doubt the truth of them, yet
I could not, in view of my former confinement, WATER IS GOOD FOR SOME THINGS,
really believe that I should be quite so speedily HI T .NOT EVERYTHING.
raised up after such a period. Facts like these— A SKETCH. BY E. A. KITTREDGE, M. I).
though common to the renders of the Waker-Cube How often we hear the above remark ; and from
Journal, are, nevertheless, rather novel—in this none more frequently than from physicians. How
vicinity, and my practice in hydropathy, which do they know it is not "good for everything ?''
has been variously temicd rashness, presumption, they haven't tried it, half of them, in hardly any
and folly, furnished, for some time, a general topic , case, and often when they do try it, they try it
for conversation among the neighboring pro-allo with a determination not to have it succeed, or
pathies. Well, let them talk, we can. we need when it is altogether too late to have it success
not care, when the world is therein- to be benefited. ful.
Fairfield, N. Y. This is not merely unfair and unkind, but it is
unmanly baseness, though ninny, to my certain
knowledge, have done this who call themselves
gentlemen, and even Christians. But they needn't
HOME TREATMENT IN BRONCHITIS. flatter themselves that the knowing ones are de
BY M. HATTER. ceived, they are too keen witted to be hood
Nearly two years ago I took a very bad cold, winked by such shallow practices.
which I attempted to " wear off," as the saying is. Oh, it is too bad, that men of intelligence, learn-
ig. and nil that makes life useful or pleasant,—
But, instead of wearing away, it daily increased
its ravages upon my vitals, till I was forced to call men in whom a confiding people put so much
to my aiil that panacea* which "has saved an trust, and on whom such n weight of responsibility
nually thousands and tens of thousands of suffering lies, should be given over to believe a He ; for a
humanity from premature graves." After having greater lie never existed, than the stupendous one
used six bottles of this medicine without any per palmed upon the people these thousand veal's, that
ceptible relief, I began to think its talismanie drugs are necessary iu the cure of diseases! or
power must have left it. So I tried "Wistar's what is worse, that they should for the sake of
Balsam of Wild Cherry;" but it failed to produce paltry gold, or reluctance to give up a favorite
the anticipated effect. By this time I had con theory—to own they have been in error, <fcc—
tracted a cough that was quite alarming ; and my continue to support a practice so prolific of misery
general health was so much debilitated, that I and destructive of life.
thought it best to quit my experiments with pa Such men cannot but know, if they study and
tent medicine, and place myself under the care of experiment with the Water-Curc, that it is all its
a doctor. When I came to the Dr., he told me I most ardent admirers declare it to be ; and if they
had the bronchitis, and accordingly gave me a do not do this, they are recreant to the cause of
" pack" of medicine, with the necessary prescrip humanity, and are unworthy of the trust reposed
tions. After having submitted for some time, in them.
(without any relief,) to this scientific experimenter, The drug law affects the whole community ; no
I was obliged to leave him and try another;—so I one is safe ; bond and free, old and young, male
kept on till I had tried three regular physicians. find female,—all, all are in daily jeopardy of being
But all their experimenting proved ineffectual poisoned either purposclv or by mistake!
Finally, I quit taking medicine, and concluded to I.et us then, brethren, increase our efforts to do
try that paradoxical system, (the Water-Cure,) as uway this barbarous relic of the dark ages ; we
my hist resort. Here I labored under quite a dif have been tolerant long enough ; our supinencss is
ficulty, from the fact that I had no works on the beginning to be a reproach. "The blood of our
Water-Cure, and, as n matter of consequence, must brethren erics to us from the ground," and wo are
have had a very circumscribed knowledge of the unworthy of the "new dispensation " given unto
efficacy of cold water, except what I had from us, if we do not avenge them. Not by destroying
them, but by depriving them of their power to do
" hearsay."
However, in the coui'se of human events, I got . evil under the pretext of educing good ; to stop
the Water-Cure Manual. From this I soon gleaned their wholsale violation of all law, for drug doc
enough to commence my home treatment. I first tors violate not only the laws of health and being
applied wet bandages to my throat, (with dry and morality, most of them, but even statutory
flannel over them,) as often as two or three times law—viz, by "getting money under false pre
a day, and on going to bed at night. I also got tences!"
a wet jacket which I wore at night. By these ap- ' Some mny think this harsh language ; but is it
pliances, and doily bathing, and moderate exercise not true—all real hydropaths know that it is.
in the open air, together with a "Graham" diet, But the "truth should not be spoken at all
and the blessings of a kind Providence, I succeed- | times," says the milk-and-water " Christian ;" in
rep'y to this, I will only siy that this is "one
• S. P. Towniend'i Saraparilla. of the times" that it should be spoken—the welfare
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of millions living, and millions yet unborn, em- i all the phenomena of life and death, as the great sheet packing and dripping sheet of 72 degrees
phatieally demands the outspeaking of such truths, poet makes the wise man see one minute. Sitz-baths of 72 degrees aid in this
and a determination to enforce them. It cannot | " Sermons in stones, state to secure our object.
be denied that we have borne with the taunts j Rooks in the Tanning brooks, After we have secured good circulation, the
and sneers and reproaches of our brethren, and And good in everything." second indication is fulfilled by inducing more vi
Waited patiently for them to "come in;" and now j But I began to set forth the praises of water. gorous reaction ; the plunge instead of the sheet
when we find them still working secretly against What can I say more of it than that it is the cradle is then to bs used, and if there is no contra-indi-
us, we are justified in speaking severely, if speak and swaddling garments of our mother earth, in
which she lies and is rocked ; more than three- cation the douche facilitates the cure.
ing the truth is speaking thus. It must come to The abdominal compress, steadily employed to
this—"The war is inevitable, and I for one say, fourths of the surface of the globe being occupied
by this graceful, and health-giving, and life-giving keep up derivation to the surface, is in many
let it come." cases of this kind highly beneficial.
element. I kuow not who first invented—(which
meansto find out)—who first invented or made use Miss , of , aged 21 came April 14.
ofthe water-bed for the sick ; but this I know, that Medium size, blue eyes, fair complexion. Was
LEAVES FROM A NOTE-BOOK had we been observant, it might have been discov spare in flesh and round-shouldered. Had been
OP A STUDENT. ered and in use long before ; for this, our " rever engaged in teaching for some years. Throat was
end grannie" rests upon one, not that she is an inva troublesome,—tonsils swelled at times,—cata-
lid but because, I suppose, she finds it " the best" menia too frequent and profuse. Was greatly
1850.—IIow pure the air this morn debilitated. This condition is very apt to occur
after the rain of yesterday ; it is washed clean and when heavy skirts are worn without being sus
purified by the percolation of the water through CONSTIPATION, SORE THROAT, ETC,
it. This is the method of Nature. Ah, it occurs tained by straps or attached to a waist, if the
REPORT OP CASES* person is a large share of the time on her feet,
to me, this is the beautiful method of Nature. BY S. O. GI.EAS0N, M. D.
When the atmosphere becomes filled with impure and if the air of the room be bad by being over
Mr. of , age 34, below medium size, heated, or rendered impure from want of ventila
vapors and humors; with dust and unhealthy countenance pale, eyes light blue, presented his
gases, her custom and practice is to take a "wash- case April '28th for treatment. Possessed a high tion.
down," either by 6hower or douche, and some nervous temperament, had suffered from constipa Had for two or three years previous a slight
times " it pours," which I suppose is the pail tion for eight year?; was actbinet-maker by trade, cough, attended with a dull pain in the left side.
douche. Nny, sometimes she finds it necsesary for Had some congestion of the lower part of the
her patient, old mother Earth, worn out and ex and had worked in a hot room for several years, right lung.
hausted by her unceasing labors and producings, to where the air was impure. Had used rhubarb Three conditions in this case were to be corn-
envelope her in a wet Bheet pack, or to give almost daily for a long time, without relieving batted. First, the tonsils were to be reduced in
her a dripping sheet, when the wet, and lowry the constipated condition of the bowels. Had size and the inflammation subdued. Second,
and dripping weather lasts for several days. I found the most relief from coarse food, as might the catamenia were to bs regulated. Third,
need not pursue the analogy further. It is obvi be expected by all who will study the nature of the congestion of the lung overcome.
ous that water is the grand purifier of nature, constipation thoroughly. First indication was fulfilled by the use of
whether of the earth or the air, as it is the heater Frequent emissions of a large quantity of lim compresses worn around the neck, night and
and restorer, and the vivifier. Water is the sol pid urine took place. This condition very fre day, and by gurgling the throat with cold water
vent by wliich all decaying matter, whether or quently attends such a state of the bowels. three times a day, fifteen or twenty minutes at a
ganic or inorganic, is prepared for new forms and Throat red, and slightly engorged. The whole time. Second, by short cold sitz-baths of five
new assimilation. Water restores and keeps up alimentary tract, together with the stomach and to ten minutes long. Three to five of these were
the equilibrium between the various gases of the oesophagus, often became involved together, mak
globe ; it is a medium of exchange between them, ing a complicated case to treat. taken per day. The fountain douche taken three
even as the waters of the ocean are a highway upon or four times per day, from one to two minutes
Hands were very dry and feverish; were bad at a time, is often a valuable aid.
the earth. Water is the universal vivifier: no ly crackel, and the skin thickened to a great
thing vegetates, no plant germinates, without it. extent, presenting a horn-like appearance and, Third indication was fulfilled by hot fomenta
With it is life and health, and beauty and grace, feel. In this state no perspiration could pass off tions over the congested part, rigorously applied
and all the developments and glory of nature ; through the palms of the hands, and other parts from two to three times per day, and the wet
without it is barrenness and disease, and the oppo must perform an extra task, by way of compen bandage worn over the part all the time. This
site of beauty or grace, and undevelopement and treatment, and packing, followed by the dripping
death. O water, what poet shall worthily 6ing sation. This patient, as might be expected, was subject
sheet for a time, then the plunge, succeeded in
thy virtues and praises ( The ancients, the child restoring the patient to health.
like and simple-hearted, and impressionable, the to great depression of spirits, while the feet were This patient was restored and cured from her
wise old ancients did well to deify thee, whether cold. In such cases the inferior extremities do difficulties. She gained 15 lbs. in flesh, and
ob Oceanus, or in all thy haunts of river and not carry a normal quantity of blood, while the could walk from five to seven miles per day.
spring. And here permit me, Mr. Editor, and brain has too much blood slowly carried through April 25, came M of , aged 27 ; good
reader, to interpolate a query, whether there has it, inducing mental depression by overtasking size, light complexion, blue eyes. While cutting
not been a loss of piety in these more than modern its vessels. wood, he struck his knee on the inside, with the
times, since we have resolved all the operations The indications in such a case are, first, to handle of his axe. Felt a severe shock of the
and manifestationsof nature into a series of natural equalize the circulation by making the blood nervous system from the blow, and was disabled
phenomena. Whether we are not less pious than vessels of the inferior extremities carry their due for a time from business. He partially recovered,
those wise men of old, since we have dispersoni- proportion of the circulating fluid, and to increase but remained weak and feeble. From an acci
fied these phenomena, and made God on abstrac the activity of the skin ; second, to relieve the dent which sprained the joint slightly, it became
tion) It is true God is no less present to us than be congested state of the mucous membrane of the suddenly worse, and very painful. At this time
fore, but it is only by an effort of reflection that stomach and bowels, and of the blood-vessels of his foot began to be inflamed. This in time
we become cognizant of His presence, which we do the brain.
not always make. lie is not palpable to our senses. became subdued, but the strength did not return
The first indication is fulfilled by hot foot-batli9, to the injured knee.
We do not see him, as did the " children of na at first followed by a cold dip, and by the wet
ture," in the rustling of the breeze ; in the sighing Finally, he commenoed a " course" (or curse)
of the wind; the sunshine and the storm, and in »iVoT«.—Cases treated at Glen Haven in the year 1850. of medicines, under a Botanic. Emetics, pills
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and tonics were administered with, doubtless, the ; PHYSIC AND PRETENSION. frankly with their own patients, taking each in- j-)
best of intentions to cure the knee. The medi [Under the above head, a city paper handles dividual case of disease, studying out its cause, I)
cation was so thorough and energetic that he the popular medical system rather roughly. The marking its progress, and the evil influences
fell into spasms while under its influence. Had I general import of the article is strictly true, which accelerate it ? Have they said to A, you
India rubber cloth bound around the knee, and > though we would incline to take a more chari eat too much ; to B, you drink too much ; to C,
cayenne and vinegar applied. Continned this table view of the motives of most of our misled your habits are too sedentary for you to enjoy
treatment, together with various medicines (reme- I and miseducated city doctors. However, if any full health ? Not a bit of it. They are simply
dies ?), till he was extremely emaciated, and his J one feels aggrieved by the statements following, at hand when the man falls sick ; they dose him
leg perished to some extent. he shall have the privilege of replying through with poison ; they patch him up, as you would
The injured leg was one-third less in size than ( our columns.] an old and rickety piece of furniture, and then
the other when he came to the cure. Had fome ■ leave him until he breaks down again. .
pains in the foot and calf of his leg, as well as | The ignorance, the pretension, the insolent And what do they know, when yon put them
in the knee. tyranny, and the bald stupidity of the medical to the test? Just nothing at all. We have had
These pains I regarded as symptoms of " re- men, who have usurped the title of " regulars," an evidence of their knowledge in their inquiries
actions," showing that nature had not given up and awed people by a name, will be ripped up into cholera, and their treatment of it. The
her efforts of a cure, which induced me to make j and exposed by fearless hands, and to a public Academy of Medicine of New York solemnly
a trial in the case. The patient had to use ; just beginning to open its eyes to the system of admitted—not willingly—their ignorance in this
crutches, and had done so for months. Could swindling which has so successfully and for so important particular.
not bear but a trifle of weight upon the foot of . many years been practised. And then, too, as a body, they are opposed to
the injured leg. Limb was cold throughout its en It is a fact which we stand ready to prove, that all progress, either from incapacity to investigate
tire length. Circulation was languid and feeble ! of the thousand or fifteen hundred physicians in and understand, or laziness, or from a fear (most
not only in the lame leg, but throughout his ! New York, not one-fifth of them have any more likely the first and the last) that the world may
entire system. He was so reduced that he could knowledge of chemistry than the higher classes keep progress with them, if they lead the way,
bear only the mildest treatment. Had the most > of boys in our pubic schools. And of those who and sickness and mortality decrease in the ratio
obstinate constipation of any one that I ever had do understand chemistry, and who are privileged of their own advance in medical knowledge.
as a patient. ! to write M. D. after their name, nine-tenths of They stick, with one or two exceptions, to the
The entire tract of the mucous membrane of ' them have either abandoned the praciice of medi rules laid down a thousand years ago. They
the alimentary canal, had in this case been over cine in disgust, or -been driven from it by cliques, were ready to crucify Lady Wortley Montagu ;
stimulated by the highly exciting substances whoso object is to monopolize the practice of the they denounced the man who discovered the cir
which had been taken. The lobelia emetics community. What will our over-dosed and over- culation of the blood a quack ; and though in
were prosecuted with such vigor, as to greatly drugged readers say, when we tell them that the the second case they were obliged to yield at
prostrate the nervous energy 'of the patient. \ large majority of the successful and popular last, successive generations of doctors have
Torpidity followed over-stimulation; hence the j physicians of New York are ignorant of the seemed to act with a vengeful malignity, by let
obstinate constipation in this case. original properties of the drugs they deal out ; ting that blood out of human veins, as fast as
Here are two indications, two states of the j that all that is taught in the schools is a certain possible, with their murder -dealing lancets.
system, to be overcome. First, nervous energy Jj combination, or, to use a plainer word, a certain They have stigmatized every new discovery
to be accumulated. Second, the torpidity of the i| recipe, to be sent to the apothecaries, when cer- quackery, until they have been kicked into a re
digestive and assimilative processes to be over- < tain gymptoms aro apparent in the patient 1 cognition of it ; and then they have impudently
come ; as well as the secretive function of the I why> we wori()er how the ancienta cou)d have turned round and said, "This is no new thing—
intestines to be regulated. | navigaled the seas without the compass ! But we have known it for years."
Treatment for the first indications. Washings ; those niariners were more at home on t,,e track. They owe their success to, and their plan of
in water at 72°, then short sitz of 72°, and even- less ocean than are our phygician9 in a sick operation is based npon, popular ignorance and
tually the pack and plunge. For greater excite- £ room A set of s,ereotyped rules, learned as a popular indifference ; the inability of the people
ment of the system, the douche was ultimately * parrot leamg t0 ,alk) and acted 0„t in the same to enter upon an intelligent investigation of the
used generally and topically, with leg baths of intelligent manner, with a superficial knowledge laws of life, and the tenure by which they pos
a low temperature, and thorough friction. Second of surgery, are the sum and substance of a phy sess free, full, and joyous health, and live to a
indication fulfilled by the wet girdle, regulation sician's education. The medical schools of the good old age ; or their unwillingness so to study
of diet, packing, and long sitz baths. The con United Slates are mere swindling shops, and and investigate. " We are infallible," say they,
stipation overcome by several small injections their graduates either knaves or dupes. It has in the world's estimation. When sick, they
per day to retain. But this did not yield till nil become absolutely necessary for every man who trust their bodies to us with the same blind con
of the other symptoms bad greatly abated, and regards the physical well-being of his race, who fidence that, when we are nearly done with
ho had gained some 10 or 12 lbs. in flesh. dreads the entailment and expansion of organic them, they trust their souls to the priest. Let us
Mucous discharges gave relief. disease, to aid in exposing the titled rascals, who keep up the humbug." And they have kept it
His bowels ultimately became free, and diges have persisted in pouring poison into our sys up for these many centuries ; but the people are
tion and assimilation correct. Nervous energy tems—never telling us how to keep well, but al cutting their eye-teeth, and cutting them fast
was restored, and he could walk without his ways at hand to patch up constitutions gradually too. We are beginning to inquire, not how we
crutch, and left it with us as a memorial of the yielding beneath the pressure of bad habits and shall get well, but how we shall keep well. We
past. He was with us about six months. Had doctors' prescriptions. are beginning to look upon our bodies as a ma
this case been presented previous to medication What have the doctors done to keep men well ? chine made well originally, and intended to work
and such exhaustion of the main organs of the well and harmoniously, though villanously and
Have they united in an effort to establish free
body, in all probability one-fourth of the time public baths ? Have they in a body warned the wickedly tampered with ; and the great study of
would have done more for him than the six intelligent men now is, how to preserve their
months did. Come to cures in season, and thus community against badly ventilated dwellings
health, their physical and mental vigor, or, in
save time and expense. Give us as fair a chance and public places of resort 1 Have they urged other words, how to escape the doctors.
as you do the medicine doctors. upon all, their own patients as well as the com
munity at large, the necessity of active exercise The charm of physio and pretension is gone
Jun. 13, 1851. Forest City Care. i in the open air ? Have they even acted fairly and forever. The infallibility of the faculty is <
 THE
scouted, denied, and derided; and when a thick
headed old M. D. endeavors to sustain the ex
ploded swindle, he is looked upon as a fool, not
fit to be trusted with a single life, or as a knave,
to show to whom a well-filled purse is to expose
him to a temptation which he may not be able to
overcome.
AMERICAN HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTE.
T. L. Nichols, M. D., and Mrs. Mary S. Govk
NicnoLS, will open a Medical School in the city of
New York, on the 15th of September, 1851, for
the instruction of qualified persona of both sexes,
in all the branches of a thorough medical educa
tion, including the principles and practice of Wa-
tcr-Curc, in acute or chronic diseases, surgery and
obstetrics.
The course of instruction will consist of lectures
in every department ; a careful course of reading ;
clinical lectures, and thorough weekly examina
tions. Each term will last three months, during
which time there will be given three and four lec
tures a day, five days a week, Saturdays of each
week being devoted to cliniques and examinations.
Mrs. Gove Nichols will lecture on special sub
jects in physiology, midwifery, and the diseases of
women and children.
Dr. Nichols will lecture on chemistry, anatomy,
physiology, pathology, theory and practice of
medicine, and surgery, not in the usual mode of
dividing them into separate courses, but combin
ing them all, as they exist in nature, in one har
monious system. By this method the whole study
of medicine will be made clear and practical, and
of comparatively easy acquisition.
The instruction at this school will yield to that
of no other, in thoroughness and practical utility.
All the departments of a complete medical educa
tion will be so arranged, systematized, illustrated,
and relieved of useless lumber, as to prevent all
waste of time and needless study ; and the theory
and practice of Water-Cure will be compared and
contrasted with the allopathic and homoeopathic
methods, so as to give the student a knowledge of
each, and enable him to understand their relative
merits.
Ample illustrations of anatomy, normal and
pathological, will be provided in subjects for dis
section, preparations, models in wax and papier
mache, and the best engravings in the world, with
a carefully selected medical library, to which every
student will have access. Students will also have
access to hospitals, anatomical museums, and the
lectures and cliniques of other medical colleges.
At the end of the term each pupil, who, after a
strict examination, shall be found deserving of such
a testimonial, will receive a Diploma.
Every person desiring to be received as a stu
dent of this institution, must make written appli
cation, presenting certificates of good moral char
acter and habits, a fair English education, and an
earnest desire to become a Water-Cure physician.
The fees will be fifty dollars, in advance, cover
ing ail expenses in the institution.
Good board can be obtained for three dollars a
week, or students, by clubbing and living on
Water-Cure principles, may live for much less.
We shall cheerfully assist in either arrangement
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
One hundred dollars will more than cover all ex
penses
Friends of the Water-Cure 1—There are now
wanting, in the United States, more than a thou
sand thoroughly qualified Water-Cure physicians,
of both sexes. The demand for them is unceasing,
urgent, and constantly increasing. And this de
mand there has been, thus far, no means of sup
plying, except upon a very limited scale. Provi
dence seems to have devolved upon us this part of
the great work of progress, and we shrink not
from the labor or the responsibility. There are
hundreds of young men and women, anxious to
engage in this work, if they only had the requisite
knowledge. Some have the necessary pecuniary
means—some lack them, but where they are in
other respects qualified, the friends of Water-
Cure must see that they arc not wanting in these.
With an Institution to found and establish, we
canuot at first receive charity students. It is bet
ter that all such should be sustained by those who
know them, who have confidence in their abilities,
and who expect to have the benefit of the knowl
edge they may acquire.
Iu every city, town, or village, where it is de
sirable to have a Water-Cure physician, let the
friends of the cause confer together—let them se
lect from among them some man or woman fitted
for this sacred function, and encourage and assist
them, if necessary, to prepare for this work. We
shall be obliged by receiving all applications at as
early a date as convenient, that we may form some
opinion of the probable number of students, and
make the necessary arrangements for their accomo
dation. T. L. Nichols, M D.
M. S. Gove Nichols.
New York, April, 1851.
PORTABLE BATHING APPARATUS
BY C. W. D.
During a somewhat extensive journey last
season, I daily experienced the inconvenience of
not possessing any apparatus fully adapted to
bathing, either in the sleeping apartments of the
hotels, or in the state-rooms of the steamers ; and
as I have just obtained an idea from an article
published in " Tait's Edinburgh Magazine," I
propose to lay it before your readers, that they,
as well as myself, may enjoy the benefits of the
invention.
The Magazine says :—" A very good portable
article may be made by having a wooden travel
ing-box, lined with thin sheet zinc. It may be
of deal, or elm, and painted on the outside. The
lid may be arranged to slip on and off, like the
rudder of a boat, on eyes and pentils, or on com
mon sliding hinges ; and there may be a movable
tray, three or four inches deep, to be lined also
with zinc, which serves for holding the imme
diate dressing apparatus, and all that need be
taken out for a 6ingle night's use. This tray,
together with the lid, laid side by side on the
floor, makes a fair enough sponging bath ; and
if the box is placed between them, and half filled
with water, a most luxurious bathing apparatus
is at once established."
With us, this box might be made of any wood,
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as of pine or mahogany, and painted on the out
side, or, as is common for traveling-boxes, covered
with leather. The lining, as well as the tray,
may be of tin, well soldered together, and
painted. A substitute costing but a mere trifle,
may be made, by simply fitting a tray of tin to any
traveling trunk or valise already in use, and
when such a convenience for a sponge bath is at
hand, no one but those who have never enjoyed
the luxury of cleanliness and daily ablutions,
would retire at night, or dress in the morning
without its use.
Many, who have not the convenience for a
sponge bath for the entire surface, get accus
tomed to a coating of dirt upon nearly the whole
body, and apparently care as little for it, as the
palate of the inveterate chewer does for the nau
seating quid, but after the habit of cleanliness is
once established, and the means for its continu
ance placed always at command, no refined human
being will delight in a coating of animal exhala
tions mixed with dirt. A good, large sponge,
is very necessary, and a bag of India rubber or
oiled silk will be found very convenient to carry
it in.
Brookfield^ Vermont. '
COLD WATER »• RATTLE-SNAKE VENOM-
BY J. E J.
Mrs. R , of Narrow Prairie, Wiscon
sin, was bitten in the summer of 1849 by a large
rattle-snake. The part bitten soon began to swell
and turn yellow, accompanied by much pain.
The swelling increased to such an extent, that it
seemed the tension of the skin must necessarily
give way. All the medical aid the country
afforded was procured, and the usual remedies
assiduously applied, but to little or no effect.
She continued in the most agonizing pain for
about four days, a time probably longer than she
could have lived without medical aid. But the
skill of the physician was apparently of no avail,
and the patient was given up as lost. But it
chanced that a Samaritan passed that way. He
applied cold water, first by enveloping her in a
wet sheet, and then, while wrapped in the sheet,
poured cold water on her. The firet application
much relieved her. The swelling rapidly went
down, the skin began to assume its natural color,
the patient revived ; in a few days she was con
valescent, and is now alive and well.
An ox belonging to a gentleman residing
about 16 miles north of Portage, on the Indiana
Reserve lands, was found bitten by a venomous
snake. He was much swollen, and appeared in
great pain. He was driven into a stream of run
ning water, somewhat above his knees, and
water poured on him by the pail-full for four
hours. In the meantime the swelling went down ;
the ox recovered, and in a day or two was put to
his usual work.
One other case. A gentleman of Milford,
Jefferson Co., Ohio, owned a horse which was
cured of a bite by a snake, by the application of
water, after whiskey and tobacco had failed.
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COLD WATER FOR SCALDS, ETC.
BY CHARLES MUNDE, M. D.
The question 1ms often boon asked, whetheroold
water could be used for scalds and burns, and still
it seems to be undecided whether it is really " the
thing" to be employed with success. Br. Dzondi,
Professor at the University of Halle, with whom I
have frequently conversed about the subject, has
published several articles and a valuable pamphlet,
through which he might have settled the question
at once, if people did not prefer, in the old coun
try as well as in the new one, to deny admission
to things which they do not know, or which do
not altogether agree with their habitual practice.
I have some hope of saving part of my books,
which the police of Dresden has been kind
enough to take hold of during our revolution, and
among which is Dr. Dzondi's pamphlet If I suc
ceed, I shall publish the most important of his
principles, and a few interesting eases of his, in the
Water-Cure Journal. In the mean while, I shall
give a few cases of my own, which are much in
favor of water treatment.
My little son, four years and three months old,
who, from a sickly child, has become, through
water treatment and continual exercise in the open
air during any weather, an uncommonly hard and
active boy; so much so, that he attracts the neigh
bors' attention by walking about in the snow
without boots on his feet, and in the heat of the
sun without a hat on his head,—was scalded on the
the 30th December last, with hot water. The
cuticle was raising in very small blisters, from the
elbow down to the wrist of his naked arm when
I was called. A cold arm-bath, the water of which
was renewed every half hour, removed all the
pain and inflammation in two hours and a half; a
cold bandage, which he kept on during the night,
completed the cure. The next morning, the scalded
arm was scarcely a little more colored than the
other; and the boy forgot the sufferings of the
preceding night so completely that he run again
into the kitchen in the evening, and, pushing
against a servant, who had just taken a pail with
boiling water in his hand, and getting the contents
of the pail upon his body, was sadly scalded once
more from the pit of his stomach down to his
knees. The upper skin, or cuticle, was pulled
away with his clothes, which kept the hot water
long enough to his body to produce an intense ac
tion on the surface of the parts exposed to it.
A sitz-bath of cold water was resorted to, in
which he remained two hours, before changing the
water, which was of a temperature of 50° F. He I
remained another hour in the new sitz-bath, when
he wanted very badly to be brought to bed. His
mother wrapped him in a half wet sheet, and co
vered the skinless part3 with cold bandages of very
fine linen, to be changed as often as the pain
would increase. After a quarter of an hour, how
ever, he wanted to go l»ack to his sitz-bath, as the
increased pain could not be allaved by changing
the bandages. He sat an hour again, and was
brought to bed, but soon required to be placed in
the sitz-bath as before ; aud so he continued to
change bandages and sitz-baths till about three
o'clock in the morning, when he fell asleep. He
had been altogether about eight hours in the :
baths.
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In the morning, when he awoke, I asked him
how he was. He answered, " very well." I asked
him whether he had not any pain; he said "no."
On a closer examination, 1 found that part of his
belly, the lumbar region, the thighs and genital
organs, were badly injured; the skin being either
gone or having been raised into blisters of every
dimension ; there was some inflammation ; how
ever, the patient did not complain at all. I made
a salve from sweet oil and the yolk of an egcr, to
which I added a few drops of tincture of benzae,
with which I covered the sores ; over the solve and
blisters, and, indee d, over all the scalded parts, I
placed cold water bandages, after having opened
the wound with a pin ; and these bandages I
changed as often as an increase of heat required it.
The third day my boy could not be retained any
longer in his bed ; he walked about the house,
(without any under-garments,) and even tried his
fortune out of doors ; however, his sores becoming
worse, especially on the genital organs, I had to
put him to bed again, to continue his quiet treat
ment. I was compelled to leave Northampton for
New York, and my wife managed to keep him in
for two days more ; then he would not stay any
longer, and she yielded to his repeated requests
for liberty. He walked about, in and around the
house, and in ten days from his being scalded his
wounds were healed, inclusive of the genital or
gans, which had troubled him most, and which
were, as was the rest, covered with new skin. He
has been a little more cautious since in entering
the kitchen.
In 1840, when I was director of the Water-Cure
Establishment at Elgersburgh, in Thuringia, (be
longing to the Duke of Gotha,) one of the servants
of the establishment, who had to take cere of the
cattle, was carrying a tub of boiling water on her
back, (it is not very uncommon to see German
peasant girls carry loads of 200 pounds and more
in large baskets or tubs on their backs,) slipt out
on the ice and was badly scalded all over her
neck, shoulders and chest. I was called for, and
found the poor girl covered with blisters; how
ever, only on one of her shoulders a little bit of
the skin had been scratched off in taking off her
clothes. As I could not expose these parts to a
bath, I sent for cold water, in which I put some
snow and ice, wrapped the lower parts of the
trunk with dry handkerchiefs and towels, and
placed cold bandages on the scalded parts. To in
crease the cold, I wrapped snow in the cloths
which I applied. These bandages were changed
ns often as they became tepid, in the first two or
three hours every five or ten minutes, and this
treatment was pursued from two o'clock in the
afternoon till about seven or eight o'clock in the
evening, when the girl was tired and wanted to go
to bed. All the blisters were gone, except in one
part, where there was one of the size of a hen's
egg remaining. I put a good thick bandage on
her, and bid another girl take can of her during
the night, as she appeared rather everish. The
nurse, however, being tired herself, . ■ 11 asleep, and
did not change the bandages more than once or
twice. However, in the morning th ■ skin of the
girl was perfectly smooth and painless, except the
blister mentioned before, which had shrunk down
to the size of a hazlenut, and the little sore place
from which the skin was gone, which ulcerated a
day or two, and healed, under a water bandage by
night and a tallow plaster by day, in a few days,
without leaving the least mark.
in lSlili, when I had just returned from One- >
fen berg, one of my neighbors, Mr. Yoigt, a soap- (
chandler, fell one morning into a large boiler, in
which they had been making soap, and which was
half full of hot ley and the remainder of the soap.
He happily got out on the other side and drairffed
himself to his room, which was not very distant.
There his young wife—he had been married but a
month before—with the help of a man, pulled oft*
his clothes, and—about one-third of his skinl I
was then Professor of the Mining Academy at
Freiberg, and, although 1 had been led into the
secrets of medicine and surgery eighteen years be
fore, had not taken my degrees at. the time—this
being a rather expensive formality in Saxony,
which, having been performed, makes you a good
deal prouder, but not u bit wiser than you were
before—and thus was not allowed to practise in my
own country—not even with water, which wos,
besides, looked upon as a remedy very dangerous
to—physicians of the old school, who were afraid
it might wash away some of their artificial colors,
and injure their practice, by keeping people in
too good health. However, the conviction 1 had
gained of the healing power of water in scalds and
burns, by making an experiment in countries be
yond the frontier of Saxony, where there were
also human beings and doctors, especially in
France, Carvizart and his disciples being much in
favor of cold water; and the enthusiasm which
1 brought from Grwfenberg, drove me to my neigh
bor's house, where I found Doctors Ettmiiller and
Hcckert, both friends of mine, who had a pail of
water before them, into which they were going to
dip a sheet, but they were somewhat at a loss
about the way of wrapping the patient in it. I
offered my assistance, got one of my Cra-fenberg
blankets, and packed the patient in a sheet, which
had been very little wrung out. The first day we
did nothing but changing the sheet almost every
half hour, which was not a very easy piece of
work, the poor man being "skinned" [alive] on
almost every part of his body, especially in such
places from which the clothes could not be re
moved fast enough ; as, the belly, genital organs,
thighs, spine, hips, legs, as well as in the face, on
the chest, back, neck, cars, etc. The second day,
at the instance of Dr. Ettmiiller, we used com
presses, dipped in water mixed with alcohol, on
the sorest places, (a proceeding which was in
tended to stimulate the dermis, aud favor the re
production of the cutis,) and from the third da}',
we used, alternately, an ointment, made of fresh
linseed oil and the yellow of eggs, for the sores.
Patient remained in the pack all the while, day
aud night, the sheets being changed every hour,
or every hour aud a half. The case excited so
much sympathy in the neighborhood, th t the
clergyman of the district called, in lus "ornat," or
long robe, and, seeing the patient in the pack, his
face covered with wet linen—a sight which never
hit his eyes before—approached him, and began
to pray for his soul. The soap chandler, however,
continuing fcvualess through the whole of his
treatment, gay'y interrupted him from his pack,
assuring the " Herr Pastor" that " he had not yet
a mind to take his leave, but wanted to stay with
his young wife," to whom he requested the minis
ter to say a few words of consolation. After some
days the packs were discontinued, and in three
weeks the " dead man" was seen to walk about his
house in his "schlafrock"—a gown or "robe de
chambre"—and drawers, (s. v. v.,) his scurfs not
allowing him as yet to dress properly. In a
month's time he was making soap again, and be
fore the year was round, I saw his young wife,
through the window of my study, with a fine and
healthy babe in her lap.
From these and similar instances, I cannot see
why some physicians of high standing should
caution people so much against cold water for
scalds. Only use it well. About the way to use
it, I shall say a few words more at some future time.
NorUutmpton, Stli Feb., 1851.
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APRIL TOPICS.
BY K. T. TRALL, M. D.
Prefatory.—So many subjects crowd upon our
brief space, that it becomes a perplexing question
what to select and what to neglect. All nature is
eloquent with "words of wisdom" to those who
can interpret her language ; and, unfortunately,
this world we inhabit is full of fearful admonitions
to all who can understand the meaning of the pe
nalties of violated laws. There is no philosophy
so difficult to instill into the general mind, as the
Bimple, self-evident doctrine, that, casualties ex
cepted, human beings have life and health very
much at their own command ; to use or abuse, to
enjoy or Buffer, according to their own wisdom or
folly. We do not wonder at this difficulty, when
we view the great mental incubus of a false me
dical system, resting upon the civilized world, and
paralysing, with its mystical dogmas and incompre
hensible speculations, all the attempts of the un
educated to think for themselves upon a plain,
common-sense question of disease and remedy.
But we have an eye of faith, that seems to see a
brighter light shining beyond the present scene of
doubt and darkness. More, we know there are
hundreds and thousands scattered over the earth,
who are even now basking in this light, and en
joying in full fruition what all may become the
recipients of—the best condition of physical health
and mental strength that the irorganization is sus
ceptible of. And these are mostly teachers of our
whole system ; and their example must soon tell
upon the baseless superstructure of the popular
drug practice, with a force that will utterly de
molish it, leaving, as we hope and believe, not
even a solitary wreck behind. Until then, let us
one and all work for this end, watch the current
of passing events, note the developments of pro
gressive truth, as well as we may, and point out,
as well as we can, the floating fallacies of the times.
City Mortallty.—Slarch is usually a hard
month for consumptives ; but the mortality of the
first week of the month is without precedent in
this city. Sixty-six deaths are recorded from con
sumption ; nearly thirty from lung fevers, and se
veral from other complaints of the lungs, making
over one hundred deaths—nearly one-third of the
whole bill of mortality—from an inflammatory
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disease of the lungs ! Surely this is a lesson that
means something. We have nearly a thousand
doctors, and some hundreds of " pulmonary spe
cifics" which never fail to cure, according to the
advertisement, besides a few scores of consumption
and liver complaint curers, who guaranty a per
fect restoration to health under all possible cir
cumstances. Yet, despite them all, the patients con
tinue to die with a constantly increasing ratio of
fatality.
! Who can fail to see that there is something wrong
in the prevailing customs ? The young lady or
young gentleman of wealth and fashion, who has
; the rose water ointment, which is, however, yet
\ all the appliances of health at command, and the
3 supervising guardianship of the most learned me
dical professors in the world, is as readily cut off
with this disease, as the poor tenant of the miser
5 much cold distilled water as possible is to be rub
< able hovel, reared in indigence, and ignorant and
heedless alike of all the laws of hygiene. Nay,
the greatest proportion of victims is drawn from
the circles of luxury and refinement. Yet, the most
astonishing thing of all is the sad, sickening fact
that the doctors, wedded to a theory that blinds
them to all experience, plod along in the same stu
pid routine of leeching, blistering, antimonializing,
expectorating and eod-liver-oiling, always unsuc
cessful, their patients invariably dying, and ap
parently unsuspicious that there is or can be any
other respectable way of medication. It is time
the people took this matter in hand, and banished
consumption from the land.
Stealing our Thunder.—The New-York Jour
nal of Medicine commends a plan for treating the
piles, which is not the less valuable to the patient
on account of being a plagiarism on hydropathy.
The time may be not far distant when all our
methods of water-treatment will be claimed as the
regular system ; to which we have no objection,
providing the drug side of the question is aban
doned. The matter is explained in the following
paragraph :
Dr. Garvin directs about a gill of cold water to
be thrown into the rectum immediately before
every attempt to evacuate the bowels, and that
this enema be retained several minutes, if possible.
This usually produces an evacuation of the fa?ecs,
which have been so far softened on their surface,
as to permit their escape without the least strain
ing or irritation. After every evacuation, it will
be proper to use ablutions of the parts, more espe
cially in such cases as are attended by some pro
trusion of the bowels. The treatment is to be
continued until some days after all uneasiness is
removed. In old or severe cases, to effect Buch
amendment generally requires several weeks. It
is highly important to impress upon the patient the
absolute necessity of perseverance in the use of cold
water, even though he should be so far relieved
as to feel almost well, for if it be suspended too
soon, a very slight cause will bring on a relapse.
So decided is the relief afforded by this treatment,
that few persons would be disposed hastily to
abandon it, but for the inconvenience of applying
it daily. The ordinary apparatus for enema is so
unwieldy, that they cannot be carried about con
veniently. All difficulty from this source may be
obviated by the employment of a small pewter
syringe with a ring handle to the piston. One
which will hold two ounces is very convenient,
and may be carried in the pocket when necessary.
When such enemata of cold water fail to procure
sufficient alvine evacuations, the quantity of fluid
may be increased to half a pint, or it may be neces
sary to resort to mild laxatives. Active purgation
must be carefully avoided.
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U.nguentum Aqce Pmv*.—The most amusing
thing we have lately noticed in the allopathic
journals, is a preparation called " water ointment"
It is almost hydropathic, being wet grease instead
of the wet cloth. We have no doubt it is the very
best ointment in the regular materia medica. One
of the allopathic journals speaks of it in the fol
lowing terms :
Water Ointment.—The water ointment, as it is
called, seems to be coming into popular favor with
many of the profession. It is a very mild dress
ing, and is intended to be a substitute for the ungt.
aqua rosa, in dressing excoriated surfaces. In
some respects, it possesses advantages over that of
considered a very nice and bland preparation.
The water ointment is best prepared by boiling
fresh lard, free from salt, in water. After it has
cooled, it is to be separated from the water, and as
bed into it. It is better to make it often, and have
it kept in a cool place ready for use.
Chloroform Again.—We have repeatedly pre
sented reasons adverse to the use of this agent in
child-birth. In corroboration of our views, we
find the following testimony in the Journal of
Medicine, founded on observations made in numer
ous cases by Drs. Barnes and Jacks:
" It has been erroneously concluded that Chlo
roform simply narcotizes the brain, or rather, in
duces a deep sleep, during which state there is
complete unconsciousness of pain, and a consequent
avoidance of the shock which pain produces on the
svstem. It is further assumed, that ehloroformiza-
tion, curried to the extent which is necessary to
subdue pain, does not affect the spinal marrow or
the sympathetic system. A strict analysis of the
nervous svstem, aided by experiment and observa
tion, will show the fallacy of these conclusions.
" In parturition as in Biirgery, in physiology as
in pathology, the physical shock of nervous exci
tation, or injury, cannot be escaped from. In par
turition as in surgery, the emotional shock of nerv
ous excitation, or injury, may be avoided. In sur
gery, this may be an invaluable boon. Is it so in
parturition ! It is more than doubtful. The emo
tional influences, both those excited by the sensation
of pain, and those independent of pain, are of
immense importance in this complicated function.
The voluntary power, too, is often of the highest
utility. In woman, at least the brain should be
allowed to retain its integrity, to exert its benefi
cial controlling influence over her own conduct, as
well as its salutary aid in attaining a safe delivery."
Allopathic Progress. — The members of the
Academy of Medicine in Paris are prolific in new
inventions for suffering humanity, that is, for mak
ing humanity suffer. Among its recent develop
ments are, a method of scarifying the neck of the
uterus in cases of leucorrhcea, proposed by a Mr.
Mayer, who has invented an instrument for the
purpose ; and an impermeable varnish, which is to
be applied over the skin, so as to make an air-tight
crust or coating, in cases of inflammation, the in
vention of a Mr. Latour. The first is woree than
useless, besides being barbarous ; the other is too
silly an affair to be treated with any show of
seriousness.
Purerperal An.emia.—Not long since, as many of
our readers will recollect, we copied from the Bos
ton Medical Journal, a report of several cases of
this disease treated with the preparations of iron,
all of which terminated fatally. The 6ame jour
nal of February 12th contains the particulars of
another case, which terminated fatally also. This
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is communicated by Dr. Joliu Appleton, of j of such things. A presumptuous irregular at our riotous liver. Instead of teaching moderation in
West Newbury, Mass., who details all the j elbow whispers, that it may be beeause, as a gene- eating, abstinence from intoxicating drinks, and
symptoms, and relates all the appearances on a :ral thing, they don't know themselves! temperance in all things, the knavish creature
post-mortem examination, with great minuteness, preaches all manner of licentious indulgence and
and concludes with the following remarks on the ; An Allopathic Athoeism.—Dr. Burden, in a dissipation, the penalties of which can all be paid
treatment : i late valedictory to the graduating class of the Phi- by a few dollars expended in purchasing his
" The most satisfactory results which have been ; ladelpliia Medical College, among many sage eoun- pepsin.
observed, have followed the use, of iron in some j scls, propounded the following very prudent The Season for Croup.—A medical correspond
of its preparations. Of these the sulphate seems " aphorism. "Avoid discussion at all times, except ic ent of the New-York Mirror predicts that five hun
to have been the most generally used. The phos ! medical societies, on medical subjects." It is very
phate teas principally relied on in the case above dred children will die of this disease, during tho
i true that the philosophy of allopathic drugging changeable weather of (he spring season. For pre
reported /" ! will never bear talking about much "out of school ;"
If death is a satisfactory result of the prepara ventives he recommends a mustard poultice, or a
and the physician who discusses it much before flannel dipped in turpentine, or spirits of hartshorn
tion! of iron, then the philosophy of the practice j his patients, will most assuredly discuss himself out
is entitled to our highest admiration. If life lie to the throat, and nauseating doses of Hive syrup, to
| of practice. Hydropathy, on the contrary, will be continued as long as the cough remains. The croup
more desirable, it is high time a few preparations live, and grow, and spread the more by being dis-
of pure soft water should supersede the iron busi- is a terrible disease ; but the above medication is not
! cussed. much better. Those applications to the throat nre
An Elevating Dinner.—Dr. Chandler, in a re The Pepsin Business.—The wonders of quackery sure to render the part more susceptible to colds
cent address before the Vermont Medical Society, s and the triumphs of humbuggery continue to till 'sin strongly future ; and nauseating with Hive syrup, which
! a large space in the newspapers. The latest, and charged with that deadly drug, anti
alluding to the many wants of the profession, and mony, is about as effectual a method of destroying
the various ways in which regular doctors can ■ one of the most taking "achievements of the age,"
comfort and sustain each other, remarks : J is the artificial digestive fluid speculation. Under the stomach as could be devised. If a cough con
tinues several weeks, as is frequently the case, and
"The proposal to distinguish our annual meet I the head of pepsin, a term which has been applied the dosing is kept up, the whole system is certain to
ing with a public dinner should be regarded ns S to the solvent property of the gastric juice, a Dr. be pretty thoroughly poisoned. There are at least
ominous of good; [good eating!] thus favoring | Houghton, of Philadelphia, is flooding the country
the development of the social and moral elements j with an article to supersede the use of the gastric a thousand better ways of maniiging colds and
indispensable to the formation of elevated profes j juice. The scheme is rather skillfully concocted, coughs in children. Water-Cure folks only need
sional character" ! and " many will be deceived thereby." The pepsin wet cloths to the neck and chest, with general
Roast pigs, turtle soups, clam chowders, fried j proprietor ingeniously quotes the testimony of bathing, or the wet sheet pack on the access of
ells, poached frogs, blood-puddings, pickled tripe, | those celebrated chemists and physiologists, Liebig, fever. On the attack of croup, the cloths to the
followed by a refreshing smoke, gentlemen ! Call ! Pereira, Sylvester Graham, and Professor Dungli- throat must be very cold and very often renewed,
you these dainties moralizing and elevating! i son, that an artificial digestive fluid can be formed and the full general treatment promptly resorted
Perhaps, though, you will have a banquet un \ in which various articles of food will dissolve as to, as for a general fever.
tainted with carnage, guiltless of bloodshed, com j readily as in the natural fluids of the stomach.
posed of the delicious vegetables andTuseious fruits ; But he finds it convenient to forget to tell the peo-
for food, and the purest water for drink. If so, j pie he intends to delude, that those authors do not
we would not disdain to meet with you. TYPHUS FEVER.
| recommend the use of an artificial instead of the
Meat Biscvit.—.Some of the newspapers and ' natural fluid. It is according to the order of na- IIV J. a JACKSON, M.D.
several medical journals have noticed a recent pre ( tore that the stomach shall secrete its own pepsin, I send you the following report of a case of se
paration of food, the invention of one G. Borden* | as well as that the teeth shall do their own masti vere typhus fever treated hydropathically by me,
jr., of Galveston, Texas, called meat biscuit. It cating, or the lungs their own breathing. There at my Water-Cure.
is highly recommended by one Dr. Ashbel Smith, j would be as much sense in proposing to supply The subject is my eldest son, Giles E. Jackson,
of Galveston ; but it is not at all what its name ! the blood ready made, or the food already mosti- aged fifteen years : and for the past winter, till his
imports : it is merely meat-favored biscuit. It is ! cated, or the air already breathed, or the bile al- late sickness, a student of Central Medical College,
said to be made in the following manner : " The j ready formed, thus dispensing entirely with the at Rochester, N. Y.
meat is sliced, then boiled till all the jelly or glu < services of the nutritive apparatus, the lungs, and On the Sth of January I went to Rochester, to
ten is extracted ; two pounds of this jelly, con j liver, as to supply artificially a digestive fluid, attend the annual meeting of the Medical Society
taining the nutriment of eleven pounds of meat, \ thus doing awav with the labor of the stomach. in connection with that college. On meeting my
are then mixed with three pounds of flour, and It is a law also of the animal economy, that a part son I noticed he had greatly changed. When he
baked till the five pounds are reduced to four." or organ not functionally exercised soon loses its left home, in November, he was round, ruddy of
This may be a pretty enough speculation for the in ; functional power ; hence all such expedients can face, with finely developed muscularity ; strong,
ventor,who,the papers state, has erected an extensive s only be mischievous, and that continually. It will and a perfect picture of health, ne had had no
manufactory for its preparation, and has already r be said that in some cases the stomach loses its sickness from his childhood, though up to his
sold large quantities for the use ofthe army, but that power to secrete the gastric juice ; but then the eleventh year of feeble frame and spare in flesh.
is all. The idea of concentrating eleven pounds of indication is to restore that power, not supersede He had lived a vegetarian from his babyhood, eat
the nutriment of meat into two, or of making an the functional office of the stomach, with artificial ing no flesh nor butter, making his food of the fari-
extract of the nutriment of anything on the face pepsin, even though it be prepared "from the nacea, vegetables, and fruits.
of the earth, all persons, who understand chemistry fourth stomach of an ox." So marked was the change that I decided on
and physiology, know to bo ridiculous nonsense. j That the author and proprietor of pepsin by the taking him out of college; I did so. We reached
The simple truth, is that the biscuit above men | bottle intended the thing as an imposition upon Glen Haven on the eleventh of the month. Such
tioned would sustain life almost as long and as well ! the public, is sufficiently evident from the cvil- had been his perfect freedom from all the diseases
without the addition of the jelly as with it. There | cunning of his advertisement. After enumerating of childhood, and all the epidemics quite common
is, to be sure, a slight degree of nutriment in it, , all the common infirmities of the day for which to the region where we had resided prior to our
but the process destroys or wastes at least nine- ) his specific possesses "marvellous" virtues, he says locating in our beautiful glen,—an immunity in
tcnths of the nutrition contained in the meat. It it is an antidote to "excess in eating, and the too his case owing, I have no doubt, to the fact of his
is not a little singular that the orthodox medical I free use of ardent spirits. It almost reconciles having reared himself on simple food,—that I was
journals, which assume to have the keeping ofthe : health with intemperance." blind to the indications which, in another ease, I
public health in their own authorized hand, "never This offering to sell indulgences is precisely the should have perceived instanter were the harbin
tell the people anything about the intrinsic nature S way to please the sot and gratify the epicure and gers of typhus. But I thought of them only as
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the results of hard study—too hard by far for one
so young.
I found, on questioning him closely, that some !
weeks before I took him from college he had been
confined to his room for two days, with fever,
brought on, as he thinks, by too close attendance
in the dissecting room. That subsequent to this,
he had been troubled with immoderate flow of
urine, gradually increasing, so as to alarm the pro
fessor with whom he boarded, and which trou
bled him very much during the night I saw that
this was rather a vexatious feature in his ease, and
I was gradually coining to conclude that his rest
lessness, his indifference to books, to the society of
his friends, and to what at home was naturally,
after so long an absence, calculated to interest
him, were attributable to this difficulty ; and that
I was to be summoned to a task—hard, painful,
and uncertain in its results—the treatment of a
case of Diabetes. I sought for aid in books, but,
alas ! they could afford me none. Watson, Wood,
Hooper,—Allopaths. Marey, Herring, Hull, Hem-
pel,—Homceopaths. I could gather from not one
of them that they had ever cured a case of diabe
tes. Shew, Nichols, Mrs. Gove Nichols, the Water
Cure fraternity, generally, gave me no light, spe
cifically, on the subject. And when I added to
this that the patient was my own son—heart of
my heart—bright, brave, gifted—full of promise,
good ; I prayed that that cup might pass from
m<N t£T nn'l it did; for on the 13th instant he
took to his bed, smitten, unmistakcably with Ty
phus Fever.
There were great heat of head, glassing of the
eye, bloodlessness of the tip ok the nose, with icy
coldness ; great soreness of throat, swollen tonsils,
great heat of the mouth, with blistered gums,
white and dead, as if the skin had been shrivelled
with hot tea ; yellowish whiteness of the centre
and back of the tongue, and high redness of the
edges and tip ; oppression of the chest, labored
respiration ; pain in the ileo-coecal region on pres
sure; pain in the urethra, running down the in
side the thighs to his feet ; soreness of the hips, and
upper extremities and lower bloodless and cold.
No vein could be discovered on hands or feet;
head hot, and breath stinking—no other words
describe it
The diagnosis clear ; the prognosis not good-
looking. Had I had other force than that which
lay in my own brain, how gladly would I have
avoided the issue, and given my son into other
hands. The stake was too great for ma to play
easily ; but what could I do? There was no Wa
ter-Cure physician within twenty-five miles of me,
and no others could be of use to me except to aid
me in diagnosticating his case, and I knew too
well what the disease was to need counsel from
man on that point I had seen too much of ty
phus fever not to know it Yet let me say, I
know, in all my mingling with medical men, no
instance where, without great struggle, a Father
makes a good Doctor. Successful or not, the al
lotment was mine, and I harnessed myself to my
duty. Not a moment was there in which I had
doubt what to do ; yet, situated as I was, I quivered
at the work—but quivering was not working.
The first thing I had done was to remove my
son into a large room, with two large windows in
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it ; a door opening into another room, which also !
had a window in it, thus securing thorough venti- I
lation. Between his bed and the windows I
threw up a screen of blankets, then let the win- j
dows down from the top and raising them partly j
from the bottom, making the air take an upper and
under current At the head of his bed I placed
a thermometer, and gave orders that at no time,
night or day, to close the windows when he was in
bed, or to allow the thermometer to rise above 55
degrees.
I ordered two beds—mattresses—and suits of
bedding to be placed at my disposal, two night
gowns, and sets of bandages—these I will soon de
scribe. I brought into the room a lounge for
emergencies. Thus equipped, I commenced.
I spread on the floor two thicknesses of carpet
ing, put my half bath—an oblong tub four feet long
and two feet wide at the widest point—into this
I put six pails of water at a temperature of 70°.
Sat my son down into it, and his mother and my
self washed him three minutes.
Took him out, wiped him dry witli soft diaper,
and hand-rubbed him for four or five minutes—
very much along the spine, but with almost mes
meric lightness—I had made for him a linen cap
of four thicknesses—the linen was old, which is
by far the best—so as to fit his head neatly, sit
ting down to his ears and eyebrows. This I wet
in ice water, and putting it on his head, for four
teen days and nights, I had it newly wet as often
as once in five minutes, except when he was in
the wet sheet or asleep. I put around his neck
three thicknesses of wet linen covered with a dry
bandage, these I wet in ice water.
I had made for him a suit of waist bandages—
after the fashion of a vest exactly, without buttons
—one next his body wet in water at 72° and
slightly wrung, so as not to drip, covered with
two dry ones. These came down about the navel.
I took a single bed sheet—linen—folded it length
wise four times, making it about ten to twelve
inches wide and six feet long, rolled it and dipped
it in water of 72°, then took a cotton bed sheet
of the same dimensions and rolled it—dry. I put
the linen sheet about the abdomen, over the kid
neys, and sank it as deep down over the pelvis as
I could, so as to cover the bladder. It would go
twice and a half round his body, making the ab
domen to be wrapped in nine or ten folds of wet
linen. This I covered with the dry bandage.
He was now ready for bed—wrapped head,
neck, chest, abdomen in wet swathings—I wrap
ped his hands in hot woollen cloths, and put a jug
of hot water to his feet, and putting on myself
extra clothing I took my seat in his room. I let
him lie three hours in this wrapping, watching
his pulse—which was strongly intermittent but
going up as high as 1 35. At times, at the expira
tion of the time, his limbs were burning hot, his
chest and abdomen almost dry—I spread on the
lounge a suit of packing cloths, blanket, woollen
sheet, 4c. I took three packing sheets, wet them
in chilled water—spread them on to the sheet
without wringing, took off all his bandages, re-
wet his head-cap and laid him on to the wet
sheets, wrapping him up head and body and
limbs all but his feet, to which I put the jug of hot
water. Through all this mass of wet linen the
heat of his body came smoking like a furnace. I
took him out, gave him a half bath of three min
utes at a temperature of 70°, which caused a
movement of the bowels—which I followed by an
injection of tepid water of about half pint, put on
his bandages as before, packing with hot cloths to
hands, jug of hot water to his feet, and to bed.
Thus ended the first day.
In the morning of the Becond day, diarrhoea set
in powerfully, attended with soreness of the rec
tum and lower abdomen. I allowed all the natural
evacuations to pass, then threw up tepid injec
tions, say 76% till I washed the bowel clean—so
that water came away slightly discolored. These
soothed the bowels, and lowered the pulse from
130 to 100. I then unbandaged him, gave him a
half bath 70°, three minutes with brisk hand-rub
bing, put on his bandages anew, and to bed again.
At ten o'clock I gave him a sitz bath of fifteen
minutes—rebanduged him and put him to bed.
At four in the afternoon his fever would be higher,
and from that hour till eleven of the night he
would burn like a kiln. I would some days in
that space pack him four times with half baths
and wet sheets for wipers, with dry ones and
hand rubbing—never for an instant letting him
go without his linen cap wet in ice water on his
head, and his hands and feet in warm cloths or
warm baths. This comprised his treatment for
six days and nights, during which time he drank
all the water he wanted as cold as he wanted it,
but took nothing else into his stomach of any sort
or kind. The seventh day I thought I saw little
improvement ; this might have arisen from the
idea generally prevalent among medical men, that
the critical days of the disease are measured by
those divisions which the number seven makes.
At the end of six days I commenced giving him
gruel made of corn-meal and water. I gave him
a tablespoonful in twenty-four hours, the next day
two, adding each day one spoonful. On the sixth
day he broke out on his arms, legs, and hips with
vesicles, of the dimensions of a small fish scale.
On the eighth day his bowel and bladder evacu
ations took a new phase. His feces would be
thin and watery, and look like Indian porridge.
His urine very large in quantity, very dark color
ed, but clear on making, yet on getting cold would
look like thick water gruel. It would hardly do
to call it fluid. It was ejected from the bladder
with great force, was slightly slimy in look, and
had a decided bead on it, like strong beer. No
change had come as the result of the treatment in
respect of quantity, but he made urine much leas
frequently than he had done for weeks previous.
On the fourteenth day I mastered his diarrhoea,
up to which time he had lost forty-five pounds of
flesh. On the seventeenth his urine became clear,
and much more natural in quantity. On the
eighteenth his tongue came to look better, and I
indulged him with toast, and on that night un
dressed and went to bed, the first time I had un
dressed or slept sweetly in nearly three weeks, or
had been absent from his side at one time for
more than an hour.
On the nineteenth his fect came to have con
siderable circulation ; on the twenty-second I could
perceive veins in his hands—the first time I hud
seen the appearance of n vein in twenty days.
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From tlie time his urine changed its gruel look
and appeared regular in quantity and quality, lie
had, up to the twenty-sixth day of his illness, at
four o'clock, p. m., and so along till eight p. m.,
a curious manifestation. His uose would at four
o'clock begin to puff up, till it was at its tip al
most twice its size, and as red as a carbuncle.
This would last for half an hour—I applied ice
cloths to it and it would go away. A reflection
or two, and I submit this case to the judgment of
your readers. 1st. As soon as I learned that my
son, who had lived all his days as a vegetarian,
had, at the advice of a Medical Professor, gone to
the eating of meat, I brought him back to his usual
diet. I have no faith in the superiority of meat
diet. Even in diabetic difficulty.
2. During the worst part of his sickness, when
his pulse was 135—10, the wet sheet packing re
peatedly reduced it in ten minutes from the ex
treme point to 75, and in two cases to 50 beats in
a minute.
3. There is no doubt in my mind that after the
Beeond day of his confinement he would have been
erazy had I not given him powerful water-treat
ment, and kept his head wet in iee tenter constantly.
Whereas at no time tave once did he exhibit the
least derangement, though at two several times
w.os he for an instant totally blind,
4. The great purity of air, lowness of tempera
ture of the room, and entire abstinence of food,
were powerful auxiliaries.
5. My wife, Miss Gilbert, our partner, and my
self were the only persons that took care of him,
so that everything was done as it should be.
6. I feel quite sure, such was the violence of
the ease, that nothing but the entire purity of the
atmosphere of the room saved us, and especially
myself, so constantly was I by and over him, from
taking the disease. AVe kept the room so cold
that we all wore our clothing.
7. It is a triumphant proof of the adaptability
of the water treatment to thus disease. My son is
rapidly gaining his strength, his color, his good
looks, and his intellectual power, for which I am
thankful.
8. A young lady boarder with him in the same
house in Rochester, was taken sick about the same
time, of the same disease, and was treated with
medicines in the most careful and skilful manner
by the Faculty of Central Medical College—but
she died. My son took water-treatment, and lives
to bless his friends, and I trust his kind.
Glen Haven Water-Cure, Feb. 21, 1851.
SPASMODIC ASTHMA.
DY DR. LACIIAMEVER.
The treatment of three eases is particularly in
teresting, because hydropathy was applied with
the best success, after allopathic treatment had
been of no avail.
1st case. I was called in the year 1842 to the
child of Mr. Hoelchir, who resided at that time in
Germany, but is now residing in Xew York.
This child had at uncertain intervals asthmatic fits,
with a short, whistling, incomplete, inhalation;
spasmodic motions of the limbs ; at the same time
were cold. The fits continued for a few minutes,
and then left the child in good health, and respira
tion easy. Her parents were very uneasy about
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her, because their family physician, an experienced
medical practitioner, had been treating her with
the general antispasmodic remedies, as assnfotida,
valerian, zinci, <fcc. When I was called, very well
knowing that an enlargement of the hymie gland
or hymar glandula is regarded as the seat of dis
ease, I reasoned witli myself without having read
before anything of the kind for its treatment in
hydropathy, that I would apply it in the ease,
which the following result will show. For this
purpose, 1 had the child enveloped in a wet linen
cloth, which was well wrung out from the neck to
the feet, and over that a woollen one, according to
the lYiessnitz Water-Cure; at the same time the
windows of the room was partly opened. When
the perspiration began to break out, the door of
the room was opened, that the patient might in
spire fresh air in sufficient quantity, and the pa
rents were ordered to give the child fresh water
in small doses from time to time. After the per
spiration had continued for thirty minutes, 1 took
her out of the blankets and dried the perspiration
upon the body, and then had her placed in a bath
of OO" F., in which she remained for a few min
utes; she was then rubbed all over with a piece of
flannel, and then perfectly dried. This treatment
was repeated every morning on an empty stomach ;
at the fame time I ordered the child to be carried
out in the fresh air once a day, to give her light
digestible food, and fresh water as a drink through
the day; after having continued this treatment
from four to five weeks, the child had a slight
eruption of pimples over the body, which healed
by the same application, after a few days treat
ment. I now declared the child well, and to stop
the envelopments, except to keep on for a while
the diet, and to wash off the child every morning
for some weeks longer. From the first applica
tions, the above mentioned fits never returned,
and the child has since been one of the healthiest.
2nd case. Some months afterwards, I had a
call to a child of another family, suffering from
the same asthma ; as 1 did not reside far from their
residence, I saw her in one of those fits. This
child was some months younger than the former.
I was afraid to try this experiment, as in the first
case. 1 therefore tried some allopathic remedies,
but without any relief. After reflecting some
upon the subject, I resolved to apply the hydro
pathic treatment in the same manner as before,
and with all the care I could. From the first ap
plication, it never had any more fits, and for four
weeks past I stopped the Water-Cure, as I found
the child entirely well.
A few months after the second case, I had an
other call to a child eighteen months old, who had
an attack of the same asthma, but at the same time
an inclination to hydrocephalus acutus, or brain
fever, which I diagnostized from the size and form
of the head, and it then generally breaks out when
children are in the period of dentition. In this
case there were two reasons which made me afraid
of a successful result of the Water-Cure as in the
two former ; 1st, by its young age and at the period
of dentition ; 2d, the inclination to hydrocephalus
acutus. Also the operation of the envelopments
and Bweats operating by itself to produce some
congestion in the head. Though I saw all these
difficulties, I was determined to make a trial with
; the Water-Cure. I then applied the same treat
ment as in the former eases. The first, few days
these tits stopped, but the child having some heat
, of the head, I stopped for a few days the treatment
until the unfavorable symptoms ceased. I again
: repeated the envelopments, and had cold water
applied to the head, but 1 had to stop after some
, days, as the same symptoms made their appearance.
: The spasms or asthma never returned, but one or
two weeks afterward the hydrocephalus broke
: out, to which I attended strictly to the allopathic
• treatment, with cold applications, and with the
! remedies generally indicated in hydrocephalus
acutus. About a week afterwards it died.
Xxfuittu 0.
> BriAVER AND FoitHES ON 'J.11E WaTKK TREATMENT: a
compilation of Papers on the subject of Hygiene
and national Hydropathy; edited, with additional
: matter, by Uoland S. Houghton, A. M., M. D.
(AVw and revised edition, stereotyped ; with, nddi-
> tions and improve?ncnts.) New-York : Fowlers
; and Wells. Clinton Hall, Rl Nassau street.
An admirable collection of standard papers on the
Water-Cure, beautifully printed and conveniently
bound up for permanent preservation. The object of
the work is to interest literary and professional men,
persons of sedentary habits or pursuits, and all who
have the courage to thinkfur themselves, in tbc subject
of hygiene and the water treatment ; to attract their
attention to the importance of acquiring a correct
knowledge of health, with a view to tho prevention
and cure of disease by hygienic management, when
practicable, and to define those leading, general prin
ciples which lie at the basis of rational water-cure.
The volume is mainly composed of papers on Hydro
pathy from the ablest and most reliable English
sources. The following is the order of the table of
contents:
L £ir Edward Bt-lwer Lytton's " Confessions
of a IVater Patient" (originally contributed to tho
London New Monthly Magazine). Tho reprint in
this volume is perhaps the most accurate and elegant
that has ever appeared, either in England or America ;
and the present is the only opportunity within the
reach of the public for obtaining a complete copy of
this beautifully written letter, in a neat and durable
form. Originally intended for (he perusal of literary
men, and commencing with a graceful and touching
allusion to the melancholy death of Hood (as well as
the respective careers of Theodore Hook and the poet
Campbell), the ** Confessions" are, notwithstanding,
so written that no one can read them without prufit
and delight. This one paper alone, as a merely literary
production, is (to use a hackneyed phrase), worth the
cost of the whole volume.
II. Dr. John Forbes's great article on Hydropathy
(from The British and Foreign Medical Review).
This is one of the very best papers extant on the sub
ject, and emanates from a very high and unimpeacha
ble source. Dr. Forbes has long stood in the foremost
rank of the " regular" practitioners in England (hav
ing some years since received the appointment of Phy
sician to the Queen's household), and his calm and
philosophical demonstration of the real merits and true
province of the water treatment, cannot fail to carry
great weight with it among all intelligent readers.
III. Two chapters on Bathing and the Water Treat
ment : by Erasmus Wilson, M. D., F. 11. S., etc.,
author of " Wilson on Healthy Skin," " Wilson's
Anatomy" (a favorite text book in medical colleges),
etc., etc. A very shrewd and candid exposition of the
just dues of Hydropathy : the observations on Bath
ing alono are of lasting value, and should be carefully
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heeded by every individual, no matter of what sect, j
school, or creed—especially in these days, when per- j
sonal ablutions are so " mightily neglected."
IV. A careful abridgment of Sir Charles Scuda- j
mobs'a elegantly written account of his Medical Visit <
to Grcefenberg. As a concise embodiment of the do-
liberate and well considered views of a " regular prac
titioner" of established reputation in London, and a
writer of unusual caution and candor, we earnestly
invite the attention of "the faculty" to Sir Charles
Scudamore's just and cordial tribute to Hydropathy.
V. Dr. Herbert Mayors views on Hie Use and
Misuse of the Cold lVatcr~Cure.~Y)r. Mayo is a
" regularly graduated physician, a Fellow of the
Royal Society, and was formerly Surgeon of Middle
sex Hospital, London." More recently ho has acted as
Physician to the Hydropathic Institution at Muhlbad,
Boppard-on-the-Khine. We are hero presented with a
carefully prepared abstract of a work of considerable
magnitude, which has never before been reproduced in
this country. Dr. Mayo's views will command gen
eral attention ; this distinguished writer having been
himself a water-patient, and indebted to hydropathy
for the almost complete restoration of his health.
VI. Observations on Hygiene and the Water Treat
ment, by Rowland S. Houghton, A. M.t M. D.—
The sixth and last paper in the collection is from the
pen of the Editor of the work, and is mainly devoted
to a concise exposition of the principles of Hygiene,
(evidently a favorite subject of the writer,) and to an
elaborate defence of the Watcr-Cure from tho gross
and offensive charge of " empiricism." By way of re
taliation, Dr. Houghton takes tho ground that allo
pathy has itself become '* empirical," inasmuch as it
has " departed more and more from the ways of na
ture, and the judicious use of a few simple remedies,
and substituted in their stead the mere palliation of
symptoms, by means of the most subtle and dangerous
poiscms" Dr. Houghton fortifies this position by
quoting tho following admission of Dr. Kneeland, of
Boston :—" Instead of leading man back to the for
saken paths of nature, physicians have preferred the
easier plan of ministering to this altered condition by
the ingenious and stupendous system of modem thera
peutics." (This striking admission from the pen of
an American allopathist, occurs in Dr. Kneeland'fl
Boylston Prize Essay on Hydropathy, which was pub
lished at full length in the American Journal ofMedU
cal Sciences for July, 1847.)
We take pleasure in commending to the attention
of each one of our readers, Dr. Houghton's observa
tions on the prevailing ignoranco of the laws of health
among even the most intelligent classes, the value of
judicious hygienic management, as a means of prevent
ing and curing disease, and the necessity of carefully
considering the vis trite, or, rather, the vis medicatrix
naturce, in all cases. Dr. Houghton evidently depre
cates the " nimia dUigtntia" of modern routine prac
tice as much as the opposite extreme of careless inat
tention and slovenly indifference.
To the medical profession this work supplies what
has long been a desideratum—a compilation of testi
monials to the efficacy of the Water-Cure from unex
ceptionable sources. Forbes, Wilson, Scudamore,
and Mayo ! Surely such names as these will com
mand a respectful hearing wherever the science of
medicine is recognized, and the English language is
spoken.
Our Thanks to Co-Workers.—We cannot express
the thankfulness which wo feel towards those noble
souls who have devoted themselves so earnestly to tho
promulgation of our blessed Water-Cube.
Many friends have sent us clubs of ten, twenty,
an hundred, and some have reached the enor
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mous number of three, four, and even five hundred
new subscribers, and that, too, without any thought
j of personal remuneration, except the thanks of those
into whose hands they chanced to place the Journals.
These voluntary apostles of both sexes look upon the
Watcr-Cure as a " God-send," to save thousands
from premature graves ; heneo their zeal in placing
tho means of physical restoration and preservation into
their hands. It is on account of the intrinsic merits
of the Water-Cure that people resort to it on all occa
sions when attacked by disease. It has been tried,
proved, and forever established. Let the glad tidings
go forth to all the world, " a star in the east" has
appeared, and groaning millions may avail themselves
of its light, and again enjoy the greatest of all earthly
blessings— health.
The Water-Ci re in Missouri.— [Mrs. Mary
Phelps, wife of the Hon. John S. Phelps, Member of
Congress, when sending us a list of forty new sub
scribers, reports the following interesting case :—]
11 1 cured my little daughter of a very violent attack
of scarlet fever, last summer, in the following man
ner:—1 was returning home from Washington. The
weather was extremely warm. The water in tho Ohio
River was so low that very small boatsonly could navi
gate it. The state rooms were very small, and the
boat on which I traveled was very much crowded.
" In thut condition, my daughter, between two and
three years of age, took the scarlet fever. As soon as
I saw she was sick, I could not give a bath, so I wrap
ped her in cloths wet in ico water, changing thorn every
fifteen minutes ; gave her all the cold water she could
drink. The fourth day the fever abated, the swelling
in her throat began to disappear. The fifth day she
could sit up, and tried to walk. I gavo her no medi
cine of any kind.
'* A physician who was on tho boat with mo, and
saw her twenty- four hours after she took sick, said I
would kill the child if I did not discontinue the water
and give her medicine. It was several weeks before
she entirely recovered ; she is now in perfect health."
[Thus, by reading tho Water-Cure Journal the
past year, has this lady become thoroughly imbued
with our beautiful system, which may appropriately
be termed " The Health restorer and Life pre
server." She has evinced hor faith by the formation
of so large a club of subscribers. May the seed she
has sown spring up, and be multiplied an hundred
fold.
An Old Doctor's Testimony.—A highly respecta
ble practitioner—that was—of a neighboring State,
writes to the Journal :—M I have been for some three
years an attentive reader of your valuable Journal and
other works on the all-important subject of curing dis
eases with pure water, ' and throwing physio to the
dogs and I assure you, the more I examine the sub
ject, the deeper are my convictions that there must be
a radical reform in the healing art. I have spent some
fourteen years of my life in dealing out allopathic poi
sons, and perhaps with as good success in killing or
curing as almost any of my allopathic brethren.
Twenty years ago I abandoned my profession, not
being satisfied with uncertain effects of drugs upon
disease. I have not since taken up the pill bags. 1
am now sixty, and am strongly tempted to go into the
Water-Cure practice, that I may make some amends
for the injury I may have done in dealing poisons to
my fellow-creatures. The Water-Cure is constantly
gaining favor with the people. I am astonished at the
multitudes I meet with that are ready to fall in with
the idea of promoting health and curing diseases
with cold water. I have succeeded in curing myself
of obstinate gout and rheumatism. We have used no
remedies in our family for some years but water."
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All was done that could be done,—When the
friends are commenting upon a recent death, it is very
common for them to make the remark that ** every
thing in the world was done, but his timo had come,
no human power could save." And if the course of
the practitioner was full of energy, they will earnestly
assure you that " nothing was left undone." This is
well exemplified in an anecdote which ono of our ex-
presidents was fond of relating.
Traveling from Virginia toward the north, he rested
for the night at a tavern on the road ; soon after his
arrival at which, the hostess came in from a neighbor
ing house with the females of her family, all exhibit
ing m.irks of deep distress. Ho was informed that
they had been witnessing the parting scene of a young
friend, who had died of some acute affection. ** But
thank God!" observed the contented matron, 1 every
thing was done for him that was possible, for he was
bled seven and twenty times.—Buffalo Homwopathist .
[So have thousands, old and young, been sent into
the grave, and we may find the same high-handed hu
man slaughter practised, wherever the old system
prevails. Fathers and mothers ! look about you, and
count the number of premuturo deaths which have
taken place under the " regular" mode of doctoring, in
your neighborhoods. Better let alone, than take their
drugs, or let them take your blood ]
Gentlemen of the Journal—I send you the fol
lowing lines for publication. They are from the pen
of an old and valued friend of mine, Prof. Percival,
of Franklin College, Tenn.
They deseribe only truthfully the situation and ad
vantages of "Our Glen," as a retreat for the sick.
For our Terms, allow me to refer your readers to our
advertisement in another part of the Journal. Very
truly yours, James C. Jackson.
(From the Louisville ( Ky.) Journal.)
GLEN HAVEN WATER CURE.
On the rocky side of a green-clad hill,
The parent of many a hounding rill,
I* a cool retreat, as wild and sweci
As ever was trod by fairy feet.
If beauty a pledge of fame could be—
Or the voice of Nature's melody ;
The tribute of fame, it well might claim.
Glen Haven, its sweet, melodious name.
There are shadows that lie in the bright green vale,
Where the trees wave cool in the scented gitle ;
And vistas blue where the Fan looks through,
Giving gems to herbage wet wilh dew.
From rock to rock there is music made
By the sporting voice of the wild cascade.*
And mormnriag low are the waves thai flow ,
Whtre the blue Skaneatelest tolls below.
The flowers are thereof the sweetest bloom,
The birds of the richest song and plume—
And as fair to the eye is the soft blue sky,
As the sun bright heaven of Italy.
And the spirit of Health has made her home
Where the spirit of beaoty delights to roam,
And pale Diskark, defeated, fleet;
For life is found amid scenes like i
Enlargement of the Tonsils.—By S. M. Har-
Rl^ Mork Water-Cure at Home —"I take this
occasion to say, that I have received so much benefit
from reading tho Journal and practising upon what I
read. From constipation, headache, dizziness, bowel
. complaint, and all the evils resulting from drugging
and pilling, I have been completely relieved, and all
! for two dollars, it being two years since 1 first sub-
* The largest spring makes a descent of a thousand feet from
the fummit of the mountain lo the lake, and during its pawnee
there are several falls of twenty to thirty feet, very beautiful to
lookt Aat.lake of that name, sixteen miles long, on which a pretty
• steamboat runs daily in the summer season. The scenery on
the banks of the Skanealeles is exceedingly picturesque,—the
Cvre standing on its Western side.
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scribed to the Water-Cure Journal. My family also
(of six ohildren), have had a glorious respite from
sickness for the same length of time, with tho excep
tion of my oldest boy. From past experience, his case
would have cost me at least ten dollars in the hands of
one of the old school. It was an enlargement of the
tonsils, to which ho is subject, upon taking cold. I
have cured him twice, simply by wet bandages applied
to his throat, bathing, and drinking cold water freely,
and keeping him upon a diet of Graham bread. In
five days he was well. How thankful should we'be
for such benefits ! Yours with gratitude,
• * •
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON.
BY NOOOS.
Sixce my last, I have had more roason than ever
before to bles3 the man that invented cold water ; for
I have seen some wondrous cures performed by its aid
which I ara very sure could never have been done with
out it. I have related them to " Dr. K.," who will, 1
presume, report them in the Journal.
Speaking of him, ho has just finished a course of
lectures in South Danvers, a village of tanners and
curriers, the citizens of which have hitherto been
almost exclusively occupied in the hides of other ani
mals ; but Dr. K. says, " ho flatters himself he has
convinced * some* of 'cm that their own ' hides' are of
as much consequence as any other critters, and that
God's imago is worth 4 scouring up,' let it bo never
so dirty or ' tanned !' " Any how, he has got eighty
subscribers for the Water-Cure Journal, which, ho
says, he promised thorn should be worth a dollar a
year, if ho had to write it himself.
Speaking of journals, it seems to me you will have
to have at least one paper-mill devoted exclusively to
your use, if it goes on increasing everywhere as it does
in these parts.
Dr. K. finishes a course of eight or nino lectures to
night at Leominster, in this State, whero, he says, the
Water-Cure idea takes " hugely," and where they
" eome up to the mark," in all respects, better than
almost any place he has ever lectured in ; and that he
should think at least one half of the inhabitant?, con
sisting of 3,000, would remain hydropathic. In fact,
it is hard work getting 11 physic" down folks' throats
who attend a full courso of lectures on the Water-
Cure.
In this town, Dr. F.,the best ph}Tsician in the town,
if not in the county, is already " convicted," and a
few more cases of triumphant Water-Cure success,
such as he has had lately in scarlet fever, " enteritis,"
and dysontery, will cause him to throw overboard his
</i>-stuffs, fee, and put his trust in the god of hydro
pathy and nature.
Speaking of ** natur," aren't she a critter 1 only
let her have a chance, and won't sho throw out the
nonsense from the poor abused system 1
The reason why so many die in acute diseases is,
that the doctors frustrate tho design of the recupera
tive power within, whose efforts are constantly tending
to tho removal of morbific matter, &c, which is the
cause of diseased action. Drugs stop the fermentation,
as it were—the up-heaving to the surface of the im
purities, in the samo manner as mustard-seed does
that of cider.
These Water-Cure lectures and journals wrong the
allopaths dreadfully. Old Dr. H , of B a, who
died a few days ago full of years and physic,
said, " it was too bad to waste so much money on such
lectures." God forgive the poor old sinner—a man
grown gray in poisoning his fellow-man—his whole
life spent in throwing obstacles in the way of nature—
who, year after year, has been adding insult to injury,
and has taken the last cent, perhaps, of the poor
widow, for making her ten times worse than when he
first saw her. Such a man to talk about wasting
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
money on lectures, the end and aim of which is to
make the people stop dosing, to know the laws of their
being, and the way to prevent and cure their diseases
without poisoning their blood, is too wickedly ridicu
lous.
If men should come to serve your beer-barrels as
allopathic doctors do their patients, you would be apt
to serve them as the brewers did llaynau—that would
touch your stomach, ay, your very nerves !—but if he
only stops *l workings of nature" in your body, why
that's all right, 'cause they're doctors ! and doctors
know—oh, certainly—but they don't always tell what
they know.
The Homcsopathist, a Monthly Journal, published
in Buffalo, i\. Y., referring to the Water-Cure Jour
nal, remarks—
" There is a fresh common sense pervading its
columns, which contrasts favorably with the meta
physical nonsense of most medical writings. That the
judicious u?e of water is a most important adjunct in
the treatment of disease, we freely admit."
Now, this is candid, honest, and, to our notions,
correct But the writer goes on to say—
" That our hydropathic friends claim by far too
much when they attribute to the water all the benefits
accruing from a residence at one of their institutions
in tho country."
To this we will simply remark, nobody claims that
water ulonc does, will, or has, restored to health those
who were counted lost, and beyond the reach of other
modes of cure. No ; we claim that water, diet, air,
exercise, with judicious course of treatment, effect
these cures, and not that it is, or can be, done by
water alone. The IIoma?opathist adds—
" That a large proportion of our diseases might be
prevented by the habitual and discreet use of cold
water, «nd that in the treatment of a great majority
of maladies, cold and warm water may be made very
important adjuncts, we have no disposition to doubt
or deny.
" Indeed there is hardly a day passes, that we do not
advise patients who apply for medicine to go home
without it, and use the wet sheet, or some other form
of (icold
Wewater
took applications.
up our pen to say that we bad received
the Water-Ccre Journal, and were very much
pleased with it. But here we find ourself at the end
of a long article.
*' Looking upon the hydropathic system as one of
the most potent means in the great work of medical
reform,—nailing, as we (Jo, its brilliant progress with
outstretched arms and open hearts, wo humbly trust
we have spoken of it with true words, and in the right
spirit."
Amen,—just what we like to see.
THE OX IN THE GRAIN-AN ALLEGORY.
BY H. B. BUNTING.
In walking leisurely along
An oft frequented country road,—
While passing by asharamy fence,
I taw a breachy ox inlrnde.
The tenant was a slothful man.
Nor fenced his wheat field as he should ;
The ox had found the weakest place,
And entered in, to seek for food.
In haste I called the owner oat—
See, here's an ox destroying grain ;
" Here Bose I" I heard the servant shout,
And saw the dogs go through the grain.
Said I, do'nt chase the ox about.
But go and bring a lump of salt ;
If then you'll open wide the gate,
Old Buck, I think, wilt soon come out.
He nrged hit bulldogs on apace.
And Buckygare hb> fury vent:
And leaping o'er the highest place,
Broke down no imall amount of fence.
John wished he'd taken my advice ;
He said " next lime he'd be more wise
The dogs, he said, more damage done,
Than Bucky had — full ten to one.
Here, let the old school Doctors read
The folly of their murderous creed :
They send their poison " bulldogs" in,
To chase disease ** through thick and this :"
And if they bring about their end,
They break flown fence they ne'er ean mend ;
But if their " dogs" should fail to 11 beat,"
Both ** dogs" and " ox" stay in the wheat.
Disease and drugs may equal he ;
Then both will btruggle to get free—
They'll soon destroy the field of grain/1—
The patient's death will end hw pain.
Then if you would not share the fate,
Of this poor man, we here portray,
You mu-t keep up m> strong a fence,
That drags and death outside shall stay.
Supposing " Buck" inside tho fen^e,
Do not " let slip the dogs of war"—
'Tt* fully to so*oon commence,
The glorious works of God to mar.
But if you let him there remain.
Perchance he'll eat more weeds than grain :
And when lie's full, he'll look about.
To find an opening, to crawl out.
Then if the gate you'll oiien swing,
And fetch some water from the spring,
He will walk out to quench his thirst,
Proving 'twas what he wanted most.
Now Doctors, if you wish to "live,"
Then )OH must *• live and let live" too—
And if you will attention give,
We've one more word to say to you :
You'd belter choose an honest trade,
And let your paltry die stuff» go—
For when you peddle poison drug*,
More death ihau life, you're sure to sow.
If you'd e'en let your patients drink
Of Nature's beverage, pure and clear,
You'd find a less demand for drugs,
Before you've seen another year.
These lines would teach all quacks like you,
Unless your mind* are wrapped iu blindness,
Acute di*ea«e, and chronic too,
Will often yield to " power of kindness,"
That pain 's a heavenly monitor, sent
To teach us we've sinned in neglecting the fenca :
That when treated roughly, more harsh it will he,
But just use it kindly, and so it will thee.
Notb.—This is driving out disease by *' ox power," which
we rather like. It donbtlese furni-hed its aathor some amuse
ment lo write it, and we commend its perusal to all who are
trocbled with the bines.
The Progress or Hydropathy. — By D. A.
Harsha*—"After the world has quietly rested for
) centuries in the arms of Allopathy, it is now starting
from its slumbers, to behold the dawn of a brighter
day—an entire revolution in the medical world—a new
system of medical practice established upon the ruins
of the old. That Allopathy will soon be superseded
by Hydropathy, no penetrating mind can for a mo
ment doubt. A new light has already burst upon the
medical world. A new and important era in her his
tory has commenced. A glorious discovery has been
made. Water, pure water, has been found to cure
disease, and to answer all the purposes of medicine
without that injury to the human constitution whieh
drug medication always and invariably produces.
As life and health are the greatest earthly blessings,
* Let us hear from you often.—Publishers.
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so every discovery which tends to prolong the one and ing n similar examination in his own case, very wisely were appointed a committee to carry tho motion into
promote the other, must be considered the most im declined making any further use of these blue pills. effect.''
portant and glorious in the world's history. This sys Here follows a preamble and appropriate resolutions
tem is daily gaining ground. In our country, the [The Water-Cure in Mississippi.—J. F. Dodge appointing a committee " consisting of nine gentlemen
Water-Cure is spreading with wonderful rapidity writes us from tho Great Valley, as follows :—] from the different counties bordering on the Lake,
11 1 have now sent you One Hundred and Forty- who were appointed to make tbe necessary arrange
The oldest Water-Cure establishment in the United ments, and issue a call for a Convention, to be held at
States datos back only about seven years ; now there three Subscribers to the Journals, and that while a future time, for the purpose of organizing a Horti
are more than one hundred." attending to other business. My success is attributa cultural Society for the Valley of Lake ChampUin "
[At first, this language seems enthusiastic ; but, on ble entirely to tho meritorious character of the work. The following named gentlemen were then unani
a moment's reflection, we find it to bo a statement of There is but one soutiinent concerning it, among those mously appointed to act as a committee :—Jonathan
Facts* couched in a plain, familiar, yet ardent style. who have road it, and that is tho most unqualified ap Battey, Kcesoville ; Hon. Henry Ross, Essex ; Hon.
The world was awakened when the Christian religion probation. Hydropathy is rapidly insinuating itself John H. Boyd, Whitehall ; Prof E. S. Carr, Cob-
was first promulgated. Again; when Republicanism into the good graces of the people here, and finds none tleton ; Albert Chapman, Middlebury ; Chancey
overturned kingdoms; and now, a revolution equally but friends among those who investigate it, and prac Goodrich, Burlington ; Jasper Curtis, St. Albans ;
mighty is convulsing the world from tho centre to its tise it faithfully. A. J. Moses, CbamplaiD ; Stephen Macojiber,
circumference. The saving of living bodies is the Grand Islo. Jeptha Bradley, Chairman; H. E.
problem of tho ago— it has been solved—by the disco The Water-Cure in Utah Territory.—It gives Seymour, Secretary.
very of Hydropathy.] us pleasure to announce the fact, that Mr. J. E. John We hope this example will be followed in every
son, formerly of Kanesville, Iowa, is about to erect a State and in every county, until good fruit shall be
Wanted.—" A Water-Cure Physician, who will large Water-Cure establishment at the Great Salt come as common as it is healthful and luxurious.
locate and practice in our city, town, or village." Lake City, in Utah. Mr. Johnson is not only a man
The number of inhabitants " So and so," and so forth. of enterprise, but a reformer, and will no doubt be Water-Curb Establishments.—The following
[From all p trts of our country, from New Orleans to liberally patronized. May the people of the Great new and old Water-Cure Establishments are advertised
Minnesota, and from "away down East," to " away Salt Lake City be "preserved." under tho proper head in the present number, where
out West," we are daily receiving applications like all particulars, including terms and so forth, are given :
this] [It is new to us, yet old in pact.—Wo had sup
Every settled Town would, at this present time, Removal.—Dr. T. L. Nichols and Mrs. Gove posed ourselves " posted up" in regard to all Wator-
give employment to a good Water-Curo physician. Nichols, we are happy to learn, will remove on the Cure establishments in America ; but so rapidly have
" The people" are tired of drugs, and they have heard 1st of May from their present residenco, 87 West 22d they multiplied, that at least one has, until now,
—most of them—of a "bettor way." Water-Cure street, to a spacious and elegant bouse at No. 91 escaped our notice.
books aro very good, so far as thoy go, but are not Clinton Place, near the Fifth Avenuo, one of tho most In 1816, Dr. F. H. Ofpelt established an hydropa
sufficient for all occasions ; and until every family shall central and beautiful locations in Now York, it being thic institute at the Lehigh Mountain Springs,
become acquainted with tho principles of Hydropathy, within one block of tho finest public square in ihe city, near Bethlehem, Pa., which is described as follows i]
good W. C. physicians will bo in demand. accessible by several lines of stages, and in every ro-
" This establishment is delightfully situated among
The People hare suffered themselves to be preyed spect a most desirable situation. May success and the mountains on the banks of the Lehigh. Thcro are
upon by the manufacturers of patent medicines, sarsa- prosperity attend them ! few more lovely and romantic spots to be found in the
parillas, cherry pectorals, Phoenix bitters, expecto country, with a view of the valley, bounded by a oir-
rants, nervous antidotes, all-healing ointments, plas- Hydropathic Anniversary.—The Executive Com ole of blue mountains, tempting the invalid to health
ful exercise in tho pure air, so necessary to tho resto
ton, elixirs of life (death), cod liver oil, and the entire mittee of the " American Association of Hydropathic ration of health."
catalogue of similar Remedies, every one of which Physicians" will hold their first annual meeting in [A superior wave bath is near by, and a gymnostio
has dimaged those who have swallowed them. It New York early in May, at the time of tbe other an apparatus always in readiness.]
will, therefore, take years to eradicate these impuri niversaries. In our next number we expect to bo able
ties from the bodies of those who have thus been pol to give the full particulars. Re-opened—The New Water-Cure House at
luted. The world will soon look upon these medical Brownsvillo, Pa., is in charge of Dr. C. Baelz, who
fallacies as by far surpassing all other delusions ever [" The Good Time Cummino."—Wo clip tho fol has just opened it for the season.
known. lowing notice from the Pa. People's Journal :] " It is situated one mile a half east of Brownsville,
" The morning light is breaking," We hope tho timo will speedily como when tho a short distance from the National Road, in a healthy,
and the community are beginning to take the true " Water-Cure Journal" will be a monthly visitor of cool, and retired situation. The springs from which
the baths are supplied are puro and soft.
view of this whole matter. No wonder, thon, that every family in the county, if for no other reason than " The building, erected solely for hydropathic pur
thoy cry ** Water, water, more water," and call for because it enforces with unanswerable arguments the
importance of cleanliness, temperance, and tho total
poses, is conveniently constructed. Beautiful scenery
Water-Cure physicians. Under present circumstances, abandonment surrounds the institution in ovorv direction, to repay
the very best we can do is to advise all to inform of the use of Tea, Coffee, Tobacco, and tho seeker of health for climbing the neighboring
hills."
themselves, so far as it is possible, by reading such Snuff.
books as have been, and may be published, on the Caution.—It will be found ansafo " about these The Worcester Water-Cure —Seeing the neces
Water-Cure—apply the system according to the direc days" to lend *' anything" to those who use tobacco, sity of a Water-Cure establishment in that city,
tions therein laid down. There will be but little dan as most, if not all tobacco users, have very bad mem Mr. Edward Earle voluntarily came forward, and,
ger of an unfavorable result. With the Water-Cure ories, and willforget to return what thoy borrow. without the hope of pecuniary reward, provided the
Library at hand, most cases may be successfully means for its erection.
treated, oven without tho aid of any person. At all Fruit Culture vs. Pomolooical Conventions — Our friend Dr. Rogers, (almost a hydropath,) who
events, this is the best that can be done, when far Within the past few years, political, religious, agri has recently accepted an appointment in tbe Wor
away from a Water-Cure practitioner. But wo livo in cultural, medical, and other conventions, have be cester Botanic and Medical Institute, is the presiding
hope when there shall be *'no need of doctors of any come quito common, none of whioh have interested us physician.
sort/' more than those relating to tho culture of fruits. The Glen Haven Water-Cure, so beautifully
Blue Pills vs. Barnyard Fowls.—Not long Pomolooical Conventions have been held in New poetized in our pages, is fully described, including
since a physician of the calomel and jalap order sent Y'ork city, Buffalo, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Albans, Vt. terms, &o., under the head of" Water-Cure Estab
to a patient a box of blue pills, with directions for The object which they have in viow, is to compare lishments," in another column.
taking them. The patient being somewhat averse to all the various kinds, and disseminate the more
their use, was soon after sitting, box in hand, delibera choice varieties of fruit. Water-Cure at Northampton.—Dr. Mundo an
ting whether or not to take one, when a hen oame We have before us a copy of the proceedings of the nounces tho re opening of his establishment at that
near tho door. Now for an experiment, thought he, one held in October last, at St. Albans, from whioh it celebrated place This cure is fully described in the
and threw the biddy a pill, which sho eagerly seized appears thut " Mr. J. Battky, of the Union Nurseries, Doctor's advertisement.
and swallowed. She soon began to droop, and in a Kcesville, X. Y , was present with a large and splen
did variety of fruits, comprising 145 varieties ofpears,
few days was a gone chicken, for she died. A post and 105 varieties of apples, with varieties of grapes, The Forest City Water-Cure is now open for the
mortem examination was made, in order to see the ef peaches, etc." reception of patients. Our Tompkins County friends
fects of tho morcury. Tho liver was found to be swol After an examination and comparision of the various will appreciate this new retreat.
len to such a degree as to completely fill all space in fruits presented, " it was moved that a Horticultural
Association be formed for tho Valley of Lake Cham-
the body, and thus deprive the lungs of all power of plain, and Messrs. J Curtis, A. M. Clark, Geo. F. The Athol Water-Cure has been re-opened with
action. The patient, on witnessing this, and not wish- Houghton, H. E. Seymour, and E. B. Whiting additional facilities for hydropathic treotment.
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Not Hydropathic.—We had supposed, until in dozen or mor^, and absolutely prevented from escap to those who want \he Journal, whether it would not be more
formed to the contrary, that Miss Mowry, of Provi ing, until he has been robbed. If he bid ten or honorable and honest to enclose the amount {only one dollar),
dence, had adopted the Water-Cure practice, but it twenty dollars for a " Fine Gold Watch"—(brass gal and direct the same to the publishers, for which they may re
appears we were mis-informed. vanized)—said lo be worth a hundred and fifty, he is ceive the Journal a year.
sure to *' get stuck,'1 not only for the watch, but for a Tun International Magazine.—By reference to the last
How to make money —Stop drinking tea, coffee parcel of trash, such as German silver pencil cases, page of the present number, our reader* will find the prospectus
or whiskey, quit smoking, chewing or snuinng tobacco, wooden pocket combs, cotton handkerchiefs, playing of this magazine Edited by Rev. Rufub W. Griswold.
and subscribe for the Water-Cure Journal. cards, cast iron razors, pewter buttons warranted Published by Stringer fc Townsend, of New York.
pure silver," nn& a catalogue of similar goods, amount
Water-Cure Lectures.— Sinco our last issue, Dr. ing to seventy-five or a hundred dollars *' for the lot." Messrs. Waterman and Woodaud, have sent us eighty-
T. L. Nichols has given lectures in this city on The moment a bid has been made, (by a stranger,) he two subscriber;* from Coldwater, Mich. This, of course, forti
Suicide in its Moral and Physical Aspects, on Medical is ushered into a back room, where, by threats of fies them against the ravages of either pataut medicine quacks,
Quackery, and on Allopathy, Homoeopathy, and Hy prosecution or personal violence, ho is compelled to or tho fatal consequences of a M rtgittur mode of practice."
dropathy. He has also accepted invitations to lecture give up his money to these swindlers; and the most
at Wappinger's Falls, Kinderhook, Wcstboro', Mass., mortifying feature of ali, there is no law to suppress "Ask and ye shall Receive."—We have a few extra
Newport, li. I., and other places. this intolerable swindling nuisance, and the Common copies of the Water Cuke Journal for 1350. (last year.)
Though occupied with a largo and increasing prac Council have not the power to mako ono. All we can which we propose lo give away as follows : any person who
may send us for any of our Books, shall receive a copy of
tice, and engaged also in study and preparation for his do, therefore, is simply to warn ali who visit our city, the VV. C. Journal, for 1S">0.
fall course of lectures, besides the habitual relaxation of to " Beware of Mock Auctions.''''
literary pursuits, Dr. Nichols will continue to lecture, (JoM> Dollars, half or quarter Eagles may be remitted for
as the friends of Water-Cure may wish, at such places Journals or Books, at single letter postage. These small coins
as will not require too long an absence from the city, should be enveloped in thin pajjer, in order to prevent them slip
whenever they will pay his expenses, as he leaves one ipmal Entires. ping out of the letter, before reaching its destination.
more than qualified to till his post in his absence.
Mrs. Gove Nichols is giving full course? of lectures Our Journals in the Hudson Hu tut.—Some time in In Future we shall place our table or contests on tho
on Physiology and Water-Cure to private and select Feb., one of our largest northern mails, containing Journals, first page of each number, which will enable renders the more
classes of ladies. was capsized into the North River, at Albany, which gave readily to turn at once to such articles as particularly interest
them eomething more than a mere plunge bath. So comple them.
tely soaked ilid they get, that many of them never reached their
destination. Our subscriber* regarded this a little too much
" water-cure," and we have been requested to remail to those
who either failed to receive their numbers, or who received them
The New Postage Law.—On the principle that in a damaged state, which, of course, we were glad to do. If
M a half a loaf is better than no bread/' the new law ! any yet remain uusupphfd, they will please inform us at Our Contributors will confer a favor by forwarding their
is better than the old ; yet it is by no means what we | once. communications early. They should reach the publishers on or
about the first of the month previous lo which they are expect
call "cheap postage." We are thankful for what ed to appear.
we've got, but hope and expect to get more- Two ! thisThe HvDRopAimc Encyclopedia.—The first number of
cents for letters all over the Union and ocean penny ! has work will go to press during the present month, (April.) It
been delayed in order to complete the numerous engraving! Deferred Articles.—Physical Education, by Dr. T. A.;
postage, is the mark we aim at, and have not a doubt | with which i! is to be illustrated. It will be forwarded to sub- An Eve Sore, by T. J., a new contributor ; The Hygienic Man-
but what these rcstea would suit 11 the people." i •criber.H as soon as printed. Terms $2 for the entire work, or agement of Children, by G. E. J ; An Autobiography, of ex
The new law, which takes effect on the first of July ^ 'J5 cents a number. Published by Fowlers and Wells, at tha ceeding interest, continued ; Small Pox, by T T. S. : Cholera,
next, provides as follows : < office of the \V. C. Journal, New York. its Treatment, by V. P., politely forwarded by F. S., M. D.,
The postage on all pre-paid letters within 3,000 from Philadelphia, forgraluiiousdistribution ; Cases ofInflamma
miles, 3 cents ; when not pre-paid, 5 cents ; over T. W., of L., N. H., says, " One reason yourworksare not tory Rheumatism, file, by J. M.C. ; John Howard, by J. H II.;
3,000 miles, double these rates. circulated more extensively in oar Stale, is because our Book Notes of Travel in Europe, by J. S. W. D. ; Twelve Cases in
[When a person writes a letter, on his own account, sellers do not keep them." Midwifery, by do. ; Insanity, by J. A S, ; Home Treatment, by
requiring au answer, he may enclose postage stamps, reach [Of course we are desirous of placing our works within the S. C. P. ; Cases, by S. F. ; C. must " mutt wait a little longer;
of " everybody," and we are sure Booksellers would do Neuralgia, by E. L. P. ; " Study and Experience of Water,"
with which to pre-pay the answer.] well to keep them ; but if they will not, " the people must be by Rev. E. R. W. Poetry on Mount Prospect," by Mary.
The rates of postago on the Water-Cure Journal, supplied by Agents, who are now scattering them pretty ex ( fVe hope to hear from you again )
and similar monthly publications, will be, under the tensively, most of whom find it a " pleasant and profitable bu Besides 11io above-named article*, we have a number of other
new law, within 60 miles, five cents a year; within siness."] valuable cases and facts on file, which will appear in due time.
800 miles, ten cents; within a 1,000 miles, fifteen They may improve with age. It w ill b? seen that our Journal
cents ; 2,000 miles, twenty cents ; 4,000 miles, twenty- [S, W. when sending a club of subscribers from BaLLston, continues to be crowded, notwithstanding our enlargement*
five cents ; and over 4,000 miles, thirty cents a year. Si*a. N, Y., m;ikes the following suggestion ;]
Weeu.lv Newspapers, four times the above named " Mow easy for your renders to double or treble the circulation Bread and Molasses.—Mr*. E. G., Newark : " Is bread
rates—Dailies, twenty times those rates. of the W. C. Journal, annually. Let each one procure one or with moluMe* belter for children of a scrofulous habit, than bread
Books—bound or unbound—are chargeable at the two others, (which they may do with little trouble,) and then with butter?" ItW; scrofulous children should not useBugaror
rate of one cent an ounce, within 500 miles ; two cents, what a flood of light will be dill used through the length and mola**es excessively ; an inordinate quantity of molasses might
within 1,500 miles; three cents, within 2,500 miles ; Hubscnberbreadth of our land. Suppose you ask in the April No. each be worse than a moderate use of butter ; but, with equal tem
four cents, within 3,500 miles ; and five cents for be." lo procure another one, and see what the result will perance, molasses is much the best.
3,500 miles. An extract from the letter of the above correspondent is
worthy of record, showing what a sensible woman can do,
These rates are specially objectionable, as applied to ''Where did vor come from 1"—It is a very common when she takes it upon herself to do her own thinking. She
overy thing in the bill, except letters. We shall show tiling for subscribers to change their places of residence. writes: "My little boy was troubled much with scrofulous
wherein, at a future time, when it becomes possible to | When they direct us to change the direction of the Journal, symptoms, mostly swelling of the glands of the throat and neck.
amend tho law, and establish cheap postage. ; from one P. O. to another. In such casts, they should always I had tried Allopathy and Thomsonian-pathy, and should have
be particular to state from what place or P. O. they removed, tried homoeopathy, could I have had any faith in infinitessimals,
Mock Auctions.—These most nefarious, swindling as well as to what place. This wilt enable us to transfer the but, as I had not, I resorted to water. I began to bathe him,
concerns are well understood by all city folks, but are name without a momenta trouble. and applied wet bandages to bis neck, with an occasional
unknown to our country people— we therefore note the packing, as well as I cooId do it, with the little knowledge I
fact, that they may bo guarded, while visiting New- Is it possible ?—It has been suggested that " some folks" could get. My neighbors all prophesied his immediate death,
York. have been awfully tempted by the exceeding beauty of the and called me an imprudent and unfeeling mother ; bo1 1 had
The signs of these villains usually consists of a small Water Cnre Journal, so much so, as to be unable to resist It tried water-treatment tbr myself and knew the result, and per
red flag, hung out over the door, with these words in is believed, that in "some cases'" our Journal has been severed. After about eighteen months practice, from a feeble
large letters, written or printed thereon—" fine Gold and " Btopped on the way," before reaching its owner, the subscriber, child wrapped op in flannels, who could not bear the winter's
Watches for Sale"—while about the door may always tiveness. for the above named rerwon—namely, its irresistible attrac wind upon him, he can now endure as much fatigue and play
he seen a gang of designing robbers, dressed in various as long in the cold air as any child I know of, and he has not
In justice to ourselves, we assure our subscribers, that their bad the least symptoms of a cold this winter. He wears no
styles, which would indicate that they too were strang numbers are regularly mailed from ooroftice, nsually before the flannel, nothing aronnd his throat, and has not even had on
ers, the auctioneer, meantime, yelling most lustily— first of the month, and it cannot be supposed, that the Journals an over-coat but few times this winter. 1 want to keep greasy
Going, Going, Gone /" The moment a stranger enters get lost in the mails ; but it is possible that they sometimes get food from him, and for this reason would like to know if mo
one of these " dens" he is at once surrounded by a " taken. " However this may be, we most respectfu My suggest lasses is a good substitute for butter in such cases."
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Dropsy in the Abdomen.—W. M. M., Blyersville, Va.:
This disease hu been cored by water-treatmen t. The prospect
of core depend* entirely on the remaining stamina of conatitu-
tion. The case you mention seems like a serious affection of
the kidneys, probably more or lea ulceration. He ought to be
at an establishment, or under the eye of some hydropathic prac-
Merciry and Cold Water.—If a person has taken mer-
cnry, or a course of any other mineral poisons, will it strike into
his limbs, or will there be oilier evil consequence* in the appli
cation of cold water : would it not be dangerous to apply cold
water immediately afterwards ? Not at all ; provided the drugs
are discontinued, and the water treatment is judiciously mana
ged. When the system is pretty thoroughly poisoned, and the
strength very mnch exhausted by druggery, the first applications
should be tepid or moderately cool, never cold enough to pro
duce a strong shock on the nervoos system. As the effects of
the poisoning decline, the power of the water appliances may
be increased.
Rupture, or Hernia.— One correspondent aiks a question,
which is well answered by another in the statement of a case :
" Yesterday an old gentleman who had a rupture on each side
had one of them protrude so as to nlarm him very moch. It
had been done one hour and a half before I was aware of the
fact. I immediately proposed (knowing the rupture to consist
of a small portion of intestine, filled with air, and nnderstanding
that cold would contract itiis air while heat would expand it)
applying cold water, but he thought the case too critical for try
ing such an experiment, and resorted to hot water. This only
increased the swelling, and was discontinued ; and after an
hour's unsuccessful attempts to get it back, he concluded he
would have to call in the surgeon and submit to the knife. I
again proposed cold water, and obtaining his consent, applied
ice cold cloths, which in five minutes relieved the pain, and in
fifteen minutes it was entirely replaced.1*
Mumps.—J. R. M. The water-treatment is just the thing,
even the cold water treatment, if there is high fever and severe
inflammation. The above correspondent writes : " May I not
•ay, with a certain man who lives in Boston, * that water is ris
ing ?' and although freshets in general are not at all desirable,
yet, in this particular, they may be considered anything but a
calamity, shoold they be in some good degree instrumental in
burying the allopathic medicine chests beyond even the hope
of resurrection." To this we would, borrowing from oar worthy
contemporary, the Boston Medical Journal, respond—"Amen
and Amen 1 "
Snuffles, Teething, Sec.—J. De, L. 17. M The doctors
used to say that the ' blue veins' and 'head sweats' indicated
rickets. Is this so?'1 They do generally attend rickety chil
dren, and also some other forms of cachexia, or a bad physical
condition. The bowels should be kept free by tepid injections,
the body daily washed in water about 70°, and the mother
shoold he particularly careful of her diet. If she eats constipat
ing food, the child will certainly sutler as long as it nones.
R. B. B., of Pawtocket, R. I., says : " We need a few lec
tors* on hydropathy. Never heard but one. Can't yoo send us
a good lectnrer."
Be Patient.—When we get out Hydropathic College estab
lished, it will be less difficult to supply the demand for lecturers
and practitioners. At present our Water-Cure publications must
serve in the Homr Practice.
Quinsy Sorb Throat.—E.J. P., of Newark, sends ns the
particulars of a case, treated with calomel, senna, salts, pills,
powders. Infusions, teas, lotions, slops, and other drug raix-
tnres, and dye-stuffs, and asks : * What would yoo have done
in soch a case V Why, man, we ahonld have treated it with
the very best of pure water, so that, when the patient recovered,
she would not have complained of the great debility, restless
nights, pallid cheek and lifeless eyes, a* sequences, which you
say now attend her.
Leprosy.—O. H describes a remarkable ease which the
doctors call leprosy, " as near as this climate will admit," char
acterized by dark raised spots on the skin, exhibiting small
translucent scales, which may be brushed off, &c. The wet
sheet pack, followed by the moderately cool dripping sheet,
with as moch rubbing as the patient could comfortably bear,
undoubtedly restore the natural cutaneous eecretioo, and
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onload their pore* of viscid decomposing accumulations of Scrofulous Tumors.—J I.—J. L. B., Jamestown. This sub- ^
effete matter. A very coarse, plain, highly frugiferoos diet is ject you will find explained ted iin tbe last January number. The (
important. complication of "dyspepticic syrr
symptoms" and *' weak lung*" only
demand a mora rigid attention to hygienic agencies.
C. F. R. S. writes us: "Yoo say quit tea aod coffee.
What ooghi I to ose as a substitute V It is rather strange that G. H. H.—By sending thirty more subscribers, during the
in this enlightened age any one shoold aik soch a question* year, yon will be entitled to the W. C. Library. Bee Prospec
What shoold you use? A»k nature, and in everything around tus of Student, for terms.
she will reply, Use the only beverage 1 prepared for your first
parents—one that gave them health, muscular strength, physi L. P. P.—You not only have the "Law on yonr side,"
cal endurance and mental activity. Drink it from the moun but Justice also.
tain spring—from the dancing rivulet—from the noble river—
from the placid take—from the bubbling fountain. In sum J. B. II. Limaville, O.—The Hydropathic Encyclopaedia,
mer's heat and winter's cold, in sickness or in health, in poverty will be issued in numbers, as rapidly as it can be got ready.
or affluence, in all conditions, at all times, and under all circum The Philosophy of Electrical Psychology can be sant by
stances, drink, and drink only, bright, sparkling, pore water.
Catarrh with Bronchitis.—Mrs. J. 8., West Newark. Kidney Affection.—Miss H., N. H. The case of yonr
Severe cases require general treatment, frequent sniffing cool or father is evidently very seriooa, and difficult to diagnnsticat*
cold water up the nostrils, the chest wrapper, and a rigidly ab without a critical personal examination. It may be gravel or
stemious diet. Very bad cases require a persevering application hip ulcerated kidneys. The wet sheet pack, and frequent tepid
of the i* hunger cure ;" that is to say, the quantity of food shoold baths are safe ; when there is mnch pain, warm hip baths
be just sufficient to avoid starvation. You would do better at might be better still. He must keep very quiet, ox all treatment
a good establishment. will inevitably fail.
Cancers.—How can they be cured hydropathically 1 A ] would Catarrh with Enlaroed Tonsils.—*' A Subscriber"
thorough plan for general purification, and the purest diet, with the do well to employ, in the case mentioned, in addition to
strict attention to the general regimen, are necessary to remove j means mentioned for catarrhal affections above, freqoent
what medical books call the " cancerous diathesis." Then, if ; gargles of cold water, or holding bits of ice in the mouth occa
the ulceration has not progressed too far, the healing process i sionally. Tbe general treatment, however, is most important.
may take place. When disorganization has proceeded far, a
mechanical means—the caustic or knife—may be requisite. j O. O.G.,Pittsburgh. Your letter.wtth the beautifully engraved
view of Dr. Wilson's Water Core establishment, together with
CnRONtc Glandular Swellings,—B. W., Geneva. En extracts from the Saturday Visitor, is thankfully received. We
largement of the glands of the neck sometimes become so indu had already matked these letters for insertion in the Water-
rated and the structure so consolidated that they connot be re Cure Journal. Notice will be made of Dr. W.'s establishmeat,
moved without surgery. A regular hydropathic method of and yonr request complied with.
living, particularly as relates to diet and bathing, would tend to
remove the condition upon which such tumors depend, and G. II., Rockford, Ills.—w What a flood'* you have caoied.
possibly remove the tumors themselves. Much is sure to be If your people get sick now, it will not be for the want of hydro
gained by the trial, if all is not accomplished. pathic information. Hope the journals yon order will reach
you promptly,
Croup, Fever and Ague, Winter Fever, Sec—P. K.,
Monticello, Mo. All fevers, no matter by what name called, H. H. H.—Yours with enclosure cams duly to hand. Glad
are treated on the general plan of equalizing the temperature. you are so well pleased with the little work entitled "In nova
This may be done by warm, tepid, cool, or cold water, as the tion." Yon are entitled to the Student for two yean.
whole or any part is too cold or too hot. The croup requires
the prompt application of cold wet cloths to the throat, often W. R. W., Rockton. —The American Statesman was dis
changed. The inquirer would do well to get a sopply of hydro continued, which accounts for your not receiving it. Our con
pathic books. fidence in the quality of the publication induced ns to recom
mend it.
Hemorrhagic Consumption.—V. S. L., Elgin. Foot
baths in your case would doubtless be a good addition to the Nursing Canker in the Mouth.—N. T. P., Carrollton,
plan you are pursuing. Be careful that the feet are in a warm Iod. Nursing mothers can avoid or core this complaint by
glow at the time, aud walk also afterwards. avoiding hot drinks, greasy food and condiments, with one or
two tepid or moderately cool baths daily.
Spermatic Enlargement.—Much may be expected from
correct dieting, general bathing, employment of hip-baths, and in Water-Cure Processes.—J. K. W. They are explained
eitherof several small cheap works. u Water-Curs Manual/'
gentle but very cold douches to the part. < u Hydropathy for the People, " Ate, to be had at the office of
J. W. B.,Mechanicsville.—You have split the Rock. Tha this Journal. It would take up too much room to kee
good work will lurely go on. By a little attention, you have ing explanation of them in this periodical.
indeed "dog them out." There is no danger of their ever
returning to their evil ways. We hope to hear from you Glandular Enlargements.—J. S. B. A j
often. ployment of the wet sheet pack, followed by the dripping sheet
and the use ofthe wet girdle around the abdomen, are the best
Old-Fashioned Itch —8. L. W. If it resists an energetic
application of soft water and hard towels, it ia because tbe liver
is distracted, or there is something irritating in tbe diet. Use S. D., Jun.—You will have seen, by previous numbers, that
coarse unbolted farinaceous food, with fruits and vegetables; the postage on this Journal is the game as on all other news
eat no grease aod but tittle salt ; drink no hard water. papers, and no postmaster will, intentionally, ocer-charge our
subscribers.
Catarrh with Purulent Discharge.—G. K. The strict
Graham diet, or rather Graham system of living, is peculiarly weItaly May.—Your article will receive attention as soon as
can find room for it. Be patient It may improve with
applicable to your case. The baths best adapted to your treat
ment are. the pack, followed by the half pack, head baths occa
sionally, foot and sitz bath* frequently. A. P. 11. —A little more effort will secure to yoo that valoa-
able prize, the W . C. Library.
F. S., M. P., Philadelphia. Yonr " Report" is received. We
shall preserve it by giving it a place in the Journal. We shall D. M . Magnolia.—Your son shonld go to a Water-Cura es
be glad to receive copies, to circulate as you propote. tablishment, and receive full treatment,
'*One of Tnr. Subscribers."—We cannot give you the A. A. M.—Yoor plan is a good one, and, if carried out, will
Information you desire through the Water Cure Journal. If make many hearts glad. Go on.
you will give us your name and address, we will try to inform
you. The $1 is received. You omitted to give us either your J. F. D.—The commission on the H. E. will be the same as
name or 1'. O. address.
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R. II. S.— Begs lo be informed as to " who writes that Jlti-
biographtj " It would give us pleasure io " disclose the se
cret," had not tlie distinguished autlior requested us not to do
bo. Were Ins name given lo the public, a (jknsation wonld
follow greater than t lie autbor or ourselves would cure lo with
stand. No sir,— Mr. R. II. S., we must not tell you,
C. C. O.—" Can I obtain single subscribers, at club price--,
after sending one club of twenty !"
Answer.—Certainly, and we will pend to as many different
post cilices us you please.
W. G.— You failed to ipecify which Journal you des:r d,
nor did you give us tbe name of the State in which jou r„*-
tided.
J. K. M. C—A personal interview will be necesnary to give
you a satisfactory answer.
G. W. H.—Yes, send additional subscribers at the same
rates.
O. C. P.—Your request is complied with.
Sank JhWm.
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WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
WATER-CURE ESTABLISHMENTS.
Glen Haven Water Cure.—This retreat for the sick, so
splendid in its location, so beautiful in its scenery, with its clear,
quiet lake, and its abundance of Soft Mountain Water, has
been thoroughly refitted the past winter, and is now open, lis
batti norsE is in prime order. Walks op the mountain to
the Falls are being opened. A plunge and a douche bath
will be put np at the Qlen, for use in warm weather. The treat-
mentis radical but careful, and under the special charge of Mrs.
L. E. Jackson and Miss T. Cilbert, ladies will have the most
thorough attention. Gentlemen will be in charge of my son,
Cites E. Jackson, who is intelligent, prompt, and skillful. In
no department shall any of us spare labor to make health come
back to the cheeks of our guests.
Prices.—These we put within reach of almost all, and those
too poor to pay them in full, wc will take at a reduction—pro-
vided, 1st, we can accommodate them ; and 3d, that they will
satisfy ns of their inability to pay by responsible references.
We charge for front room, six dollars a week ; for rear
room, five dollars, payable weekly. These rooms will never
be oecupied by more than two persons at a lime. We chnrge
no fee for examination, and those addressing us by letter
can have all the information we can give about the treatment
in the Cure or at home, free of charge to them, provided
they pay postage.—Jamks C Jackson, M. D., Physician. Our
address is Scott, Cortlandt Co., N. Y. 3L
Forest City Water Cure—located near Ithaca, N. Y.,
on the eastern shore df Cayuga lake. The Medical department
is in the hands of S. O. Gleason, M. D , former Physician to the
Glen Haven Core. Mrs. R B. Glea?on will take specific charge
of the female patients. Persons coming from New York, and
from the Southern Counties, can take the Ithaca Rail Road,
which intersects with the New York and Erie Rail Road at
Owego, an.I arrive at Ithaca every night and morning. From
the North, Ea*t, and West, can take the stage at Auburn every
morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga Bridge every afternoon for
Iihaca. The tt.ige leaves Ithaca every mori.ing for Auburn,
passing the Cure.
Terms.—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, Sic,
$5 to $10 per week, varying according to room and attention
required. Payments made weekly. Each patient will furnish
three good sized cotton comfortables, one woollen blanket, and
a linen packing sheet, 1$ yards long by J£ yards wide, besides
four coarse bath towels. £onie old linen for bandages will be
desirable. All business letters addrested to Dr. J. F. B t rdicK,
Potest City P. U., Tompkins Co., N. Y., post paid. ly.
Cleveland Water Cure Establishment is now open
for the reception of patients. The success which has attended
it thus far gives bright hopes for the future, and enables the
subscriber to say with confidence to all who wish to make a
practical application of the hydropathic treatment, that lliey
can pursue it here under the mo»t favorable auspices for the re-
raoval of disease. The location, although in the immediate
vicinity of one of the most beautiful cities in the Union, is still
very retired. There is connected with the establishment some
fur' v acres of native forest, which furnishes one of the most
beautiful retreats for walks and amusement that can be desired.
The best German Bath Nursers are in attendance. The price
for board, medical advice, and all ordinary attendance of nun.es,
js fr) per week, payable weekly.
Patients in indigent circumstances, coming well recom-
'mended, and willing to occupy second rate rooms, will in cer
tain cases be received at a reduced price. All communications
nasi be post paid.—T. T. Seelye, M. D., Proprietor. 3t.
Worcester Water Cure Institution.—Dr. S. Rouerb
will open bis new Inttiiution at No. 1 Glen street, on the
1st of 6th month.
This building was erected expressly for hydropathic purposes,
and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the improve-
ment and enjoyment of patients.
Terms.— For full board and treatmelit, from six to leu dollars
per week, according to rooms occupied.
A medical fee of two dollars for first examination will usually
be required.
Patients are requested to bring two linen sheets, two woolen
blankets, one comfortable, and old linen for bandages, &c.
Water Cure —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted in
general, are hereby respectfully informed that the Water-Core j
Establiihment of Dr. C. Baelz, near Brownsvi'le, Pa., for the
cure of chronic diseases, is now in successful operation. The '
flattering rise of this institution In publh: favor hat induced its
proprietor to add yearly improvements for the comfort and ac
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commodation of the increasing number* of visitors. Terms are
$6 per week, payable weekly. Two woolen blankets, two
cotton sheets, three comforts, and six towels, have to be provided
by patients. Letters post paid will receive due attention. ly.
Hydropathy.—The subscriber begs to call the attention of
invalids to his Water Cure Establishment, in Athol,
, Massachusetts. Iu results during the last few yean are too
favorably known to need recital. Its natural advantages and
- facilities for making cures are such as cannot fail to secure to
j patients the highest chances for recovery to health. For its dry
; and stimulating atmosphere, the purity of iu fountains, beamy
of scenery, and variety of paths for walks and rambles, this
' location, it is believed, is unsurpassed. Every case, prior to
commencing treatment, is submitted to a rigid and scientific,
examination.
\ Terms—Five dollars per week and upwards, agreeably to
j the choice or necessity of patients. Washing and fire in private
1 apartment, extra.—Geo. HoYT, M. D. Athol, Feb., 1851. It.
]
j Dr. Charles Munde's Water-Cure Establishment,
at Northampton, Mass.—This establishment is situated at
i Bensonvi lie, on the bank of the small but limpid and roman
; tic Mill River, two and a half miles from the Connecticut and
[ the Northampton Kail Road Depot, about foor miles from the
■ beautiful and majestic Mount Holyoke, seven hours' ride from
New York, and about five from Boston and Albany, in one of
the pleasantest and healthiest regions of New England. The
air is pure and bracing, and the little valley about the estab
5 lishment is surrounded by wood grown hills, with shady walks,
and abundantly supplied with springs of the purest, softest, and
coldest granite water. Neither fevers, nor any of the summer
diseases which prove so fatal in New York and farther south,
are known in this part of the country. The new and spacious
i buildiugs offer all the conveniences for Water Core purposes,
such as large plunge, douche, and other baths, airy lodging
< rooms and parlors, separate for either sex, a piano, an apparatus
J for gymnastics, two boats for the use of the patients, etc. The
Doctor being the earliest disciple of Priessnitz now living, and
having an experience of more than sixteen years of bis own,
! (his writings on Water Core being in the hands of every Eu
;■ ropean hydropalh), hopes to respond to any reasonable ex|*eta~
■; tions from the Water Cure *}ttem, made on the part of those
> sufferers who may confide themselves to him. He, as well as his
' wife, will exert themselves to insure to their patients every com
5 fort compatible with the chief purpose of their residence in the
establishment.
Persons desirous of following a thorough course of treatment)
should provide themselves with two woolen blankets, two com
j fortables or a feather bed, three or four linen sheets, six towels,
] and some old linen. In case of need, these articles may be
; procured in the establishment. Patients applying to the Doctor
by letter, ought to be very particular in their statements, men
tioning their age, constitution, earlier d leases, former treatment,
', occupation, way of living, and, in fact, anything that may
; contribute to elucidate their case. A certificate from their phy
.' sician in ordinary will be most agreeable.
j Terms.—For treatment and board, $10 per week. (To pa
tients occupying some of the smaller rooms, or one room with
another patient, an allowance will be made.) Ladies and gen
tlemen accompanying patients, and rooming with them, $5 per
week ; if occupying rooms by themselves, foil price. Children
under ten years of age, and servants, not receiving treatment,
93 per week. For the first consultation or examination, whether
> the patient enter the establishment or not, $5. (No charge to
the indigent for consultation and advice.—Charles Munde,
f M.D. IU
; Leuiqh Mountain Springs Hydropathic
: located as above, near Bethlehem, Pa
Terms—including attendance and board, $7 per week, for
:. persons provided with the necessary ankle*, via. :—two large
( blankets, two to three comforters, a coarse linen sheet, six
1 towels, and some linen for bandages, and a syringe.
Communication from New York by Somerville Rail-Road
and Ea*ton Stage at 9 o'clock, A M. From Philadelphia by
Bethlehem Stage at 4 o'clock, P. M , and Norristown Rail Road
I and F.mnus Stage at 9 o'clock, A. M., Tuesday, Thursday, or
J Saturday. It-
j
j The Orange Mountain Water-Cure—situated at South
Orange, Essex Co., N. J. Persons coming to the establishment
from New York leave the foot of Cortlandt street at 8 o'clock,
A. M., and 3£ o'clock, P. M., in winter, and 4 P. M , in sum
mer. The time occupied in reaching South Orange from New
York is about one hoar. Visitors can come from and return to
the city several time* during the day. Dr. Joseph A. Weder,
late of Philadelphia, is the Physician of the Institotion.
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Physical Education, . 1M Institution for Idiots, tt7 If there be any one portion of the human
An A v.:!* .-.rt-.jit,;, . - 1M Hotels, Travelling, Bathing, 198 frame, upon the healthy condition and -duo
Twelve. 1 j- in Midwifery, 109 Gossip from 11 atom, 118 performance of its function the comfort and
The Ear and its Diseases, 111 Graham's Tilt with the P'rs'ri,119 well-being of the individual may be said in
Chronic luftamtnation, . 111 Monody by aSielt Grahaniite, 129
.' ' . neaa from Cold*, . 118 Th« Lampooning Pansun, 199 a great degree to depend, it is upon that por
Nervous Diseases, . lit Tobacco, 119 tion which is lodged within the cavity of the
History of a Breast-Pin, . 113 Another Gay, 199
Medical Laconica, 115 Lectures oa physiology, 199 chest ; if pure blood do not flow freely
W.C. inofStrangulated 1 1 5 Water-Cure at Geneva,
Umbos, Hernia, 115 199 through the arteries, bodily ailments and
•Gleams Water-One Lectures, . 1*9
Pecv'oe of r Dir-easo*, . 115 Orange Mountain W. C. ISO mental inaptitude must be the result. We
Excretions, . 115 Don't Touch rt, . ISO cannot have pure blood unless we have pure
Aniativen- *&, 116 Tho Three Be*t Doctors, IBfl
Importance of the SJuo, 115 Am. r. H. h H. Asa. ofP. A S. ISO air around us- and the air must not be
Effect of Medicine*, 115 Smoking in the Streets, ISO merely pure, but there must be plenty of it.
Wat. Law* Health * Diaease, 116 Cnimba of Comfort, ISO
An Bye Sore, . 116 Muatnrd Pou)li<e&, ISO The atmosphere, that great ocean which sur
Study of Water Cure, . 117 in- in Turkey, ISO
The Dernier Resort, in VAKIKTIEa, . , no rounds and covers the earth to the height
General WawMajTtaaA llhlW, . 118 Marriage of a Youthful Pair, ISO of 45 miles, filling its deepmost valleys and
Insanity and Delirium Tremens, 118 Jenny Ltnd, . 181 overflowing its highest mountains, is in a con
Fresh Air—it* Importance, 119 Cure f'.r Bedbugs, . . , 181
Nature the Beat Doctor, - lit Mrs. Swruhehii, , ttl tinual state of motion, by its winds, currents,
Fruit for Food, . 190 The Book Agency Swindle, . 181 and storms churning and agitating all its
The Appetite-ita Use* Abuse, 130 Tobacco Trade lu Danger, . 181
M*t MatBHjmoM, . 111 The Brothers Hutchinson, 131 parts, blending their differences together for
Frontispiece, . 111 Literary Announcement, 131 good, and producing as the result a whole
Fslrartum Cnraia, . 111 Removal of the Capitol, 1S1
some and invigorating atmosphere around
Allopathic Cutaneous Treal't, 121 Cold Water a Naval Aid, . 1S1
A Physiological Mistake, 111 Don't Talk about Yonnwlf, . 181 us. And for what is it placed around usf
Offensive Breath, . 111 Tho Whalebone Business, 1S1 In summer its evaporating influence is pleasing on This air must not merely surround us, it must
The Diseases of Women, in Good Advice, 181
Poiaoned Confectionary, . IM An Omitkiuogical Marriage, 181 our skin, producing coolness and tone ; in winter enter into our body : it must be brought into im
RlYIEWC, , 115 NOTTCM, 181 it may be made the safest and most agreeable mode mediate contact with our blood, and communicate
IlluatraUd Botany, , 115 TO CoUKKHFOXDEVra, 131
Water in Chronic Diseases, 111 Book Noticm, 131 of communicating warmth. By its accumulation to it a new increment of vitality. This function
MlSCKLLAMC, « 117 Summer Poetry, . 133 and weight we are kept in our position on the of aerating the blood has to be performed so long
New Volume, 117 ADVEKTISEMEfTB, . 134 earth, and stability is communicated to everything as we live, and the full and healthy performance
Literary Testimony, 117 Hydropathic ilncydopudia, . 138
around us. By it our ships are wafted from farthest of it is the measure of our physical enjoyment of
India to the pole; commerce is developed ; " many life. This function is called respiration.
WATER. run to and fro, and knowledge is increased." By It consists of two distinct parts—the drawing in
Water, wherever we see it, is full of use, and its medium "the sweet music of sound" is pro of the air, which is called inspiration, and the es
beauty, and glory. From the dew that distils upon duced ; by it we hold converse sweet, we arc led cape of an equal volume of air, which is termed
the rose-leaf, to the ocean that heaves its vast tides away willing captives to the oratory of a Henry expiration. In inspiration the air is drawn through
around the world, it is a perpetual wonder and or a Burke, or ravished by the tones of a Hallelu the mouth and windpipe into tho lungs ; these are
delight In the dawn of creation, tlx; spirit of jah from Handel and a Warbling from Lind. placed in man in the cavity of the chest, are two
God moved upon the (ace of the waters. Water To the air which surrounds us are we indebted in number, and lie upon each side, immediately
makes the beauty of our silvery clouds and golden for all this ; nor does our relation with it cease under the ribs: they arc protected from touching
sunsets; it spans the heavens with the hues of the here : by it are we connected in the scale of crea these, or the heart, which lies between them, by
rainbow ; it dances to the earth in April showers ; tion with the humblest lichen that grows upon the the lining membrane, the plcnra, which invests
it murmurs in brooks, ami thunders in cataracts : bare rock, or the lofty baobals and cedars that kiss them closely, and is then reflected over the head
it waters the earth in rivers, cures our diseases, and the heavens. Wo vitiate the air, they restore it of the inner cavity of tho chest, thus allowing
bears our ships on the rolling seas.—Newspaper to its purity; they can well live without us, we freedom of motion in the parts, without friction or
paragraph. cannot exist without them. j irritation. When disease attacks the pleura, as in
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pleurisy, the two smooth surfaces which usually derived from the food we take to support us, and within. The lungs immediately enlarge to fill the
glide over each other become glued together, and the oxygen from the air through the artery, in the space provided, and the air rushes in and fills the
the motions of the lung in inspiration and expira manner indicated. The end of breathing is to free cells, and thus the blood is aerated. Now, it is a
tion are impeded or prevented. Each lung is a us from the excess of carbon, and this is accom muscular effort to dilate the chest, and in propor
mass of cellular tissue, in which arc scattered num plished by carrying oxygen through the arteries. tion as the muscles are developed and vigorous, the
berless minute air cells ; these cells are the termi From the facts which have been stated, the greater the dilatation will be. If the muscular
nation of a small bronchial tube, which itself is an changes produced by respiration are the following: tissue be wrcak, pale, and flabby, from want of ex
offset perhaps in the fourth or fifth subdivision of —The arterial blood, which is driven from the ertion, it has not the power to raise the ribs freely,
the main bronchial tube, one of which emerges out heart to the system at large, contains a large pro and the act of respiration is badly accomplished ;
of the root of each lung behind the heart; they portion of oxygen, and also a small amount of the individual does, no doubt, breathe, but not as
unite together and pass upwards, forming the carbonic acid; as it commences to pass into the breathing should be done, and although the ill
trachea, or windpipe; at the upper part of the veins, through the capillaries, it loses a part of its effect be not immediate, it is remote. The clerk
trachea, where it enters the mouth, the larynx is oxygen, acquires a great increase in the quantity who stands all day at a desk, with his arms resting
placed. Every bronchial tube, as it subdivides, is o" carbonic acid, and it returns to the heart in the on it> never breathes fully in that condition : how
accompanied by an artery and vein. These air state of venous blood, its color having been dark much of his days and years are spent in breathing
cells, or vesicles, are very small, being not more ened by the loss of its oxygen and the gain of the imperfectly 1 He who "tits at his desk, injures his
than from to 1-119 to 1-09 of an inch ; they dilate to acid. In the lungs, where it is then transmitted, health still more ; for by the stooping of his body
receive the fresh air in every inspiration. The it undergoes, by atmospheric exposure, the oppo he necessarily narrows the capacity of his chest : in
network of blood-vessels spread over the walls of site change to what it did in the capillaries, a large both cases there is added to the fact of respiration
the vesicles is very minute, and it is in these part of its carbonic acid and water being removed, not being fully performed, this result—that the
almost imperceptible capillary vessels that the and the addition made to its oxygen, by which its muscles, not being called into play, become atro
great change produced by the air upon the blood ' arterial hue and character are thus restored. phied, w hich itself prevents full dilatation, and it
takes place. A healthy person breathes on an average sixteen acts in a circle ; then, if we recollect that the in
This change is neither small nor unimportant. times a minute, or 23,040 times in twenty-four dividual is undergoing no exertion, and is in a
To the eye the change consists in the alteration of hours; twenty cubic inches is the quantity of air limited space, filled with confined, and, there
the color of the blood, from the dark purple of the a healthy man of fair dimensions inhales, which, fore, bad air, can it be wondered that he is pale,
venous fluid to the rich crimson of the arterial. in the twenty-four hours, at the above rate, unwilling, because unable, to take exertion, with
This alteration is but the index of a series of i amounts to 2t>fii cubic feet. The quantity of a feeble body and an irritable mind—that ho
changes far more important, which occur in its j carbonic acid thrown off in. the same period has should fall a victim to premature old age, or bend
chemical constitution. Each inspiration the air is j amounted to nearly 18,000 cubic inches, and this beneath the scourge of the country—deposit of
carried down to the remote cells; streams through < amount represents 5j lbs. of carbon thrown off tubercle in the lnngi lie has died before Provi
its pores into the blood-vessels, which we described j from the system. This quantity of carbon has to dence called him—he has anticipated his death.
as coating them ; the air itself docs not pass into j be thrown off daily ; and, if it be not full}' aceom- The woman who encases her chest in the armor of
the blood, it only acts upon the surface, and hence j plished, ill health sooner or later will result. The whalebone and steel, does a similarly wicked act,
the necessity of the extreme subdivision of the capacity of the lung enlarges, other things being and doing that which the law of nature declares
capillaries to increase that surface extent ; the lat the same, with the height of the man ; thus, it may will result in death, truly commits suicide.
ter becoming thus so enormously great as to ex be generally stated, that for every additional inch Exercise—development of the muscles of the
ceed calculation. In this way an instantaneous of height, there is an increased capacity of eight arms and shoulders, as described in the preceding
effect is produced upon the blood, and in less than cubic inches of air. The quantity of carbonic acid articles—is the great means for aerating the blood.
three seconds is accomplished what would other in the air exhaled amounts to 4 per cent, on the G radual development of these muscles, as by dumb
wise require many hours to do, and that not so whole, and renders the remainder so vitiated as to bells, boxing with gloves, swinging on bars, and
well. be totally unfit for a second respiration, and when the cautious use of the dynamometer, are the most
There is an alteration in the air inha'ed as well escaping, as it docs, into an apartment, it renders appropriate exercises. The cold bath, and washing
as in the blood. The oxygen has been almost a very large quantity of air impure ; hence the the chest with cold water, are valuable aids ; and
completely removed, and its place has been sup double necessity for so large a supply of air about friction with the rough towel, hair gloves, or the
plied by carbonic acid. This latter has streamed us, and also of ventilation, to remove the vitiated flesh-brush, are means which ought not to be ne
into the lungs out of the purple veins at the same atmosphere, and to bring round in large quantity glected by the sedentary man.
time when the oxygen was passing into the arte a supply of air as free as possible from carbonic
ries, and thus for as much oxygen as passed into acid.
the artery an equal amount of carbonic acid passed It is not our object, however, now, to show the AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
out of the vein. The blood in veins always con necessity for air, great as it undoubtedly is ; but CHAPTER TV.
tains carbonic acid, for it escapes from the vessel rather the necessity for exercise to blow off, if the Carlyle, in his essay on Doctor Samuel Johnson,
in which blood is received in the ordinary opera phrase may be used, the carbonic acid, and thus takes occasion to say a few words about the fatali
tion of blood-letting. The object of inspiration, get rid of the carbon from our system. The lungs ty that attends the efforts of those who write bi
then, is to supply oxygen, and of expiration to get arc passive instruments ; they have to be dilated, ographies. He declares, and with truth, that we
rid of carbonic acid from the lungs. The purple j exactly as the bellows' handle must be raised, and do not get at the lives of men, because those who
color of the venous blood is due to this acid ; it ! in proportion as they are fully and frequently write them aim at something great, something daz
is always present in it ; and the bright color of ar | dilated will the carbonic acid be more readily re- zling—that will attract great attention, and leave
terial blood is due to its containing so much j moved. It is by the muscles of the chest the action a marked impression on the reader, that about the
oxygen. i must be accomplished, and many of these muscles, liero of the tale there was something uncommon.
The carbonic acid which is thus thrown off from | which we shewed as engaged in moving the shoul- The little events of his life were passed by, as of
the blood at each expiration, is a part of the total j ders and arm, act also as dilators of the chest, no consequence, when they were in fact the things
quantity of the same gas given off by the system j When we fix the arms by our side, wo can draw by which the man should be—and only could be
at large ; the secretions and egesta of the body ! a fuller breath, becauso the pectoral muscles arc truly judged.
contain a large quantity, and it is constantly ex | disposed to better advantage, have their fixed In noticing my life—and the events in it which
haled by the pores of the skin ; during sleep, and j points on the arm near the Bhoulder, and their havo given it marked character—I am satisfied
when fasting, the quantity is least; and after a ) movable ends being at the ribs, they contract and that the inconsiderable things are those which
meal, and during exercise, it is the greatest. It is j drag these bones forward, upward, and out- have all along decided my fate. They have plowed
composed of carbon and oxygen. The carbon is J ward, and thus enlarge the cavity of the thorax the furrows of my path, and heaved it broad
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enough for me to walk on. And it is so with all
men. The difficulty with moat is, that they do not
chronicle the little affairs of life. They let them
perish. I never could. The rustling of a leaf made
an impression on me. The utterance of a kind
word, the very intonations in which I was ad-
dressed, the manner in which persons approached
me, the attitude they assumed, their walk—their
clothing, equipage, general personclle—bound me
to them, or disgusted me.
On the closing of my term, as I have said,
my old master and I parted. I was the child of
his adoption, and he felt for me like a father for
a child. He saw that he had lost his hold on me,
and it cut him to the quick, but it was no fault of
mine. He had made an issue—I met it respect
fully but firmly. He had no right to make it.
Knowing my peculiarity of temperament, that I
was generally supposed to be his favorite, that the
scholars looked on me with some degree ofjealousy,
and expected me to betray them, aud be the old
man'Bfag, he had no right to say one word to me
about giving information. Had he been anything
but a simple minded minister, brought up in scclu-
Bion, he never would have done as he did. The
deed was done, and he could not, neither could I,
recall it. I did not take my confidence from him.
It perished by his act; and I could as well recall
the dead to life by a word, as to say to my faith
in him, " Come back I" Faith in God or man with
me is not the result of effort. It is spontaneous.
It swells in my heart by a law over and above that
which guides the will. It is instinctive. I make
bold to say it—I honor God instinctively. I have
never seen the day that I did not. His character,
his laws, his works, his love, all challenge and se
cure my faith, intuitively. So with my faith in
human beings. It comes from the depths of my
inner man, and goes forth where it can find a
home. Some men, I would put my fortune into
their hands, if needful, had I one, assured that
they would not cheat me out of a cent I would
commit my character to their keeping, certain that
they would stand by it to the very last breath ;
whilst to others, standing fair in the world's eye, I
would not risk a shilling loan, unless I meant to
lose it
Some women—I am utterly averse to them—no
thing could make me intimate with them in social
intercourse. I read them as I do a book or as I
do their letters when put on my head. I do not
hate them. Hate is dead in me long since, but in
disposition to mingle with them is constitutional.
Of course a un iversal favorite in school I could not
be, bnt anything which looked like peaching,
could be avoided, and I had made up my mind to
avoid it Lie I would not ; take a whipping I could,
and did. If an hundred years go over me before
death calls me away, I do not believe the looks of
that little girl will be forgotten. She was an or
phan girl, poor, e/Wi<y-stricken, and that's a kind
of stroke that falls heavily on children for the
most part in "our day." But she was a Genii's,
not of the kind or class to which I belonged, but
the real kind. The very audacity she displayed
in tripping up the old gentleman, showed that she
was no " common body." I would have been cut
into mince-meat before I would have looked in
that old man's face, and said,
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
" Susan II did it, sir!" blue to me, the earth was clad in green to me as to
Neither then, nor since, have I regretted that other people. My excellent, dignified, large-
decision which kept nie from telling of her. To headed father was not leas excited than was I. At
this day, no mortal has ever heard me tell who noon I went to the master and thanked him for
gave " the master" his fall. pulling my ears ; the first time
"A new master! anew master!" was the cry *• Since Adam delved and Eve span,"
] just a fortnight from the time the vacation com-
; menced. lie was a small dapper-looking little that a school-master received a scholar's thanks for
< fellow, and proved himself a gentleman. He pulling his ears.
> taught us but a little while, sickened, and died. What a God-send that ear-pulliug was to me!
' Again, a new master ! He taught but one term, It took away my shame. It broke my shackles.
'■ did not like it, and " quit." The fourth came on, It developed me. To have carried that defect on,
and proved no gjeat genius, but he was destined on, on, through childhood into youth, from youth
to produce on me, in one direction, a lasting im to manhood, thence into busy life, with all its com
pression. petitions, rivalries, jealousies, bickerings, unfair
From my earliest attempts to talk, I was trou nesses—to be compelled to meet all, overcome all,
bled with an inability correctly to enunciate the sweep them out of my path,
letter 8. In spite of me it would come out like //. " As chafi* of lumnn threshing door before the wind,"
The old women declared me tongue-tied. So I had whilst cursed with impotenoy of speech, would
to submit to have it cut. It effected nothing how have been worse than death. I coidd have en
ever. Whenever I stood up to recite with the dured the loss of a leg, or an arm ; would have
multiplication table, I always said, "Hix time borrowed no trouble about a club-foot ; but to
heven ith forty two !" So that at last the boys a have imperfect power of speech, it was excessively
size or two above me, used to call me " Hix time mortifying. I hod even then an inkling tliat
Heven." It came to be my ntVA-name. It morti speech was to be capital to me, that in my tongue
fied me ; and I often wished myself dead. My my strength ought to show itself ; and to be impo.
father lrnd tried all sorts of experiments with me, tent in its use, to have it clipped like the shot wing
but uselessly. I have sat hours to have a silver j of a wild goose, was horrible. To be lifted out of
spoon put under my tongue, and on my tongue, to all this by the ears ! Was it not funny f I have
see if it could not be curled into some shape to asked many medical men to give me the cause of
give power to enunciate 8 plainly ; but it would the impediment It was not cured by fear, fori
come forth II. Under all my father's trials, I sue- never have been afraid of anything man could do
cceded about as well as a boy would with his to me. My mother congratulated me, my brother
mouth stuffed full of new bread, butter, and honey, crowed, my dog barked to bIiow his good will, and
in saying yes ma'am ! to his mother. my old grey-haired wood-ehuck came out of his
My new master bore well with me. He made hole at my whistle and looked more intelligent
various attempts to enable me to say S, but it was than usual.
not in my alphabet One day he took it into his
head to be cross. He had the preceding night at CHArTER v.
tended a party, and was outrivalled in his atten The readers of the Journal—may their shadows
tions to a lady, and he showed it. He looked never be less I—will please to bear in mind, that I
blue about the corners of the mouth. My hour am not attempting to play the cold speculatist
came to recite in Greek, and I was doing as merely. I am not writing for their medical bene
well as I knew how to do, when suddenly he fit only. I am not expending ink for the gratifica
jumped from his chair, and gruffing out 'Til tion of the old and serious. I am aiming to make
see if I can't teach you to say S," caught me the children read the Journal. With its 25,000
from behind by the tips of my ears, raised me subscribers, the W. C. J. must come before a great
clearly from the floor, and shouted, " Say S, or many children. For one, I would lead the young
111 P I felt something go off like a pistol in to know how to avoid disease, as well as to teach
my head, and my tongue was loose. "SI SIS!" Vie older how to cure it. So, old fault-finder, do
cried I. He let me down. The boys shouted, not sneer at my simplicity, nor growl at my want
the girls laughed, little Houri spatted her hands ; of interest for you. Take your daughter, a little
and I—everything was new to me. I 6aw noth less than a dozen years old, bright, blossoming, and
ing but the door. I thought only of my father. beautiful, and give her the Water Cure Journal to
I caught my hat from its nail, and before the read, and see if she does not read my story. If she
master could stop me, was in the street, and on j docs, she will be a better girl for it, I will venture
mv way to my father's store. The door was open. to affirm ; and you ought to thank me for turning
I leaped into my father's arms, and yelled, I be away from " wounds, bruises, and putrifying
lieve, "SI SI father! SI S! S!" I was well nigh sores," to talk to her awhile, about
delirious with excitement I was free. No longer j " Flowers, daisies, and hare-be!lt,
Dncks on the lake.
would I have to be called "Hix time Heven.'' i And bright snoshine."
The boy that did it, I would whip him if I had to j Do not borrow trouble. I will weave in serious
wait twenty years for it Now I could go on to j
the stage and speak pieces. Now I could read to and earnest thought enough even for you, so that
my angelic mother. Now Houri would not have weightread
if you what I say, you will carry a leaden
to laugh at me when we were alone, and cry for in your bosom
me when the boys and "big girls" twitted her " In the shape oTa hoge corse,"
about loving me. O I I danced, capered, and if you do not train that daughter or son of yours
stuffed my pockets full of candy. The sky was to a life of out-of-door activity. Will you let me
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go on now, or shall I have to show you that my notions quite as much in his next movement. He j back of the knife against his knee, turned the edge
power is in my tongue / Go on! you say—very turned up his wheat stubble, and sowed wheat outward. Up to this time " the King of Spain" f
well: we are agreed. after wheat—a practice universally condemned, j bad not moved a muscle except to chew his cud.
My father, as you will understand, was in feeble and against which every old gray-haired farmer in ; But on my cousin stooping and making motions
health. From his youth lie had had a fever sore. the county protested. They all swore with one ) with his head, he swallowed his cud, walked out
At periods it had made him go on crutches, yet consent that it would all turn to chess ; and he deliberately into the yard; and backing up till he
he had never given up practice, nor failed to go ! was told that he was surely a fool. But " Time, j got his momentum, came dashing down like a
"to the wars." Latterly, he had faltered in his the adorner and the beautifier," proved him right, Spanish knight on his enemy. What thought he
physical energy more than usual, and there were for his crop was full thirty bushels to the acre. J of the odds ! 'Twas not for him to know himself
more than usually unpleasant symptoms in his This established his fame as a farmer, and from challenged, and shrink from a fight. My cousin
case. His ulcer had healed, and he liegan to fear that day to his death, no man called in question > saw him coming. Come on and split your pate,
dropsy in the chest. He sold out his store and his project, or doubted bis practical skill. He in old fellow ! cried he. Twas over ! The old buck
purchased a farm, and took to amateur farming, troduced the white flint wheat into use among farm j somehow struck the knife, so as to turn the edge
and he succeeded. The farm he bought was what ers, and sow.ed it altogether, being convinced of into my cousin's knee, just above the knee-pan,
in our State is called a "State's Hundred." It its hardiness against the ravages of the Hessian fly. and cut his leg half off. It was a terrible gash.
consisted of an hundred acres, be the same more or As among Doctors, so among farmers, lie was the How my father ever saved his limb I eannot di
less, according to the original survey of lands by first in rank and character. vine; but it got well after a long while, and
the State, and was owned by the State. It had About this time Merino sheep were being in royalty escaped without a graze.
laid from time immemorial "to common" and was troduced into the United States, and my father The ensuing Bummer, my father had a hired
covered by small shrub oaks, white pine, ami and a neighbor of his put their heads together and man by the name of Dick Burchnrd. Dick was a
penny-royal. On the whole hundred acres there bought a buck: They paid for him $490. Think clever fellow, good to work, but full of mischief
was not as much grass as would keep a cow 'tween of that for a sheep ! He was a uoble looking fel and fun. lie wore a lot of carroty hair, which
sun and sun. Nobody would buy it. It was not low, and at any time might have ignited without causing
worth six cents an acre—so eveevbodv said. My " Had made the grand voyage." surprise. He wore burly whiskers of a color yet
father bought it, and was redder than his hair. lie was blessed with a squint,
I used to wish I knew his history. He was very and his shoulders were so round that they looked
" Chronicled a foot." dignified in his manner and bearing. He never humpy. Ho was one of those fellows who learn
forgot his blood. Kingly, doubtless, it was, sprung only by personal experience. The wisdom of
His neighbors said he was crazy. His best friends from the monarch* of his kind. Me moved among
remonstrated with him after it was too late—as his ewes like one who felt that in him were vested others was not wisdom for him. Where they
friends usually do. They asked him what he was high prerogatives of place and power. He had a Ailed he could succeed. So ho made up his mind
going to do with it ? that he would challenge the " King of Spain" to
habit of standing with his fore-feet on something combat. He went into the orchard where the old
" Make a farm of it I" said he.
"Make a farm of ill Why, Doctor, you have elevated if he could get it, and there with steady fellow was feeding, and getting behind an apple-
always passed for a man of sense, and we all know eye and straightened form, would tree, "made motions." The king stopped his crop
and trust you in the line of your profession, but ltChew hia cud, ping of clover, and walked out into a fair spot
you do know nothing about farming, or you would Whilst his wive* lay sleeping round him." He looked, considered himself as " dared" to fight,
have never given eleven hundred dollars for this He was a regular Hidalgo, and knew not fear. and the battle commenced. There were a dozen
penny-royal farm, with not a stick of timber on it. His life with us was a series of rich events, many hired men looking on. Dick would step one side
How in heaven's name art you going to fence it?" of them leaving a trace behind them not easily of the tree, make his motions, wait till the enemy
" That's my secret ! You shall all know indue forgotten. He knew more than any slurp, or commenced his approach, and then withdraw be
time. As for my being a fool, and not knowing sheepish man I ever saw. He was peaceable, pla hind the tree—the ram would strike his head with
how to farm it—' I'll give you a touch pf my cable, kind. He would remember ill-treatment terrible force against the tree—raising the bark
quality' before the year is out—see if I do not." as long as an elephant, and take his revenge, be it each time. At last Dick grew careless—jumped a
He bought in ono of the low swamps that ever so late. In this he was thoroughly Spanish. little too far one side, and the old hero of an hun
bounded the northern part of the town in which J My cousin, of whom I have spoken as studying dred fights struck him on the thigh bone, cracking
lie lived, ten acres of cedar timber, with the pri \ Latin with me, was quite disposed to vex and it like glass.
vilege of getting the timber off in five years. The | plague his majesty of the sheep-fold. He kept it Poor Dick Burchard ! He lost four long months
winter after he bought the land, he fenced it out up, till at last the old rellow declared war with before he walked a step, and he always limped a
side and somewhat inside. His neighbors admitted j him, and one winter evening when he went out trifle. Hia majesty grew ill-tempered in his old
the farm looked better for being fenced—more to fodder, the young gentleman was knocked over. age, and my father had to sell him. Whilst ho
farm-like. Tk* next summer he broke up and \ He jumped up, looked to see what hurt him, and lived with us, he always respected those who re
fallowed forty acres, buying the manure of half a seeing, tied the yard. From that hour, my cousin spected him. But he was kino of the yard. I
dozen tavern-stables, and carting it half a mile on planned revenge. At last he hit on a plan. My liave known him to knock a four-year old steer as
to his fallow. On the 20th of September he fin. father kept an old fashioned straw-cutter, long ago flat on his side as if he had been shot by a rifle-
ished sowing it to wheat. I recollect his coining out of date. It was a box to put the straw bullet, simply because tho Bteer choso to dispute
home from the farm at sun-down on Old Bob, in, and a long knife, the blade at least five inches proprietorship to a pile of hay. My uncle bought
tired, and with pallid faee, and saying to my mo wide and two feet long, hitched to a treadle at the him. He wanted his blood in his flock, and know
ther as he kissed her. lower end, and the upper end handled. It played ing his crossness, bought him. After having him
"Well, Mary, I have cast our bread into the angularly to the mouth of the box ; you shoved two years, he brought his neck to the knife, the
ground, and now for God's dew and sunshine I the straw in with one hand and bore on to it with proximate cause for which was this :
Time wij} tell kf your husband is a fool, or knows the knife in the other. This knife wanted grind- My uncle'B wife was a large, portly woman, as
more than his neighbors." My cousin took it off to grind it, and on go good as she was large. Ono winter's day she
Time did tell the story. Tlio wheat came up, ing out of the barn, saw "the majesty of Spain," stepped into the door-yard to pick up some chips.
looked fresh and green—did not winter kill—and looking loweringly at him, as if he would not let The barn-yard bars were down, and the majesty
when the period for harvesting came, brought him pass through his dominions peaceably. of Sr-AiM walked into the door-yard. The stoop
forth abundantly. My father's highest expecta Now's my time, old fellow! shouted my cousin. ing posture of my aunt, her back being toward the
tions were more than realized. His neighbors Come on, old hard head I I'll split your cocoa-nut barn, prevented her from seeing his approach;
yielded, and declared him to he the best, farmer in for you ! and suiting the action to the word, he and the movement of her body led his kingship to
he was destined to startle their j backed up against the barn-door, and laying the consider himself challenged.
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The first thing my aunt knew, she was struck j She came to labor the night of November 10th, | of stairs without assistance, and twice went out of
"a posteriori," and sent like a sky-rocket, her > 1850. It lasted only about six hours—rather a i doors. The next day she worked in the kitchen,
whole length into a snow-drift. The immense j quick one for the first—natural, and on the whole and by following up the daily bathing, with care,
wadding which she wore about the hips, and the j easy. Her child was a fine healthy boy. j and diet, she was very soon fully recovered.
soft "snowy bed" in which she suddenly found i Cold wet compresses were used freely, as ordi- | It will be seen that this patient had comparative
herself, protected her person from injury. When ; narily in such cases. She suffered little or nothing ly but little general treatment The persevering
she crawled out and looked round, nothing was \ from after-pains. | use of the cold fomentations, adopted at the first
to be seen but her husband. i The lady was inclined to take only a moderate \ after delivery, must have operated powerfully, in
"Chariest" said she, rubbing the snow out of ; course of bathing during recovery, and I did not i warding off heat and other imflammatory symp
her eyes, " Do you know what struck me so from ! regard it best to urge her. Two or three times a day, toms, which tend so much to reduce the strength,
behind V ! however, she had an entire ablution of some sort j Considering the fact of the inflammation of the
" Are you hurt, my dear?" inquired he. I think she sat up more or less every day. She S breasts, and that no milk whatever could be ob-
" Hurt ! no, I believe not ; but I should like to s had all along a good appetite, slept well at night, ! tained, it was rather remarkable that she was car-
know what sent me into this snow-drift. Come, felt cheerful and contented, and in a few days ! ried through it without having them suppurate and
tell me I You know, I know you do, by your > found herself in all respects quite well. | break.
laughing. What was it ?" | This case, although not of very marked charac
"Why, my dear I" trying to look philosophical, ter, is yet an instructive one, when we take into CASE IX
"I think it was a modern application of the bat consideration all of the circumstances connected j December 20th, 1950.—Patient, a very intelli-
tering ram." j with her pregnancy. ! gent lady, I judge twenty-five or twenty-six years of
"01 'twas that old sheep! I know now, and j j age; apparently ofscrofulous habit; eighteen months
you shall kill it—ho will be the death of some j case Tin. i before, gave birth to her first child. At that time
body yet" ! A laboring woman, who had been deserted by an she was kept in her room three months constantly,
" Well, my dear, it shall be as you say—but you intemperate husband, applied to me in the summer i with a broken breast. This time she resolved to
must allow me to tell you, that you sailed most of 1850, for advice. She was poor, and melancho- | avail herself of the Water treatment, with a hope
beautifully through the air into that snow-drift. t lie, and knew not what to do. Our house was too ! of avoiding the awful sufferings which she had be-
The old fellow understands how to apply force j full to receive her at the time, but a benevolent i fore endured.
admirably." j lady of the city gave her a good home, and some j She bathed pretty freely, and daily, during this
The next day all the ewes in the flock " wore small wages, for what light work she was able to her second period, following the advice laid down
crape." ' perform, but on the condition that she should find in the work entitled " Water Treatment in Preg-
some other place in which she should be confined. I nancy and Childbirth." She kept also busy about
This was her second pregnancy, her first child j household duties, which aided her a good deal in
TWELVE CASES IN MIDWIFERY- having died at birth. She was now debilitated, and maintaining good general health.
WITH DETAILS OP TREATMENT. had worn her clothing a good deal too tight I j On the evening of the above-mentioned day,
BY JOEL SHEW, M. D. endeavored to persuade her to do all she could un December 21st, 1850, the patient was confined,
(Concluded.) der the circumstances towards the restoration ofher pregnancy having lasted only 265 days, 15 days
case vn. health, and especially, to avoid the great evil which j short of the usual time ; the labor was on the whole
November 10th, 1850.—Thi9 is a case of a very I have mentioned. an easy one, and ended between 6 and 7 o'clock in
interesting and intelligent young lady of this city, On the 18th of November, 1850, the patient hav ( the evening.
of apparently delicate health, and I should judge ing been some days an inmate of our establishment, | Usual treatment, with cooling compresses, was
twenty-two or twenty-three years of age. gave Birth to an apparently healthy male child, s followed faithfully, and after the patient resting a
Having been recently married, she spent the weighing nine pounds. During two days, she ex little, a thorough ablution in the wash-tub was
winter of 1 849-50 probably in too much excite perienced pains, more or less. Being very much | given. She slept well during the night,
ment for the health of one in her state. Her home busied at the time myself, my worthy friend, Dr. j The patient had long been troubled with piles,
besides—a fashionable boarding-house—was not Wm. E. Rogers, of Waymart, Wayne county, Pa., i and, as usually happens under such circumstances,
one at which the proper food could bo obtained ; superintended the delivery, in a faithful and skill < she experienced a good deal of trouble from the af_
in short, she lived too freely, and that upon food of ful manner. With his own hands he changed the ! fliction, at the time of the former birth. So alsoi
improper character. wet cloths every few minutes, during the period of j at this time, it came on so bad as almost wholly to
In the month of May she experienced a severe four hours. These, of course, aided very roateri- \ prevent her sitting up.
attack of bilious fever, and also, comparatively ' ally in warding off after-pains, and all other evils S With the view of cheeking it assoon as might be,
unacquainted with the water traatment, she had incident to the puerperal state. | we commenced the next morning with the cold
the good sense to determine at once to submit her The patient having no nipples, couM not nurse packing sheet, twenty minutes. She had four
self confidently to the now method ; she had, in her child. They had been countersunk, as carpen ! baths in all, during tho day and evening, the water
deed, no confidence in any other, and her intelli ters would say, that is, they had been driven into j pretty nearly cold. She felt all along perfectly well,
gent husband coincided with her in opinion, while the breast, doubtless by the patient having been in j and would have been able to sit up a good deal
the other friends objected strongly to what they | the habit of wearing too tight clothing upon them. the first day, were it not for tho troublesome ail-
considered a piece of fool-hardiness. j This not unfrequestly happens with those who un- • ment mentioned.
By the freest use of packing sheets, of short du < wisely attempt to improve upon the form whi«h | The second day, and onward through the first
ration, shallow baths in the wash-tub, the wet gir j nature has given them. ( week, the treatment followed was the cold pack in
dle and tepid clysters frequently repeated, together No milk whatever could be obtained from the ! the morning twenty minutes, and the bath after
with entire abstinence from all food, she was com breasts ; they were inflamed considerably, three or i it ; bath in the wash-tub, before dinner ; the cold
pletely cured in a few days. j four days at first, but, by appropriate treatment, j pack and bath again towards evening ; the bath
Here let it be remembered, that such attacks of 1 the difficulty soon ceased. j again before going to rest ; and cold compresses
fever, as indeed of all acute severe diseases, arc far j Previous to entering our establishment, the pa ; most or all of the time, night and day.
more dangerous when they occur during pregnancy. tient had never in her life taken an entire ablu | At the end of the week the patient wo* so well
After recovering from this attack, our patient tion, that she could remember of. After the birth, | that she could go about the house, take charge of
- went for a time to the country, and followed all she had, in connection with the compresses, one ! her infant herself, and had already dismissed her
along a good course of bathing, with more atten towel bath a day. Three days after the birth, that nurse. She had suffered no feverishness, no pain,
tion to diet Her health improved constantly, up is, on the fourth morning, she found herself suffi | nor any restlessness at night Nor was her strength
to the close of her period. ciently strong to enable her to go down five flights I scarcely at all impaired.
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) It is now more than two months since the birth ble flooding succeeded the expulsion of the after J of a hot, unhealthy city, the length and tcdiousness
> of her child, and I have often heard from her, as birth. To check this, she was at once raised and of her labor, her recovery was remarkable.
being in nil respects well. put in the cold sitting bath. The effect was as
Two important circumstances helped very much sudden and as favorable as could be desired.
in this case; the patient herself is a very intelli The patient, had something of after-pains, but not This is the case of a highly respectable young
gent and assiduous person, and had studied faith a great deal. Three and four baths were taken married lady with her first child. She is of ra
fully and understandingly the method of treatment daily, and the cooling compresses were freely used. ther nervous temperament ; too active naturally
which, in her good judgment, she chose to adopt. There were circumstances in this case which caus ; for the good of her system.
Her husband, too, had a good understanding of the ed me some trouble in anticipation ; no urine was January 11th, 1861.—She was confined after a
matter, and was, himself, a most faithful nurse. passed for full thirty-one hours after delivery. Con seven hour's labor. Two or three days before, she
sidering bow much had been done in the way of had evidently overdone at ironing, and other house
case x. bathing, water drinking, and wet compresses, it hold duties, which she was too fond of performing.
A young lady, just married, emigrated from the was singular that such should have been the case. , Her full period would, 1 think, have been six to
city of Edinburgh, Scotland, early in the summer But no harm whatever occurred in consequence seven weeks later, the birth being premature, in
of 1850. She had been pregnant one month be of the renal secretion being so long prevented. consequence of the over-exertion alluded to. The
fore starting. She was of delicate health, small Day by day, the patient gained strength ; it was child, however, was above the average weight ; a
stature, of fair hair and complexion, and as we would against her recovery somewhat that she was obliged daughter, but did not seem to possess its full share
say, of scrofulous tendency. She had always been to remain in the same room—and a rather small of vitality.
sedentary in her habits, and was occupied, for the one—where the family cooking and other work The usual treatment of ablutions three and four
most part, sitting, and within doors. She had, in wasdonc. Still, through great faithfulness and per times a-day, with cooling compresses, the wet
short, had but poor opportunity for the develop severance in the treatment, she recovered in all re girdle, clysters, 4c., was practised, and with the
ment of her physical powers, and had contracted a spects remarkably well. happiest results. The patient sat up, day by day,
bad lateral curvature of the spine. The notes I made of the case at the time, are as and recovered, not quite so rapidly as some, but in
The ship's passage across the Atlantic was a long follows : all respects well.
and boisterous one of eight weeks ; she was a good "First day: patient was sponged over in bod a In connection with this case, it is my melancholy
deal sea-sick, and after the first week, was com number of times, whenever the cooling compresses duty to record that the infant died, I think about
pelled for want of strength to remain in her berth, were not found sufficient to cheek the after-pains. three weeks after its birth. Its mother by some
night and day ; thus she continued for six entire Slept considerably during the first night, but, as is means contracted the chicken-pox, a few days
weeks ; the eighth, and last week of t he passage, she common after the rest has been broken a num : after delivery. Afterwards the child also had it.
was able to be out a little. ber of nights in succession, the sleep was somewhat I myself was not aware of cither the mother or the
The patient, together with her husband, took up disturbed. The compresses were changed very of ■ child having been attacked with the disease. The
her residence in the very heart of this, in the sum ten. She was not raised up for a bath, as it was ) mother recovered easily enough, by the treatment
mer, hot and unhealthy city. She had always been thought that, in consequence of the severity and she was pursuing, and in accordance with general
accustomed to a much cooler climate, and now be great length of the labor, she was too weak. ; experience, it was not considered necessary to call
came necessarily a good deal debilitated She had " Second day: bath in the wash-tub three times, ' a physician to the child. But before the parents
lived for a time mostly, or altogether, upon the and body sponged in bed two or three times be and other friends considered it at all dangerously
vegetarian principle, in the old country ; but, in sides. Urine was passed thirty-one hours after the : ill, it was in a dying state. My opinion is, eonsid-
this city, she adopted a different course, using cof birth. Patient sat up to-day in bed. . cring it was born six or seven weeks before its time,
fee, and perhaps ten, and some other articles not " Third day : bath in the tub four times, the that it would not have been possible to save it.
altogether friendly to health. water cold as usual. She preferred this ; it gave
She consulted me, however, some ten or twelve her nerve. It made her shake a good deal at the
weeks before confinement, I advised her at once time, but this circumstance is attended with no A worthy lady, thirty-eight years ofage, recently
to avoid flesh-meat, to drink only cold water, and harm. Sat up an hour and a half at a time to-day. married, came to her confinement the 4th of Mareh>
to bathe and exercise much more than she had been Appetite good." 1851. For two months only she had been bathing'
in the habit of doing ; the advice was followed It was remarkable in this case, that the pulse re with reference to her expected time ; her health has
faithfully, and with the happiest effects. mained at 100 and upwards, for a number of days generally been very good, and all along during the
December 29th, 1850, Sunday morning, at four after delivery. Yet the recovery was certainly period of pregnancy, she attended personally to her
o'clock, her labor ended. For fifty hours, without highly favorable. household matters, rendering her little habitation
intermission, it had continued, depriving her of Within the second week the patient was able to ! as perfect a specimen of order and cleanliness as
rest almost wholly, three nights. Of all the ex go out and walk in the open air. could be conceived of.
amples of fortitude and patience which I have ever In eighteen days, the patient brought her infant All this tended powerfully to preserve health of
witnessed under such circumstances, this was the in her own arms to my house, a distance of about body, and cheerfulness and contentment of mind,
most remarkable. Notwithstanding the great one mile, and returned again home, experiencing circumstances never more important than during
length of time the labor lasted, the patient did not very little fatigue. the period of pregnancy.
at any moment despond, nor did she, to my know About six weeks after the delivery, she met with J We would expect naturally, that a patient at this
ledge, utter a single word of complaint. At times an accident, which caused her considerable suffer age would suffer the first time a severe and pro
she would recline ; then again she would sit up, ing. She received a blow upon one of the breasts, tracted labor. But in her ease it was far otherwise.
walk about the room, or engage in some light work. not very severe, but sufficiently so to cause an in ; True, for two days previous to delivery, she expe
She bathed also repeatedly, as the pains were pro flammation, which ended in abscess, or broken rienced some symptoms of labor, but was able to
gressing, and the ablutions appeared to refresh the breast, as it is usually termed. By following up ! be about, and slept considerably nights. At 10
system, and support her strength materially. I the water processes faithfully, that is, by taking | o'clock, AM,, on the fourth instant, labor had fully
repeat, this very worthy lady's fortitude and resig frequent ablutions, packing sheets, with compres ; commenced; at 4 P.M., delivery took place. Mak
nation were remarkuble, and such as I shall not ses constantly upon the breasts, sometimes tepid ing labor only six hours, on the whole a short one.
soon forget and at others cold, according to the feelings of ', Not long after the birth, the patient was helped
This, as I have remarked, was her first child. comfort, she passed through the period of healing < into the tub for a thorough wash. She would have
, Under such circumstances there is usually but slight much better than is usually the case with broken- been able, I think, to perform the ablution herself
loss of blood. But in this case, owing perhaps breast. alone; still, it was thought best thatsheshouldmake
i partly to the patient's constitution or state of health, Considering the patient's constitution, her voy no effort at the first bath,
! and partly to the severity of her labor, considera age across the Atlantic, her residence in the heart j It is now the third day since delivery, and the
 THE
patient has had three or four ablutions daily in
water at seventy degrees Fahrenheit She has used
the compresses freely ; the wet girdle much of the
time, which she finds to strengthen her back. She
sat up more or less everyday, usually after the bath.
This morning, the third from the birth, she was
going about her room, putting things in order, feel
ing in all respects well. The milk was secreted
freely, and she has had no trouble from the breasts,
from feverishness, or any other cause ; the infant
doing also as well as the mother.
On the sixth day, the patient went from home,
taking her infant with her, on a visit to a friend
residing in another street
W. C. Jnsfn, cor. 18M St. and University Place.
THE EAR AND ITS DISEASES.
BY B. T. TRALL, M. D.
(Concluded from last Number.)
Puilosophy of Sound.—The whole complex struc
ture of the auditory apparatus has reference to
two principles ; the propagation of sonorous vi
brations, and their multiplication by resonance.
In some of the lower animals the perception of
sound takes place by means of a very simple con
trivance, consisting essentially of a sac containing
a fluid, and having a nerve spread out upon it ; the
membrana tvmponi, ossicula, cochlea, and semi
circular canals being oJ)scnt.
Sounds are said to be propagated by recipro
cation, by resonance, and by conduction. An ex"
ample of the first method is found in two strings
of equal tension, placed side by side ; if the one
be thrown into vibration, the other will recipro
cate by making corresponding vibrations. Reso
nance occurs when a sounding body is placed in
connection with any other, of which one or more
parts may be thrown into reciprocal vibrations,
although the tone of the whole be different, or if
the medium be incapable of producing any tone at
all. Thus, if a tuning fork, while vibrating, be
placed in contact with a sounding-board, the latter
will divide itself, as it were, into a number of
parts, each of which will reciprocate the original
sound so as greatly to increase its intensity. Sounds
of conduction are propagated through all bodies,
solids being better conductors than fluids, and fluids
more conductive than gases. If the ear be placed
at one extremity of a log or a long board, and the
other end be struck, the sound will extend along
or through the whole length of the material and
be perceived by the organ.
A more definite idea of sound may be obtained
from the familiar illustration of the common church
bell.
Fio. 6.
When the tongue, a, strikes the side at b, it
springs out to c, changing entirely the form of the
bell, which is represented by the dotted line.
When the bell springs back to its original form, its
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sides retract and expand in an opposite direction,
as a vibrating string rebounds beyond its centre,
or starting point: and so alternately, making a
succession of sonorous waves of air, as a stone,
thrown into a pool, causes circular rings to expand
in all directions. When these movemeuts of the
air become sensible to the car, we have the per
ception of sound.
The primitive sounds of the musical scale are
derived from the different forces or kinds of vibra
tion. Thus, when a bell is struck, the first full,
loud sound is the fundamentil or key note. When
the force of the blow is partially spent, there is a
different degree of motion, producing a different
force of atmospheric vibration, and occasioning a
modified perception of sound ; and when the vi
brations have decreased still further in intensity,
a third primitive sound is recognized.
A musical chord is the combined sound of seve
ral sounds produced simultaneously. When the
effort is pleasant to the ear, these chords are called
concords; and when unpleasant, discords. The
most pleasing concords are produced when the
greatest number of vibrations in a given time occur
together ; and the most disagreeable discords when
the fewest vibrations take place simultaneously.
A good idea of concord may bo gathered from
the following illustration :
AaAa/V\Aaa
Fio. 6.
On counting the waved lines, it will be fouud
that every third vibration of the sound represent
ed by the upper line, and every second vibration
of the sound represented by the under line, come
together, the conjunction being denoted by the
dotted cross-lines. According to the greater or
less frequency of these coincident vibrations, are
the sounds concordant or discordant The most
agreeable concord is of course that where every
vibration of one sound and ovcry other vibration
of another sound, come together.
DISEASES OF THE EAR.
Inflammation.—Inflammatory affections of the
ear have generally been distinguished as acute and
chronic ; the former is called otitis, the latter
otorrhcea. Otitis has been divided into external
and internal, as it is seated mainly in the externa]
or internal ear; and otorrhoea is regarded as
mucous or purulent, according to the character of
the discharge. Other distinctions have been pre
dicated on the causes of the disease, as scrofulous
and syphilitic.
Extebnal Acute Otitis.—Inflammation of the
external ear commences with slight pain, or sense
of heat, or intense irritation, or itching, followed
by more acute and distressing pain. The pain is
augmented on pressure, by the motions of the lower
jaw, and generally by the contact of very cold
air, or very warm fluids. Hsaring is confused,
and noises are heard in the ear ; and sometimes,
within three or four days, a thin fluid is discharged
; from the meatus, which generally becomes thicker
! and puriform. Sometimes it is greenish, fetid,
; and extremely acrid. When the inflammation
| subsides, the matter hardens into a caseous or
| cheesy consistence, which, unless removed, ob
structs the passage, and occasions partial deafness-
The treatment is plain [and simple. Fasting
until the inflammatory stage materially subsides,
the constant application of several folds of cold wet
cloths to the part, frequent syringing the ear with
cold, but not very cold, water, and general bathing
once or twice a day, by means of the dripping sheet
or pack, comprise the whole plan of medication.
Internal Acute Otitis.—Acute inflammation
of the internal ear is attended with a distressing
sense of distention, painful throbbing, and nervous
disturbance, consequent on the obstruction of the
Eustachian tube, and the difficulty of discharging
the secreted matter externally. The pain is deep-
seated ; there is often a feeling as though the car
would burst, and loud, clanging, or beating noises
are heard, and the ear is painfully susceptible to
sound. In some cases the face is flushed, the eyes
are red and watery, the head delirious, and the
attending fever is of the typhoid character. If the
disease is not speedily relieved, suppuration takes
place, and the accumulated matters are discharged
through an ulcerous perforation of the membrane
of the drum, or into the throat by the Eustachian
tube, or by a fistulous opening in the mastoid pro
cess of the temporal bone. The former is the usual
termination ; the second seldom occurs, and the
latter very rarely. Structural changes sometimes
result from internal otitis, which partially or
totally destroy the sense of hearing.
The treatment of this variety is similar to that
of the former ; in addition to which cold water
should be poured over the sides and back of the
head, for several minutes at a time, several times
a day, and the patient should have the wet sheet
pack two or three times each twenty-four hours,
followed by the half bath, or dripping sheet The
bowels, if not entirely free, should be kept thor
oughly cleansed with tc]>id water injections. Some
times purulent matter becomes so thickened, that
it makes its way through the opening in the mem
brana tympani with great difficulty, in which case
its discharge may be facilitated by very frequent
injections of warm water. Sometimes the Eusta
chian tube is entirely obstructed. This fact can
be ascertained by causing the patient to make a
forcible attempt at expiration, with the mouth and
nose closed ; if the tube be permeable, bubbles of
air, mixed with the fluid secretions, will escape at
the external meatus. If the early attack of this
disease is promptly and vigorously met by the
plan proposed, it will almost always terminate by
! resolution, leaving none of those deplorable results.
I Under the ordinary allopathic management, it
1 often continues with violence from three to six
weeks, and occasionally results in a complete dis
organization of the internal ear.
Chronic Inflammation—Otorrhea.—A pro
longed discharge, or running from the enr, is fre
quently the consequence of acute otitis, and often
one of the sequela! of eruptive fevers, particularly
scarlet fever, small pox, and erysipelas. The
mucous form is most common among delicate and
scrofulous children, and frequently, under the
popular treatment, continues for years. The pur
ulent form is often connected with caries, or ulce
ration of the surrounding bony structure. The
patient, in such cases, complains of a dull pain in
the ear, extending over the side of the head ; of
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impaired hearing ; and exhibits a dulness and j leading indication ; and among the most important chronic diseases of the head, and particularly of
heaviness of exj ression. The mastoid process is i of the hygienic appliances is a rigidly plain and the cars, derivative, hip, and half baths are among
oftentimes the seat of ulceration, the external porta j unconcentrated diet. Mead baths are useful when the best applications. They should be as lengthy
being tlieu swollen and (edematous. ; the inflammatory symptoms are prominent. as the patient can bear them, without disagreeuble
Tlie treatment of all forms of chronic abscesses, Deafness from Excrescences.—Morbid excres- feelings in the brain or lungs, generally thirty or
ulcerations, mucous or purulent dischargee from the [ cenees, usually soft wart-like tumors, or spongy forty minutes. Artificial perforation of the mem
ear, should be pursued on one general [dan. They | vesicular polypi, are sometimes found in the ear- brana tympani has been frequently performed in
always indicate depravity of fluids, or debility of ? passage. They are the result of chronic infiamma- cases where it was so thickened as to nearly or
functions, or both; hence the uniform indication J tion of the follicles of the meatus, or the membrana quite destroy the hearing ; but it has seldom suc
is to cleanse, or strengthen, or both. First of all, i tympani. These excrescences are red, sensitive, ceeded in restoring it.
the general health must be attended to. The i and readily bleed when irritated, except in a few Deafness from Diseases of the Eustachian
coarse, plain, 'arinaceous, and f iiuivoroi s diet, a > cases, when they are hard and indurated. To Tube.—The Eustachian tube is sometimes obstruct
careful abstinence from all saline, alkaline, or ' detect their character, the meatus must be exam ed by the presence of tumors in its vicinity, by in
greasy fo< ds or condiments, with a persevering ined with the ear speculum, or a common trian- flammation resulting in swelling of the mucous
application of such forms of general bathing as the ; gular reflecting prism of flint glass, by which light membrane, effusion, constriction or obliteration of a
general constitutional condition demands, are the be sent to the bottom of the external ear- portion of the canal. These conditions cannot well
essentials of the plan. The rubbing wet sheet, passage. be ascertained without explorations by car forceps
with frequent hip and foot baths, as derivatives, In treating these conditions, the inflammatory j or catheters. Injections of warm water, and of air,
make a good bathing arrangement. If the skin is action should be subdued, and the general health j haye becn cmpi0yed to ascertain the nature and
obstructed or bilious, the pack sheet should be oc restored, as already mentioned, nnd then the fun- < t.xteut 0f uny existing obstruction; but all these
casionally resorted t ; ami it is more or less fre gus growths extirpated, after which, both tepid j operations are attended with no small degree of
quently useful in nearly all eases. After the general and cold injections should be employed for a con- • jan„er. Several fatal accidents arc recorded in
health has become substantially improved, warm sidcrable length of time. The polypi and other Medical Journals as having recently occurred in
and then tepid, and then cool injections, should be tumors can generally be eradicated by a pair of j L^n^on^ f.-^.n the pumpin^of air from a press into
thrown into the ear, if, as is usually the ease, there j fine curved scissors, or a curved double-edged i jne Eustachian tube. The wisest policy in these
is more or less deafness, and this should be perse- j knife, having a blunt and rounded extremity, or f important cases is to be content with the thorough
vered in for weeks and' months, 1 if necessary. !a pair ofdelicate forceps, with sharp points, or with j employment of all measures conducive to the gen-
Earache—Otalgia.—This is usually symptom a ligature passed around them, and occasionally eral and local health.
atie of inflammation, or of foreign bodies or insects tightened until they are cut off. Such exeres- Catarrhal affections, inflammation of the throat,
in the meatus. But the affection, considered as i cenees as are incapable of removal by me- and eruptive fevers, not unfrequcntly leave an
idiopathic, is of a nervous, neuralgic, or rheumatic > ehanical means, can generally be destroyed by accumulation of mucus in the Eustachian tube, ob
character, coming on abruptly, and discharging caustics, for which purpose they may be repeatedly structing it, and occasioning more or less deafness.
suddenly, and is unattended with febrile irritation. ' touched with nitrate of silver. Its employment de- In such cases cold water gargles are an excellent
Noises in the ear, and slight deafness, are frequent j mands great care, to prevent the sound parts from > aoj;tion to tne general plan of treatment.
accompaniments of otalgia. being cauterized also. An inflammation principally confined to the
Fasting a day or two, syringing the ear with Deafness from Abscess.—The abscess is a phleg- 5 mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube, which
warm water, and a few tepid foot baths, will gene monous inflammation of the cellular tissue of the i is often but the extension of a disease of the throat,
rally soon remove the worst attacks. A warm or passage, usually caused by severe cold or exposure \ frequently causes deafness. When this inflamma
vapor bath, or a wet sheet packing, will often re to strong currents of air. It should be treated j tion is confined to the guttural part of the tnbe,
move the trouble at once. If the stomach is foul, precisely like acute inflammation. the patient hears well at times, but only momenta
a warm water emetic should be employed. Deafness from Caries.—Some persons are af- rily. His own voice sounds worse to him than the
Deafness.—The pathological conditions, struc fected « th, and children of u scrofulous diathesis voices of others, and has sometimes a gurgling,
tural and functional, of the various parts entering are very liable to, an inflammation of the perios- ; crackling, or detonating sensation. The pain is
into the formation of the ear, which may produce teum, vvh ch generally results in ulceration of the > greatly increased on gaping, or by the act of mas
a greater or less depravation ofthe sense of hearing, bony structure, and frequently terminates in ex- tication. Ice-cold gargles, with the whole general
are very numerous ; and many of them are ex foliation of the diseased bone, by which the pass- ! anti-inflammation treatment, should be persever-
ceedingly difficult of diagnosis. Fortunately, the age is narro ved or obliterated. The inflammatory < ingly emphyed.
worst cases are of rare occurrence ; and those stage should be treat -d by1 lie means previously Enlarged tonsils sometimes press upon the gut
which are common are easily discriminated, and recommended, and as the healing process goes on, tural extremity of the Eustachian tube, so as to
successfully treated. the passage should be prevented from closing by I produce deafness, as also do fungous excrescences,
Deafness from Colo?.—A stat • of atony, or caustic or metallic tubes.. The hearing always re- polypi, and enlarged parotid glands. Those ob
sub-paralysis of the auditory nerves, from "taking mains dull in these cases. structions, of course, must be removed by ligature
cold," frequently occasions deafness in one or both \ Deafness from an Altered Mevbrana Tympani. or excision ; though enlarged tonsils can generally
ears, for days, weeks, or months. It is curable by ■— Neglected or maltreated inflammatory aff ections i be reduced by cold gargles, and thorough general
persevering tepid injections, with due attention to are occasionally followed by a thickening, opacity, 1 treatment^ with a rigidly abstemious diet.
the general hea : li . fungous cxeresc -i.ee, or destruction of the mem- J Deafness from ExTRAVASATioN.-External injury,
Deafness from Hardened Ear-Wax.—An ac brane of the drum. Somet.mea the membrane, violent sneezing, or severe constriction of the neck,
cumulation of hardened x x, obstructing the func examined by the speculum, aprx ars as if covered may produce a lesion, causing an extravasation of
tion of hearing, is generally the result of an ery- by small projecting glands or follicles; at other i blood in the cavity of the drum. Cold compresses,
thematic inflammation of the auditory passage. times it is very red and vascular, the blood-vessels j gargles, injections, and any other baths demanded
Persons ifbudhab.t .f f«>d' , torpid sk in, deranged being distinctly visible. The pain is accompanied by the state of the general system, will generally
digestion, Ac, are peculiarly liable In th affection. by buzzing*, as if something were fluttering in the ; produce an absorption of the extravasated fluid, if
It is known by an increased sensibility or soreness : ear, and by diminished hearing. The pain is in- \ it does not puss off by the Eustachian tube, and re
in the meatus, a sense of itching, and often a burn- j creased by loud sounds, by variations of tempera- ' move the deafness.
ing or pricking sensation, confusion in the head, j ture, and by pressure upon the ear. j NERVOus Deafness.—The term nervous, in this
noises in the ear, with a tearing or dragging sort \ There is nothing peculiar in the treatment of sense, is very indefinite. It is applied by medical
this affection, as distinct from that of the other ; authors indiscriminately to all forms of impaired
It is urable in the s one 1 anner as the preced- ( forms of inflammation and its consequences, already hearing, unconnected with apparent inflammatory
ing; but due attention to the general health is the { described. It is worth remembering, that in many phenomena or structural chauges. The proximate
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causes of this form of deafness are numerous : it possible they may be generated there as they are tions. True, the forms of life are different, but
may be from simple atony, paralysis, or exliaustion in a morbid condition of the secretions of the mu fortu3 are uothing. The ox has locomotive power
of the nerves pertaining to the sense of hearing, or cous membrane of the stomach and bowels. In —it can go from place to place, but the ox has no
those nerves may be compressed from tumors, puru either case they are unprofitable and dangerous re l>ower subtly to manifest its life like the rose.
lent formations, or extravasations, not manifested sidents. The rose sends forth its aroma on the wings of the
by any external symptoms, or from organic affec When they can be seen, they should be removed wind, and it gives notice for great distance that it
tions of the brain pressing on tho origin of the with the forceps. A pledget of lint covered with lives. The thistle brings forth its children, and
nerves, • sorno viscid substance, as oil and honey, to which they take longer journeys than tho lowing ox.
The most prominent symptoms which indicate worms when small and numerous will adhere, will The rice plant courts and fascinates the pigeon till
compression of the nerves, aro vertigo or dizziness, often enable us to remove them. They may be de its product is taken iuto the pigeon's crop, and is
severe and constant head-ache, noise in the cars, stroyed also by narcotic poisons, as oil of almonds, borne from tropic to tropic. The wheat gets into
weak sight and defective memory. It is generally or a strong infusion of green tea, or tobacco. the envelopings of somo Egyptian mummy, aud
incurable, although the means applicable to the lives awuy from all light and knowledge of
preservation of the general health may prevent the the world's progress for three thousand years, to
further progress of the condition producing the LETTER TO IVY GAZELLE.-NO II- be restored to the soil again, and spring up, " first
deafness ; and in some cases the hearing may be BY }. C. JACKSON, M. 1). j the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the
greatly improved by the same sanatory measures. [By a very curious traiu of circumstances, I have ear." Life is everywhere. So, good reader, do not
Palsy of the acoustic nerve arises from severe come into possession of a manuscript, entitled as think strange any longer, that I, a breast-pin, am
shocks, contusions of the brain, convulsiou?, apo you will see below. I think it may interest you alive. For I have seen strange sights in my day
plexy, fever, plethora, aud still more frequently and the readers of the Journal, so I venture to and I put them ou record for the world's benefit.
from sympathy with some chronic derangement of take on myself the office of Editor, and present it. Sotnebody will get the manuscript and put it in
other parts or organs, generally the digestive. The If it shall please you, dear Ivy, and the readers of print, and it will have readers, I feel assured.
render need not, perhaps, be told that in all the af the Journal, I shall get ample compensation for all 1 \v:is born on the bosom of beauty, and made
fections of this class, which in fact are many, the my labor in preparing it for the press.] my debut as a breast-pin in a circle of tho " upper-
prospect of cure depends entirely upon the degree HISTORY OF A BREAST-PIN. ten-thousand." My purchaser paid a great price
of general health which can be reproduced. Think not strange, that I, a breast-pin, under for me, and the amateurs of gems pronounced me
Dumb Deafness.—Deafness in infancy may arise take the relation of my adventures. A breast-pin "a diamond of the first water." I was worn only
from original constitutional malformation, or from has eyes, a breast-pin has ears, a breast-pin has in tho afternoon and evening, when I was the
structural diseases occurring in the early periods of feelings. A breast-pin is subject to mutations. A "oliserved of all observers," dividing with my
life. When congenital, it is incurable ; but in many breast-pin has educational powers and faculties, mistress the worship of all such as think that
cases resulting from diseases in the first few years and can learn to quote celebrated sayings. A " Thrift follows fawning."
of existence, a cure may be effected by careful atten breast-pin, like Daniel Webster, can have its crest
tion to the local condition and general health. and motto, all in Latin too. If ' the Godlike ' can My mistress was a Spanish Creole. A splendid
Senile Deafness.—Old age should not, in a natu adopt for his, looking creature she was. Of moro than medium
ral development and decline of the bodily functions " Vera fro gratis," height, with n faultless form, unless it might be
be subject to deafness, blindness, nor other loss o which, as I understand it, means, Truth for no- said that it was slightly too full. Her brow was
external sensibility,•" only' in the ratio that all the*' thing.
. TI, too,
. though, a ,breast-pin, . can ■have my broad aud high ; her eye-brows dark and curved,
physiological functions cease to perform their oth ' motto, which is, "Tempora mutant, Ego muto ab slightly meeting at the base of the nose; her lashes
ccs. But the usual habits of living tend to thicken J ill is," which means, that long, shading her eyes like the lithe tendrils of the
the fluids and hasten these results prematurely, so Time* change, ■nil I change with them. weeping willow its branches. The eyes were not
that the fine capillary vessels of the delicate struc black—they were simply dark, aud when she was
ture of the organ of sense become obstructed, and > The doctrine is strange to the superficial thinker,
j that all matter, however diversified its forms, is inactive, they were pleasant to look on—remind
their functions impaired disproportionately to those ing me of one who lived in dream-land, whose
of other and more vital organs. Hence the great ! pervaded by n spirit. The blue violet at your ideal was far richer than her bkal, who had a world
frequency of deafness in old persons. We have no feet, the grand century plant, tho wayside thistle,
in which she lived, peopled with spirits kindred
panacea to offer in this relation, of preventive or i and the meadow clover, each and all are pervaded to her own, aud of far nobler mien, and loftier
curative efficacy, save a lifo in conformity with the j by spirits, in whom consist their lives. Tho min-
laws of life. 1 eral in the unvisited cave, the gem on tho wrist aim, and grander stature than tho people that in
of a belle, have each its living principle or force, habit Earth. Many have been the times that I
Foreign Bodies and Insects.—Children at play which gives it form or shape. Sugar and saltpetre have, from my resting-place on her bosom, lifted
occasionally put beans, peas, small pebbles, and will never crystallize alike, though the experiment my eyes and gazed into hers. What depths I pe
other substances into the ear-passage. These may is made a thousand times. The Canada thistle aud netrated into, what revealings I witnessed! Down
remain an indefinite time without trouble ; but fre the Bull-thistle have not, from time's beginning till deep I could see painted the reflections of her
quently inflammation and ulceration ensue, with a now, sent forth the same down. The rose and the great soul, for she liad a great soul. Her nose—I
constant discharge of irritating or fetid matter. sunflower will not send the same perfume to your can ill describe it. 'Twos a combination of the
They often produce tho most intense agony ; and nostrils, nor exhibit the same respect for the sun's ; Grecian aud Roman. It was large, though not so
are sometimes so surrounded by fungous growths light. You know the tall, gaunt sunflower, with \ largo as to be unbecoming. It was not decidedly
as only to bo detected by the most critical examina its great, overgrown head and small stem, will j beautiful, unless she was excited, Then the nos-
tion by the speculum, forceps, or probe. If the manifest its allegiance through all weathers, be ; trils dilated largely, and gave to it great expres-
body bo luird, as a stone or metallic substance, the having so truthfully in its fealty, that Moore has i sion. Twos at such times a Juno-sort of nose.
grating of the probe will discover it. typified the loving heart by it. ! Her mouth was large, and the lips very flexible,
Their removal by mechanical means requires the £ " The heart that loves truly can never forget, | playing very freely in use, and the under jaw
most careful and dextrous management, to avoid Uut wit! truly love on to its close. dropping low, as you often see it in persons marked
injuring the adjacent structures. As tlte Sunflower tarns to its God when tie sets. j for great eloquence, or beauty and force of oxpres-
Insects and worms sometimes effect a lodgment Tho same look which it turned when He rose." j sion. Sometimes it amounted well-nigh to a dc-
in the meatus, producing awful suffering. There is i Think you the Sunflower lias no spirit, soul, > fortuity, when she was iu very earnost discussion—
little doubt that inattention to cleanliness, particu ; animus, or life} It has its spirit, that guides its ; but was not noticeable by reason of the fasoina-
larly in diseased or ulcerated states of the passage, ,' motions as truly as the spirit of the Horse guides : tions of her colloquial powers. Her bust was
attracts the animals to deposit their ova there, f its motions, or the spirit of the Alligator guides its ! beautiful, full, round, swelling: lungs large, and
which in time are converted into worms ; and it is j motions, or the spirit of the Eagle guides its mo j heaving finely, even when she was in repose. Her
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waiBt was like that of the Venus di Medici?, and, j room. Taking it as a true likeness, she was not medley of elements go to make them.—They
of course, unlike the wasp waists of the girls at ! equal to the daughter. Hers was a more beautiful grasp like a vice that which perishes in their grasp, ( >
the present day. Her feet were large, but finely i face—allowing beauty to consist of faultlessly '■ and pass by unheeded the perennial and the ever- ,
made, lim ing high instep, and they gave her ] proportioned features. My mistress must have lasting. They grow mad at sight of personal
gracefulness of carriage. I had great reason to ! " thought a deal " of her mother—as I learned by beauty, and value not a groat the endowments of
admire her. Of her it might be said that there ' some lines she had written about her portrait, and the soul. Yet where one now abides will come
was which I found in the drawer—where I usually wrinkles, anil sallowness, and decrepitude ; whilst
dwelt, from the hour of her retiring till the time the soul will •
"Grace in herstep. Heaven in hereye, for dressing on the next day. Reader, I do not
In every gesture dignity and love." 1 fl.Miri*h in immortal youth."
know what you will think of the lines. To me
And when a fit of decided egotism came over me, j they are beautiful. 1 had daily demonstrations of the truth of what I
I used to think as the fools did that flaunted round | say. Young, beautiful, and not poor—my lady
her, that I added somewhat "roundly to her J "to my mother's portrait. had plenty of beaux. Tiny made assaults at her
beauty," and would silently say to myself. Thy milil dark rye anil placid brow, daily—but their arrows might as well have been
My mother, I love to gaze on now : headless, for they all failed to reach the mark.
" And on her breast a sparkling 1 gem ' site wore, j For they tell rue of days when thou wert fair, They aimed to fascinate her, and she was proof.
Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore." And 1, a child ill the open air, Her intellect could by no direct attack be stormed.
Gathered sweet wild flower* for thy hair,
Much to be admired as was her outward, it fell j And smiled to ice them blooming there. Like Achilles, she was invulnerable, except in one
far short of the loveliness of her inward woman- ! They remind me too of your parting sigh, point. There she was mortal. So was the Gre
hood. She had a mind of the highest order. She 5 Your close embrace, yorrr warm 'pood bye,' cian hero. His was in his heel, hers was in her
was a crowned genius—none of the small, " patent- ' The last sad kiss which was fondly given. heart ; and her suitors never thought it of impor
made geniuses of our day ;" but one on whom the ; The earnest prayer that went up to Heaven, tance to seek her heart. They wanted her hand.
cares of a kingdom would sit easily. She trans- ; ' That though far away. I might live to do The hand brought the money nnd the beauty, the
In a spirit, crystal ax the dt w,
muted everything she touched into her own like- j Whatever is noble, brave, anil trae. hand conferred power over the person. With the
ness. It wore the stamp of her hand. However j gift of her hand went her identity—her individu
ugly and misshapen, it acquired a kind of beauty i Time lashed his steeds, I stood once more ality. She was resolved into hint whose handheld
On the green sod at our cottage door.
if she but looked on it and bade it live. Mighty j 1 was sure the notes of the forest bird hers, and thence forward the observer would
is the sway of real Genius, Divinely created Ge- \ Were not so blithe as I had heard, perceive
uius. It is widely separated from that power ; When the tree tops were still, and nothing stirred ' Duality in nnity.'
which resides in close thoughts, deep calculation, j lint the rippling brook, which rolled along
Singing its mellow, plaintive song. They fluttered—the butterflies—around her, but
and prudent effort Thit is the child of labor and ! :it was all in vain. They combined, as did the
toil, is begotten and reared to strength by an in I fondly hoped, that in my home
dustry that knows no relaxation. Years are needed No blighting changes had yet come, suitors of Penelope, to bring her to a choice They
That she, who always used to he were fools. What eared she for those who cared
to its development. Wide observation and The first who came nnd welcomed me,
greatly varied experiments are alone competent to Would meet me, and in soft, low voice, for dross. She never thought of wealth. She did
its assurance, whilst Genius reaches its points by Say to my saddened heart, ' rejoice !' not prize me, only as the gift of her father. She
sudden intuitions and no less sudden strokes of I entered : I saw no forehead high, set no store of her beauty. She dwelt in the
accomplishment. Genius is Divinely inspired at Nor whitening locks, nor beaming eye, sphere where the affections preside and make the
times only. The simply talented man is always Nor dimpled cheek ; and gentle tone intellect their agent. Many times have I heard
the same. Genius has its visitations from the up I heard not 1 was left alone : her sing,
And I braided no more her hair quite gray,
per world, when the truths of the Invisible are For my mother from earth had passed away, "The heart! the heart ! O, let it spare
communicated. None know how, yet it is none I quickly turned to leave the place. A sigh for other's pain ,
the less certain, for want of knowledge of the When I saw again my mother's face, The breath that soothes a brother's care
manner of communication. The breath of the Hit dark bright eye was bent on me Is never spent in vain.
Divine Spirit comes into its nostrils, and for the As it was wont in Infancy ; And tho' it throb at slightest touch,
hour it works wondrous deeds. God has, for wise And it seemed to my stricken heart to say, Or sorrow's faintest call,
* My daughter, I am not far away.' 'Twere belter it should ache too much.
purposes, set his children into two classes, those Than never ache at all.
who hold more intimate, and those who hold less Go to thy bower in the edge of the wood, The Heart, the henrt, that's truly blest
intimate, intercourse with spiritual existences. Where at eventide Tits: Spirits good Is never all its own ;
Used to meet and give ns ambrosial food : No ray titglory lights Ore breast
Now, my mistress held intercourse with spirits, And leave behind a fragrance sweet, That beats for self alone."
1 know ; not in any fantastical way, not through Which showed they dwelt near the Mkki y Skat ;
brick and mortar media, not in an ostentatious And when thou kneelest down in prayer, Her genius was always heart-ward. Its pro-
way, not in a way of Iter own choice. She would Thy mother will meet thee and bless thee there.' " fonndest efforts were for the good of others. Sun
do things at times, as devoid of all premeditation, light is not more reviving to a sickly, weather-
as far removed from all calculation, and as com CHAPTER H. beaten plant, than was the light of her eye to the
pletely bereft of all knowledge of combination of You who take an interest in me sufficient to stricken and sad. She had profound reverence
circumstances, as a child not yet weaned; yet the read what I say, will please to be patient. Patient for the Good and Just, whenever and wherever
end was accomplished. Matters that would puzzle enough many of you would be, could yon by any they exhibited themselves. She enacted the
others she would unravel at the touch. Events fair means como to the ownership of me, and thit Christian, but she joined no church. On the pres
yet hidden—she would know what they tcovld be. age proves it. How many leave home, business, ent basis church membership would have cramped
Character, she read it as a schoolboy reads print, wives, children, society, and God, to gel gold. How her. She honored God, but loved freedom. No
and was never cheated but once—a fatal once for many men there are, who would prize me—a dia association suited her nature, gratified her taste,
her. Philosophy, she was its lord. She would mond in a brilliant setting—greatly above the or commanded her respect, that did not regard
disentangle the finest sophisms of an adept at mis deep, imperishable, quenchless love of a heart like Humanity and its good as its chief end. Man she
leading, and show up his wildest vagaries so as to that which, iu the bosom on which I was pillowed, loved not specially, not individually, but as a race.
make him ashamed of himself. She was finely daily sent up its 80,000 throes, each fully charged Simple, unadorned manhood in her esteem was
educated, for one of her corporeal and spiritual with the noblest sympathies. Queer creatures noble, was the best exhibition of tho Divine work
fr me-work. men are ! Strange commixture of the noble and of which sho hod knowledge. Institutions like
Her mother died years before I was born, though the mean, the heroic and the cowardly, the highly the Church and the Sabbath, Revelations like tlW
I liave often seen her portrait; it hung in her interested and the lowly selfish—the veriest Biblo, forms like those prescribed iu the Old Ji'es
6€S
 THE
tament and the New, Sacraments, Ordinances, and
Arrangement^ were tolerable, were worthy of
genuine regard, only as they set forth in all their
aims the dignity of Human Nature, and labored to
develope and adorn it.
She had no fellowship with those who degrade
man that God may bo exulted. She felt, that the
Deity found his true character sublimely set forth
in the nobleness of his works; and it would have
been useless to attempt to make her think that
Manhood lacked the respect and love of the Crea
tor, whilst the Bible asserted the fact of its uni
formly having been selected by the Deity as the
medium of communication between Him and his
children. Creeds and confessions suited her not,
insomuch as they taught a philosophy less broad
than the wants of Man. She thus preserved her
individuality, and her relations she made as broad
as her ability to do.
My mistress was a politician. Descended from
the English nobility on the maternal, and from
the Spanish nobility on the paternal side, she,
though a girl, had mastered the theory of Civil
Government, and was thoroughly republican. She
felt that the cause of the People was her cause, that
she was of the people ; that the masses, the millions
needed just such help as slie could givo. Help
that could come through well expressed sympathy;
help, that could be rendered by her mastering the
cause of the oppressions that weighed them down ;
help, such as could flow forth for their benefit by
judicious effort for their well-being in their do
mestic and specially social relations. Young as
Bhe was, she could discern that the battle of tlie
people was yet to be had, that the triumph was
yet to be won. She knew that it would be fierce,
and terrible, and that every hand that was steady,
every heart that was true, would be needed to
direct the struggle, so that the cause of the people
should be victorious. Often have I heard her say,
the poor, the toiling, working men and women of
this country can achieve their conquest but in one
way. That way is a peaceful way. Its home is
in the Ballot Box. To secure the right constitu
tionally to wield the elective franchise, and having
the right—to wield it for the equal rights of all,
is the way to give health and strength to the poor.
Then legislation will be for the many and not for
the few ; then woman will be the help->»crt for
man, and not his slave ; then marriage will be a
thing of the heart, and not of cool, pecuniary cal
culation. Then Christianity will take on its pris
tine glory, and the robes it wears will be brilliant
with the hues of light that play round the throne
of God.
To have looked at her at thin time of her life,
one would have predicted for her a brilliant
future. Alas ! who can tell what awaits him ?
Deargirl: there fell upon her within two years
from this period a stroke that completely palsied
her powers for a time. It benumbed her moral
sensibilities, and when they reacted, vengeance was
her cry. She labored for it day and night Her
whole nature was turned to gall. The kindly and
genial currents that had sent forth sweet waters
. for all who were athirst, were bitter as the Marah
waters. Where innocence and guilelessncss had
rested like twin cherubim, cunning and wily de
ceit sat. Where the greatest frankness and open-
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hearteduess made their home, socretiveness and
disingenuousness dwelt. Yet she preserved ap
pearances. She would smile while hate was in
her heart, and kiss where she would gladly have
stabbed. But this part of her history I must re-
servo for another chapter.
• MEDICAL LACONICS.
BY T. L. NICHOLS. M. D.
[These papers are for the most part original ;
but in the present number, I have taken several
paragraphs, which I had written for another pur
pose, and which have been published, but in a
form which can have met the eyes of very few
readers of the Journal. To prevent any mistake, I
make this explanation.]
Water in Fever.—When the eminent Mr. Guth
rie was surgeon in the British Army, during the
Peninsular campaigns, he greatly distinguished
himself by his skill, courage, and humanity. He
saved many limbs which the other surgeons would
have amputated ; and when the army was visited
with fever, the line of graves, which marked the
interments from his corps, was only half as long
as those of the other two surgeons. Some idea of
his practice may be found from the treatment of
his own case. He took the fever, and was left to
(lie.
" It was the fashion," says his biographer, " to
give bark in these fevers, and the Inspector-gene
ral, in taking his last leave, as he supposed, of Mr.
Guthrie, inculcated the necessity of taking it ; he
obeyed, though against his own practice and his
feelings. It made him so much worse, that he de
sired the regimental nurse, whom he fortunately
liad kept with him, to buy a couple of dozens of
lemons, and slice them in a pitcher of water, fresh
from the spring. It held two gallons. This he
drank during the night, with the effect of causing
a profuse perspiration for several horn's, after which
his fever left him, but with feet so swollen, and
legs so weak, as to be unable to walk for several
weeks."
This was pretty well for an army surgeon, but
if he had known a little more of Water-cure, he
would have done much better.
Water Cure in Strangulated Hernia.—A ro-
ccnt French medical paper gives a case of strangu
lated inguinal hernia, in which taxis (manipulation
and pressure) had been used ineffectually. The
patient was then placed in a proper position, with
the pelvis elevated, and a acid poultice applied to
the tumor, in which was poured a stimulating and
refrigerating mixture. Tlie reduction took plaee
in a few minutes.
It ought to be understood, that in these dan
gerous cases, nothing is so effectual as the applica
tion of cold water, either by a compress, which
this poultice was equivalent to, or better, by pour
ing a stream of cold water, from a height of several
feet, upon the tumor. This gives relief in the
most remarkable and rapid manner. All the parts
are instantly constringed, but the hernial sack and
intestines are constringed more rapidly than their
coverings, and hence the reduction of the hernia.
A knowledgo of this method of cure may save the
necessity of an operation, or even save life, where
thero is no Burgeon to operate.
Gleams of Reason.—We find glimpses of truth
scattered through medical writings, which only
make the blindness of their authors the more
evident, and cause us to wonder that the natural
mode of curing disease, which we call the Water-
cure, had not long since become universal. It is
" the stone which the builders rejected."
In Mr. Simon's lectures on chemical surgery, in
treating of stone or gravel, he says:—
" The most powerful pharmaceutical agents will
rarely succeed in restoring the patient, unless in
combination with temporary repose from labor, or
with relief from such other depressing influences
as hive shattered their health ; and in respect to
L md >:i patients, I may confidently assure you
tint a fortnight of country air (especially at the
sea-side, and with cold shower-baths) doe3 more
for recovery than an unlimited quantity of medi
cine taken amid the patient's previous and unheal
thy cireumstaneos."
It is marvellous that a man should be able to see
so much, and see no more. He cannot see that the
more powerful the medicines, the more powerful the
mischief; that nature, in repose, and amid healthy
conditions effects the cure in spite of the medi
cines; and he puts the bath?, which even in their
worst form do good, in a parenthesis, a3 of little
importance, and as the grammar says, " not neces -
sary to m ike sense."
Prevalence of Female Diseases.—Thero can
be no plainer de;n castration of the almost univer
sal prevalence of unhealthy conditions and diseas
ing influences in society, than the prevalence of
what are termsd female diseases. Mi-. Whitehead ,
of Mmehester, England, in his work ou " Abor
tion and Sterility," state?, that of two thousand
women, whose cases ho investigated on their ap
plication to the Miachester Lying-in Hospital,
eleven hundred and sixteen had the white3 at the
time the inquiry was mide, and a considerable
number more h id suffered under a similar ailment
at some former period.
This was among the poorer classes; but it is
doubtful whether such diseases do not prevail to
a greater extent among the rich and luxurious.
If the Water-cure did nothing more than to
cure all diseases of this kind, it would be one of
the greatest blessings ever conferred on humanity,
and every woman ought to be its advocate and
missionary, as many now are. Tiie operation of
W.iter-cire, on all these female ailments, is as
satisfactory as all other modes of practice are an
noying and vexatious.
Excretions, —The warte mitter of the system is
circled off by several passages; the skin throws
off the largest portion, but excretions are con
stantly mile by the lungs, the bowels, and the
urinary apparatus. If the action of one of these
outlets is impeded, some other must do double
duty. Thus, in a stoppage of urine, the same
matter com ;s out in the perspiration. Bat if the
action of the skin is impeded, by the constriction
of cold, or by the clogging of uncleanly habits, the
other outlets of the system are sure to be disor
dered. Sometimes the bad matter that would
come out by the skin is thrown upon the bowels,
and we have diarrhoea or dysentery ; sometimes
upon tho lungs, producing cough and consump
tion.
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It is evident, therefore, that one of the most im- j of the human body. Infinite Wisdom has not Not a particle of these medicines can lie taken
portant things iu respect to licolth, is to keep the i made a blunder. The natural condition of man without harm to the system. Large doses kill—
skin in good condition, and the way to do this is i is a lontr life of uninterrupted health and happi- small ones inevitably injure. Whatever good they
by daily bathing the whole body in cold water, ; ness. The only natural death is the painless wear- seein to do at the moment, by their stimulating or
friction, and exerciseiu t lie open air. Tliesc, with ingout of the system in old age. Premature deaths, narcotic influence, is bought dearly at the expense
proper clothing, and air, will almost inevitably : pain, sickness, are all unnatural—the result of false of nervous power. All stimulants, as wine, beer,
insure uninterrupted health. I habits and conditions. We have only to live ae- cider, brandy, rum, tea, coffee, tobacco, opium,
Amattvexess, —Nervous energy is life. Our } cording to the simple principles of nature, as *-e etc., etc., are poisonous, and cannot be taken into
vitality comes fii"st into the organic nerves. These * sec birds and nnimals living in their wild and na- the system with impunity ; and no person can en
supply the whole system with its aetive force. • tural state, and we should never be *iek more than joy sound and perfect health who uses them.
Tliis spring of life—this breath of God within us— < they are. When we shut up animals, deprive The effects of mineral poisons, and especially the
must not be exhausted, if we would have health. ; them of air, water, and their proper food, they most common one, mercury, in its various forms of
We exhaust it by every kind of excess by priva ! get sick, the same as ire do; and we have veter- calomel, corrosive sublimate, blue pill, etc., etc.,
tion, by cold and hunger, by stimulation and glut < inary surgeons, eow doctors, etc., to cure them. are becoming so well and widely known, that the
tony, and, above all, by disordered and excessive < It is the same with us. Men living in a state of people are learning to have a healthy horror of
amativencss. All unnatural and all excessive ; nature are strong and robust, and have few dis them. Mercury will remain in the system for
natural gratifications of this passion exhaust the > eases ; but with civilized modes of living, our many years, and even for a whole lifetime, pro
fountains of life. I must be plain. The greatest j pains and dangers are multiplied. We cook and ducing the most painful chronic diseases. Globules
possible wrong to the nervous system, and that ; season our food, so that we are tempted to glut of mercury have been gathered in a coffin, after
which most surely exhausts the very fountains of i tony ; we eat the flesh and fat of animals that we the body that contained them had decayed. No
life, and makes men and women miserable, impo- i< have made diseased by our system of fattening ; man who takes medicines of any kind can tell
tent, and short-lived creatures, is the solitary in ; we feed on pork that is full of scrofula, for the where they will take up their quarters, or what
dulgence of this passion. Next to this is the pro- \> very word scrofula signifies the disease of a hog; effects they will produce. Tho smallest quantity
miscuous gratification without love. It deadens \ we are in the daily use of poisonous narcotics, as of poison, like the virus of small-pox, or a mad
and destroys body and soul. Indulgence in i• tea, coffee, tobacco, and spirituous liquors: and dog, or a rattlesnake, may produce disease and
amativeness, with but one person, and under the <j with all this, wc exhaust our systems by the dc- death.
forms of marriage, is a great wrong, where it is ; bauchery excited by these stimulants of the pas- Doubtless, of two evils we must choose the least,
not attended and sanctified by mutual love ; but ',< sions. Is there any wonder that the world is so when, and only when, we cannot avoid both of
even in the holiest estate of the real marriage of j; full of disease, supporting a host of doctors and then). Were there no way to cure disease but bv
love and wisdom, excessive indulgence is hurtful ' quacks, who add to all this mischief and misery, taking medicine, I should take it, the same as I
and exhausting, and is sufficient of itself to pro- ;i by dosing people with poisonous drugs i would take one poison to neutralize another, if I
duce disease and shorten life. All this is unnatural and fatal. The law of na- knew of no other way to get rid of it. But in
'. ture is the law of health. It is, that we should this case there is no such necessity. Nature cures
Importance of the Skin.—A man could no more Ij eat regularly and sufficiently, of a pure and nutri- all diseases that are curable at all. Physicians try-
live without his skin, than he could without heart ,! cious diet—that we should breathe a pure air, by to assist nature; but sometimes they make sad
or lungs. 8o necessary are its functions, that if a j having our dwellings, and especially our sleeping- work of it, and instead of aiding nature, help the
certain number of square inches of the skin are j rooms, well ventilated—that we should keep open disease.
desboyed, by burning, scalding, or otherwise, | the pores of the skin by cleanliness, which cannot
death ii inevitable. This being the cam.', we can lie preserved but by washing tho whole body as
sec wluit mischief may be caused by blisters or ! often as once a day, by having different under- AN EYE SORE.
plaisters, which destroy the skin, or interrupt its > clothes at night from what we wear in the day,
proper action, over a considerable surface. BY TIIEODOSIA GILBERT.
> and by changing both as often as they are in the The mooted questions of " Woman's Sphere," and
Everv point of the whole surface of the body is slightest degree affected by the foul matter of the
full of little pores, which are the extremities of ! system continually discharged from the skin. Any "Woman's Kioiits," are among the popular themes
vessels connected with the capillary or hair-like \ person born with a decent constitution, by observ- of the day, and make their way into the literary)
ends of the blood-vessels. The function of these ; ing these principles and living up to them, may political, religious, as well as reformatory press.
pores and the glands, of which they are the outlets ! be sure, accidents excepted, of living in health and I am going to ask the indulgence of your co
is to carry off the effete or used-up matter of the happiness to a good old age. lumns to the discussion of a topic quite out of line
system.- The average number of pores in the hu with these modern disquisitions. My home is in a
man body is twenty-eight hundred to the square Effect of Medicines.—All medicines, which Water-Cure, and my business the care of siek wo
inch,—each pore being the orifice to a tube a : have any perceptible action, act as poisons. They men. Your readers may therefore guess at my
quarter of an inch in length, yielding no less than excite and stimulate the nervous system in au un- ; hobby. It has a family relationship to the very
fifty-eight feet of tube to the square inch ! The healthy manner. For example, if an emetic is ■ unpoetical discussions of medical talkers.
number of square inches of surface in a man of given, the offended stomach summons all its power i We women have had acceded to us our full share
ordinary size is twenty-five hundred ; the number to cast it out ; but the mischief is, that the nerves j of vanity. For myself, I am proud to own, that I
of pores, therefore, is seven millions ; the number are weakened by this very effort, and that there is ! have a great love for all that is pleasing to the eye ;
of inches of perspiratory tube is, consequently, one always danger that the whole poison is not ex that I would seek to bo graceful, accomplished,
million five hundred and fifty thousand—that is, pelled. Some may remain, to irritate the system, and beautiful. After this admission, it will be no
nearly twenty-eight miles! Of perspirable mat ami produce diseased action. matter of surprise, that my pen should light upon
ter, many ounces are thrown out daily. The skin So of a cathartic Its effect depends wholly upon i some offence to sight With all my disquietude
is thus the great cleansing organ of the system. It the effort of nature to expel a poison from the sys- I in an attempt to find u uausc, and a remedy for the
is constantly throwing off impurities, which, if tern—an effort which is at once weakening and ; eye-sore to which I am about to allude, one thing
retained, would poison ull the vital organs, and imperfect ; for experience has proved that catliar- , is certain, it it un eye-tore. I mean, woman's walk.
derange all the functions oflife. If this matter be tic medicines, when the system is too weak to east How many cau boast ever having seen in this
retained in the system, it produces congestions, them out, are surrounded by a coating of mucus, \ country a woman with a graceful, majestic, easy
coughs, consumption, fevers, rheumatism, and other and remain in the body for an indefinite period, i wulk ?—one who has not a hitch, a stoop, a swing,
disorders. ready to become the seeds of chronic diseases. ! a hobble, or wringing, twisting, mincing feature
The action of narcotic medicines, such as opium, : in her gait? Are they not almost al ways traceable
Natural Laws of Health and Disease.—There j cicuta, stramonium, and a large class of vegetable [ in some shape or shade, in every gradation, from
is no mistake about the structure and mechanism ' poisons, is too well known to require elucidation. ! the tight-girt whale-boned miss, prigging along
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) like a little top-knot lien-bird, to the lank, wipsy- ( bo observed in their perigrinations, to prove the drugs and die-stuffs I unwittingly swallowed. I
wapsy dromedary " fore and aft" nudge of all j great accession of ease, strength, agility, and free- shall carry the effects of those mineral poisons to
sorts t Doubtless these very ungentcel things J Jom of sftp it afforded. Situated as we are, in a my grave.
sometimes come to us like other undesirable's by ! sequestered, hidden little nook, with only a com My first experience in the Water-cure occurred
way of transmission. munity of invalids, common sufferers, and with a on this wise :—I was violently attacked with
But I have a great fancy for believing that they common purpose, to pass a comment, the innova
are mostly illegitimately begotten of Fashion, a tion is bereft of a good deal of disagreableness, ACUTE BRONCHITIS,
very notable mother of cloven-footed progeny. even to the most fastidious. One is altogether induced by public speaking and suppressed per
Take, if indeed such an one could be found, a eased of an intolerant public opinion, and soon spiration : my voice had nearly lost its power, and
naturally grown, naturally developed figure, with ' feels perfectly at home in the very comfortable I could only speak in a whisper. My cough was
every joint playing easily on its hinges, and every \ newness of her attire. After a few months use, I hard and painful, and my system soon became
muscle in its full native plumpness, and witness the \ fancv it would require more courage in most, to greatly prostrated. I consulted two physicians in
" poetry of motion." Encase the bust in whale- ; abandon, than adhere to the style, even in large vain. About this time I was reading, for the first
bone, hang upon the hips some dozen yards of cities and villages. In such event there might be time, the detailed history of Water-cure, as prac
dry goods and as many pounds of cotton, squeeze ( gome hope of future pedestrians among us, who tised by Vincent Priessnitz in Graffenburg. I
the feet into shoes of neither breadth nor thick- ! COuld see something, and be something, irrespec- was favorably impressed with the account I pos
ness, throw upon the shoulders, folded across the tive of poverty, or beaux. sessed no experimental knowledge on the subject,
arms and chest, not less than two or four square but I resolved to try it I took a large cloth, and
Glen Havex Water Cure. wrung it out of cold water, and wrapt it around
yards of woollen blanket, and what becomes of its
case and grace I Contrive such another bungle, the throat and chest, and covered the same with
stiff-warped, and eramp-woofed, who can t A STUDY AND EXPERIENCE OF WATER-CURE. one perfectly dry, on going to bed at night At
model inquisition it is, for every bone and muscle BY REV. E. R. WARREN. first I felt a severe chill, but in a few moments
in the body, appropriate to the production of our Although, technically, I may not regard myself was thrown into a profuse sweat, which I allowed
" beautiful" deformities. -Not a disabused organ an Hydropathist, yet my experience upon the use to continue for some two hours. My voice was
in the body ! The vital ones of respiration, di fulness of the application of water in the curing of relieved immediately, and by following this treat-
gestion, and reproduction, the crcnoned martyrs of diseases is such as to render the study of the Water- \ mcut for a few days, and sponging in cold water
all ! Who can expect God's own handiwork, the Cure practice engaging and deeply interesting. In j every morning, I was restored. I have since been
material part of us, to maintain its uprightness, its the early part of my professional duties as a min attacked several times with the same disease, and
admirable proportions, and perform itB functions ister of the Gospel, I was brought so much in con- j I always find a sure remedy in the Water-cure.
under such dispensation as this? If we would tact with the various diseases of suffering humanity, I have been tauglft a lesson by this experience, of
not insolently deface the great Designer's design, that 1 could not avoid the study of medical science, incalculable benefit to me. I now invariably
we should not intermeddle with his architectural in order to promote my usefulness among men by make use of the Water-cure in all cases of colds,
undertakings. If we would pay the compliment mitigating and relieving their physical disorders. fevers, measles, <fcc., <fcc, with perfect success.
of grace and dignity due to our race, we should The Divine Saviour himself connected with his I New London, 1851
allow Nature at least the benefit of her own adorn ministry to the spiritual necessities of mankind, a !
ments. If we would claim for ourselves any re due regard to the removing of the physical disa- j
gard for physical or for Divine law, any suscepti bilitics under which they suffered, He not only THE DERNIER RESORT.
bility to the kindly appropriateness of things, any "preached the Gospel," but "healed the sick," and ! BY If. A. S.
sense of a just propriety, we shall at least begin to made his mission contribute to remove the physic- j During the summer of 1817, ill health, generated
talk about reform in this matter of dress. al sufferings of those among whom he walked. by sedentary employments, luxurious living, stim
Some eighteen months since, being necessitated In attending, therefore, to the physical sufferings 1 ulating drinks, and sundry other evils to which
from a precarious state of health to monopolize of our common humanity, I feel that I nm but fol- i teachers are peculiarly subject, compelled me to
rather more of the fresh, open air, than is general lowing the examplo of the Great Master. A resi abandon my avocation, and seek medical aid. I
ly considered creditable, or even justifiable in my dence of several years in the vicinity of two dis applied to an allopathic physician, with the hope
sex, I conceived the notion of getting up a suit ex tinguished medical schools afforded me some rare of obtaining permanent relief. After submitting
pressly for walking. Invention, assisted by a life opportunities of information upon medical sub- j patiently, enduringly, to the usual mode of that
of penance-paying on the score of shawls and pet jecta, and the habits ond opinions of the Allopathic 1 system of practice, with no avail, myself and friends
ticoats, (I was long since converted to the sole use medical profession. And for ten years I was an j became fully convinced that my case was incurable,
of the bones nature had given me,) succeeded in adherent of that system. I applied its teachings I unless some more efficient means should be secured.
conjuring a "fix" that was just the tiling. personally, and to others, but not without dis ; 1 had then been afflicted two years with dyspepsia,
And what a deliveranco was that! The suit tressing doubts, nt times, of its utility. Finally, affection of the liver, congestion of the head, gene
consisted simply of a pair of cassimere pautaloons, my doubts were succeeded by a firm conviction of ral debility, and nervous derangement, all of which
a frock of woollen material, loose, plain waist, and the injuriousness of the entire system of the allo conspired, not only to disqualify me for physical
sleeves, with a skirt reaching to the knees, of« de pathic practice ; and I gave it up as worse than I and mental labor, but rendered my life quite
cent dimensions in width, thickly lined throughout, useless. ; miserable. With my limited knowledge of the
a light cap or hat upon the head, and thick-soled, Being now thrown upon an ocean of uncertain water treatment, I felt incompetent to baffle such
high-topped boots. ty, I studied for a while, and tried for a season. ' a complication of chronic difficulties, and accord
In this rig, I could just about double the distance, j the system of Thompson, but it became equally ingly resorted to a Water-Cure, where I spent one
in the same length of time, which had been the ; objectionable. I found these book systems did month, and returned home under the most favor
extent of my ability with the accustomed appen not work " like a book." Sickness, however, made able auspices, where I have, by the agency of the
dages, and what is more, with half the fatigue. me an unwilling victim of both these systems. 1 Journal, pcrseveringly and unremittingly eontin-
My " debut" in this mongrel garb was, to be The physicians nearly made on end of me by bleed ucd the treatment, much to the gratification and
sure, quit a novel, and to the excessively modest, ing, blistering, antimonializing, and mercurializing, surprise of my friends. The wet sheet pack, gen
quite a shameful affair. But a gallant few had the till I was but a walking skeleton. O, the horrid eral and derivative baths, and the cooling com
courage to admire at least the convenience it pro salivations, emetics, cathartics, &c <tc, of regular presses, took the place of counter-irritations ; the
mised. Some had Biieh perverted tastes as to dis allopathy,. from which I escaped, (thank heaven,) stomach, hitherto the receptacle of much that was
cover in it real becomingness. though with but the skin of my teeth ! I feel sick, dcleteriorating and poisonous, admits nought now
During the summer, many of the ladies in our now, although seven years has passed since I but the pure liquid, and a well selected fruit and
Cure were induced to adopt it, and needed but to ceased that kind of treatment, when I think of the vegetable diet. My spirits, so long depressed and
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desponding, are now buoyant and happy ;—in short, Basins of vinegar and water were frequently with her, and for two or three weeks she was pas
my whole system has experienced a change, won inhaled, 10 grains of ealomcl were given, succeeded sively comfortable, and did some light work. Then
derful indeed. Is it any marvel, then, that I lift by repeated doses of emetic tartar, amounting in she grew worse again, neglected all business, and
my pen in the advocacy of the water treatment, or all to five or six grain?, with no other effect than had all sorts of imaginations.
rather, might I not justly expect that the " monitor" a copious discharge from the bowels. The power Sometimes she would fancy herself the queen of
within, ever faithful to its work, would pronounce of life seemed now manifestly yielding to the force the world, and imagined that all the celestial spirits
the verdict guilty, should I neglect to use my in of the disease; blisters were applied to the extrein- j were bowing before her, and paying their honiago
fluence in favor of so glorious a system? ities, together with a cataplasm of bran and vine to her. At other times she fancied that she was
Were every breath a song of praise, they would gar to the throat. Speaking, which was painful surrounded with devils, and that her stomach was
be inadequate to the gratitude I owe Ilim who from the beginning, now became almost impracti- j filled with them, and would try to hawk them up
has so beneficently and wisely disclosed to me the cable; respiration grew more and more contracted ! —often saying, in almost frightful accents, devils,
efficacy of water (when judiciously applied) in the and imperfect, till, at half after eleven, on Sat or- j begone I Sometimes she imagined that they were
prevention and cure of diseases, and the utter fal day night, retaining the full possession of his in- i stopping her breath. At other times she thought
sity and insufficiency of the entire drug system. telleets, he expired without ft struggle. her stomach was full of toads and venomous ser
I rejoice at the establishment of every Water-cure He was fully impressed at the beginning of his pents, and would try to hawk them up.
institution, in the extensive circulation of the complaint, as well as throughout every succeeding But what to her seemed worse than all other af
Journal, and still more when I witness its teachings stage of it, that its conclusion would be morta^ j flictions, was that very large poison serpents were
adopted and practised, as I regard it as an index submitting to the several exertions made for his almost constantly coiling around her, and trying to
to a day not far distant, when, instead of pallor and recovery, rather as a duty than from any expecta- , stop her breath. When she was up, she kept shak
languor, blooming health shall again sit in native t ion of their efficacy. Ho considered the opera ing her clothes to get rid of them, and finding they
dignity on the countenance, living energy possess tions of death upon his system us coeval with the could not be shaken offshe would change her clothes
the frame, and the world restored, glorying in the disease; and several hours before his death, after from six to ten times a day, that she might escape
triumph of the Water-cuke. repeated efforts to be understood, succeeded in ex from them. Sometimes she said they would coil
pressing a desire that he might be permitted to die around her and prevent her getting up in the morn
without further interposition. During the short ing, and at other times they would withhold her
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ILLNESS. period of his illness, he economized his time in the from her meals. She was very devout, and would
Frum ** The Timoa/' nn Aleiandria poppr. management of such few concerns as required his pray for hours, if she was not disturbed, kneeling in
Mr. Price: Presuming that some account of the attention, with the utmost serenity, and anticipat the mud or stable, or any place where she happen
late illness of General Washington will be gene ed his approaching dissolution with every demon ed to wander. She was drugged, but to no bene
rally interesting, and particularly so to professors stration of that equanimity for which his whole fit. Then the pill and powder man, who thought
and practitioners of medicine throughout America, life has been so uniformly and singularly conspic himself a doctor, (and who had probably heard of
we request you to publish the following state uous. the Water-cure,) and, like most medical men, ima
ment. James Craik, Attending Physician. gined that he knew all about it, ordered her to
Some time in the night of Friday, the 13th inst, Elisiia E. Dick, Consulting Physician. shower in a cold bath-room, situated a few rods
having been exposed to a rain on the preceding | P. S.—The signature of Dr. Gustnvus Brown, of from the house ; it being the only convenience for
day, General Washington was attacked with an any season of the year. She submitted to his re
inflammatory affection of the upper part of the \ Port Tobacco, who attended as consulting physi quirement, and in cold weather tried the rude ex
windpipe, called, in the technical language, Cynan- cian, on account of the remoteness of his residence periment The 'effect was just what might have
che Trachealis. The disease commenced with a j from this place, has not been procured to the fore- been expected, with one in her condition. She
violent ague, accompanied with some pain in the i going statement was severely chilled, and a long time elapsed be
upper and fore part of the throat, a sense of strie. fore she could get her clothes on again ; and the
tare in the same part, a cough, and a difficult, ra only benefit she derived from it was to be made
ther than a painful, deglutition, which was soon INSANITY AND DELIRIUM TREMENS. more instead of less nervous. Then because she
succeeded by fever, and ft quick and laborious refused to repeat the injurious experiment, the wise
BY 3. A. Sl'EAR. Dr.-would-be ordered water thrown in her face,
respiration. The necessity of blood-letting sug
gesting itself to the General, he procured a bleeder The sufferer was a lady who was always very and all over her, without her consent This beau
in the neighborhood, who took from his urm 12 nervous and excitable, and rather romantic in her tiful experiment excited her wrath, and she escaped
or 14 ounces of blood. lie could not, by any imaginations. For a number of years previous to further treatment of the kind from their hands.
means, be prevailed on by the family to send for her illness she had made free use of rich, high sea In that miserable condition she suffered the re
the attending physician, until the following morn soned food, ami tea and coffee. The loss of her mainder of the winter and spring. The friend who
ing, who arrived at Mount Vernon at about ten second husband, and the almost unremitting care in came with her from Ohio to Vermont, said she had
o'clock on Saturday. Discovering the ease to be attending him in his last sickness, which was pro not had a night's rest for four months, and instead
highly alarming, and foreseeing the fatal tendency tracted a number of months, together with on in of the journey's benefiting her as he expected, she
of the disease, two consulting physicians were im jurious diet, and the free use of those much esteem grew worse after he started with her, and he was
mediately sent for, who arrived, one at half after ed but ruinous articles, tea and coffee, quite reduced obliged to take the quickest conveyance. He said
three and the other at four o'clock in U^e after her physical powers, and prostrated her nervous he should not have started alone with her, had he
noon. In the meantime were employed two pretty system. Soon after her husband's death she became known how bad she was.
copious bleedings, a blister was applied to the part sedate and melancholy, and wild in her imagina When she arrived at our place, necompnnied by
affected, two moderate doses of calomel were given, tions. Her anxious friends did what they could to her father and brother-in-law, I was in the field,
and an injection was administered, which operated make her happy, and dispel the darkness and sor and being called immediately to the house, was
on the lower intestines, but all without any per row that seemed to hang so heavily over her mind. surprised to find her in the yard, constantly striv
ceptible advantage, the respiration becoming still But in spite of all their exertions, she continued to ing to get rid of these serpents. I spoko to her in
more difficult and distressing. Upon the arrival grow worse and worse, for some five or six months, a calm and quiet manner, and at my request she
of the first consulting physician, it was agreed, as As her condition alarmed some of her friends, she related the wonderful things she had Buffered, and,
there were yet no sings of accumulation in the was carried to the insane hospital in Ohio. When as far as possible, described her feelings.
bronchial vessels of the lungs, to try the result of she arrived there, she seemed a little better, and as I found that she had a strange feeling ftnd a sort
another bleeding, when about 32 ounces of blood it appeared that the journey had benefited her, the of roaring in her head ; that her stomach was in a
were drawn, without the smallest apparent alle doctor advised them not to leave her, but to con very unhealthy condition ; that she had but a little
viation of the disease. tinue journeying with her. They returned homo blood, and that was very thick, (and of course would
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not circulate freely,) and that the scarf-skin was so
dry and inactive, as to form a sort of crust upon
the surface, which would arise in dust by rubbing.
I saw that this state of the skin, together with the
bad circulation of her blood, was what produced
that feeling like serpents around her, and that the
feeling in her head was the effect of too great a rush
of blood there, when it had become too thick to
flow freely to the extremities. And in relation to
the devils and toads in her stomach, I come to the
conclusion that they were only the effect of a dis
eased stomach, produced by bad living and injuri
ous medicines, some of which had been taken years
before. She had an unbounded appetite, but her
food seemed to do her no good ; she was a wild,
pale, emaciated skeleton. I thought there was no
trouble in knowing that the stomach needed rest,
and the skin needed stimulating and cleaning. I
therefore told her that by following my directions
she would get relieved from her afflictions. She
appeared pleased, and said she would do anything
that I thought would help her.
Treatment.—Nearly an hour before each meal,
she took a shower-bath in a warm room, and had
an assistant two or three of the first weeks, to as
sist her in rubbing, and putting on the wet jacket,
which she wore constantly. After each bath, sho
would walk until a good reaction was produced.
At first she was so feeble that she could only walk
a short distance, but it being nt the warm season of
the year, the fatigue and exercise together produced
reaction.
She wore a wet cap on her head, consisting of
some six or eight thicknesses of common cloth, and
re-wet it every hour or two, and would frequently
let a gentle stream of water run upon her head and
neck. As she soon began to feel better, she was
very punctual in doing as she was ordered. Every
convenient means was used to get her in good,
cheerful company, abroad as well as at home, which
was of as much benefit as any one thing. She
gained so much in three weeks, as to be able to
walk a mile without any more fatigue than a walk
of thirty or forty rods would give her at first She
took the wet sheet only a few times. It did not
injure her, but she liked the shower-bath better.
About two weeks expired before much redness
could bo produced on the skin, even by severe rub-
ing, and when she first saw the redness, she wa3
full of joy, and seemed to take new courage. In
four weeks she was so far recovered that a stranger
would not have noticed but she was as rational
as any one. The serpents, toads and devils, had
all been washed away, and only a part of that un
comfortable sensation in the head and stomach re.
mained. In twelve weeks she seemed to be com.
pletely cured.
Diet.—Before sho commenced the Water-cure,
she indulged very freely in rich, concentrating food,
and tea and coffee. During a few of the first weeks
of the water-treatment, her drink was only water,
and her food the plainest bread, madp of unbolted
wheat meal, toasted and moistened with water,
and eaten without butter or cream. Of course, she
did not eat a very great allowance of it, but she
) began immediately to gain in flesh, whereas, she
f liad been constantly losing while sho indulged in
N the full rich diet. More than four years have
£ elapsed since her cure, and she has enjoyed good
WATER-CURE JOURNAL 119
health ever since, and has abstained from flesh- i is all we need to become healthy and happy be-
mcats and tea and coffee. If at any time she feels ings, viz , obedience to natural laws. Go out in
any illness, she resorts immediately to the crystal tho open air, walk with energetic movements,
fountain, and soon gets relief. do not wrap yourself up so much as to render it
N. B. Coffee, and sometimes tea, will produce uncomfortable to go far, but let the elasticity of
delirium tremens. This lady had abstained from your steps supply the scantiness of your clothing.
all sorts of alcoholic drinks for some twenty years " How often we sigh over the fate of children
beforo her illness. in foreign countries who arc so overtasked that
the breath of heaven is denied them ! Who ever
wastes a tear over that friend who lives in lux
FRESH AIR ury, and voluntarily shuts herself from the pure
[The Yankee Blade discourseth the right sen air? Who tells her she is daily committing sui
timents on this theme. Would that all news cide? No ; the sallow, lily face seems actually
papers and all medical journals had the ability, preferred to the healthful, rosy hue of health !
and courage, and honesty to tell people their in A lady, whose waist was about the size of a
terests and duty, as is done in the following:]
wheel pin, (such as our grandmothers used), re
" Why wonder that people are sick ? Go with cently met a friend of the first model as it re
me into yonder chamber. The windows have spects form, and outward signs of health.
shutters, inside curtains, and outside curtains ; " Why," said the wasp-waisted lady, *' I might
the carpenter has stopped every crevice, that no have mistaken her for an Irish girl, she looked so
outward air may be admitted. The bed has j healt. y!" Is there not a false idea, that a pale
French curtains drawn over it, the furnace is complexion and a small waist are considered
brought to the chamber, and the fire-board is recommendatory to the gentlemen ?
tightly fitted, so that no ventilation is permitted. " Oh, nonsense ! No man ever wanted a sickly
But the inmates complaiu that they cannot ileep. wife. No husband ever desired an apothecary's
They retire late, take an opiate, yet are restless 1 shop for his wife's benefit, nor yet craved the
Toward spring, nature rebels against such re pleasure of listening to a woman's complaints.
strictions, and the frame becomes more enfee " How many purses (poorly filled) have been
bled; a "bilious stomach," or "jaundice," or taxed with physicians' bills, apothecaries' pre
" dyspepsia," (and perhaps all are combined,) scriptions, and long journeys, with the view of
prostrate our friends. A physician is sent for; restoring decayed health !
he gives drugs, leaves orders how often "drops" " Up, my friend, raise thy window, give a freo
shall be taken, and when the " blister" must be current in thy bed-chamber, inhale a goodly por
dressed, and how many " leeches" had better be tion in thy lungs, throw away the bed-curtains
applied. He speaks of his patient as of feeble and tho pill-poxes, and the quieting-powder ; take
constitution, who is debilitated, and needs change fresh air and exercise, and you will find you
to recruit him or her. No inquiries are made as have consulted with the best of physicians, for
to what produced this disease ; no intimation is he will make you cheerful as you become vigor
given that wilful transgressions of known laws ous: and no blessing can be compared to a
has brought it on ; no reflection is made about healthy, cheerful companion.
over-heated apartments and late hours ; and the
patient lies in bed, believing that sickness is
brought on by the hand of Providence, and we Nature the Best Doctor,.—A highly respectable
have only to submit to the all-wise decree. woman writes to the Journal i—
" How preposterous thus to reason ! How of Ifhydropathy you need any further testimony of tho good effects
in the different offices of maternity, I
wicked to throw the disease upon our Maker ! might send you my experience. ' Of delicate oonstitu-
No, my friend, you brought it apon yourself. \ tion, (my mother being confined to her room from
Do you remember those evening parties, when thrco weeks to a month aUsuch times,) and past thir
you exchanged the long sleeves for bare arms, ty-four years of age, I gave birth, on the 21st of March,
to my first child ; had no previous sickness of conse
the closed neck for a bare one, the worsted hose quence, and comparatively light suffering at the
for the delicate silk, the India-rubber boot for the time, for about two hours—was over at -1 o'clock A. M.
satin slipper ? Do you remember the hoarseness Took three baths that day, walked the room, and sat
! and cough which followed, and your persistence up the greater part of the day—went into a cold room
that night to sleep, and took charge of tho babo my-
in still keeping up this excitement ? You gave j self—next
morning bathed, shook up my bed, walked
particular orders that your chamber should be ' down stairs to breakfast, and did not return until three
heated, it is true, on your return ; but had you j o'clock, when I laid down a little while, and then took
given orders that it should be ventilated, even by > a bath before supper, and had no occasion to lie down
night air, it would have turned to better account, j in the day-time after. I made steady progress, and
as far as your health was concerned. Air, air j{ stitutional
was spinning flax in four days. The child had a con-
eolio, but by the water process I got it
is heaven's gift to sustain us. Why are you j eradicated, and now it is as plump, healthy, and intel-
so terrified to inhale it ? Who sleeps so soundly \ ligent looking a ohild, as is seldom mot with at its ago.
as the robin, and who rises so early to carol his
morning hymn of gratitude ? Are you more
feeble than the little unfledged birds ? Look at The Parkkrsvim.e Hydropathic Institute, in
the most helpless of creatures. See how they corporated by the State of Now Jersey, is now under
grow and thrive by obeying natural laws ! This the direction of Dr. J. H. Steadman.
120 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL.

FRUIT FOR FOOD, what is usually regarded as civilized society ? wants of the animal economy, and at times as
As the intellect is developed, its capabilities per inappropriate as the quantity is enormous.
There appears to be a movement going on
among the farmers of our vicinity, to petition the ! fected, its range of vision enlarged, its aspirations Who then enn wonder that oppressed and
Legislature for far more effectual legal protec- • elevated, it would be natural to expect a corre abused stomachs refuse to perform their ordinary
lion to their fruit orchards and garden?, and sponding elevation of character. As we become functions, and that a fearful dyspepsia is the re
which the Legislature will doubtless accord to ■ more acquainted with the philosophy of ourmys- sult ? Who can wonder thai Nature sinks
them with a promptitude becoming the import- : terious being, our relations to the external world, beneath her accumulating burdens ? The won
ance of the subject. To large cities, fruit is not ] in fine, with the laws which govern our wonder
only a luxury, but an element of health, life, ' der is, rather, that the number of wretched suffer
vigor, and energy. Howefcr profitable it may ful organization, an observation of those laws ers is not greater.
be to the farmer, and nothing in more so, it is in would be a legitimate conclusion. He is unwise These excesses and ruinous practices follow
finitely more conducive to the health of the cit who rushes into untold miseries with a perfect, very naturally from the customs of society, and
izen. Thus far a very imperfect idea of the or even partial knowledge of certain and fixed especially from the influences which are thrown
salutary power of fruit on the health of cities is
entertained, and of course nothing in the sem results of disobedience. Yet, can it be doubted around childhood. Often are we virtually taught
blance of reality has ever yet appeared in regard that most, if not all of the ordinary ills of life, that the great object of life is to satisfy our ani
to this highly useful branch of social economy. might be avoided by a consistent course ? We mal wants ; or that the most feasible method of
Fruit should not be a luxury of the opulent, as are shocked when we become acquainted, in some expressing our attachment to our fellow-mortals,
it now too much is, but a common enjoyment of degree at least, with the woes of self-styled refined
all classes, as a moans for the preservation of is to gratify some physical, sensual impulse.
health, and diverting from crowded cities the life ! It is a humiliating fact, that if we would tind The greater our joy on meeting a long-absent
visitation of pestilence. Its cultivation ought to perfect development of our physical powers, to friend, and the stronger the bonds of friendship,
be promoted, and no legislative action ought to any considerable extent, we must turn away the more sumptuous must be the repast, or ra
be withheld which is necessary to its protection. from the " gilded halls of high life," and hie to ther, the more destructive to health and happi
It is not marvellous that fanners should so much
neglect this branch of cultivation, when it is the wilderness in quest of Man, as he came from ness !
remembered how liable they are to the depreda the hands of his bountiful Creator, where he These lessons are learned as soon as our
tions of the idle and the vicious.—Philadelphia roams free and joyous, untrammelled by the mental powers are sufficiently developed to ob
Ledger. cruel bands which a false popular feeling has serve external objects. Gratifying appetite often
"Petition the Legislature," for laws to protect thrown around enlightened society. The " form constitutes the " reward of merit," or the de
fruit! Well, this may prevent a few landless erect, and beaming eye," denoting a vigorous and privation of food, the punishment of juvenile
people, and the children of poor mechanics, athletic physical organization, and the mind un- offences. How often are children incited to
from indulging their appetites with these choice dimmed by the beclouding tendencies of sensual industry in scientific pursuits, or deterred from
luxuries ; but we will here suggest, that it would gratifications, ere rarely found among us. A misdemeanors, by the prospect of obtaining the
be more benevolent and humane for every land peaceful old age, a gradual " wearing out of worthless trash of the confectionery !
owner to plant an additional number of fruit-trees the machinery of life," a quiet falling asleep in How degrading to bring scientific attainments
along the highways and road-sides, for the bene death, how rarely attained ! A retention of the or moral obligations on a level with the gratifica
fit of those who have no land on which to raise usual powers of the mind until the physical tion of propensities which we possess in common
fruit. Yes, we would do more than this : we powers have performed all their earthly offices, with the lowest order of brutes ! Are there no
would advise these same poor people, and the where can it be found ? But instead, torturing worthier incentives ? Are there no higher mo
thousands of mechanics, to " petition the legisla disease stalks forth in our midst, dispensing tives to which we can appeal ? Is there no
ture" of every State, requiring every landholder pain and wo with a liberal hand. (It matters method of conducing to the joyonsness of the
to plant fruit-trees along the road-side of his little whether it is our friend or foe, its cause is convivial assemblage, or of expressing the
farm or plantation. In addilion to this legal equally deplorable) What keen-torturing, strength of our attachments, save in proffering
requirement, it would still be the privilege of ""joint-wrenching gouts warn the offender of his food, even to surfeiting ? Can we offer no food
each one to cultivate, for his own private use, sins, deforming and crippling its trembling vic for the mind, the germ of immgrtality ? Can we
or for the market, as much fruit as he pleased. tim, and vindicating the righteousness of violated not elevate, rather than brutalize the mind ? Can
By thus rendering our highway* useful in law ! What rheumatisms rack the frame and we not indulge in communion of mind with mind?
respect to the poor, we should remove the ne bring such distracting pangs that the sufferer Can we not touch a chord that shall vibrate in
cessity of " protection," and hear no more of would welcome death as a deliverer ! What unison with the emotions of our own bosoms 1
" fruit Btealing ;" and the vast benefit, in health, burning fevers toss the patient from side to side, Have we no words of consolation, congratulation
strength, and longevity to our people, which parched with thirst and raging in delirium ! In or encouragement ? Have music, painting, elo
would result, cannot be computed. fine, what a panorama of ills arc spread out be quence, or the arts and sciences in general, no
fore the observer, as it were, vieing with each charms ? Can no " feast of reason and flow of
other in afflicting suffering humanity ; and often soul" be obtained, that we must resort to low
fnb auk Did. joining issue, as if to combine all their powers animal indulgences ?
of vindictive vengeance ! That the demand for food is imperious, that the
All diseases, indeed, may not be the result of natural wants of the body should be cared for, is
THE APPETITE-ITS USE AND ABUSE, j errors in diet alone, but that most are originated not denied ; but undue prominence of mere
BY J. H. HANAFORD. or much aggravated by them, can admit of but physical powers is what is deplored. To endure
little doubt. An abnormal action and destruc hours of exquisite pain for the sake of moments
Whatever opinions may be entertained in tive excitement prevail throughout the system. of sensual gratification, is unmanly, degrading.
regard to what constitutes the most appropriate A premature development, in early life, and The pleasures, if such they should be styled, are
diet of man, what will develop his physical, intel- premature prostration and decay, in after life, entirely disproportioned to the consequent ills.
lectnal and moral powers, most harmoniously, i together with a restive excitability, and a fren The natural and highest gratification of the ap
and prolong mortal life to the greatest limit, it zied irritability, constitute the legitimate conse petite is seriously abridged, while the penalty i*
cannot be doubted that much, very much abuse, * quences resulting from this inordinate stimulat certain, and the scourging fearfully severe. The
exists at the present tin.e, in civilized (?) conn- j ing process. Heterogeneous masses are thrown day of reckoning will come. We cannot disobey,
tries. into already jaded and distended stomachs, in and live in the enlarged sense of the term. We
And. why this excess, this wanton abuse, in j quantities entirely disproportioned to the actual may be men or grovelling brutes.
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Hem-fork, fthtj, 1801.
The Water Cure Journal i» published monthly, in New-
York City, at One Dollar a year, in advance.
All Letterji, and other communications, relating in any
way to tlits Journal, should, in nit eates^ be pott paid, and
directed to the publisher* as follows:
FOWLERS AND WELLS,
No. 131 Nassau St., New- York.
MAY MEDITATIONS.
BY H. T. TRALL, M.D.
Frontispiece.—If there are any misanthropic
individuals, or drug-conceited doctors, or book-
blinded professors, or money-making apothecaries,
or pocket-robbing nostrum venders, or speculators
on human ignorance and gullibility, of the baser
sort—candy pedlars, lozenge mongers, pill makers,
snuff puffers, nervous cordial advertisers, and
sweetened whisky and sassafrass, under cover of
" sarsapsirilla syrup," dealers—who have " hoped
against hope " that the swelling flood of hydro
pathy, portentous of the utter ruin of their goods,
wares, merchandise, and "stock in trade," was about
to be stayed, or rolled back, let them lay the flat
tering unction to their souls no longer. All the
encouragement we can offer is to bid thein de
spair.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident," that
all men and women were created to know some
thing, and that the time is fast approaching when
they will know something ; and that among the
things which they were created to know, and
will know, are life, liberty, and the taking care of
their own health. And we believe the rapidly in
creasing number of Water-Cures in the country.and
the extensive circulation of Water-cure books and
periodicals, are the destined "media" through
which the people are to have a demonstration of
this knowledge.
There is a spirit of inquiry abroad, which will
not easily be put to rest. The people are demanding
a reason why they are to be drugged through life ;
why they arc to be poisoned from the cradle to
the grave, in order to keep them from dying;
why they must continue to swallow all manner of
foul substances, to keep health in the body, and
disease out 1 And the more they ask for a reason,
"the more they will find none," as our friend Mr.
Noggs would say. The conclusion will be even
tually arrived at, that the world has made a fool of
itself about long enough.
Extractum Carnis.—Reader, here is a beautiful
technicality of Latin for you. In plain, literal,
vulgar English it is rendered, extract offlesh. Do
you ask, " why trouble me with such nonsense !"
We answer; we want you to understand both
sides of the great questions we are discussing
through these pages; the hydropathic good-sense
which we advocate, and the allopathic nonsense
which we reprobate. We intend to keep you
advised of all the new truths developed in the
progress of our system, that you may profit by
their adoption, and of all the new fallacies of the
old school, that you may profit by rejecting them.
For this reason we have called your attention to
extractum carnis.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
In the April number we alluded to an extract of
beef. The extract of flesh is a product of the eva
poration of beef soup. It is the invention of a
German hospital physician, at Dalston—William
Beneke, M.D.—who recommends it as possessing
extraordinary efficacy in fevers: in the language
of the inventor, " almost equal to medicine." Now,
we can easily explain the seeming value of the
article to febrile patients, and in the explanation
is involved an important therapeutic principle.
Dr. Beneke supposes that one ounce of extractum
carnis is equal in nutritive properties to thirty-
two ounces of meat. This supposition is an egre
gious blunder ; but, as often happens, under
allopathic medication, the blunders are to the ad
vantage of the patient The fact is, patients suf
fering under fever and allopathic practice at the
same time, are usually so dosed with beef soup,
mutton tea, chicken broth, <tc, that the febrile ir
ritation is kept up and aggravated by the slop-
dieting, when the stomach really needs entire ab
stinence from all food. Dr. Beneke, on the
mistaken notion that his carnal extract is immensely
nutritious, gives very little of it, and so the
patient is scarcely injured at all. While the
doctor intends to diet the patient 6trongly, the
patient really gets almost a fast Thus nature has
a chance, and of course the patient will do vastly
better than when constantly stuffed with animal
slops, or any other food. We should not forget to
mention that Dr. B. recommends the carnis to bo
prepared by the druggist, and dealt out to the sick
people as regular apothecary stuff ! Nonabvntus
Quackarorvm vulgarissimvs, which being faith
fully translated, nieaneth, learned quacks humbug
silly people !
Allopathic Cutaneouns Treatment.—Since the
promulgation of the wonderful discovery of Dr.
Sehneeman, physician at the court of his majesty,
the King of Hanover, that rubbing the body all
over with fat bacon was a great remedy in scarlet
fever, an idea seems to have taken possession of
the brains of a portion nf the medical faculty, that
greasing the skin would cure everything. Ac
cordingly, we find the pork-and-baeon larding
practice external, fast superseding the cod-
liver oiling internally. In enlarging upon this
grand development, this great-grand idea, that the
principal thing necessary to make the skin work
easy, is plenty of grease, a Dr. Taylor, surgeon
to the Clerkenwell Hospital, London, has furnished
the profession with a new system of treating dis
eases, which might be appropriately termed grease-
opathy. Tho practice consists in " rubbing in " a
coating of grease "over" the whole cutaneous
surface. Dr. Taylor, with becoming solemnity,
informs his medical brethren that he has experi
mented extensively in treating fevers, dropsy,
measles, consumption, mania, delirium tremens,
ire, etc., with " common oil," "common ointment,"
wax, cerates, prepared lard, mutton suet, beef suet,
and mixed greases, until he finally brought forth
the wonderfully wonderful wonder, that "equal
proportions of lard and suet, melted together over
a slow fire, formed a combination about the con
sistence of common butter," which stuck to the skin
without being readily absorbed by the bed-clothes,
and therefore was the perfect perfection of the
grease-opathic system.
121
It may seem incredible to those who aro not
familiar with the ridiculous vagaries that fill the
greater portion of the pages of medical journals,
tliat a plan of medication so palpably absurd in
theory, and so filthy and abominable in practice,
should be countenanced, or even entertained for
a moment by any rational mind. But we assure
our readers that this grease-treatment is not only
countenanced, but commended as eminently philo
sophical, by the orthodox allopathic journals ; and
even the last number of the "Eclectic Medi«al
Journal," published at Cincinnati, adds the weight
of its editorial recommendation to the dirty busi
ness. That it is a very dirty way of doctoring, we
have the testimony of its originator, Dr. Schnee
man, whose eleventh "point," to regulate the
patient's habits while under the inunctive process,
reads thus:
" 1 1 .Washing.—Although it brings on desquama
tion, it will be as well to let the patient occasion
ally wash his hands and face with water and soap.
// reconciles him to the dirt attendant on the
rubbing-in."
It is difficult to resist the conclusion, that doctors
who can advocate the cleansing of a patient from
his disease, by a process which besmears him and
his bedding nil over with dirt, must be exceedingly
muddy in their own brains.
A Physiological Mistake.—In a late number
of a paper called " The Unit," the editor, alluding
to a practice of Thomas II. Benton, which is to
rub the skin thoroughly morning and evening with
a horse brash, makes the following commentary:
"In regard to the habit above referred to, we
found in it the secret of that insensibility to ex
ternal Appreciation, which he had previously
manifested. One word here, in regard to the
philosophy of the matter ; and then the truth of
this assumption will be apparent. As the body is
the only medium by which the mind is brought
into communication with the outer, material world,
so the more delicate its perceptions arc, the more
refined and acute will be Ihe intelligence which it
conveys to the presiding Power within. The skin
contains an elaboration of the nervous system,
which is spread all over the surface, in a net-work
of such extreme minuteness, that the point of the
finest needle conld scarcely be introduced into
one of its meshes. The nerves arc the sensational
medium : and hence the Skin is the organ of the
sense of touch, or Feeling, which may properly
be called the primitive—or rather the universal
sensation—since it pervades and modifies every
other; and always corresponding with this, is the
mental excitability, or what we call Appreciation.
It is very clear, then, that as the skin becomes
calloused, and to a greater or lesser degree insen
sible, by repented collision with solid substances—
as may be seen in the horny texture that covers
the hands of the hard laborer—whatever tends to
deaden its sensibilities, must in like manner affect
its communications with the mind, which will be
rapid and perfect, only in proportion to its con
ducting power. Under such a course of treat
ment with such a combination of Temperaments
and Organism, his sensibilities eould not be other
wise than stultified, to such a degree as to render
him invulnerable to the material contact of persons
of a highly sensitive character, which, to our ap
prehension, closed up nearly all his appreciation
of the wants of others.
"The kind of treatment mentioned was exactly
the worst that could have been selected for a per
son like him. Instead of being hardened, the iron
of his nature should have been annealed, by the
influence of those gentler conditions which would
have brought him more within the ranee of com
mon sympathies, instead of building up an impene
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trable wall between himself and others, or manu
facturing for himself a full suit of leather, within
which he might entrench himself, as iu a fortifica
tion, against sympathy."
In theory, we differ totally from the editor, and
our experience, too, is all on the other side Ac
tive and thorough friction to the skin tends to
obviate its morbid and preserve its natural sensi
bility. We liave repeatedly known the skin of
patients, which was thick, rough, and lender, to
become soft, " appreciative," and lough, by a per
severing application of cold washings, and coarse
towel and flesh-brush rubbings. Under this prac
tice, the skin grows firm, elastic, and normally
susceptible, while a neglected skin, or one "an
nealed" by oils, ointments, warm bathing, Ac,
grows callous to natural, and preternaturally sen
sitive to morbid impressions.
Muco-Salivary Philosophy.—We find the follow
ing "disease, and its antidote," in one of the
Eclectic Medical Journals of the last month:
" Offensive Breath.—The saliva, fresh from the
glands of the mouth, is alkaline, but the mucus
from the follicles of the mouth is acid ; the saliva
is poured into the mouth during mastication, while
the mucus is constantly accumulating, and during
the inaction of the mouth, the mucus predomi
nates, rendering the mouth acid, glutinous, and
offensive ; but as soon as fresh currents of alkaline
saliva rush into the mouth, they neutralize, dis
solve, and remove the adhesive mucus, and cor
rect the depraved state of the breath. Or if
dissolved soda is used in washing the mouth, the
same effects will follow ; the tough, acid collec
tions on the parietes of the mouth will be dis
lodged, thinned, and removed. These facts are
most valuable to one of refined feelings and tastes,
and reveal a practice which merits constant appli
cation."
What balderdash is this! The acid mucus is
always accumulating in the mouth and depraving
the breath, except during mastication, therefore
one must bo employed in washing the mouth with
dissolved soda, at all times, except when eating !
Now, Mr. Eclectic, 03 bad breath comes from bad
secretions, and bad secretions from bod blood,
and bad blood from bad eating, and bad drinking,
and bad breathing, would it not be more consistent
with " refined feelings and tastes,"to instruct people
how to have a sweet breath by cleanliness and
purity of personal habits, than to tell them to
wash out their mouths continually i People who
live hydropathically do not have offensive breaths,
which fact young persons contemplatin matri- ;
mony may remember, if they please.
THE DISEASES OF WOMEN.
BY T. L. NICHOLS, 31. D.
A physician of Alabama, writing to the Publish
ers of the Water-Curo Journal, says: "Ask Dr.
Nichols to give us a chapter, through the Journal,
on Diseases of the Uterus, with the proper treat
ment of Prolapsus Uteri, Dismenorrhoaa, Anlenorr-
hosa, Menorrhagia, Leucorrhcea, <tc, and diseased
Btate of the Prostate Gland, if not imposing too
much on his time." I very cheerfully respond
to this appeal ; the more readily because of the
great importance of the subject, growing out of the
prevalence and almost universality of these dis
eases, and the general ignorance, in as well as out
of the medical profession, of their nature, causes, or
proper treatment.
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The medical world is full of hooks on this sub
ject, nnd as full of ignorance. Medical writers have
darkened counsel by words without knowledge ;
nnd the student who should read and believe
every work written on this subject for the last fifty
years, if such a thing were possible, would be pre
pared to do little good and great mischief. Two
of the latest works have been written, one by an
Allopathic practitioner, the other by a practical
Hydropnthist. Tilt on Menstruation is pretentions,
wordy, and, except in regard to some points of
operative surgery, of little use. Dr. Johnson's
book, on the Hydropathic Treatment of the Dis
eases of Women, is strangely wanting in most of
the qualities that should characterize such a work.
Many of the mostimportant ovarian and uterine dis
eases are entirely omitted ; effects are blunderingly
put for causes ; and with an inefficient use of the
water is mixed up some of the most mischievous
errors of the Allopathic system. Yet these two
books, as they are the latest, are probably among
the best that have ever been written on these
subjects.
If I had possessed no other sources of informa
tion on these subjects than the medical books I
have read, or the lectures I have heard, I should
not have written, to add to the learned ignorance,
of which there is more than enough. But it has
been my good fortune to have the teachings and
to see the practice of one who has made the wel
fare and health of women her life study—I need
not say how successfully.
For these, aud many other reasons, I have con
sented to prepare a brief article for the Journal, not
so much for the benefit of Water-Cure Physicians,
who, I presume, have taken pains to inform them
selves, as of women, who are everywhere suffer
ing from their own ignorance, and the ignorance
of those on whom they rely for aid. Women must
become their own physicians, and the physicians
of each other. They have leaned too long upon a
broken reed. Their diseases have been the subject
of mercenary speculations, of mischievous medica
tions, of torturing mechanical inventions, of name- ;
less brutalities, and detestable charlatanism ; but 1
they have got little or no relief. Drug medication !
never did cure this class of diseases; instruments, i
if ever they have afforded temporary relief, have J
oftener occasioned permanent injury ; and the fash
ionable speculum and caustic practice is not more j
' shocking to every* idea of delicacy,
J than it is absurd >
and injurious.
The Water-Cure is the only mode of treatment, •
within my knowledge, that offers to woman any
assurance of the permanent cure of her peculiar dis
eases. I write this with deliberate and conscien
tious conviction. It is not what I have reasoned
about merely, not what I have theorized upon, but
the result of observation and experience. Medical
facts are said to be fallacious ; but there are facte
respecting the cure of uterine diseases, in such
numbers, and of such a character, as could not fail
to carry conviction to every candid mind. I assert
then, that the Hydropathic system of treatment is
effectual, not merely in the relief, but in the radi
cal cure of the peculiar diseases of women. I pro
ceed, therefore, to a consideration of their nature,
causes, aud mode of cure.
The diseases usually enumerated under this head
are the following:
Ainenorrhcea, a retention or suppression of the
menses.
Dysmenorrhoea, a painful menstruation.
Menorrhagia, irregular aud excessive menstrua
tion.
Ovaritis, an acute or chronic inflammation of
the ovaries.
Matritis, inflammation of the womb, acute or
chronic, entire or partial, with its effects.
Ulceration of the womb.
Prolapsus Uteri, or falling of the womb; and
its extreme degree in procidentia.
Anteversion, Retroversion, and Inversion of the
Womb.
Leucorrhcea, or Whites.
Hysteria, a nervous disease, depending upon the
ovarian, or uterine system.
Chlorosis, or the green sickness.
Barrenness.
This seems a formidable list of diseases, yet it is
not quite complete, for the organs of generation
are liable to disorders, which affect similar tissues
in different parts of the body, as catarrh, rheuma
tism, neuralgia, hemorrhage, dropsy, tumors of va
rious kinds, ite., etc. I shall not attempt to press
all these matters into the compass of a single arti
cle, which I wish to make as plain as it is compre
hensive.
The function of Reproduction is the highest of
all the functions of organic life. In its connections
with the health and vigor of the system, it is per
haps the most important. It is the crowning glory
of all vegetative existence, and seems to be the
single object in the lower forms of animal life.
Even in man, it is at the basis of much that makes
his character, his civilization, and his happiness-
Developed at the age of puberty, it produces the
most striking changes, physical and moral. The
change is remarkable in the male—in the female it
is still more so. The form of the body changes,
new feelings are developed, and new and import
ant actions set up. The girl becomes a woman,
and henceforth this fact is to influence her body and
mind ; and should never be lost sight of by the
careful physician, or by those who have her happi
ness in their keeping, for it is on the reproductive
function, more than any or all others, that the
health, and beauty, and character, aud happiness
of a woman depends
... orjans of, this
the chief ., . function
- ,. arc the ova
f ries, two small bodies situated in the groins, on each
side of the uteru-. Each ovary is a collection of
eggs, in which are deposited the germs of the new
being. The womb, though commonly considered
the most important organ, is but an appendage of
the ovaries, receiving their germs, protecting them
during fuotal development, and then expelling them
in the act of birth. But in this article, I shall
speak of tho womb as the seat of certain diseases
though its affections may really proceed from the
earlier formed nnd more important organs.
Menstruation is a secretion from the internal sur
face of the womb, fallopian tubes, and probably
the ovaries themselves, not of bl ood, but of some
thing closely resembling it, and which is caused
by, or accompanies, a periodical excitement of tho
ovaries, which is necessary to the function of gen
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eration. It should commence with puberty, recur
once in twenty-eight days, or a lunar month, con
tinue for about two days, in quantity not to exceed
one ounce, and continue through the whole gene
rative period, say from fifteen to forty-five or fifty.
This is, in all the particulars I have mentioned, a
healthy menstruation. Many of my readers will
be surprised at what I have mentioned as the normal
time and quantity of this discharge ; but they may
be assured of my correctness. In perfectly healthy
women, there is a very minute quantity, of alight
color, and not exceeding two days in duration ;
and in all cases where women menstruate for four
or five days, and in profuse quantities, it is a sign
of disease.
Retention of the menses, or entire lack of men
struation at the proper age, one of the forms of
Ameuorrhcea, is caused either by a want of develop
ment of the ovaries, their premature exhaustion, or
some obstruction.
In some climates, puberty is accomplished, in fe
males, at the ago of eight or ten years ; in others it
does not usually occur until eighteen or twenty. In
our own temperate climate, the age varies from
twelve to eighteen, making fifteen the average
period.
In the first case, we have nothing to do but, by
air, exercise, general bathing, and a pure nutritious
diet, to encourage the development of the system.
There can be no menstruation, until the ovaries
have begun to act ; and we must not forget that
menstruation is an effect or symptom, and though
of little consequence in itself, is the result of an im
portant function.
In too many cases the sensitive nerves of the
generative system arc excited, and thereby exhaust
ed, before the period of puberty. In this cose,
there may not be strength enough left to estab
lish the ovarian action, and consequently no men
struation.
There are cases of debility, which require care
ful, strengthening, tonic treatment The full morn
ing bath, the douche, the wet bandage, the sitz-bath,
and vaginal injections of cold water, with the most
invigorating regimen, will be requisite. These
cases are always accompanied with some degree of
dyspepsia, and usually, perhaps invarinbly, by con.
stipation. The bowels should be moved daily, if
necessary, by injections of cold water ; and these
arc also of great service in strengthening the ova
ries. Frequent and long continued frictions with
the bare hand of a healthy person, especially over
the lower part of the spine, are of great service.
Where there are the usual signs of puberty,
without the evacvations, there is reason to appre
hend some obstruction. There may be, in one case
in a million, imperforate hymen, requiring an ope
ration ; in rare cases, a congested state of the ute
rus may close the mouth of the womb ; or an exces
sive action of the ovaries may prevent the secretions
of the menstrual fluid. These conditions are to be
ascertained by a careful examination. They are
accompanied with inflammatory symptoms, en
gorgement, pressure, heat, pain, and febrile symp
toms ; and must be treated accordingly. The wet
sheet pack, cooling compresses, sitz-baths, and a
strict diet, will give the best promise of relief.
Where the retention is not accompanied with in
flammatory symptoms, the vapor bath, or better,
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the blanket-pack, so managed as to produce profuse
perspiration, is effectual.
Suppression of the menses differs from retention,
in their having been established, and afterwards !
not appearing at the regular time. The most com >
mon, and only natural cause of suppression, is i
pregnancy. But it may proceed from many other
causes. The over-action of any other function of |
the system may cause the supression of this. Stu j
dy, or mental excitement of any kind, or the in !
flammation of the stomach, liver, or kidneys, or
general fever, may cause suppression. So may fa
tigue, cold, debility, or exhaustion. The treatment
must be adapted to the cause. There is but one
thing to be done—restore the health and harmo
nious equilibrium of the system. The effort to
bring on the menstrual function by giving medi
cines intended to act upon tho womb, is simply
murderous.
Dysmenorrhceo, or painful menstruation, is cnus- j
ed in almost every cose by unnatural or excessive ;
excitement, and consequent exhaustion of the utc- :
rine system. There are neuralgic pains in and
around the pelvis ; the womb is congested ; the
menstrual secretion is often accompanied by hem
orrhage, clots of a liver-like substance or shreds of
membrane, nn exudation from the mucous lining
of the womb are expelled with pains 1 those of
child-birth.
The cure of this disorder requires the most care
ful, thorough, and persevering treatment. The
simplest diet, the most careful regimen, and the
strengthening of the whole system, is the only cure.
I think free, pleasant exercise in the open air of
great use. I would advise horse-back riding when
practicable, rather than long, fatiguing walks-
Gymnastic exercises are admirable. The local
treatment of sitz-baths, vaginal injections, and the
bandage, must be used perseveringly. The long,
cold sitz-bath affords the most thorough relief, dur
ing the paroxysms of pain. It is not so immediate
as the hot sitz-bath, or hot fomentations, but it is
far better in its after effects.
Menorrhagia, or profuse menstruation, is either
an excessive secretion of the menstrual fluid, or a
loss of blood, or both combined. In irritable and
debilitated conditions of the uterine system, there
may be at first a secretion of the proper menstrual
fluid. This continues for two or three days ; and
the discharge changes its character, and increases
in quantity, until there is flooding or hemorrliage.
The distinction between the menstrual fluid and
the bloody discharge, is that the latter clots, but
the former never doc*. A discharge of more than
two days' continuance, or of more than one ounce,
or even somewhat less, is monorrhagia, and shows
that there is too much excitement, or a weakened
condition of the vessels. And these are the two
conditions we have to treat.
In tho first case, the causes of disease, of what
ever character, must be removed. Thousands of
women are consigned to premature graves ; some
by the excess of their own passions, but far more
by the sensual and selfish indulgences of those who
claim the legal right to murder them in tliis man
ner, and whom no law of homicide can reach, and
upon whose acts no coroner holds an inquest.
Where tho system has been weakened and exhaust
ed, or whore there exists, as in many cases, a ten
dency to congestion and hemorrhage, tho disease is
a difficult and discouraging one to treat.
During the flooding, quiet, a cool air, and the
horizontal position, ore generally prescribed. I
have been successful with the external application
of cold, by the cold compress, and the sitz-bath ;
I have known the douche to act like a charm ; I
have seen the hemorrhage arrested by frequent and
continued injections of ice-water ; and when these
means have failed, I have seen the long wet sheet
pack, or the Bwcating-blonket, operate like magic.
A pleasurable excitement, as that of an evening
party, or n dance, has effected a cure, for the time
being ; and I have found the greatest use in fric
tions.
If the cause is congestion, the congestion is to be
relieved by the dripping sheet, tho rubbing bath,
or better still, the wet-sheet pack. If a weakened
state of the uterine vessels, they may be constringed
by ice-water injections into the vagina and rectum,
with the cold sitz-bath, of ten minutes, often re
pented. The vaginal injections, I believe, are al
ways useful ; but it is difficult to give general di
rections which will apply to every case.
The permanent cure for this, as for all diseased
conditions, is health ; and temporary relief is of
comparatively little consequence. When the pa
tient has recovered from one attack, she should be
gin in earnest the general treatment fitted to re
store her to such a state of health and strength as
will prevent similar ones for tho future.
But in relation to this, as to all other states of
disease, the causes must bo carefully inquired into,
and as carefully avoided ; and if the physician has
not control of the life of his patient, or if she have
not control of her own, the treatment can be of
comparatively little use.
It is the practice in many Water-Cure establish
ments, to suspend treatment during menstruation.
This is a great loss of time, a needless precaution,
and often a great injury. There can scarcely be
any state of disease in which this function is not
deranged ; and if there bo any derangement, there
is more need of treatment nt this time than at any
other. The fear of taking cold is as absurd in this
as in other cases. In our house, treatment is never
suspended at this time ; often it is increased with
grent advantage. The short sitz-baths, and vaginal
injections especially, are always of service.
Acute inflammation of the ovaries, one or both,
indicated by'pain, heat, and swelling in the ovarial
region, is to be treated on the same principles as the
inflammation of any other organ, by rest, strict diet
the application of the cooling compress, and injec_
tions of cold water in both the vagina and rectum.
This local treatment may be combined with the
wet-sheet pack, and the blanket pack, if required.
Chronic inflammation of the ovaries probably
always exists in connection with, and as one of the
causes of any uterine disease of long standing.
Inflammationofthe womb requires the same treat
ment. As the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus
are all parts of tho same organ, it is scarcely neces
sary to say that they participate in the same dis
eased conditions, and require the same treatment.
But inflammation of the womb moy be compli
cated with displacements, Buch as prolapsus, ante-
version, retroversion, Ac. The most common of
these is prolapsus. Few women entirely escape it.
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It accompanies every degree of exhaustion of the
nervous energy of the general system, and especi
ally of the generative organs. Whatever exhausts
vitality in a woman, causes prolapsus uteri. What
ever restores the tone of the nervous system, cures
it. This cannot be done by pessaries, or other sus
taining instruments, which are useless, and causes
of irritation, whites, ulceration, and cancer. It can
not be done by external supporters, which act only
as the sling does to the lame arm. The best sup
porter is the wet bandage, properly applied, for it
gives strength as wTell as support. It cannot be done
bv Burgical operations; and some have been per
formed too outrageous for belief.
The Water-cure treatment for prolapsus uteri is
the general treatment of invigoration ; and the lo
cal treatment best fitted to give tone to the whole
region of the pelvis. Prominent among these are the
wet bandage carefully and tightly applied, the cold
site-bath, and frequent vaginal injections. Every
application of cold water to the womb, with a
syringe of suitable construction, assists in the work
of cure. It should be used as often as four times
n-day, using a quart of water at each time. If it
causes pain, the quantity may be smaller at first
and gradually increased.
The other displacements of the womb depend
upon this. Where there is no prolapsus there can
be no anteversion and no retroversion. The latter
is a serious difficulty, and, if not relieved spontane
ously or by art, may be a fatal one. The fundus
of the uterus falling down between the vagina and
rectum, the neck of the womb is pressed against
the neck of the bladder, so as to cause a partial and
sometimes an entire suppression of urine. If the
womb can be restored to its proper position by a
dextrous operation, the relief is instantaneous. If
this cannot be effected, the bladder must be reliev
ed, and then the injection of cold water into the
vagina will remove the difficulty. The case is then
to be treated like one of simple prolapsus.
Inversion of the womb is one of the accidents of
child-birth, generally caused by the improper in
terference of the accoucheur. It must be remedied
as soon as possible by manual operation, followed
by the treatment for inflammation and prolapsus.
Ulcerations of the womb may proceed from irri
tation; and yield readily, when the exciting causes
are removed, to the vaginal injections. Where the
ulcerations are extensive and the discharge corro
sive, these may be often repeated.
Cancer of the womb may be induced by impro
per treatment of simple indurations and ulcera
tions. In its early stages, the sarcomatous condi
tion yields to the application of water, and the
same general treatment that would cure cancer of
the breast When far advanced, this disease be
comes incurable. Cancer, it must be remembered,
is not a local disease, and for this reason, operations
are rarely, if ever, successful. Cancers yield to the
Water-cure, but only through a thorough purifi
cation of the system, and elimination of its poison
ous matter.
Leucorrhcea, or whites, which is the general
name for all discharges, not sanguineous, proceeds
from various affections of the vagina, uterus, and
fallopian tubes, from a simple catarrh, or the ha
bitual discharge of a weakened mucous surface, to
cancer. The local application of cold water, by
1 'vaginal injections, cleanse-, constringes the relaxed scarifications; leechings, cauterizings, even the ap
| fibre, gives tone to the nerves, strengthens the • plication of red hotiron to the mouth of the womb,
capillaries, and, with sitz-baths, bandages, and tho ; produce the mo*t deplorable results.
general treatment necessary to health, cures these ! There is now growing up a new practice, more
: diseases. detestable, and more ruinous, even, than the old.
Hysteria and Chlorosis, general affections de- ' It was begun by a man in this vicinity, a merce
! pendent upon ovarian or uterine disease, require nary ami libidinous wretch, whose practice con
vigorous general and local treatment. They are j sists in manipulations and anointings, managed in
! invariably accompanied, as are most diseases of the j such a way as to stimulate the passions, and pro
; womb, with dyspepsia. duce a temporary excitement of the organs, which
> Barrenness may proceed from non-development his deluded victims mistake for a beneficial result.
or chronic inflammation of the ovaries ; from some \ These have to be repeated, until the effect is lost,
\ obstruction of the fallopian tube ; from an irritable I and the disease remains, not only uncured, but in
or congested condition of the uterus, by which the | a worse condition. This has been the lamentable
germs are refused a lodgment; from a constriction ( experience of thousands of women in this city ;
; of the month of the womb ; or from some peeuliari- ! and as the practice is extremely lucrative, it has
i ty in the position of that organ. These are all been taken up in other places. No words can add
\ conditions of disease, and may all be susceptible • to the contempt and detestation every honest man
: of cure. I have had a case, in which a woman, i and every pure-minded woman must feel for such
: who had been sick for many years, after a few ! shameful practices.
months' treatment, menstruated for the first time i If I could speak to the millions of suffering wo
j in five year.- ; and shortly after became pregnant, j men throughout the civilized world,—if I could
: 1 believe that a proper course of Water-cure would ! point them to the cases of uterine disease, of every
< be effectual in three-fourths of tho cases of barren- > kind and degree, cured by the Hydropathic treat
; ness. j ment, —if I could show them women who had suf
In the treatment of all uterine diseases, the diet ; fered worse than a thousand deaths through long
' is of great importance. I am well persuaded that years of agony, restored to tho freshness, and en
< a carefully selected vegetable diet is almost indis- i ergy, and happiness of rejuvenation and health,—
J pensable. In many cases, animal food, even in | the knell of the old practice would be sounded,
: small quantities, appears to have a direct action and the triumph of Water-Cure would be complete.
j upon the uterus, aggravating its diseases. The j
| diet should be pure, sparing, and as nearly as pos- i 91 Clinton Place, )
! sible adapted to the condition of the digestive ; New York, May, 1851. j"
; organs. It should consist of farinaceous substances, \
I milk, and fruits. Wheaten grits and coarse wheat
| bread I consider the basis of the best Water-cure ; Poisoned Confectionary.—Those mothers and
I diet. all others who will persist in poisoning themselves
and their children with the multitudinous trash of
i In the common practice of medicine, a local \ the candy shop, are requested to ponder over the
j disease docs not seem to be considered as a symp- following statement of I'rof. Rued, of this city—
; torn of general disease. Ophthalmia, sore throat A short time since a man was admitted as a
! piles, <fcc, are treated as if no part of the body ; patient into the City Hospital for supposed rheu
;■ was in fault but the organ affected. Our doctors i arms.matism. He was affected with paralysis of both
From the symptoms of the case, Dr Col ton,
! should read Aberncthy. He has demonstrated* \ the hou-*e physician, suspected the paralysis to
| that in all cases where a local affection is not the I have been caused by poisoning with lead. The
i effect of direct injury or poison, the disease is con- man's trade was a confectioner, following the
branch of painting and ornamenting candies. The
I stitutional, and can only be cured by constitutional doctor requested him to procure some of the can
! remedies. We must go back to the sources of life j dies and pigments used, which he did. Thev were
| When the nervous energy is exhausted, that cx- j given to me for analysis, and found to contain the
I haustion falls upon the weakest point, and that in | carbonate of lead, or white lead, one of the most
poisonous preparations of that substance. The
' women is more likely to be the womb than any \ man was then treated for poisoning with lead, and
? other. Restore the nervous energy, and the dis- i left the Hospital much relieved.
j case is cured. When the system is filled with From the above will be feen the danger to
! scrofula, it falls upon the weakest place, or the which children and others are exposed from eating
j one to which it is attracted by any irritation. It 6uch candies, when even the artisan who prepares
them, (only handling them,) is so seriously affected.
j may appear as ophthalmia, or king's evil, or bron- j With a view to calling the public attention to the
i chitis, or consumption, or ulceration of the bowels, j above facts, and particularly candy manufacturers
i or hip disease, or white swelling ; but in women' j to the evident impropriety of using any poisoning
j in four cases out of five, it shows itself in some j ask pigments, even in small quantities, I respectfully
the insertion of this communication in your
i disorder of the generative organs. These hints i journal.
; should govern our treatment of such diseases. To (
\ cure any disease, we must give health—not health
to one spot, but health to the whole body. Too White.—Miss Bremer, on entering a pri
IIow absurd, then, are the tinkerings mid tor- j vate dwelling, was asked to sit near the fire, where
» turings, the cauterizings and constringiugs, of the i some other ladies were seated, but replied, "No,
j common practice, in these diseases. They can j no; you American ladies are very handsome, but
i never cure them. They are only mischievous, and ', you are too white. You sit down by a fire of your
; that continually. Their daily examinations, so j own making, and neglect the great fire that God
utterly useless, cannot fail to outrage, and in time i has placed in the Heavens, which would give you
i to blunt, every feeling of delicacy, whilo their < health and a better color."
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ILLUSTRATED BOTANY.*
Botany is the natural history of the^yegetablo kingdom. It gives the biography :
of the vegetable through all the successive stages of its existence. In order to j
understand how the plant grows, we must consider its parts and their dependencies
-"h other.

Fig. 7. Fio. 8.
Examples of fibrous roots (4) are seen in the grasses ; the sirindlc root (5) in the
beet and carrot ; bulbous roots (6) in the onion and the bulb of tho lily : tuberous
roots (7) in the potato, artichoke; creeping loot (8) in the mint, sweet-flag, &c.
The Blood Hoot, Fig. 9, is another example of creeping or ruvt-sUck roots.
This plant, Fig. 9, sometimes
makes it appearance above the
ground before the snow disappears
in the spring. Tin- flower-stalk is
somo eight inches in height, hear
ing a white, square, scentlei-s flow
er, which soon disappears. The
root contains a blood colored fluid,
Fro. 1. Fig. 2. whence the name is derived.
The stem of the plant is that
portion which grows upward, seek
If we examine the bean as represented by Fig. 1, we find it to consist of two ing the light and exposing itself as
lobes—a, 6, called cotyledon*, or the undevelop 3d seed-leaves. These contain the much as possible to the air. sterns
embryo, c. In Fig. 2, we see the embryo germinating. That portion marked a, arodivided into three kinds, name
running into the ground, becomes a root ; It, running up, fornix a stem ; r, is tho ly, herbs, shrubs, and trees. The
tube which supplies tho nutriment to tho stem from the cotyledons until the roots stems of herbs do not become
and leaves are ready to work. woody, but die annually. Shrubs
are woody plants, with branches
from or near the ground, and they
are less than five times the height
of a man. Trees are woody plants,
with singlo trunks, which attain
five times the height of a man, or
more.

Fig. 10.

. Fig. 3 Fig. 9.—Bi.ood Root. Fig. H.

Fig. 3 is a young radish with its seed-leaves above the ground. This plant belongs
to the mustard family.
Having seen that two of tho organs of vegetation are roots and leaves, we will
next consider some of the different kinds of roots. These are represented by the
following figures :
The stems of plants present different structures within. Those which have no
distinction, into bark, pith, and wood, such as tho cane and cern-stalk, are called
ciulugen (10). These increaso in size by growth, among the woody fibres, on the
inside. Tho stems of trees are exogen (11), and exhibit circles or layers of wood.
These increase in size by additions on the outside.

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lished by Fowlkrs Sl Wklls, 131 Nassau stscet. New \ oik.
Some stems aro climbing ( 12), as the grapevine, virgin's bower. Some are creep
ing, as tho ground pine. This kind of stem usually sends roots into tho ground at
each branch, as seen in Fig. 13. Tho strawberry is an example of the running
stem.
We have already seen how roots and stems aro divided into different kinds, and
now we will glance at the arrangement and division of leaves. 1 jeaves are attached
to and supported by tho stem, and the position which the leaves occupy on the
stem are designated by op/itsite (14), alternate (15), and whorted (16).
Leaves aro callod palmate (17) when shaped like a hand j plaited (18,) like
the maple, currant; arrow- shaped (19) ; ntucronate (20) ; bipinnate (21) ; salver-
—shaped (22).(23) is nothing more than the first stage of the development of a stem,
Ibe Bi;l>
branch, or flower.
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A Corymb (24) is a bunch of flowers with a level top, or slightly convex, as the
j hawthorn. A Lyme (25) is represented by tlic older, dogwood, &e. Examples of
: t he Umbel (2*i) may bo seen in the primroso, milkweed, carrot. Raceme (27) is a
: name designating the form of those flowers where numerous ones proceed from a
common stalk, as the curraut, pokeweed.

Fio. 14. Fio. 15. Fio. 16.

Fio. 23. Fio. 29. Fio. 30.
Wo now come to the seeds and fruits of Plants. Drupe, or stone-fruit (28), is a
fruit which contains a nut or stone within its pulp, as the peach, cherry, plum.
Pome (29) is a name applied to such fruits as tho apple, pear, quince. To this
family belong our most useful and important fruits. The Cone (30) is found on
the pine, cypress, &c. The scales of the cone being placed over each other like the
shingles on a house, protect the seed.

Fig- 17. Fio. 18. Fio. 19.

Fio. 20. Fio. 21. Fio. 1

Fig. 23. Fio. 32.

Flowers assume an endless variety of forms, jret there are parts which are common
to most of them. These are readily seen in the Lily (31). In the eentro of the
flower are seen six thread-like organs, called stamens—a, a. Tho larger organ, 6,
is the pistil. A stamen, with the pollen falling from ite anther, is seen in an upright
position, marked b, a, c. Tho pistil is composed of three parts, namely—stigma,
c—style, b—frrrm, a—as seen on the left-hand of Fig. 31. Tho flower of a Nuttur-
tian is represented by Fig. 32.

Fio. 21. Fig. 25.

Fio. 33. Fio. 34. Fio. 85.

The Spike (33) resembles the Raceme (27), but tho flowers are closer to the
stalk, as in the Plantain. Wheat, barley, and some of the grasses are examples of
the Spike. Two of the varieties have received independent names. Ono is called
tho Spadix (34), seen in tho Indian turnip, skunkVcabbage, and oat-tail ; the
Fio. 27. othor is called tho Ament or Catkin (35), and is found on the willow, birch, poplar.
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THE APPLICABILITY OF WATER
IN CHRONIC DISEASES.
BT E. A. KITTEEDGE M. D.
The good effects of water, <fcc , are more immedi
ately apparent io acute tlinn in chronic dbeafes,
but it must not therefore be inferred that the Wa
ter-Cure is not equally well adapted to the cure
of chronic diseases.
People are very apt to come to the conclusion
that " Water-Cure woD't reach their case," simply
because it did not cure them in two or threeweeks 1
Now, the very term " Chronic" signifies long
standing,—what Noggs calls " acute disease gone
to seed,"—and it is idle to suppose that a man who
has been for months, or peradventure years, getting
diseased, can by any process become suddenly
converted into a well man!
To believe this would be believing in miraclesi
for the laws of health we all know cannot bo vio
lated with impunity, and diseased action once in
duced, cannot bo done away with, only by a re
turn to the right path and Btcady perseverance
therein.
The length of time it would take, therefore, to
cure a man, depcuds altogether upon the distance
he has travelled out of the way, and how direct he
goes towards the true path, and how closely he
keeps it.
In short, " God will not be mocked," you have
sinned and you must pay the penalty. One of the
worst things about chronic diseases is the fact, that
invariably, or nearly so, they have been " doctor'd"
so much with all sorts of poisons, that the recupe
rative power, however willing, and in however good
condition the patient may be put by the hydropathi
is unable to rid herself of the horrid incubus im
posed upon her by the various deluded cm
pyrics.
In many cases it takes months to liberate the
imprisoned particles of poisonous drugs, and in,
some cases they have been so long and largely in,
that no power human, can possibly release them.
But this is now certain, where anything can do
it Water-Cure can, and in thousands of cases where
nothing else can, the hydropathic system will not
only rout the foe, but completely repair the cita
del, and reinforce tho garrison.
The nonsense of trying to do this by " medi
cines" is too apparent to such as read the W. C. J.
Two wrongs can never make a right, and giving
poisonous drugs to drive out morbid matter, is like
knocking a drunken man down because he won't
stand up 1 Tho remedy is worse than the dis
ease.
" Drugs will do it though, and remove obstruc
tions like a book," says the Allopath. Granted tome-
timet,—but that's not the thing, you must not only
remove obstructions, but the cause of them ; not
only relieve the system of present morbid matter,
but prevent its accumulation. Without you do this,
you do nothing but temporize—having done this
the patient can't help getting well—always provid
ing; s. whole organization is present.
This, thank God, the Water cure is capable of
doing, and in my opinion, it is the only thing that
will do it.
Great, however, is the struggle between the
good and the evil. In " severe cases," as is always
the case in the moral world, there are hills of dif
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ficulty and sloughs of despond, <tc, Ac, to wade
through and overcome, before you can expect to
reach the promised land. But wisely I say unto
you, virtuous doing will meet its reward sooner or
later, in the physical world as well as in the
moral. Marvel not, then, friends of Hydropathy,
that you are not well, even though you have been
months engaged in the aquatic and prophylactic
warfare, but gird up your loins and press on with
all the energy you possess, and by and by great
indeed shall be your rejoicing. Truth is mighty
and will prevail, and when righteousness has had
its perfect work within you, then and not till then,
will you be " free indeed."
The antagonism between the water and the dis
ease is oftentimes so great that the patient is
frightened and prevented from following up the
treatment, just at the very time perhaps when a
few more short weeks persevering endurance would
effect a crisis, and end your suffering in a perfect
cure.
To all chronic patients then I 6ay, " be of good
cheer," there is a " balm" in the Water-cure for all
your woes, if you have no serious organic diseasei
and even then to a certain extent—but you must
' persevere unto the end''—there is no " half-way
house" on the road to health, where you can safely
stop ; neither is there any turnpike over which you
can make a short cut thereto by paying extra—
there is but one road ; hard to travel it may be, but
nevertheless it is the way, and if you are wise you
will heed the Hydropathic finger-board which ever
points up the path of obedience, otherwise you will
be as thousands and millions before you have been,
swamped in the mires of Allopathic " slough
holes."
New Volume.—On the first of July, 1851, this
Journal will commence its twelfth (xii.) volume.
Those whose subscriptions expire in July, 1851, may
again renew, if they wish to continue with us another
We can safely promise that the Journal will increase
in value as long as its friends so nobly exert themselves
to extend its circulation.
It is believed that the Water-Cure Journal is
doing a great work in the cause of physical improve
ment. The philosophy of life and health is im
parted through its pages, in a simple, reliable, and
comprehensive manner. Our readers need not to
be informed that our numerous contributors are
among the most learned and brilliant writers in tho
world. Indeed, they represent all civilized nations,
and many of them have experienced more than those
of any class in any other profession.
Our platform is by far broader than any other.
Wo use for oar modicines, water and air, two of the
great natural elements, in all their purity, which, com
bined with exeroisc, a proper diet, and the observance
of the laws of nature, euable us to surpass, in the suc
cessful treatment of disease, every other system known
to man.
Shall we not, then, strive to make these things
known throughout the world 1 Then let every
friend of Hydropathy talk, pray, and SING the
" glad tidings of great joy" which tho Water-Cure
Journal brings to all who are not too old or too trite
to learn, and whore human beings continue to die, and
fill premature graves.
The God of heaven designed us to study, find out,
and live in obedience to, and in harmony with, Hjs
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i laws. The Water-Cure Journal will try to render a
| correct interpretation of them, and thereby enable its
I readers to preserve and prolong human life, and in-
; crease human happiness.
j Literary Testimony.—The Southern' Literary
| Gazette of recent date remarks :—
! " We are not prepared to ' throw physic to tho dogs,'
, in all cases and under all circumstances, and trust a
, tub of cold water and a wet sheet, for salvation from
' all physical evil, much less do we overlook the import-
[ ancc of educated and scientific physicians ; but we are
prepared, both from a knowledge of tho theory of Hy-
droputhy and somo experience, in our own person, of
its effect in practice, to express a firm conviction, that
water alone, judiciously and scientifically applied, to
gether with the general regimen recommonded and en-
; forced by Hydropathists, will cure, effectually and
\ radically, moro diseases than all other remedies to-
| gcther ! This is tho rankest heresy, we are aware,
( but wo cannot refrain from giving utterance to it, on
\ that account We alone are responsible for it. Those
\ who may wish to examine this subject for themselves,
\ will find the Water-Cure Journal a safe guide.
[Now, we like this sort of testimony, comiug as it
\ does, unsolicited, from a man whohas/riri/ the Water-
s Cure, and is competent to judgo of its superiority.]
| Institution for Idiots.—Some two years ago, tho
Legislature of Massachusetts made a grant of $2,500
a year, to test the practicability of educating idiotic
children. Dr. Howe generously gave up his own pri
vate dwelling house, at South Boston, to bo used in
making the experiment; and Mr. and Mrs. Kichards
undertook the work of training and instructing several
idiotio children, collected from different part of tho
Stale. A personal visit, somo months ago, to this ex
perimental institution, deeply interested us in tho pa
tient, kind, laborious, and self-denying labors of Mr.
and Mrs. Richards, and their assistants, and fully con
vinced us of the ontirc practicability of greatly improv
ing even the lowest and most brutalized and helpless
idiots, and of elevating and rendering highly respect-
ablo the superior classes of idiotio children—for the
grades of idiocy are very numerous—and we have ever
since had it in our hearts to say something on the sub
ject. We notice that a proposition is now pending be
fore the Legislature, to make an annual grant of $5000
towards sustaining a permanent Institution for Idiots,
and wc cannot but express our full conviction and our
earnest desire that tho grant should be made.—Boston
Traveller.
The Hon. Mr. N. P. Trist has placed in our hands
the first Keport of tho Massachusetts Senate, on the
Education and Treatment of Idiots, from which we
shall make liberal extracts for the Water-Cure Jour
nal This subject is attracting much attention at this
time, and will lead to very important results.
New Water-Cure Establishments.—Under tho
proper head, in the advertising department, may be
found several " new Cures," to which wo refer our
readers.
Onward.—Dr. A, H., when writing to the Union
Village Journal says : For tho benefit of its citizens, a
Water-Cure establishment must soon be erected in
Washington county, Now York, if the writer of these
remarks, himself, is compelled to lay the corner-stone
and to construct the edifice. I would add that Union
Village is a beautiful spot for tho location of such an
Institution.
Wo have always proclaimed that the Hydropatbio
treatment, when applied, would completely banish
intemperance from our land. Nor is there any other
moans by which that groat evil can be more effectual
ly removtyl, than by tho dissemination of these princi-
ples.
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Hotels—Travellers—Batiiino.— Now that the
season for travelling is about to commence with every 1
body, a few hints in regard to tho health and conve
nience of travellors will not bo inappropriate.
First, then, it is supposed that everybody will <
rido in steamboats, rail-road cars, or stages ; and lhat j
they who thus travel, will have need of hotels, and j
that after riding all day, and sometimes all night, a |
good refreshing bath is absolutely indispensable
Secondly.—Sec to it, and insist upon it, that you
get plenty of good breathing timber ; never permit ;
yourself to be crowded in an " air tight" cabin, car, j
or bed-room. They should bll be well ventilated.
Thirdly.—When you have time to "get through j
by daylight," avoid travelling in the night. No mat- )
ter how high the backs, or soft the cushions to your j
seats, nor how magnificent the cabins, it is better for ?
the health of every one, to obtain, when possible, a J
full complement of unbroken sleep.
Fourthly.—Loose clothing should always be provi- 1
ded for travelling. As an outside covering for men, ;
women and children, in warm weather, linen sacks aro \
the best. Dust will neither penetrate nor adhere to <
this garment ; besides it is light, cool, cheap, and is j
easily cleaned.
Fifthly.—Every sensible person will have a proper i
care in regard to the quality of the food provided. \
We should avoid eating except at the usual hours, j
Some industrious folks fill a basket with enough to j
feed a ** multitude," commence munching in the morn- |
ing, and continue through the day, and strange to tell, j
they have a " headache" the next day ! then down
goei tho physic and up goes the doctor's bill, and all \
in consequence of too much and too frequent eating.
Guard against all these things.
Sixthly.—Of course, tho ladies will carry no more
" baud-boxes" than are absolutely necessary. Nor will
they need to burthen themselves with any more rare
or trouble than may be consistent with a high degree
of enjoyment.
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON.
BV NOGGS,
Dear Gossips.—" Great is the Diana of tho Fphe-
sians," great is tho " Autocrat of Kussia," but great
er still is tho ipso dixit of the medical faculty.
The sun of Physiodom refuses any more to shine
upon the heretical Homoeopath, and the moon thereof
has withdrawn the light of her countenance, and wo-
ful is the darkness in Boston, where tho Hahncinan-
niaus dwell.
Yes, the awful fiat has gone forth, that tho dealers
in little pills are not, and by right ought not, to be free
and equal with tho glorious disciples of Esculapius,
men who for centuries have been the lawful adminis
trators of the big boluses, the powerful powders, the
potent pills, the biting blisters, and the almighty
emetics !
It is not for a moment to be thought of, say the Al
lopaths, that men who don't know a pill bigger than a
pin's head, or a powder perceptible without a micro
scope, shall be entitled to like privileges and immuni
ties with those who are an fait with pills asbig as bul
lets, and powders as large as any decent sized throat
can swallow ! Or that persons who don't bleed, puke,
or physic, should have the same rights guaranteed to
them, as those who practice thes carduous operations.
Where is tho justice, says tho charitable Dr. Oh,
\V. H . , in admitting to equal rank the man who has no
anxieties, whose doses by no possibility can poison,
who never has to wait for emetics to operate and turn
the stomach right side out again, or to wait hours and \
hours for physic to operate, which we poor devils have ;
to, knowing that it certainly must kill the patient if
it don't operate, and that too, perhaps, when it is the
only paying patient we have got ! Oh, says tho indig- 5
nant doctor, it is too " damnable" to think 06
And then again, says the infuriated, because ill- j
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used, doctor. Am T, who have furnished myself with feet and nose tbreo times as pig, for ono half the
lancets, scarificators, &c, &e., who it may be has to money !"
open a half dozen veins at one time, before I can get
blood enough to reduce my patient to tho staying A New Lecturkr in the Field.—It gives us
point, and perhaps then have to work like a horse for pleasure to state that Dr. Bourne, (brother of the
many hours to get my pat ient up from her syncope to < poet,) has determined to devote himself to the promul
consciousness again ; or that one who has to toil and j gation of hydropathy, by public lectures. lie has
suffer like u haunted man, in order to make blisters— \ been well received, even in conservative Connecticut,
which us everybody knows, have no feelings themselves, J where ho has recently appeared. Wc clip the follow
however much they make others feel—draw ; and lie \ ing from the VVatcrbury American.
all night rolling and tossing in bed, with tho ghost of > ** Dr. G. M. Bourne, of New York, a Water-Cure
departed patients shaking their chains at them, and j Practitioner, delivered lectures in Gothic Hall, 011
swearing vengeance for giving them that last doso, i ences. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, to attentive audi
which made them k* shuffle off their mortal coil," and j ory—an Dr. Bourne seems to be well versed in his the
intelligent lecturer, seemingly more ambitious
start for the unreturnablo " bourne," long before it } to diffuse bin theory than the de«ire of gain. He
was any part of their intentions or God's economy for \ would bring the remedy to the door of every family,
and place it in the hands of every person. Whatever
them to go. Again, says he, think of our sufferings, ; difference of opinion may cxi,-*t as to the full curative
compared with the homoeopaths; they have the per- powers claimed by the Doctor, many useful hints may
feet consciousness of knowing they can do no harm, be obtained by attending his lectures, well worthy the
while we are constantly in fear that our medicines may j attention of every individual who prizes good health
not be what wc think them, or that they will not ope- « andA acorrespondent
clear intellect."
rate as they ought to. Just imagine, dear public, a Waterbury, adds : of the Derby Journal, writing from
patient, a delicate female, perhaps, with a dose of sub- " Dr. Bourne, of New York, has been lecturing
murias hydrargyri—what the vulgar people persist in here fur a week past to large and appreciative audien
calling ** calomel"—which I ossuro you we seldom ces, on tho subject of his profession, with great suc
give !— and which every scientific man knows ought cess, and it is scarcely necessary to say that this is the
to act upon tho liver, and nowhere else, going delibe could most effectivo mode of preaching temperance that
rately and with malice projKmsc, to the glands of tho adopts possibly be devised, for just as soon as a man
tho \V ater-curc treatment, from that moment
mouth, and then and there " levying war" upon these he is a temperance man of tho strictest sect; it is
innocent organs, causing the tongue to swell and pro morally impossible for him to be ' anything else.' Dr.
trude from the mouth for days and days together, the Bourne's lectures are calculated to do immense good
pationt unable to swallow anything but liquids the 1 in the cause of temperance and kindred virt ues, and it
behooves temperance men to give him a helping hand
while, and hardly those—to say nothing of the horrid I wherever he goes. Ho is a very earnest lecturer ; in
prostration wrhich ensues, and tho many irremediable listening to him you aro convinced that ho is telling
wh it he has proved to be the truth. He is a perfect
ills superinduced thereby. It is too absurd, says tho enthusiast in the c-iuse, and the ' Water-Cure' and
Dr., to think of, that we who have to suffer all this, incidentally temperance must be greatly benefited by
are to be put on a level with tho " infinitessimals," his advocacy.
who don't know blisters or bleeding, puking, physicing
or salivation ! Abominable Supporters.—It has become quite a
Hut, says Dr. C, on the other hand, our patients late trade with a few manufacturing doctors, to perambu
get well and yours don't, and that's enough. the country, deliver lectures—on what 1 Why,
Ay, that's tho d—1 on't, says Dr. Allopath ; you Body on tho superior advantages of Dr. Moneymaker's
have all tho luck and none of the work, and wo the Braces. They are intended to counteract the
reverse—but that's not tho question. " The laborer bad effects of tight lacing. It is well known that tight
is worthy of his hire," and wo arc tho workies and lacing presses the internal organs of the body doicn.
should have the pay. ward, while the Abdominal Supporters press them
upward, and, as they cost wily ten dollars, it is sup-
In short, the Dr.—Oh W. Allopath—is death on lit- | jK>sed that every fashionable lady will buy ouo, " of
tie doses as well as othor folks, and has spared no S course."
pains to destroy the small dosers, albeit he himself is Now we protest against the use of all such " traps j"
the most infinitessimal portion of humanity, physical- they not only do no good, but, on tho contrary, damage
ly speaking, we have in all the land round about Bos- j
ton. But, though small, he's spunky, and can wield ? allAswho use them.
well might a man expect to strengthen his arm
his tongue and pen almost as well as his scalpel—and by carrying
he docs—in about the same way, too, viz :—to cut offall her abdomenit by in a sling, as a lady to gain strength in
strapping herself up with this sort of
excrescences—it is therefore chiefly to please him, I I machinery. Throw your belts, straps, strings, bands,
presume, declared by the august Medical Faculty of j and springs away, and
Boston, in solemn conclave, that henceforth no cure J blood fair play and free give the muscles, bones, and
shall be considered valid and entitled to pay, that is your ten dollars, as well as tho troubloandofyou
circulation,
"
may save*
harnessing
not performed by doses that have size, taste and smell, j up" every morning, aud unharnessing every evoning.
and that leave lasting evidence in the system that j
they have been there, " and that no man shall bo con- | Givo your whalebones and corset boards to the
children to play with, or burn them. Had the Creator
eidored worthy of our fellowship who recognizes tho | designed us to wear suuh toggery, we think a chea}ter
right of the recuperative powers to get a patient well article would have been furnished ; but they are as
without tho aid of drugs, medicines or 'rite-stuffs,' in \ clearly unnatural,
doses not less than one grain each, to bo given at least other dissipation. asNor drunkenness, tight lacing, or any
is tho former as destructive of
once in four hours ; also, that it is in all cases perfect- j human life—born and unborn—as the latter. Wo
ly justifiable to give emetics and cathartics, as the \ man ! whatever other sins you may commit, by which
prima via) must be clear to begin with, and we have
no certain way of finding out this except by these j your own lives are shortened, avoid bringing into
means." Some folks laugh at all these doings, and, j existence offspring with imperfect bodies, which you
say they, a man has a right to get well without med5- j are sure to do, if you become mothers whilo in the
eiuee, if he can, but they are '* infidels"—medical J practice of tight lacing. Who ever knew of a fashion-
skeptics. J abU tight laced lady becoming the mother of healthy
children 1 Whoever saw a tight laced grandmother /
Dr. Oh W— &c, is evidently of Dutch descent, as > Nobody. To die young, is the fate of all who thus
he judges by the quantity more than the quality, f violate the laws of God, of common sense, and common
" Mine Got," said the Dutchman, ** does you call that j decency.
picture cheap at five dollars, with those little pet hands J The demand for these Body Braces shows exactly to
and features—vy I can get one in my own country vith \ what extent foolish women have sinned in this
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s.iect ; but, on this point, we havo said opough ; let
those who would enjoy life while they live, and live to
a good old age, beware ; for as surely as the law of
"cause and effect" exists, so surely must woman suffer,
who thus violates the laws of hek bei.no.
GRAHAM'S TILT WITH THE PARSON.
The following attack, written by a clergyman, and
rejoinder by the author of " Tho Science of Human
Life," are worthy of record, as among the significant
signs of tho times. Tho polished wit of the parson is
effectually silenced by the equal wit and deeper wis
dom of the philosopher.
From the ILm]MMre GiueUfl.
MONODY.
BY A SICK GRAHAMITE.
Sail home of the weary.
Dark dwelling of rest.
With a vain world indignant,
I fly to thy breast;
To carnivorous folly
Man's stomach it wed.
None swallow my notions.
None swallow my bread.
O ! dig me a grave,
Dig it deeply and wide ;
And a large <>rnham loaf
Lay it snug by my side- ;
Tho* I may not want it,
I'm yet very sure
There will be in Heaven
Dyspeptics to cure.
One only discomfort
In dying I meet,
The worms I shall famish
My body to eat I
But then I'm mi meagre,
'Twill do them a good,
And disgost them forever
With animal food.
THE LAMPOONING PARSON-
BT A WELL GRAHAMITE.
No doubt Die good parson is inwardly sure
There will be dyspeptics in Heaven to cure;
Since in his crude notion Heaven is but a wkerey
And he hopes that such shrimps as himwlf will go there ;
And is conscious that he has his flock always fed
On offals less wholesome by far than bran bread:
Nor can he with all the dense fog of his brain,
Help suspecting that they who his Heaven attain
Will come under a regimen more for their good
Than gorging themselves with gross animal food.
For in the good Book it expressly is given—
" Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
And rnther than starve 'yond the home of the dead,
He eagerly asks for a loaf of Graham bread,
80 Dives, who all through his life had drank ram,
When at last he had got lo his permanent home.
Was brought to found sense in that hot-liquor quarter,
And Inftily cried for a drop of cold water.
New York and Lebanon Springs. —Tho Laight
street and Lebanon Springs Water- Cures arc to be
conducted in future as city and country branches of a
Hydropathic Institute, under the medical direction of
Dr. R. T. Trail, and the domestic management of 1)
Cambell & Son. This is a convenient arrangement
for patients who wish to spend their time alternately
in the city and country. The Laight streot Institu
tion is the oldest existing city Water-Cure in the
United States, pleasantly situated in a quiet, airy lo
cality, one door from St. John's Park, and, under the
personal care of Dr. Trail, has always been extensive
ly patronized.
The Lebanon Springs Establishment was opened in
May, 18-15, by Messrs. Cambell, and is celebrated for
its abundant supply of pure soft water of different
temperatures, from 72^ to 40°, and the great variety
" its bathing appliances ; to these attractions, and
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the natural advantages of its picturesque and varie hope of relief, which might havo all been prevented by
gated scenery, its cool mountain air, and retired local the knowledge that could have been acquired in a few
ity, there is presented to the invalid seeker after minutes careful reading, or listening to a single lec
health, facilities unsurpassed by any place in the ture by a competent person."
world. For his boldness in thus commending a woman-
doctor, the editor of the Luminary adds :
" Wro are aware that it is thought by many of the
Tobacco.—Here are two or three hints for juvenile faculty ridiculous, absurd, &c, for ladies to qualify
tobacco smokers and chewcrs, which wo extract from themselves for tho practice of medicine, and every step
the Boston Olive Branch, and are worth being trea. of this kind will be resisted. Tho present state of
sured up.—Drawing Room Journal. things has existed too long, and power is too tweet* to
Tobacao has spoiled and utterly ruined thousands of for be yielded without a struggle. This must be looked
boys, inducing a dangerous precocity, developing the mustandfallmet. And the errors and prejudices of ages
passions, softening and weakening the bones, and useless. before the advancing lignt. Resistance ia
greatly injuring the spinal marrow, the brain, and the We see that the students of a medical Institute at
whole nervous fluids. A boy who early and freely Boston, havo refused to admit to the lectures a female
smokes, or otherwise largely uses tobacco, never is aspirant
known to make a man of much energy of character, mother offordevotion, yEsculapian honors "Ignorance is the
seems to be the rule in this case.
and generally lacks physical anil muscular, as well as But the spell is broken—tho secret is out, and onward
mental energy. To people older, who are not natu is the word. We hope we shall
rally nervous, and particularly to the phlegmatic, to for our offences herein shadowed not suffer martyrdom
forth.
those of a cold and more than a Dutch temperament,
tobacco may bo comparatively harmless ; but even to
these it is worse than useless. Wo would particularly
warn boys who wish to he " anybody" in the world, to to Water Ci*re at Geneva-—It has been suggested
us that a Watcr-Curo Institution might bo estab
avoid tobacco as a deadly poison. lished in this village, which would be profitable to its
owners and the place. The practice of Water-Curo
Another Gag.—The Medical Faculty—tho omnip ligent is highly popular with a large share of the most intel
class of people, having overcome the prejudices
otent " regulars," of course ; who but they 1—of this ; of a majority, not only of invalids, but medical prac-
city, we see, are asking the Legislature to aid them in , titioners themselves. In the hands of careful and ju
building a Public Hospital. Where is the necessity dicious persons, the water treatment will generally do
for it 1 Is not the city itself already a vast hospital, no hurt, and will pretty surely do some good. The
wherein these gentry, play their pranks ad libitum, nected great attention to exercise and diet usually con
with tho treatment, has rendered many a sys
with leech, lancet, and calomel* upon the half million tem almost wrecked by the indulgence of appetite, or
of patients forming tho population thereof ! If tho j other reckless waste of health.
doctors will get up a hospital for tho purpose of ex- command We are confident that such an Institution would
editing this sort of practice upon themselves, we will from peoplea most liberal support in Geneva, not only
in the vicinity, but health seekers from a
Booond the motion with all our hearts, and advocate \ distance The attractions of the Lake, the healthy
tho approprintion of a million of dollars for that laud- j reputation of the place, and its good social character,
able object But wo protest against their having any would render it particularly agreeable as a resort for
the denizens of cities.
addition made to their present powers of tormenting Tho establishment at Clifton Springs is very well
the people. The interests of humanity forbid it. Tho sustained even now, during the cold season of the year,
anion of state and physic has lasted long enough. It J and will doubtless be still better supported when the
is time for a divorce Let medicine look out for itself, fervid heats of summer shall render the bath far
more grateful.
■j tho Law does, and as the Church does. The Le- \ That Geneva is the proper place for one of tho first
gislaturc has no more right to squander the people's characier, in every respect, there is no room for doubt.
money upon the erection of Allopathic Hospitals, than j know We have broached tho subject, and now let those who
it has upon building Law Colleges, or Protestant or \ beneficent better how to do it, follow it up to practical and
results.—Geneva Courier.
Catholic meeting-houses. [We are glad to find the people moving in this mat
Dr. Itush, the father of American medicine, said of ter. Go on—put up a "house for tho afflicted."
the faculty, ** We havo multiplied diseases ; wo have j Conduct it on purely hydropathic principUg, and its
done more, we havo increased their mortality." Is it success will be certain. Every town in the Union must
worth while to waste tho public money in perpetuating soon have an hydropathic establishment, and the
this multiplication and this increase."—New-York sooner the better.]
Courier.
To the above the Watcr-Curo Journal says amen. Hudson R iver Water-Cure Establishment, at
If tho " regular" Allopathic school cannot fcupport Tarrytown, is now open for the reception of patients.
themselves, let them change their occupation. Wo F. D. Peirson,
shall protest against their becoming public paupers, M. D., Physician.
or using our money. We Water-cure folks can take
caro of ourselves, without " going a begging." Our Water-Cure Lectures.—American Hydropa
" remedies" are not patented, nor are we compelled to thic Institute.—Elegant Establishment —Dr.
send out ships to the 14 Banks of Newfoundland, in T. L. Nichols has continued his lectures in this vi
search of" Pure genuine Cod Liver Oil" cinity, with great acceptance, and though tho lectures
have been few, and ho has simply charged his travel
[Lectures on Physiology, by Miss Coates.— ling expenses, the number of his consultations must
Our exchanges bring us reports of this lady's success have made these visits to " the rural districts" profit
wherever she lectures. In commenting on the pro able as well as useful. Many applications have been
priety and necessity of such lectures, tho Wheoling received to enter the first term of the American Hy
(Va.) Luminary, has the following :] dropathic Institute, and there is a fine prospect that
" The attendance was much larger than at Prof. this first school of Water-Cure will open, not only with
Hollicks select lectures. The reason is obvious. The
work of instructing females on the subjects embraced aThus large class, but with one of a very high character.
far, ladies and gentlemen have applied in about
in Miss C.'s lectures, belong properly to their own sex.
And we but faintly express our feelings, when we say equal numbers.
that it affords us great pleasure to witness tho efforts Dr. Nichols and Mrs. Gove Nichols take pos
of females to qualify themselves for this great work— session of their elegant residence in Clinton Place, on
a work too long neglected. The fact is, the grossest the first instant, where they will receive a few patients,
ignorance prevails among women on many subjects of
vital importance to their health and happiness, and it and attend to consultations and city practice. They
is high time that measures be taken to dispel the dark will have spacious rooms, the best apparatus, a gym
ness, and permit them to avail themselves of every nasium with a competent teacher, and close at hand
possible means of mitigating and avoiding the accu true finest park in New York for out-door exercise.
mulated sufferings now necessarily endured.— Indeed,
we have known a number of instances when life has No pains or expense will be spared to combine com
been cut short, or life-long sufferings entailed, without fort, elegance, and the most scientific and thorough
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treatment. If there is any place in the world where
health can be restored, it must bo at such a Water-
Care House.
Wo would call the attention of our readers to the
advertisement of the Grange Mountain Water-Cure,
on pngo 135.
Joseph A. Wkdkr, M. D , extensively known as
one of the oldest and ablest Water-Cure practitioners
in the country, has become permanently, the Resident
Physician of this establishment. ( >f Dr. Wedcr's well-
earned reputation, it is not our purpose at present to
apeak. We desire, mine especially, to make generally
known to our readers in and about the city of New
York, the superior character of the institution with
which he is eonnceted.
The location is upon tho south-eastern slope of the
Orange Mountain, commanding an extensive view of
one of the most lovely valleys, and two of the prettiest
villages in New-Jersey. On the east and north-west it
is sheltered by mountains from tho sea air and cold
winter blasts. An abundance of the purest and softest
mountain spring-water, hot and cold, has been intro
duced into most of the apartments of the Institution.
These rooms have also been provided with tho invalu
able arrangement of private bath?, a feature that must
recommend the Institution to ladies especially. Tho
building being new, and commodious, and furnished
with a degree of elegance unique hi Hydropathic Insti
tutions, is peculiarly adapted for invalids accustomed
to the luxuries of city life. In the ravine immediately
in the rear of the Institution (lows a stream of moun
tain spring-water, having its source in those beds o(
red sand-stone which are proverbial for the softness
and purity of their waters. Upon the margin of this
stream, which descends in a rapid succession of beauti
ful cascades, are the out door baths, every variety of
which have been provided, or are in process of con
struction. Among these are found the rising douche,
the tailing douche, the wave, and running loot-bath,
the plunge bath, the spray-bath, the running and ris
ing sitz-bath, &c. From a high point on the moun
tain slope, distant three quarters of a mile, a-nd access
ible by shaded walks of gradual ascent, the spires and
shipping of New York are visible. Through the inter
mediate country, crowded with pretty farm-houses and
suburban villas, winds the placid Passaic, and beyond
these gleam the waters of New York harbor and
Newark Hay. Among the many features which con
tribute to the pre-eminence of this among Water-Cure
Institutions, we may mention its accessibility. It ean
be reached by four daily trains on the Morris and
Essex .Railway, which pass within a few minutes walk
of the door. Business men can have their families
under treatment, aud enjoy the privilege of their com
pany in tho evening, we may add, that from its
rocent establishment it is but imperfectlv known, yet
all who visit it are charmed with its facilities, and the
beauty of its environments.
Don't TorcH it.—Notorious persons have adver
tised that a mixturo of sugar with drugs, which has
been named " Gouoh Candy," will cure colds, soro
throats, and other diseases. This is another Cod
Liver Oil discovery. The thing sueceds to a limited
extent, in pkysicing those who swallow it, and placing
" Only twenty-five ccnt$ a pickaxe"—warranted to
cure or no pay—into the hands of tho manufacturer.
" Look out for counterfeits"—each package is signed
by the only authorized agent. For sale, at wholesale
and retail, at the principal offices in New- York, Boston
and Philadelphia, and by druggists gonerally, through
out tho United States, the Canadas, and the British
West Indias. Inquiro for tho only pure genuine arLi-
cU."
We would respectfully suggest to our readers, all
over creation, that it will be perfectly safe for them to
" Look out for Mock Akctioms" everywhere.
" Thk Three Bkst Doctors.—A judicial officer
of some distinction, in the interior of the State, gives
the following result of his experience with the three
bust doctors he could procure for his wife. IShe had
been sick, he said, for two years, and was daily get
ting worse, though ho had an allopathic physician to
call daily; he thon procured a homoeopathic physi
cian, andfor six months his wife improved perceptibly;
but at tho end of that time the doctor broke his leg,
and could no longer continue his attendance, where
upon the lady speedily and rapidly recovered."
[Wo c!ip this paragraph front a newspaper, and al
though it may seem improbable, we believe it to bo a
WATER-CURE JOURNAL
life-like jncture, applicable to a very large number of diffuse tho Jjglit. Now, we view it as an easy matter
" our dear people," who do not read tho Water-Cure to double itsi circulation. Let each subscriber resolve
Journal. J to get one more (they ought to get ten,) and the work
is done. Come, friends, let us put the armor on, and
Another Physician's Testimony.—An experi go out to this work together. If you want anything
enced physician writes from tho interior of Michi to incite you on, remember the dear ones of the family
gan ;— circle that have been blighted, and ofttiuies wrested
" Although a graduate in early life in the drug sys from us by the miserable and worse than useloss quack-
tem, yet practically, 1 have been for some thirty years, cry to which they have so long been exposed.
to some extent, a Hydropathist, at least so far as 1 Dr. S Porter says—" I send you twelve subscri
have been able, under the circumstances and prejudices bers for your most valuable Journal. I have been en
of the people. Having long since been fully con gaged for nine years in the time-honored science of
vinced that the drug system of practico is destroying guess work—Allopathy—but have long sinco become
moro lives than it saves, and that unless the inhabit convinced of its untruthfulness."
ants of our country are taught, generally, Physiology, J. J., of Illinois, writes—" Some hundreds of pe
Dietetics, and Hygiene, and sumo more safe and effi riodicals come to this office, and of all the number,
cient system introduced than tho present one, tec are yours, in my opinion, are the best."
a doomed people /"
Mustard Poultices.—Tt is not generally known,
American IIyoienic and Hydropathic Associa that after a mustard-poultice has at any time been ap
tion of Physicians ani> Surgeons.—The second plied and tak -u off, the place should never be washed
with water, but only wiped with a very dry towel to
annual meeting of this Association will be held at the prevent
much unnecessary pain, always occasioned by
liopo Chapel Lecture Room, 720 Broadway, New- tho washing.—Arthur's Home Gjzetli.
Vork, on Friday, .May 9th, 1851. Meeting tor busi [" To tho dogs" with your mustard and all other
ness at 10 o'clock, A. M. Public meeting at 8 o'clock, poultices— there is no occasion for any of them. See
P. M. Admission freo, and the public respectfully in here, Mr. Arthur, hadn't you bettor prescribo a little
vited to attend. S. O. Glcason.M. U. of Forest City, allicumfunda, catnip tea, or, what do you think of
will bo the orator, by appointment at the last meet Cod Liver Oil ?]
ing ; or in case of his absence, T. L. Nichols, M. D.,
of New-York. As important business will come be Medicine in Turkey.—The government of tho
fore the meeting, a full attendance is desirable.
Low bey Barney M. 1)., President. Sublime Porto have just decreed the formation of a
body of salaried medical men, who shall attend both
T. L. Nichols, M. D., Secretary. the rich and the poor, with tho obligation of not re
ceiving any remuneration from the latter, and to pay
Dr. Wm. E. Rogers is about to open a Water- especial
Cure Establishment at Crystal Lake, Susquehanna lic hygiene attention to all questions relating to the pub
of the country.
county, l'a. This is one of tho most delightful spots
in Northern Pennsylvania, combining with its pure air
and healthy location, an extended and beautiful land
scape ; and then the clear and sparkling water of tho
Lake itself must bo seen to be properly prized. We
are assured that no expense will bo withheld to furnish Maiuuage of a Youthful Pair.—An extraordi
nary marriage took place yesterday, in this city. The
this establishment in a style of unequalled cleganco, young
and are confident that, when ready for the reception of and blooming bride was Mrs. Macy, aged So",
invalids and visitors, it must be a place of very great and her partner, .Nathaniel ^tarbuek, is years of
age The happy couple took tho steamer Troy, last
resort.— Carbondalt Transcript. evening, for the city of Troy, where they residu. The
gallant captain, R. II. l-'urcy, placed at their disposal
tho bridal state-room, which was fitted in elegant
Smokino in the Streets.—Twelvo persons wcro style- The bride is the mother of Capt Macy, of the
complained of in the Police Court this morning, by steamboat Empire, consort of the Troy. The newly
tho City Marshal, for smoking in the street—for which married pair arc Quakers, and had beon on a visit to
they will have to pay about $4 each.—Boston Trav this city, where they fell victims to the shafts of
Cupid. We suspect this is a runaway match, and
eller. that their cruel parents had opposed the uuion.—New
[All right—but why not prohibit the use of to Yorker.
bacco entirely 1 Its uso is certainly a great evil, and it, We copy the above to correct one or two errors in
and Lo add an item or twoi As to tho errors : the
its complete suppression would be a great public bless lady's name was not Macy, she having surrendered all
ing. Tho health of the nation is as worthy of legis right to that name when she took a second husband,
lative consideration, as any other subject ; and as wo about two years ago ; she had not been on a visit to
this city, because she has been forty years a resident.
regard tobacco injurious to all who use it, of course it The
has become a great national calamity, cutting down and both bridegroom is one of the original settlers of Troy,
he and his bride have now entered into the
thousands of young men, and impairing the health of blessed state of matrimony tho third time. Whilo
unborn children, who inherit tho perverted appetites our courts are daily bonicged by young couples who
of their tobacco-using parents. do not find marriage agreeable to them, and therefore
ask to be relieved from its bonds, it is pleasant to soe
an old pair of pigeons so enamored of its felicities that
Crumbs of Comfort from our Friends.—Dr. they impatiently tie the third wedding knot the mo
J. W. 13., Ford's P. O., Oregon, writes tho publish ment an opportunity offers. It is certainly better to
ers :—" I am a graduate of one of tho regular medi go a-courting in your old ago than to go to court in
cal colleges—have practised five years in tho States, your young days for a divorce. Mrs. Macy kept a
and five years in Oregon. * * * I am disgusted with boardingdiouso many years in Pearl street, and many
the of our first merchants doubtless have a kindly recol
don drug
it.'r practice, and have resolved to entirely aban lection of her motherly attentions when they were
" Enclosed you have the amount for a year's sub young clerks. Many happy years to hor and her new
scription to tho Water-Care Journal, in " Odd Dust,'' husband.—N. Y. Sunday Courier.
this boing the only curroucy at hand." Wo wonder how much tea, coffee, tobacco, rum,
We are happy to acknowledge tho receipt of tho gin, or brandy, this favored couple havo consumed—or
u Dusty'' for which our broker paid us one dollar and how much patent medicine, drugs, or cod liver oil they
twenty-seven cents ! May the Journal strengthen his havo bought ; and wo have one other wonder, namely :
good resolutions, quench his thirst, and deliver him Does the lady lace herself up tightly ? and what are
from evil. tho liabits of our groom 1 Should be glad to know nil
S. W., of Ballston Spa, N. Y., writes—"The about tlnTSe things ; it might serve as an " eye-opener"
Water-Cure Journal is doing much in this region to to some of our benighted " body bracer?," pill takers.
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sarsaparilla drinkers, and the entire drove of Lillipu
tian dosers.
We venture the opinion that this venerable couple
have never been bled, blistered, or even doctored By
obedience to the natural laws, they have been blessed
with long life, and now, when almost an hundred years
old, they have entered into those relations denied to
millions who are cut down in youth as a penalty for
violating the fixed, unalterable laws of God—laws
which require, yea, demand obedience, and as a re-
ward, long life is given. Shall we then disobey, and
suffer the inevitable penalties—sickness, suffering, and
a premature death 1
Our own Dear Jenny Lino.— Yes, wo claim a very
deep interest in her who 1ms added so much to our
happiness. Yet our love, respect, or veneration, is by
no means exclusive or selfish. We would that her
influence were "all pervading," even like the ** ra-
diant nowlay sun," for we know it would liftmankind
up—up—out of tho narrow contracted pits of bigotry
and wickedness. Yes, we most sincerely believe, that
through the medium of her angelic spirit, all who arc
fortunate enough to come within the sound of her
voice, will be made better, happier, and even holier.
We judge not by " hearsay,*' but by experience, for
we have worshipped at the altar of her sweet, exhila
rating voice.
CrRE for Bedtivgs.— A bit of information inter-
esting to the landladies, boarders, and all persons ag-
grieved. Many persons complain ot being pestered by
bedbugs : it is easy to avoid the inconvenience. On
going to bed, strip off your shirt and cover yourself
from head to foot with boiled molasses. Let every
part of tho body be thickly covered with it. On com-
ing to bite you, tho bugs will stick fast in tho molasses,
and you can kill them in tho morning. —Exchange
Paper.
Cleanliness will prove a sure cure for bedbugs and
other vermin. Tho application of poisons, or mag
netic powders, for their eradication will bo wholly un-
necessary, if proper attention is given to cleanliness.
Clothing, beds, cellars, kitchens, parlors, chambers,
and garrets, all need frequent renovation and thorough
ventilation. This done, we will insure against the
further annoyance of rats, mice, cockroaches, bedbugs,
moths, etc., etc. The presenco of these filthy vermin
is an evidence of a filthy wigwam.
Mrs. Swissbclm is cosily associated as a candidate
for the Presidency, with Mr. (Greeley as Vice Presi-
dent, at the head of one of our exchanges. If we could
only be appointed Postmistress General, wo would
havo a nice time increasing the present number of
Postmistresses from 85 to full one hall of the whole
bevy. Indeed we would.— Mrs. Nichols, of the Wind
ham County Democrat.
The above is suggestive. " Keeping a post-office"
is an " in-door occupation" wherein we think women
capable of excelling. Able-bodied men and boys
should engage in more manly employments, and permit
women and girls to manage all the post-offices, and
operate the telrgraphg.
The Book Agency Swindle.—It is no uncommon
thing for unprincipled vagabonds to advertise in tho
newspapers, after the following manner:
" Wanted— Agents to sell books, profits from $1,000
to $3,000 a year. To commence, a capital of $50 to
$100 will be necessary. Address Gammon & Co. , No. ;
349 Green Buy street, opposite the United States Bank
of America."
This business is carried on quite extensively by those
who hide behind a fictitious name—liko the famous
Washing Thirteen Trees— and they belong to tho
mock auction gang, who swindle for a living.
Our country friends should always require references
before sending money to strangers. Young men who j
cam their money by hard labor can illy afford to
lose either $50 or $100 in this way.
Publishers of established integrity should warn the ;
public against these villanous swindlers.
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Tobacco Trade in Danger.—The women ore i Removal of the Capitol.—The people of our State
\ about to form societies and take a pledge to kiss no are agitating this question. The Uticans represent,
man who usos tobacco—aud all ihoso who do not.— | that, for various reasons, the Capitol should be located
j Chic. Argus. > atUtica. Our Senators and Representatives will then
Good ! We are among the latter. Never use the j be near the Asylum. But Syracuse insists on having
j weed, ladies. Please remember, doors open at all the Capitol removed thither. Perhaps they think salt
j hours.— Cleveland Plaindtalcr. will be requisite to save them from their sins. But
< the " Cayugans" suggest that Auburn would be the
t ourIt satisfaction,
is too good to bo true. Gray. Only prove it to
and we quit.—Milwaukic Sentinel. : right place—at least for some of tho Bulls who have
j | figured so conspicuously at the last, session.
j Capital idea, we think, as we are among the number
that never " use the weed." Hope we shall be remem
I bered when societies are formed in these parts.— IVau- Cold Water a Naval Aid.—A person on whom
kegun Chronicle. ? the temperance reformation had produced no effect,
\ Sorry to say we belong to the former class, but tho I entered, in a state of exhilaration, a temperance gro-
< ladies will kiss us on account of our good looks, ahem ! ! eery in a neighboring town.
! — Chicago Cum. Advertiser. f "Mr. Blank," exclaimed he, "do you—keep a-ny
; Good for old Dutch ! As for us, we plead guilty to j —thing—good to take here 1"
! •* Yes," replied the merchant, "we have some ex-
; an occasional quid, and we rather, kinder, sorter ; ccllent cold water ; the best thing in tho world to
guess we shan't quit, if the ladies do make darn'd fools ; take."
'. of themselves.— Cin. Ntmpnriel. " Well, I know it," replied the Bacchante, "there's
: Well, then, if you had rather go without women ■ —nothing— that's done so much for navigation as
than tobacco, you may ; but wo rather reckon you'll j that."
" come to yourself" sometime, and "give in" to the
: women ; you can't 'stand out long, we know it —
; Brother Jonathan. \ Don't Talk about Yourself.—Never introduce
; your own affairs for the amusement of a company ; it
Wc do hope the women will insist in this matter. ; shows a sad want of mental cultivation, excessive
She is a pitiable object indeed, who is compelled even ; weakness of intellect, or a sort of vanity, always repul-
! to sleep with one who is saturated with the filthy, j sivo. Somo folks cannot tell a story, relate an anec
disgusting, nauseous—Oh faugh ! it sickens us to dote, or speak upon any subject, without using the
think of it. What, kiss a tobacco chewer ! ! Lord j significant pronoun 7—as, when / was a boy, / was at
deliver us. — Water-Cure Journal. j the head of my class, and / never was surpassed. /
j can dive deeper, / can stay under longer, and / can
; The Brothers Hutchinson.— This band of musi ; come up dryer—/ can, than anybody else / ever saw—
! cians, from the "Old Granite State," have just re j I can. /—/ reckon / am rather keen, /do—/ do.
\ galed our citizens with their choicest vocal delicacies. j Reader, what think you of such a specimen 1
Thousands flock to hear them wherever they sing.
:
They are a perfect chime, and, when fully inspired, The Whalebone Business.—" What do you sup-
; impart a sort of humane and spiritual influence, which 5 pose must have been the thoughts and feelings of
completely captivates all who are in the least degreo < Jonah when ho found himself entombed in a living
1 eusceptible. ' sepulchre, himself alive 1" asked an eminent divine,
But they are "crazy," say the papers. Their in \ while conversing with a company of young persons
sanity consists in believing somo things which some ] upon tho wondrous things of the Bible—"what must
others do not believe, and in abstaining from some ; have been his thoughts at such a time 1" A young
!; things which others do not abstain from ; such, for ' man, who apparently had an eye to business, and was
example, as tea, coffee, tobacco, rum, gin, whiskey, not overstocked with veneration, briskly replied—" I
and brandy; in eating fruits, vegetables, and other j presume, sir, he thought it a fine * opening' for one to
I farinaceous food, and abstaining from pork, codfish, | engage in the * whalebone trade.* "
' pickles, and such other stuff as they dislike to eat. i
; Besides all this, they think " Unclo Sam's rich enough j Good Advice.— A cheerful face is nearly as good
; to give us all a farm," and that it would be good poli for au invalid as healthy weather. To make a sick
, cy to " beat their swords into ploughshares, and their man think he's dying, all that is necessary is to look
j
spears into pruning hooks," and other similar heresies, half dead yourself. Hope and despair are as catching
for all of which they deserve to suffer—not death ex < as cutaneous complaints. Always look sunshiny,
actly—but confinement in a lunatic asylum, where | therefore, whether you feel so or not.
they may be compelled to eat such food as other folks
eat, and drink such drink as other folks driuk.
They sing a glorious Water cure song, which can i " once
An Ornithological Marriage —In Edinburgh,
on a time," the following ornithological mar-
not fail to please our friends, the Allopaths. In short, , riage took place, which set the whole neighborhood in
the sympathies of the Hutchinson* are all in tho right a jlutter ; /frnrietta Peacock was espoused to Mr.
direction; and to enforce principles of Faith, Hope, I Robin Sparrow, by Kev. Mr. Daw, the bridesman
Charity, and good works, is their mission. If they are being Mr. Philip Hawk and the bridesmaid Miss
in advance of tho age, so much the worse for them Lark'xna—Portland Transcript.
selves (in a pecuniary point of view), but so much tho
better lor tho 14 good time coming." | A Rhode Island lad, under examination by a Con-
j necticut schoolmaster, being asked, " How many gods
Literary Announcement.—It is pretty generally are there 1" the boy, after scratching his head some
reported in literary circles about town, that a new :' time, replied, " I don't know how many you've got in
work will shortly make its appearance, the joint pro I Connecticut, but we havo none in Khode Island. "
duction of tho Uev. J. T. Headly, author of " Napo
leon and his Marshals," and Mrs. Aurita George,
authoress of ** The Queens of Spain." This new pro j Philander says that the prejudices against color are
duction will, doubtless, make some noise in the world ■ very natural, and yet the prettiest girl ho ever knew
when it first comes out.—Sunday Courier.
Should be glad to see a copy. It ought lo be bound was Olive Brown.
in M calf," labelled, and lettered on tho back, but we < *
suppose it will only bo done up in muslin or cloth. If Why arc tho English tho worr<t judges of cattle i i
Poe were here, he would doubtless give it a " Re j the world ! Because the Pope sent them a bull, and
view." t they thought it was a bore.
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i in addition to general treatment, gentle but persevering friction > The Celestial Telegraph, or Secrets of the life to comet
revealed through Magnetism By L. Alph Cahagnet-
made over the back, with a wet cloth followed by a dry one. ISrao. pp. 410.
■ Moderate douching would be useful. The caw of a vaginal
' tumor yon mention, probably requires a surgical operation : ''Supply and Demand" always keep pace with each other.
To Teachers, Agents, and others.—Now that the I but what kind n is impossible to say, without the most careful
Winter w passed, the roads settled and in good travelling order, £ personal examination. The "waking up" of the inhabitant" of the earth, in relation
young men will think of looking abroad for more pleasant to Spiritual and Physiological Phenomena, are in exact pro
and profitable employment. And U we happen to know the j Throat Diseases and Kidney Affections. —L. S. P., portion to the multiplication of publications on these subjects.
wants of both—young men and the people at large—we are \ Palmyra. These affections ape not necessarily connected with Oar neighbor, .1. S. Red field, in response to this demand, baa
enabled to suggest a coanc which would malt favorably to f working among paints, tarpontine, &c., for they are common just published) three handsome volumes, cnliilcd as above.
all parties, and without further preliminary remarks, we will S among permnsof all trades and occupations. The business of a That tln*y wi'l be widely circulated, we have no doabt ; yet the
come at once to the subject. 1 painter, however, might be among the various causes, if the gen- **tionstandin still" Conservatives will attempt to prevent investiga
this direction; but, as usual, will utterly fail. With
There are published at the ofliee of the Water Cure Joor- \ eral habits were not strictly hygienic.
nil, A list or books, the circulation of which would do the birth of every child comes a desire for knowledge. Tbis
great good—books which are in great demand everywhere, \ Water Cure Poetry.—Mary's verses are pretty, but they ? desire* mere curiosity at tint, is innate, nor does it cease with
and in places where no bookstores are kept. Consequently \ are localized in interest. She is capable of singing instructively childhood, but continues on, on, on, to eternity, and that man
many people are deprived of their perusal ; and the profit | on this beautiful theme. Give us verse?, Mary, on the merits of j who may suppose himself too old or too wise to learn, is in the
which might be realized on their sale is lost both to us and ? the subject, rather than any particular spjt, and our readers will ■' most deplorable darkness.
the teacher or agent, who might thus avail himself of [a lu j he gratified and grateful. We have no fears, even when exploring the unfathomable
crative occupation for a month or a year. deep, the va*t starry region", or the limitless spheres of spirits.
To all who may be desirous of engaging in this good work, I Liver Complaint from Overdoing.—i?. P. L., E. Pern- Truth will triumph, mure light will be evolved, and all the
THE Publishers will offer such terms as will insure a liberal | broke, ought to sjiend a short time, at least, at a Water-Cure, j elements in nature be subjected to the use of Man, the highest
profit. ,' under the most rigid dietary sytcin, and a «yHematic and oaic- ' creation of Cod.
Here, then, is a good chance for young men in every part j ful adaptation of the bathing process, after which lie might j Stifle not, then, the fiee investigation of all subjects—Physi-
of the country. Our works are universally popular, and thou | prosecute the cure under self- treatment at home. sical or Spiritual. We are yet but children in knowledge, and
sands miqht be sold where they have never yet been intro have much need of "light, light, more light."
duced. | Enlargement of the Tarsal Cartilages.—" Wounded J The Philosophy of Spiritual Intercourse : Bein» an
Tub Water-Curb Journal.—This "highly valuable pub - Nature" might derive considerable benefit from the application i Explanation of Modern Mysteries, By Andrew Jack-
lication, devoted to science and the laws of life, ie tilled with \\ of a pretty strong donche to the foot, and a wet bandage worn a sun Davis. New York : Fowlers it Wells.
matter of the almost interest to all persons in sickness or in longtime If the cartilages are very much thickened, the foot In our last, we announced the publication of this work,
health. It is one of the most interesting publications of the i will always be slightly disabled, \ since which, n new edition has been printed. It has created an
day, and deals out lots of justice and truth to the calomel doc intense excitement—approved by some, and condemned t>y
tors. Published by Fowlers & Wells, 131 Nassau street, at $1 ' t Pain in the Side.—Mn W. W. C , Illinois. Yonrtronble * other-.
I»er year.—Jfeto York Atlas. j is from adiseased liver. Use a daily sponge and sit* bath, wear " It contains chapters on Truth and Mystery, God's
j tho wet girdle, ami adopt a plain coarse diet, Graham bread, . Universal Providence, The Miracles of this Age, The
Bath Attendants Wanted.—Two active and healthy i wbeaten grits, plenty of fruits and vegetables; and abandon Decay or Superstition, The GvaRriaRSHlP of Spirits,
young men can find steady employment and good wages, as j hot drinks and stimulant*. The Discernment of Spirits, The Stratford Mystb-
bath attendants, at the New York City and Lebanon Spring* RiKH, The Doctrine of Evil Spirits, The Origin of
establishments. Address or apply to Dr. Trall, Id Laight i Circumcision.—R. M. should consult a physician through Spirit Sounds, Concerning Sympathetic Sounds, The
street, New York. | private correspondence on the subject which he propoundi, if Formation ok Circles, The Resurrection of the Dead,
\ he desires information, \ A Voice from the Spirit Land, The True Rkligion."
These subjects are discussed in a very candid manner, and
tfn Cnmspntihttts. with every appearance of sincerity ; bul as there are points in
lank Dating. the work not capable of absolute physical proof, of coorse they
will be questioned by the incredulous. We think it will be
To Correspondents.—We are always glad to reply through ! The Book Market.—Since our last, there has been great , safe, however, to *' examine all things,'' and bold fast that
the Jonrnal, to such questions as our subscribers may propound excitement in the Book trade, both in New York and which is true.
to us, unless the same may already have been given in the va Philadelphia.. ] In his Preface, the author says:
rious Water-Cure Books, in which case, we shall refer the in | Never before have there been so large sales in the same length J this"The intelligent individual needs not to be Informed that
age is one of unparalleled mental activity. He who reads
quirer to them. f of time. Ilooksellers from all pails of the United Slates have the popubir publication - of these times, and has travelled far
| made very targe purchases, in order to supply the increasing do- j of from the home of \m birth, is not startled at the announcement
Meat.—W. B. wants an "answer in full, why the Water- j mind in their respective places. This speaks well for the inlet- j anydiscoveries n-.-w discovery in Science, in Philosophy, or in Theology,
Cure physicians prohibit meat?" An answer in full would i ligence of the people. We hope the time will soon come, when And are being unceasingly nnfokted—realities more
wondrous and magnificent than the tales und romances of Ori
require a whole treatise on physiology and hygiene, if it were I there shall not be found an adult of either sex who cannot read ental lands, are being daily evolved from lifts deep foundations
the fact that Water-Cure physicians did prohibit meat. But f and write. This Free School agitation ban set the world all ! of Nature—and the I'nruiliar development!* of modern Sciences
such is not generally the case. All hydropaths agree that the \ a6°£) atlll th* crJ "°w " Books, more Books ;" and the j exceed, in their availability to universal Man, and their powers
of accomplishment, all the mystical achievements of magic,
food should be mo-tly vegetable. Some hydropaths in principle i newly invented printing presses, tho multiplication of newspa- and all the traditional wonders of enchantment."
are vegetarians ; others believe a litUe animal food is a useful | pers, all contribute to the moral and intellectual development of From sundry notices of the newspaper press, we have culled
part of the diet. Those who prohibit meat or advise against its S our people.
use, do so on the ground that an exclusively vegetable* diet is j The particular direction which the more advanced minds are j the following. The first we take from the New York Tribune
most congenial with health ; in other words, that man is not by i now taking in the religious world, seems to be towards a higher i mentary " In all ages of the world there have bten obscure and frag
nature a flesh eating animal. ] Spiritualism, while our more scientific men are poshing their no one eramanifestations ol invisible and spiritual power; but hi
previous to this century has there been a clear and
| investigations into the starry firmament above, the earth be- j incontcstible demonstration of ttpintnal presence and inlluenoe.
Injury of ttie Knee.—Miss E. II. M., Clarksboro, N. J. j neath, and into the seas. j Indeed, men have repulsed every attempt at spiritual manifes
Your treatment is good as far as it goes ; but the most important j In the new half century just entered upon, we may look for tation. and supra
They have feared to exercise their rea«on on myttcrioos
mundane occurrence*,
baths for your disabled limb would l»e the wet sheet packing, j even grander and more magnificent discoveries in all depart- j devil rather than to the angels of ascribing
Heaven. them *to agents • of the•
douche, and half bath. A morning pack followed by a mode J ments of nature, than have hitherto astonished " the millions." eanh—S(> much actual good ness ami universal love—soonmuch
Never before hat there been so much trne freedom the
rate douche, and a half bath at some other time of day—before j These things will all be ushered in upon the multitudes through \ general affinity with the spiritual world. Accordingly, there
dinner or supper—with the wet bandage often changed, would "NEW BOOKS," ore many indications of the influence of apirilual brings, pos
form a good plan of management. The pail douche may be used seting intelligence
substances and manifesting extraordinary *(«ower over•
if yon cannot get the stream douche. j which will continue to appear from day to day, and month to j material The moral reflections of
*
Mr. Davis,
*
which are liberally scat
S month, until everything within the range or comprehension of ' tered throughout Ins volume, are of a pure and generous char
Almost a Hydropath.—" A Lover of Troth" very kindly s the human mind shall be developed, and laid open to the view * acter, showing a profound reverence lor the laws of Eternal
Intimates that he will be the annihilation of on, for " basely in j of every chili] born of woman. Let us, then, work and pray, J Justice and Love, and a strong faith in the noble destiny of
sinuating" that a certain physician, for whom we entertain very with faith believing in the " oood time coming. " man."
great respect, is almost a hydropathy Now, a lover of truth The following new works have been published since our last : \ The Millennium will not appear until the jargon and differ
should never hate the truth. We have the doctor's own state Physico-Physiological Researches—or the Dynamics ences of opinion which now divide the world intosecls and
ment, virtually, in block and white, that he is almost a hydro- or Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light. Crystallization and parties shall be removed. Nor can this bo done until " more
path ; and an argument in his own hand writing against being Chemtsm, in their relations to Vital Fours. By Baron light" shall illnminate the mental and moral darkness which
Charles Von Kkiciienbach—with the addition of a Pro
an exclusive hydropath. We shall believe the doctor is exactly face and critical notices, by John Aiiiburnek, M. D, l2mo. now pervades.
what ho says himself he is, rather than take the contradiction ofc pp. 456. The New York Atlas says: The book contains Mr.
our anonymous correspondent. Theory of Pneumatologt. in reply to the question, what spiritual Davis's " interior impressions" concerning the philosophy of
ought to be believed or disbelieved concerning Presentiments, merous letters intercourse, and is given to the world in answer to no-
Rickets following Intermittent Fever.—Dr. E. P , Visions and Apparitions, according to Nature, Reason, and after M spiritual"from truth,all this
partswork
of the
will Union.
prove to Tobe allexceedingly
inquirers
Scripture. By Dr Joiiann Heikrich Jung Stilling. j2mo. interesting.
Chester, III. The child with the spinal curvature ought to have, pp. 880.
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Toe Evening Post has the following : li wit! hewn, from (

this account of the origin of these communications, that they j to TnE New York Herald, after devoting upwards of a page Intemperance in Cities and Large Towns: Showing the
are nothing less than a new system of electromagnetic tele- * a Review of this work, pays the author and publishers tlu physical, social, and moral effects ; also, the means for its
graphs, extended not to New Orleans merely, but into another ■ following compliment. „ prevention and removal. By Robert M. Hartley. New
world. AH who feel interested, therefore, in the explanation > '* And, finally, we warn the landless that the free farm pro York. John F. Trow.
of them, will find copious and instructive details in Mr. Davis's ] tect is an electioneering gull trap, and swindle, and they will be In a lengthy, but exceedingly interesting introduction, the
book. They will find, too, what many persons who are en- \ humbugged as usual ; and, having done our duty, we wash our author gives us the history of Intemperance, from the earliest
gaged in actual trials of the spirits should not forget, that the j hands ol the whole business. This devilish, demoniac, damna ages, when man lived in subjection to his animal propensities,
mode of utterance is quite as new to the spirits as it is to them- S
selves; that the spirits often make mistakes, and that what j ble, street. detestable book is sold at Fowlers Sl Wells's, No. 131 Nas
and under the influence of aoiaial gods He ascribes, truly,
they say is by do means infallible, or even true. Pome of them, I sauWe Price 50 cents.
can say no more. Kicks, curses, and coppers, all come nine tenths of all crime, poverty, and human wo, to intemper
it ts confessed, are no wiser than we are, and cannot, conse- \ in together, yet we hope the author and publishers will survive ance. A perverted appetite renders the man a beast—yea, worse
quently, be regarded as authorities.
The Pennsylvania, Inquirer is very apprehensive. He and live down all error and opposition. To be martyrs in the than that—it places him below quadrupeds, or even fiendish
forgets that hundreds of cases may be enumerated wherein in cause of new views is noble, and the reward always certain. reptiles, and totally diKqualifieshim for enjoyment or usefulness.
God grant that poor, intemperate, fallen roan may be brought
sanity and suicides have been produced by religious excitement, The Ballad:) and Songs of William V. Mulchinock. I'iroo. out of the degradation into which he has cast himself by the
"The author is Andrew Jackson Davis, and the work is pp. 2o2. New York. T. W. Strong. improper indulgence of a perverted appetite. The work before
certainly curious, although we mu-t confess our incredulity in The name of our young Irish author is familiar with maga ut cannot fail to do great good, if the friends of Temperance do
relation to its statements. Are not such publifations, and such
ultra metaphysical studies dangerous—espt-cmlly to the weak, zine readers. At home he was connected with the Dublin their duty. Let every Temperance Society buy up an edition,
the credulous, and the fanatical ? May not the ca« of the re- j a paper which exerted great influence throughout Ire and place it into the hands of all who can read. It is worthy
com unhappy suicides at 11ratutree, Mass., be pointed to in the Nation, land during the recent rebellion. This volume breathes forth of universal circulation, and should be widely d
way of solemn admonition?
The case here alluded to is in no way chargeable npon the all thesadness, emotions experienced by the Poet. Hope, fear, cheerful
writings of Mr. Davis. The parties were inijierfectly organ ness, kindness, and anger, are expressed with an ardent TnE Orphan's Advocate, devoted to the welfare of destitute
children, to Benevolence and Social Improvement. Boston.
ized, and quite warped. Thay would have been quite at liable heart. We copy a single piece, appropriate to the season, entitled Edited and published by Misses A. fit E. C. Fellows—
to an abrupt termination of exiMeuce from any slight cause. Terms $1 a year.
The Morning Ncic* is quite non committal. It says, "This SUMMER. [This little monitor continues to dispense blessings among
most remarkabie book is the most extraordinary production of L poor children.]
its extraordinary author." Unclouded by shadow. " Its publishers seek to furnish homes for destitute little ones,
The Day Book is qnite eloquent in advocating its claims to The sun shines from Heaven, and for orphans of all ages from early infancy, during the pe
think, talk, and act for itself. Our readers will be interested in O'er hill-top and meadow riod in which paternal care is usually required, by persuading
From morning till even ; the mure fortunate to adopt them into their families as their own
the following extract from the Day Dook. children. And to this end, all who are willing thns to receive
" This book, like alt the works by the same author, is well ( The cornblades are springing. the needy, and all who are acquainted with the several wants
and beautifully written, containing many projections at va The bright streams are rushing, of particular needy children, are n quested to make the same
riance with generally preconceived ideas, and antagonistic to The young birds are singing. known to the publishers, who, keeping a record of these va
rious applications, seek to bring the two classes together. No
the prejudices of the majority of the community. Combined Spring flowers are in flushing, charge is made ; but the free-will offerings of the friends of the
with many error', the careful and thinking reader will find a The moonlight and sunlight friendless are necessary to support these operations, and ate al
large fund of truth ; and if he is candid, will he ready Lo confess Their bright beauties proving, ways acceptable."
that Mr. Davis is honest, even in hi* errors. Seem now bnt as one light [With gueh an object, we regard it the duty of every good
'*This has not been altogether inaptly called the ''age of To young hearts and loving. citizen to lend his influence in promoting the interests of tbe
humbug " " Isms'' and "ologieV* are rapidly springing up, Orphan's Advocate.]
and as rapidly fading, "like the baseless fabric of a vision." u.
Up, np from your piMow, The Restoration op the Jews—With the Political Destiny
The public eye has become jiundiced—it looks with jealousy Of weak hearts thou weakest, of the Nations of the Earth, as foretold in the Prophecies of
upon everything pretending to novelty of idea, and is too apt to And find by the billow Scripture—with a Biographical Sketch of the author. By
denounce everything new as ** humbug and imposition." The health that thou seekestl Seth Lewis, formerly one of the District Judges of the
There is a certain class of persons who go through the world There wander a rover, State of Ijouisiana. New York: J. S. Rednel*.
with their mental eyes and ears shut, or with their vision turned And thy cheek of whiteness j An argument most profound, yet by no means convincing,
only on the past, without one thought, or wish, or hope for the \ Ere long will recover j Webster once said, with a view of encouragement to Dr.
future—who stand like lions at the porch of the temple of \ Lost freshness and brightness ; Sewell, who applied for an "opinion/* ** If your premises
knowledge, and growl, and roar, and show their teeth, if any- } Thy mien will be airy. are well founded, the argument is conclusive.*1 So of Judge
thing new attempts to find an entrance there. This is the class ; The mother that bore thee Lewis. *• // his premises are correct," the Jews will be restored
who denounced Harvey as a quack, and Lady Wortley Moo- j Will wonder what fairy etc. Entertaining the views we now do, it is a matter of very
tagu as an impious wretch, and excommunicated her from the | Her bright wand waved o'er thee, little consequence whether the Jews return to Jerusalem or re
church: who raised their hands in holy horror and charged sa- i main in the countries they now inhabit, but others think and
tanic familiarity upon Faust when he printed the Bible, and ] in. i feel differently. A complete embodiment of all that hat been
who laughed at Fulton as a dreamer and a maniac when he ( Away, and view nature j said, written, and published on this subject, may be found in
gave life and tangibility to an idea that hat since revolutionized j While yet she discloses | this volume.
the world. The learned mob hooted and bowled at these, as J Her face, with each feature
they have howled and hooted at everything new which has j Bedecked with bright roses— ; The Pioci Christian's Faith and Hope, from the hand of
appeared under the sun. And what was the result ? Harvey, Old Enith is a Maying, j John Whitehead. New York—John S Taylor.
Montagu, Fau*t and Fulton, are names that stand brilliant a- She does it so seldom, j We cannot attempt to give anything like a complete analysis
sunbeams upon the page of history and science. Their ph ilos J 'Twere a pity to stay in j of the contents of this little volume. The author it a near re-
ophy is acknowledged, and the results of their genius have ' And flout the poor beldam ; \ lative of the celebrated Methodist revivalist, yet his views are
carried knowledge and civilization to the foor corners of the Her green garb arrayed in, | diametrically opposite to those entertained by this gentleman,
globe—while their denouncers have long since been forgotten, She panteth with pleasure— { owing, perhaps, to the color of his glasses, through which he
** Another class will condemn indiscriminately everything Up, yonng man and maiden, | looks at hit subject. The author denounces as mere pretention
they cannot understand. If it is mysterious, it is untrue. If \ Tread with her a measure. most of the features contended for by religious people. We
they would carry out this idea in every day life, where would IT. ' copy ihe following:
their skepticism lead them 7 Who can tell how fire burnt or ' Out, out ere the hoary, 1 '-The piout Christians, in preaching to men, that they will
water runt, or why an apple falls to the ground ? They give i Cold winter bids perish, ; go to Heaven if they are very pious, are gailty of astonishing
the cause a name, but what do they know more than the name ? J The greenness and glory pride, insolence, and contempt towards God and His law—God
and are there not a thousand things occurring to us every day ' has given no commandment nor law of anything to be done by
Of all we most cherub ; man in order to go to Heaven."
thai no man, however wise, has even attempted to explain 1 \ Out, out all together Again, the author speaks out more boldly, and qnite surpasses
''The world is full of mystery. The smallest flower that lifts '■ With laughter clear sounding, even Voltaire or Paine. Hear him.
it* head above its mother earth, expands its petals to ihe sight, j Away o'er the heather k* What the pions Christians call the Gospel, is a lie. It h t
and wafts its incense on the breeze, is all a mystery ; the thun With tight step run bounding ; falsa law which they have invented, which is neither the Law
der's roar, the lightning's (huh, the viewless winds—all we see * l*et care and let sadness nor the Gospel of God."
and hear and feel, is full of mystery. Our very being is a mya- ' Be from your hearts driven— Our space is quite too limited for a more extended notice at
tery—the soul of man, with all itt grasping powers, the grand- j There's joy and there's gladness this time, yet we give a fair >hsample of th>s stock of goods," in
est myttery of all. 'The earth is all one mystery, and who | Forever in Heaven 1 the above extracts.
shall fathom it V Yet who denies the existence of the earth The author, in bis preface, tays :—" If I might offer a word Third Annual Report of the Oneida Association : exhibit
becanee he cannot understand it?
*' Without saying, therefore, that Mr. Davis's bookt aro true of apology to ihe American publio for adding one more to the
countless volumes of rhymed matter, which, during the last
ing its progress to February 20, 1851. Published by Leonard
or false, we insit-t that they are worthy of a candid perusal by decade, have ti Co., at Oneida Castle, N. Y.
flooded all bookshops, it would he,
thinking men. If they are preponderatingly false, they cannot lads, rong*, and snatches of song, are drops of my own heart's that these bal A religious community, known as Perfection tits, of the New-
stand, but if they are guarded by the panoply of truth, the blood, and beats of my own quick pulse. la the streets nnd Haven school. From this third Annnal Report, it appears that
' gates of hell shall not prevail against them,' and they can do innatural
solitude, in happy hours and dark days, sung has been my the Association are in a growing and prosperous conditio*.
vehicle of thought. 1 ba%e not been an amateur of There are two hundred members at tha present time, having
no man harm whose heart and head are right, and whose prin sensibility, cultivating it as a fine art, but I have felt and ex- added thirty-three during the last year.
ciples are founded on uly every hue I have written."
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an equal interest in all belonging thereto. Those whowish to prices, less a email commission, to defray expenses lor packing wholesale and retail, by G. It. Stacy, 234 Wooster street, New
acquaint lliemselves mote particularly with the plan of tlje and skipping. Fowlers Si Wells, 131 Nassau *t , N. Y. York. Those wishing a good article may rely upon obtaining
Association, may do ho by addressing the Editor of the Free it as above, as cheap as at any other est;i blishment. ap 111
Church Circular, published, at Oneida Castle, Oneida county, WORKS ON THE WATER-CURE,
N. Y. Miss M. H. Mowrt, Physician, No. 22 South Main street,
PUBLISHED BY FOWLERS AND WELLS. Providence, Uhode Island. my 2t
1 s ininiA t. Address delivered before the Hahnemann Acade-
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iN'i Roni't tion to the Practice of Water Cure 0 I2J BATH house is in prime order. Walks up the mountain to
Thb Portland Transcript, edited and published weekly, in Consumption', it* Prevention and Cure,. I> SO the Fails aru being opened. A plunge and n douche bath
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Me., at $1 50 a year. Water and Veoktable Diet, liy Dr. Lamb,... 0 50 ment it radical but careful; and under the special charge of
One of the most agreeable papers on onr It«t. There i» al Errors or Physicians in Water Cure, 0 25 Mrs. L. E. Jackson and Mias T. Gilbert, ladies will have the
ways a healthfit, radiant, ami attractive look about it, that The CuRiosinies op Common Watkr. 0 'J5 most thorough atteation. Gentlemen will be in charge of my
pleases our wife (a woman of onqnesltonaltle taste,) and in al Cholera and Bowel Complaint* Treated by Water, 0 25 son, Giles E. Jackson, w ho is intelligent, prompt, and skillful.
ways read with avidity. In it* new dress, though always good* Water-Cure and Health Almanac, for 1851,.. 0 06 In no departmenI shall any of HS spare labor to make health
looking, it now outshines all other* of it* class and price. Accidents and Emergencies, with Illustration!:, 0 J2£ come back to the cheeks of onr guest*.
The Carpet Bag, Koiton, pablisfted Weekly, by Snow & Lectures on the Principles of Hydropathy, 0 25 PRIORS.—These we put within the reach of almost all. and
Wilder. Terms. $J ■■year, in advance. Dulwer and Torhes on the Water-Cure. New ed., 0 50 those too poor to pay them in full, we will lake at a reduction
Fun and fancy, wnw and nonsense, with column* of raying*, B^5*" All or either of the above named works may he order — pruvidtd. 1st) we enn accommodate tliem ; and, 2nd. that
wise and otherwise, hy our most respectable Mrs. Partinoton, ed and received by return of the first mail, al a trifling ex they will satisfy us of their inability lo pay, by responsible re'
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body needs a Carpet Rag to keep hi* good*: in, as much an he in a letter, and direct the same, post paid, to never he occupied by more than two persons at a lime. We
needs a «AuH to keep his brains in. Fowlers and Wells, 131 Nassau st., New York. charge no fee for examination, and those addretsing us by
letter can have all ihe information we can give about the treat*
Pomps, Fire Engines, Cast Iron Fountains, etc.—The mentin the Ci re or at home, iree or -iurue to them,
ihuttstmnits. Subscriber manufactures Double acting Lift and Force Pumps, provided they pay postage.—James C. Jackson, M. D., Phy
well calculated for Factories, Mines, lireweiies, Iron Work-, sician. Our address i> Scott, Cortlandt Co., N. Y. ap 2t
Toe Water-Curb Jotrnal, devoted to Physiology, Railroads, Water Stations, Water Boats, Steamboats and
Hydropathy, and the Laws of Life —The Water Cure Jour Ships, family pnrpotes, Stationary or Movable Fire Engines, Forest City Water Ci he— located near Ithaca, N. Y.,
nal is published monthly, illustrated with engraving*, exhibiting etc. on the eastern ■.bore ofCayuga Lake. The Medical department
the Structure, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Hum*!) Rudy The above Pumps, from their simple construction and liule is in the hands of S. O. GI*-ason, M. D„ former Physician to the
with familiar instructions to learners. It is emphatically a Jucr- liability to disorder, are well calculated fur supplying Water- Glen Haven Cure. Mrs. R D. Clenson will takespecifio charge
nal or Health, adapted lo all classes, ami is designed to bo Cure establishments with water, (when not supplied bye na- of the female patients. Persons coming from New York, and
a complete FAMILY GUIDE, in all casts, and in all disease*. tuial source.) and can be worked in various ways, either by from the Southern Counties, can take the Ithaca Hail Road,
Hydropathy will be fully unfolded, and to explained, that water power, horse power, steam or maniuil 'power, besides which intersects with the New York and Eric Rail Road at
all may employ it in various disease**, even those not curable by u*ing the same powers for many other purposes when not in Owego, and arrive al Ithaca every night and morning. From
any other means. There i.* no system so simple, harmless, and u*e for raising water, or even at the same time Water can Ihe North, Fast, and West, can take the stage at Auburn every
universally applicable, as the Water-care. Its effect! are al be carried over the grounds for irrigation, out houses, etc., or by moining. or a steamboat at Cayuga Rridge every afternoon for
most miraculous, and it has already been the means of saving- means of hose and equipments inverted into a lire engine. Ithaca. Tiie stage leaves Ithaca every morning for Aubuin,
the lives of thousands who were entirely beyond the reach of Garden Engines, for one person to handle with a small dou passing the Cure.
all other known remedies. ble acting Force Pump, enn be used for various purposes— Terms.—Hoard, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, Sec.
The PBlLoenPBT or Health will be fully discussed, in- washing windows, welting plants, or throwing water upon $5 to $10 per week, varying according lo loom and attention
clading Food, Drink*, Clothing, Air, and Exercue, showing trees for the purpose of destroying worms, etc., arranged on reqoired. Payments made weekly. Each patient will fornish
their effects ou both body and mind. two wheels, that one mnn can take them from place to place, three good sized cotton comfortables, one woollen blanket, and
TERMS IR ADVANCI. and work the pump and guide the stream at the same time. a linen packing sheet, 13 4 yards long by I J yards wide, besides
Single copy, one year . $1 00 | Ten copies, one year . $~ 00 Ornamental Cast Iron Fountains of various pattern* and four coarse bath towels. Some old linen for bandages will be
Five copies '* " 4 00 | Twenty copies, " i0 00 sizes. Jets of all descriptions. desirable. All business letters addressed lo Dr. J. F. RuRDlCK,
Please address all letters, post paid, to Fowlers and Cistern anu Well Pumps. I also manufacture Lift Pumps, Forest City P. O., Tompkins Co., N. V., post paid. ap Cm
Wells, No. 131 Nassau street. New York. for cisterns or wells, of any depth, either to be worked by horse
New Graefenbrrg Water Curb.—Dr. Holland takes power or manual power. They arc entirely of metal. Cleveland Water Curi Establishment is now open
pleasure in announcing to his friends, and those invalids desirous Force Pumps for Welle. Whenever water is required at a for the reception of patients. The success which has attended
of trying Hydropatliic treatmentat hit. Establishment, that he ha* higher |>oinl than the surface of the well, or at any point it thus fur gives bright hopes for the future, and enables the snb
secured the services of R. WilmaKtu, M. ])., of Milford, Mass., where water will not flow of itself, and a Force Pump would aoriber to say with confidence to all who wish to make a prac-
late of Hope Dale Water-Cure, to aid, with his experience and be preferable, these are calculated for the purjiose. ical application of the hydropathic treatment, that they can
skill, in their restoration to health. Village and Factory Fire Engines. The?e engines have a dou pursue it here under the most favorable auspices for the removal
Dr. Wilmarth has had twenty years Allopathic and five ble acting lift, and lorce pumps,. They are light, easily handled, of di-ease. The location, although in the immediate vicinity of
years Hydropathic practice. With such exiierience he feels and worked by few men. Brakes are arranged fore and aft, one of the irto»l beautiful cities in the Union, is Mill very retired.
confident that success cannot fail to crown his efforts. nr across the ends. There is connected with the establishment some forty acres ol
This Establishment, having been in ojieration for the last They are furnished in a plain but neat style. Copper-riveted native forest, which furnishes one of the mo*t benulifnl retreats
three and a half years, during which lime many hundred how? of all sizes. Stopcocks of all descriptions, Wrought Iron, for walks and amusement that can be desired. The best Ger
patients testify to its success, still afiord* peculiar advantages to Cast Iron, Lead, srid Gotta Ptrcha Pipes, etc. etc. man Hath Nursers are in attendance. The price for board, med"
invalids. Purchasers tire requested to calf, or any communication hy ical advice, nnd all ordinary attendance of nurses, is $& per
Connected with the Establishment is a large Rail Alley, kept mail will receive due attention, and full descriptions given as week, payable weekly.
exclusively for the recreation and exercise of the patients. to size of pumps, < to G. IS. Farnam, 34 Cliff street, up stairs, Patients in indigent circumstances, coming well recommend -
Terms.—From five lo eight dollars per week. formerly D. F. Farnam. my 12( ed, and willing to occupy second rale rooms, will in certain
£y Patients arriving at (Jties by railroad, will be met at the cast* he received at a reduced pries. All communications must
Depot or National Hotel, by giving a day or two's notice by Notice.—Dr. W. A. Alcott w ishes to say that his address is be post paid.—T. T. Seelye, M. D., Proprietor. ap3t
mail. Address, Dr. R. Holland, or Dr. R, WilmaXth, New not " Newton," nor " Newtown, Conn.," nor " West New
Graefenberg, N. Y. town ;" but West Newton. Mas*. He makes this statement lo Water Ci re —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted in
JVssO Qraefenbtrgi Jipr'd^ 1851. my It prevent the delay and exi>eiise of having letters forwarded general, are heieby respectfully informed that the Water-Cure
through several Poit OtHces. Establishment of Dr. C. Baelx, near Brownsville, Pa., for the
Niw York Commission Agency —The undersigned have Dr. A. daring the last eight or ten years, has prescribed for enro of chronic diseases, is now in nuccevsful operation. The
made arrangements to import from Europe, by every steamer, several thousand persons who were afflicted with dy?pep«ia, scro fluttering ii»e of this institution in public favor has induced ji8
Publications of every description. fula, neuralgia, consumption, and other debilitating diseases, proprietor lo add yearly improvements for the comfort and ac
They will also fill order* for Stationary—including every and has been instrumental in affording relief, greater or less, to commodation of the increasing numbers of visitors. Terms are
• of Writing Papers. Envelopes, Gold and Steel Pens, nil who have prrseverlngJy followed his directions. Terms $6 per wet k payable weekly. Two woollen blankets, two
Writing Inks, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Cards, and all other usefol moderate, to be dictated by the good seuse of the patient, but cotton sheets, three comforts, and six towels, have to be provided
i. Country Merchants, Post masters, School Teachers, always in advance. my It by patients. IAlters post paid will receive due attention. Ap ly
 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL 135

Tmi establishment U situated near the village of South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, Terms, 89 arid $10 in winter, and $10, $11, and $13 in summer, payable' always weekly^
five miles from Newark, nnd fourteen miles from the city of New York, on the line of the Morris Consultation fee, > . rontons occupying the whole of a double room, or requiring extra attend
and Essex Rail Way, hy which passengers are landed at the depot of the establishment, a few ance, will becharged accordingly. Board of private servants, $3 per week.
minutes' walk from the door. Partitata mo«t provide themselves with four coarse thick linen sheets, two thick blankets, two
All the requisites for such an establishment are here found, viz: pure mountain spring water, thick comforter*, and six towels ; or when unavoidable, the same may be hired of the |n»1iluiioa,
beautiful and retired walks through the woods and upon the mountains for several miles in extent, for $l j>er week.
and shielded from the winds in winter and the sun in summer; springs of soft water along the
various paths, and picturesque scenery. Persons coming to the establishment from New York, leave the foot of Co&rtlandt street at
From many points in the walks where the prospect is not intercepted hy woods, an extensive, and 10 o'clock, A. M.. nnd 4 and G o'clock, P. M. The time in reaching South Orange from
panoramic view h presented of the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and the town* adjoining ; East New York, is about one hour. Visitors can come from and return to the city several times
and West Rloomfieht, North and South Orange, Newark, Belleville, Elizabethtown, thewatersof during the day.
New York harbor and Newark bay, Staten Inland, its villages, etc. DR. J03EPII A. WEDER, late of Philadelphia, is the physician of the Institution. Ha
The establishment is admirably adapted for the Water cure practice in winter, (which for many is a graduate of the Medical College of Frihurg, Germany—has vashed the Craefenberg Insti
diseases is the most favorable period of the year,) being sheltered on the East and Noith We«t by tution conducted by the celebrated Priesanitz, many of the Water Cure establishments of Eu
prominent mountains ; fitted up in a very superior manner, and provided with abundant supplies of rope, and ha* twelve years experience in Hydropathy. Letters upon professional business should
cold nnd hot water. Ladies need not leave their rooms fur treatment, as private baths are attached be addressed to Dr. Wcder ; all others to the Superintendent, directed to South Orange, Essex
to most of them. county, New Jersey.
Water Cure Institutes —Patients will be treated at all i To Proprietors or Hydropathic 'Institutions'.—Hav- Rabin Water-Cure Establishment.—This establishment
seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment, 15 \ ing been engaged in the practice of Medicine during a period of is now fitted np in fine order for the reception of patients, and
Laightst,,New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from May 1st to j eighteen years, (eleven in Europe and seven in the United the proprietor haa no hesitation in saying to tlx*-.- who wish to
Nov. 1st. Roth places hereafter will be under the direction of j States,) and having been for many years in the Hydropathic make a practical application of the Hydropathic or Water-Cora
1>r. R. T. Trall, and the domestic management of D. Camdell { practice, 1 feel justified in offering my professional services na treatment, that they can do so nnder the most favorable cir
fc Son. Dr. Trail will be at the city institution on Tuesdays | principal to a hydropathic Institution. Any persona engaged cumstances.
and Wednesdays, of each week, until November 1st, and daily .' in the establishment of such an institution, may find it to their The location is one of the best in the eonitry, and the
the remainder of the year. Competent assistants will be in at < advantage. Reference will be given at the office of the Phila- water of the very best quality. The building is new and conve
tendance during his temporary absence from either place. The ' delphia Democrat, Phila. my It nient, and everything admirable adapted tothe proper treatment
terms will be as reasonable as at any other establishment having of disease.
equal advantages in the United States. tf j Water-Cure at Verona Sprinos, Oneida, N. Y.—The It is shoaled about midway between Adrian and Tecumseh,
J above establishment is situated in Verona, Oneida connty, six aod one half mile from the stage route between those two
Mammoth Water Cure or thb Webt.—Thin establish ) miles south of Rome, four north of Verona, and two miles places.
ment is masted on a commanding eminence adjoining the vil I south of the railroad at Verona Station, in one of the most Patients are required to famish two comforters, one woollen
lage of Harrodsbnrg. in Mercer county, Ky., heiug twenty-eight [ healthy and pleasant districts to be found in Central New York, sheet, one cation sheet, one linen sheet, one linen or cotton
miles from I^exington, thirty five from Frankfort, and eight ; The attendants employed to wait npon the sick, are those of sheet that may he cut in pieces for bandages, and six towels.
miles from the navigation of the Kentucky liver, near the geo I; judgment, much experience, and kindness, and ever ready to Terms, from $4 to $8 |»er week, according to the amount
graphical cenire of the State, and is sufficiently large to accom { attend to the wants and wishes of the patients. Terms from of treatment required. All communications to be post paid,
modate five hundred patients. Every person at all acquainted j $4 to $7 per week. S. Curtis, Physician. my 3t and addressed to George W. Carpenter, Proprietor, Rai
with the West is too familiar with the beauties of natural Clinton Water Cure —This institution, now open for the sin. I<enawee connty, Mich. Dr. T. F. Dodge, Attending
scenery, as well as the artificial decorations, for which this reception of patients, under the medical charge of J. E. Gross, Physician. mylt
place is so justly celebrated, to render any description or recom M. D., from Ijowell, Mass , is pleasantly situated, easy of ac
mendation necessary. C. Graham, M. D , Proprietor, E. B. Water Cure Establishment— Bt Edward Acker.
Thomas, M. D , Physician. my 3t cess, and commodiously nrrHnged. Those who are disposed M. D., Pliillipt.burg,opposite the town of Beaver, on the Ohio,
to avail themselves of the hydropathic treatment, are invited Beaver county, Pa.
Springfield "Water Cure.—This is situated in Spring to visit this institution, with the assurance that every attention
field, Mass , one of the pleaeantest towns in (he valley of tho will he given to their comfort and restoration lo health. To Wanted.—Agents to sell in each connty in the state of Ohio
Connecticut. It fs accessible from all points by railroad. In his numerous perronal friends and acquaintances, the proprietor the American Farmer's New and Universal Hand Book,
jioiutof location and conveniences for the accommodation of would especially commend this institution. And to all he a book that will be wanted by every family owning as much
patients it is second to none in the country. would say ihat the arrangements for the present year are, in as a garden. Only a small capital will be necessary to com
The high moral standing of this establishment is w< U known various respects, superior to those of the last. Expenses in mence operations. The books are delivered in Ohio free of
(and appreciated. For further particular*, including terms, etc., ordinary c»*es for board and treatment, from $6 to $B per week, expense- to agents. Apply immediately. Address, post paid, fc>[
address E. Snell, Physician, or II, R, Bardwkll, Assistant. payable weekly. H. H. Kbllooo, Proprietor. my It Z. Baker, Akron, Summit Co , Outo. Sole agent for the
ClinUn, Oneida Co., A". )'., April% 1851. Stata. *
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A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF
TMOMTHY
The above work is now in press, and
will be issued in serial numbers as rapid
ly as possible. It will consist of eight
numbers, of not less than ono hundred TO!
pages each. Its object is to bring into
the most condensed and practical form
all the facts and philosophy in medicine
and its collateral sciences, pertaining to
the Philosophy of Life and Health, and
the Water-Cure Treatment of Diseases.
Especial attention will be devoted to
the consideration of hygienic agencies,
each of which constitutes a fundamental
principle in the Watcr-Curo system.
Sufficient prominence has never been
given, in hydropathic works, to the
remedial and sanatary agents of our
system other than water ; and in many
books which havo been written on the
general subject, water and walking
seem to have occupied almost exclu
sively the authors* thoughts ; hence the
idea among many of our friends, and the
charge from our opponents, that Water-
Cure is a 11 one-ideabsm." * an exposition of the physiological and
One design ef the work is to show,
that, so far from being a theory based
on a single fact or principle, it does in
fact comprehend all the laws of consti
tution and relation by which diseases
aro cured, health preserved, and lon
gevity attained. These laws embrace
all the voluntary habits of individuals,
in respect to food, drink, air, exercise,
bathing, sleep, clothing, the indulgence
and governance of the passions, &c, as
wett as the hygienic regulations of
society.
An endeavor will be made to supply
another desideratum in hydropathic lite
rature. In the department of nosology
the work will bo as complete as possible. * FOWLERS DWELLS MWY0RK.1S51. ^
Part I. Outlines of Anatomy, illustrated.
Part II. Physiology of the Human Body, illustrated-.
Part III. Hygienic Agencies and Preservation of Health.
Part IV. Dietetics and Hydropathic Cookery.
Part V. Theory and Practice of Water Treatment.
1MB
In addition to the subjects strictly
appertaining to the scientific depart
ments of the work, a variety of topi s
seldom noticed tn popular medical books
will be introduced. An accoun. of the
various medical theories which have
prevailed in the world will be given, and
their ben rings upon the present systems
of medical practice traced. The exist
ing systems of medicine will be fairly
stated, and their principles candidly
discussed. The history of bathing will
be briefly presented, showing most con
clusively that the most eminent practi
tioners of the healing art, from the
earliest ages to the present day, haxe
relied much more on the employment of
baths, with dietetic and hygienic regu
lations, for the cure of disease, than
upon drugs. The facta connected with
these interesting subjects cannot fail to
startle the uninitiated in tho secrets of
medical history.
The dietetic department will embrace
chemical principles of a correct dietary
system, and a practical formulary for
individuals, families, and public insti
tutions.
Diseases of women and children, or
rather the preservation of woman's
health, and the rearing of healthy off
spring, than which no subjects are more
intimately connected with the well-
being of the human race, will constitute
prominent features of the work.
The price of the entire work will bo
$2 00 ; each number 25 cents. Orders
may bo directed to the Publishers^
Fowuia and Wells, New-York.
The first number will be ready for de
livery to subscribers in May.
Part VI. Special Pathology and Hydro-Therapeutics, including the nature,
causes, symptoms, and treatment of all known diseases.
Part VII. Application to Surgical Diseases.
Part V ITT. Application to Midwifery and the Nursery. De*igned as a
guido to families and students, and as a text book for physicians.
. ,
 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO

HJ)t)0toto|jt), jjigiwpatfjtj, mrtr tf)e £ali>* of gift.

VOL. XI. NO. 6.] NEW YORK, JUNE, 1851. [$1.00 A YEAR.

FOWLERS A WELLS, PUBLISHERS, Qualifications.

PROCEEDINGS 8. Election of new members.
131 Nassau atroot. Now York.
OF THE 9. " " honorary "
(Son tents. AMERICAN HrSIEUIC! AND HTOROPATHIC 10. " " officers for ensuing year.
Distinguished meti haul wnrkon,l31 153 ASSOCIATION 11. " " standing committees.
Prunmlintri ->fU" A. H. A H.A. 137 Our Ne*r Volume, . . . . IM i 12. Collection of dues from members.
The Honon of Allopathy, . . 13S A Now Premium, . . . . 15.8 OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEON'S, AT THEIR SECOND ANNUAL 13. Extraordinary business (if any).
1'hysiral Education, .... 139 LVath of Edwin J. Manor, . 153
Hydropathy n. Allopathy, . 140 The Wator-Cnre in Ireland, 153 MEETING, HELD AT HOPE CHAPEL, NEW YORK,
Physiology Ui S.-houls, . . . 143 Goaatp from Bolton, . . . 153 The Journal of the first annual meeting of the
An Autoliiofraphy Hi Not Hydn>[w»thic, . ... 154 ON FRIDAY, MAY 9TH, 1851. Association was then read by the Secretary; after
Blood Lellitifc, 146 Experience of a Tobaoaa-uMr, 154
Inflammatory RhvinMatisin, . 146 A Great Discovery, . . . 154 Pursuant to public notice, the second annual which the Treasurer's Report was presented, as
Childbirth A W. Troatineot, )46 Dr. QuofTf^s, to Dr. Nofrga, . 154 meeting of The American Hygienic and Hydropa follows:
What Nature ran do, , . . 147 Tlit Wyoming Wakr-Cure, 154 thic Association of Physicians and Surgeons wa3
GMN in I I<MM Praeticfl, . .147 Wg Iliivo Succeeded, . . 154 REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
Food MB Diet, 148 Mount Prospect Wat«r-Cure, 155 held at Ilope Chapel, New York, on Friday, May
The StaffofUfa, . ... 148 One Hundred Doctors, . . 155 The Treasurer of the American Hygienic and
Special Nonces, 14$ New GnufentxTg Watar-CL, 155 9th, 1851. The President, Vice Presidents, and Hydropathic Association of Physicians aud Sur
Thought* for Juvi, . . .149 The The Athol Watw-Cure, . . 1*5 Secretary, being absent, the convention was called geons, at the close of his term
DatUWd Water, .... 149 Brattleboro' Watcr-Cure, 155 to order at 10*, A. M., by the Treasurer, Dr. R. T. submits the following report : of office, respectfully
An Allopathic Spociftc, . .149 Varieties, 155 Trall. Dr. William A. Hammton, of Saratoga,
Bn-athin^'-patliy, . ... 141 Familiar Correspondence, . 156 The 'receipts on accouut of the Association have
SLrk Hcadaeho 149 Who can boat ill .... 115 was then elected President pro tern., and Dr. R. been
H nK ■!, . . . 160 Notices, ,155 S. Houghton, of New York, Secretary pro tern. the present as follows, from tho 19th of June, 1850, tip to
I Food, . IM To Subscribers, 156 date :
The War of th* Pathtta, . ,150 To CoHEESfONDESTB, . . . 155 Upon calling the roll, it appeared that the follow
Water in Chronic Diseases, . 151 Book Notices ing members were present : Membtrs' Guts.
Woman's Drew* 151 156 From Lowrey Barney, M. D., - - $2 00
Wator-Cure at Home, . . .159 Advertisements 15T William A. Hamilton, M.D., of Saratoga, N. Y. " Joel Show, M. D., - - - - 2 00
Hydropathic Encyclopaedia, . 153 160 " T. L. Nichols, M. D., - 2 00
Butler Wilmarth, M.D., of New Gratfenberg. " R. S. Houghton. M. D., - - 2 00
Mrs. Mowatt has been restored to perfect health N. Bedortiia, M.D., of Troy, N. Y. " S. O. Gleajon, M.D. - - - 2 00
at Dr.Wilson's Water-Cure establishment at Malvora, Joel Shew, M.D., of New York city. " Levi Rauben, M. D., ... 200
Kngland. Her disease was consumption.—JCxchange " Hubbard Foster, M. D., - - - 2 00
paper. R. T. Trall, M.D., New York city. " Henry Foster, SLD., - 2 CO
We hope, at a future time, to obtain from every Joseph A. Weder, M.D., of South Orange, N.J. " William A. Hamilton, M. D., - - 2 00
Water-Cure establishment in the United States statis Setii Rogers, SLD., of Worcester, Mass. ; and " Butler Wilmarth, M.D. , - - 2 00
tics, showing the exact number of cases, as well as R. S. Houghton, MD., of New York city. " N. Bedortha, M. D., - - - - 2 00
the various diseases treated, during each succeeding " Joseph A. Weder, M.D., - - 2 00
year. Such reports should be made up annually, and There were also in attendance, Clement B. Bar " C. C. Shiefordecker, M.D., - - 2 00
given to the world. rett, M. D., of Binghamton, N. Y. ; C. C. Field, " T. C. Coyle.M.D., ... 200
" Seth Rogers, M. D., - - - - 2 00
Distinguished Men always Hard Workers.— M D., of Leominster, Mass. ; Dr. William E. Ro " R. T. Trail, M. D., ... 2 00
,( When we read the lives of distinguished men in any gers, of Crystal Lake, Susquehanna county, Penn. ;
department, we find them celebrated for tht amount of Dr. C. K. Broadbent, of Providence, R. I. ; and Total receipts, - - - $32 00
labor performed. Demosthenes, Julius Caesar, Henry several others whose names were not ascertained. The expenses of the Association during the
the Fourth of France, Lord Bacon, Sir Isaac Nowton, On motion of Dr. Houghton, the following was same period have been as follows :
Franklin, Washington, Napoleon, different as they adapted as the Regular Order of the business of For rent of Hope Chapel, June 19th, 1850, $18 00
were in their intellectual and moral qualities, were all " advertising previous to " " " 2 00
renowned as hard workers. We read how many days the Convention:
they could support the fatigues of a maroh ; how 1. Call to order by tho President Total expenses, *20 00
early they rose, how lato they watched ; how many 2. Call of the Roll by the Secretary. Balance in the Treasurer's hands, $12 0U
hours they spent in the field, in the cabinet, in the 3. Reading of the Journal of the last preceding Your Treasurer has also to Btate that, on the 19th
court ; how many secretaries they kept omploycd ; in meeting.
short, how hard they worked." of June, 1850, the sum of eight dollars was paid to
Let no youth flatter himself that he can sucVjeod in 4. Report of the Treasurer. Dr. Houghton, Treasurer pro tern., as members'
any undertaking, or rise to eminence in any employ 5. " " Committee on Hygiene. dues, by C. K. Broadbent, Lovias D. Towsley, F. W.
ment, without persevering labor, temperate habits, 6. " " " " Hydropathy. Meyer, and W. P. Collins. Inasmuch as the ques
and special care of his physical constitution. 6. " " " " Credentials and tion of the eligibility of these gentlemen to mem
 138 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL.

bership in the Association was one which the members' dues, the sum of two dollare was paid to "or" for "and" in the second section, so that it
Treasurer pro tan. was not competent to act upon, me by each of the following gentlemen : should read "or who shall exhibit," etc., etc.), was
he felt it to be his duty to report the facts in the Dr. C. K. Broadbekt, of Providence, R. I. then called up, and after a few remarks from Drs.
case to the Committee on Credentials and Qualifi Mr. Lovias D. Towsley, of New York City. Wilmartii and Shew, put to" the vote and rejected
cations, and to deposit in their hands the before- Sir. F. W. Meyer, of —receiving only one vote. So the section remains
mentioned sum of eight dollars, subject to the de Mr. W. P. Collins, of North Providence, R. I. unchanged.
cision of the case to be made at the second annual On motion of Dr. Houghton, it was ordered, that
Inasmuch as Dr. Bkoadbent himself raised the each member of the Association be requested to
meeting. question of his eligibility to membership, on the
All of which is respectfully submitted . transmit to the Chairman of the Committee on
R. T. Thau, Treasurer. ground that ho was not a graduate or licensed Hydropathy (Dr. Setii Rogers, of Worcester,
" physician and surgeon," although at too late a Mass.), before the next annual meeting, a full report
New York, May 9th, 1851. stage of the proceedings of the Convention for his of a cose treated under his own supervision, em
On motion, the report was accepted. case to be acted upon conclusively ; and inas bracing the principal details of the diagnosis and
Dr. Houghton, from the Committee on Hygiene, ' much as the three remaining names were not upon treatment ; to the end that the various cases so
then read a Report, which, on motion, was accept- ; either the call for the Convention, or upon the transmitted might be incorporated in the Report
ed, and ordered to be published. roll called this day ; and lastly, inasmuch as the of the said Committee on Hydropathy to be pre-
The Committee on Hydropathy failed to reporl. \ Constitution of our Association refers to yonr Com ' sented at the next annual meeting.
[At this stage of the proceedings, Dr. Shew, by , mittee all questions connected with the creden On motion, the Secretary was directed to pre-
request, read portions of a letter from Dr T. ; tials and qualifications of its members, I have felt ; pare a copy of the Proceedings of the Convention,
Carleton Coyle, of Georgia (a member of that it to be my duty to enclose to you the amount of j together with the Report of the Committee on
Committee), regretting his inability to be present I the fees paid to me by the four gentlemen above- Hygiene, Constitution of the Association, List of
and expressing the hope that the Association would named, accompanied by this statement, and to re Officers and Standing Committees, etc., etc., for
fully maintain the high ground it hud occupied at quest you to report on the subject at the next an publication in convenient pamphlet form; and
its first annual meeting.] nual meeting. J .iiithorized to draw on the surplus funds in the
The Committee on Credentials, not being quite Respectfully, yours, j Treasurer's hands, to defray all necessary expenses
ready to report, were, on motion, allowed further R, S. Houghton, M.D., ! of such publication.
time. Acting Treasurer. i On motion, the Association then adjourned until
On motion of Dr. Bedortiia, it was ordered that ! 74, P.M.
a Committee of three be appointed by the chair j In behalf of the committee, Dr. Shew reported,
to nominate officers for the ensuing year. The that the four gentlemen above-named did not pos EVENING SESSION.
chair appointed Drs. Bedortiia, Trall and Shew. sess the necessary qualifications for membership. | Public Meeting.—On re-assembling in the eve-
After retiring for deliberation, the Committee On motion of Dr. Trall, the report was unani i ning, it appeared that Dr. S. 0. Gleason, of Ithaca,
reported the following names: mously concurred in by the Association. j the Orator-elect, and Dr. Nichols, of New York,
For President,—BUTLER WILMARTH, M.D. ' Dr. Shew, in behalf of the same committee, re | his substitute, were both absent Dr. Wilmarth,
„ Tr. D , <( E., A. cKlTTREOOE, ported favorably on the following nominations for of New Graefenberg, the President-elect, then
ror I ice-J'residents,' ( Joel shew, M.D.,/ M.D. membership:—Clement B. Barrett, M. D., of came forward, and after announcing the fact to the
For Secretary,—R. 8. Houghton, M.D. Binghamton, N. Y. ; and C C. Field, M. D., of audience which had gathered for the occasion, pro
For Treasurer,—N. Bedortiia, M.D. Leominster, Mass. ceeded to entertain them for a short time with an
\ On motion, the report was concurred in, and account of his twenty years' experience of the
The question being taken on each name sepa Drs. Barrett and Field were declared to be duly Allopathic, and his four years' experience of the
rately, all the nominations were unanimously con- , elected members of the Association. Hydropathic practice. Remarks were also made
firmed by the Association. Dr. Shew, in behalf of the same committee, by Drs. Shew, Tuall, Hamilton, and others; after
On motion, it was then ordered that a Commit- j then proposed the following gentlemen as honor which the public meeting was dissolved.
tec of three be oppointed by the chair to nomi- ! ary members:—Dr. C. K. Broaduext, and Messrs.
nate Standing Committees for the ensuing year. < L. D. Towsley, F. W. Meyer, and W. P. Collins. The members of the Association remained in
The chuir appointed Drs. Wilmartii, Rogers, and j The vote being taken, the chair decided that the session a short time longer, for the purpose of com
pleting llevir business. Dr. William A. Hamilton,
Weder, who, after retiring, reported the following gentlemen were duly elected honorary members. of Saratoga, was elected Orator for 1852, and Dr.
names: Dr. Bkoadbent declining an honorary member N. Bedortiia, of Troy, substitute. It was then
For Committee I Wjc A. Hamilton, M.D., ship, on motion of Dr. Trall, he was granted leave suggested, and informally agreed to, that the mem
on < Uubuard Foster, M.D., to withdraw; and the sum of two dollars having
Hygiene. ( Levi Reuben, M.D. bers of the Association correspond with each other,
For Committee I Smi Rogers, M.D., been refunded, Dr. Broadbent accordingly with in due time, with reference to the time and place
on i Henry Foster, M.D., drew from the convention. of holding the next annual meeting, with the view
Hydropathy. ( Charles Mundk, M.D. On motion, the following were also duly elected to ensuring a more general attendance.
For Committee ( R. S. Hoi-ghton, M.D., honorary members of the Association:—Dr. Wil On motion, the Association then adjourned sine
on -j Joseph A. Weder, M.D., liam E. Rogers, of Crystal Lake, Susquehanna die. Attest :
Cred. and Qual. ( 9. O. Gleason, M.D. county, Penn. ; Mr. William T. Vail, of Blooming Roland S. Houghton, M. D.,
The nominations were unanimously confirmed Grove, Orange county, N. Y. ; Mr. Samuel T. Secretary.
by the Association. Woodward; Mrs. Mary S. Gove Nichols, of New
Dr. Shew, from the Committee on Credentials York city ; Mrs. S. O. Gleason, of Ithaca, N. Y. The Horrors or Allopathy.—A correspondent
and Qualifications, then rend the following letter: and Mrs. L N. Fowler, of New York city. writes from Arkansas :—
New York, June 19th, 1850. On motion of Dr. Trall, the Secretary was di " In a former letter I informod you of the loss of
To Joel Shew, M.D , rected to furnish a copy of the proceedings of the my whole family, wife and two children, under allo
W. A. Hamilton, M.D. Association, and of the Report of the Committee pathic treatment, and that both my children begged
K. BEDORTnA, M.D., on Hygiene, for publication in the Water-Cure for Water treatment. Till within a few weeks of
Committee on Credentials and Qualifications Journal.* their taking the congestive fever, they had been ac
ofthe American Hygienic and Hydropathic As The amendment of the Constitution proposed at customed to almost daily bathing, and had been re
sociation of Physicians and Surgeon*. markably healthy. But though the doctor, reputedly
the first annual meeting (namely, to substitute the most skilful in this region, altogether prohibited
Gentlemen: * Note. The Report of the Committee on Hygitiu will bathing, yet, sinco their death, in the case of one of
At the clo^e of the meeting of our Association, appear in full in our July number. my scholars, in severe fever, the same physician re
this day held, and during the collection of the ; Publishers of tht Water-Curs Journal. commended bathing, and that AUd lived."
 THE
The necessity for physical education is pre-em
inent in large cities: not merely to call into
action undeveloped muscles or to counterbalance
the undue employment of a special portion of the
body, but also to prevent the injurious effects
arising from an overtaxation of the nervous j
system. The occupations of men in large cities j
do not enjoin a sedentary habit only, but there is .
accompanying the latter, in the majority of instan- !
ces, aifamount of intellectual labor called into play !
to an extent that is not always rightly estimated. 1
And if to this source, which in itself is a sufficient
cause to produce a diminished condition of health, ;
we add others which are to a great extent accom
paniments of city life, such as unusual fits of ambi- j
tion, close mental application to particular sub- ]
jects for weeks together, public discussions either
written or oral, or long-continued anxiety for the
subsistence and welfare of self and family, there
are formed a catalogue of causes of disease seldom
found in country life. The constant mental occu
pation of a professional man, for hours together
chained to his desk, evolving and continuing links
of thought with wondrous rapidity, apparently
produced without effort, but really the result of
training and severe discipline of years, must, if not
antagonized, result in the disorganization of the
organ worked. The amount of mental activity
necessary to form ideas rapidly, is often not per
ceived by the individual ; but to the careful ob
server it is evident in the set features and greater
pallor, the general anxiety in the countenance and
an expression of fatigue. The blood rushes from
the surface of the face, and it is collected in an in
creased quantity upon the brain, the head becomes
much hotter, while the feet, hands, and other por
tions of the body become cooler. This in itself is
an indication of where, and to what extent, labor
of the system is going on ; for when any organ is
performing its allotted function, there the blood
flows iu abundance.
This increased circulation, which is true in cases
of muscular exertion, holds equally good in ner
vous action ; when the blood flows in unusual
quantity upon tho brain, as in cases of what is
called active congestion and determination of blood,
and even in that organ there are many signs of
increased action of the part. Thus, iu such dis
eases, there is great acuteness of sensation, unusual
activity of the mental functions, and a rapid flood
of ideas of a brilliant and exciting character. Now
when the blood is circulating through an organ
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changes are going on, new parts are formed
and deposited out of the blood, and old parts re
moved, and in the brain there is constantly being
removed, in health, jiortions of its substance, and
this quantity is increased when the brain is over
tasked. It thus appears that the activity of the
nervous system depends upon a process, not of de
velopment or nutrition, but of disintegration
or destruction : it is manifest this state of parts
could not long be sustained without an interval
of repose, in order that the brain may undergo a
reparative process ; and the more powerful and
rapid the activity may have been, so will the pe
riod of repose have need to be longer. Those
portions of the nervous system which are in a state
of moderate activity, even though it be constont,
such as those which move the muscles of respirn
tion, do not need any special period of repose, the
constant nutrition of the arterial blood being suf
ficient to supply tho waste consequent on exer
tion. But these parts, such as the organs of
thought, require, after exertion, period* of repose.
This is indicated by the sense of fatigue following
mental abstraction, and tho tendency to sleep
produced by protracted thought. In ordinary
cases the night's sleep makes up the necessary re
pose of the past day; but it is not sufficient when
extraordinary demands are made upon the brain
either by intense application to a train of thought,
or by anxiety; and in such instances larger amounts
of sleep are required, or a cessation of thought of
an abstract character. Hertce it appears that dif
ferent people require different amounts of sleep
(or repose for the brain), dependent either upon dif
ferent degrees of mental exertion, or perhaps to
produce a similar amount of exertion in different
individuals.
The heart and the brain are united to each other
by a very Btrong bond of connection ; the contin
ual flow of blood, circulating along the arteries of
the head, is absolutely necessary to the preserva
tion of life ; if interrupted for even an instant, the
person is killed. The amount of activity of this
circulating medium determines, to some extent, the
energy of the brain. If the waves of blood trans
mitted from the heart, pass slowly over th« brain,
mental energy rarely exists in that organ.
Tho illustration, heading the article, serves to
convey an idea of the connection spoken of as ex
isting between heart and brain ; two large arteries
may be seen rising from the center of the great
blood vessel (aorta), and passing up along the
neck to subdivide into tho minute network of
blood-vessels, which go to supply every convolu
tion of the brain, and all parts of its coverings.
But it is not merely necessary that tho blood
should flow in quantity, but its qualit}' also should
be of that kind that is capable of supporting con
tinued action. Bright, arterial, well organized
blood is absolutely requisite. It must have been
well aerated in the lungs, by which it may have
taken up its proper quantity of oxygen from the
atmosphere, so useful in removing the effete parti
cles of the organ supplied, and in conveying the
! fresh materials for building up new parts to sup-
' ply the deficiency caused by those wasted and re-
; moved. Hence tho connection between the heart
and the brain, between the lungs and the heart,
; and between the air and the lungs. The air must
be pure, the lungs must distend sufficiently to re
ceive their due portion, and to accomplish this, oc
casional exercise is required. In sleep the blood
is not well aerated, although the acts of inspira
tion and expiration are carried on ; too slowly,
however, to sustain life or thought in any active
manner. For healthy thoughts, and an active
flow of ideas, exercise is needful, and the gymna
sium, in a city, affords means for this which, other
wise, to many would be unattainable.
The exercises for the man who works his brain
much, should be chiefly those which exercise his
chest and arms ; of these swimming stands in the
first rank, on account of its many advantages ; put
ting aside the view of it as a means of self-preser
vation, as a sanitary means it has many beneficial
effects. It develops the action of the muscles ; if
in salt water, it brings into contact with the skin
the s' imulant salts of the sea, such as the Iodides
and Bromides of magnesium, which are powerful
tonics and promoters of absorption when applied
in that way. Superficial sores and cutaneous ex
halations are removed, and loose scales of skin
more rapidly extracted ; by the sudden application
of the cold to the surface, the blood is, for a short
time, repelled inwards, again to rush to the cuta
neous surface with increased energy ; producing
the ruddy glow which always follows moderate
immersion in cold water. Swimming has an ad
ditional advantage over bathing in this, that it is
accomplished by an amount of active desire, of
pleasurable gratification unknown in the taking of
a mere bath ; thus the reaction afterwards is great
er and more beneficial to the system at large.
From the accompanying cut it may be seen that
in swimming the spine is bent with the arch back
wards, and thus the chest is more dilated, and able
to take a larger inspiration ; the action of the arms
and the muscles attached to the ribs drawing out
these bones and enlarging the capacity of the thorax.
The sea is always the fittest place to swim in,
the water being warmer, stronger, or more buoy
ant, and more beneficial in giving tone to the sys
tem. Next in order comes river, or running wa
ter, and last of all ponds or small lakes. The
water of these, except when very shallow, iB ol-
most always cold, and produces, if long remained
in, a great degree of exhaustion, consequent on an
over-exertion on the part of the swimmer, to keep
the body supported at the surface ; in sea water
V
i the whole head will be kept buoyed above the
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surface level, while in fresh water the buoyant
force is so much loss that the body sinks in the
water until the surface level iB more than one inch
above the eyes when the head is kept erect. In
order to breathe, it is necessary to throw the head
far back, when the mouth and nostrils, by that ex
pedient, are brought a little above the water's edge.
There is no particular period of the day more
eligible than the other for sea or other bathing,
except that it be not during the fall of rain, for
then the water is continually kept cooler than
agreeable, and the skin is chilled slowly before
eutranee, and cold may be caught. It is improper
to bathe immediately before a meal, for the reason
assigned in a former communication, when speak
ing of the impropriety of exercise before meals.
The constitution of the majority of city people can
not bear so sudden a shock when the stomach is
empty. It acts like a powerful sedative, and
hardly any reaction follows. The prepossession in
favor of bathing before breakfast is deep rooted,
but as a practice it is calculated to do more harm
than good. It is equally improper to bathe im
mediately after a meal : for the blood which is
required to flow toward the coats of the stomach,
would be drawn to the skin's surface by the bath,
and incomplete digestion, or an arrest of the pro
cess, would be the result. Hence the periods
between complete fullness and total emptiness of
the stomach, are the suitable times to bathe. Dr.
Combe suggests two or three hours after a meal ;
but as this narrows the opportune time for bathing
very much—perhaps the latter might lie extended
to the period of three hours between meals—that is,
not sooner than one full hour after ameal, and not
beyond four hours after a meal. Many believe
that the taking of baths, cold bathing especially, is
a matter of course, that it may be indulged in
when instinctively desired, and form but little if
any conception what a powerful remedy it is for
good, or equally powerful producer of disease
when carelessly employed. Dr. Combe's observa
tions on this point are valuable : " When the
health is good, and the bodily powers sufficiently
vigorous, the cold bath during summer, and the
shower bath in winter, may serve every purpose
required from them. But it should never be for
gotten that they are too powerful in their agency
to be used by every one, especially in cold weather.
In proportion as cold bathing is influential in the
restoration of health, when judiciously used, it is
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hurtful when resorted to without discrimination."
On this account bathing should not be repeated
too frequently, nor too long continued immersion
at one time.
The exercises with the suspension bar, whether
in a gymnasium or at home, are of the most
valuable kind to the sedentary, as affording a large
amount of exercise to the muscles of the chest,
abdomen, arms and legs; the gymnast practicing
first, suspension of the body with both bands, then
with the right hand, and after with the left ; then
learning to suspend the body with crossed arms,
and to raise the head above the bar, and to suspend
the body by the bend of the arm, are perhaps
sufficient exercises for the upper extremities.
The preceding cut illustrates the suspension of the
body from the bar by the elbow ; it should be one
of the latest of the exercises learned, and is a pow
erful means of developing the muscles of the chest
and arms, and of dilating the capacity of the
former.
When sufficient vigor has been given to the
muscles of the chest and arms by these exercises,
that of leaping with polos may then be practiced,
both leaping forward, upward, and downward.
The above illustrations of this exercise, taken
from J. EL d' AJphonse's "Instructions in Gym
nastics," show exceedingly well the value of this
exertion in fixing the muscles of the arms and
upper part of the trunk rigidly, while tho lowor
limbs are in activity.
HYDROPATHY VS. ALLOPATHY.
BY E. B. THOMAS, M.D.
Regarding the prevention and removal of physi
cal suffering as intimately connected with the hap
piness and well-being of every member of commu
nity, we feel it our imperative duty to state to the
public the reasons which have induced us to vol
untarily ndopt the Water-Cure system of practice,
in opposition to early instruction and prejudices.
In our present article we shall confine ourselves to
a consideration of some of the objections to Allo
pathic practice.
In tracing the progress of the healing art, there is
opened, to the mental vision of the medical stu
dent, an arena, in which has been enacted some of
the most striking scenes connected with the rise
and progress of any art or science. Change is in
delibly written upon every period of its history.
This constant mutation, this prevailing disposi-
\ tion, on the part of medical men, to overthrow old
< systems and erect new ones upon their ruins, is
manifestly the result of such contradictory views
! entertained by different members of the profes
sion upon all subjects directly connected with the
practice of medicine; thereby showing, most con
clusively, that all systems were founded without
the pale of truth. Lot anyone study the history
of medicine, the various theories which have from
time to time been in vogue, and he will search
in vain for one well-attested fact for many centu
ries after it was recognized as, and elevated to, the
dignity of a science. 9
From the days of Galen to near the close of the
eighteenth ecutury, its history shows, in a most
forcible manner, how for the follies and caprices
of the human mind may blind the perception and
war]) the judgment of men engaged in the investi
gation of groat and important subjects, whose only
object should be to ascertain the truth. Ambition,
avarice, and superstition have, each and all, occu
pied a prominent position in attempts at establish
ing all theories which were thrust before the pub
lic, with greater or less pretensions, during the
lapse of so many dreary ages.
Notwithstanding we are frequently assailed by
the syren song—" Gum is the only system which has
any legitimate claims upon the confidence of the
public ; it has stood the tost of ages"—-we might
here introduce almost any amount of evidence,
from ancient and modern writers, to prove this
assertion wholly gratuitous. There are, it is true,
certain indications to be fulfilled in the treatment
of disease, concerning which there has been a tol
erable degree of uniformity of opinion—as inflam
mation requires depletion—but in regard to the
manner of fulfilling these indications, there is not
now, nor has there ever been, any agreement
amongst the members of the profession. There ia
a material difference between an agreement in re-
■d to the object to bo ne nplished, and tho
means used for its accomplishment. The editor of
the British and Foreign Medical Review, speaking
upon the uncertainty and changing character of
medicine, makes the following remarks: "And
amid all these changes, often extreme nnd directly
opposed to one another, do we not find these very
diseases, the subject of them, remaining, with some
exceptions, still thesamc in their progress nnd gen
eral event! Sometimes, no doubt, we observe
changes in their character and event, obviously
depending on the change of treatment; and alas !
as often for the worse as for the better. This com
parative powerlessness and positive uncertainty of
medicine is also exhibited in a strong light when
we come to trace the history and fortunes of par
ticular remedies and modes of treatment, and ob
serve the notions of practitioners, at different
times, respecting their positive or relative value.
What difference of opinion ; what an array ©f al
leged facts, directly at variance with each other ;
what contradictions; what opposite results of a
like experience ; what ups and downs ; whot glo
rification and degradation of the same remedy ;
what confidence now, what despair anon, in en
countering the same diseases with the very same
weapons ; what horror and intolerance at one
time of the very opinions and practice which pre
viously and subsequently are cherished and ad
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mired 1" Touching this question of antiquity, Pro , In a memoir of Dr. Neheraioh Clcaveland of Salem, tution of the human organism that precludes res
fessor L. M Whiting, of Mass., says: "Cullenknew ! Mass., who died at the advanced age of eighty, toration to health, even after serious disease ; but
nothing, or next to nothing, about the organs in | written by Dr. Picrson, the author declares that to on the contrary, there is a powerful recuperative
their physiological condition ; much less did he ! the end of his life, in opposition to the wishes of principle always on the alert, to repel and over
know of their condition in a pathological state. ' friends and physicians, he declined, almost entire- come the enemy of her citadel.
From him, therefore, we get no more light on the 1 ly, those narcotics which were calculated to relieve Montaigne informs us that he had the patronage
grand question, What constitutes disease ? than we i his sufferings, " lest they should deaden his moral of a benefice at the foot of one of the Gascon
do from Hippocrates, Galen, Ifoerhoave, Brown, j and intellectual sensibilities"—nfraid of the most mountains, where the inhabitants lived in a man
Darwin, and all indeed who cither preceded or : common remedies, prescribed during a long life, ner peculiar to themselves, having neither law
followed him, until within the last half century, 5 for palliating the symptoms of all incurable chro- yers nor doctors, and yet settling their disputes
and that amounts to just nothing at all that is | nic diseases ! and curing their diseases without foreign aid. At
satisfactory to the inquiring mind." In regard S Perhaps the strongest argument against the or- length a disciple of /Jvcultipius took it into his
to the present condition of medicine. Dr. Forbes > dinary practice of physic is found in the sequelae of head to marry one of the village maidens and set
says: " Things have arrived at Buch a pitch that they ; disease. Why is it that an ordinary attack of sim- tle in their midst Up to this period they knew
cannot be worse. They must mend or end." Thus | pie inflammatory fever should be followed by no other means of curing disease than by the use
we liave the testimony of eminent men that the ; months, or even years of suffering, to terminate of garlic, and yet were remarkably free from chro
ancients knew nothing of disease, and moderns are ; perhaps only with life itself? Why do we sec so nic diseases. The author tells us that soon after
not in possession of any data sufficient to satisfy an ; many coses of "chills and fever" cured, yet leav this they found the winds of autumn less congenial
inquiring mind ; while another declares they must ing the patient with dyspepsia, or spinal irritation, to health than those of spring ; and exposure to
reform or die. Again, the celebrated John Mason ! or perhaps both, so fashionable in our day. A very the dew gave them headache, and after taking the
Good observes : "The science of medicine has been intelligent gentleman told me his sister applied to doctor's medicines they were beset by a legion of
cultivated for more than two thousand years: the the venerable and celebrated Professor Dudley for diseases to which they were before strangers. In
most devoted industry and greatest talents have treatment of spinal disease, and was informed by a conversation once with an allopathic physician,
been exercised upon this subject ; yet upon po sub him that her disease was caused by being badly in regard to the success of the Homoeopaths, he i
ject has the wild spirit of imagination been more cured of chills and fever. I am credibly informed knowledged their general success superior to his
widely displayed that in the history of medicine." that when typhoid fever first made its appearance own sect, but said it was not the medicine, but the
A lamentable condition this, truly; and we in a certain city in this state, a large percentage of absence thereof that performed the cure ; account
trust, after such admissions and confessions from its subjects died of the disease ; and a still larger ing their minute globules equal to nothing, the
these eminent men, we shall not be considered fit proportion, who survived the immediate influence patient had a fair chance of recovery. Every medi
for annihilation for repudiating our " ancient mo of the disease, died of consumption. This contin cal man of any considerable experience, must have
ther." Within our own recollection mercury was ued to be the case until the physicians said they seen patient after patient hussled away to their
considered a specific in syphilis, and whoever had could do nothing for it, and advised their patients long resting place, who might havo recovered but
the independence to dissent from the common to rely upon nursing ; Bince which time the num for the interference of art. This is seen particu
doctrine of the day, was considered n madman or ber of fatal cases have immensely decreased. larly in low forms of fever, and in the metestases
idiot ; yet experience of the last few years has de The most satisfactory answer to these questions of various diseases, as inflammation of the lungs
monstrated the fallacy of the opinion. Many cases is found in the principles upon which medicine is and various exanthemata; the success in these
are not only not benefited, but are remarkably in- administered for the cure of disease. Professor cases being in direct ratio to the diminution of the
veteratcd. The experiment of the head surgeon of Payne, the leader of an influential and powerful quantity of medicine.
the British army proves it unnecessary, to say the school of physic in this country, says : " In respect I have seen many cases of the severer forms of
least ; he having treated two thousand coses, liolf to the absolute influence of all remedial agents of typhus recover without other treatment than at
with mercury and the other half by attention to positive value, they are essentially morbific in tention to cleanliness, air, and diet ; and that too
diet, air, and exercise, with due regard to cleanli their remedial action. They are alterative in dis without the dreadful sequela! so justly dreaded.
ness, omitting all medicines, and as large a propor ease as in health in respect to the vital properties Again, I have seen cases of simple bilious fever
tion of the latter recovered as of the former. and actions. In certain remedial quantities many treated by salivating the patient with some mer
Not many years have elapsed since blood-letting may induce, in the healthy organism, various de- curial preparation ; and, presto ! the bilious was ty
was considered indispensable in inflammations of ; grees of disease, with as much certainty as those phoid, and the patient lingered out a few days or
the lungs and pleura, and yet it is certain these j agents which are called morbific." And again : weeks, it may be, of indiscribable misery, and
diseases yield to different treatment much more j " In the treatment of disease we do but substitute died. I have seen others taken with similar symp
readily. A few years since, all grades and types one disease for another."—Institutes, page 542. toms, and quite as severe, relieved, by the use of
of fevers were treated with mercury, and the pa- j Hence the old adage : " A sick man must be worse water, in forty-eight hours. This, of itself, goes
tient was not considered safe till he was salivated. ! before he is better." Whatever it may have origi- far to prove that medicine is not essential in the
This homicidal practice too, has, in a great mea- j noted in, it is a fact, so often observed, that the cure of disease ; but still further evidence is found
sure, gone into disrepute My the better clues of non-professional usually regard the first visit of in, 1st, The treatment of disease by rude and un
practitioners, it being followed only by a class of the physician as a prelude to suffering and misery. civilized nations, ignorant of medical science ;
men who practice upon their capital acquired some I have often asked my patients why they did their treatment consisting, in many cases, of magic
twenty or thirty years since, and ignorant of later not send for me sooner—before they became so charms, amulets, incantations, <fcc. 2d. The many
improvements. much diseased ; and the most frequent reply has cases recorded by medical men, during the eorly
Another strong argument against drug medica been, "Because, doctor, I could not bear the days of medicine. 8d. In the expectant system,
tion may be drawn from the fact, that men of en thoughts of being sick ;" as though, forsooth, the many cases of recovery from the graver diseases
lightened views and large medical experience have business of the physician was to make, instead of are recorded ; and this system consists, essentially,
but little confidence in it, and rely principally prevent, disease. What a withering rebuke docs in doing nothing by way of medication. 4th. The
upon the powers of nature, Bcldom resorting to this simple remark contain to nil the pompous pre legion of quack medicines which have flooded this
active medication with their patients, and taking tensions of Scientific Medicine ! We find diseases, and other countries for the last fifty years, during
it themselves, never. In fact, it may be laid down whieh are removed without the agency of drugs, the use of which, almost all diseases have disap
as a general rule, that persons have confidence in seldom leave behind them such tangible evidences peared. We cannot, for a moment, suppose that
medicine jnst in proportion to their ignorance. of their destructive power. May we not infer whisky and molasses, scented with sassafras, and
Prof. Waterhouse, after lecturing in Harvard uni from this that a Bystem consonant with, and found sold under the specious guise of sarsaparilla, can
versity for more than a quarter of a century, ed in a knowledge of physiological laws, should be cure such a multitude of diseases as many people
retired saying, " / H sick of learned quackery." equally innocent} We find nothing in the consti- imagine, and yet many must have disappeared
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| during its U6e, or sufficient customers could never
have been found to pay immense fortunes to the
manufacturers. 5th. The large number of dis
eases which eminent observers in medicine have
recorded, in "which inert substances were purpose
ly employed to test the powers of nature. Dr.
Forbes, before quoted, says he treated a large num
ber of diarrhoea cases, one half on bread pills and
the other on a course of orthodox physic ; ond
" it puzzled me sadly to tell which got along the
best."
PHYSIOLOGY IN SCHOOLS-PROGRESS OF
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
A friend has placed on our table a report of
" The Committee on Education" to the Legislature
of Massachusetts, on the subject of the purchase of
anatomical diagrams, for the use of common
schools, bearing date March 18th, 1851. The ma
jority of the committee report adversely to the
petitions. The committee acknowledges that more
than eighty petitions have been presented on this
subject, most of them signed by school committees
and selectmen ; and yet, after a lengthy effort at
argument, they gravely decide against it. The
majority doubts whether, out of 3748 public
Bchools, a hundred teachers can be found qualified
to teach Physiology. This, in our opinion, is a
reason amply sufficient to warrant the introduc
tion of the study. If teachers arc so ignorant of
the laws which govern health and life, they should
be compelled to learn it with their pupils. No
person is well qualified to have the charge of
the young, who is 60 ignorant of the first princi
ples of physical law. The majority could not
have used a worse argument for their cause. If
3660 teachers in Massachusetts are thus destitute
of this important branch of knowledge, it is time
they had an opportunity to study it. The majori
ty hint that this study should be neglected for
those " having a stronger dnnand upon the atten
tion." We would express our unqualified con
demnation of the purblind tissue of conservative
stupidity of the majority report, liad we not a
searching minority report, which does the subject
and the majority ample justice. We make a few
extracts, which we commend to the friends of
truth, health, and right education, everywhere.
We are glad that this subject is receiving attention
in that State which is behind none in the Union in
education.
" The public mind is becoming more and more
aroused to the vast importance of the science of
Physiology,—and parents have just made the
grand discovery, that their children have bodies
as well as minds, and that these bodies need educa
tion. In the opinion of the minority, no busiuess
of equal moment will come before the Legislature
during the present session, with that of the pro
posed introduction of Anatomical Diagrams into
the common schools,—and it is believed, that if a
liberal appropriation is made for their purchase,
the general constituency of this body will say,
Amen. The minority rejoice that the concurrent
report even of a lar ge majority of the committee,
cannot foreclose the judgment or action of either
branch. There seems to be a discrepancy be
tween the faith and practice of the majority, who
acknowledge they believe in the great utility of the
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study of Physiology, and yet inexcusably refuse to
obey the entire command, which is " believe and
be baptized."
Such was the deep and lively interest felt in the
science of Physiology, last winter, that the Legis
lature enacted a law, requiring a knowledge of
this study in all candidates for teachersliips.
It may not be improper to state that a profes
sional gentleman has offered to supply each of the
three thousand school -districts in the Mate, with a
set of six perfect anatomical diagrams, and a port
folio, at the exceedingly low price ot' <>»<• dollar I
The question then arises, would the introduction
of these plates into the public schools, be benefi
cial! The minority do not hesitate to answer
affirmatively.
Physical education, it is believed, has been most
wickedly neglected. It is a melancholy statistical
fact, that nearly one half of the human family die
before they reach the age of seven years,—and it
cannot admit of a doubt, that our imperfect educa
tional system is the principal cause of this dread
ful mortality. Yes, ignorance on the part of
parents and teachers, of the principles of physio
logy,—the simple laws of health and life,—is the
cause of more deaths, annually, than intemperance,
war and pestilence. The mind and body, like
twin sisters, should be trained and educated togeth
er,—go hand in hand, in harmonious union. The
education of children is commenced wrong, con
tinued wrong, and ended wrong. The usual order
of instruction is as follows, viz. :—1. Religious ; 2.
Moral ; 3. Intellectual ; 4. Physical. Now this
ought to be exactly reversed—for children should
be first taught the mechanism and physiology of
their bodies, which would direct their young
minds to their Creator, far better than arguments
on the questionable necessity of infantile regenera
tion. Rather let the mind remain a blank, than
make it dyspeptic, by prematurely feeding it
with unintelligible dogmas. To edueate the mind
regardless of the body, is like building a house
without a foundation.
The minority most sincerely believe, that
physiological knowledge is, to the young, para
mount to all other knowledge, of whatever name
or nature,—for it explains those simple laws of
health, the violation of which, is the cause of great
suffering, from the cradle to the grave,—the cause
of deformities, spinal complaints, disease and
death.
Some say, the science of physiology will do to
be taught in the higher seminaries, bnt not in our
common Bchools. Where then are the masses of
the people ever to get any knowledge of the laws
of health and life, since they receive their whole
education in these institutions ! The only capital
which most of the young men in Massachusetts
have to start with in life, is their muscular arm and
strong body—then, in God's name, let them not
be robbed of their sacred rights. Let us make our
public schools, which are so much behind the
wants and light of the age, what they ought to be.
Let us so foster them that they shall eclipse aca
demies and private institutions, which, like so
many cancers, are eating out the very vitals of our
common schools.
It is believed, the appropriation for the object
in question, would eventually add greatly to the
pecuniary resources of the State, by raising up
able bodied men and women,—by causing the next
generation to come up, greatly improved, physi
cally and intellectually.
The study of Physiology, illustrated by ana
tomical diagrams, would save thousands of young
ladies from premature graves, by convincing them
of the injurious effects of tight clothing and tight
lacing. Consumption, which is slanderously fath
ered upon our climate, is caused in many instan
ces by the prevailing ignorance touching the sim
ple laws of health.
When a knowledge of Physiology and Hygiene
shall become generally diffused, it will relieve the
community of heavy doctor's bills, and perhaps ia
time do away entirely with the medical profession.
Unnatural positions of the body, exercise, vitiated
air, food and raiment, are intimately connected
with the health and happiness of the young,—and
yet parents do not trouble themselves about these
matters, till they observe the pallid cheek and hear
the daily cough, when they send too late for the
physician, wondering why their children die so
young.
The majority contend that the time has not
come to introduce this study into the common
schools of Massachusetts, forgetting that the last
Legislature passed a wise law,* requiring a know
ledge of this useful science in all who offer them
selves as teachers. This is indeed progressing
backwards.
With the full conviction, that the hour has come
for the introduction of human physiology into our
common schools, and believing the adoption of the
conservative report of the majority of the com
mittee, would virtually nullify a judicious law,
passed by the last Legislature, requiring a know
ledge of this science in teachers of the public
Bchools, the minority recommend that the prayer
of the petitioners be granted."
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER V.
Time makes all things even. The rich and the
poor, the servant and his master, the lord and the pea
sant, all find at last a common level. Time makes- the
green witho dry and then rotten. Death saps the
vigor and the strength of the strongest. His arrows
are sharp, as Time's scythe- is keen. Between them,
| at the lost, man is a victim. Time did his work with
me, as with all, for ho lifted me from a child into
youth, a stirring lad, quick to perceive, and apt to do.
I was taken out of school, nnd put on to my father's
farm. It was a glad day for me. IVork was nothing
but play. I felt like a calf fatted in a dark place,
suddenly let into a broad grass lot. The air, the
light, the freedom from restraint, the variety of ex
ternal circumstances, all conspire to stimulate the
nervous power unduly ; and the falling will run, kick
its heels, show its tongue, bleat, bawl,jump up into the
air, and play all sorts of antics. I was like such calf.
O, blessed relief! O, joyous deliverance! O, me
morable period in my chequered life, the day that let
* [Chapter 229, of the Act* of 1850. J
An act requiring Physiology and Hygiene to be taught in the
public schools. "
Sect I. Physiology and Hygiene shall hereafter bo taught
in all the public school t of this Commonwealth, in all cases in
which the school comn.lltce shall deem it expedient.
Sect 2. AH sehool leachen shall hereafter be examined in
their knowledge of the elementary principles of Physiology and
Hygiene, and their ability to five instruction in the tame.
 THE
mc out into the bright sunshine, the green field, the
tall, leafy woods, on the high hills, down the deep
gulf that bordered my homesteud ! Glorious spot !
None other like it this side Paradise to me ! The as
sociations that cluster around it mako my old age
green. They lift mo over the hard-trodden Past ;
they bring me into scenes that wero loaded with fresh
ness and beauty indescribable, to one who had known
nothing of God, save as he was taught in the Cate
chism, and nothing of the world except as he gathered
it from books. To put me to work was a jubilee, a
grand redemption day, a period when my Humanity
came back and spread itself over my nakedness, as the
son of Noah did his mantle over tho old Patriarch
when he was " slightly beside himself."
For the first time in my life had I the privilego of
wandering in a forest. How boautiful the woods were !
It was in spring time. The wild flowers wore on every
hillock ; the adder tongues, tho leeks, and the crinkle-
root, by the side of every rotten log ; under the tall
elms, and the wide spreading red beech, sprang up tho
mushroom—fit symbol of the life of millions who are
born and perish in a night. Mid the roots of the tall
strait bass-wood and the red elm, grew the ground-nut
and tho putty-root ; and tho boughs were tho resting
place of tho brown thresher, the bluo jay, and tbe
whistle bird. The grey, the black, and the red
squirrel hopped from hough to bough over my head,
and the chip-monk cocked himself at the edge of his
hole and chirped most impudently. My heart was full
of melody, and for tbe first time I caught glorious
glimpses of the face of my creator. I had tbe faintest
idea possible, that the best way to know God, was
through his works ; the holiest worship was solitary
communion, a sort of closet interviow, with the woods
for protection, tho birds for singers, tho green plants
and tho beautiful flowers for the altar, and the great
blue sky for a covering. One could not help praying.
The desire to know more of tho mighty mind, that
made and fashioned all these things, was intense, pro
found. Prayer sprung from tho heart, like a spring
tide at its flooding—not always intelligent, but always
sincere. With me it could not well be intelligent, for
my Deity was an abstraction. My education had
made him such. My great sensibility kept him such.
My prayers in the woods were not, by any means, ar
ticulate. They were too deep for utterance. They
found vent more through the feelings than the medium
of words. I knew how to pray. I could say the Lord's
Prayer with any boy I knew ; and
11 Xow 1 lay me down to sleep,"
was as regularly said as night came. But to my
highly wrought spirit, thero was lacking appropriate
ness in those prayers. So I sat and drank in of the
beauties around mc, whilst sensations of unutterable
joy thrilled through my wholo being. Glorious old
woods ! Had I had my way, the sound of the axe or
the crack ofthe gun should never be heard within your
boundaries.
ulle, who prow* aged in tliii world of woe,
la deed*, not years, piercing the depths of life,
So that no wonder wahe him ; nor below.
Can love, or sorrow, .fame, ambition, strife,
Cat to bis heart again with the keen knife
Of silent, sharp endurance ; he can tett
Why thought seeks refnge in lone caves, yet rife
With airy images and shapes which dwell
Still unimpaired, though old in the soul's haunted cell."
IVhy should I have just ideas of God ? To me, as I
had been taught when in my idealism, I embodied
Him, and gave Him personality ; so that my concep
tions fairly look hold on Him ; they left behind an im
pression anything but pleasant. Justice was the ele
ment always presented to me. He was terribly, inexo-
on\>\ejust. Nothing that I could do would soften the
Btemness of His mandates, the unyielding rigidity of
His features. About Him all was dark and lowering;
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end I can well remember my picturing to myself His j It was tho Sabbath. I selected it because I thought
great white throne on which He sat, watching for the ! it the time of all others the best fitted for my strength
haltings of His creatures, that He might have them re- j of purpose and of will. My parents would be gone to
corded in a book, and so have cause of action against j meeting, and I eould tell tho trial to none. I felt that
them, when the great jutlgment day should come. I I must do it or die. So I arose feverish from my break
shrank from Him, and only said my prayers in the fast and told my mother that I was not well, which
faint, vain hope, that I might possibly propitiate Him. was true, and that I did not wish to go to meeting.
Why should 1 have any just, correct ideas of the She laid the case before my father, who, on examina
Deity 1 Our parish minister was a man of a thousand. tion, said 1 had better stay at home. So I was left
Of blameless life so far as overt transgression of tho alone. The Sabbath bells had ceased to toll, the
commandments went, his bitterest enemy could pick birds had sought tho shady depths of the trees, the
no flaw in his character. He was a sincere man, but cattle had lain down to ehew their cuds, when 1
a terrible bigot. He nevor smiled, and laughter with gathered up my strength for the trial. Reador, you
him was, should remember I was but a boy, not quite twelve
" Like the crackling of thorns under a pot,"' years old ; and this trial was for manhood. Was it
Cousin-german to rebellion and witchcraft. Our par wonderful that I should seek to attain it 1 To be a
ish was small. He could easily visit his parishioners " little man" had seemed to me always, from their
weekly. So on Wednesday afternoon, at five o'clock, in teachings, the way the most likely to please my pa
the summer, our family gathered in our kitchen to recite rents. Their friends always called me " a little man,"
the Catechism, hare the minister tell us how awfully, 1 " a nice little man." I thought manhood every thing,
hopelessly, incurably wicked we were, pray for us, and ! ehildhood nothing. I despised childhood. Was it
then take tea. To mo—I say it in no malignant spirit ! very strange that I should think to smoke cigars, chew
—the only saving clause in the whole transaction, and smoke tobacco, and take snuff, were tbe ne-plus-
weekly elaborated as it was, was tho circumstance that vlira of accomplishments 1 My father chewed and
on Wednesday afternoon, when the minister was there, smoked ; my mother smoked and snuffed ; my eldest
we always had waffles or shokt-cake, with butter and sister—half-sister—smoked. Our minister] smoked
honey, for supper. I was almost reconciled to the after tea, and ohewed tobacco in the pulpit. Our
catechetical mode of making me a sound theologian deacon and elders in the church all smoked and
from this simple yet permanent arrangement. My chewed. The young men of our village smoked'eigars
seat at recitation was always in the chimney-corner, and chewed tobacco. Oureditor, now a distinguished
on a large blue dye tub that my mother kept. From political editor at the Capital of the State, walked the
this, as an editor from his tripod, did I utter forth my streets with a pipe in his mouth. Our village lawyer,
lessons. The Assembly of Divines at Westminster a man of great talent, was everlastingly seen with a
never had a porter scholar. The largo and small quid in his mouth, except at meals. All the hired
Catechisms I knew by heart—no, not by heart, for my men my father had, smoked or ebewed, or both. What
heart was not cognizant of tho philosophy therein was I to think 1 When told that in some form to use
taught. Looking back, I do not wonder that I knew tobacco was manly, was I to conclude the teller a liar 1
not God. It was remarkable that I was not a heathen Were not the proofs all around me 1 If it was not
outright. I learned more of the Divine Nature in one manly, if in it thero wero not some special virtue
afternoon in the deep forest, than years of priestly, which gave strength and adornment to the character
ghostly teaehing had given to me. The religion of of him who used it, what did it mean—thie^universal
the woods was to me far better than that of the chim use of the weed in some form 1 And if it was manly
ney-corner. O give mo tho worship of the woods, to use it, and I could learn how, then the chasm which
where separated me, a child, from men would be filled up. I
" All is concentered in a life intense, should have solved the riddle. I might be small in
Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf U lost, stature, but great men are sometimes small. I might
Bat hath a part of being, and a sense be in years a child, but so much more honorable in me
Of that which is of all Creator and defense. to be able to do what men did, what children usually
" Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt fail to do.
In solitude where we are least alone ; The hired man Wiekham told me that I should be
A truth which through our being then doth melt. very sick. " But," said he, "as soon as you are over
And purifies from self." the first attack of sickness, take another pipe-full and
My father had a hired man named Wiokham. He you will have won the game."
had acquired somewhat of an influence over me. I was I filled my pipe, lighted it, and smoked furiously.
thinkingof ways in which I could become more manly. Within five minutes I felt that I was in a strange
Wiekham suggested that I ought to use tobacco. O ! O ! wood. Tho trees were double their usual size ; the
it seized me like a revelation. What ! chewing to- sky was fiery red ; the sun looked as it does through
baoco make a man of me !—lift me out of my boyish a blue smoked-glass. A robin that was perched on
ness, make me doff the garb of a ehild, and clothe me the limb of a locust by the edge of our stone door
with the dress of an adult ! I hailed it as a God-send. step looked as large as a turkey. The house whirled
I vowed a vow of thankfulness to Wiekham. 1 de —it seemed to thunder—I knew not where I was.
clared I would endure pain, nausea, sickness, any Home and its externals had vanished ; all recollec
thing, so that I might take rank with " grown peo tions of my identity and that of my family were ex
ple." O what a tempest my little heart had raised tinct. I thought I was flying in the air. 1 imagined
within it, at the bare suggestion of growing at a stride myself bodiless—a spirit. Chaos had come to me, and
from tho sphere of boy to that of manhood. I know I was in tho ocean of blankness. This feeling was
how to pity ambitious, sensitive children. I can now succeeded by deadly nausea, and my consciousness
in my old age enter into tbeir aspirations far better returned. 0 what agony I endured ! I vomited till
than most men. At this hour, wide as the gap is be I imagined I was dying. I sweat till the perspiration
tween the transaction and the point of view from which > streamed from me. I rolled on the floor, and indented
I look, I can well understand how noble and holy that my teeth in my flesh till I felt the blood follow the
desire was In mo. 'Twos an intense longing for the gash. Cold chills ran over me, and 1 felt as though I
miohty, that by which strong things are achieved. was imbedded in ice. Stupor came on me, and how
It was a lovely morning in June ; long I lay I know not, but when I awoke the sun had
passed the meridian. By no effort oould I stand. I
" Poised on his rainbow wing, crawled to the pantry on my hands and knees, and
The butterfly, whose life is but an honr, there 1 found some cold coffee in a bowl. I drank it
Hovered coquettishly from flower to flower, as if it were nectar from the wine-cellar of some Jew,
A gay and happy thing."
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and in a few minutes I was much relieved. Seating accomplishment, and tobacco prostrates thisvitalor J against his strength. What can stop for length of
myself on the door-sill, while the afternoon breeze j nervous force, the hue and fry is constitutional, is \ time the operation of n great eternal law, that is deep
fanned my face, I took the matter into serious review. natural, is just. If tobacco chewing, smoking, and i as the caves of the DomdamUs, and broad as the
I dreaded n second trial, yet ray nature knew no flinch snuffing are right, then drinking alcohol is right, j universe, viz., that a supply will be equal to a demand ?
ing. Manliness was bought at a dear price, but all ■ No speciousness of sophistry can evade this conelu- \ And where, in the range of desire, can you find an art-
who chewed and smoked tobacco had purchased it at ; sion ; for nature is entitled to the full benefits of the > petite so keen, as that which thirty thousand drunkards
the same rate. Was it to be paid that courage was want- ■ law of compensation, ]f she is home to the dust by '/ have for alcohol—whet to the keenest edge, as that
ing to me, which thousands of others had proved them- j tobacco, if her elasticity is converted into rigidity, j appetite is, by an insatiable tobacco thirst.
Mires to possess 1 Never ! I would die first. So 1 took ; and her reactive force is palsied, she may justly claim j Suppose you take thirty thousand men and deprive
my task in band again. It was somewhat less diffi- the aid of any agent, to restore the equilibrium of the j them of food for five days, and then let them out before
cult to persuade myself to attempt it now. I had forces, and set the disturbed powers at rest- Given aa < a good, richly spread table—on one side, food in[plenty,
found out the antidotal pewtr of coffee ; and as Wick- < a problem, the habitual use of tobacco to be in ac- j on the other side an interdict against eating it, under
ham had told me. so I found it to he. The second cordance with the just performance of the functions of j severe penalties, how many of the starved wretches
pipe-full hardly sickened mo. T felt a little qualmish, the physical system, 1 will bind myself to demonstrate > would care a straw for your pains and penalties ! They
but this all passed off, and 1 was as happy as a king, j to all unprejudiced minds that the habitual use of al- j would cnt, though death fell on them in the very act.
though weaker than most kings ; and by the return of j cohol is decidedly promotive of man's highest devel- < Well, these starved ones might be expected to conduct
my parents from meeting 1 was quite calm, though opment, and the more intoxicated he is the more fully j themselves with perfect propriety, as compared with
pale as if 1 had a stroke of typhus. Ila ! ha ! was I does he fulfil the natural demands of his organism. a drunkard, from whom you had token alcohol, and
not delivered \ What boy of my ago could step on For it is a fact, which investigation will hear out with j yet lefi him his tobacco. The use of the one, and tho
my level 1 Nuy, verily, but 1 must make my compan- j undoubted data, and which philosophy can argue j deprivation of tho other, would make a drunkard of
ions of men. Of them I could borrow; to them I incontrorertibly, that depressants and stimulants are i him. I defy the combined power of legislation and
] could lend. I resolved to uso the best cut tobacco, > natural antagonists, whose province is each to coun- \ moral suasion to put an end to drunkenness, whilst to
and for years used only LoriUartPs. Monday morning ; teract the other. No physician carries about with j bacco is used as it \s at the present day. It is tho
came and I went to the village, and whilst there } him a dejrressantt one that can lower the tone of the labor of Sysiphus the Reformer addresses himself to.
bought a tobacco-box nicely japanned, with two pipes \ system, one that can relax the muscular force, one ; He rolls his stone to the summit, only to have it roll
a-kimbo on the cover, and the motto, "Peace and that can greatly lessen the action of the heart and down again.
Plenty," underneath. I filled it with the weed, and ; arteries, one that can almost suspend the activity of liut there are yet other aspects in which the severely
started for home. I believe no one ever saw me ride ] the kidneys, and produce paralysis of the bladder, and ill effects of tho use of tobacco are seen. J,et me men
our street at so rapid rate, or sit quite so puffed up on ! unlock the contractile power of every sphincter muscle tion, 1st, the utter impossibility of curing the appetite
horseback, before or since that morning. in the body, and not carry its counteracting agent in for strong drink whilst the victim uses tobacco.
Thus almost simultaneously with the circumstances j the shape of au appropriate stimulant. 1 risk my At this point has tho splendid effort to reclaim
that improved my health and tended to give me bodily j reputation as an autobiographic on the statement, tho inebriate permanently gone by default. Tem
vigor, commenced a habit which, more than any other j that in the whole range of medicinal quantities a perance men have sought through the entire range
habit I ever had, has prostrated and injured my gen- ' counteractive to the ill effects of tobacco, whilst one is of moral iufluences'for one strong enough to hold the
cral health. It needs a more graphic pen than mine ( iu its constant use, cannot be found equal in its adap- j reformed drunkard to his well formed purpose. Their
to describe the injurious effects of tobacco on the hu- ) tation to alcohol. I hearts have, again and again been made sad by his
man system. Jt is always and everywhere to bo ! Why, good, doubting reader, what say facts and lapse, his return to his filth. Investigating the
ranked on a par with ardent spirits, unless, which I ; statistics ? How many tobacco chewers can you pro- j causes, they have fallen on the seller, and expended on
believe, it is more destructive than alcohol, sending to j ducc over forty years of age who have drank no alco- j him their heaviest abjurgations. He has been again
the grave prematurely thrice as many victims anna- j holie beverages'! How many habitual drinkers of i and again prosecuted and punished, yet drunkenness
ally as all the alcoholic beverages drank in the United ; alcohol, in its severer or milder forms, can you pro- i is on the increase, and temperance men know it. Now,
States. Most certainly it is the forerunner of drunken- j duco who do not use tobacco J. How many drunkards \ I am not the apologist of the ruin seller, the grog dram
ness, and has tempted and prompted more men to leave j have you ever seen—street-staggering, gutter-embra- j seller. His is a vocation which must damn him, as a
their firesides, the pleasures of home, and the delights of , cing drunkards—who do not and never did uso tobac- j matter of course. It eats out of him the sympathies of
intellectual life, and seek gratification in strong drink, co ! Poll me the great State of New York, and you ( his nature to the last shred. It destroys his self-respect,
than nil the gala-days, festivities, public gatherings, j cannot produce me a hundred men, who habitually get ( it hardens his heart, it at last leaves him on a level with
&c, a thousand fold. It attends drunkenness as the j drunk, who in no form use tobacco. Do not misunder- j thoso whose pockets he has pilfered, and whose man
jackal the lion, hunting for its prey. It fits the sys stand mo. I do not mean to say that every man that S hood he has outraged. Put mean as he is, he is not a
tem as no other indulgence— unless it bo the grossest uses tobacco will or docs use ardent spirit, or will dio whit meaner, not a jot more contemptible, not an atom
lewdness—can fit it to demand with clamorous, au- a drunkard. Hut 1 do mean to say, that every man ; moro despicable than the tobacco seller. A cigar is as
thoritative voico for alcoholic stimulus. It will not who uses ardent spirit to a degreo that it makes him necessary to drunkenness as is potato whisky.
be satisfied with nutriment. Food cannot allay the drunk docs also use tobacco, and that if a case is The sight of a box of Spanish cigars in a show-
intense, deep, burning thirst for stimulating drinks of found where this correspondence does not exist, the ; window will upset the resolut ion* of a drunkard as
some sort which tobacco creates. Water, which is j case is in Bome way peculiar, and is simply an exception quickly and as effectually as a show of red bottles.
the natural drink of man, is never tasteful to a tobac- to tho rule. I also mean to say, that the man who in ; Drunkards know this. All tobacco chewers and
eo drinker, except at such times as he has been with- any form habitually uses tobacco adds fifty per cent. / smokers who have felt the power of the liquor and to
oat the use of the weed for some time. Were this the I to the probabilities, that ho will die in the gutter in- i bacco appetite, know that the latter is much the
place, i could give such an array of facts as would j etead of his bed, to whai would exist would he use no \ strongest, much the more difficult to cure. Jt is easy to
convince the most stolid that all 1 charge against this j tobacco. More than this. I mean to «iy, that a vast sco that it should bo so. Ask yourself from which
poison is far within the truth. Let mc call the \ majority of cases of thoso who uso alcohol, either < state can you recover the most easily and the most
attention of the readers of the Journal to some of moderately or to intoxication, lay the foundation of { quickly,—that of severe over-stimulation or severe ex
them. the appetite, not so much in and through other per- haustion. Ask a medical man which he would prefer
Philosophically considered, there is no good reason Tenions of tho appetite, but directly by means of to- j to grapple with ; a case whero the powers were unduly
for combating the statement that tobacco aids, j bacco, having first formed a habit for it. It was but a \ wrought on, so that tho pulse was up to an hundred,
prompts, end forces immense numbers of persons to j little while since, that a statement well vouched for the eyes protruding, severe pain in the hend, lungs,
the use of ardent spirits, who but lor its use would 1 w it.- going the rounds of the press, affirming that out f stomach or bowels ; or a case whero vitality was defi
never think of using alcohol as a beverage. In the j of 700 convicts in Auburn, 500 had been convicted of j cient, tho action of the heart quite feeble, the blood
first place, it is known and acknowledged on all hands, j crimes committed when they wore drunk, and that propelled through the arteries slowly and deficient in
by medical men, that it is one of the most powerful j 460 of this number attributed their habits of inebriety quantity, and so imperfect nutrition as a consequence.
depressants in the whole range of vegetable poisons ; J to having first formed a love for tobacco To answer the question, one has but to ask it. The
thatits operation ia directly to relax the muscular sys- > Depend on it, the waters of the upper lakes will run former will allow bold, prompt, energetic measures,
tem, and greatly to prostrate and embarrass the ner- ; backward before tho drunkenness of these United tending positively and immediately to the lessening
vous forces. How then can it otherwise be than that States will be stopped,whilst tobacco chewing, smoking the action of the system as a whole, and oftentimes
nature should, in her efforts to counteract this destruc and snuffing, are una -sailed by the friends of the tempe can bo successful in twenty-four hours ; the latter re
tive agent, set up a loud call for extraneous aid 1 And : rance cause. Suppose penal laws were passed, pro quires the patching of months. I am aware that the
as the functions of nntrition, respiration, and circula hibiting the sale of alcohol as a beverage, with a view legitimate result of over-stimulation is consequent ex-
tion, all depend on sufficient vital or nervous force to to put an end to drinking, your statutes would be hautti r., but I also am satisfied that men would con
propel the organs to their work and its appropriate as weak against the evil as the withes of Samson j tiiiue to i; ■>' ardent spirits much longer without dying.
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or losing the last attribute that makes them men, were I are given up, the worst, both by reason of its virulence words ofVirgil in describing the descent ofAnscas toHetl !
thoy never to chew tobacco, or use it in any form. I and its enervating influence. 1 found them true. To acquire an ill habit, though it
I am not talking at random, but know what I say. I know a minister, now dead (killed by tobacco and cost me terriblo effort, as it did in my attempt to learn
Almost daily have I, in my professional capacity, to do strong coffee), who confessed to a mutual friend his to chew tobacco, is as nothing to the toil, the incessant
with both of the clashes described ; tobacco chewers, > utter incompetency to write, or think, or speak in the task-work, tho deep, immeasurable agonies conse
who call themselves temptrance men, and men who pulpit, without ho was under the influence of tobacco. quent on a trial to give it up. It was not till I was
drink ardent spirits or alcoholic beverages of some How terrible a habit it must bo, thus to take possession married, that I camo to bo sensible of the great, the
sort. If 1 take hold of a man or a patient, I inhibit the of a man. Tho old coses of demoniacal possession, in fatal mistake 1 had made, in addicting myself to a
use of ardent spirits immediately. Seldom do 1 find tho time of tho Saviour, were not more startling. habit of this kind, with a view to make a man of me.
any serious difficulty in keeping up his energies and re { When his prayers were tho most fervent, then the And my eyes wcro not opened by anything my lady
taining the tone of mind, so that it may be said of him, juice of his quid played on the nervos of his mouth and said. For aught I know, she was not more sensible
he is se//~-posscssod ; but repeatedly and repeatedly tongue tho most powerfully ; when his eloquenco was rality to tho great impropriety of the habit, than the gene
have I found strong-willed men to become eithor the most pathetic, his language the most chaste, his sprang of the women about her. My convictions
on mo in this way : I approached a man and
whining babies, or decidedly deranged for the hour, sentences the most rhetorical, his manner the fullest of asked him
under the sudden deprivation of their tobacco pipe or grace, his bearing the most majestic, when tho sparkle offensively for a chew of tobacco. His breath sinelled
to mo, and like a flash of lightning, the
cigar. The land is full of tobacco dklnkards. of his eye was like the lightning of a clear summer's thought came,
Ministers, deacons, church members, lawyers, doctors, eve—mild, but bright, when his face assumed a ra me, it may be ifthat this man's brcalb smells offensively to
mine smells unpleasantly to my
mechanics, agriculturists, all aro sltives, victims, little diance that mado the onlooker feel that he bad been wife. I will know. It shall not be said that a woman
better than beasts. I will give a case or two. with God, the whole ihing was a sluim, a farce, ahum-
bug, a piece of pantomime. The spirits that baptized for whom I entertain tho vory high respect that I do
I know a man of gray hairs, wealthy, of fino talents, him were coffee and tobacco juico. Have taken these for ono who has left the homo of her childhood, and
with a noble wifo and fine family of children. His away from him, and for all tho timo of church-service put her all into my hands for safe keeping, shall feel
eldest daughter is a very remarkable girl. This man he would have been a slavering, stammering fool, in that I am an object of disgust to her. Her good
sustains a fine character as a Christian and a man. Iio stead of an eloquent pious gentleman. opinion is to mo more than any habit I havo. Poor
is somewhere between fifty and sixty years of age. He I know a mechanic who spits out of bis mouth more fool ! Little knew 1 of the utter prostration of all my
has been for forty years a tobacco chewer and smoker. than apint of saliva daily, under his tobacco chew self-control, of the deep, horrible vassalage in which I
Ho has mado several attempts to cure himself of the ing ; who says he cannot cure himself, who has re was, of the bonds and fetters
habit, but has had to confess his impotency to his wife peatedly told me that without his quid ho would not
and childron. Humiliating spectacle ! A strong know a saddle from a bag of bran ; and who could in no " Round me Bet,"
minded man,ofgreat force of character and determina wise do his business without the aid of tobacco. He of the meanness of which I should find myself capable,
tion of purpose, bo far the bond-slave of a disgusting is a well-built man, but his flesh is flabby and soft, of tho dirty work which I should do before I should be
practice as to be compelled to own to his dear ones like that of scrofulous patients, and his large brain has saved.
about him, that all the moral, all the christian, all tho become so enervated that his memory is sensibly affec I went to my wife, and said to her, " Are my chew
physiological, all the tasteful, cleanly considerations ted. ing and smoking offensive to you 1 If so, tell mo !
that can be brought to bear ou him, aro useloss to the I know gravo and dignified senators in tho Senate Tho thought has seized mo that they are. If so, to
cure of this accursed habit. Ho must wear his chains Chamber of the United States, who havo entirely please you, 1 will give them up. Speak frankly to me*
till death breaks them. Ho must spit his life away. spoiled their voices by means of snuff-taking. They If I do it, 1 shall do it to please you."
Ho must make his wife every night when she lies in his ought to be ashamed of their barbarous articulation, She lookod me in the face, and said :
arms, take tho fetor of his breath, rendered doubly when thoy rise in their places to make speeches. But " Yes ! it is unpleasant ; but I get along during the
Blenching by tho use of tobacco immediately after I must come back to my own history. day, but at our night-rest I suffer. Your breath makes
meals. Good God ! I should rather die a thousand Months went by after tho purchase of my box. I me sick. It would please me to have you give it up.
times. Go where I would, I could find no deeper hell grew into the habit of chewing ; I did not smoke ; I suppose you can without much trouble."
than that which would spring up in my bosom at tho that would have exposed me to those whom I did not " Certainly, certainly. I nevor had a habit that I
thought of my accursed thraldom to a vicious, sickly, wish should know that I usod it. No gipsy girl bug could not give up when I said so." How the devil
nasty habit. Look at tho man ! Every time he spits, ged her amulet to her bosom, as a charm against tho at my elbow grinned, and said to the imps around him,
he says, " Wife, I am no man." A man is free. His evils of life, more watehfully than did I carry my to '* He's a bravo fellow, aint he ! We'll aoe how his
appetites, his passions, bis desires, his emotions, are bacco box, as a proof of real manliness. There were courage holds out in the trial.
all under tho control of his intelligence. To do or other thiugB connected with tho use of the weed, in " ' Brag is a good dog, but Hold-fast is better.' "
abstain from doing a thing, he has but to be convinced which Wickham instructed me. One was on no ac
that it is right or wrong, and the power to execute count to chew or smoke before breakfast ; tho other it "toCertainly, certainly, I can stop it, and I will stop
please you," and so commenced the effort. From
follows the conviction. I am not a man. 1 am a slave. was, always to swallow all my saliva. I followed his that hour
My habit is my master." Every timo he kisses his directions implicitly. If from any cause I was. forced wife shouldno not tobacco was to go into my moulh. My
children, his breath makes them stagger back, repulsed to forego my morning meal, 1 did not chew or smoke breath stank. I,"aturn her back to me," because my
newly married man, young, ruddy,
as if they had approached carrion,and it speaks to them till I had eaten ; and for fourteen years, I risk the as ambitious, wishing to prove that I was all and a little
in unmistakable language. " Your father is fallen, sertion, that no person ever saw me spit tobacco-juice more than my wife took me to bo in aim, strength of
very, very low." from my mouth. I studied cleanliness, prided myself purpose, firmness of will, power and desire to please,
Tho deeply diseased state of the nervous system on it, and succeeded in maintaining it. About six was not hesitant to grapple with this habit and break
which tho use of tobacco creates, and by which the months after I had used it, my father discovered that its bones as a giant crushes his victim. So I harness
mental powers are prostrated, and their possessor 1 chewed it. I shall never forgot his look. It w as one ed myself for the strife. Within twenty-four hours I
somotimes almost rendorcd imbecile, Is fully seen in the ) of unutterable agony. He said all that a parent was as imbecile as an idiot. Then 1 was irritable and
terrible struggles which ono often has to mako to de- 1 could say, who was guilty of the ill-habit, and doubt quarrelsome as Thersitcs ; then I was exhilarated as
liver himself. The vassalage is in exact ratio j less felt that his and others' example had seduced me. a wino-bibbor after the third bottle ; then incapable
to tho severity of the struggle for freedom. Judged 1 Exhortation came too late ; I was confirmed, and the of attending to business, then rolling and tumbling on
by this rule, the alcoholic appetite, the sexual passion, j spell of ihe demon was not to be broken by simple re- my bed in a fever ; then—shame to my medical ad
the habit of profanity, the gambling profession, all are > monstance on tho part of a parent. O, ye fathers and viser, back to my indulgence, as a sow goes back to
easily cured, compared with the appetite for tobacco. j mothers ! when will you learn that example is the her wallowing. I came forth from my struggle with
I may illustrate the forco of this view on this wise : < practical power 1 It would take an entire Journal to no laurels. 1 did not considor myself vanquished, for
Tako n drinker of alcohol, aliccntious man, a gambler, j describe the ill effects, tho absolute destructive effects I took the damnable stuff into my mouth " under ad
profane swearer, and tobacco chewer, bring them into j of tobacco on me. I had nightmare, partially devel visement;" and I vowed again, that I would conquer,
a " protracted meoting" and " conrort" them all. Tbe j oped catalepsy, somnambulism, great derangement of and I did, but I mado twenty attempts and failed, and
drunkard will cease his drams, the gambler will burn J tho digestive organs, ohronio liver complaint, and of came to loathe myself, and to wish that I could die.
his cards, the profane man's mouth will utter sweet : course a thousand ailments which I will not weary I was under perpetual throe and throb of conscience-
words, tho lecher will become pure, but tho tobacco j tho reader of my autobiography with. Let them all j It had come to be a matter of far greater import than
cheweu will fill his box anew, and say, " I cannot pass. I want to talk to them of my redemption. No j giving ]>leasure to my wife. The issue was, slavery or
break up tho habit." It is the only vice in all this j drunkard ever came from a lower hell—if hell consists ! freedom, shackles or free soul, manhood redeemed,
f broad land against which Christianity, up to this i in consciousness of loss of self-respect, of terrible dc- \ worth having, or tho merest animalism. Why should
hour, has fought a hopeless battle. And it is of all j gradation, of utter impotency—back to life, to light, 1 not fool disgust with myself ! Who can wake up
the pestiferous habits to whioh men, in this country, j to manhood. How many times I pondered over tho j and find himself tho victim of a vicious habit, and not
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foci as if he wanted to tpit in his own fact, when the
conviction forces itself on him, that he can't deliver
hinut/f, that his doom is scaled, that, like Nebu
chadnezzar, the spirit of manhood has departed, and
eagle's feathers and bird's elaws have beeome his na
tural adornments ? If there is a single being made in
tho image of God, who does not turn pale at night of
such metamorphosis, let him herd with beasts. 1 felt
that I waa made for better things.
BLOOD-LETTING-
The readers of our April number will recollect
the following :
"All was done that corr.o be done."—When
the friends are commenting upon a recent death, it in
very common for them to make the remark that " eve
ry thing in the world was dune, hut his timo had
come, no human power could .save." And if the course
of tho practitioner was full of energy, they will ear
nestly assure you that " nothing was left undone."
This is well exemplified in an anecdote which oue of
our ex-presidents was fond of j elat ing.
Traveling from Virginia toward the north, he rested
for the night at a tavern on the road; soon after his
arrival at which, the hostess came in from a neighbor
ing house with the females of her family, all exhibit
ing marks of deep distress, lie was informed that
they had been witnessing the parting scene of a young
friend, who had died of some acute affection. "Hut,
thank tiod !" observed the contented matron, "every
thing was done for him that was possible, for he was
bled $even-and-tiventy timet."—Huifatu Homavyuthist.
[.So have thousands, old and young, been sent into
the grave, and wc may find the same high-handed hu
man slaughter practiced wherever the old system pre
vails. Fathers and mothers ! look about you, and
count the number of premature deaths which have
taken placo under tho '* regular" mode of doctoring,
in your neighborhoods. Better let alone than take
their drugs, or let them take your blood.]— Water
Cure Journal, for April.
When copying this from our Buffalo friend, we
had no idea that it was ever to be in our power to
give to the incident, related by him, "a local hab
itation and a name." We are enabled, however,
to shite, on the best authority, that the "ex-presi
dent" referred to was Thomas Jeffekson. It so hap
pens that two of his grand-daughters, who were
his traveling companions on that occasion, are, at
the present moment, in this city, and retain a per
fect recollection of the occurrence. It took place,
not as they were " traveling from Virginia toward
the north," but during one of his customary semi
annual journeys from Montieello to Poplar Forest,
an estate owned by him in the county of Bedford.
Buckingham county was the theatre of this "reg
ular" carnage, or bloody work. It was there,
hard by a country tavern, kept by one Mr. G
that this memorable instance of "all was done
that could be done"— t3&~ by the virtues of "ven
esection," as the learned call it—took place. The
patient was an uncle of Mrs. G., the hostess; and
from her lips issued the consolatory reflection,
soothing the grief of her bereavement, that her
dear uncle had not died for want of proper care
and the best medical skill, inasmuch ns "he had
been bled srven-and-ticenty times"
Wo aro enabled, moreover, to state, that Mr.
Jefferson entertained the deepest distrust for drug-
giving in all its moods and tenses, and had no con
fidence whatever in the medical art, so far as this
consists in the administration of medicine. As to
blood-letting, he held it in perfect horror. Such
had been the results on his mind of close study of
the subject (and he had interrogated the best
medical writers, from Hippocrates down, and was
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j a great admirer of the Father of Medicine), of his into the wet packing, and kept him about one
! own individual observation, and of the opportuni- hour, and directed this course to be kept up, with
i ties afforded by his intimacy with members of the alternate sponging, which reduced the fever,
I profession—of whom Dr. Rush may be named as eased the pain, caused the swelling to subside,
| one—which, wherever he had lived, had furnished induced appetite, and in a few weeks the patient
| its full quota of his most valued friends and favo- was about his business.
j rite associates. Of one of these, a country doctor, During this treatment the discharges from the
| he used to relate, that, becoming every day more bowels were copious and frequent—so much so
i and more thoroughly convinced of the pernicious that it was a surprise to the attendants, and led
j effects of drugs, and of the serious danger often at- often to the inquiry where so much feeal matter
• tending their use ; whilst, on the other hand, peo- could originate, since the patient had taken so lit
i pie would fancy themselves or their children ne- tle food. The water treatment seemed to keep up
l glected if left to tin1 vis medicatrix Naturiv, which these discharges, and act as efficiently as we have
] alone could in truth effect the cur-', ami under the ever seen from the administration of botanic rem
j belief that they "required medicine," the influence edies.
| of the imagination would be set against their re- We reckon this among our hydropathic cures,
| eovery unless that notion was satisfied ; he was in and report it as such. It was quite convincing to
I the practice of accomplishing this object by adrain- us, from the fact that the treatment was Tery
J istcring bread pills, of which lie carried about an thorough and correct, yet without affording relief.
assortment, variously colored and flavored, Our allopathic brethren have generally conced
i As the only practical safeguard of the people ed that the botanic physician can cure rheumatism,
| against drugging and quackery in all its forms, and we have always considered that this form of
j Mr. Jefferson was anxious to popularize the sei- disease was easily managed by the intelligent
' ence of medicine, by making it—Physiology espe Thomsonian ; but in this case tho superiority of
cially—a branch of general education ; and it was the Water-Cure was clearly shown.
with this view chiefly that he was in favor of a
A Case of Childbirth under the Water
! Professorship of this branch of knowledge at the
University of Virginia; to the establishment of Treatment.—The article in the November No. of
which the latter years of his life were devoted, the Journal, "The Curse Removed," by Dr. Ni
with all the earnestness that could be inspired by chols, was read by a lady of my acquaintance, who
the conviction that this was the greatest service was so forcibly impressed with the truth of the
that could be rendered to his native state, and sentiments therein set forth, that she was decided
through her to bis country at large. In a word, at once to practice the precepts inculcated. As
the conclusions at which he had arrived upon the she expected to be confined in a few weeks, she
subject used to be summed up by saying; "I con commenced bathing in cold water every morning,
sider Surgery as Geometry, and Medicine as Astrol till the period of parturition arrived. This seemed
ogy." to invigorate and strengthen her more than any
Had Thomas Jefferson lived to hear of systemat other course of treatment she had ever pursued.
ic Water-Cure, to read of the cases in which its effi She had been the mother of five children, and
cacy has proved itself, anil to investigate the phy hence she liad a good opportunity to compare tho
siological and pathological explanations of the water treatment witli the method commonly prac
simple processes through which those (seemingly ticed.
most wonderful) results are obtained ; who can When labor commenced, we found her still de
doubt that it would have been hailed by him as termined to follow the course recommended by
one of the greatest discoveries ever vouchsafed to the hydropathic writers : we carried it out, there
fore, to the letter ; and the consequence was, she
was as strong and active the next day as she had
been, in her former labors, one week after tho
CASES OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM birth of tho others. She not only found the pro
AND CHILDBIRTH. cess very much facilitated, but the after pains,
which had in her former labors been severe, al
, BY PROF. I. M. COMINGS. most entirely wanting. She also found the child far
July 1th.—Called to see W. II., a young man, more healthy and robust than her former babes ;
twenty-two years of age, who had been sick about and, as we observed to her, tho child " was very
six weeks, with inflammatory rheumatism. lie old of its age." The second day 6ho was about the
had received the most thorough orthodox botanic house, and took the care of tho babe, and hud no
treatment, viz., vapor baths, lobelia emetics, cathar occasion for a nurse.
tics, liniments, tonics, stimulants, <fec. We found The above is our first case of treatment in par
this patient suffering severe pain in his lower ex turition, by water alone; but its success has been
tremities ; the knees swollen ; very sensitive to tho so flattering that we shall practice it in all the
touch ; unable to move in bed without extreme cases we may bo called to attend, and recommend
pain; tongue coated with brown coat ; pulse 110; others to follow it in future.
skin hot, and considerable febrile excitement We aro quite well convinced that the universal
The bowels had been opened for a few days, use of water treatment in childbed would not only
and copious, black, offensive discharges had been save numerous lives, but would serve to banish
quite frequent. Nothing more than slight tempo the male accoucheur from the parturient chamber;
rary relief had been produced by the above treat and this is a custom of society the abolition of
ment from a distinguished Physo-medical practi which is to be devoutly desired ; for the whole
tioner. We plainly saw that another course was course of parturition would become so easy and
indicated; accordingly we at once put tho patient simple, the great wisdom of the books would not
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be demanded to assist so natural a process, we
should soon be led to renounce the notion that
childbirth is a disease, and requires the skill of the
physician to assist the powers of the system.
In three cases of late, where our services havo
been bespoke, we have recommended a female ac
coucheur, and they have all succeeded finely. We
shall continue the same advice, and shall only go
where the opposition to female assistance is not
able to be overcome by the reasons which we have
adduced.
Although the fee is as desirable to us as to any
one, yet we cannot violate conscience and right for
the trifle of a few dollars. Where surgical aid is
necessary, we shall be willing to render any assist
ance in our power; but this is so rare in the
Water-Curc practice that it should only be the rare
exception to the general rule.
WHAT NATURE CAN DO.
BY DR. WM. A. ALCOTT.
Richard IL Dana, Esq., at page 442 ofhis "Two
Teal's before the Mast," speaks of a sailor who had
the scurvy very badly, but was cured, as he says,
off Bermuda, on approaching the United States, as
follows:
"By this time he was hardly able to
open his mouth ; and the cook took the potatoes
raw, pounded them in a mortar, and gave hjm the
juice to drink. This he swallowed by the tea-
spoonful at a time, and rinsed it about his gums
and throat.
"The strong earthy smell of this extract of the
raw potato, at first produced a shuddering of the
whole frame; and, after drinking it, an acute
pain, which ran through all parts of his body.
Yet, knowing by this that it was taking strong
hold, he persevered—-drinking a spoonful every
hour or so, and holding it a long time in his
mouth—until, by the effect of this drink and his
own restored hope (for he had nearly given up in
despair), he became so well as to be able to move
about, and open his mouth enough to cat the raw
potatoes and onions pounded into a soft pulp,
" This course soon restored his appetite and
strength, and in ten days after we spoke the Solon,
so rapid was his recoveiy, that from lying helpless
and almost hopeless in his berth, he was at the
masthead furling a royal."
Now the readers of this Journal have heard of
the " Hunger Cure," the cure by Pathetism, the
Water Cure, and I know not how many other
cures; but have they ever before heard of the
Potato Cure f If not, then we have been the holl
ered instrument of increasing their stock of know
ledge by adding another chapter to the history of
the marvellous.
How long time it required—i. e., at what period
of the sailor's disease it was that the vessel, freight
ed as above, spoke the " Solon," I am not able to
Bay with certainty ; yet, if my memory serves me
in any degree correctly, it was at the time when
he was lowest, and his case was considered the
most desperate. Here then was a cure of the most
, remarkable kind, performed in about ten days, or
less than a fortnight. Of all " cures," then, here
0 below, must not the "potato-cure" bear the prc-
1 eminence!
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But to be serious—for seriousness is certainly
becoming, at least on occasions—may not the no-
medicine cure come in here for a pretty large
share of the merit of the sailor's cure f Or shall
the merit be divided between orthopathy, homoeo
pathy, and hydropathy?
For, in the first place, the doses of potato were
pretty small ; there was at least au approxima
tion to the homoeopathic treatment. But there
was more than the billionth part of a grain of
the potato taken at a time. Secondly, there was
more water than potato in each dose ; and here,
perhaps, was an approximation to hydropathy.
But then there were shiverings and pain, which,
however, it was thought, augured favorably.
Here we come again on homoeopathic ground. But
orthopathy interposes here with her claims. The
man was not cured, she will tell us, by any reme
dial system ; he got well in spite of both medicine
and physicians.
Now who shall decide when doctors disagree !
One remedial agent, if no more, there must have
been—I mean hope. It is also obvious that all or
dinary remedies—those I mean of the apothecary's
shop—were set aside. I do not remember, in
truth, whether much had been attempted with
what are called the more active remedies, but I
think there had. In any event, they had now,
during the operation of the potato cure, been sus
pended, and the potato juice had been permitted
to act Or, in the language of orthopathy, medi
cine had been set aside-—nature had been permit
ted to do her perfect work, unembarrassed, except
very slightly by the potato juice ; and the water
which held the potato in solution had done all it
could towards the work of restoration.
For myself, however, I care very little about
names or systems. The sailor recovered ; and
that is enough. Nature was left, uncrippled by
medicine of any sort, in doses large or small. The
only positive known agents in the case were hope
and cold water. And these were sufficient. Per
haps hope would have been equally efficient with
out the potato, could the poor patient have been
furnished with something elso to pin his faith
upon ; as au ounce or a couple of ouuees of good
bread ; though we must confess, that, for our
selves, we like the cold water that went along
with it We believe that it was a tonic to every
; one of his debilitated fibres. Still we are dis
posed to refer the cure, no small share of it, to the
total abandonment ofactive or poisonous medicine.
We knew a lawyer, some ten years ago, about
ten miles from Boston, of whom it was said, one
day, near the close of winter, that he had just
i been cured of a troublesome cough of long stand
ing, by homoeopathy. Anxious to know the truth
i of the case, I availed myself of the first interview,
\ and the following dialogue took place.
' A I hear, sir, that you have been greatly bene-
' fitted by the new, or homoeopathic treatment. Ia
( it so?
i I am certainly much better—but of the
causes I am not so certain.
A. Havo yon not been under homoeopathic treat
ment ?
L. Yes, I have. Iliad little faith ill anything of
I the kind, but my friends overpersuaded me. I
j took medicine, and am certainly butter.
A. You will allow me to cross-question you a
little, I suppose, as you would witnesses in a
court.
X Most certainly.
A. Were you in the habit of taking medicine
before you came under homoeopathic treatment?
X. Not much—indeed nothing strictly medici
nal. The only thing I used was a kind of "old
woman's" mess.
A. Do you know anything of its composition !
X. Paragoric, squills, and balsam of some sort,
were, I believe, the principal ingredients.
A. Was it pretty strong of puragorie?
X. Considerably so.
A. Did you take it daily ?
X I never took it regularly at all. When my
cough was very troublesome, I sometimes took it
freely and often. At others I scarcely took it once
a-week.
A. When has your cough usually been most
troublesome—in the winter or in the summer ?
X. In the winter and spring.
A. In severe winters or mild ones?
X In severe ones.
A. How long have you been taking the homoeo
pathic medicines ?
X. From December till quite lately (about
three months).
A. Have you used none of your old paragoric
mixture during that time?
X Not a particle.
A. Have any changes been made in your diet?
X. Very slight. I was very simple in my habits
before. I have only been n little more rigid than
formerly.
A. Was this at the advice of your physician ?
X. It was.
To me the mystery was now solved. He had,
practically, abandoned medicine for three months ;
had used a correct diet, had been somewhat bene
fitted by hope, and still more so by the exceeding
ly mild weather of December, January, and Feb
ruary. Would not this explain everything? And
was it philosophical to assign other causes for the
change when these, alone, were amply sufficient ?
I do not assume that all the apparent cures of
homrcopathy can be disposed of in this manner,
for I have not seen them all. Neither have I the
slightest hostility to this or any other system of re
medial agencies. I have great faith in Nature.
And while I would not underrate man or his sys
tems, I would gladly exalt her and her powers.
Let truth prevail, though systems and men'should
both fall.
I INTERESTING CASES IN HOME PRACTICE.
| BY SOLOMON FREEZ.
; Tiif.he is no part of the world destined to reap
! greater advantages from the Water-Cure than this
great and sickly West. The diseases most preva
lent here arc fevers, and the diseases resulting
from the medicine taken to cure thorn. These
latter often prove fatal; but are generally attri
buted to some other than the real cause. It was
but a few weeks ago that a lady of our village,
who had been under care of a eoi pie of allopathic
doctors for several weeks, was consigned to the
tomb. The appearance of the flesh around her
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148 THE
mouth gave ineontestible evidence of the nature of
the treatment she had received. A hole was eat
en in her chock : the doctors said it was caused by
an ulcer. The people, after murmuring some,
went to swallowing drugs as readily as ever. But
a day of redemption must come ; mankind cannot
always bo made to believe that the best way to
cure disease is to add to the already overburdened
system the most deadly poisons.
During the past summer I have treated several
cases of fever with excellent success, with water,
which I should like to have recorded in the Jour
nal. Not that I think they have been been better
treated than other eases that have been published
in the Journal, but for the purpose of inducing
others, situated like myself, far from the reach of a
Water-Cure physician, to try it, and spare them
selves the necessity of taking drugs.
The first ease was that of a middle-aged man,
who had been afflicted with bilious intermittent
or remittent fever for much of the time for the last
four years. During all this time he was drugged
scientifically by one of the professors of the
Cleveland Medical School, at an expense of some
two hundred dollars. Coming to this part of the
country in search of a home, ho stopped at my
house, intending to remain a few days. During
his stay the chills reappeared ; not being in reach
of his favorite physician, and not wishing to em
ploy a stranger, he consented to try a course of
water treatment, though with little faith in it
The first day nothing but local applications, to al-
lay the fever, were applied. These acted like a
charm, and increased his faith in the treatment.
The next day, when the chill came on, he was
placed in a warm bath, in which he remained till
the fever came on, without any of the aches and
pains with which ho had generally suffered whilst
having the chill. As soon as the fever set in, ho
was placed in the cold sheet, which was changed
as often as it became warm, until the fever was
subdued. The two following days the treatment
was about the same. The fourth day, before the
regular time for the chill, he was placed in the
sheet, in which he remained for an hour and a
half, but he got no chill that day, nor since—now
six months. In less than one week after this he
went to clearing up the forest, and was able to do
more work in one day than he could have done in
three any time during the previous four years,
when he had been cured with drugs.
Another case was that of a boy, four years old.
Ho was taken with bilious fever ; an allopathic
doctor was called to treat him. He continued his
treatment for six days, the child growing worse all
the time; and the only consolation he could give
the anxious parents, at the end of that time was,
that the fever had changed to a typhus. The pa
rents thought their child must. die. They had
heard of my curing some eases of fever and ague,
and mentioned it to the doctor. He remarked that
fever and ague was a trifling matter, and might be
cured with water ; but it would not do to use it in
fevers of this kind. I was asked about it, and told
them that water was as applicable to typhus as to
any other fever: though 1 had never tried a case
of the kind, if they were satisfied their child could
not recover under drug treatment, I would do what
I could. They concluded to try it, as the child
could only die, and as they had given drugs a fair
trial, they should feel no stings of conscience if the
child did not recover. Wo then went to work in
the evening, and placed him in a sheet of four
thicknesses, wrung out of cold water, and let him
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remain in it till he became warm, and then changed we had such n dish of clear, lovely, delicious,
it I should have stated that the child was burn wheatcn mush, as the greatest epicure might envy.
ing with fever, and had been for nine days ; that Having succeeded so well with the grits, I
when we commenced the treatment, its feet and
hands wore cold ; warm bricks were put to its thought I would try to improve tho broad.
feet, which were left out of the sheet After Grinding the wheat a little finer, I had a meal I
changing the sheet three times, ho was washed for knew to be genuine. I then went to a chemist's,
several minutes with cold water, and left to rest for and bought an ounce of bi-carbonnte of soda, and
two hours. Tlie fever still continuing, he was an ounce of pure hydro-chloric acid. I also got a
again wrapped in the sheet, and sponged, and
again left to rest till morning. Finding the fever sheet of blue litmus paper. Taking two bottles.
not much abated at this time, he was made to sit 1 first made a saturated solution of the bi-earbonate
in a tub of tepid water, and had cold water poured of soda; then I diluted the acid until an equal
over him, until the fever was well subdued. He quantity of one would exactly neutralize the other,
was then put to bed, and the fever soon left him.
The next twelve hours he rested well, when the This 1 did by repeatedly testing with the blue and
fever again returned. He was again placed in a reddened litmus paper. After taking a teaspoon-
sitting hath, and had cold water poured over him ful from each bottle, and mixing them together, if
till the fever left him ; warm applications were there was an excess of acid the strip of blue litmus
put to his feet whenever they were cold : injec paper would instantly turn red ; if an excess of
tions were given to move the bowels. Whenever
the fever would arise, it was subdued with cool or alkali, the red would turn blue again ; but when
cold water. Besides this there was little done. the proportions were exactly right, there would be
In nine days the boy was well ; having steadily no change in the tests, and thus I had no acid, and
improved from the time we commenced. no alkali,—but what ? Why simple chloride of
soda—common salt, and nothing else.
So taking a pound of meal I put in a wineglass
of the alkali, mixed it up with water to the proper
consistency, and then poured in an equal quantity
THE STAFF OF LIFE. of acid. In an instant the whole mass, stirred
BY T. L. NICHOLS, M.D. rapidly and thoroughly, rises up, light as a sponge,
and in goes the bread into the oven, gets a tho
The researches of chemistry have confirmed the rough baking, and comes out,—light, and sweet,
experience of the world, in regard to the best food and most salubrious bread ; and simply salted with
for man. It is past doubt, that no single article the pift-cst possible salt, by the 6ame process that
combines so many valuable properties of nutri lightens it. The hydro-chloric acid unites with
ment, mixed in their proper proportions, as wheat ; tho bi-carbonate of soda to form common salt, and
and it is a lamentable thing that this most beauti the carbon goes off in the shape of carbonic acid
ful article is so nearly spoiled by the mischievous gas, making tho bread just as light as you choose to
ingenuity of man. have it.
Wheat has been eaten from the earliest ages, but I gave one of my patients a loaf of this bread,
happily for mankind, bolting cloths are of no great pretty coarse, to try it ; he found it delicious, but
antiquity, and it is but at a comparatively recent its effect was better than the taste, as it caused,
date that they have come into general use. If any for the first time in several years, a perfectly natu
man is in doubt on this subject, let him try the ral action of his bowels.
experiment, —living one month on bread made This mode of rising bread is certainly very sim
of unbolted wheat meal, and the next on su ple, and a beautiful experiment in practical chem
perfine flour. His system would tench him the istry ; but I do not know that it has any very de
difference. cided advantage over the ordinary methods. Hav
In the country, I suppose every man can send ing clean good wheat, coarsely and freshly ground,
his wheat to mill, and have it ground fine or is, I am certain, a great advantage.
coarse, nnd sent home bolted or unbolted. A
bushel of wheat is usually separated into fine flour,
middlings, shorts, nnd bran; and each of these SPECIAL NOTICES.
portions needs the others. In such a case the With this number closes the eleventh volume of tho
most sensible proceeding would be to mix them Water-Cure Journal.
all together again. In the city, whether Ave buy Volume Twelve will commence with tho next
our flour, or get broad of the bakers, we are not number.
sure of what we are eating. Much of the so-called New Sr itscRiDEns may receive the Journal for six
" Graham flour" seems to be nothing but shorts mimths at half a dollar, or a year at one dollar,
and bran. The richest part of the wheat is miss always in advance.
ing. All commerce is full of these frauds and
Cluiis of Twenty or moke will bo furnished with
adulterations. The wheatcn grits, or cracked the Journal at the rate of half a dollar a year.
wheat, sold at the shops, has not always seemed Subscribers who prefer it may receive tho Journal
satisfactory in quality or cleanliness. Determined for six months at tho yearly rates.
to know what I was eating, and to make sure of
For a Complete Prospectus, see last pago of the
having the best quality of the best article, I hit present
number.
upon the following expedient.
I went down to an agricultural warehouse in A Premium will be given to those who obtain clubs
Front street, and bought, first a little hand-mill, of twenty or more. See " A New Premium,*' on
another page.
for which I paid one dollar and a lialf. I then
Physicians and others who would aid in promul
bought a bushel of beautiful, clean, seed wheat for gating tho Water-Cure throughout tho world, may
two dollars. I fastened up my mill, screwed it to do so more effectually than in any other way by ex
the right degree of fineness, and the next morning tending the circulation of this Journal.
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abominations, instead of nourished with bread, lors of seven cases of puerperal anosmia from the
milk, fruits and vegetables. And when the dis same Boston Medical Journal, and in every case
ease commenced its work of devastation, as though the patient was treated with the preparations of
The Watkr-Curb Journal is published monthly, in New- it was not enough for nature to contend against the iron, and in every ease the patient died ! A specific
York City, at Ohb Dollar a year, in advance. accumulated force of bad habits, the doctor must is usually regarded as a sure cure ; but if Dr.
send a few additional poisons into the stomach for Dick's testimony is true, and if the Boston allo
All Letters, and other communications, relating in any
way to this Journal, should, in all cases, be post paid, and the vital powers to resist if they can ; thus lessen pathic periodical tells the truth, an allopathic
directed to the publishers as follows : ing the chances of recovery at least one half. specific must be a sure kill.
FOWLERS AND WELLS, Any person who will take pains to ascertain the BaEATniNG-rATHY.—We do not despair of our
No. 131 Nassau St., New York. history of drug medical practice in scarlet fever, allopathic brethren ; some of them are almost daily
will find a murderous narrative from first to last. seeing the error of their ways, which is the pre
But do not understand us as charging regular phy liminary condition to a knowledge of a better
THOUGHTS FOR JUNE. sicians with murderous intentions or any other bad j way. Every week we read, in communications
BY B. T. TKALL, M. D. motives. What else can they do, if required to ! from some of them, the expression of their utter
doctor a disease, but to doctor it as they have been i contempt and abhorrence of the whole business of
The Houses we Live in.—There are people of taug ht i Besides, there is not one in fifty, among
wealth in the world who live in fine houses, aud practicing physicians, who know anything about j drugging the human stomach. Ever and anon
they have a proper idea of cleanliness, and a nice j medical liistory. All they know or can know in Bome straggling ray of our light happens to beam
and commendable taste, as far as their houses are that system is, that such doctors and such books upon them, or some chance, whoso direction they
concerned. There arc families, in our cities, occu say that such drugs and such powders arc proper do not perceive, makes them acquainted with some
pying splendid houses, situated in clean wide for such symptoms and such diseases. new and wonderful virtue in air, water, food, or
Btreets, and having large airy yards. Within arc exercise ; new and wonderful to them, but parts
But to return from doctors and their drugs to
spacious sitting rooms ; large, well-ventilated sleep our living locomotive tenements. If parents do j and parcel of the system we have long advocated
ing apartments, and furniture which is always not wish to be visited with " mysterious Provi- j and practiced.
kept bright and polished. In fact the idea of dirt dences" in the removal of their dear ones, they ( Free breathing, or the full exercise of the respira
or dust—iu doors—on the carpets, on the win must have, at least, as great a regard for the purity tory functions, is peculiarly a hydropathic remedy.
dows, on the ceiling, or anywhere, is not to be tol of their bodies, internally, as they manifest in the i In weak lungs, contracted chests, incipient con
erated. The house is kept thoroughly clean from internal arrangement of the rooms and furniture sumption, general debility, <fec, Ac, it is a leading
the top of the garret to the bottom of the cellar. measure of medication. So refreshing and vivify
of their houses. ing is the free action of the lungs to those who for
But in those houses in which mortal tenants re
side, are tenements occupied by immortal beings. Distilled Water.—Th« Boston Medical Journal a long time have not half breathed, that somo
The bodies of the members of the family are the is continuing the publication of "Dr. Dick's alpha persons, who have accidentally discovered such
houses in which the real persons live. To vary the betical notices of subjects connected with the results, have conceived the idea of a specific in
figure, the bodies are the houses which the minds treatment of Dyspepsia." This Dr. Dick tells j full inspiration for some particular disease, and
occupy. How are these houses kept, in relation to some very sensible things, and some exceedingly ! even framed theories to explain the modus oper
cleanliness? After all they are made the recepta foolish ones. The following quotation is worthy S andi. Not long ago Mrs. Willard, of Troy, having
cles of every foul and unclean thing. These bodily of especial notice : witnessed the efficacy of forced and violent respir
houses, the tenements of the spiritual nature, are In treating of mineral waters, it may seem out J ation in throwing off the premonitory systems of
constructed of the substances employed as food ; of place to refer to distilled water, but I cannot cholera, actually believed she had discovered tho
forbear here adverting to the occasional remarka- true proximate cause of the disease, in a collection
hence they must necessarily partake of the char ble benefit derived from this means. It will be ]
acter and properties of that food, and be pure and known to some of our readers that the late Dr. j of carbonic acid gas in the lungs, and a cure in the
healthy, or impure and unhealthy, as that food is Prout often prescribed it, and in two or three cases decarbonizing process of free breathing. In fact,
good or bad. That this is a plain and true propo which the writer attended along with that dis- she wrote a very able treatise on the subject of
tinguished physician, and in which distilled water
sition, nil will admit ; but all are not ready, prac was habitually employed at Dr. Prout's suggestion, ! atmopathy, a term which these circumstances origi
tically, to adopt this truth. good effects followed. In one case, threatened j nated. The Southern Medical and Surgical Jour
Is not that house which has been formed and saccharine diabetes seemed to be averted. The j nal of a late date, gives us the following intelli
fashioned by the Creator of all, as good, as valua with writer has recommended the use of distilled water, gence on the breathing theme. The theory of " a
benefit, in cases of foetid halitus from the stagnation of blood in the venous sinuses," we think
ble, as worth preserving, and should it not be kept skin, accompanied with a dirty and greasy condi
as free from filth and contamination as the house tion of that tegument. It cannot be doubted, that is rather stupid ; but the practice is good never
made with human hands? Is not dust in the sto as a deobstrucnt agent, and one peculiarly fitted theless :
mach as bad as dust in the fireplace ? Is not a to eliminate foreign matters from the blood, none Sick Headache cured byfull Inspirations. By
foul ferment or offensive gas as bad in the blood can excel distilled water. M. Taviqnot.—" It was in the following manner
and breath of the body as in the vault or kitchen Now we admit Dr. Dick's testimony, and believe that I discovered the efficacy of this new and ap
of the house ? with him, that pure water—distilled water is pure parently
tion. In
strange method for the cure of this affec
October last, I was attacked with pain
Recently the scarlet fever has raged severely in —is excelled by nothing as a purifying agent ; but and weight in the head, anorexia, a physical and
some neighborhoods in New York and Brooklyn. we would respectfully propound the query : Why moral prostration, <tc Experience taught me that
In some families two, and in others three children is it that there is Dot an allopathic physician in New I had to remain in this state for twenty-four hours.
have died. We do not say that a child reared as | York, or Boston, who ever prescribes it ? They I concluded that this peculiar state of the nervous
healthfully as possible, in a city, may not have this employ it, to be sure, to dissolve chemicals, and as centres might depend upon a stagnation of blood
in the venous sinuses of the dura mater, as M.
disease ; but we assert, that such children will have a vehicle for the administration of drugs; but as Auzias Turenne supposes, or upon an imperfect
the disease in a milder form, and seldom or never to recommending it for its own properties or vir aeration of this fluid. I immediately commenced
die, unless assistedby art ? But to deduce the prac tues, where is the one drug doctor who has ever respiring freely and fully during several minutes.
tical lesson. In every fumily where the scarlet fe done it in the cities above named ? I perceived a sensible relief, which induced me to
continue, and in a short time I was cured. I got
ver has proved fatal, as far as we can learn, there An Allopathic Specific.—Dr. Dick, aforesaid, up aud undertook my usual occupations, as I felt
has been depredations committed on the body in tells us, through the periodical above named, that but a slight pain in my temples, which vanished
one or both of two ways—poisonous food or poi chalybeate waters are specific in chlorosis, anocniia, in a quarter of an hour. This result was doubly
sonous medicine. In most cases it will be found and some other affections. Chalybeate waters are agreeable to me, as it furnished me with a new and
practical remedy. In ten persons, upon whom
that the children's stomachs have been literally waters impregnated with the salts or oxides of it has been tried, one-half have found instantaneous
poisoned with pork, grease, sausages, bacon, old iron. Some of our readers will recollect that we relief, and in the others there has been an amelior
cheese, baker's pastry, candy, lozenges, and other have, within a few months, extracted flic p.irtiou. ation, or n complete fail are."
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HoRSE-FLESIl A3 1'OOD. As On aimisillg SpCcimc"
of the loose manner in which too many medical
authors write and think] we quote the following
from the Physo-medical and Surgical Journal,
especially as it gives us the opportunity to point a
moral :
Animal Food.—A correspondent desires to know
why horse-llesh is not a suitable article of food.
He reminds us of Doctor Franklin's question to the
savans of Paris: "Why," asked the doctor, "does
o bucket of water, with a lisli in it, weigh no more
than a bucket of water without the fish V Every
on« in the company had a different reason to give ;
but the doctor pronounced them all incorrect ;
and, at last, the question was referred back to hiin
for solution. "Gentleman," said the doctor, with
a mischievous smile, " before proceeding to give a
reason for the fact, it is necessary to ascertain whe
ther it is a fact, that the bucket witli the fish is no
heavier than without one. For my part, I have
always found it was." So our correspondent
should ascertain that horse-flesh is unpalatable,
before he asks us why it is so. As we have never
tasted the article, we would not presume to decide.
A person asks why horse-flesh is not suitable
food, and the doctor does not kuow whether it is
unpalatable or not! If there is any pertinency in
the answer, it implies that everything that is pala
table, no matter how morbid or unnatural the ap
petite, is suitable. The world has followed de
praved appetites quite long enough; it is time the
appetites were made to follow truth and nature.
To enable the physo-medical man to solve the im
portant problem, we will inform him that the
Kalmuck Tartar subsist principally on horse-llesh,
and they find it very palatable.
The following sentence occurs in the same article
from which the above paragraph is quoted :
It is a confirmation—if any were needed—of the
inspirations of the Scriptures, that the things
declared by Moses to be unclean, are generally
such as the discoveries of modem science have
proved to be unhcalty. The distinction of tho
Jewish lawgiver, of animals that part the hoof ami
those that have claws, will be found, with but few
exceptions, to mark the herbivorous and carni
vorous species.
For the farther edification of our respected con
temporary we must bo permitted to remark, that
tho animals called swine are among those declared
through the inspiration of Scripture, to be unclean
and proven by the discoveries of modern science
to be uuhealthful ; yet there is nothing in the
shape of animal food more palatable to modern
Christians, than pork aliment.
THE WAR OF THE PATHIES.
BT T. L. NICHOLS, M.D.
If we are to have a fight for the purity of Hy
dropathic principles, the sooner it comes the better
for us and for the truth. Hot shot for every man
who sails under false colors. Have not the people
been humbugged long enough by medical frauds
and medical impostors? Have they not had
enough of drug medications? What gives tho
Water-Cure Journal its circulation of twenty-five
thousand copies a month, now faster than ever in
creasing, exhausting editions, and going beyond all
common calculations,—a circulation of a medical
periodical unprecedented in the world's history ?
What is the living principle of the glorious reform
in health, and medicine, spreading over our coun
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try and the world t It is the Water-Cure, It is (
hatred of drug-poisoning. It is n return to nature, !
and a comprehension of her laws.
Eclecticism is a pretty word. Generally it
means a choice of evils. It is often a trimming to
popular prejudices and superstitions. Eclecticism
is on the fence. Not sure of the best, it tries a lit
tle of everything. An eclectic or rational temper
ance man drinks water, but he takes care to put a )
little brandy in it. The eclectic or rational hydro- i
pathist uses water, also, where people are in favor ;
of it; but he mixes up a few drugs with it, when I
people want them. He must poison a little—poi \
soning is so respectable. When the husbandman, }
in the Scripture- had sown his wheat, Satan came ;
and sowed tares; but our eclectic hydropnthists ;
save Satan the trouble, by sowing the tares them <
selves. They give a wet sheet pack to bring out !
the latent poisons of former medications; but at <
the same time poison a little mora. They may not i
believe that Satan can cast out Satan, but have (
great faith that drugs can cast out drugs. They i
set a thief, Opium, to catch a thief, Calomel, and go
on the true allopathic principle of curing one dis
ease by creating another.
Every man must practice the healing art, or poi
soning art, as the case may be, as he best under
stands it. I have no disposition to dictate to phy
sician or patient, though I may feel it my duty to
give my best advice to both. But I am greatly in
favor of calling things by their right names. Hy
dropathy and Water-Cure are words which ought
to have clear meanings. When I speak of a Hy
dropathic or Water-Cure physician, 1 mean one
who cures diseases with water; and I do not mean
one who gives drugs in large or small doses. Many
allopathic physicians make more or less use of wa
ter. Some of the most distinguished old-school
practitioners in New York prescribe sitz baths,
wet bandages, water injections, the douche, and
even the wet sheet pack, but they do not call
themselves hydropatha. On tho contrary, none
more bitterly denounce hydropathy. So our ho
moeopathic physicians, many of them, are getting
to use water extensively ; but none of them—none
who are honest, at least—claim to be Water-Cnro
physicians. And the Chrono-Thermalists, if I may
properly speak in the plural, make groat use of
cold affusion and the douche, but I have heard of
no Chrono-Thermalist who claims to lie a hydro
pathic physician. They give their quinine, arse
nic, prussicacid, milk punch, ami champaignc with
a commendable straightforwardness, if not with
an equally commendable discretion. All this is
well understood, and nobody is deceived by it ;
but no one expects a Water-Cure physician to give
drugs. They expect better things.
An infidel's going to church now and then, of a
pleasant Sunday, does not make him a Christian ;
but when a man culls himself a Christian, we do
not expect him to swear, steal, get money or repu
tation under false pretences, or pretend to one
thing and do another.
If Hydropathy is anything, it is because it dif
j fers essentially and radically from other medical
systems. If Water-Cure means water and drugs,
it is a sham and a humbug. Where is the differ
ence, pray, between water and drugs, and drugs
and water ! Who cares whether a man is a Hy-
dro-Allopath, or an AJlo-IIydropath. Whichever
way the breed is crossed, it is a mongrel, marked
| with long ears, and it is to be hoped that it labors
under the usual mulish inability to continue the
species.
No, friends, the truth must out. The man who
claims to lie a Water-Cure physician, and yetgives
drugs, in large or small doses, sails under false
colors, pretends to be what he is not, and either
has no comprehension of the philosophy of hydro-
pathy, or is weak enough and dishonest enough to
go against his own convictions. Perhaps the short
way to say it, would be to call him a knave or a
fool ; but such hard words arc of no service. A
man may do what he knows to be wrong without
being a knave. He may be weak, timid, time-serv-
ing, conservative. And a man may fail to under-
stand the system of nature without being a fool.
Men seldom act up to their knowledge of right and
their convictions of duty,—but good and brave
men always do ; and no man can take a leading
part in any great reform, who does not.
We owe it to the people to define our positions
and our names. The people understand by a Hy
dropathic physician, one who cures diseases with
water, and without drugs; and for a man who
uses drugs in any way, to claim this title, without
explaining his position, is a shameful fraud.
Let him call himself an Eclectic, a Hydro-Eclectic,
a nationalist, or what he pleases. He has no
moral right to call himselfa Water-Cure physician,
without some qualification. People apply to such
doctors, expecting pure hydropathic treatment,
and because they have been saturated and sickened
with drugs; and, to their astonishment and dis
gust, are ordered to take more medicines. They
go to what are termed Water-Cure establishments,
in the hope of being cured of drug diseases, and
find their old enemy coiled slily away among the
packs and douches. Is this right i Is it honest i
Is it consistent ?
What conclusion can we come to, respecting a
professed hydropatb, who gives medicines, but
this—that he either does not understand hydropa
thy, or that ho has no confidence in it ? If water
is the best of nil remedial agonts, why use any
other when water is at hand? If drugs are always
and under all circumstances injurious, why use
them ever? If all the good effects of drugs can
be produced with water, without their injurious
consequences, why should we mix them up to
gether? How cm a man have any respect for
himself, who either pretends to be a hydropathist
and does not really believe in the doctrines of Hy
dropathy; or who practices contrary to his own
belief?
There is a cant of toleration, and liberality, and
eclecticism, which has misled some, otherwise sensi
ble and well-meaning practitioners. They arc
afraid of being considered ultra—they dread cxclu-
siveness—they hate the very name of reform. As
if a bravo good man, knowing that ho is right, can
stand up too boldly, too purely, too strongly in
that right. As if there were any ultraism in truth,
or as if a man eould be too exclusive of error and
evil. As if it was not our glorious mission to re
form tho world, and redeem it from its sufferings
and wrong?.
Oh! shame on bueh cowardice 1 Shame on the
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craven who will mix wrong with right, to gain the
credit of liberality and eclecticism. Shame on the
man who will not stand by a great truth, and who
will sacrifice a principle to gain the applause of
ignorance !
I have no fear of the result Tho brightest
gleam of truth, that is now shining over this poor
earth, is the Philosophy, the Theory, nnd the Prac
tice of the Water-Cure ; and this light cannot be
obscured by the owls and bats it has blinded. If
practitioner, educated in the grave errors of Allo
pathy, or the amusing charlatanries of Homoeopa-
pathy, or a bastard Botanicism, or the Eclecticism
that jumbles and confuses, all cannot understand
Hydropathy, there are thousands of clear-minded
men and women who can. If time-serving and
mercenary physicians adopt a name, and neglect a
principle, the people demand a purer faith nnd a
more consistent practice. The man who puts his
trust in the honesty nnd intelligence of the peo |
ple, will keep their respect and confidence the
longest It will be found in medicine, ns in other I
matters, that " honesty is the best policy."
I do not mean to offend—I speak my honest [
convictions, because the time seems to have come f
for me to do so. If Hydropathy is to be sustained,
it must be upheld in its purity. Our fountains
must rim clear. We must mix no vile drugs with
the simple element If the Water-Curo is based
on the laws of nature, every mixing up of other
systems is a violation of those laws. If Water-
Cure is anything, it is everything. The man who
gives drugs in any form, practically denies faith in
the Wnter-Cure, and betrays its cause ; and the
man who lacks faith, or knowledge of Hydropa
thy, and yet makes a pretence, of practicing it,
must be actuated by a mercenary spirit, and is
unworthy of any place in this great reform.
These are the sentiments of one man. True,—
but they are also tho sentiments of every man
who thinks and feels as I do. No one who reads
Water-Cure books, or understands Water-Cure
principles, can feel otherwise. This has become a
question of stern and uncompromising duty. Our
cause in us triumph, but its false friends can in
flict upon it far greater injury than its open foes,
as religion can flourish amid the fires of martyr
dom, but falls into contempt when disgraced by
its unworthy professors.
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APPLICABILITY OF WATER IN
CHRONIC DISEASES.
BY E. A. KITTREDGE, M.D.
Take what is called " Liver Complaint," where
the liver has had to do double duty for years, it
may be, and the skin has not been thoroughly
cleansed the whole time ; and how, I would ask,
con any one hope to euro it by tho use of drugs ?
The liver, in all eases, is more or less inflamed or
irritated, and how is it possible tliat it can be
brought under the influence of medicine and not
be disturbed still more?
If the simplest food will create pain and distur
bance of the biliary functions, what must not
" medicines" do?
Nature, knowing the impossibility of quelling
insurrections in one of her chief citadels, while
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there was anything to feed the flame of rebellion,
wisely stops the appetite at such times, in order
that the excitement may cease, knowing that flame,
without fuel, cannot last always.
But Dr. Allopathy, disregarding the hints of na
ture, blindly persists in throwing, into the very
centre of the citadel, the means of keeping up the
excitement; the munitions so useful in the war of
extermination, because so deadly.
To be sure, he lays the flattering unction to his
soul, that he is n friend to good organization, and
would not, for the world, give help or " succor to
the enemy." In fact he is doing all, as he thinks,
for the best, quieting instead of increasing the dis
turbance I but in this he is most egregiously mis
taken. He may cry Peace, but there is no peace,
neither can there be, to the troubled garrison, any
more than could be in a citadel of besieged sol
diers, in the midst of which bomb-shells, eontain-
ing all sorts of combustibles were constantly be
ing thrown by an enemy.
Meaning well is a poor excuse for doing wrong
. when you have the means of knowing better.
Oh that I could but persuade my brother physi-
cians to try the new and better way of curing dis
eased action.
But had I the eloquence of a Cicero, and tho
power of a Sampson, I could not move many of
them ; for alas I the people, as yet, on whom they
depend, hunger and thirst for physic, and they will
give it to them, for tho " consideration," if for no
other motive.
To those who are willing to hear anything, and
prove all things, and who have found themselves
baffled, time and again, in curing bilious com
plaints, let mo beg of them to listen patiently to
what I have to say ; and all I ask of them is to try
the simple methods which I will herein and after
lay down ; and which they must know will do no
harm,—and then, if they do not acknowledge that
the Water-Cure is the cure over and above all they
ever before dreamed of, I will never open my
mouth again.
First then, let them begin in nil cases by first
cleansing the body thoroughly, as the long pent-
up, morbid matter must have an exit, or you can
do nothing. This being done, if there be fever
or great irritation, don't get in a passion, and re
venge yourself by shedding blood—" Whoso shed-
deth man's blood," <fec ; but go to work in a sensi
ble and rational way, and cool it down. For this
purpose sitz-baths, wash-downs, rubbing wet
Bheete, etc., may be used ; and they will be found
far more effectual than the lancet, or any of the
" antiphlogistic" treatment mado use of by the all
opath ; and what is of more consequence still, it
will do it without doing any violence to the laws
of health and being, which they do not contend
can be done allopathically.
Having reduced tho fever, which sometimes is
great—though, as a general thing, there is not
much in " Chronic Liver Complaints"—the next
great objects are to quiet irritation, and equalize
the circulation. Fortunately these two ends can
both be accomplished by the same means, viz., the
" wet sheet"
Of course we can give no specific directions as
to tho length of time, Ac, the patient must remain
in the sheet, as that will depend altogether upon
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who he is ; how long he has been sick ; tho state
of the nervous system ; his other difficulties, <fcc.,
Ac But the judicious physician—and none other
should attempt to practice—will know how to use
them, especially if they have made any experi
ments with them, or have studied into tho treat
ment any.
I believe, as a general tiling, the patients are
kept in too long in almost all coses. " A little
learning n a dangerous thing." Many people are
apt to go on the principle, " that if a little of any
thing is good, a good deal is better,"—but this is
not true in all cases ; especially is it untrue in the
case in question ; for people troubled with long
standing inflammation of the liver almost invaria
bly have more or less headache, caused by the sym
pathetic irritation on the brain ; and every expe
rienced Hydropath knows, that long packs are
very apt to cause a " determination to the head ;"
then again, long continuance in the pack ener
vates, as it is neither more nor less than a warm va
por bath after the first ten minutes or so.
From twenty to sixty minutes is long enough
for anybody, as a general rule; the object being to
get up a thorough determination to the surface,
bringing the blood into the capillaries, that have
all along been pressing on the internal organs—
the removal of which pressure is what restores, as
nothing else can, 'the equilibrium of the nervous
system.
The wet sheet pack, not only effects these two
most important objects, in a most masterly man
ner, but it also is a most efficient measure for the
removal of obstructions in the liver and other
glands, by the shock it produces—doing all that
calomel can do that is good, without any of its
terrible consequences. More anon.
WOMAN'S DRESSES.
BY MBS. R. B. GLEASON.
That noble writer, Fenelon, when describing
Telemachus, journeying in search of his father,
Ulysses, represents the youth to have been ship
wrecked on an island where reigned the beautiful
goddess Calypso. She being enraptured with his
wisdom, youth, and beauty, desired to retain him
in her isle. For this end she caused him to be
clad in purple, embroidered with gold, to divert
his thoughts from his worthy sire, of whom he
was in search, and from the land of Ithaca, his
home. While be was contemplating his new cos
tume with great delight, Minerva, the goddess of
wisdom, appeared before him, in the figure of an
old man, and said : " Are these, then, oh ! Tclema-
ochns, the thoughts that should occupy tho heart
of tho son of Ulysses? Know thou that a young
man who loves to deck himself fancifully as a wo
man, is unworthy of wisdom or honor."
Now, have not we, as a sex, been so engrossed
with our outward ndoruings, as to forget, in a
good degree, the prime objects of our earthly so
journ ? Like Telemachus, wo have found our de
light in our apparel ; and by it been diverted from
life's more important duties.
If this is unworthy of man's chief attention, then
why not of woman's ? If the man who lives to
dress, instead of dressing to live, has neither wis
dom, dignity, nor honor, then why not so with
woman ?
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Let us believe with some ancient tribes, that
woman is not immortal, or else admit that she has
a higher destiny to fulfil Hum that of merely
dressing well. Many deem it the acme of praise
to say of her, that " she is handsome, and dresses
admirably," neither of which are any certain in
dications of merit—for the former is an inherit
ance, and the latter may be owing to the good
taste and industrious fingers of her dressmaker,
and not to her own.
Do not understand me to mean that dress is a
trifle, above an intelligent woman's attention : by
no meant. That woman who dresses truly veil is
entitled to much credit, or some of her friends are ;
but it should not be the Alpha and Omega of her
thoughts. Pardon the frequent use of the word
Woman. It is a good old-fashioned term ; an es
pecial favorite of mine, though now so fallen into
disuse, that a modern minister " is said to have
said" in a sermon, that the " Indict were last at
the cross and first at the sepulchre."
But to the poiut—why man's apparel should be
plain, simple, durable, comfortable, the same suit fit
for all times of day, and all sorts of occasions, and
woman's the opposite of all this, is to me a myste
ry. Hit will endure sunshine and showers, with
out material injury. Hers is often well nigh " ru
ined" by exposure to the dews of heaven, or the
smiles of a cloudless sky. One protects tbe wear
er from the weather,—the other the wearer must
protect from the weather. What a damper on one's
" feast of reason and flow of soul," to be in a con
stant " worry," lest your fancy silks, perhaps pur
chased at a cost yon could ill afford, shall be spoiled
or soiled on their first excursion ofpleasure But
fortunately it affords your escort an opportunity
to display his gallantry by his watchful and dex
terous care to protect your frail apparel from
harm ; and is to him a foreshadowing of cares to
coma. But must woman be clad in gossamer ;
dine on humming birds' tongues, and sip the dew
of roses, to render herself beatifully frail and
lovingly dependant, and thus fulfil her mission
here ? Ah I no. Her life, well lived, is no " May
game of rosy hours, 'mid green flowery spaces,"
more than man's.
Not that she should adopt the male attire in full,
as the Mormon women have done, in some sec
tions. Woman has her anatomical, physiological,
and psychological peculiarities ; and, let her dress
as a whole, be peculiar to her sex. This she may
have, and still wear articles in likeness of his, if it
suit her convenience better than any other form.
In this there can be no more impropriety than in
man's wearing a calico or worsted wrapper in his
study, or in the sick room, if ho finds it a matter
of ease or economy to do so ; or of his putting on
an apron to protect his broadcloth when engaged
in certain duties. Many seem to fear that the
beauties and graces of the sex will vanish like the
"morning cloud and early dew," and in their
place only a grots affectation of manliness, if she
attempt any radical reform in dress, or engage in
any avocation hitherto peculiar to man. The fact
that woman's dress is frail, inconvenient, unhenlth-
ful, a tax on her time to make, put on, change,
<te,, and man's the opposite of all this, it in nowise
follows that, to improve her garments, she must
adopt his entire.
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Different ages, nations and fashions, have shown ( were no other way of getting rid of such a nui- r )
that costume may be more varied in form than one ; sauce. £p
could compute in a lifetime, even with the aid of ; Often young Misses, and some whose years
the rule of permutation. From all these forms it ; should have made them wiser, spend two hours to
would seem one might be selected which would j dress for church, a party, or a ride ; with a hand
combine beauty, ease, and durability. In short, a or two to help them put on, take otf, select, advise,
style which should not be a sort of " Aaron's rod, compare, <tc Ten minutes, or at most fifteen,
i swallowing up" one's time, means, thoughts, be- should be sufficient time for any woman to dress
j sides making sad havoc on health. for any occasion, a wedding not excepted ; though
Simplicity is the soul of both beauty ami utility. the bride who might be supposed to be somewhat
Our enlightened mode of dress is too complex ; has agitated, and somewhat more particular than
I ft . p. For example, as many yards, usual, might be excused for taking a little more
1 as many stitches in the flounce on the skirt as time. Though I remember well to have attended
on the rest of the dress. They make a short, thick the wedding of a friend, and arriving at an early
set person look as broad as long, somewhat like a hour, was sent by the mother to her daughter's
walking pumpkin. As for those who are tall and room, to seo if she would like my assistance in
slim, 'tis said they relieve the distance from head dressing. To my surprise, I found her yet in her
to foot. Well, that is true ; they do form a line of calico, busy washing, combing, brushing, and dress
demarcation, on which Uio eye can rest, if it is ing all hor younger brothers and sisters, of which she
weary of so long a survey at one glance. Perhaps had a " goodly number." When this was done,
our tall, lean Yankee gents would improve their the guests were gathering fast; but the dear girl
i by having a few on their pants. Iflchabod i was attired in due time, and a neater, sweeter
Crane had only hit on this invention, he would bride, one would have to ;o far to find. Many lips
have been a still more interesting personage, when spoke in praise of her be utiful and simple attire ;
a schoolmaster in Sleepy Hollow. and many eyes would doubtless looked sharp for
No doubt flounced trowsers would look a trifle faults, had they known that she had made her
odd at first ; but when we once became accustomed self ready for her marriage, with about one-quarter
to the fashion, we should say, "Neat but not gau the time and thought they had expended in pre
dy," as the monkey said when he painted his tail, paring to witness the ceremony.
a streak of red and a streak of yellow. Let one have a suit for the season always nt
Then so much "flummery" about one's sleeves. hand, always in rig, and then one can be ready to
Surely thrible caps, flowing sleeves, under sleeves, obey any summons on short notice. Let it be of
wristlets, bracelets, and broad gay ribbons are not some durable material ; for it not only costs money
needed to give either beauty, dignity, or worth, to buy, but that which is still more precious, to
to the arm of industry. At present articles arc select, to fit, to make. Then one feels so much
being worn about the wrists, technically and tru more at ease, and at home, in a garment that you
ly called puffs. If they were air-tight, they would are familiar with. To me a dress is like an old
make good lifo preservers, or if tilled with hydro friend, the longer worn, the dearer it becomes, un
gen gas might answer for a balloon. til, like some other faithful, but well nigh worn
Some have what resembles a series of tunnels, out servants, it is still cherished for the good it has
arranged within each other, varying in capacity, done.
from half-a-pint to four quarts, the lesser orifice Among the labor-saving inventions of this age,
encircling the wrist, the larger reaching well nigh pray let one appear in the shape of a suitable
the elbow. attire for woman.
The only clue I have been able to get, as to their Forest City Water-Cure, Ithaca, N. Y.
object or utility, is to make the hand look smaller
and more delicate ; and truly it does look " tiny" WATER-CURE AT HOME.
enough, peeping out from beyond such a huge BY A FttlESI) Of HUMANITY.
envelope. Then does not man's "broad big" I will give you the facts of a ease in my own ex
hand need something to relieve it's size, beside a perience. In march, 1813, being in bad health
plain coat sleeve ? But it it true, that the hand is and pregnant for the fourth time, and having lost
such a useless, graceless appendage, that we need all confidence in our former physician (an Allo
to make it appear as diminutive as possible ; or to path), I went to a Thoinsonian Infirmary, and en
cast it into the shade by mulls, and frills, as though dured the torments of a course of medicine, which
it were a deformity I left me in a much woi'se state than it found me. I
No, rather say, " All honor to the toil-hardened continued the use of Thoinsonian medicine for a
hand," with its bones, muscles, and tendons well few weeks, when I found I was growing " no bet
developed by useful labor. ter very fast." I was suffering from indigestion,
Another evil, is that of kecpin such a vast j constipation, neuralgia, and a train of evils—was
amount of clothing constantly on hand. It all quite unable to labor. In June I was examined
demands care and must be looked over and over, by a person who had been studying Preissnitz's
to select the dress most appropriate for the time, mode of practice, and who ordered me to abandon
and then, from a host of trimmings, some must be the use of tea and all kinds of medicine, using
culled to match the dress and the occasion. water only as a drink ; and to take a sponge-bath
How one can want- half a dozen dresses for in the morning, followed by rubbing, and change
cold weather, and a dozen for warm, is to me a of clothing. For prolapsus uteri, a sitz-batb, mid-
great mystery. Surely one would think with Mrs. forenoon and afternoon : for neuralgia—a towel
Swisshelm, that one would want a fire to relieve wrung from cold water applied to the seat of pain,
an overstocked wardrobe occasionally, if there and much friction to the extremities. A plain nnd
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regular diet I followed the prescriptions to the complete set of the Water-Cure Library, in seven ten, member of the Royal College of Surgeons in
letter. In July I attended a course of physi large volumes London.
ological lectures, and heard much which encour Those who send us one hundred subscribers " The establishment has been expressly built for
during the year and $50, shall receive one hundred hydropathic purposes, and visitors from vurious parts
aged inc to persevere. In September I dismissed j copies of the Journal, and two complete sets of tho of the world have declared, that for salubrity of
my hired help, and did the work for a family of ! Library, and one hundred copies of tho Water-Cure situation, the purity of its numerous springs, and tho
variety and convenience of its baths, it stands quite
six up to the day of confinement. I suffered much Almanac for 1352. unrivaled. The private walks extend forseveral miles
less than formerly during parturition ; and what To those who send us twenty subscribers and $10, through wood and open country, and a pleasure ground
W above every other consideration, I was deliv we will send Iwcnty copies of the Journal one year, brilliantly lighted with gas, a well stocked fruit and
vegetable garden, billiard room, ice house, dairy, &c.,
ered of a healthy son, who is now more than six and fifty copies of tho Water-Cure Almanac. are attached to tho house, and every attention is paid
years of age, and has never taken medicine, nor These Premiums may be sent by express at a very to the comfort of the patients."
known ordinary sickness, notwithstanding he has small Expense to any place desired. Ireland will yet be redeemed, her people disin-
Several persons in a neighborhood may combine, thralled, not only from drug doctors, but some
had the measles and hooping cough ; but nothing form a club, and divide the premium. other evils too vile and wicked to mention. May tho
has ever kept him from active exercise every day. M\ny friends will do all in their power to extend principles of hydropathy renovate, purify, and instruct
I feel confident that the Journal is doing a good the circulation of this Journal, irrespective of any the ignorant and protect the innocent. Success to the
work in this place. May you long continue your remuneration, conscious of the good it will do to suf Water-Cure in Ireland I
labor of love, and be sustained by an intelligent fering humanity.
community throughout the whole country ! All subscribers will commence with the next
volume (XII.), dating July, 1851, to continue one GOSSIP FROM BOSTON-
year. BY nogos.
The Hydropathic Encyclopaedia, a system of Hr- We now confidently appeal to those who have re Dear Gossips :—Among all the higher and lower
dropathy and Hygiene, in eight parts, design ceived benefit from the reading of this Journal, to lend law talk, even in these days of fugitiveness, and when
ed as a Guide to Families and Students, and it their influence, to describe its merits, and present money is so tight that it takes two pair of Dr. Hitch
a Text-Hook for Physicians, with numerous illus its claims to their friends in all parts of the country. cock's patent forceps to draw one dollar from some
trated engraYir ps. By R. T. Trai.l, M.D. New Every man and woman may becomo the means of folks' coffers—aye, even in these latter days, when
York : Fowi. jrs k Wells, publishers. Trice, 25 saving human lives, relieving human suffering, and of Hydropathy, in tho natural way, is ruling and over
cents each part, or $2 for the complete work preventing disease, by obtaining subscribers to this ruling nil tho land round about the sea—cleansing, as
This Encyclopaedia is divided into parts, contain Journal. Are these not reasons sufficient to induce never before, the wharves, stores, and cellars, and mak
every one to respond to this appeal I ing wharfingers and wharf rats scamper like the
ing, A few hours* time, a heart in the right place, and a Dutch ; and trees, which havo shaken their heads in
I. The Outlines of Anatomy, illustrated. head of liberal dimensions, are enough to secure all proud defiance to the winds, challenging old Boreas to
II. Physiology op toe Human Body, illustrated. wo ask, namely, the universal diffusion of the Water- do his hardest, have all at once been prostrated in tbo
III. Hygienic Aoencies and the Preservation of Cure Journal. Friends, wo hear from you dust, with their heels now where their head used to
Health. again 1 be ; when houses, with inmates locked in slumber,
IV. Dietetics and Hydropathic Cookery. walk off upon the mighty waters at high tide, and get
V. Theory and Practice of Water Treatment. shocked Death of Edwin J. Merce —We are pained and themselves down miles away from their original lo
to hear of the sudden death of this estimable cality ; and ohildren, left by washerwomen, are found
VI. Special Pathology and Hydro-Therapeutics, citizen. He departed this life at about one o'clock on floating in the cradle and on tables, within two feet of
including, the nature, causes, symptoms, and Thursday, tho 17th April, after a few days' illness from the chamber floor, by the anxious mother, who had to
treatment of all known diseases. an ordinary bilious fever, though, as the disease ap be ferried in a boat to get at 'em—even in these days
VII. Application to Surgical Diseases. proached its fatal termination, it was called typhus or of marvellous doings, I nay, the wonders of tho
VIII. Application of Hydropathy to Midwifery typhoid fever. Probably it was one of those cases, not Water-Cure are absorbing the attention of the multi
and the Nursery. uncommon, in which a mild type of fever is rendered tude, male and female, rich and poor, and those of high
The First Part of this work is now ready for sub malignant " by tho deadly virtues of the healing art." degree.
scribers. It may bo ordered and sent by mail to any Mr. Mercer was extensively known as proprietor of Yesterday, riding in tho cars, I overboard a lady
post office. We shall refer again to this most valuable a temperance eating-house, corner of Ann and Nassau and gentleman talking about the use of cold water in
work. It is a noblo contribution to our water-cure streets. In personal habits he was very exemplary, sickness. One said she " had lately got into the
literature, and the cause of Hydropathy. and was not only an abstainer from all intoxicating habit of bathing every morning in cold water, and she
drinks, but '* temperate in all things." He had filled, really believed it had helped her cough more than all
with credit to himself and to the universal satisfaction the medicine she had ever taken," and she had taken
of his constituents, the post of Assistant Alderman of pints of cod liver oil, quartsvof Schenck's balsam, nnd
Biisnllflttij. the Second Ward, and be was a devoted friend and almost every other kind of nonsense made and pro
active member in many of our temperance, beneficial, vided.
Our New Volume —Already are our friends and and reform associations. Few men in our city had The gentleman remarked that ho " was convinoed
co-workers proving their faith in the glorious princi more warm-hearted friends, and we know not that he that cold water was the best medioine in the world,
ples of Hydropathy, by coming forward in large num had an enemy. A few days ago he was among us, in and if folks only know bow, and were not afraid to use
bers, thus early, with lists of subscribers, moro nu the full vigor of health and strength. In the middle it, they might save themselves a great many dollars in
merous than ever before. period of life, surrounded by an affectionate family, the course ofa year,besides muoh siokness and trouble."
Indeed, every man and woman, who have become enjoying tho friendly intercourse of an extensive circle I innocently inquired of them if they would put a sick
well acquainted with the Water-Cure Journal, and of friends, and reaping the just rewards of a business child, all burning up with fever, into cold water. 11 Put
appreciate tbo truths which it advocates, work for it conducted with strict integrity and reference to tho 'em in !" said the woman. " Yes, indeed I would, and
wherever and whenever an opportunity presents. public good, the prospect for a long lifo of usefulness keep 'em in, and keep putting 'em in." " Well," said 1 ,
We have " volunteers" who feel it a duty and a and happiness woe all that could bo desired. But, alas ! " I've heard there was a law to prevent cruelty to ani
pleasure to make the world acquainted with the tho destroyer came. From whence he came we say mals, and now I sec tho necessity of it !"
laws which govern Life and Health. They who not. IVhy this man should have died so young, so " Cruelty !" said she; " it is the concentrated essence
have themselves been blessed with physical salvation strong, so full of life, so triflingly diseased, is indeed of kindness compared with the way I used to doctor
know how good it is. Hence their willingness to a " mysterious providence," unless we can find its so my children ; pouring down senna tea, giving 'em
recommend it to others, that they too may be made lution in the misdirected efforts of those well-meaning rhubarb and molasses, pounded pills, &c, &c., holding
HEALTHY and HAPPY. physicians who verily thought they were doing God their noses and hands all the while."
Agreeably to a very prevalent custom, the Publish service in warring, with destructive poisons, upon tho " Yes," said I, " that was disagreeable, I know ;
ers of the Water-Cure Journal havo determined to remedial powers which he has implanted in the human but ' whom we love wo chastise.' It cured 'em, did'nt
present to those who form clubs, as a roward for their constitution. Peace to his ashes ! it V " Well, I don't know about that," said sho ; " it
noble and generous services, seemed to, sometimes, but it was only temporary at
A NEW PREMIUM. The Water-Cure in Ireland. — By the lost best, and in a few days I bad to repeat the ' cure,' till
steamer wo received, from Mr. Ebenr. Shackleton, one of my boys would burst out a crying whenever he
To those who send us fifty subscribers for the an engraved view of the first Water-Curo establish sow me come into the room with a spoon in my hand."
twelfth volume of the Watcr-Curo Journal and $25, ment erected in Ireland. It is situated at St. Ann's " But," said I, with a posing air, " you did not do
we will send fifty copies of the Journal a year and a Hill, Blarnoy, near Cork, and is managed by Dr Bar- anything to inako him catch cold, as you do now."
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:
" Why, as to that," said she, *' my children used
to take cold a great deal oftener then than they do
now, for the medicines used to leave them so weak and
nervous, that the slightest exposure would affect thein
seriously ; but now, using the cold water on *ein freely,
seems to harden 'em, and they are out in all weathers,
and never have anything like a cold."
In short, I had to " give in," especially as I found
they wouldn't.
Yes, go where you will, you will find the sober, in
telligent, thoughtful pcoplo, all, or nearly all, in favor
of the "new dispensation;" and Dr. K. says, that
" thore is already enough public water-cure sentiments
afloat in the community to destroy the pernicious
errors of the allopaths for ever. Only give it time to
do its work."
By the way, where is " Quoggs V My love to him,
and tell him, as he is almost the only man whose name
will rhyme with mine, that 1 fed a fellow-feeling for
him at onec, and fain would hear from him again.
As for Boston, it is once more quiet again. The
opera has taken the attention of the people.
Tho effect of the beautiful and all accomplished
Tram's voice, is like oil upon tho troubled waters;
proving that " music has power to charm tho savage
breast." Indeed ! Aye ! Music is better than physic
any day, even to cure discuses, for it will soothe tho
disturbed equilibrium of the nervous system, when
physic only increases the disturbance. In fact, thcro
is nothing in nature, elemental or otherwise, so
poorly adapted to cure discaso as drugs, M our folks
think."
" Not Hydropathic.*'—Gentlemen :—Aside from
a conversation in which 1 was to-day engaged, and
the information therein gained to me, from late visit
ants to your city, I might never have referred as now
by note to you respecting a notice in your valuablo
Journal, April number, iUOth page. " Not Hydro
pathic. — We had sujtyoscd, until informal to the con
trary, that Miss Mowry, of Providence, had adopted
the water-cure practicet out it appears we were mis
informed."
i noticed this with surprise at its appearance on
first receiving tho April number ; was subsequently
reminded of it by some of my patients, who were in
full water-cure treatment, f felt unpleasantly, but
determined to let it pass, with its consequences (which
oertainly are not favorable for me), until moved by
to-day's information, regarding its probable original
cause of appearance, and advised to write to you re
specting it, to clear myself from any intention at de
ception regarding my practice. Of such intention my
conscience is clear. In my first letter to you, of date
January 14th, 1851, I as definitely as possiblo ex-
plained to you my position, my mode of practice, my
reasons for any complication, and my diligence to in
fluence, in as far as I could, the love and prevalence of
Hydropathic treatment, and 1 believe J may most
truthfully assort that nine-tenths of my patients ulti
mately come to adopt that exclusively. I know that
X am at the mercy of tho statements of opponents
either in practice or sex. My desire and design is to
do as secnicth to me most consonant with rignt and
truth, awaiting the result as it shall yet appear.
As at tho time of writing, January 14th, among
others, I referred to you for reference to Mrs. Davis,
who, with Mrs. Johnson, will in a few days bo in your
city, I would here again allude.
I pray you receive this simply aa I have been
prompted to write, as deeming it due from myself, if
you have felt to be deceived or misinformed, as well
as sustaining my relationship to Hydropathic advo
cacy, in which mode of treatment I have now one dear
patient laboring in your city.
In true reverence for all good, yours,
Miss M. H. Mowkt, M. D.
Providence, April 28th, 1851.
[We are always glad to correct an error. The
above explains itself so far aa it goes, and we cheer
fully give it a place in tho Journal. Wc did not in
tend, in the notice quoted, to intimate that Miss M.
had attempted deception on us. We had every reason
to regard her as both honest and honorable Seeing
her " card" in the Water-Cure Journal, it was quite
natural for our readers to suppose her to bo neither
Allopathic, Homoeopathic, Eclectio, or any thing else
but Hydropathic. Had Miss M. " defined her
position" in her " card," thon no one would have
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drawn a wrong inference in regard to her mode
of practice.]
The Experience of a Totucco-t'sex.—Lot those
about to undertake the manly practice of chewing or
smoking tobacco, read " The Autobiography** in the
present number. He will therein obtain some hints
which may be of service to him.
A Great Discovery.—An Allopathic doctor has
recently discovered that "too much water is highly
dangerous !" He assures us that "he has known it
to cause the death uf more than a number of indi
viduals." Ergo, water should never be used, except
in small doses, to be mixed with brandy and molasses.
It will bo highly dangerous in capes of high fevers,
even to dip the ends of your fingers into cool water.
But when tho stomach cannot bear any thing stronger,
it will be necessary to draw a blister with mustard
poultice outside, and a little calomel, hot-drops, or
some other exciting stimulant, with a little water, in-
side
The patient should bear in mind that water is never
to be used, in any case, except under the special direc
tion of a " regularly-educated physician." For if he
should, the chances aro ten to one he will recover with
out tho satisfaction of even consulting or *4 feeing"
his " regular family" allopathic physician.
All good and law-abiding citizens will therefore
remember and keep out of deep water, pure water, or
any other kind of water, except such as may be pre
scribed by a cod liver oil doctor. For what else was
water made but codfish? to put into "toddy," and
Old Doctor Jacob Townsend's Sarsaprunilla 1
DR. QU0GG8, TO DR. NOGGS.
Dear Doctor Nooos:—What, in the name of colo-
coquintida, has become of thy contemporaneous friend
of the Boston Medical Journal ! Has he, in a fit of
spasmodic inadvertence, swallowed a dose of his own
medicine, and gone—gono to—O it's too melancholy
to mention. It seems impossible to account for such
carelessness, except on the principle that the man sup
posed ho had jumped over the mountain or moon, I
forget which. I'll tell thee how 'twas. Just to amuse
the children, he got up a story that, by running three
miles to gather sufficient force, he had leaped over a
hill a mile high ! The anecdote was excessively tick
ling to the little folks, and so he kept telling it right
over and over; and when he bad waxed old and mem
ory had become rusty, ho disremerabered how the
story was originated, and verily believed it was all a
reality. Mayhap thy allopathic neighbor has pub
lished in his paper so many times the story of the
virtue wherein a poison sent into the body drives all
the diseases out, as a singed rat scares all tho mice out
of the cellar, that he has come at length to forget that
the whole matter was a humbug in the start, and now
really thinks it's according to nature, and science, and
experience, and every thing else.
Does thee inquire why 1 ask 1 Because he bos not
edified the profession with a single syllable about hy
dropathy going down, since, between us, he caught a
drubbing-sheet on one side and a douche on t'other.
Do tell me, is ho above ground or below ; and if above,
what is he doing 1
I'm somewhat swamped on another subject. How
is it that our big cities can spare so many of their big
doctors to go to tho South Carolina Convention just
now 1 New York has sent off one hundred. Prehnps
humanity wouldn't suffer much more, though under
takers might, if two or three hundred more were to
lay off for a few weeks.
But here's tho idea. What is all this grand gather*
ing about 1 Every year since water-cure became a
fixed foot in this oountry, the regulars have had a na-
tional convention. This is the third. They say they
arc going to elevate tho profession, when they arc
only thinking of rcguluting public opinion. But will
they succeed 1 Not it. Public opinion is getting
more irregular all the while. Folks are becoming
awfully impertinent in these latter days. They won't
believe a white black-bird is a red blue-jay because
tho doctor says so. Time was when, if a baby had
the mulliwumbles, and the nurse inquired iuto the
" natur" of what ailed its dear little bowels, and the
doctor said, " It's irritation, ma'am," all parties were
satisfied, the nurse because she had learned something,
and the doctor because she hadn't.
Has thee observed—of coarse thee has—the kind of
business this self-instituted Safety Committee transact
at their convention ? Their whereases, and pre-ram-
bles, and resolutions, might all be condensed into a
gallipot by the following extract: That we are the
only regularly qualified doctors ; that all the respon
sibility of life and death rests on our shoulders, to
which the people are in duty bound lo look up ; that
physicians generally are not half qualified for their
business, because our medical schools, finding doctor-
making profitable to the professors, turn out M.D.s
in droves ; that the medical profession in general, and
mankind in particular, so far as doctoring is con
cerned, are within tho bounds of our legitimate juris
diction ; that the confidence of thercoplo is all tho
while growing " small by degrees and beautifully
less," for which circumstance there is no accounting ;
that something ought to be done to make the people
appreciate regular allopathic drugging, but what, we
can't tell for tho life of us.
I would respectfully move the convention aforesaid
to adopt the following, which 1 hope thee will second
and enforce in one of thy most face-convulsing and
side-shaking speeches :—
Whereas, we are tho legally recognized guardians,
keepers, and dispensers of the public health, with a
slight squinting towards the public purse ; and where
j as, the law hath granted us special and peculiar privi
\
leges and immunities in the way of doctoring folks;
and whereas, medical science as consecrated and con-
scrvated in us, is surrounded nnd fenced in, as it
were, with numerous statutory provisions, all tending
to provide for us a reasonable living whether tho pa
tients live or die ; and whereas, if an unfortunate
dose happens to send a customer to his final account,
we are not accountable—when, as the poet says, "he
that is robbed, not knowing what is stolen, is not
robbed at all ;" so he that is killed, not knowing what
it was that killed him, is entitled to a certificate of
burial ; therefore,
Resolved unanimously, that all the delegates pres
ent, who have nothing to do at home, be resolved into
a committee, whose duty it shall be lo petition tho
legislatures of the several States to enact such laws
as shall compel the people to have confidence in us.
What kind of legislat ion is necessary, we can't exactly
say ; but something must be done, or the cuuse of
medical science will be degraded, and we shall become
" hewers of wood and drawers of water."
Remember u*e to all aquatic friends.
Quoogs.
The Wyoming Water-Cure.—Our readors will
notico the advertisement, on another page, relating to
this new establishment. Wo are assured that it is, in
all respects, one of the most delightful places in the
county. This beautiful cottage was built expressly
for hydropathic purposes, and will be conducted
strictly on hydropathic principles. Drs. Hayes and
Winchester are competent to render this establish
ment one of the most popular in Western New York.
i We Have Succeeded.—A few years ago, the
Water-Cure Journal suggested (through a female
i contributor) a new style of dress, which has finally
j been adopted, and is now worn by large numbers of
i intelligent and respectable women. Tho new style
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abandons tight lacing and street sweeping, and adopts To our Twenty-five Thousand Subscribers.—
a suit infinitely more healthful, convenient, economi It will doubtless quite surprise some of our readers
cal, and, to our notion, vastly better looking. We when we inform them that we can no longer supply
shall prepare Fashion Plates for the Journal soon, back numbers of the present volume, notwithstanding
not from " l'aris," but from America. a second edition of the earlier numbers has been TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Our Women cannot fail to bo interested in the very printed The demand has greatly exceeded our high With the next number, Volume Twelve ©f thi Wa
sensible articles on Dresses, by Mrs. Gleason, written est expectations. tch-Cork Journal commences.
for this Journal. While we rejoice at the rapid increase of our sub We hope to be able to record the names of at least Twenty
This great reform belongs to, and must be carried scription list, we regret that we cannot supply all who Thousand new subscribers to this Journal during the year
on and established by women. We most cheerfully desire the back numbers. 1851. Fkik.nwt What Sat You* Hhall we no it ?
open the Water-Curo Journal to them for this pur A New Volume of the Journal will commence A raw moments' time is usually enough to convince
pose. with the next number, which will go to press imme f vi r v reasonable person of the gnat superiority of the Water-
Mrs. Swissholm, Mrs. Bloomer, Mrs. Nichols diately, and be issued early in June. New subscrib Cure system over that of all others known in the healing
(Editors), and other liberal, high-minded and inde ers will commence with that number, and continue a < art. Ye who know the truth, promulgate it.
pendent women, have aided iu bringing about this year from July, 1851. This Journal will be sent in clubs to different post offices
good work. " Short dresses" will soon be all tho " go." It will give us pleasure to supply present subscribers ji when desired ; as it frequently happens that old subscribers
with missing numbers when possible. Those who re- wish to make a present of a volume to their friend* who re
MotiNT Prospect Water-Cure.—In our March subscribe early will bo sure to receive complete sets. side in other places.
number a brief notice of this establishment was given. A very large edition will be printed of the new volume, water Friends and co-workers in the advancement of the
We now present (see advertisement) an engraved view, commencing with the July number. cure will see to it, that every family in the land is
provided with a copy of thia Journal.
with full particulars of the same. Among other ex Monet on all specie-paying banks may be remitted by
cellent regulations of this establishment, we commend The Brattleboro' Water-Cure.—On another
the following : page will be found a fine engraved view representing . mail, in payment for the Water-Cure Journal.
" The use of tobacco, alcoholic and strong drinks of this establishment, together with an advertisement (Subscribers can mail gold dollars, one, two, or three
every description, are strictly forbidden admission into descriptive of tho same, to which we refer the reader. bank notes in a letter, and not increase the postage.
the Institution ; and on no account whatever can a Wo have a partial promise from Dr. Wcssclhceft of Clubs may now be formed in every neighborhood
patient be received as an inmate who persists in its a report of oases treated at his establishment during throughout the country, and be forwarded at ones to tke
use. When a man 1 can take fire in his bosom, and publishers.
not be burned,' then, and not till then, may a Water- the past year. When received, it will give us pleasure
Cure patient use alcohol and tobacco, as a necessary to present it to the readers of the Water-Cure Journal. It has been said, and it is believed, that a greater bless
adjuvant to the removul of his disease." ing cannot possibly be beitowed on the human race, than the
The physician, Dr. Barrett, is said to be one of universal diffusion of the Life and Health Principles ad
the most competent in tho profession. Wo bespeak vocated and taught in the Water-Ccre Journal.
somothing more than a " prospect" for the Bing- Remittances in Drafts on New York, Philadelphia,
hampton Water-Cure. or Boston always preferred. Large sums should be sent
Familiar Correspondence.—Now that it will in drafts or checks, payable to the order of Fowlers and
One Hundred Doctors, regular allopaths, sailed cost but three cents for iho transmission of a letter Wells.
three thousand miles by mail, wo have no doubt our
from New York, on the 3d of May, in the steamer friends All Letters addressed to the publishers should be plain
Southerner, to Charleston, South Carolina, to attend than under all over the world will write us more frequently ly written, containing the name of the Post Office, Wi n
the National Medical Convention. Wo have sent ordering thethe higher rates. A few years ago, when Tir, and State.
out a reporter, who will furnish the readers of the they were required Journal or any of our other publications, SrEciAL Notice.—All letters and othtr communications
to pay a quarter of a dollar
Water-Curo Journal with the proceedings of this au for postage, and that too for no more than for which to Fowlers designed for the Journal should be pobt paid, and directed
and W ells, Ao. 131, Kassau-Streetj JvYk*
gust body, who have appointed themselves to " save they will now bo required to pay only u three cents!" Of York.
the union" of doctors. Each of these hundred doctors, course, everybody will provide themselves with post A Good Resolution.---A young man in Ohio, who has
who sa led from New York, was supplied with " new age stamps with which to prepay all letters, otherwise been restored to health through advice contained in theWa-
saddlebags," containing a great quantity of pills, ter-Cure Jourual, has pledged himself to devote two days in
plasters, blowl-suckers, together with a few barrels of theThe postage will boJive instead of three cents.
day on which this new cheap postage law takes
each month, in obtaining new subscribers. He has already
pure genuine cod liver lard oil, put up in large quart effect should bo celebrated by every man and woman sent us several large clubs from the surrounding towns. He
bottles, which they expected to " peddle off" to pay in our nation. Let each and every one write and mail has induced almost every family in his own neighborhood, to
traveling expenses. We shall await, with great im take the Journal. Many, many thanks will he receive.
patience, the dispalches from our reporter. We hope at least one lcttor on that day, and direct it to tho Wanted.--Subscribers and agents will confer a favor
Water-Cure Journal, enclosing one dollar for a year's on the publishers, by returning duplicate copies of the
no accident will befall this chosen band while on the subscription thereof, in commemoration of one of the February and April numbers of the present volume of the
water, for should an explosion take place, they might greatest events since the establishment ofour Govern Water-Cure Journal.
get a 11 ducking."
These doctors had the good sense to procure passports ment. The Water-Cure Journal.—It is a perfect marvel how
this Journal can be afforded for only one dollar a year.—
before sailing, which will securo ihemfrom the danger Who can beat it 1—Tbero aro seven post offices Ptaindealer.
of undergoing tho usual indignities of imprisonment, within a oirclo of eight miles from this (Morris). [The Journal has found favor with the women and mo
with other fugitives, while they remain in a Southern Our village contains only five hundred and twenty in thers of our nation. They have given it an extensive cir
port. Wo hope they may be returned lo their masters habitants, and we poll on an average about four hun culation. This is why it can be afforded at so small a
without unnecessary delay or expense. Double Ell D. dred and thirty votes in town. Thero are 4 daily, 18 price]
Keese has been put under the special charge of Mrs. serai-wockly, 185 wockly, and 165 monthly papers In Bangor, Me.—Our publications may always be found
Partington, who will keep him out of mischief, and regularly for sale at the store of Mr. Wm. Lewis.
from quareling with the children of Hahnamann. taken from this post office, making thirteen To Editors. ---Of whatever we have, 11 Ask and ye shall
thousand seven hundred and forty papers in a year ; receive."—Pubs. W. C J. *
and we speak of it with a deal of gratification as also
New Gea^fenbero Water-Cure.—This establish showing the intelligence of the community, that, of
ment, located near Utica, N. Y., is now in successful this number, ninety-six monthlies are from the well
operation. The proprietor, Dr. Holland, has secured known publishers, Fowlers & Wells, 131 Nassau <Cn €mtsfnuhuts.
the services of B. Wilmarth, M.D., who, after twenty street, New York.
years' experience in the allopathic practice, embraced [Wo olip the above from tho Village Advertiser,
the Water-Cure somo four years ago, in which he is published in Lewisville, Otsego county, New York, Diabetts, Ac.--J.A.F.M.D.,Cleveland. The oase connected
said to have been very successful.—See advertisement. whore our excellent friend, A. S.A., has thus thorough- ) warded with emissions and aconsumptive diathesis, of which you for
a description, is certainly unpromising ; yet, under the
ly introduced our various publications. The Student full treatment and quiet of a country establishment, we
The Athol Water»Curk.—By reference to ad and the Phrenological Journal are published at the would not despair of a cure. He wants the wet sheet pack
vertisement, it will be seen that this " cure" has same office with the Water-Cure Journal, oach of ing daily, and sitz-baths three or four times a day, with cold
changed hands, and is now under the management of which has a large circulation wherever they are injections frequently; a very plain opening diet is also ne
Dr. J. H. Hero. We hope he may prove heroic in the known. We hope the time is not far distant when cessary ; and he should be kept out-doors as much as pos
saving of human life, and in the curing of disease. these throe monthly publications shall find a place in sible.
This establishment is pleasantly situated in the midst the hands of every family throughout our country. Lumbago, Jco.—B. C. H., Miss. Cases like yours are con
of a very populous region in Worcester County, Education, health, and the development of body and stantly treated at the establishment, and with almost uni-
mind, are among the objects of all these works ] form success
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Inflammatory Rheumatism.— "Hydropathy" of Indiana,
should not be ashamed of his real name if he want* our ad
vice gratuitously. He asks u* to write a letter for his espe
cial benefit, to a fictitious address! As far as the rheumatism
in the ankle and knee is concerned, he may cure it if he will
by a few wet sheet packs, and a wet bandage upon the part
affected, provided the diet is plain and simple.
Bilious DiARRntFA.—A subscriber in Brooklyn, Michi
gan, who is subject to frequent attacks of bilious di
arrhoea, wishes to know the beat treatment : Copious
tepid injections until the bowels are thoroughly cleansed,
then moderate cool injections ; the hip bath and abdominal
girdle are useful auxiliaries. The way to prevent such at j
tacks, is the adoption of a hydropathic diet.
Sick Headache. —G.G.F., Laurence,'Miss. Cases like yours >i
almost always originate from a bad state of the liver, of which
the head affection issymptomatic. General treatment must be j'
attended to. Tho best general baths are, the wet sheet pack J
ing and rubbing wet sheet. The half bath and wet girdle j
are the appropriate local baths. The diet is always of first
importance : it should be plain, coarse, and a good proportion JI
surficientlyhard to require considerable mastication. For an J
example, Graham bread, apples, and parched corn.
Worms.—W. A. 8. The hydropathic treatment for worms
is, copious tepid injections to cleanse out the viscid slimy >
secretions in which the animals are imbedded, and very ,
plain, coarse diet to remove the condition upon which their !
existence and development depends. Unfermented wheat '.
meal bread, and plenty of good apples, are an example for a j
perfect dietary systemin the case. Relief is obtained by the i
expulsion of the worms ; but like all chronic maladies, a cure \
is only to be effected by restoring healthy action and se J
cretion.
Ftnovitip.—W. B. 8., New-Haven. It is impossible to Jj
decide in the case of your brother, whether the lameness nf
the legii dependent on an inflammatory state of the synovial i;
membranes of the knee joint, constituting the disease called
synovitis, or a paralytic state of the muscles consequent on
constipation or some other functional drr_ngement. He
ought to go to an establishment, or to some hydropathic
physician, for a thorough investigation of these circum
stances.
Cataract.—M.M., Newport. From your description we
should judge the case presented to be incipient cataract.
Local applications to tho eye are of no use, w ithout especial
attention to general treatment at the same time. The patient
requires the application of the full complement of hydro
pathic appliances to promote absorption, and arrest the fur
ther deposition of matter. At the same time the diet must
partake a littlo of the " hunger-cure'' philosophy. If tho
case has already gone too far for medication, there are good
operative oculists in this city, and undoubtedly elsewhere j
but we can only speak of what we absolutely know.
More Rattlesnakes.—A friend in Illinois, writes :
"We have plenty of rattlesnakes in this country, and would
like to know the process you would have adopted in the case
of l)r. Wainwright, who died in your city fruit a bite two or
threo years ago." ])r. W. was bit in the arm, which rapidly
swelled; tho inflammation soon extended to iho body ; morti
fication soon followed, and he died in a few hours. His blood
and body were in a gross, impure, inflammatory state, or the
result could not have been so suddenly fatal. We should
rely on the wet sheet, so managed as to promote considerablo
sweating. It should be applied promptly atid repeated fre
quently, till all uillammatory action subside*.
A Friend of the Cause, dating from Worcester, failed
to give us his name. We are always glad to receive the
frindly criticism.* of our subscribers, when given openly and
understandingly. We shall endeavor to direct our ship ac
cording to our best judgment. Thus far, we are well pleas
ed with our progress and success. If any of the " friends to
the cause'' can advise us, so as to still further enhance our
usefulness, they will place us and the public, under still
greater obligations. We shall be happy to entertain any
reasonable propositions compatible with these objects.
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The Student : a Family Miscellany and Monthly School
Reader, devoted to the PllTSKAL, Moral, and INTELLEC
TUAL Improvement <>f Youth, embracing the Natural
Sciences, Biography, History, Phonography, Drawing, and
Music. N. A. Calkins, Editor. Fowlers Ac Wells,
Publishers. Terms, $1 a year in advance.
This popular monthly ha* just entered upon its second
year. A year ago, its circulation was less than two thousand
copies, now it has Kioht Thoi hand, and we have no
doubt it will reach from ten to fifteen thousand, Ixforo the
close of the present year,
Tho title " Student" is not in itself attractive. It
i sounds to young people, ** too much like work,"' but we can
J assure them it i* one of the raon agreeable companions with
which they can possibly be entertained. It is at once a Jtfst-
scum, a Cabinet, an Historian, a Draftsman, an Orator, a
Part, a Teacher, a Hutuni.it, a Chemist, a Physiologist, an
.■•istronomvr. a Story Teller, a Musician, and in fact, just
the thing that girls and boys, young men and young women,
parents and teachers, ought to have, and would have, if they
only knew its real value. It is adapted to the capacity of
" every body, big enough to read," and li not too old to
learn.'1
; The Student should be introduced into every family,
i whether they have children or not.
Harper r' .Magazine.—The leading article in the last nuni-
ber, is a full description of the Novelty Iron Works in this
city, by Jacob Abbott, illustrated with eighteen original
drawings. The whole process of making a steam engine,
from the first moulding of the different parts, to its final
erection in the hold of some huge sea-steamer, is described.
It is useless to say that such an article is both instructive and
pleasing ; we should be glad to see it followed by others of a
\ similar character, in which all the larger industrial estab-
i lishments of the city might be given.
This is in keeping with tho suggestion in our first notice of
this magazine, and if followed up, will render it altogether
a most acceptable publication, excepting the Fashionable
plates, which are usually horrible. Terms §3 a year. New
York : Harper & Brothijs.
The International Maoazint. — Stringer k TowMSBfD
have given a distinctive character to their new monthly, in
those profuse and always readable notices of authois and
books which make up so large a part of each number.
They have, besides, in each number, fine portraits of distin
guished men, with discriminating notices, by Rufus W.
Griswold, which we always read with interest; besides
these, there are other illustrations, with a choice selection of
stories, essays, reviews, and historical records.
Two large octavo volumes, with upwards of six hundred
pageseach, have already been published, and may now be
obtained in substantial binding. With theexception of those
barbarous screwed-up fashion plates, we can commend this
magazine. Terms, §'<i a year.
The American Journal of .Insanity, Published Quar
terly, by the New-York State Lunatic Asylum, at Utica,
N. V. Terms, a year.
This is the leading American serial devoted to the subject
of Insanity. Every physician should have a copy of this
work. It should also be found in every public library.
Tialmi or Lite : a Token for the Many. Compiled by J.
. Olnby. Hartford; Brocket, Keller Ac Co.
The author has it " Psalm* of Life [" we should say Songs
of Life; but never mind the name, 'tis a little book, full
of lively songc, such as all but Quakers like to hear, and even
they, if it were not thought to be wicked to exercise the or
gan of Tune, even when " rocking the cradle. " We find in
this collection many familiar old songs, such as "Eternal
Justice,'" by Charles Maccy ; " Never Give up,'" '* Press On."
" Wait a Little Longer.'' " Hope On," and more than a hun
dred others of the same good spirit. These are "Songs tor
the People," cheerful and hopeful ; every body should
have it. Price only 37 cents.
The Volcano Diggings: a Tale of California Law. By a
Member of the Bar . New York : J. 8. Rkufibld.
A brief history of California life—cooked up in a very pal
atable yet strictly judicial style. Those who contemplate a
visit to that country should by all means read the work.
Annual Keport of the City Inspector of tho number of
Deaths and Interments in the City of New York, during
tho year 1^50. By A. W. White, M.D.
We cheerfully acknowledge our obligations to the author
for a copy of this very satisfactory Report. It is the most
complete and systematic Public Document ever presented by
any City Inspector. We shall extract such portions as will
interest our readers.
Episodes of Insect Life. by acheta domkstica. Octavo,
; pp. S'2\i. New York : J. . Ueukield.
\ Reader, would you believe it? the luxury of reading this
■ beautiful book almost reconciles one to to be bored to death
' even by MCSQUEroK*, so charmingly is it written and printed.
Had this work appeared as a holiday gift-book, it would
! have found its way into every parlor where taste and intelli-
! gence prevail.
Without a single exception, we regard it the most beautiful
. specimen of illustration and typography with which the sci-
; ence of book-making has been graced. It is a model of cxcel-
; lence and beauty, unsurpassed in this or any other country.
Among the insects described and illustrated are the follow
ing :—Butterflies, crickets, dies, gnats, ants, spiders, wasps,
bees, moths, water-devils ; together with a vast amount of
information respecting their habits, etc., etc., served up in
such a manner as to prevent the reader from withdrawing
until the reading is completed. It is a capital book for tick
folks to read ; no other medicine would be necessary, except
in the most extraordinary cases.
Annals of the Famine is Ireland is ISJ7, 184S, and 1940.
By Mrs. A. NicuoujoN. New York :E. Franco, 135 Nassau
elreet. 12mo, pp. IMli.
Filled to the brim with matter of the most thrilling inte
rest. Who that ishuman can contemplate a picture like this
without the deepest sorrow and compassion ?—a picture re
presenting men, women, and children, dying by starvation,
in cabins, sheds, pen*—in the open fields, on mountains, on
the sea-shore, anywhere, throughout this beautiful island, by
famine.
Thus were thousands of our fellow-beings "cut down;"
and that, too, when they had earned, by hard labor, enough
to feed twice their number. But it was taken from thein by
merciless landlords and wicked priests. We are assured that
the priests in Ireland had va^l sums of money locked up
which they had wrung from the peasantry; and yet, with all
these means at hand to obtain food, thousands were permitted
to starve, or steal ; and, if detected in the latter, were impri
soned, shot, or hung. This is charged to an " All- wise Provi
dence," whose ways are "past finding out/' In connection
with this notice we herewith present a few authentic statistics,
which may " let in the light " on this dark starving business :
"■Apostolic Bishops.'—Within the last three years the
archiepiscopal head ot the English Church has died, and left
behind him a fortune of X 100.000, which he has bequeathed
to his rich relatives, and not a penny to the poor! The
twenty-five State bishops of England divide among them
annually, as shown by a late Parliamentary return, the sum
of|Xlt0.000 sterling ! The sums they leave behind them at
their deaths are enormous. From Parliamentary returns it is
proved, as stated in the House ot Commons, that eleven Irish
State bishops left behind them amassed wealth to the amount
of £1,875.000. accumulated within a period of from forty to
fifty years. The following is the Jut extracted from the
Parliamentary return : Probates of wills of Irish Bishops :
Stopford, Bishop of Cork, £25.000; Percy, Bishop of Dro-
more, £40.000 ; Cleaver, Bishop of Ferns. £50 000: Bernard,
Bishop of Limerick, iGO.OQJ ; Knox, Bishop of KillsIoe,
£100,000; Fowler, Bishop of Dublin, £1'-0 000; Beiesford,
Bishop of Tuam, £U50.000; Hawkins, Bishop of Raphe*,
££30,000 ; Stuart, Bishop of Armagh, £o00.000 ; Porter,
Bishop of Clogher, Li.O.f 00 ; Agar, Bishop of Cashel, £400,-
000: making a total of £l,b75,t0>. .Such are the men who
claim to besaidihethat
successors
tles, who 'silver inandword
gold and
theypractice
had noneof;r the
andapos
who
were commanded by their Lord to take neither scrip nor
purse, nor two coats apiece ! Blind indeed must be (he rnan
who believe* that bishops of this stamp have aught to do with
the kingdom of God or his Christ. It is literally blaspheming
his worthy name, and bringing Christianity into contempt,
to recount their names in the same category. Ravening
wolves in the garb of sheep is their true and scriptural de
signation. Mammon is their god, and their lusts the rule by
which they servo him. Only think of such men consecrating
patches of ground for the dead, and imparting the Holy Spirit
by the imposition of their soft and lily hands! Popular
ignorance of (iod's word is their strength. Let this be d is-
pelled, and they will appear in their true light—'deceiving
and deceived.' "
Here, then, is a solution to this most diabolical murder*
While pripsts werefattening—faring sumptuously every day
—thousands of people were starving and rotting.
We guess somebody will see some difference one of these
days. Priestcraft has had its day.
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\ with the greatest amount of comfort and enjoyment ;

; the quickening of the vital energies, by the the natural
; stimulus of genial society, and the excitement of a city life,
j seem to have a favorable effect on many diseased conditions.
\ As the Water-Cure is a natural system of curing disease,
j it is of universal application. In acute disease, it is the most
/ sate and speedy method j in chronic, the most steady and
j sure. The relief it gives is real and permanent. There ia no
< form of disease and no condition of the human system in
which lie Water-Cure, wisely applied, is not adapted to the
wants nf the vital economy. Health is the natural termina
tion of disease : and the conditions of health are given by the
Water-Cure.
We cure the most cases of such diseases as most frequently
occur ; the diseases of women, all forms of Scrofula, diseases
of the organs of respiration, dyspepsia and constipation, skin
diseases, cancerous and tuberculous affections, including
pulmonary consumption, rheumatism, paralysis, epilepsy,
remittent and intermittent fevers, the diseases ofchildren, ice,
&c. The philosophy of the Water-Cure, and our experience
of its practice, assure us that there is no form of disease
in which it is not the true and best possible remeity. We
can make no exceptions, for we know of none. There are
states of disease past ail remedy, but even in these the
Water-Cure is the best alleviation : and whenever it has
failed, or seemed to be injurious, it must have been either
from an incurable state of disease, or improper modes of
treatment. Patients, especially the delicate, the feeble, and
persons of low vitality, are doubtless sometimes injured ; we
often hear of such cases, but that should not be an argument
against the Water-Cure, which is the result of its ignorant or
injudicious misapplication
Aside from its remedial virtues, the Water-Cure has some
peculiar advantages. It allows of active habits and social
enjoyments. Though somewhat expensive at the beginning,
it is in the end the most economical system. Most of our
patients, after remaining a few weeks, and getting proper
instructions as to their disease and treatment, and well started
WYOMIUO GOMA©® WATEJB-CUE3E. in the road to health, complete their cures at home. Many,
who reside in the citv, only come for day treatment, living
WYOMING, WYOMING COUNTY, N. Y. at home, and attending to their ordinary pursuits. Others
merely come to us for consultations, examinations, and di
rections for home treatment. We receive letters of consulta
Tina Institution is entirely new and now open for the re Water-Cure Establishment of Dr. Joel Shew, and in attend tion from a distance, and send directions for treatment. We
ception of patients. after an original design, and will be fin ing the Medioal lectures of the University of New York, are also attend to family practice in acute diseases, the diseases
It ii constructed associated in the Medical and general care of the Institu of children, and oases of childbirth.
ished in a modern style of cottage architecture. In its in tion. Patients coming for full board or day treatment are required
terior arrangement*, the health, comfort, and eonrenirncr of Dr. Hayes and wife have taken great pains to investigate to provide themselves with one large cotton comfortable, four
the invalid have been carefully studied, and it is believed to the nature, causes, and treatment of the diseases of females, blankets, two sheets, and toweling for bandages. These may
combine all the advantages of the best class of Water-Cure and they will give especial attention to the treatment of this all be procured here at very Bhort notice.
houses in this country. class of caves. Persons consulting by letter, should mention sex, age, con
The location is high and airy ; it has the advantage of re For the purpose of treatment, each patient must furnish dition, employment, domestic relations, health of parents and
tirement, with pleasant and shaded walks, and commands a tico linen sheets, one woolen sheet, two large eomfortables^ family, habits of living, former diseases and medication, state
fine view of some of the most charming landscape scenery in and sir- towels. of lungs, digestion, bowels, renal and reproductive functions,
WeHteru New York. The water ia pure, soft, cold, and abun Prices for board and treatment will range from $5 to $8 sensibility to cold, and a concise history and description of
dant. per week, payable weekly. their present ailments. The peculiar condition and diseases
The building will be warmed in winter with heated air, Wyoming is easy of access from several points on the Rail of the sex should also bo carefully described. The requisite
and ventilation is effected by a new and ingenious method, Road between Rochester and Attica, and from the Genessee advice and full directions for .home treatment can then be
which secures a constant and moderate change in the atmos Valley Canal ; daily and tri-wee kly stages connect this place given.
phere of each room, without creating unsafe currents of air. with Batavia, Attica, Leroy, Geneseo, Alt. Morris, and War Terms ofTreatment.—The fee for consultation, person
Connected with the Institution is a hall for gymnastic and saw, all of which places are within a distance of sixteen ally, or by letter, is five dollars, in advance. Subsequent ad
calisthenic exercises, one hundred feet in length, it being the miles. P. H. HAYES, E. C. WINCHESTER, vice, if needed, for home treatment, one dollar.
design of the Medical Directors to make regular physical ex Physicians and proprietors. The average and usual price of full board treatment is ten
ercise an elementary part of the treatment. Wyoming, May, 1851. ju3t dollars a week. Ladies who come to us for confinement, will
DR. P. II. HAYES, two years physician of the Greenwood make special agreements ; and in all cases where our services
Springs Water-Cure Establishment, and Dr.E. C.WIN Providence, Miss M. H. Mowrv, Physician, No. 22 South Main street, are required to administer tho Water-Cure in childbirth, we
CHESTER, who has recently spent several months at the Rhode Island. my St expect an early consultation, and thorough preparatory treat
ment.
New Grakfenbkro Watir Circ.-Dt. Holland takes Ornamental Cast Iron Fountains of various patterns and Day treatment, one dollar a day.
pleasure in announcing to his friends, and those invnlids desirous sizes. Jetsandof Well all descriptions. Family and obstetric practice at the usual rates charged by
of trying Hydropathic treatment at hisEstabltahment. that he has forCistern I'umps. I also manufacture Lift Pumps, respectable physicians.
citterns
secured the services of 0. Wilmartii, M. D., of Milford, Mass., power or manual power. or wells, of any depth, either to be worked by horse Consultations, daily, Sunday excepted, from 10 A.M. to
lata of Hope Dale Water-Cure, to aid, with his experience and They are entirely of metal. 2 P.M. Persons wishing reduced terms, or advice gTatis, will
Force Pumps for Wells. Whenever water is required at a be cheerfully seen on Saturdays after ii P.M.
skill,
Dr. inWilmartii
their restoration to health.
has had twenty years Allopathic and five where higher point than the surface of the well, or at any |>oiut For further and more particular information, the reader
yean Hydropathic practice. With such experience he feels be preferable, water will not flow of itself, and a Force Pump would may procure Dr. Nichols' Introduction to the Water-Cure
contident that success cannot fail to crown his efforts. these are calculated for the pur|iose. (price 12J cents), Mrs. Gove Nichols' Experience in Water
This Establishment, having been in operation lor the last Village and Factory Fire Engines. These engines have a dou Cure (price "J5 cents), The Water Cure, and The Curse Re
three and a half years, during which lime many hundred ble acting lift, nnd force pumps. They are light, easily bandied, moved (gratis), all of which, if desired, we will send by
patients testify to its success, still affords peculiar advantages to ornndncross worked by few men. Brakes are arranged fore anil aft, mail ; and our writings in the Water-Cure Journal.
the ends. The Institute.---The rapid spread of Hydropathy, and
invalid*. the urgent demand for Water-Cure practitioners, with con
Connected with the Establishment is a large Ball Alley, kept hoseThey are furnished in a plain but neat style. Copper-nveted
of all sir.es. Stopcocks of all descriptions. Wrought Iron, stant applications to receive students, have induced us to
exclusively for the recreation anil exercise of the putients. Cost Iron, Lead, and Gntta Percha Pipes, etc. etc. establish the first Medical School in the world based upon
'ft: km-.—From five to eight dollars )ier week. Water-Cure principles.
Patients arriving at I 'in n by railroad, will be met at the ] Purchasersreceive are requested to call, or any communication by The American Hydropathic IssTiTrTi will commence
Depot or Nations! Hotel, by giving a day or two's notice by tomailsizewill of pumps,
dne attention, and full descriptions given as
etc G. B. Farnam, 34 Clifl' street, up stairs, its first session, Sept. 15, 1851. There will be two sessions a
mail. Address. Dr. R, Holland, or Dr. B. Wilmartii, New formerly D. F. Farnam. uiy l-l year, of three mouths each, beginning on the 15th of March,
Grsefenberg, N. Y. Jtfrik\ 1851. andThere
the 15th
JVssfl Qraejenberg, my It American Hydropathic Institute.—T. L. Nichols, will ofbeSeptember.
from three to five lectures a day, with care
M.D., and Mrs. Mary S. Gove NiciiolPj Water-Cur* fully directed readings, weekly cliniques and examination*.
Pumps, Fire Engines, Cast Iron Fountains, etc.—The Physicians, liave Removed to a Central. Spacious, and Con Mrs. Gove Nichols will lecture daily on special subjects in
Subscriber manufactures Double acting Lilt and Force Pum|», venient Home, No. 91 Clinton Place, Eighth Street, near Physiology, and give a full course on midwifery and the
well calculated for Factories, Mines, Breweries, Iron Works Fifth Avenue, and one block above " Washington Parade diseases of women and children. Dr. Nichols will combine
Railroads, Water Stations, Water Boats, Steamboats and Ground."1 the chemistry, anatomy, physiology, pathology, and thera
Ships, family pur[to»es, Stationary or Movable Fire Engines, This house is thus in the midst of the most beautiful por- peutics of the human system, and all its tissues and organs,
etc.The above Pumps, from their simple construction and little ; tion of the City, and adjacent to its finest promenades. The into one complete, unique, and harmonious Science uf M-.n
tageaoi the Waverley
Waverley several lines In lecturing on Hydro-Therapeutics, he will compare and
liability to disorder, are well calculated for supplying Water- within a short distance. line
Stagesofthe pass the door, and seven contrast the Water-Cure with other methods of treatment for
Here wn are prepared to receive ! the prevention and cure of diseases. Every facility will be
Cure establishments with water, (when not supplied by a na- much larger number of patients than heretofore, for full i given to students, and competent professors will assist in the
laral source.) and can be worked in various ways, either by board or day treatment, and shall try to receive all who
water power, horse power, steam or raanaal power, besides our aid. Even when our house is full, vacancies will beseek ', illustration of chemistry, anatomy, and operative surgery,
uiing the sanif powers for many other purposes when not in quently occurring, and persons at a distance, applying freby Ji The institute will be opened to qualitied persons of both
use for raising water, or sven at the same time. Wa'er cm letter, will ba informed .of the earliest period they can be ac- sexes. Early application should be made, personally, or by
bo carried over the grounds for irrigation, ont houses, etc., or by \ letter, with testimonials of character, and competency for the
means of bote and equipments inverted into a fire eagine. commodated. Our treatment is purely hydropathic. We have never iI olhce of a physician. At the end of each term, diplomas will
Garden Engines, for one person to handle with a small dou found it necessary to give any kind of drug treatment in any be publicly conferred on such as pass a satisfactory exami-
ble-acting Force Pump, can be used for vaiium purposes— J form of disease. The water-cure, with its natural adjuvants, \ nation.
The terms of tho Institute are fifty dollars, in advance,
washing windows, wetting plants, or throwing water iijton J a pure diet, air, and systematic exercise, have proved effectual
trees for the pur^iose of destroying worm*, etc., arranged on in disease which had resisted for years every moJe of medica f This will cover all but loard and incidentals. Board may be
two wheels, that one man can take them from place to place, tion.
an I work the pump and guide the stream at the same timj. all our arrangements, we have endeavored to com- (
■ binu theIn mist
obtained at from two to three dollars a week.
JV'o 91 Clinton Place, AVhj York, June, 1651.
thoroughly curative treatment and regimen,
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arau wiissiaa.5S£a3FE",!s ^^aiR-sirjia^ asw^iua.asjssaiass'iP,
AT BRATTLEBORO, VT-,
The price for board, lodging, treatment, use of all baths
Is situated on Elliot street, and consists of two neigh
boring houses, united in from by a saloon for social re that are considered wholesome, assistance of attendants,
creation, and in the rear by wings from each house, containing washing of bed-linen and chamber-towels, is for each patient
a large bathing house and rooms for patients. One of the 810 a week in summer, and i?l 1 in winter ; payment w eekly.
houses is for ladies, the other for gentleman. Patients residing out of the establishment pay (3 a week.
In each house are all kind* of douches, Bpicious rooms for If they require special attendance, they are charged accord
Ritz-baths, two plunge-baths, supplied hy a spring in the ingly.
rear, and in the bathing-house two swimming-baths, each It is necessary for each patient to be provided with the fol
25 feet by 15. lowing articles for their own use during treatment :
The establishment can furnish rooms for 190 to 130 pa 1. At least two larp,e woolen blankets.
tients. A nnmber of rooms and bathing accommodations are 2. A feather bed or three comforters.
besides to be had in the village. 3. A linen sheet which may be cut, or at least a piece of
Each patient is supplied with a good bed, consisting nf a
hair and palm-leaf mattress, and suitable furniture, which linen ((quarters of a yard long and C 1-4 wide, as wall as
he is expected to return in good order. The rooms are all piece* of linen and cotton for bandages.
warmed in winter either by a stove or an open fire. 4. Two coarse cotton sheets.
The dining-room, tO feet long by 2>i ft;et wide, is in the 5. Six towels.
0. An injection instrument.
new building in the rear of the main houses, and connected These articles may also be bought in the village or estab
with them by a piazza all around, affording a pleasant and lishment, or hired at fixed prices.
extensive walk in sultry orwet weather. Patients, who can For gentlemen who keep horses, there is a stable near the
not leave their rooms, have their meals brought to them. house, and an ostler in attendance.
llesides the bath* in the house, there are four douche- A sufficient number of waiters and nurses arc always en
houses within half a mile from the establishment, a spring gaged, in proportion to the number of patients.
and river daucho with a showering apparatus, each with dou Very sick and helpless patients, or such as suffer tinder
ble rooms for dressing. In the spring douches is an eye and critical diseases of sorno violence during the treatment, have
ear douche, and an apparatus for fourteen hip-baths of flow
ing water, and three rising douches. Shady walks, beneath toperhire a nurse or waiter, and to pay board for them at §2 50
week.
the trees on the hill-side, lead to the douches and springs, The doctor has, during the daytime, his office in the estab
with seats all around. lishment,' and takes his dinner there. He directs the pa
A *hort distance from the spring douches is a wave-bath, tients how to proceed, instructs the nurses and waiters, and
which receives its water from a branch of the Connecticut.
In every direction are found fine springs, and a beautiful any ii.seadvice
gives at any time when wanted. He does not sutler
of baths without his advice, or of food which he con
and picturesque country affords the most delightful walks. siders inconsistent with the treatment.
For the amusement and exercise of patients, as well as for As the number of places is still limited, patients will do
orthopedic purposes, a large gymnasium, a billiard-room, well to make applications in advance.
and a bowling-alley, are attached to the establishment. All communications rnuat be post-paid.
From Boston, New York, and Albany, patient* can come On letters of advice a moderate fee will be charged. je 3t
by steam to Brattleboro
Water Cube —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted in The attendants employed to wait upon the sick, are those "o*" /
general, are hereby respectfully informed that the Water-Cure judgment, 'much experience, and kindness, and .ever ready to ?
Establishment of Dr. C. Uaelz, near Brownsville, Pa., for the attend to the wants and wishes of the pitieula. Terms from
care nf chronic diseases, is now in MroaMfal operation. The - 1 to $7 per week. S. Curtis, Physician. my lit i
flattering lUe of this institution in public favor lias induced its
proprietor to add yearly improvements lor the comfort and ac Strinofiilp Water Cure.—This is situated in Spring-
commodation of the increasing numlwr* of visitor*. Terms are field, Mass , one of the pleasuiitest towns in the valley of the
$>6 per week, payable weekly. Two woollen blankets, two Connecticut, It is accessible from all points hy railroad. In
cotton wheels, three comforts, and six towels, have to be provided point of location and conveniences for the accommodation of
by patients. Letter* post paid will receive due attention. Ap ly p.nietit*, it is second to none in the country.
Tli" high moral standing of this establishment is well known
Mammoth Water Curb or the West —This establish and appreciated. For further particulars, including terms, etc.,
ment Li situated on a commanding eminence adjoining the vil address E. BmbLL, Physician, or (1. R. JJardwell, Assistant.
lage of Hnrrodnharg. in Mercer county, Ky.. being twenty-eight
miles from Islington, thirty-five from Franklort, and e'ght my 3t
miles from the navigation of the Kentucky river, near the g*o
graphical centre of the Stale, and is sufficiently large to accom Locke"s Patent Portable- Chamber—Vapor, Douche, and
modate five hnndred patient'. Kvery per-on at all acquainted Shower Bath Manufactory, wholesale and retail, by Joux
with the West is loo familiar with the beauties of natural Locke, 47 Ann-street, New-York.
scenery, as well as the artificial decorations, for which this This Bath is acknowledged by all who hare used it, to be
place is so justly celebrated, to render any description or recom superior to any thing manufactured for the purpose. It has
mendation necessary. C. Graiuh, M. D, Proprietor, E. B. received the following premiums :—In 1847, at the Rensse
Thomas, M- J> , Physician. my 3t laer County Fair, N. Y., a Diploma; in IMb\ at the Slate
Water-Clue at Verona Springs, Oneida. N Y.—The Fair, at Saratoga, N. Y., a Silver Medal . and at the Fair* of
above citahlishment is situated in Verona. Oneida county, six the American Institute. New York City, in 1847, a Diploma :
miles -nuili of Rome, tour north of Verona, and two miles in l«48, a Silver Medal . in 1849, a Diploma; and in 1850. a
Diploma, in competition with many others, and is highly
south of the railroad at Verona Station, in one of th* inoit recommended by the most scientific men.
healthy and pleasant districts to bo found in Central New York. It may be converted into a simple or Medicated Vapor
Batb, by attaching a small apparatus with a spirit lamp,
which is sold with the Bath if required.
Prices rang-3 from $9 to #18. Steam Generator, with its
appurtenances, $5. Persons at a distance desiring further
j■ information
by addressingrelative to size, style
the subscriber, of finish, with
be. furnished and prices, can,
a Circular
; containing particulars.
It has received recommendation from the following gentle-
< men :—O. S. Fowler, of the American Phrenological Jour-
; nal ; VV. A. Hamilton, M.D., of the Troy Hydropathic Insli-
j lute ; F. Hunt, Esq., Editor of Hunt's Merchants' Magazine.
Extract from '2/i Edition of Dr. Powell's Book on the
Eye.— 1 decidedly prefer Locke's Patetit Combination Bath
to all others. It combines economy, durability, simplicity,
and portability. Mr. Locke has further added to its useful
ness by connecting to the reservoir a fine tube, which an
swers an excellent purpose as an eye fountain." je It.
To Persons and Communities Interested is the Water-
Cure —A gentleman, before of liberal culture, and who has
devoted the last year to the study and observation of the
Water-Cure, with the purpose of its practice, now regards
himself as qualified to undertake that office, and oilers his
services to any community that will assure him a sufficient
and liberal support, that will furnish him a stand-point
whence, if he do not move the world, he may at least move
about it ; oilers his services as a Physician, as a Teacher and
Healer,—as a teacher, for the word doctor originally meant
teacher,—a teacher of the laws of health, arid as a healer and
restorer, where men. unfortunately, from ignorance or other
wise, have departed from and broken those laws.
The above purpose, on the part of any community, it Reems
to the writer, may be accomplished by subscription, where
there is disposition. I will take the charge, or engage as As
sistant-Physician of a Water-Cure house, or engage a* the
resident Physician of any community, as above, whether in
city or country. Of course, satisfactory evidence as to charac
ter and ability will be afforded, or there will be no engage
ment. Persons or communities interested will please address,
C. L. Hosmer, N. Y. city.
To the friends of the Water-Curo I will say, that I shall be
happy, from this lime forth, and during the summer, to visit
any places, accessible from New York, where the friends will
make the necessary preliminary arrangements, and give an
exposition of the Water-Cure, its principles and practice.
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MOUNT PROSPECT WATER-CURE.

I'm- Institution is situated at the base of the
Mountain from which it taken its name, and in the im
mediate vicinity of the beautiful ami flourishing City of
Ringhamton. at the junction of the Susquehanna ami
Chenango Rivers, and iit at all times accessible by iho
N. Y. and Erie Railroad—East and Went.
The buildings connected with, and belonging to the
Institute, have been recently erected without any regard
to expense, but with a strict view to the comfort and
happiness of those who may require its services.
Probably there is no establishment of a similar char
acter in the United States, which combines with it so
many advantages u that of the above Institution. Pos
sessed of a never failing spring of the purest soft water,
coming from an elevation of upwards of two hundred
feet, of an atmosphere free from miasmatic influences,
surrounded bya delightful grove and shrubbery of rich
and luxuriant foliage, with walks of a most romantic
character, and with scenery resembling that of the Hhine,
or the rich valleys of Switzerland, free from the " noise
and turmoil of busy life," are a few of the presenta
tions the "Cure" offers to the sick and afflicted
The Institution is abundantly Supplied wiih every
facility for the successful carrying out the treatment of
diseases by the use of pure water, in its various forms of
application; and the l'roprietors deem themselves pecu
liarly fortunate, in having secured the services of Dr.
Barrett, late of the City of New York, a gentleman of
high standing and reputation, and whose knowledge and
experience in the treatment of diseases, by Hydropathy
or Water-Cure, lor the past eight years, is of itself art
ample guarantee that those who may need his profes-
s onal
The care
term*will be competently
of the Institute are dealt
eight with.
and ten dollars per
week, which includes medical treatment, board and at
tendants. Each patient, on his admission to the 11 Cure,"
must provide himself, for personal use, the following
articles, viz. :
Three comfortable.*, two blankets, three stout cotton
sheets, one coarse linen sheet, and six crash towels; the
whole of which, to prevent loss, should be marked with
the name of us owner.
All lettlers, on professional business, must be ad
dressed to the Resident Physician at Ihe Institution ; and
no communications wilt receive attention, nor will any
Utter be taken from the post oJficcy unless the postage
is prejtaid.
CLEMENT B. BARRETT, M. D., Resident and
Consulting Physician.
DANIEL
HIRAM M.W.RANNEY RANNEV, Jj 1n torrieion-
Binghamton, Broom Co., N. Y.

Athol WaTEl Cure Establishment —This Institution
is situated in the flourishing town of Athol, Worcester Co..
Mass., 32 miles from Worcester, 99 from Greenfield, 14
from Barre. 25 from Keene. N. H., 3U from Brattleborough,
Vt., 10U from Albany, N. Y.. and 70 from Boston ; and is ac
cessible by railroad, from different parts of the State, and
from N V, Vt., and N. H., being situated on the Vt. and
Mass. Railroad, leading to Brattleborough.
It is one of the most salubrious and beautiful localities that
can anywhere be found. The scenery in the vicinity in truly
romantic ; somothmg new and interesting always presenting
'tself to the eye of the wanderer. From the top of Ward Hill,
a pleasant walk of one mile from the Institution, may be
seen 5 peaks of the Green Mountains, the Monadnoc, Wa-
chusett, Saddle Mountain, &c, with a beautiful range of
hills on the N. and W., whilst Miller's River is seen winding
its way through the beautiful valley below, with Vt. R. R.
near its banks, on its way to the Connecticut. Babcock's
Pond, 2 miles from the Water-Cure, and Estabrook*' Grove,
three-fourths of a mile from the same, are always visited by
patient* with the deepest interest. The hack road leading
from the Institution to the lower village, is a retired and in
teresting walk for invalids, passing, as it does, through a
grove of tall pines which rear their lofty heads from 75 to 100
leet from the ground, and seem to say to the patient, My
health and strength were never injured by intemperate
living, nor tight lacing : throw off* your shackles and breathe
the fiesh country air with me, that you may become strong
as 1 am
This air of Athol, coming from the Green Mountains, is
fresh, pure, and highly invigorating. The water is of the
best quality, as pure as water once distilled, and in abun-
dance, conducted to the establishment free from the poisonous
qualities of lead.
This Institution has heretofore been owned, and under the
eare of Dr. Hoyt, who has treated, with great success, all
kitid.i of disease, particularly dyspep«ia. liver complaints,
bronchitis, incipient stages of consumption, rheumatism,
scrofula, nervous diseases, &c, Ac.
The Institution will be newly furnished and opened for
the reception of patients, the 1st of May, 1351, under the im
mediate care of Dr. J. H. Hi i. *. who, from a pretty large ex
perience in Homoeopathic practice, and several years' expe
rience and successful practice in Hydropathy, feels confident
that a good degree of success will mark his efforts in all
curable cases that may be committed to his care. Dr. H. has
procured the services ofan experienced and faithful balhman.
a good bathwoman, good domestic help, and purposes, in all
9K£
.CadyHolli:
respects, to make this Institution a desirable place for the
cure of disease.
Terms for treatment and board, Per week, washing ex
cluded, payable once a fortnight. Extra privileges or extra
attendance will subject the patient to extra charge. Friends
of patients and visitors will be charg*d 50 cents per day.
Terms, for examination, $1. Post-paid letters, with o.io
dollar enclosed, soliciting advice, will receive attention.
Corresponding patients should describe their condition as well
as may be, in respect to age, sex, married or single, tempera
ment, color of hair, past general health, health of family, Ac,
Ac, in order to be benefited by advice.
Patients coming to this Institution for treatment, are re
quested to bring two large cotton aomfortaoles, two woolen
blankets, three cotton or linen sheets, s<x crash, towels, with
old linen and flannel for bandages, Ac. all legibly mirked.
Each patient ought also to have one umbrella and a pair of
slippers.
Athol, April 1, 1851. je 3t J. H. Hero.
Worcester Water-Cure Institution, No. 1, Glen Strset,
—This building was erected expressly for Hydropathic pur
poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the
improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is
retired and overlooks the city.
Tsstt—For full board and treatment, $3 to $10 per week,
according to rooms occupied.
A medical fee of $2 for first examination will usually be
required.
Patients are requested to bring two coarse cotton and one
linen sheet, two woolen blankets, one comfortable, and old
linen for bandages. S. Rogers, M.D. . E. F. Rogers, Super
intendent, je It.
Hudson River Water-Cure Establishmejtt, at Tarrytown,
is now open for the reception of patients. F. D. PinflOr,
M.D., Physician. je It,
New York Commission Agency —The undersigned have
made arrangements to import from Europe, by every steamer,
Publications of every description.
They wilt also fill orders for Stationery—including pvery
variety of Writing Papers, Envelopes, Gold and Steel Pens,
Writing Inks, Sealing Wax, Wafers, Cards, ami all other useful
articlei. Country Merchants, Post-masters, School Teachers,
as well as Families, will be supplied at the lowest wholesale
prices, less a small commission, to defray expenses for pat-king
aud shipping. Fowliri & Wells, 131 Nassau si , N. Y.
A Physician Wanted to go South, as an Asuitttant in a
first class Hydropathic Institute. To one, master of his
profession, and who would be willing to devote his entire time
and energies to the duttas of his calling, a liberal salary will
be paid. Address, Dr. Shew, corner of 12th Street and Uni
versity Place.
Also, in the sirna Institution, is wanted a Gentleman, of
liberal education and good character, to conduct the business
department of the Institution. Apply as above. je 2t
Forest City Water Cure—located near Ithaca, Pf. Y.,
on the eastern shore nf Cayuga Lake. The Medical department
is in thn hands of S. O Gl-ason. M. D.. former Physician to the
Glen Haven Core. Mrs. K B. tileason will take specific charge
of' 0t<; frit) tie patients. Persons coming from New York, and
from the Southern* Counties, can take the Ithaca Rail Road,
which intersects with the New York and Kri« Rail Kosd at
Owego, and arrive at Ithaca every night and morning. From
the North, East, and West, can take the stage at Auburn every
morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga Rridge every afternoon for
Ithaca. The stage leaves Ithaca every morning for Auburn,
pacing the Cure.
Terms.—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, Stc,
$5 to $10 per week, varying according to room and attention
required1. Payments ma'le weekly. Each jiatient will furnish
three good-sized cotton comfortables, one woolen blanket, and
a linen packing sheet, 1 3 4 yards long by I J yards wide, besides
four coarse b;ith towels Some old linen for bandages will he
durable. All business letters address! to Dr. J. F. BuRDlcK,
Forest City P. O., Tompkins Co., N. Y , post paid. ap Cm
Cleveland Water Cure Estadlishmrnt is now open
for the reception of patients. The success which has attended
it thus far gives bright hopes for the futore. and enables the iob-
scriber to say with confidence to all who wUh to make a prac
tical application of the hydropathic treatment, that they can
pursue it here umler the most favorable auspices for the removal
of disease. The location, although in the immediate vicinity of
one of the mosf Ueautil'nl cities in the Union, is still very retired.
There is connected with the establishment some forty acres ol
native forest, which furnishes one of the most beautiful retreats
for walks and ninn«oinent that can be desired. The beet Ger-
insn Bath Nurses are in attendance. The price for hoard, med c
ical advice, and all ordinary attendance of nurses, is $6 per
week, payable weekly. V
Patients in indigent eireunist.tnces, coming well recommend* (
ed, and willing to occapy second-rale rooms, will in certain
cases be received at a reduced price. AH communications must
be post paid.—T. T. Seelyb, M. D., Proprietor.
—-e^
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prosperttts.

The Water-Cure Journal is published monthly, illustrated
with engravings, exhibiting the Structure, Anatomy, and Physi
ology of the Human liody, with familiar instructions to learners.
It is emphatically a Journal of Health, adapted to all classes,
and is designed to be a complete FAMILY GUIDE in all cases and
in all diseases.
Hydropathy will be fully unfolded, and so explained that all
may apply it in various diseases, even those not curable by any
other means. There is no system so simple, harmless, and univer
sally applicable, as the Water-Cure. Its effects are almost miracu
lous, and it has already been the means of saving the lives of
thousands who were entirely beyond the reach of all other known
remedies.
Philosophy of Health.—This will be fully discussed, including
Food, Drinks, Sleep, Clothing, Air, and Exercise, showing their
effects on both body and mind.
Reforms in all our modes of life will be pointed out, and made
so plain that " he that runs may read." We believe fully that
man may prolong his life much beyond the number of years
usually attained. Wc propose to show how.
To Invalids, no matter of what disease, the principles of Hy
dropathy may safely be applied, and, in nine cases out of ten, great
benefit may be derived therefrom.
To Those in Health.—Without health even life is not desira
ble, unless a remedy can be found. To preserve health, no other
mode of living can compare with this system. In fact, were its
rules observed and carried out, many of our ills would be forever
banished, and succeeding generations grow up in all the vigor of
true manhood. It will be part of our duty to teach the world how
to preserve health, as well as cure disease.
Water-Cure at Home.—Particular directions will be given for
the treatment of ordinary cases at Home, which will enable all,
who may have occasion, to apply it without the aid of a physi
cian.
To Women and Mothers.—It is universally conceded by all in
telligent practitioners, sis well by the old school as the new, that
the Water-Cure is not equaled by any other mode of treatment in
those peculiar complaints common only to women. The Journal
mil contain such advice and instruction as may be considered must
important in all these critical, yet unavoidable cases.
This Journal will be published on the first of each month, con
taining the best matter with reference to the application of this sys
tem to Life, Health, and Happiness, adapted to all classes, on the
following
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and Physicians, arc authorized agents, who will receive andforward
subscriptions to the publishers.
Please address all letters, tost paid, to
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The Water-Cure Journal.—We would not deprive our- Thoso of our readers who desire a work that treats of the Wo know of no better way of spending a dollar to-day than
ulf of a copy of the Journal for lifty times its subscription laws of health in a plain and common-sense manner, cannot by sending for the Water-Cure Journal.—North Western
price. It in working a beneficent revolution. Its truths will do belter than to subscribe for the Journal. — Skaboygan Gazetteer.
open a world of health and hope to tho poisoned invalid. Mercury.
Wator, a proper diet, and exercise, will not raise the dead, Tub Water-Cure Journal anr Herald or Reforms : The Water-Cure Jourwal.— If our will could energize
but some of the worst ills of life can, through their agency, Devoted to 1'hysiology, Hydropathy, and the Laws of Life.— the race, the Water-Cure Journal should be published in all
languages, and every family that could read should be a sub
be removed from our race.—Clinton County Whig. This is another publication we most cordially and earnestly scriber, at least for a year, after which, they would " throw
It ii abold and liberally edited periodical, presenting with recommend to the heads or families, and to everybody ; for physic to the dogs," and live in health and enjoy themselves.
ability and science the principles of medical reform it advo who is not interested in the laws of health and life, which — Wisconsin Free Democrat.
cates, and containing, what is more valuable to popular are in this Journal so ably discussed, and so fearlessly, too,
readers, information of the means by which disease can be of the mighty opposition of the monster—custom? In it is with Tin Water-Cure Journal is full to the brim, as usual,
prevented.—Kalida Ventura. always found something new, of deep importance to every matter of the highest importance to the people.—Port
No praise of ours can add to the worth of this excellent one.—Banner of Liberty, Maryland. land Transcript.
periodical. Wo never take up a number without wishing it Tiik Water-Cure Journal.—This beautiful, highly use We do not hesitate to say, that every one who takes and
was placed in the hands of every family in the country.— ful, and interesting periodical, is on our table. It contains carefully reads this work, will find that his dollar has been
CUrmont Sun. a vast amount of reading matter concerning the promotion wisely invested.— Ohio Times,
We know of no medical work that is conducted with so and preservation of health, which cannot fail of being useful We believe it to be altogether the most valuable work on
much spirit, and keeps as well posted tip in all matters con and valuable to all classes of readers.—Homestead Journal. the subject of health there is issued. We have no doubt it
nected with the profession, as this.—Allegan Record. This Journal, spreading before tho public a very desirable would be a blessing for the country if it could be introduced
It has spread broadcast many useful facts, and added no species of instruction—how to take care of one's health— into every family.— Wyoming County Mirror.
small amount to the stock of "common sen#e" in this coun the most essential requisite of the medical art. The scien We might add similar testimony from thousands, were it
try in relation to momo of the most important laws of life and tific truths imparted arc of inestimable importance to the necessary ; but we deem the above sufficient to show the
health, and we hope to ate it continue in this good work in public, and can hardly be procured in any other so cheap prevailing sentiment in regard to the value of the Water-
iu enlarged sphere of usefulness.— Washtenaw Whig. and practically instructive a form.—New York Reformer. Cure Jourmal.—Publishers.
 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO
VOL. XII. NO. 1.] NEW YORK, JULY, 1851.
FOWLERS & WELLS, PUBLISHERS, HYGIENE.
131 Nassau ettect, New York. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN HYGIENIC
AND HYDROPATHIC ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS
(sConttnts. AND Sl'RGEONS, ADOPTED AT THE t.NNUAL
Tho Waicr-Cure Visiter, . Faltlc for the MedT Profwinn, MEETING, MAY StTH, 1851.
Hygiene—Cutnimttee's Report, A Caae of Medical Halpraetke,
Sfurlet, ukJ .Small Pox, A Doctor'* Bill, The Committee appointed on the 19th day of
More Horn* Practice, . The Water-Cure iu Georgia, June, 1850, on the subject of Hygiene, and charged
Tbi> .A |ipcw»ching Cotite«t, Line* on Water,
Chu of Childbirth, . Fatal Mistake ofa Druggist, by the Constitution (Art. X.) with the duty of
Ancient Water-Cure, Typhua Frverasd Cocaitaata, presenting a report at the annual meeting held
Bilious Fever, .... Water-Cure in New port,
A llydrorwlh for Dover, . Professor Sillinian, . at the close of its official year, of such fucts and
Cues in WAtcr-Cure, Varieties, .... arguments as its members may deem proper, have
Medical EducalMxi, Go Ahead! .... considered the subject referred to them, as well
Health a Rolurk'ua Duty, . Ijuiic*' Waists,
The Science of Medicine, Wood Engraving—il* Eipenae, as their various other engagements would allow,
1 i on the Water-Cure, The Music World, . . and respectfully submit the following
The Effect! of Waler-Cure, . More Nice than Wise, ; .
July Meditation*, . . . Sliuider
The Doctor and Sailor, . REPORT.
Another Viluine, . We understand by the term Hygiene, that de
The City Inapeetor'e Report, Matrimony, partment of medical science which relates to the
Allopathic Cure Tor Neuralgia, 14 The Science ofAdvertising,
The Anger Cure, . . 14 Riverand Harh.Improveiucnta, preservation of health and the prevention of dis
Thought! on Do—tieW^Ow, 15 Explained, .... ease. Perhaps the most natural division of the
Applicability of the Water-Cure, 14 Cnah Receipts,
Rmnra n Tight Boots, subject is into Public and Private: the latter
The Constitution of Man, . 11 How to Save the Union, . denoting the various laws which influence the
IbacBLLairr, . . . .1*1 To CoiRtHniNDIMil, .
Gossip from Boston, . .IIS Book Notices, . heultU of individuals ; and the former, of com-
Glen Haven Water-Cure, . 18 AnvKBTIftEMEXTH, . munitiet. On the present occasion, your Commit
The W. C. J.—An Acrostic, 18 Hydropatliic Encyclopedia, .
tee, passing over the subject of Private Hygiene,
which has received of late years far more con
The Water-Cure Visiter.—In accordance with a sideration than the other division of the subject,
mutual arrangement, entered into by the parties con- respectfully invite your attention to a few facts
cerned, the subscribers to the Water-Cure Visiter and suggestions in relation to what a late writer
will hereafter be supplied to the extent of their sub
scriptions with the Water-Cure Journal instead. calls The Political Economy of Health* We will
This arrangement will, we are confident, be acceptable glance, in the first place, at the history of the
to all ; and it gives us pleasure to inform our readers subject, and ascertain what progress the Old
that Dr. Shew will thus be enabled to devote a larger World has made in Sanitary Science: we will
portion of timo than heretofore in writing for our afterwards inquire whether everything has been
pages. He proposes giving special attention to the accomplished in behalf of the cause that could be,
department of Domestic Hydropathy, and will fre in the New.
quently give cuses in illustration of the treatment.
The Doctor is, as usual, extensively engaged in city Hygiene, however much or long it may have
practice, and has thus ample opportunities for testing been neglected in comparison with other depart
those principles which ho has for years advocated. ments of medical science, may still be said to date
farther back than medicine itself. From the ear
liest period of the history of the world, " down
A Good Suggestion.—S. S. M., of Maysville, Ky.t through the patriarchal ages, there is evidence that
when writing to the publishers, remarks, 11 I would the preservation of health was inculcated as one
say to all persons desirous of a water-cure physician to of the primitive duties. The sanitary laws reveal
settle among them to follow our plan, namely, circu
late one or two hundred copies of the Water-Cure ed to the Jews constituted a part of their religion.
Journal for a year or two, which will prepare the pub The regulations for cleanliness, purification, pro
lic mind, and among the converts some will be found tection from contagious diseases, and for the
qualified to adopt the practice of hydropathy. general preservation of health, are said to have
[$1.00 A YEAR.
been well adapted to the country in which they
lived, and are still observed by the Arabs in that
climate.
"The advantages of public Iicalth were known
in many of the cities of Greece, at the height of
her civilization. TheSpartans paid great attention
to the physical education of young men and young
women, and trained them to temperance, sobrie
ty, and athletic exercises. Plato and Aristotle
thought that no city could exist without health
officers; and Epaminondas, Demosthenes, and
Plutarch served in that capacity. Hippocrates
considered a knowledge of tiie causes of disease
essential to the physician; anJ is said to have
devoted a great part of his life to exploring the
ialaudsof the Grecian seas, and of the Archipelago,
in relation to the subject of the health of the in
habitants. His life was spent in tracing nature
and in observing and recording facts as interpreted
by her. Hence the immortality stamped upon his
name and writings."*
"Hut" (says a writer in The Edinburgh lieview)
"the Romans were the most sagacious and exten
sive legislators in such matters. They were in
many things masters of the practical ; and have
left vestiges still pregnant with the wisdom of
experience. With them, nothing seems to have
been deemed 'common or unclean' that could
protect the public health. We find Pliny writing
to Trajan about a fetid stream passing through
Amastris, as if it were an affair of state. The
cloacie of the Tarquins are still among the archi
tectural wonders of the world. The arrangements
for supplying the houses of Rome with water were
most minute: while those for ventilation and
drainage, still traceable in the several remains of
Roman amphitheatres, have 6truck our most ad
vanced sanitarians with surprise at their remark
able adaptation to their purpose. Indeed, it is
easy to see that the rules and operations for the
protection of health in Rome, were of a very
radical and peremptory character, and allowed no
minor interests to interfere with them. It seems
to have been a rule with them, that from the time
when the foundation of a city was laid, to that of
the summit of its greatness, no structural opera-
* Lemuel Shattuck.
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tion, public or private, should be permitted to take
a shape which might render it a harbor cither for
disease or crime."
"The cause of public health received a fatal
check when Home fell; what was previously
known, perished in the general wreck of civiliza
tion. It does not appear that any sanitary regu
lations existed from the seventh to the fourteenth
centuries. In those ' dark ages,' the people lived
without rule of any kind; and consequently,
frightful epidemics often appeared to desolate the
land."* And since that period, few subject's have
made so slow and so little progress as the science
of public health, notwithstanding the antiquity of
its origin : indeed, the history of our subject is
almost an entire blank from the fourteenth to the
commencement of this present nineteenth century,
when the first permanent Council of Health was
established in the city of Tal is. From that time
forward the subject of sanitary improvement has
steadily increased in importance and interest until
it has now become one of the greatest questions
of the age.
The services of this Council of Health at Paris
arc rendered gratuitously: still it has always been
considered a high honor to belong to it. It was at
first composed of four members, but it now num
bers twenty-six. Men of the highest considera
tion appear to have sought a part in its labors,
which are so highly appreciated by the govern
ment, that the decisions of the council upon matters
submitted to it are seldom if ever reversed. Many
of its reports—which relate to three great divi
sions, health, salubrity and industry—required in
their preparation an unusual amount of labor and
scientific research ; and when we add that the
number of these reports averages eight every week,
we mny form some idea of the immense amount of
gratuitous service which has been performed by
this council.
Councils of Ilealth, similar to that of Paris,
were established in Nantes in 1817 ; in Bordeaux
soon after; in Lyons in 1822; in Marseilles in
1825; in Lisle in 1828 ; in Rouen in 1831 ; and
other large cities followed their example. The
important results derived from the investigations
of these councils stimulated the labors of private
individuals, and a large number of interesting
and valuable works has since been published in
relation to this subject. In consequence of these
works, and of the example of England and other
governments in the cause of public health, an
ordinance was passed on the 18th of December,
1848, for a general health regulation through
out the French Republic; in accordance with
which, a Council of Public Health has since been
permanently established in each of the 3t>3 arron-
dissementt of France, with duties and obligations
minutely specified in all their wide and varied
details. The city of Paris has special regulations
"for the protection of public health."!
In the German and Prussian States, systems of
sanitary and medical police exist in great perfec
tion, and have been applied more extensively to
society than in any other parts of the world.
And in all the governments on the continent of
Europe, laws exist by which every birth, every
marriage, and every death which take place are
t say that wo can find but few materials for a cor
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recorded—these records being compulsory and
universal.*
In Great Britain, the sanitary welfare and im
provement of the people seem to have attracted
very little attention until within the last twenty-
five years. Boards of Health had existed in many
cities, but they were generally void of much
vitality. To Edwin Chadwick, Esq., of the Inner
Temple, barristcr-aHaw, the cause of sanitary im
provement is, perhaps, more indebted than to any
other man. This subject appears to have been
"the ruling thought of his life" since the year 1828.
From that time to this, no one has labored more
efficiently than he, through sanitary commissions
and the public press.
Dr. T. Southwood Smith, Professor in the Lon
don Fever Hospital—another individual who has
been prominent in all the sanitary movements—
called the public attention to the causes of fever,
in his treatise on that subject, in 1830, and sub
sequently published a valuable work on the Philo
sophy of Health. f
The most important sanitary measure ever
adopted in England was the "Act for the Regis
tration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in Eng
land and Wales," which went into operation on
the 1st of July, 1837. This act was brought into
Parliament by Lord John Russell, and supported
by Lord Morpeth (now Earl of Carlisle), the late
Sir Robert Peel, and other distinguished members.
Under the operation of the system which this act
established, "a mass of statistics, relating to life,
health, and disease, has been accumulating, which
will exert, and is exerting, an immensely bene
ficial influence upon the physical and moral Wel
fare of the population." The Quarterly Reports of
the Registrar General are regarded as of the high
est authority—presenting, as they do, a true pic
ture of the present condition of the country and
nation, based on "those unerring indices, marriages
anil deaths." As respects this law, England is
divided at present into 11 divisions, 623 districts,
and 2,189 sub-districts, from each of which returns
arc made with so great regularity that it seldom
happens that a single one is misBing. The deaths
by each disease arc shown, the prevailing epi
demics recorded and exhibited, and every one is
traced, from its origin to its termination.
In 1844 and 1815, Hcalth-of-Towns Associations
were organized in London, Liveqiool, and all the
principal towns in England, so powerfully had the
subject of sanitary improvement seized upon pub
lic attention ; and on the 31st of August, 1848,
the great sanitary measure which had previously
been introduced into Parliament by Lord Morpeth
(now Earl of Carlisle) became a law, under the
title of " An AH for Promoting the Public
Health." Under this act a General Bo.vitn of
Health has been organized, consisting of the
Earl of Carlisle, Lord Ashley, Edwin Chadwick,
Esq., and Thomas Southwood Smith, M.D. It is
needless to add that the more recent ravages of
the Asiatic cholera have still further stimulated
public interest in the cause of sanitary improve
ment, and demonstrated its importance.
A careful analysis of the various sanitary docu
ments and works which have so far appeared in
England (according to Mr. Lemuel Shattuck), com-
* l^muel Shattuck.
pletely establishes the truth of the following con
clusions :—
1. That the annual mortality in the whole of
England averages 1 in 41 ; in the most healthy dis
trict, 1 in C5 ; and in the most unhealthy, 1 in 27.
2. That in all parts of the kingdom we can trace
the various forms of disease caused by atmos
pheric impuritirs, decomposing substances, damp
and filth, and crowded dwellings, just as surely as
such conditions prevail.
3. That disease and mortality full more heavily
upon the (own than the country, and particularly
upon those who live in narrow streets, confined
courts, damp dwellings, close chambers, nndrained,
unventilated, and uncleanscd cellars, affecting
most severely the infantine portion of the popula
tion, and the heads of families between 20 and
30 years of age.
4. That, in such situations, the average duration
of life is 5 to 25 veal's less than it might otherwise
be ; and that, during this curtailed period of exist
ence, the working power of those who live, and
their capacity for enjoyment, arc greatly dimin
ished by a constant depression of health and
spirits, and by the active attacks of fear, cholera,
scrofula, and consumption.
5. That the frequency and intensity of the dis
eases above specified may be abated by means of
drainage, proper cleansing, better ventilation,
and other means of diminishing atmospheric im
purity ; and where the removal of the noxious
agencies and other causes of disease appears to be
complete, such diseases almost entirely disappear.
6. Thai the annual mortality might be reduced
in the whole kingdom from 1 in 44 to 1 in 50 ;
and, in all large towns, as low as that general
average.
7. That this unnecessary excess of mortality
above 2 per cent., occasions an annual loss of
more than 50,000 lives in the United Kingdom
—" greater than the loss from death or wounds in
any wars in which the country lias been engaged
in modern times ;" and that the causes of these
unnecessary deaths occasion at least twenty cases of
unnecessary sickness, on the average, to each death,
or one million cases annually, which might have
been prevented.
8. That of the 43,000 cases of widowhood, and
112,000 cases of destitute orphanage, relieved from
the poor rates of England and Wales alone, the
greater proportion of deaths of the heads of fami
lies occurred from specifed removable causes;
and that the average of their ages was under
forty-five years, or thirteen years below the natural
probability of life, as shown by experience.
!i. That the preventable causes of disease, and
the unnecessary mortality, impose upon the peo
ple immense pecuniary burdens which might be
avoided.
10. That the younger population, bred up
under noxious physical agencies, is inferior, in
physical organization and general health, to a
population preserved from such agencies ; and that
these adverse circumstances tend to produce an
adult population, short-lived, improvident, reck
less, immoral, and intemperate.
So much for the progress of Sanitary Science
abroad : on glancing nearer home, we regret to
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I responding sketch. Outside of our commercial cholera of 1849—is now in health again. The cial sanitary surveys of particular localities ; the
cities, where quarantine regulations were early deaths in tho first quarter of 1850 were less by exact observation of the effect of mill-ponds and
established, as a matter of necessity, the Bubject 21,065 nd 21,414, than the deaths i i the corres- stagnant water upon the health of the neighboring
does not appear to- have attracted much attention, pondinj quarters of 1847 and 1848. Fewer chil- inhabitants; periodical house-to-house visitations
until within the last ten years. Not a single dren have been left fatherless; fewer parents have | for sanitary purposes; the investigation of the
State in tho Union, to the best of our knowledge been bereaved of their children. Sickness and ! causes of sickness in general, sickness in schools,
(excepting, perhaps, New York and Massachusetts), suffering—though perhaps not precisely in the i and especially of consumption ; the abatement of
has'in actual operation an efficient system for the same ratio as the mortality—have diminished. > nuisances endangering human life and health ; the
registration of births, denths, and marriages ; with The skillful and active industry of tho kingdom prevention or mitigation of the sanitary evils of
out which little, if anything, can be accomplished has 11been less
' interrupted' by the illness of work Intemperance ; a revision of the laws relating to
in the way of sanitary improvement, because wc men and the incapacity of masters; the parishes coroner's inquests, as well as those relating to in
cannot dispense with the knowledge which such have fewer poor to relieve ; the friendly societies sane and idiotic persons, with a view to giving
statistics afford. A few years ago, an effort was fewer sick members to support; insurance societies some control in suitable cases to the Boards of
made to establish such a system in this State (New less to pay on policies ; everything dependent on Health, hereafter to be established; the proper
York), by legal enactment, but with less success the duration of human life has been relieved of regulation of interments, so as to show a becoming
than it deserved. The number of deaths is pretty pressure ; the minds of the people have not been respect for the dead, and at the same time protect
well ascertained in the different large cities— irritated by hunger, fever and discontent." the health of the living ; the more perfect preser
especially in our own metropolis (New York city), In this connection, your Committee take pleasure vation of the lives and the health of seamen and
where no burial can take place, unless a physician's in paying a just tribute to the recent Report of of passengers at sea ; the transfer of control over
certificate specifying tho cause of death, etc., has the Sanitary Commissioners of Massachusetts, and quarantine regulations to the Boards of Health;
been previously procured by the sexton or under to its estimable author Mr. Lemuel Shattuck, of the prevention or mitigation of the sanitary evils
taker, who, in turn, is compelled by law to regis Boston, the head of the commission. In the opin arising from foreign emigration ; the formation of
ter a copy of every snch certificate in the office ion of your committee, this document is one of sanitary associations in all parts of the State ; the
of the City Inspector. The births and marriages exceeding interest and value, and the example of erection of better lodging-houses for the poor ; the
in this State are not registered (wc regret to add) ; Massachusetts in authorizing such a commission establishment of public bathing-houses and wash-
with equal precision : and wc presume they arc j is worthy of being followed by every State in our houses in all cities and villages; the prevention of
not registered in any other State (Massachusetts ; Union. Mr. Shattuck's Report (which was pre- the sale and use of adulterated food, drink or
excepted) much more accurately. A new law J scnted to the Legislature of Massachusetts on the medicine ; the education of nurses for the sick ; a
relating to registration was enacted in Massachu j 25th of April, 1850) commences with a very well- system of family registration ; and a more thorough
setts on the 30th of May, 1849 ; and we are glad ; written account of the progress of the cause of instruction of the young in everything pertaining
to le«rn, on the authority of Lemuel Shattuck, that ; Sanitary Improvement both abroad and at home to physiology and hygiene. All of these measures
" it is becoming more and more popular," though ! (to which, by the way, we cheerfully acknowledge the commissioners advocate with a most commend
he adds that " a few important improvements ' our own indebtedness for valuable assistance in able zeal, because—as they prove by unanswer
should be made in its administration and execu : the preparation of this Report). It then proceeds able arguments—they arc practical, useful, eco
tion." to recommend a Plan for a Sanitary Survey of nomical, philanthropic, charitable, and moral; be
The census of the United States, taken during '■ the State. The measures constituting this plan cause they involve an important duty, and are
the year 1850, will undoubtedly afford us, when f are fifty in number, and are substantially as fol- imperatively demanded by the progress of the age.
its results arc made public, a vast amount of useful ; lows:—The commissioners recommend a thorough The commissioners then proceed to answer the
information on almost every single subject of na ; revision of the health laws of the State ; the for- common objections made to such plans in minute
tional interest When we know the exact num | mation of a General Board of Health with a com- detail—namely : that they are "too complicated ;''
ber of the population of the United States, wc \ petcnt Secretary, and also of a Local Board of that they arc " not applicable to our people ;" that
have a fair basis to work upon as good Sanitarians; ; Health in every city and town, with suitable offi- they are "too statistical;" that they "interfere
but this is not all we wish to know ; we must ! cers; an alteration of the constitution of the State, with private matters, rights, and interests;" that
have, in addition, an exact knowledge of the mar ! so that the next State census (instead of being they " create an unnecessary expense ;" that they
riages, births, and deaths, to the end that wc may j taken in the same year as the United States census, "promote qnaekery, alarm the people and inter
ascertain accurately the exact condition of the ! as heretofore) shall be taken in 1855, and at the fere with Providence;" and lastly, that "the peo
public health in all parts of the Union. The fol ! end of every subsequent period of ten years : it ple have not time to attend to it." All of these
lowing extract from the Quarterly Return of the being one object of the proposed census (under objections arc shown to be frivolous, 6hort-sightcd
Registrar General, in England, for April, 1850, the new arrangement) to ascertain the sanitary and absurd. The Report concludes with a power
will show some of the purposes to which such in condition of the commonwealth; the establish ful appeal, in behalf of the subject of Sanitary
formation as this could be applied :—" While the ment of a more perfect system of registration of Improvement, to physicians, clergymen, educated
returns of the exports, imports and revenue fur both deaths and marriages ; a suitable provision men of all classes, the wealthy and the philanthro
nish good indications of the productions, consump for obtaining observations of the atmospheric phe pic, the people at large, the periodical press, to
tion and commerce of great classes in the country, nomena on a systematic and uniform plan, at dif towns and cities, and finally, to the commonwealth
the marriages, births and deaths supply a surer test ferent stations in the commonwealth; the adop of Massachusetts. For instance, they say : " The
of the condition of the whole population. It is tion of a uniform nomenclature for the causes of sanitary reform we advocate, is not like some of
gratifying to find that the general results of both disease and of death ; ample provision, in laying the popular reforms of the age. It rests upon no
classes of returns are favorable. The marriages, out new towns and villages, for a supply, in visionary theories, conceived alone in the closet,
which in 1847 were so much depressed, and in purity and abundance, of light, aik and watek ; or by some impracticable enthusiast It aims at
creased almost imperceptibly in 1848, rose to for drainage and sewerage, for paving and for the establishment of no abstract principle, with no
141,599 in the year 1849; and in tho autumn cleanliness ; a more strict attention to health in definite, practical bearing or application. It is
quarter were 43,632, which is a higher number the erection of school houses, churches and other not radical in its character or tendency ; does not
than ha* ever before been celebrated, excepting in public buildings—particularly as regards their seek to overturn nor upturn any social, political,
the autumn quarter of 1845. The deaths have site, structure, heating apparatus and ventilation ; or religious sentiment or institution, nor abrogate
also declined ; they were 98,907. The country— the prevention or mitigation of the sanitary evils anv constitutional or statute law ; it interferes
which, after the failure of the potato crop, in 1846, which arise from over-crowded lodging-houses and with no man's rights, pecuniary, social, political or
was covered with funerals, in the train of a multi cellar-dwellings ; the reservation of open spaces in religious. But it takes things as they are ; looks
tude of diseases, and of two great epidemics, the cities and villages for wide streets and public upon man as it finds him ; allows him to enjoy
fatal influenza of 1847-8, and the more deadly j squares—both to be ornamented with trees; spc- j the institutions with which he is favored, andgiv,
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him the meant erf living longer, and of enjoying • produces the most favorable results. Unfortunate- \ or peccant matter inside, produce inflammation, and
more while he does liee. There is in this no trans- j ly, blind faith in the habitual practice and the "_/»• ; put the internal organs in danger. You act
cendentalism, or other ism or ologii, to which any rare in verba magiMri' on one hand, and a very against nature, because nature, in these diseases,
reasonable objection can be made ; though it trans pardonable misconception of the Water-Cure, con chooses, not the alimentary canal, but the skin, as
cends, in its simplicity, in its practical utility, and nected with a deal of fanaticism, on the other, the organ by which to rid the body of the conta
ita substantial, everyday, universal benefits, all , have hindered our method, the honor of which gion.
other reforms. Every person, in every station, belongs essentially to Priessnitz, from being uni From these principles, therefore, if the skin is
can do something to promote this reform ; and versally acknowledged and introduced even in moist, i. e., active, and no internal organ particu
every such effort, wisely directed, will increase Europe. My writings on Water-Cure and its dif larly affected, the physician ought to do nothing
the amount of his own individual enjoyment, and ferent inventors and promulgators have proved or little, especially in scarlet fever and measles,
add to the aggregate enjoyment of tl>e people." that there is no water-fanaticism within me, but which produce no destruction of the surface. His
In conclusion, your Committee would respect that I am a careful ami quiet, though perhaps principal care ought to be to prevent mischief by
fully urge every member of this Association to in somewhat partial, observer. I do not vindicate for taking cold, being kept too hot, taking exciting
terest himself in the cause of Public as well as of hydropathy more attention than it deserves; in drinks, or medicines " to drive the eruption out •*
Private Health, not only in his own town or vil this case facts speak for themselves. The patients and thus to paralyse the wisdom of old ladies, who
lage, but in his own county, district, section, and w ho were drugged out of life are not met with, " know how to treat" these diseases, having expe
State; and, in fine, in the whole Union. Let each because they were buried ; but the deaf, the blind, rienced the effects of gin, pepper, onions, hot
and all labor assiduously, in the collection of use and the disfigured you frequently see, are as many wine, etc. In ease the throat be affected, the pa-
ful facts and information, and in their wide and proofs of the unsuccessful result of drug medica , tient has to wear a cold water compress on this
general diffusion and publication. Our constitu tion as the statement of deaths exhibited in the pa part and on the epigastrium or stomach ; ». «., a
tion has made this one of the two cardinal objects pers. I never saw any of these organic destruc J piece of linen dipped into cold water, carefully
of our society : it has even assigned it a preference tions, nor indeed, any chronic disease following or | wrung out, folded up six or eight times (according
over the other; and your committee are confident resulting from hydriatic treatment of scarlatina, j to its thickness,) placed on the skin and covered
that the more it is contemplated the more will morbilli, or variola. If any one has observed the with a double piece of flannel or another piece of
the cause of Saxatary Improvement commend itself contrary, his publishing the case, with all its par ; dry linen folded up as above, and fastened with a
to the benevolent, the reflecting, and the enlight ticulars, would contribute to the discovery of • handkerchief. This compress is changed as often
ened, as one of the noblest of the many which truth, of w hich we all—especially physicians of as it becomes very hot, or the pain increases ; say,
mark the times in which we live. "Ignorant any school —ought to be continually in search, and every two or three hours, or every hour, or oftener.
men" (says Dr. Simon, the Health Officer of Lon thereby either show some mistake in the applica In affections of the eyes, a compress is placed on
don) "may sneer at the pretensions of Sanatory tion of water, or limit the apparent infallibility, of the forehead, another on the back of the neck,
Science; weak and timorous men may hesitate to Hydropathy in the treatment of the diseases in reaching half way down the shoulders, and a third
commit themselves to its principles, so large in question. Whoever wants to see truth need not around the feet, if they arc dry. The compresses
their application; selfish men may shrink from > be afraid of light. The object of this article is not on the stomach, on the feet, and between the
the labor of change which its recognition1 must ! to procure victory to one or another system of the shoulders have to remain longer than those of the
entail ; and wicked men may turn indifferently healing nrt, but to prevent millions of tears, and parts affected, their object being to divert the in
from considering that which concerns the health to save fifty thousand heads and as many pair of flammation from those parts by creating heat in
and happiness of millions of their fellow-creatures ; ■ hands per vear to a country whose vast extent re- the surface of some corresponding region. No
but in the great objects which it proposes to itself, \ quires cultivation, and whose political institutions medicine to act upon the bowels ought to be given ;
in the immense amelioration which it proffers to entitle it to that power which it will, of course, the bowels will move by themselves when it is
the physical, social, and indirectly to the moral ' obtain with the increase of a healthy population, time ; they ought to be left quiet till the peccant
condition of an immense majority of our fellow- j The mode of treatment used by me and several matter is all on the surface ; the patient ought to
creatures, it transcends the importance of all other others is very plain and mild, its whole object eat little or nothing, and drink cold water (not be
sciences, and in its beneficent operation seems to being to increase the action of the skin and pro- low 50°, however,) often, in small quantities.
embody the spirit and to fulfill the intention of j tect the vital organs from the effects of the virus, In small pox, packing in wet sheets ought to
practical Christianity." by drawing the latter to the surface, thereby re be resorted to. This is effected by spreading a
In behalf of the Committee, ducing fever and inflammation, and thus render blanket on a bed, upon the blanket a linen sheet
ROLAND S. HOUGHTON, M.D., ing ulceration and destruction of internal parts dipped in cold water, and carefully wrung out ;
Chairman. ( impossible. Water-Cure here does nothing but the patient is placed naked upon the sheet,
J what it ought to do in every case, and what ought which is quickly wrapped around his body, then
; to be the main, if not the only, object of the med- the blanket is closely wrapped over the sheet so
SCARLET FEVER: MEASLES: SMALL POX. , ical art in general ; it assists Nature in her efforts. as to prevent air from approaching the latter ;
BY CHARLES MUNDE, M.D. The efforts of nature being directed, in these dis finally one or two additional blankets, comforters,
The numerous deaths occurring in the United eases, towards the surface, or the skin, as the erup or feather beds are laid \ipon the patient and
States, of the above-named diseases, but more par tion clearly shows, the treatment is to assist Na tucked under each side, as well as under the shoul
ticularly of scarlet fever, which, according to the ture, if she has not strength enough to produce ders and feet, particular care being taken to pack
different papers I have fallen in with, average the exanthema, or if she is cheeked in her efforts the two latter parts well, and to concentrate the
above 50,000 a year, have attracted my attention of doing so, as often happens, by catching cold, heat, escaping from the body, within the pack. In
from the first months of my residence in my adopt or by taking medicines which operate as stimu this position the patient remains as long as he or
ed country, and raised a desire to diminish the ca lants on the mucous membrane of the internal or she feels comfortable ; commonly they fall asleep,
lamity by publishing and promulgating a method gans. It ought to be remembered that the mucous and begin to be restless soon after they awake,
of treatment which, in the hands of European hy- membrane, with which the body is lined inside, when they ought to drink some water and stay
driatists, has proved so eminently successful that I or the inner skin, is in close connection with the about half an hour longer. The usual time is from
have not known of one single case of death for outer skin, and that every worn out or morbid one to three hours. If some symptoms of the dis
above sixteen years, although my correspondence '• particle in the body must bo expelled through ease show and the eruption delays to appear, one
in medical matters, and my own practice, have ; either of them ; thus, by exciting the surface of the or two packs will soon decide the question by
been very extensive. In nny practical science, body to action, yon increase perspiration, draw the drawing the eruption out After the eruption has
and particularly in the healing art, experience is morbid particles to the skin, and help nature to appeared, the packing is continued once a-day, and
better than book-learning, and that method is no expel them ; by exciting the mucous membrane compresses placed over the face if this is covered
doubt the best which, after a number of years, you increase secretion, draw the morbid particles with pustules ; the more there are of them, the
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oftener the compress ought to be changed, besides have remained behind, and prepare the skin for dining, I bathed again ond took an injection, pre
a derivative compress being put between the neck the change of air. paratory to the approaching ovent, of which I had
and shoulders, as directed above, especially when By following this method, all my patients have been warned by pains during the latter part of
there arc pustules upon the eyes. been able to leave their rooms in less than a fort the forenoon. Abjut two o'clock, I sent for some
These wet sheets and compresses or bandages, night, in any season of the year. I remember only female friends and for my physician, and all was
besides drawing the peccant matter to the surface, one ease when the patient, in malignant scarlet comfortably over at 4, P. M
help to dissolve it and to prevent malignant ulcer fever, remained in-doors seventeen days in winter. I stipulated for the wet girdle instead of the
ation, so much so that none of my patients was It would be of no avail to cite cases from the usual bandage, but the "powers that be," anxious
ever marked with small-pox, and I am so fully country where I live ; I will refer only to one case to conform to my wishes, and at the same time to
persuaded of the efficacy of water-treatment in of scarlatina anginosa, which I treated in New ward off apprehended dangers, dipped it into
this " formidable" disease, that I would not have York during my short residence there last winter. scalding water, and then cooled it sufficiently to
any of my children vaccinated, had I been sure The patient, a gentleman of thirty-three years of wring it out ! but thanks to the laws of evapora
that I would be able to treat them myself, if they age, and of not very strong health, walked out with tion, it felt cold when it reached rae, and I knew
■were attacked with it in later years. I have no me the eleventh day after the disease had set in, nothing of the trick until I was told of it
desire to deprive the immortal Jenner of part of : on a rather cold and wet day in January. He has But before night it needed to be wet again, and
his well deserved reputation ; but I am persuaded kindly permitted rae to use his name for the bene I had it my own way. I had intended to take a
that Priessnitz's mode of treating the disease, if ! fit of others, which any physician or other person sitz-bath before bed-time, but my husband, who was
generally known and put into practice, will render I feeling interested in the matter may learn at the my only nurse, hydropathically, was absent until
the prophylaxis unnecessary, being besides a valu- ! Tribune or Water-Cure Journal office. I shall ten o'clock, in pursuit of some one to do the work
able addition in vaccination, to be used when the be glad to give any farther particulars, if they of the family, and I concluded to defer it until
period of desiccation begins, to expel any peccant should be required, and wish this article may do morning. I took care of the babe myself during
matter remaining in the body. some good until I shall be able to treat the subject the night, and rested comfortably. In the morning
After every pack the patient ought to be washed more at large in o work on hydrotherapeutics, left bed, walked to the tub, and was seated in
all over his body with a wet towel or a dripping which I intend to publish. I wish that other pa that so much dreaded bath ! What a luxury !
sheet. The latter is a linen sheet dipt into water pers may be induced to promulgate the subject How strengthening! How invigorating! 1 know
from which the chill has been taken, say 60 to for common benefit not how many have been anxiously watching the
65° F., and but slightly wrung and hung over his result of this first experiment in Watcr-Cure,
body, which is gently rubbed, and then dried, thinking that if I lived through it (which they
whereupon the patient is placed in a clean and MORE HOME PRACTICE. hardly expected), then they would follow suit ;
dry bed. " A WONDER UNTO MANY." but some of them are still holding back, dreading
The same treatment is to take place in scarlet BY E. M. D. to begin, lest they should "die before their
fever and measles, if the rash does not make its j The first time I ever saw a number of the Water- time." Tho Dr. called in the morning to see how I was
appearance, or if it disappears suddenly, and in Curc Journal, was in November, 1850. Only one
ternal organs begin to be affected. Only in very copy was then taken in our town, six numbers of getting along, and asked if I had found it necessary
which I borrowed, and read carefully and with to take any medicine 1 I told him I had not, and
dangerous cases of malignant scarlet fever, sitz- either because he thought there was no need of it,
baths ought to be resorted to. If the treatment, deep interest My husband was so much pleased or from regard to my hydropathic notions, he did
as directed, is employed in the beginning, and in with it, that he raised a club of fifty to commence
not prescribe any, and I have not seen him since.
case of very high fever and inflammation, the com the new year, and I think it will be the means of This physician, by the way, though a full-blooded
presses and wet sheets used often enough, the scar great good.
latina seldom becomes malignant, and when it As I read the wonderful effects of water, and the allopath, is a subscriber to the Water-Cure Journal,
and as he is a right sensible man, I don't despair of
does, sitz and half-baths are sufficient to change its great benefits resulting from its use, especially by seeing him on the right track yet.
malignant character, without the help of the the suffering daughters of Eve, I concluded that
"sacra anchors mcdicorum," the hell-invented what women had done, women could do again in situated My lady readers will judge how favorably I was
mercury (only worthy to cure one disease little similar circumstances, and why might not I be a that for a grand "getting up," when I tell them
sharer in the blessings of cold water f True, I I had no nurse, took care of my babe every
worse than the remedy), with which two thirds
of mankind are continually poisoned. could not leave my family and go to an " estab night, and most of the day myself, and during tho
lishment ;" but why not have a " Cure" at home ? first week had three different girls in the kitchen I
Whether the patient has been packed during So I determined to practise to the best of my abi to whom everything was new and strange. After
the course of the disease or not, cold ablutions (60 lity on the Hydropathic system, to which I was the first week, my husband was absent eight or
to 66° Y.\ are necessary during and after desqua already partly " broken," as I had for years bathed ten days, leaving me with the care of the three
mation (peeling of the skin), in order to strengthen often, used neither tea nor coffee, and had slept on children, and the help of a young and inex
the skin before going out. These ablutions may a mattress, summer and winter, unless compelled perienced, but kind-hearted and willing Irish girl.
be made every day from the beginning of the di*. to take a feather-bed, when away from home. I During his absence, my second child, between two
ease, either by placing the patient in an empty accordingly commenced operations some three and three years old, was attacked with croup in the
tub or on an oil-cloth and using water freely, or months before confinement I took the towel- night, and awoke me by her struggles for breath.
by rubbing his body in bed with a wet towel and bath daily, night and morning, and for the last i I instantly applied a compress, wrung out of cold
covering every part as soon as washed. The pa few weeks the »itz-bath ; wearing tho wet girdle water, to the throat and chest, changing it every
tient ought not to be exposed for a long time to and using injections when needed. few minutes for half an hour or so, giving her wa
the air, which may occasion cold, whilst the water My health continued good, appetite good, and ter to drink as she"was able. The breathing soon
produces reaction and makes the rash appear deep refreshing, and I was able to go about and I became easier, and I left her in a couple of hours
brighter than before. It is important that the take care of my family to the last in a sound sleep, free from danger. The next
body of the patient should be covered immediately Two days before my confinement, I was left night she had another attack, which was subdued
after the ablution, and not exposed in light gar without help, attended to my domestic concerns, in tho Baine way. The third night the cough
ments to the air ; should the patient not be brought did the work of the family, and took care of seemed to come from the lungs, accompanied with
to bed after the ablution, walking up and down my two children. I felt but little fatigue, and a burning fever, but it all yielded to water.
the room until the circulation is well restored, and slept soundly both nights. But with all these drawbacks, time has slipped
the feet quite warm, will present taking cold. A On Monday, the day of my sickness, I rose at five away, and my little daughter is now three weeks
few packs will be very useful before going out, to o'clock, bathed, got breakfast, <tc, did a large old; and growing finely. And I am going aboi1'.
clear the body of the peccant matter which may baking, and got dinner. While the family were as I like, reading, writing, sewing, oookin<;, and
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bo on, at just the length of time when, with my j etna;/. Let the people keep their eyes opea. Two the spine with a hot iron, for bad stomach. No
other two children, I was considering whether it ; classes of physicians are challenging confidence, better. Burning, itching sensation in the womb
would be safe and prudent to bo lifted from my , professing to be Hydropathic physicians—the one and passage, and copious discharge of clear slimy
bed into an easy chair, not daring to put my foot > use toft water, appropriate diet and exercise, and matter. The physicians now used the speculum,
to the floor. are careful to study the laws of life, and themselves and, as they say, found the womb six times too
What has caused the difference I What! live them out ; the other use hard or soft water as large, and badly ulcerated. They injected lunar
may happen, pay little or no attention to diet and caustic on the ulcers several times. They also
exercise, and in frequent eases—where their treat lanced the womb to extract blood, but got no
THE APPROACHING CONTEST. ment fails—dose and drug their patients till they blood. Then they used leeches twenty times;
BY J. C. JACKSON, M.D. i look as if a regularly educated allopath had had frequent cuppings on back and bowels. Also made
Tiieri lies in the distance—not far off, however j them " by the gills." antimony sores on bowels, and on inside of the
—a great battle. The forces are slowly gathering { I have two cases which I wish to lay before the limbs.
—the martial array is being made, and the conflict j Journal readers. The first is that of a lady, for Last January menstruation ceased ; began again
approaches. God speed the day 1 Let, it come, j whom I have prescribed home treatment, inasmuch two weeks since. Physician stopped it, as she en
Humanity will be the better for it. Yes! let it i as at present she is too feeble and poor to try the tertains expectations of offspring.
come. The poor, the ill-informed, the lacking in j treatment at " the Glen." I shall report her case She is now lying on her back, quite emaciated,
strength can be no worse off than they are note. i under the treatment as I may have opportuni y. and has suffered from constipation for years. Ia
Am I asked what is to be the nature of the bat- j At present I give her letter, describing her case very nervous and sleepless. She is taking ano
tie! and who are to be the combatants! I reply. I and asking for help. Simply saying that though dyne for wakefulness.
The forces will be those who advocate the use of j differing in kind, it by no means exceeds in severity This is a succinct history of this lady's sufferings,
drugs on the one hand, and those who entirely j a numerous class of eases who apply to me for from disease and doctors, for sixteen years. Do
abandon their use on the other, in the treatment ; gratuitous advice. But to the letter. Read it, and tell her what relief she may expect to obtain by
of disease. "The Jacks"—those who use both— j then tell me what yon think of a mode of medi home treatment, also what degree of health she
will of course take sides with the drug-users. cinal practice, that subjects the patient to such might reasonably hope to obtain by coming to
It is impossible to carry the "Water-Cure Revo- j tortures. There is not a Water-Cure doctor in all Glen Haven.
lution much longer under the load to which it is ! this broad land, unless he is an "ass or a quack," Yours, very truly,
being subjected. All over the country are spring- j who could not have managed this lady's case with
ing up pseudo Water-Cures, whose treatment of i t,lc most perfect ease in hsfrst stages. Even now,
disease is as anti-hydropathic as homoeopathy, eclee- in judicious hands and the results which time My second case is one which has been under my
ticism, and almost converted allopathy can make J brings round, I am of the opinion that she can be care for only three tceeks, yet the improvement was
them ; whose physicians use water till they get a cured. so marked, as to give him, and friends, and myself,
hard case, and then down go the pellets, the podo- \ groat gratification; He is a clergyman of Syracuse,
phyllin extract, lobelia emetics, medicinal enema, My Dear Sib, a gentleman of talent and standing, but a great
irritating cutaneous applications and various other j I have read in the L P. paper a very kind >ffer violator of the law of his being, having for many
things for the " reaching of the disease," " the un you have made to answer gratuitously any letters, j years preached very earnestly, and labored very
plugging of the system," "the promotion oi the post paid, asking for medical advice at your hands. , closely, as a student.
secretions," " the equalization of the circulath n," A lady friend in the helplessness of her ease has ■ He came to " the Glen" on the third day of April,
etc. besought me to write for her. Most cheerfully I aged forty years ; has had dyspepsia eighteen
There are various causes for all this, but th } do it, and I doubt not you will as cheerfully give | years ; connecting with it great torpor, and some
chief are two: 1st The Hydro-druggists are con what counsel you can. Mrs. lives in this ; enlargement of liver, and severe constipation. Had
verted allopaths, and cannot well abandon their village. She is one of the true ones of the earth, ! dabbled in drugs, drank tea and coffee, went to
reliance on drugs entirely. a reformer, and a poor woman. She recollects you ; Italy in 1843—was temporarily better. Has tried
2. Host of the drug-giving water-doctors will vnd your teachings years ago. As I detail her Thompsonian and Homoeopathic medicines. Skinaa
be found presiding over establishments whose ease, you will sec she is indeed one of the suffering yellow as saffron ; feet cold ; head dull ■ tongue,
water is anything but soft. ones of earth. tip fiery red ; back part thickly coated, w ith deep
Now i/the Reformation is to be anything but a Her disease is " prolapsus uteri." Sixteen years rhagades in it.
still-horn thing, if it ever reaches the dignity of a ago she had an abortion, with its bad effects. I gave him sheet at "70°, in the morning ; site: at
Revolution, sweeping into it men of all ranks, the Three years of suffering and another abortion. 10 A. M, 72°, fifteen minutes. Pack and half
poor and the rich, the illiterate and the man of Sometimes better, and sometimes worse for eight bath at 72°, every afternoon at 3 o'clock. Foot
education, the old fashioned doctor and his old years, and another abortion. This was five veal's bath at 72°, five minutes—for the first week.
fashioned victim, it must have some avowed great ago. Profuse hemorrhage, to 6top which opium Treatment of the second week, was half-bath at
principles and mode of action. Abortions in the was given,- followed by weakness of eyes and ; 72°, in the morning, three minutes; Bitz at 10,
reformatory as in the physical world are caused swimming of head. Three years since, she had 72° to 68°, twenty-five minutes ; abdominal
by want of constitutional power to give to the em much pain and numbness low in the back and j bandage from 10 to 3 P. M., and all night ; pack
bryo development. The unfoldings of Nature in limbs, fainting, and falling sickness; bloating of : every other day, and half-bath at 72°, with pail
their successive and appropriate stages are checked face and eyes, loss of appetite, and sleeplessness. douche at 66°, and foot bath at evening, 70°,
for want of vivifying principle—and the ill-shapen She took sixteen bottles of Lithontriptie, for general j 10 minutes.
and dead mass pushes itself to the surface, making weakness ; commenced cold showering bath, with j Third week, pail douche at 70°, and plunge
the eye of the beholder to look away. iodine of iron. Her prolapsus no better, had re- j every other morning ; sitz at 10, 74°, thirty
Nothing can be clearer to me than that water tention of urine, pain in the small of the back, ] minutes; abdominal bandage all day, after 10
and drugs are great antagonisms. They have no took blue pill, and was blistered more than a dozen o'clock, and night ; pack every day ; half-bath at
affinity for each other. They work by different timet on the Bides for the pains in the back. 72° ; plunge and half-bath again, for one minute ;
means, they operate to opposite ends; and there ia She has worn pessaries for two years, more or foot bath 68°, ten minutes, at evening ; he was to
not the man on God's footstool who can find a less, has tried sarsaparilla, has worn a seton on the drink one quart of water a day. Took away tea,
■common menstruum for them. He is a quack— right side and above the hip. She has had eleven j and the last week, meat and butter.
I I say it on my own retponsibility—who, professing issues along the spine. Was for a while better— i Within a week his constipation broke up under
to be a Hydropathic physician, puts water on the a wonder you'll think after such usage. the diet, treatment, drinking of water, and enemas,
J outside of his patient's body and some sickening One year ago was taken again with fainting and and his bowels became entirely regular. He was
(, medicine inside. But I have no time to write an vomiting. The doctors actually branded her along \ taken very siok at the Btoniaeh, the third day, after
 THE
dinner. I gave him a warm water emetic—washing
out his stomach thoroughly. His skin whitened
out, and the second Sabbath of his stay at " tho
Glen," he admitted that he had not had such
a Sabbath in fifteen years. The whole treatment
acted like a charm on him. He was very grave in
demeanor and demure in face when he came,
thinking laughter almost a fin, but I enjoined him
to lay aside bis clerical garb, to forget that he was
a minister, to think of himself only as a little child,
and God's Kingdom of Health would open to him
and he could enter. He was wise enough to think
that I knew better than he did, and so he followed
my advice, and left " tue Glen" after only three
weeks stay ; a smooth-faced, white-skinned, joyous-
hearted man, instead of a withered, dricd-up,
jaundice-faced, wrinkled minister. Now aside
from any skill I exhibited in the matter, I attribute
the rapid improvement he made to the very
superior quality of the water in my Cube. There
is a wide difference between hard, brackish water,
and pure soft water in the treatment of disease.
The rEoriE will find it out by-and-by. I do not
believe that any man could have produced such
effects on this gentleman, in the same time, as it
was my good fortune to do, by the application of
water of an inferior quality. If people did but
know it, those who patronize hard water establish
ments, whilst there are soft water institutions in
existence, do but illustrate the old saying :
'■ A fooland hismoney are soon parted."
Hard water is better than no water, as an exter
nal applicant, but as a drink, it is villanous ; and
there are numerous diseases which can never be
cured by it, let who will say to the contrary. I have
various cases of great interest to report to the
Journal from month to month, which are under
treatment "in the Glen."
Allow ma to conclude, then, by a word of ex
planation. In my advertisement, notice is given
that I will give advice at my office, in the Glen,
or in answer to all letters post paid, gratis. Now
I will live this out to the letter not only, but in
the spirit of the notice. It is due to myself to say
that I wish the benefits of my advice gratuitously
given, to be had by poor people.
The land is full of poor, stricken, smitten men
and women, who lie at the brink of healing
waters, with no one to put them in. If I can do
them service, in God's name let them apply. I
will do all I can, by advice and counsel, for their
good.
CASES OF CHILDBI RTH.
BY BR. W. P. COLLINS.
Mrs. C, of , was confined under Allopa
thic treatment, the Tth September, 1860. Two
days after confinement, commenced bloating ; sent
for Dr. t0>t Providence, who bled and blis
tered her ; took away twenty-five ounces of blood
for the purpose (as he informed the nurse) of see
ing what condition the blood was in.
About two weeks from that time, getting no
better, but on the contrary growing worse, the
nurse, having some slight knowledge of water-
cure clandeatinely used it, by way of compresses
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I upon the bowels. Finding Blight relief from its
i application, common sense taught them to have it
| used more thoroughly. Accordingly on the 23d
j of the same month, they sent for me. I found the
lady as pale as death, and exceedingly weak from
the loss of blood. She was troubled with stoppage
of tho water: the physician who was with her
during her confinement neglected having it drawn
till, when drawn, they drew away more than three
quarts. Subsequently he was not willing to have
it drawn more than once in ten or twelve hours.
Before the expiration of that time she suffered
the most excruciating pain.
Treatment.—Two ablutions with repeated in
jections.
24th.—But little or no improvement. Treat
ment the same.
25th.—Copious discharges from the bowels,
which continued till they assumed their normal
state.
Treatment.—Two short sitz-baths and general
ablutions; tho chill being taken off a little from
the water ; injections as before ; the one at night
was to be light and retained as long as possible.
By unmitigated, yet light treatment (for she
was bo very feeble she could not bear powerful
treatment), she gradually improved, till her health
has been wholly restored, to the surprise of her
friends and neighbors ; for all who knew her con
dition thought she must die.
It might be proper to state that her husband,
who had hitherto known nothing of the Water-
Cure, immediately purchased hydropathic books
and subscribed for the Water-Cure Journal.
ANCIENT WATER-CURE.
BY PROF. L M. COMINGS.
In reading an old volume, entitled the " Medi
cal and Physical Journal," published in London
nearly fifty yearsago, we have been interested in a
report of some cases of water treatment, which we
think may not be uninteresting to the readera of
the Journal.
It is one of the earliest accounts of hydropa
thic treatment which we have seen, and its suc
cess was somewhat in accordance with the prac
tice of the present day. The yellow fever is very
mortal under the best allopathic treatment, and
notwithstanding the course here described was
found very efficient, yet we do not learn that
this notice attracted the attention of the public
in the least, or induced others to follow it ; so I
suppose tho practice of the hydropathist of the
present day may be even more successful than in
the cases mentioned below ; yet the great mass of
the community are so wedded to Allopathy that
they will suffer themselves to be drugged to death,
while the health-giving streams are flowing on all
sides of them.
This old account of water treatment shows its
success in that form ofdisease in which it has been
thought to be particularly injurious. But the ob
ject of this communication is only to notice this an The New Postage Law, which goes into opera
cient practice of Water-Cure, in Allopathic'hands. tion on the first of this month, (July,) renders it de
If we were disposed to criticise, we might speak of sirable to prepay all letters or books which go by
the cures effected by water alone, and these with mail.
j water in spite of the calomel used. Indeed it is
somewhat amusing to read tho reports of Allopa
j thic cases where water is freely used in connection
with drugs; as though the water was merely a
simple auxiliary, whereas the drugs may have
hindered the cure.
But to this report, which describes cases of yel
low fever, by Dr. Noble, of His Majesty's ship
Amelia, "Tortola, August 27th, 1805." He says:
"The remedy to which I principally trusted,
and to which I owe the salvation of numbers, is
cold bathing. The patient was put into a tub of
salt water, and soused over head repeatedly, until
it would have been dangerous to have kept him
longer in water,—until his skin became perfectly
cold, and he was ready to faint. By one suth
immersion, in very violent cases nothing was
gained, but a great deal in mild ones; in the
course of half or a whole hour in the former, the
heat, oppression at tho precordia, and general
uneasiness were as great as ever ; the immersion
was then immediately repeated, and continued ev
ery hour, or oftcner, if the heat of the skin was
greatly above the natural standard. I regret that
I had no thermometer to mark down the particu
lar degrees the heat arrived at. The way I con
ceive this remedy to act, is not by giving a sud
den shock to the system, but simply by abstract
ing heat. From particular circumstances I was
prevented from renewing the bath to several of
the sick in the night-time, as I could have wished ;
to those I had a wet sheet applied around the
body, with tho best effects, and either taken off
and dipped in cold water as it got warm, or cold
water poured over it. Acting upon this princi
ple, I never hesitated about bathing a patient
while the skin was moist, or covered with per
spiration ; for though perspiration coats the sur
face, cold bathing does it Booner and more effect
ually, and every moment is of consequence in
preventing the great heat from producing incura
ble debility, or rather from entirely destroying
the vital powers.
" In violent coses of fever, the bath was some
times required sixteen or twenty times : in mild
er coses the heat would at first take some hours
before it returned; that period gradually got
longer, and after four or five bathings the fever
would be entirely subdued.
"The sickness taking place in the Amelia, soon
j after, gave me a large field for experiencing its
good or bad effects, and the following is the re
sult.
" Twenty very violent cases of fever kept on
j board tho ship, and treated with calomel and
j cold bathing, all recovered. Thirty others, where
i the symptoms were milder, recovered by cold
i bathing only. Out of twenty sent to Antigua
Hospital, some of which were bathed for the first
j twelve hours of the attack, where tho heat of the
i Bkin allowed of that practice, five died, and fifteen
were returned in a state of convalescence on our
' leaving the harbor."
i
8 THE
BILIOUS FEVER-
i
BT DR. WM. E. ROGERS.
Mrs. R., oged 24 years, medium size, sanguine,
temperament, of healthy parentage, and no here
ditary predispositions to disease. She was subject
to bilious fever, or bilious attacks, from child
hood to the age of twenty-two, -when she com
menced the water treatment ; since that time, she
has been constantly improving, and now enjoys per
fect health, thanks to a kind Providence, and the
Water-Cure. As her ease has been of marked in-
terest I will, as brieflv as possible, mention some \
of the peculiarities of the treotment.
Between the age of five and six years, she had
an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, which
continued more than six weeks under ordinary Al
lopathic treatment ; during this time, and much
longer, she was unable to walk. The system was
left with a shock that the disease was liable to re
turn upon the slightest exposure. Soon after this
sickness, she would huve attacks of fever of the
remittent character, as often as every three or
four months, which was principally treated with
Brandreth's pills. They would generally succeed
in breaking the fever, in perhaps one or two weeks,
by taking nearly 100 during the course, which
would leave her in a very weak, miserable con
dition ; the tone of the stomach much injured, and
the mucous membrane of the alimentary canal,
very much irritated by this drastic medicine.
When nearly recovered, the same road must be
traveled again by another attack ; which went on
from bad to worse, until all the train of ills had
set in, that makes life a burden, and robs the fe
male of her beauty. Costive bowels, pain in the
side, cold extremities, and pain and heat in the
head, dizziness, weakness in the stomach, leucor-
rhoeaand amenorrhea (the menses not appearing
oftener than once in three or six months). Mrs. R.
lived in a very healthy section of country, and was
very regular and active in her habits, and prac
tised bathing in cold or tepid water, but the shock
her system had received from sickness and medi
cine prevented her entirely recovering before
being prostrated by onother attack.
August 25th, 1846, she was married, and after
spending a short time in traveling, was so much
improved as to enjoy comfortuble health for Bix
months, though the menses did not appear more
than once in that time. All the remedies for
"suppressio mensium" were faithfully used, but
without any benefit I
Again she was violently attacked with bilious
fever, which prostrated her one month. Treated
at first with Brandreth's pills, but as she failed so
fast, an allopathic physician was called in, who com
menced treating with calomel, opium, ipecac, <fec.
Mrs. R. did not fully recover her usual strength
before she was again prostrated with inflammatory
rheumatism, (July 12th, 1847). The symptoms
were so urgent that three physicians were called
in consultation, and she was again carried through
a "full course," (six weeks) of drugging.
Her health, by this time, had suffered so much
that it was thought that nothing would again re
store her but a journey to the salt water, or a sea
voyage ; consequently business was arranged and
a journey undertaken to the rock-bound coast of
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Connecticut, to build up what disease and mcdi- dreds will witness, and without taking any kind
cine had pulled down. The experiment was in a ; of medicine, but cold water and a regulated diet I
degree successful ; but I will not take your read- > There is much omitted in this short sketch that
ers through the particulars of a" blue pill at even- ; might be interesting to many, but our limits for-
ing, and a Scidlitz powder in the morning, <fcc j bid at present saying more than that Mrs, R. is
As far as the hygienic influences were concerned, now prepared to commence a life of activity, en-
they were beneficial, but all these things failed to ] joyment, and usefulness, as the Matron of the Sum-
restore the health. ) mit Water-Cure—Waymart, Wayne County, Pa.
The menstrual secretion did not appear, though
emenaeoguos w'ere given until they ceased to be a
virtue. There was no great change in the symp A HYDROPATH FOR DOVER.
toms until February 10th, 1849, when she was BY NINA SMYTH.
«gn>n brought very low, first with bilious fever, Many thanks, Messrs. Editors, for that kindly
then acute gastritis, and finally chronic hepatitis. word for Dover, in your March number. It has
For many days and weeks, notwithstanding the made the hearts of the Faithful here rejoice,
attention of friends and the skill of the best allo and doubtless they with one accord respond—
pathic j hysicinns, her life was despaired of, but amen. But while you are about it, it would be
she finally improved, so as to be able to ride, when well enough to send one of the best. Indeed, none
her physicians recommended, ax a last resort, a other will answer for this meridian. Located
sea-voyage, or a visit to Saratoga Springs, and the among us may be counted a score, more or less,
use of the mineral waters. of physicians of the old school, and, "though I
It is sufficient here to soy that she could not hear say it," they are a collection of as well-read M.D's.
the sea-breeze nor the mineral waters of Saratoga; as you will find in any other place of our size. So
she had taken calomel until it had nearly become it follows of course that we are used to being doc-
an article of diet,-at least it seemed she could not j tored fa a yery ^ti&e way. The initiated will
live without it; the liver was torpid, the_Btoir.ach I unde„tand that ;D thi9i our ^ abundoncc, lies
weak, the bowels not moving without some form our greater need, and that there is plenty of pros-
of mercurial stimulus, followed by aloetic pills. pective work for a practitioner of the reformed
When this was neglected for a day or two, the I school. It follows, also, that the common-place
whole truin of morbid symptoms would return ; tyro (if there are any such in the wutcr-cure
which would drive her back to the old plan again. ( practice) would do better somewhere else.
.. . of ills, j
Prostrated as she was by this complication
And then we hove established o sort of aright
together with the usual premonitory symptoms of j to a Hydropath of some quality, for we have now
cholera, in a cholera atmosphere, Mrs. R. com- i and then mustered courage to send a patient, who
menced the water treatment, under the direction \ was given over to die, according to the " Books,'
of William A. Hamilton, M.D., who, with myself, < to the nearest Water-Cure establishment, that, per-
conducted the Saratoga Springs Water-Cure Insti- I adventure, he might be saved in spite of the Books,
tution, (June 25th, 1849). We think, therefore, we deserve one of our own.
Treatment.—The vomiting was allayed by sip- Besides, the nearest Water cure is a long way off,
ping ice water, and cloths wet in ice water, laid and can but seldom be resorted to.
over the stomach. The diarrhoea was controlled by And these little experiences, aided and abetted
ice-water injections and short sitz-baths: after by a goodly number of Water-Cure Journals cir
these urgent symptoms wrere abated, the wet-sheet j culating among us, have been associating like
pack, followed by sponging the whole person in leaven in the mass, till we not only need and de
water about 70 degrees, and the diet exceedingly serve, but are now actually ready for a Hydropa
light. In a few days, with this mild but efficient thic physician. Not that the whole mass is by
treatment, the patient was very much improved, i any means leavened, but in a very favorable state
and soon able to be up, and enjoy exercise in tho for the advent of one of the right stamp. One
open air. It is unnecessary here to follow in de- j of the rig/it stamp. There lies the pith of the
tail the treatment, which was active most of the I matter. The truth is, that tee—that is, the Faith
time, for nine months, consisting of packs, half- ful aforesaid, ore a little nervous, as to the qualifi
baths, plunge, bandage, and long sitz-baths, varied cations of the Hydro who shall come among_ us,
according to the circumstances of the case, with < fully believing that his success will be cer
this theory in view, that nature would restore the tain, if he is "all right." We have our Ideal.
menstrual secretion as soon as the general health Is it of impossible realization t It were better
was sufficiently improved to require it! that he were neither very old nor very young.
We were not disappointed 1 After many months Better, also, that he should have had experience
persevering in the use of long sitz-baths and gen- i in both modes of practice :—very desirable, also,
eral treatment, the menses appeared naturally and that in his character he should combine those quali
continued after the design of nature, until inter- < ties that command respect as a man, as well as a
rupted by another natural process—Gestation I physician. But, not to weary you, he should, in
It will be proper here to remark, that Mrs. R. brief, have "skill, with a heart it0it,"—with a
has been delivered of a fine, healthy daughter, and heart in it ! Ah, there I believe lies a great se
treated, of course, hydropathically. cret Entre nous, it is a pet fancy of my own,
It is now three months since her confinement, that all Wotcr-Cure physicians, must, of necessity,
and the babe is very healthy, without the use of be philanthropists, ond judging from the re/lection
"herb teas, opiates, Godfrey's cordial, or any I see of them in the Water-Cure Journal—and this
medicine, (almost without an exception) is ray only means
Mrs. R. is perfectly restored _to health, as hun- of knowing them—judging of them thus, it would
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seem that they are true to their mission. The In a few days the child recovered, and without owing to his making the mistake of treating the
physician who takes five dollars from a pale marks. It would not be possible for parents to affected parts only, and in having the water too
sewing girl, for advice, which he squanders lavish follow out the treatment more faithfully in all re cold upon those parts. Few even among the prac
ly on fashionable attire and gew-gaws for wife and spects than was done in this case, and the reward titioners Beein yet to understand that in cases of
children, is no philanthropist, however compla was probably the saving the life of the child. wounds, felons, <fcc., wo should have more to
cently he may fold his arms, and hug the coveted But supposing it could have lived without the do with adjacent parts than those affected, and
title to his heart Such a man, if he be a Hydro- water treatment, it was saved a vast amount of that upon the diseased parts we must not use the
path, "turns Progress into Retrograde." He has suffering by the course pursued. water too cold. Almost every one would put a
not a soul big enough, if souls were tangible, to cut into very cold water : but this is not the me
trig the wheels of Tom Thumb's carriage, and so Case IL thod of Priessnitz, nor is it the true one. Put it in
ciety would roll backward to the dark ages, for A younger child of the parents above-mentioned tepid water, that is in water from 70° to 90° F.,
all the obstacle he would be in the way. A true was soon taken down with the disease. It as that which is most agreeable to the feelings of com
reformer should " keep his conscience," though sumed a mild form, and was treated accordingly, fort The cold water we use elsewhere. And
" he lose his living." But enough ; send us a but in a manner similar to the above. They got so of the felon ; the part, if immersed in cold water,
Hydropath, Mr. Editor, and we will almost dare along without the aid of a physician, and the child becomes more and more painful. But we immerse
to promise that he shall have a living, and keep soon recovered. it in tepid water a part of the time, and for a
his conscience too, if he bring one with him. Case III. change at other times give the elbow bath ;
I find I have unconsciously addressed you, as This case wa3 treated mostly by my assistant, F. the whole hand may be immersed in cold water
" holding the keys," and, in truth, at this distance, W. Meyer. He gives the following account of it: too with advantage, if we can at the same time
we look toward New-York, as a sort of Fountain- "On the 26th of April, 1851, a colored man, Mr. leave the sore finger out We use also wet ban
head of Hydropathy. William Brady, 49 Watt street, an intelligent man, I dages, covered with dry, upon the painful finger,
[Wefeel an echo in Nina's suggestions and there and a musician by profession, called for Dr. Shew upon the whole hand, and also the arm ; the
fore present them to our readers. Already, our most to visit his little son, a boy of about four years of more of the bandaging the better, so that we do
glorious cause has been taken up as a mere trade, age. In his absence, I went to attend him. I found not too much chill the diseased part In this way,
for speculation and money making. There was a him a very scrofulous subject, and in a state of then, alternating with the tepid bath to the part
"Judo*," even among the apostles. A word to intense fever, the pulse had about 160 beats a affected, the cold elbow bath, the wet bandages
the wise is sufficient—Eds.] minute ; he had in short all the premonitory symp and two or three general ablutions daily, together
toms of small pox, to which disease he had been with the packing wet sheet, if that is desirable or
exposed. necessary, with plain and spare diet, we treat this
CASES IN WATER-CURE- We first gave him an injection of tepid water, painful and sometimes dangerous disease.
BT JOEI. SHEW, M.D. but the body was so hot and feverish, the water
Case I.—Small Pox. was all absorbed and did not act as injections Case V.—Ann: and Fever.
About the middle of February last, Mr. James ; generally do. We opened the windows to admit A Btrong, hearty looking young gentleman from
Carr, of Jersey City, came to my house, desiring- fresh air, and gave him a short loose wet-sheet Pennsylvania, about thirty years of age, had the
me to visit his child, which was, I think, about packing of twenty minutes, the object being to ague six weeks. He had tried the usual means of
four yeare old, in the seventh day of small pox. cool the body, then washed him off in a wash-tub "breaking" the disease, but it would very soon
It had been under homoeopathic treatment The with water of about 60° F. This process the pa return. Sunday the first of June, he came to my
disease assumed the confluent form, by which is rents were to repeat every two hours until the Institution to be " put through," as he called it the
meant that the pustules are much more numerous • fever should be reduced. A broad, wet girdle sick day. He had used water with some Buccess
than in ordinary cases; so numerous in fact that was to be worn constantly between the baths. at home, but not to the extent necessary. The
they run together, and, as it were, cover the entire After three or four applications of the wet sheet, chill happened every third day—in the tertian form,
surface. The fever is incomparably more violent, | the eruption came out as we call it
and the danger proportionably great " After this the wet sheet and baths were con Treatment.—He came to us early in the morn
Treatment.—The child was exceedingly restless, ! tinued usually three times a day, and the wet gir ing in the midst of a severe chill. The pulse was
and had scarcely slept since the attack. The treat- \ dle kept' on constantly, and frequently re-wet to frequent as is true I believe generally in such
ment advised was very simple. The patient was prevent its becoming too warm. A wet mask was cases. The object was to shorten the rigor, and to
to be bathed regularly in a shallow bath—the also worn upon the face much of the time. A ward off the fever and sweating that would na
water only three or four inches deep in a common very light, farinaceous and fruit diet was observed. turally follow it.
wash-tub—once in every four hours exactly, by. " In about two weeks the patient was well and He was first put into the shallow bath, nearly
the clock, the twenty-four hours through; the played about the house. He had yet spots upon cold, and rubbed fifteen or twenty minutes ; he
bath to be continued four or five minutes at a his face, but no pits." was then showered well with cold water, and then
time, and then wet linen cloths were to be put Case IV.—Whitlow or Felon. j put into a loose packing with a cold wet sheet.
loosely about the body, limbs, and in fact every A gardener in the upper part of this city has S Here he remained about twenty minutes. He was
part where they could be applied. The patient been for the past six or eight weeks engaged a J then again subjected to the baths as before, using
was thus to live, as it were, in the wet sheet good deal of the time with his hands in water, the water entirely cold, that is as the Croton
The clothes were to be washed often, and kept as working in the wet ground, washing off plants, comes at this season of the year, at about 60° F.
clean as possible, and so of everything about; the vegetables, etc. He is apparently of good con In this way we kept on using alternately the cold
bedding to be changed always at least twice a day. stitution, and has been in the habit of living what shallow bath with prolonged friction, pouring at
The effect of the treatment was most salutary. he calls "plainly." But there seems to have been the same time a good deal of cold water upon the
The little patient would, of course, worry some impurity in his system, inasmuch as the effect of head, and the short cooling pack—" slip-slop treat
what at the time of the baths, because of the great water upon his hands has been to bring a ment," as some of the water practitioners have been
soreness of ita body. But as soon as it was over severe felon on a finger of each hand. He has been pleased to call it. The treatment was kept up
and the cloths applied, it would fall asleep; and so broken of his rest a great deal, going to market constantly from between eight and nine o'clock,
it rested a large share of the time, night and day, very early mornings, and sometimes not going to to about one in the afternoon. He was therefore
for a number of days. A little, light nourishment i rest at all during the night This irregularity and kept all the time in the wet for about five hours;
was given it from time to time, and all the water ! want of rest have doubtless bad something to do and during this time a vast amount of caloric must
it wanted to drink. But the baths were so often | in causing his difficulty. have been extracted from his system. The effect
repeated, and the wet bandages kept so constantly ( Treatment.—He had been^attempting to manage of the treatment was gradually to bring down the
applied, but little thirst was experienced. I the case- himself, but did not get along well. frequency of the pulse, to keep off all headache,
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back-ache, bones-ache, all fever and consequently j laws of his own being, that his health is ruined ; plunge the inquiring mind into a maze of pcr-
the sweating. The treatment practised in this before his usefulness begins. j plexity.
thorough manner does in fact convert the sick day The boy who shows more smartness, more of a [ Next comes the lecture on surgery, the most
into a well ono, for the patient, instead of being ! worldly spirit, more ambition, and a ready elo practical and satisfactory of any, but often made
weak and worn out at evening, as he docs after j quence, or what is coarsely but expressively term j the vehicle for the display of petty vanity, and
having suffered from the chill, fever, and sweatiug, ; ed " the gift of the gab," is made a lawyer. He i the exhibition of a ferocious penchant for unneces
feels as well at the close of the sick day as on the ■ reads novels, makes love, hunts and fishes through sary mutilation of God's abused image.
well one. I should mention also that he wasal- j his prescribed course ;—learns to draw papers, and I At three o'clock comes an hour of prosy de
lowed all the water he desired for drink, and tepid picks up some common routine of practice, and scription of the various articles in the materia
water was used freely internally by way of injee- < after an examination, usually of no very terrific medica, with the modus operandi 1hcy have on
tion. character, he is admitted to the bar. If eir«um- paper, and in the lecture room.
Thus much for the management of a case ofague | stances favor, and he has talent and ambition, he | Last comes an hour of flippant talk on mid-
during one day. Ifthe patient can bear athorough ; now begins study and may rise to eminence; but ( wifery, on which a professor lectures un hour a
treatment—as for instance four short packs, and j the chances are that he adds one more to the num : day for four months, and then manages to leave
as many baths the well day, he may run clear of j ber of the drones and pests of civilization. But . out nearly all that is really valuable on the subject,
an attack the next. But whether it comes or not, j when a man has a son who is not studious enough j Such is the course of instruction, six hours a
it can last but a very short time with such a , to become a teacher, nor pious enough for a minis day, for five days a wTcck, for four months. It is
course. If he is obliged to go back and breathe ; ter, nor smart and tonguey enough for a lawyer, ; hard, tedious, dry, uncomfortable ; and the student
the miasma continually, it may come on again, J but who must still be in a learned profession, there who has postponed study to the lecture terms, is
as in any other method of cure. But I repeat, ' is nothing left but to make him a doctor. very likely to put it off from the first term to the
the water treatment, if properly managed, makes And this is the usual course of study. He en second.
short work with ague when the patient can keep l ters, with a superficial academic education, the We hear much of attractive industry, and there
clear of the morbific influence. office of some physiciau as student. He begins, ' is much attractive study, but the student of medi
W. C. Inst, cor. Ticclftli-st. & University Place. with some ardor, the study of Anatomy, and, of cine finds little to attract him. The details of
course, runs his head among the dry bones of osteo anatomy, given by themselves, arc dry and repul-
logy, no gets as far as the demonstration of the \ eive. They are not enlivened with physiology,
os sphenoid**, and then it fortunately occurs to nor made interesting by pathology. The student
MEDICAL EDUCATION, him that he has got to attend two courses of lec ' sees no reason why he should be able to describe
AS IT IS, AND AS IT SHOULD BE. tures, and pay professors for teaching him, which the perforations of a bone in the base of the cra-
will bo more pleasant. Good bye, books. He ; nium, or give the origin and attachment of a
BY T. L. NICHOLS, U.D. smokes long nines, chews enormous quantities of j hundred little muscles, on which no medicine can
The announcement, in this Journal, of so im- j; pig-tail and cavendish, loafs away his time in the act, and which no surgical operation can reach,
portant an undertaking as the establishment of a '■ bar-room of the village tavern or sitting on the j Medical knowledge is dealt out piece-meal,
Medical School of Water Cube, which, as it is j counter of the store, rejoices in the title of Doctor, i and with no regord to its connections and uses.
the first in this country, and, I believe, in the ! awarded him in advance, and indulges in pleasant ' The true science of medicine is like a beautiful
world, I have ventured to call the American Hv- j visions of tho lecture term, and the prospective ] machine, in which the action of every part can be
naoPATnio Institute, may properly be made the < diploma. seen. Medicine, as taught in tho schools, is the
occasion of some remarks upon medical education, j So, study is postponed to the lectures, and the ! same machine with its wheels and springs all Ecp-
as it is, and as it should be. They will be inde student, bothered with hard words, and disgusted I arated and thrown into a mass of iueomprehensi-
pendent, truthful, and, though adapted to the lati- j with the task of acquiring knowledge, of which I ble materials. It is utterly disorganized, shape-
tude and longitude of the United States, will apply ; he cannot see the use, makes up his mind to be ; less, and without life or soul,
to some extent to other civilized countries. put into the hopper with the rest, run through j The circumstances correspond with this con-
Dr. Trall, in the able introduction to his j the mill, and be ground out a doctor. We may I dition. You will see hundreds of boys and
Hydropathic Encyclopedia, has made the follow- \ admit the regular amount of exceptions to all i young men listening to a lecture on the vital
just observation. "The functions of mind and j general rules, which are said to amount to one- ' relations of the atmosphere, in a room so badly
body are so intimately related, all the powers of < eighth, but the rule is as we have stated. At least j ventilated, that the air is made too impure to be
the one and the organs of the other constantly re- j seven-eighths of our medical students pursue the | breathed in ten minutes. While hearing the pro
acting on each other, that I cannot imagine how j course above described. fessor of physiology, they are exhausting their
it is possible for the spiritual or physiological j Then comes the first course of lectures, Tho j. lives by chewing huge quids of tobacco, and cov
teacher to do full justice to man in either relation . student comes to New York, perhaps, and enters ering the floor with vast puddles from their poi-
of his existence, without understanding the laws tlie medical school of the University. I shall de ! soned salivary glands. They hear a lecture on
of both. Nay, I would have the same person scribe the course here from personal observation. J typhus, in an atmosphere well fitted to produce
exercise the functions of priest, doctor, lawyer, and At nine o'clock comes a lecture on chemistry, : it. Utterly regardless, and, for the most part,
schoolmaster ; and that individual who can pre clear, simple, and sufficiently rudimentary for a utterly ignorant of the laws of health, they are
sent to his fellow-creatures the most harmonious new beginner—just what he could read in any preparing to heal the sick. At the close of the
whole of a human being—who can best teach in ■ good standard school book on the same subject ) season you see a collection of pale and sallow
theory, and most faithfully exemplify in practice, At ten, a lecture on anatomy, in which every pro faces—tho result, they would have you believe,
the laws of his being, in his moral, physiological, cess, spicula, and foramen of a bone, is described, j of severe study ; but we may as well take into
legal, and social relations, should belong to The three times over, and whole weeks are wasted on account a total neglect of bathing, impro|>cr and
Learned Profession, and be a leader among men." details that cannot be, by the remotest possibility, \ excessive eating, the constant breathing of bad air,
Compare this noble ideal withtthe actual medi- ' of any practical importance, while the real mat want of exercise, late hours at theatres, gambling
cal student and practitioner. Now if a boy gives i ters of interest arc commonly crowded into a brief houses, and worse places, and the use of tobacco,
evidenoe of piety and benevolence, or if the rou- j space, at the cud of the term, or wholly neglected. | tea, coffee, and often of ardent spirits.
tine of a clergyman's duty seems pleasant to him, j Next comes the lecture on Theory and Practice And these, O people, ore your Apostles of
he is sent to a Theological Seminary, from which j of Medicine, in which the theories are always Health ! These are your Physicians 1 The term
he graduates with a knowledge of technical!- ' contradictory, and often absurd, the practice hete < closes, the examination approaches, and for those
ties and forms of doctrine, but with an utter rogeneous, under pretence of being eclectic, but j who arc to graduate, there come a few weeks of
ignorance of humanity and its social developments, governed byno settled principles, with authorities earnest but not useful study. Hand books are
and often with such a misunderstanding of the ' so oontradictory, and coses so inconclusive, as to read over, technicalities committed to memory,
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and every nerve strainedto be able to pass the ordeal, j the most comprehensive of all sciences. It is a | tion of the nervous system ; of the influences of
It is a false alarm, for theprofessorsnreasanxiousto i knowledge, not merely of the bones, muscles, ten | society, its truth and falsehood ; of passional at-
pass the student as he is to pass. Every college j dons, and other orgaus of the body, but of the i tractions and harmonies. In a word, he must
wants the greatest number of graduates and stu- i springs and passions of the soul. It has to do with ! know Man, in all conditions and all relations, phy-
dents. It is politic, as well as benevolent, to not ! spirit as well as matter, and far more with the 1 sically, mentally, and morally or passionally ; and
examine too severely. In a class of a hundred phenomena of life than the appearances of death. every branch of science which aids in this—and I
students such as I have described, there will not j Connected with the laws of health, and its neces i know of no real science that does not—is useful
be one rejected. Are they all qualified to prac- ; sary conditions, is the knowledge of the causes of S to the physician. When physicians are so educa-
tisc the healing art ? Ask, rather, if any one is so | disease. Of these our books and teachers give the ; ted, and when pjoplo expect such knowledge of
qualified. Be assured, not one, unless he has ; most vague, imperfect, and unsatisfactory generali i the physician, all quackeries will be at an end.
learned more than his professors have been able j zations. If they knew more of the causes of disease, I wish to do my part in promoting such a medi-
to teach him. they must have found some better methods of cure. S cal education. In the course preparing for the
This is medical education as it is. I mean now '• The cause suggests the remedy; but in all our j Institute, I shall carry out these views, as far as
to describe it, as it ought to be, and as, so far as i medical works, we have no thorough nnalysis of 'i circumstances will admit, and I shall encourage no
my efforts will go, I mean it shall be. It is the ! causes, and some of the most potent and universal ; man or woman to become a Water-Cure physician,
ideal which I shall use all my exertions to convert arc never mentioned, and seem to be wholly un { who will not enter earnestly upon a course of
into the actual. suspected. study which must lead to these results. We wish
The physician, male or female, should have a There is no branch of natural science—no knowl | for no student, who in his own person violates the
natural adaptation, and a real call, to the work, j edge of the works and laws of nature—that is not ! simplest laws of health ; we wish for none who is
No profession requires so great talent, so profound j of use to the physician. The simplest plant, the ; governed by mercenary considerations, or who
learning, so fine intuitions, so pure a character, ' most imperfect animal, may give him invaluable j has not the ambition to go far beyond the "regu-
so lofty an enthusiasm, as that of a physician. A hints in Physiology. Mechanics, pneumatics, , lar" standard of medical education,
teacher may be very respectable, who is merely j hydrostatics—every branch of natural philosophy, i And I am proud to say that, thus far, the appli-
the vehicle of thought and invention ; but the ; every principle and fact in chemistry, the whole < cations for admission, about equal iu numbers of
physician must be able to think and invent for range of natural history Iwlong to him, and may | both sexes, have been from persons of some matu-
himself. A great lawyer may be a man of routine ; j be of the greatest use. In a word, the physician \ rity of thought, of resolute purpose, and a pure
a physician must be original. The one explains , should be thoroughly learned in all that relates to \ philanthropy—persons fitted to do credit to
and applies human laws ; the other divine. The human life. j the Institute, and to the medical profession. In
clergyman—such as fill the pulpits of this age—may < I do not mean that a physician must go into the several cases men and their wives have applied to
be the merest puppet, or parrot ; the physician, if < mi nut i:. of all these sciences ; they would be as 1 study together. In others, heads of families, and
any thing, must be a man, or, still better, a useless as three-fourths of the anatomy he learns i one sensible and energetic lady of sixty, has ex
woman. The notion that any dull blockhead will one day to forget the next What I mean is, that pressed her intention to attend the first course of
do to make a doctor of, must be done away with, j he should comprehend principles, and be able to | the Institute, to qualify herself to practise the
It could never have gained currency, had doctors i apply them. What I mean is, that when he sees water-cure among her children and relations.
been what they should be, and properly perform- I the human instrument out of tune, he should know This is in the true spirit, and I doubt not that in
ed their noble and godlike work. its proper chords, and the means by which he may time many will be found to follow her example.
The science of medicine is the most comprehen- restore it to its lost harmony. He mvst understand It is not possible to fix upon the time it will
are of sciences, since it includes a knowledge of ! the maehinc he tries to mend. He must compre require to enable a person to begin the practice
all the laws of the universe. Man is the key note '• hend something of the vitality he would regulate J of Hydropathy. There used to be a law in this
of all the harmonies of nature. Whoever knows and prolong. ! State, requiring three years, but now no term is
man, knows the universe; and whosoever knows Under the old syBtem, a medical student was required, no study, and any smart man, by a little
the universe, knows, as far as a finite being can j required to know a certain amount of Latin and ! management, can get a regular diploma in six
comprehend infinity, the God who made it. Greek. Every man finds these useful, but words ) months; while at some of the irregular colleges,
The grand and special science of medicine is ! are less important than things. A man may know they are sold like groceries to every customer
Physiology, yet I have known it to be left out of how to take a machine apart, repair it, and put it who can pay for them.
a regular medical course. It is the pivotal science together, in running order without knowing the In the law, a man is admitted to the bar when-
around which the others revolve. It is the trunk '■ name of one of its parts. So a man may know the < ever he can pass examination—in the church, a
of the tree, of which the others are the roots or J whole structure of the human body, aud be able ! man may be ordained as soon as found quali-
branches. No one can understand disease, and i to perform all surgical operations, without know | tied to preach. So should it be in medicine. If
its cure, who does not understand health and its j ing the name of a bone, muscle, or bloodvessel. ; one man is able to learn as much in a month as
laws; and medicine, instead of being, as now, a Still, names are great conveniences with persons \ another is in a year, it is monifestly unjust to keep
science of disease, should be a science of health. and things, and it is well to know them. both to a specified term of study. The qualifica-
The laws of life, the conditions of health, and But to the thoroughness and completeness of a i tion is what is wanted, not the time consumed in
all the agencies which promote it, cannot be too true medical education, all knowledge is impor \ acquiring it, nor the sources of information.
thoroughly understood. The proper office of a phy tant ; especially a knowledge of things. I would Among all the reforms of the age, none is more
sician is tho preservation of health, in the public, hav« a student versed in the elements of geome loudly and imperatively called for, than this of
and individuals. To fulfill this office, he must know try, to aid his comprehension of forms ; in che medicine ; and medical education must be reformed
what health is, and what it requires. He must un mistry, that he msy understand the constitution of < before we can expect any radical and thorough
derstand man, body and soul, ami all hi relations matter; in botany, or vegetable physiology, that reform in medical practice. I have given a hasty
with his fellow-man, and with nature. Compared he may begin with the simplest forms of organic j sketch of medical education as it is, and as I think
with this knowledge, the common Btudy of medicine ; life : in the natural history of animals, from the \ it should be ; it is not all that I intended, but it
is idle drivel, and the common practice of medicine I lowest of the infusoria to the highest of the mam- may suggest all that is needful to the thoughtful
the merest cobbling and tinkering of this glorious < malia. He ought to understand attractions and ! reader. As I can hardly choose a more profitable
machine ; but, for the most part, just such cobbling i forces ; the phenomena, and, as far as they are | theme, I may revert to it in future nnmbers of the
and tinkering as we should expect from one who known, the laws of the animal kingdom ; light, j Journal.
does not know its normal condition, and the electricity, galvanism, magnetism. He should
causes of its healthy action. ; have accurate ideas of mesmeric and clairvoy-
Medicine, as it should be taught, and as I desire I ant phenomena ; of mental and moral influences, | How often do men mistake the love of their
to teach it, is the grandest, the most sublime, and ; and impressibilities ; of phrenology, and the ac- j own opinions for the love of truth I
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HEALTH, A RELIGIOUS DUTY-
BY A CONVERT.
The American Messenger, a religious paper of
recent date, contained the following very signifi
cant article. Our Author has evidently consider
ed the natural laws, and lias become convinced
of their importance. We think the violation of a
physical law as great a sin as the violation of
a moral, or any other law, but until quite recent
ly, our religious presses and pulpits have entirely
overlooked, and neglected to teach their flocks
the conditions requisite to insure a " healthy body,"
always so indispensably necessary to secure a sound
mind. But now that the religious press speaks on
the point, give ear, ye wicked ones ; confess your
slns,^and become converted, at least to the truths
herein proclaimed.
" We live in an age of light and progress.
Health, an admitted essential qualification for use
fulness and enjoyment, has become a subject ofge
neral discussion. We have lectures on physiology
and proof in every form, that our people, ever
alive and watchful, are awakened to this great
subject. We have hopes that when two or three
generations have passed away, we shall have ro
bust mothers and blooming girls—that we shall
have children who will not fall, like flowers under
the scythe, at the first touch of those diseases inci
dent to childhood, and young men who shall be
men with sound minds in sound bodies, and old
men and old women who shall enjoy a serene, in
structive old age. But this reform will never be
effected until knowledge of the laws of health shall
pervade society, and a eonsciencious sense of re
sponsibility to God for the use of the bodies he has
fearfully and wonderfully made, fitly and beauti
fully framed, shall have redeemed us from trans
mitted diseases. There is no armor but Christian
armor of proof to resist the temptations that assail
vitiated appetites from morning till night, and
from night till morning.
It was but last week that we chanced to meet a
young man in a rail-car, with a structure of bone
and sinew fit for a young Goliath, a frame to have
done him good service for seventy years ; but the
poor lad was shaking and sallow, as he confessed,
from the excessive use of tobacco. His physician
had thoroughly frightened him. He was going
home for nursing, and with strong resolutions
against indulgence. He was in that state when
the unsubdued appetite is easily provoked. He
could think and talk of nothing but his just-for
saken habit, his present misery, and his hope for
the future. Opposite to him sat a good-natured
looking man, who was taking in this poisonous
stuff literally by handfulls, and showering its juice
on the matting in the passage-way between the
seats, to be absorbed by the dress of the unfortu
nate woman who should next pass. Next him sat
an elderly, kindly-looking man, discussing with
the tobacco-chewer a religious topic. They inter
changed their tobacco, the odor of which evidently
incited the young man's appetite. They coolly
asked him if he had got over his desire for it, laughed
at his scruples, and predicted that if they met
him this time next year, he would have his box in
his pocket. Now, if these gentlemen had looked
upon the preservation of health as a religious duty,
they would not have laughed at the weak, strug
gling youth. No, till health is cherished as a
talent to be strictly accounted for to the great
Giver, wo shall not do all that we ought to pre
serve and improve it.
We hear the mortifying question constantly ask
ed, Why are the American women bo pale, so weak,
so broken-down, so unequal to the burdens of life,
bo incompetent to the task of mothers? We cannot
give a fully satisfactory answer, but we would
suggest a few causes. To begin at the beginning:
Children are fed at nil hours, in season and out of
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season. If they arc on a journey, the mother's THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE.*
little traveling-basket is crammed with cake and Bt G. W. Bourne.
candies to keep them quiet—a forlorn hope. With
a large class of bovs, the mischief is in some mea " Medicine has received its quietus, in its own
sure counteracted by an out-door life. But the house. Homoeopathy, in teaching that infinitessi-
poor little girl is sedulously kept from the airiest
she should take cold, and from the sun lest it mal drugging is better than the wholesale practicei
should tan her. Then she is sent to school—if a has Btruck the death-blow to that monstrous sys
farmer's girl, in the country to a district school, tem of stupidity, cunning, and crime ; and now
where she is shut in with sixty, perchance eighty comes Hydropathy or the Water-Cure to engulf it
other little human beings, thus condemned for no
crime, unless the voluntary ignorance of their for ever, in due season ; so piece by piece shall
parents be crime—in a room without ventilation, crumble away the ignorance, superstition, folly,
shivering or stewing with the alternate heating cant, and hypocricy of the past and present day.
and cooling of a huge stove for six hours of the tl The dreaming world awakens .' Morning's call
blessed day. If she be a city child, and her parents
favored by fortune, she is sent to a boarding-school, Rolls round the Karlh in numbers clear and strong.
where lessons are poured upon her from morning On distant isles the welcome sound shall fall,
till night, till her head is giddy and her mind And nn the tawny tribes of Asia's throng,
about as much fertilized as is the ground around a "While Afric's sunburnt children, doomed to wrong,
cistern by the water that is poured into that reser Shall join the Japhet race, and swell on high,
voir She takes perhaps one funereal walk in a The life-command, the world's redemption song,
gloomy procession immediately after her dinner— Till Heaven's full bfarn shall fill the azure sky.
this is all.. And as if to fill up the twenty-four And in unending day the morning's light shall die f"
hours with every possible means for the deteriora [Wm. Oland Bovbne.]
tion of health, she sleeps in an unventilated dormi
tory with from ten to forty other air-consumers. Tlie Water Cure is a great reformer. Wherever
We speak advisedly. Is it strange, that with such it is received in a spirit of kind inquiry, it opens
training, the beauty of our young women fades be men's eyes most wonderfully. It leads to univer
fore it ripens, or that the first strain of life reduces sal investigation, and when man finds how ho has
them to chronic invalidism ? Few of our women
take habitual out-door exercise. We say nothing been duped in medicine, he begins to cast about
of the vices of dress, for vices they are. Our limits him, to see where the duplicity exists in other
confine us merely to hints. hitherto unsuspected things. Some have been
Formerly, when a woman took a jolting stage greatly astonished : ingenuous souls 1 Water-Cure
coach journey, it was a prescription for health, an
almost sure resuscitation. But now she goes to embraces the whole philosophy of life in the most
the station of a rail-car, and for perhaps a half simple and harmonious manner. Its teachings in
hour before starting she sits, with the other female culcate wise truths in diet, air, exercise, clothing,
passengers, in the close, dry heat of the stove- occupation, waking, Bleeping. It teaches circum
warmed "ladies' saloon." If any one of them does spection, frugality, the moderation of appetite ;
such an extraordinary thing as to seize these pre
cious moments to fortify herself for the tedious sit the proper use of that which is right, the avoiding
ting of the day by pacing up and down the out of that which is wrong. It is the the system for
side platform, she is stared at as " a little derang all mankind, everywhere. It finds man all foul,
ed." And if this same anomalous person is so cov and in cleansing him, inspiresself-rcspect, enlarges
etous of God's life-giving air as to raise a window
in the car, whose air is overheated by these same his understanding, gives him confidence in his own
life-destroying stoves, and corrupted by repeated powers—for he soon comprehends the system—
breathing, she is assailed with entreaties and re and increases his independence. As now under
monstrances from this "lady who feels the air," stood, it is the system of our day. It is the angel
and that lady "who is afraid of taking cold," and
another " who has an infant"—poor thing, gasp which has come down to our troubled waters,
ing for one breath of this blessed fresh air. And mighty to the cleansing of all who step in. Its
not only the ladies, but all the ladylike gentlemen strides are rapid, and an investigation of the
shiver and shrink as if one had opened upon them system is imperative upon all who are wise, and
Pandora's box instead of a window. We are treat
ing this subject briefly and of course superficially ; there be many to win the appellation."
but among your multitudinous readers, we hope
some thoughtful mothers will kindly take our
hints and apply them, and elevate what they may The Effects of Water-Cure.—We have only
have considered but an earthly care unto a relig one objection to Water-Cure. Invalids who are
ious duty.
cured by it are apt to become heretical to the ortho
'■ \Ve do our nature wrong doxy both of Church and State. Water and a
Neglecting over long simple diet has a marvelous effect, as well on the
^The bodily joys that help to make us wise ; interior man as his outward covering. It calms
The ramble up the slope
Of the high mountain cope, the senses, opens the perceptions to beauties in Na
The long day's walk, the vigorous exercise, ture before undreamed of, and makes men look
The fresh luxurious bath through the shows and conventionalities ofsociety
Far from the trodden path, into the truths they obscure. Success to Hydro
Or 'mid the ocean waves clashing with harmless roar,
Lifting us off our feet upon the sandy shore." pathy and its advocates. The baptism of water
S.
must precede the bnpt ism of the spirit—
We clip the above from the Alabama Tribune:
Lectures on the Water Cure.—We are informed ; the correctness of these inferences, we need not
of
that Dr. D. A. Harshn, of Washington county, N.Y., j Bpeak. Those only who have had experience, can
intends to visit theWestern part of the State, during fully realize its sublimity.
summer. He will deliver courses of lectures when- ;
ever and wherever it may be convenient. His ob- ; tub* "We copy the above from a volume, entitled Voicbs from
Press, or the Printer's own Book, a large octavo, of
jeet is the promulgation of Hydropathy among several hundred pages, containing articles from the leading
the people. writers for the Tress, in the United States,
 THE
Mm-futk, Sttltj, 1801.
Tut Witir Curi Journal Is poblahed monthly, in New-
York Citjr, atOm Dollar a year, in advance.
All I.ettkr*. and other commonications, relating in any
way to this Journal, should, in all casest be post paid, and
directed to the publishers as follows :
FOWLERS AND WELLS,
No. 131 Nassau St., New York.
JULY COGITATIONS-
BY R. T. TRALL, M.D.
Independence.—Patriotism is a good quality,
and political freedom is a great blessing. We love
to witness, on each recurring anniversary of our
national independence, demonstrations in comme
moration of the virtues of our forcfuthers, and of
our own good fortune, as contrasted with that of
the people of all other countries. But we are not
among those radical conservatives who imagine
that whatever was proper for our ancestors to do
at one period of the world's history, under one set
of circumstances, is appropriate for all ages, under
all circumstances. Progress is clearly written on
all created things, and manners, customs, arts, sci
ences, institutions, and governments, are no excep
tions to the all-pcrvading law. The time is far
distant when human wisdom shall limit the im
provement which is destined to take place concern
ing human beings, in their individual or associate
relations.
We like the social gatherings, the intellectual
entertainments, the speeches, the music, the parties
of real pleasure, which go to make up the Fourth
of July jubilee. They are in keeping with the
spirit of tki» age. But we dislike, we hate the
dissipation, the drunken revelry, the riotous glut-
tony, which usually desecrate this day ; while we
abhor the whole villanous saltpetre part of the per-
formance, from the snapping of fire crackers and
hissing of powder and turpentine serpents, to the
war of the flame-emitting cannon ; and especially
do we abominate the suffocating smell of the
sulphurous atmosphere wo are compelled to in
hale ; and deeply do we deplore the destruction of
property, the burning of houses, and garments, the
desolation of homes, and the loss of lives and
limbs always attendant on the powder part of the
ceremony. These tilings arc mere relics of bar
barism ; they belong to the past.
But there is a higher virtue than patriotism,
and a greater blessing than civil and political li
berty. Tliat philanthropy which contemplates
the enlargement of the whole race of mankind in
its boundless scope, is certainly more ennobling
than that patriotism which regards only the inter
est of a single State or nation.
And that emancipation which places the indivi
dual in right relations to all things around him, and
the differentdepartmentsof his being, in harmony
with each other—individual freedom—is of more
intrinsic worth, than the greatest possible amount
of external liberty. The protection of property,
wholesome laws, free institutions and good govern
ment, lose the greater part of their value to those
who are in disorder with themselves. The slave
to false habits and fashions around him, and to de
basing propensities within him, is a poor specimen
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j of a free man, though he live under the most en- i
lightened and liberal governmental institutions on !
earth. While therefore we would not detract from
the honor due to those who labor in freedom's j
; cause, in any sense, socially, civilly, politically or
j religiously, we would aim to lay the foundation
of a complete and universal liberty ; and we ask
i all true philanthropists to work with us to achieve !
| that crowning glory in freedom's diadem, the
| emancipation of the Man.
Another Volume.—Generous reader, we arc i
"forced into this breathing world" before our time; j
not, we trust, like that monstrosity of humanity,
which the poet has designated as " scarce half made
up ;" nor lacking much of those due proportions,
j and that fine symmetry with which we delight to
appear in public. We, of course, means the July
| number of the Water-Cure Journal ; not we edi-
! tors, correspondents and publishers, for, begging !
the reader's pardon for a momentary appearance
) of vain-gloriousness, we, the last mentioned, are all j
right. It is true that we (in the latter sense) cal
culated largely on an increasing intelligence among
the people, and an increasing circulation of this |
Journal. It matters not which we regard as cause,
or which as effect, if either. It is enough to know
that both are rapidly increasing. But the parties
concerned in the "make up" of this periodica],
did fall into a slight mistake. Their calculation, !
though very large, were not large' enough. Though
j the publishers issued thousands of extra copies, in
anticipation of a call for back numbers, there is
now a demand for thousands of back numbers, >
and none in existence. This single fact tells all the
story we care about mentioning, relative to the
past influence and future prospect of the Water-
j Cure Journal. But this demand on the part of the
i public must be met ; and after a consultation at j
head-quarters, it has been resolved, unanimously, !
to "take time by the forelock," by issuing the
first number of the twelfth volume early in June,
j with a very large edition, so that all new subscri- j
bers can be served from the commencement of the j
I new volume.
For these reasons, we, the Journal aforesaid, !
have agreed to be born a little before our almanac j
] existence commences.
One word more, and all other topics under this i
head shall be found in the publishers' business >
department It it a historical fact that this Jour
nal has distanced all other medical and health
journals ever published in this country, and, as far
as we know, in any country. It has run up in
two years from less than fifteen hundred to nearly j
Thirty Thousand ? Is it too much to expect, as its \
circulation is now extending more rapidly than
i ever before, that it will soon count one hundred ';
; thousand subscribers ? Think of the immense j
j influence a perodical devoted to teaching the true i
< Philosophy of Life, and learning all people the j
! great lesson of taking care of themselves, must ;
; wield in the advancement of the human family, to !
\ wards a physiological millennium not only possible <
j but certain on some future day, when universal
i health and happiness shall be the lot of mortals
| on this earth—think of this, we say, and then
< assist us to obtain the largest possible circulation,
j if you feel that you can at the same time do a j
J service to the cause of humanity.
13
The City Inspector's Report.—We have look
ed over, with considerable interest, the report of
A. W. White, the City Inspector for the year 1860.
The whole number of deaths during the year was
16,978, which is nearly two thousand less than
that of the preceding year, a diminution mainly
attributable to the existence of cholera in 1849.
The statistics show the usual, but not loss disgrace
ful result—disgraceful to the name of civilization,
' and a stigma on the popular medical system, that
about two-thirds of all the deaths were of children,
being 10,567 to 6,411 adults. Well does the In
spector remark— " The great mortality of children,
compared with that of adults, seems so dispro
portionate as to be truly alarming."
Another feature in the report will strike the
reflective mind as remarkable, though previous
reports show that it is not unusual ; we mean the
great number of accidents occurring in childbirth.
The "accidents" during the year amounted to
1,335, resulting in 1,152 still-born children. A
table is given exhibiting the ratio of mortality in
childbirth since 1805, which shows that this kind of
mortality has been for the last fifty years steadily
on the increase, being now more than five times
as great in proportion to the population as it was
fifty years ago. Another fact which we do not
find in this report may be mentioned in this con
nection. It is this. The accidents of childbirth
and the mortality among infants hove increased
during the last fifty years, in almost an exact ratio
to the increase of medical schools and the multi
plicity of drug doctors I
In the catalogue of diseases of children, we find
1,288 deaths from convulsions ; two-thirds of
these were of children under one year of age.
What a sod commentary on bad management some
where !
Among adults, as usual, consumption was the
constantly prevailing malady ; the deaths were
1,928. It is worthy of note that the mortality
from tliis diesase was nearly equal in each month ;
only a few more deaths occurring in the very
-i coldest and the hottest parts of the year. This
fact proves conclusively that something beyond or
aside from " changesof weather" must be looked
into to discover the predisposing and proximate
causes of this curse of civilization. »
The Inspector notices a rcmarkable«xemption
from stone and urinary diseases, as contrasted
with years preceding the introduction of the
Croton water, and, doubtless correctly, attributes
this immunity to the greater purity of the water
now used by our citizens.
The Inspector gives a slightly encouraging account
of the progress of hygienic reform under the action
of the municipal authorities. Bone and flesh boil
ing establishments, and depositories of offal and
carrion within the city, are among the nuisances
which have been nearly rooted out. The nui
sance of manure heaps within the populated parts
of the city, we are told, is only "slightly abated."
Slaughter houses in our densely inhabited streets,
producing a stench of rotting, decomposing animal
matters, absolutely insupportable to all lungs and
noses except those who have become " acclimated"
by long residence among them, still continue to
shock the moral sensibilities of the humane, and
j the physiological sensibilities of the pure in body
14 THE
The nuisance of filthy street?, gutters and yards,
occasioned by filling them with slops and offal, is
mentioned among tho death-producing causes
whym our City Fathers might but do not abate.
Licentiousness, intemperance and vagrancy are
commended to the consideration of the Common
Council as frightful sources of disease and death.
We have small faith, not amounting to the hun
dredth part of a grain of mustard seed, that the
Fathers will do anything for their dear children
in relation to these nuisances, although we would
join the Inspector in urging it upon them as a
duly.
The reprehensible practice of erecting dwellings
on rear lots, and the mean, miserly and outrage
ously wicked cupidity on the part of landlords,
that crowds the poorer classes of tenants into
close, ill-ventilated apartments, suffocating gar
rets and damp cellars, is severely and judiciously
commented on. But among the many zygomatic
or air-infeeting nuisances of the city to which the
Inspector calls attention, there is one he does not
mention. We mean the tobacco-smoke source of
bad air. The whole atmosphere of the city is
kept constantly foul by hundreds of thousands of
cigars whose filthy smudge poisons the air of every
Btreet by day and by night. Those who live in
the city are compelled to breathe this narcotic
poison, whether they like it or not. By what
moral or legal right may one-fourth of our people,
who delight in this nasty entertainment, defile the
air for the remaining three-fourths who dislike or
detest itt We do not ask legal enactments to pre
vent people from doing as they^pleasc with their
own air; but we do protest against any inalien
able right they do or can possess to poison ours.
We hope the Inspector, in next year's report, will
not forget this among other nuisances.
The following paragraph from the report, ought
to be referred to a committee of the whole—the
whole people ^
"Allow me to add, in concluding the Bubject of
the prevention of disease, that physicians and sta
tisticians on the subject of mortality compute that
more than one-third of the mortality of all large
cities might be prevented ; thus the loss, last year,
of more than five thousand of our citizens and of
more than ten million dollars might have been
prevented, "had the laws of life and health, the
causes of disease and means of prevention, been
more known and observed. It becomes the city
authorities, it becomes everv citizen, to 6eek out
and remove, as far as possible, every cause of dis
ease and death, wherever it may be found."
We think the calculation might be doubled in
relation to the dollars, and more than trebled as
far as the lives ajg concerned. But why do not
physicians, instead of making endless computa
tions of the evils of ignorance, teach us wisdom ?
Why do they not, instead of piling up mountain
heaps of statistics, about the particular manner
and way in which lives are lost from ignorance of
the laws of life and health, tell us precisely what
those laws are? Here is where the medical pro
fession is deplorably deficient. The regular fac
ulty is ever eloquent with t'.e records ofmortality,
but never ready witM words of instruction.
Where, among the Professors of the chartered
medical schools of the United States, is there a
single teacher of any rational system of hygiene I
Where, among the medical periodicals of the day,
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is there one that teaches or even pretends to teach,
the laws of life and health f There is indeed one,
and but one ; and that one is this Water-Cure
Journal. And until we can make those having
authority in our city, state or national govern
ment, readers of and believers in the doctrines it
advocates, we prophesy that the greater part of
the sanatary measures so earnestly commended in
the report we have been considering, will have
little effect with and excite still less action on the
part of our municipal or legislative " powers that
be."
The Pepsin Humbug Again.—Since our exposure
of the imposture of the pepsin business, we have
been assured that this Dr. Houghton, of Philadel
phia, by whom it is curried on, is none other than
the renowned individual who advertises himself
as " Roback, the Astrologist." The following no
tice of his doings is from "The Map," published at
Schuylkill Haven, Pa., April 7, 1851.
Roback, that Prince of Humbugs, has been held
in £1000 bail, to answer a charge of swindling in
obtaining money from James Washington, a col
ored man, resident of Camden, for the cure of his
wife by conjuration. He was arrested when in
full regalia, and was conducted through the streets,
having on his head a fanciful-looking cap, deco
rated with a crescent and stars. The colored man
paid $1S, and was to give a like amount when
his wife was cured of her disease.
The following^letters are specimens of the man
ner in which the "professor" compounds with his
good-natured dupes:
"I can make you draw in a lottery from $50,
up to $500 for $5, from $100 to $1000, for $10—
from $100 to 5,000, for $20—from $500 to $10,-
000, for $40,00 when higher conjuration power is
taken the price would be so much higher I have
made thousands rich in one year by this wonder
ful conjuration power it will make you lucky
during life, and give you power over your ene
mies."
" I have noticed your remarks in reference to
your sight you can be restored in from 3 to 7
weeks that you will See so well as ever in your
life and a standing cure I have cured hundreds of
of worse eases. I have done a close Astornomical
and Astro'l calculation and find by your nativity
you can be cured by conjuration in the said time
if you will remit me a fee of $40, or if not conve
nient to send the whole at once $20—and the
remander as soon as you can make it convenient."
"phiTajuly 13d 1849
Dear Mrs
yours of the 10th inSt is at hand, and in regard
to vour injury ; I can cure your husband to never
Drink liqucr more in his life; he will be hatred
to them Some Lues it, I have cured hundreds in
this city and its vicinity, and all to full satisfac
tion ; and my fee is $40,00, as soon as you remeet
me this fee, I will speedily after receiving it.
Send you the power <fe that will stope him, that
will also make you and husband more lucky in
every thing you undertake, I have give luck in
business A lottery <t happiness in marriage, <fc luck
in every thing During life, I have given out thou
sands of power, and all to full satisfaction, I have
brouth 200 stolen property back: all in this city
and its vicinity, I enclose a circular, for you to
See more particular
Respectfully yours
C. W. Roback
71 Locust Street abovo
Mrs. L. Mc 8th Street phila.
We could reflect severely on the silly gullibility
of the people of the Keystone, who could be for
an instant misled by such trash, but we are re
minded that a still more foolish and self-evidently
absurd humbug is having an extensive run nearer
home—in this greatly enlightened city of New
York. Those who notice the solemnly hypocriti
cal and blasphemously lying twattle in the papers
about a "nervous cordial" will understand us.
An Allopathic Cure for Neuralgia. —We are
willing to give publicity, for the special benefit of
our allopathic brethren, to all the new discoveries
they may make in either the art of curing diseases
or the art of killing patients. Whenever an allopa
thic cure-all is announced, as a new discovery, no
matter on whose or what authority it is put forth,
we know there are at least ten thousand times
ten thousand chances to one that it will eventually
turn out a mistake. On this principle, in connec
tion with another principle called common sense,
we prophesy the following wonderful discovery
will have but a brief existence. The cure is said
to be the discovery of a young doctor; and we
should think the one who speaks of the doctor's
being "profoundly convinced of the science in
those affections," was a very young editor,
"A yonng doctor of the Paris Faculty of Me
dicine has just made a discovery which we deem
of importance to communicate to our readers,
neuralgic affections are, of all others, the most
impervious to the art of medicine. M. Dcsterne,
profoundly convinced of the science in those af
fections, so common and so terrible, has devoted
himself zealously to researches upon the physiolo
gical action of the nervous system. Taking, for the
starting point of his researches, the remarkable
results of the cure of neuralgia by the cauteriza
tion of the " helix," he has discovered n method
of curing, instantaneously, and without disturb
ing any organ, all neuralgic affections of the head,
attacks of megrim, and pains resulting from teeth
in an advanced state of decay. What renders this
discovery truly marvellous, is the promptness, at
once, of the cure, and its perfect success in more
than two hundred cases, which have presented
themselves since the 22d of December, the date of
the first experiments.
M. Desterne proposes presenting to the Acade
my of Medicine a memoir upon this important
discovery. The presentation of the memoir is only
retarded by the hope which the author entertains
of preventing, by the same means, hysterical and
epileptic attacks, and his desire to make a more
complete work.
The Anger Cube.—This is a new Allopathic
discovery, Btill more remarkable than the preced
ing. In the Northern Lancet, of May last, is one
of the strangest and wc think most abhorrent
specimens of doctoring ever recorded in any pe
riodical claiming either science, decency, or re
spectability. A Dr. Cleveland, ofWaterbury, Vt,
in « scries of articles on Endemic Influences, as of-
fecting Epidemic diseases, relates a cose which we
shall copy in full in his own words, as it is appa
rently deep with disgraceful meaning : —
"During the winter, the Erysipelas was preva
lent once more ; in fact, many cases were met with
in the fall, but not near as large a number as in the
preceding year. There were cases sufficient, how
ever, to keep the physicians actively employed,
and of tufficient severity to cause much anxiety to
all interested. A few deaths occurred from this
disease, but none I think in this region from the
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puerperal variety, which had proved eo generally
fatal to lying-in women, the previous yenr, that it
came to be considered almost] certain death to a
woman to bear a child. The people soon learned
what the practitioner still stoutly denied, that
this form of the disease was eminently contagiouB
in its character, and now refused to be attended on
by their former physicians, during child-birth,
preferring to rely on the unassisted powers of
nature, for a safe delivery, rather than to risk in
oculation by infectious matter from other pa
tients.
During that year (1843) I saw but one case of
Erysipelas attacking the matrix (womb), and that
was in an ■unmarried woman who was attended
by her mother, who, just previous to rendering
this assistance, had visited a neighbor who was sick
with the disease. I record this case, as I have
reason to think the patient was relieved by a
violent Jit of anger. When called to see her, three
days after confinement, the abdomen was much
swollen, hot, and tender ; the integuments of that
region dark and livid, while the rest of the Bur-
face was pale and cold. The lochia; had ceased to
flow; the patient in great distress, and very fearful
of death. I doubted the power of remedies to re
call the blood to the extremities of the vessels,
and thus relieve the local congestion, and at once
resolved to endeavor to affect the body through
the medium of the mind,
Anger to a furious degree was readily induced,
the face became flushed, the patient used all the
exertion she was capable of—fear gave place to
the stronger passion ; and by the time tranquillity
was restored, she was bedewed with perspiration
—and a little general treatment was all that was
needed to insure a favorable termination."
We are left in the dark as to the manner in
which this violent fit of anger was induced. Why
this concealment f The patient was an unmarried
female, and had a disease which should have se
cured her the most delicate and cautious manage
ment on the part of her medical attendant She
had also given birth, a few days before, to an ille
gitimate child. Should this have exposed her to
insult in her peculiar situation ? But how did the
doctor get up the anger ? What mean these
Btrango expressions ? " The patient used all the
exertion she was capable of," and "fear gave place
to furious anger." If anything can astonish us
more than such a report from a medical man, it is
its publication in a respectable medical journal,
without note or comment We ask the author
through the Northern Lancet, for an explanation.
Dr. Cleveland has given the cose to the public,
and now the community has a right to know what
particular prescription he found so prompt to raise
a furious passion in an unmarried woman, a few
days after confinement !
THOUGHTS ON DOMESTIC WATER-CURE.
BT JOEL SlirW, M. D.
It is undoubtedly true that water-cure has been
the means of accomplishing a much greater amount
of good in this country in domestic practice than
elsewhere. There ore many times more patients
in these United States who are practising upon
themselves at home, than there are in the estab
lishments or under the care of physicians. I do
not, however, wish to be understood as advocating
that we should not have public hydropathic insti
tutions, or think we should not have physicians
who devote their time and talents to the subject ;
the more we have of both the better, so that they
be reasonably supported. But in th« present
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order of things, a majority of those who would of
choice avail themselves of the advantages of the
new method in an establishment, or under the
immediate care of a competent physician, cannot
by any possibility do so. It is, therefore, a ques
tion of great importance with such persons, as to
how they are to proceed in a matter which con
cerns them so much.
I have from the first advocated that water-cure
is pre-eminently calculated for a domestic or home
treatment. As I have before observed in some of
my writings, every family has a wash-tub, sheets,
towels and bedding, and access to water. With
these simple contrivances, strong work may be
done in the most humble cabin. And yet people
should everywhere study faithfully, year in and
year out, a subject which concerns them so much
as that of health. Nor should they wait till disease
comes upon them with its iron grasp ; they should
study often and faithfully these principles of hy
dropathy, or in other words, principles of nature,
which are in themselves always so beautiful and
true. Then, when they become ill or meet with
an accident, they will not at once fall into a state
of consternation, as if their all depended upon
their getting the advice of some physician whom
it is impossible to get They should know, at
least, how to proceed safely in whatever they may
undertake to do ; and if it is not possible for them
to do all that might be in the^remises, they can
yet be certain of accomplishing much good, and
avoid the almost universal evil of drugging the
system in disease. I repeat^ then, that water-cure
treatment powerful as it is for harm when im
properly used, and equally powerful for good
when properly used, may, by faithful study, in a
short time be so far understood by persons of an
ordinary capacity, that they may in a multitude
of ailments prescribe safely and effectually for
themselves, and thus avoid the expense of having
a physician, and the evils of taking drugs.
Considering the wide and unprecedented circu
lation of the Water-Cure Journal, I may suppose
myself addressing a large number of readers who
are beginners in the water-cure. The readers of
this paper number many who have for years been
on intimate terms with the new method, and who
have found it ever to stand by them like an old
ond well tried friend. But there is at this time
yet a larger number who aro just commencing
their investigations of hydropathy : most of them,
too, ore Buffercrs from disease. To such, then, I
will say a few words.
In this country of thrift and overflowing abun
dance, there are everywhere many who are suffer
ing from chronic disease. It is now generally
acknowledged, that as a general fact, drugs do no
possible eood but only harm in cases of this kind.
What, then, are we to rely upon ) The natural
means of water, air, exercise, Bleeping, attention
to diet, and the avoidance of the causes of disease,
—these are the only means that can here be relied
on.
It may be laid down as a general rule, that per-
Bons, of whatever age or Bex, and in whatever con
dition in life, should have, at least, a daily bath.
Who would think of omitting in the morning to
wash the hands and face I And there is as much
need of washing the whole surface as of these
local parts. The best that can be done in the
present habits of society, all are subject in greater
or less degree to the causes of disease. The clean
ing and invigorating powers of water, therefore,
are needed daily.
Suppose a person wishes to commence daily
bathing, and is doubtful how to begin. If he is
able to go about and expose himself to the open
air, he may commence in some such way as the
towel both, or, which is still better, if he can get a
little aid from 6omc one, he can take the rubbing
wet sheet It seems a very simple thing to wash
the body every morning with wet towels, wet
hands, or the rubbing wet sheet But let any one
who is skeptical as to the good to be thus obtained,
try the practice for one month. Let him rise
early in the morning, perform the ablution, take a
draught of cold water, and then into the open air.
Suppose he does become a little fatigued at first
He will soon find his strength to improve, and not
only the strength, but the spirits—the body and
mind in every respect. If the habits are not phys
ically active, the ablution may, with advantage, be
repeated two or three times a day, particularly by
the studious and those who have much mental
labor to perform. The towel or hand bath, > t^the
rubbing wet sheet, like all other baths, should not,
as a general rule, be taken until three hours or
more after a meal.
Those who are very feeble, and arc confined in
bed, may have this given by assistants, the surface
being rubbed, part by part, exposing only a little
at a time. The water should be of a temperature'
suited to the patient's strength. It may be used at
70, 80, 90, or even as high as 95° F., recollecting
always that the cooler, the more tonic or strength
ening, if it be well borne. It is best to begin
safely, and then, from time to time, the tempera
ture may be lowered, as it is found can be endured.
With these frictions and ablutions alone, per
severed in day by day, wonders may, in many
cases, be accomplished. Feverish patients are often
thus greatly relieved, and, in case the animal heat
rises above its natural standard, the sponging or
rubbing bath may be practised many times in the
day, as often as the heat augments.
If the feet are apt to become cold, rub them a
few minutes in cold water, not when the parts are
cold, but warm ; and practise frictions and exer
cise, to cause circulation in the extremities after
tho bath. Fire warms the feet for the time, but
weakens them afterwards so that they become cold,
and the whole system is injured thereby. Trou
blesome corns ore soon driven away by the cold
foot-bath. If pains are experienced in any part of
the body, the wet or moist fomentations, bandages,
<tc, will be found very useful. If a joint is pain
ful, put about it a wet bandage, with a dry one.
If there is much heat, change it as often as it be
comes too warm; if it feels too cool, cover it with
flannel until it is comfortable. Injections may be
made in tho bowels, and the same general princi
ples applied in every case. If there is increase of
heat, the cooling means aro to be used. If pains
are what is called numerous, and unattended with
increase of heat, as in some forms of colic, spasm,
etc., warm fomentations are useful If, in any case,
cold increases pain, heat diminishes it and the con
trary. The fomentation is the best and most con
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fvenicnt form of poultice that cnu be had. It may
be used either a part or the whole of the twenty-
four hours, as is found best.
If there is constipation of the bowels—n state of
the system now-a-days exceedingly common, and
always troublesome, and attended, sooner or Inter,
with serious consequences—great benefit will be
experienced from peifevernnce in the use of injec
tions of pure water. Water is not in its nature
like irritating drugs, and need not be feared in
this application, even if used daily fur a long time.
It may at first be taken tepid, if the person is
weak ; two, three, or more pints may be used at a
time, and repented as often as necessary. The
early morning is, in general, the best time. On
going to rest, a half tumbler full, or more, (but
only a small quantity can be retained in the
bowels) is a good mode, the larger injection still to
be taken in the morning. In this stateof the sys
tem, everything should be done that may be to in
vigorate the general health. Diet has much to do ;
avoiding concentrated substances, as butter, lard,
sugar, fine bread, etc., is necessary. Rye mush,
cracked wheat, or wheat meal mush, brown bread,
hommony, and the coarser forms of food only should
be eaten. A moderate use of milk and a very
small quantity of molasses, or sugar, may be taken
as a condiment The apple, as a part of the meal,
is good;
In diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera morbus, and the
like, the injections arc not less useful than in con
stipation. As often as the bowels act in an unna
tural manner, give full injections, if it be one or
ten times a day. If the bowels are weak, and
the system, rather than otherwise, cool, the
injection should be moderate enough not to shock
—lukewarm, as we say ; it should be made comfort
able. Infants suffering from that so often fatal
disease, cholera infantum, are thus greatly relieved,
when drug opiates wholly fail.
In cramps of the stomach, colic <fcc, caused by
improper food or sulwtances in the stomach,
drinking quickly many tumblers of water, until
vomiting is brought on, is lightly salutary. Vomit
again and again, until the stomach is thoroughly
cleansed ; administer injections if need be ; use
fomentations, and by these simple and yet effica
cious means, "dangerous attacks will very often be
at once arrested, and mors good a hundredfold ac
complished than can be by ony amount of drugs,
blisters, leeches, and the lancet constantly. In
cose that there is need, persevere a long time in
the use of these simple means, recollecting that cold
water leaves nothing behind. A patient treated
by powerful drugs is often injured for life ; a
water patient recovers without any bad after
effects.
Need I again say that water as a daily beverage
is incomparably the best 1 Why is it, in these days
of temperance, so few are found willing to adopt
water as the exclusive drink t -Tea and coffee
always do mischief, always deteriorate the general
health. Sick headache, indigestion, constipation,
nervousness, palpitation of the heart, decay and
blackening of the teeth, paleness and eallowness of
the complexion, all these, with many more ills,
too numerous to recapitulate, are in multitudes of
cases caused by these everywhere common bever
ages. Say what we will to people, and even eon-
e
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vince them of the evil effects of these articles, they The pain in the face and head was almost intol
yet continue the custom, and, as it were, rush blind erable; so much so, in fact, that it seemed as if he
ly and heedlessly on in their downward career. Cau could not possibly have endured it, had not the
it be possible that things shall always thus be I water been most assiduously nnd unremittingly ap
I have been led to these remarks, by the fact of plied ; as it was, he suffered much and long.
an individual from the Far West, a good friend of The most alarming of his symptoms was the
Watcr-Cure, having just called and informed mc proneness to stupor, which was the greatest in this
that for veal's he had been in the habit of curing case of any I ever knew, and which must have
fevers, dysentery and other maladies in his family, terminated in fatal congestion of the brain, had
diseases for which they had formerly been in the not the most active measures been taken.
lubit of being salivated, physicked , <fca, in a most At first wo relied upon sitz-baths, but soon they
injurious manner. All this he has accomplished, ceased to produce the desired effect, and we com
failing not of the most complete success in every menced the use of the half-bath.
case, by reading " Hydropathy or the Water-Cure," It was mid-winter and exceedingly cold, but
(Vol. I. Water Cure Library), "The Water Cure tain, wc uspiI the water as cold as it came from the foun
nnd kept him in the bath (a common tin
Manual," aud the "Water CureJourn.il." May battling tub, five feet long, in which was some five
the like success attend the efforts of all who will or six pails of water) sitting down, with1 one
faithfully and diligently study that best ofall medi to hold him, and two to rub him ten minutes,
cal systems, The Water Clue. > usually rubbing him most briskly the' while, after
\ which we rubbed him well and put him to bed
II' C. Institution, Corner Tieelfth-st, and Uni I between the blankets, covered him warmly, and
versity Place. in the course of two or three hours, a most
, profuse perspiration would ensue ; none of your
\ common every-day perspirations, but one of
APPLICABILITY OF THE WATER-CURE. ! tho3e that mean something ; it was not only eo-
IN CHRONIC DISEASES. ; pious, exceedingly so, especially in the lower
i extremities, but even " ropy" or viscid to a great
BY E. A. EITTRF.neE, M.D. ; degree.
In addition to the " ways and means" alluded I The effect was truly beautiful ; he invariably
to in our last, the sitz-bnth will be found invalua began to rouse us the perspiration began to issue,
ble; it is the "blue pill" of the Hydropath, and , feetunllyand never was mist or fog more clearly nnd ef-
dispci-scd by the rising sun, than wasthis
will as certainly, Knot 80 quickly, produce all the : vapor on the mind, this fog upon the brain, by
good effect of that so often used and terribly per ; these simple half-baths.
nicious drug. i The allopathic course consists in giving mercury,
The sitz-bath, to produce the "alterative" effect |I nnd blistering, and otherwise irritating the cx-
tremitics—"ba fast as one blister heals, clap on
upon the liver, must be long continued, say from | another."
twenty to forty-five minutes, and repented twice The superiority of the Hydropathic way will
or thrice in twenty-four hours, if you would keep ; be apparent to those who are willing to see. In
up the effect i the old barbarous way by blistering, Ac, the pa-
; tient has to suffer the most, excruciating pain at
Xot only in liver complaints are these most ex , times and constant irritation after all the good
ceedingly useful, but in kidney diseases, chronic ; they could do was done, making the patient almost
inflammation of the spleen, aud all kinds of visce loth to "come to" again from an insensible state—
ral congestions. ; especially if of a nervous temperament—ay, well
The temperature of the Bitz-bath must be va j may
such exclaim, "Lord deliver mc from my
friends," if such arc their only reliable ones I
ried according to the constitution of the patient, But the main difference is the powerful counter-
and the condition of the nervous system. As a ge f current produced by the bath, and the consequent
neral thing, GO degrees is about right ; but where \ perspiration that ensues, which is as much better
there is much torpidity of the liver, the colder i any than any other kind known to the allopath, as
other kind of righteousness is better than sin.
the better, provided the patient has a decent con I "But," says the allopath, "you don't know but
stitution, and is not particularly nervous ; for such, 5 'medicine' would have done the same thing as
70 degrees is not too warm. well."
A more powerful bath, and in many cases far ; of Fortunately, I do know, not only from hundreds
eases similar, where 1 relied upon medicines,
more efficacious, is the half-bath. Especially good but in this very case !
is this bath in erysipelatous inflammations, where It so happened that the old family physician
the liver is always seriously implicated. Iu these J came into town, and called to see this same pa-
cases, particularly those about the head, you will .; tient, and I was requested to consult with him. I
did so, and, as I expected, he wanted me to give
find the cold half-bath, continued from five to thir him calomel; I told him 1 did not believe in its
ty minutes, more useful than all others combined : necessity, but if he did, he might give it. lie ac
I mean when the stupor is on, which would most cordingly gave it in small doses once in an hour or
assuredly end in death, if something were not in two, as long as he pleased, but with no good effect ;
fact the patient was worse afterwards than he
done to rouse the liver and produce a determina hnd ever been previously.
tion of the blood from the brain to the lower ex In this case, I kept the patient, ns I invnrinbly
tremities. do, in all "liver cases" especially, without food en
A case in point :— tirely, nnd though "desperately sick," and for
weeks beyond nil hope—in the estimation of his
Mr. J , of this city, was taken with ordinary friends—yet, agreeably to my predictions, he got
symptoms of erysipelas of the head, but being, well, and is now as well ns usual.
unfortunately, in a very phlogistic and inflamma And many a bitter opponent of the Water-Cure,
tory condition, accompanied by great disturbance who saw this patient during his sickest moments,
of the liver, his symptoms, in spite of active treat have been heard to declare that it was " almost
incredible that simple cold water could do such
ment, rapidly assumed the most obstinate char things," and yet they "were convinced that with
acter. out it he must inevitably have died.
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Introduction.—1. To enable us to form a just esti t forth to his eye from detached portions of creation
mate of our duty and interest as the rational occu \ and seem to promise happiness and joy ; but more fre-
pants of this world, we may inquire briefly into tho S quently clouds and darkness brood over the scene, and
The Constitution of Man considered in relation to constitution of external nature, and of ourselves. j disappoint his fondest expectations. Evil seems so
the Natural Laws By George Combe. Adapted : as 2.to The Creator has so arranged tho external world, mixed up with the good, that he regards it as cither its
hold forth every possible inducement to man to direct product, or its inseparable accompaniment.
to the use of Schools. New York : Fowlers & Wells, ; cultivate his higher powers, nay, almost to constrain Nature is never contemplated with a clear conception
Publishers. Price 25 cents. Mailable. i him to do so. Tho philosophio mind, in surveying the of its adaptation to the purpose of promoting the true
Who, among our school teachers, has not read The j world as prepared for the reception of the human race, enjoyment of the human raco, or with a well-founded
Constitution of Man T Doubtless there are a few ; | perceives in external nature a vast assemblage of stu- | confidence in the wisdom and benovoleuce of its
yet wc are confident that no one can be found who has ! pendous powers, too great for the feeble hand of man : Author.
not heard of it. Previous to the publication of this | entirely to control, but kindly subjected, within cer 10. Man, when civilized and illuminated by know-
school edition, there were in the United States seven tain limits, to the influence of his will. ; ledgo, on the other hand, discovers in the objects and
sets of stereotype plates in constant use, on which thou
sands of copies were printed yearly. The diffusion of | 3. Man is introduced on earth, apparently helpless ! occurrences around him a scheme beautifully arranged
this work has been almost universal. In Europe it has ■ and unprovided for as a homeless stranger; but the for the gratification of his whole powers, animal,
beeu translated into all the principal languages, and ! soil on which he treads is endowed with a thousand moral, and intellectual; he recognizes in himself tho
adopted as a class-book in many uf the leading literary j capabilities of production, which require only to be intelligent and accountable subject of an all-bountiful
institutions. Considering the great value and import excited by his intelligence, to yield him the most am- Creator, and in joy and gladness desires to study the
ance of this work, especially to children and youth, i pie returns. Tho impetuous torrent rolls its waters to Creator's them a
works, to ascertain His laws, and to yield to
steady and a willing obedience. Without un
the publishers have just issued a new, cheap, though the main ; but as it dashes over the mountain-cliff, the j
beautiful edition, designed as a class-book for schools. 1 human hand is capable of withdrawing it from its t tastes dervaluing the pleasures of his animal nature, ho
| course, and rendcringits powers subservient to his will, i the higher, more refined, and more enduring
In his Preface the author says:
"The education of children should embrace their { 4. Ocean extends over half the globe her liquid i delights of his moral and intellectual capacities, and
he then calls aloud for education as indispensable to
physical, moral, and intellectual natures, and the laws plain, in which no path appears, and the rude winds, the
which govern these ; also the importance of obedience | oft lift her waters to the sky; but there the skill of j 11.fullIfenjoyment of his rational powers.
this representation of the condition of tho
to them, and the consequences of disobedience. Too | man may launch the strong-knit bark, spread forth the j human being on earth be correct, we perceive clearly
often education is merely an intellectual one, and the i canvass to the gale, and make the trackless deep a \ the unspeakable
child is left without a proper cultivation of his moral I highway through the world. In such a state of things, j gain knowledge ofadvantage of applying our minds to
our own constitution and that of
and physical natures. f knowledge is truly power; and it is highly important j
external nature, and of regulating our conduct accord
With the physioal nature of man, and the causes of to human beings to become acquainted with tho con- ' ing to rules drawn from the information acquired.
health aud disease, children should grow up familiar. stitution and relations of every object around them, Our constitution and our position equally imply that
They should be taught that violations of these laws by that they may discover its capabilities of ministering ' the grand object of our existence is, not that wo
dissipation, excessive indulgences of appetite, or in ; to their own advantage.
any other manner, will surely bring punishment. 5. Further, where these physical energies are too f should remain contented with the pleasures of mero
With some it may possibly be delayed for many years, ! great to be controlled, man has received intelligence j animal life, but that wo should take the dignified and
owing to the great strength of the powers of nature ! by which he may observe their course, and accommo- J far more delightful station of moral and rational occu
with which they have beon blessed, yet it will surely date his conduct to their influence. This capacity of j pants of this lower world.
come as dregs in the cup of life. These thoughts ■ adaptation is a valuable substitute for the power of Since the above was written, we have received the
should bo indelibly stamped on the minds of youth, ■ regulating them by his will. He cannot arrest the sun i following testimonial:
and in no better way can this be accomplished than by in its course, so as to avert the wintry storms, and " Secretary's Office, Departm't of Common Schools,
making it one of the subjects to be studied in our com I cause perpetual spring to bloom around him ; but, by Albany, New York, June 2d, 1851. Dear Sir—1 have
mon schools. j the proper exercise of his intelligence and corporeal : received, through the kindness of our friend Miles,
The moral and intellectual natures, and the laws energies, he is able to foresee the approach of bleak Messrs. Fowlers & Wells's edition of Combe's Consti
which the Creator has assigned them, should be known ■kief and rude winds, and to place himself in safety ] tution of Man, for the use of schools ; for which you
to all, that every man may foresee and avoid the > from their injurious effects. will please accept my best thanks.
misery resulting from their infringement. Children 6. These powers of controlling nature, and of ae- j I know of no work, an intimate and familiar and
should be taught to behold the wisdom and goodness j commodating his conduct to its course, are the direct i thorough acquaintance with which is more desirable
of God, as manifested in his works and laws. < results of his rational faculties ; and in proportion to 3 to the young of both sexes, than Mr. Combk's * Con
As health is of the greatest importance in the econo j their cultivation is his sway extended. Man, while stitution of Man.' The abstract of the work, which
my of life, as obedience to the moral laws is absolutely \ ignorant, is in a helpless condition, lint let him put j has been prepared by Messrs. Fowlers & Wells, forthe
necessary to happiness, and as an understanding of the | forth his proper human capacities, and he then finds use of schools, is, in my opinion, an admirable epitome
intellectual laws of our being is so important to their himself invested with the power to rear, to build, to of tho whole ; and I should be glad to see it generally
full development and the greatest usefulness to man, so , fabricate, and to store up provisions ; and by availing ! introduced as a text-book in our schools. In con
should the study of these laws be made one of the • himself of these resources, and accommodating his < nection with Physiology, its importance in the com
leading pursuits in the education of the young. ( conduct to the course of nature's laws, he is able to munication of an accurate and enlightened knowledge
How incomparably superior such an education to ; smile in safety beside the cheerful hearth, when the j of our complex physical, intellectual, and moral na
one the ehicf aim of which seems to be how to acquire j elements maintain their fiercest war abroad, ture, cannot well be overrated. Yours truly, S. S.
wealth, honor, or office! Education should promote i 7. Again : we are surrounded by countless beings, J Randall, Dep. Supt. Com. Schools."
health and happiness, and increase mind. It should inferior and equal to ourselves, whose qualities yield
render the people industrious, and physically, morally, > us tho greatest happiness, or bring upon us the bitter The Hartford Daily Timks of reoent dato
and intellectually happier. It should prepare man for est evil, according as we affect them agreeably or dis- says :—
higher and nobler callings than selfish ambition—it \ agreeably by our conduct. To draw forth all thoir ** It is justly placed at the head of its class as a text
should instruct him in self-government, and practical I excellences, and cause them to diffuse joy around us— book of physiology, and an expositor of the intimate
obedience to all the laws of his Creator. < to avoid touching the harsher springs of their consti- j relations of body and mind. This work, in the form
Ibis in view of these important considerations, and i tution, and bringing painful discord to our ears—it is j| culable of a tchoolbook, and its general use, must be of incal-
benefit to the rising and future generations ; it
for the purpose of making an effort toward accom | indispensably necessary that wo know tho nature of conveys that kind of knowledge which is most needed,
plishing so desirable an object by furnishing a treatise > our fellows, and act with an habitual regard to the and which should form the basis of all education. It
is much to be regretted that such a study has not
adapted to the use of schools, and the instruction of relations established by the Creator between ourselves been common long before this, for if prosecuted in the
the young in these important principles, that this ^ and them. right manner, its results would have been a material
work is now presented to the public in its present form. I 8. Man, ignorant and uncivilized, is a ferocious, addition to human health and happiness."
It is most sincerely desired that all parents, teachers, ; sensual, and superstitious savage. The world affords The Syracuse Daily Journal remarks :—
and guardians of the interests of education may give some enjoyments to his animal feelings, but it con- " A thorough use of this work in the school-room
this work that candid attention which its subject justly \ founds his moral and intellectual faculties. External i will aid materially toward giving a proper and com-
i demands." | nature exhibits to his mind a mighty chaos of events, ? plete education."
) To illustrate and still further explain to parents and j and a dread display of power. The chain of causation I We could add the testimony of thousands, were it
teachers the great objects of the Constitution of 1 appears too intricate to be unraveled, and the power Decenary, to establish tho claim of this almost univer-
Man, we copy the following from the Introduction to | too stupendous to be controled. | sal favorite with men of mind—Tile Constitution cf
this new school edition. j 9. Order and beauty, indeed, occasionally gleam j Man.
18 THE
ffiisnilaittj.
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON.
IIY NOGGS.
Dear Gossirs,—I have but the old story to toll you
—viz., Water Cure is daily and hourly gaining the
confidence of the people in these parts ; and the allo
paths think it is intolerably successful ! and they say
something ought to bo done to stop the spread of the
'* heresy."
But wo flatter ourselves that this is a thing not
easily done. Were it not so, it would have been stayed
long, long ago ; for the combined energies of thousands
aud thousands who represent the medical faculty, with
all their several worshipers, and the druggists, and
their particular friends, all— all together, with the
mighty power of their money and iufluence, have not
been able to prevent it from going ahead, as never any
reform, however important and successful at last, went
before.
I scarce meet an intelligent man anywhere who is
not in favor of hydropathy, even if he know nothing
of it practically.
The greatest drawbacks, outside the faculty, are the
Homoeopathists, who " damn with faint praise " the
water-cure, and insist upon it that^ho little doses of
medicine are the only reliable things ! !
This class and the pretended Hydropaths who have
stolen the livery of the Court of Hydropathy to ** raise
the devil " in—ay, raise a fiend not easily quelled—
are worse than avowed enemies, for those wo know
where to find and how to take.
The Allopaths point to 'em and soy, We are as much
Hydropaths as they—li We only give a little medi
cine."
But let these things pass. Society is as it is, and
must be till it's more so.
My best love to "Dr. Quoggs," whose last letter
was as welcome as flowers in spring, and as racy as
the purest sparkling water.
In reply to bis queries, I oan only say that I know
not what has become of the'tendcr-hearted little Allo
path of the Medical Journal, unless he has fallen a
victim to his sensibilities and mourned himself away,
grieved to death that the Lord had not provided more
oil for the lubrication of the skin, or didn't foresee the
terrible rage for cleanliness that would exist in the
nineteenth century.
The- last 1 heard of him was at Newport, last fall,
where be walked the beach, exhorting the bathers to
save their 'ile, " as there was no knowing whether the
Lord would give them any more !"
But notwithstanding, 1 learn that great preparations
are being made for tho coming season at Nahant and
Newport for the enjoyment of sea-bathing, ihe people
of upper-tendom madly persisting in impinging their
unoiled skins against the roughly rolling breakers
which " wash the beach" at those delightful places.
The bathers say, that according to Dr. Medico's
idea, all the oil they had was washed off years ago,
or at least the first few times bathing, and as they like
it hngely, they determined to "go it" and trust to
nature one more season anyhow, and Bho if she won't,
as heretofore, get up some way of warding off the con
sequences,— so terrible, according to Dr. M—re,— re
sulting from the indulgence of her own desires ! Well,
Nature is awful clever. Who knows but she will 1
As to Quoggs' oiher query respecting tho frequent
meetings of the august faculty, T can only guess. It's
barely possible that the salt of the fraternity has lost
some of its savor ! It may be—I gay it tremblingly—
that the omnipotency of drugs is not so self-evident as
it is supposed by some to be ; and they think it best to
tell the people now and then, that the power to heal is
vested in the " regular physicians" not— as has been
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
asserted in this age of humbug— in nature ; that God
who made all the diseases, of course made also at the
same time a medicine that would cure them ! This, of
course, say they, is no more than fair, '* and to us has
it been given to suit the medieinc to the disease."
More anon ; in haste, thine truly.
Glen Haven Water Cure.—Gentlemen of the
Journal : Have you ever visited Glen Haven 1 If you
have not, 1 would advise you to run away from the
dingy city the very first opportunity, and como up
here, whore you can fill your lungs with this invigorat
ing air. It is perfectly charming here; the green
woods, the bright flowers, the sweet birds, and the blue
waters. Nature seems to revel tint! luxuriate in her
own beauty. Such an endless variety of wild flowers,
and in such profusion, too, 1 have never before seen in
anyone locality. And the birds instinctively make
this their home, just as if they had (as they have)
a sense of the beautiful, and pour out their joyful
hearts in glad song. The most striking feature of the
place is the innumerable landscape views. From every
point, whether you wander along the shaded pathway
by the lake side, climb the precipitous hill, or jump
into the skiff and go out on the bosom of ihe lake with
a friend by your side to whisper " solitude is sweet"—
you have an entirely different landscape. J can, from
as many different points of observation, show you a
hundred, and will not range more than a mile from the
house, and each one shall fill you with delight, and
inako your hearts leap up and your hands clap fur
joy. Well, this is a beautiful world, and this is one of
the most beautiful spots in it. No drug shops or saddle
bags " scarce ever come here'1 to mar the beauty of tho
scene. Pardon me for alluding to Mich nauseous sub
jects, when speaking on such a joyous theme. Hut
there is a water-cure here, you know ; and it is such a
constant feeling of gladness to see the guests growing
young again, under tho influence of these healing wa
ters, administered by the ready and skillful hand of
Dr. Jackson, that I cannot help thinking of their past
sufferings ; for you must know, that with all or nearly
all who resort to water-cures, it is as a forlorn hope.
They aro like a certain woman who had an issue of
blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things
of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.
Do you know Dr. Jackson 1 You may know him
through his writings; but to see him as ho is, you must
see him in a water-cure. He is then in his element,
He has a perfect passion for hydropathy. He studied
medicine many years under the old dispensation, but
having no penchant for blistering and blood-letting,
calomel or cathartics, never went into practice. Five
years ago he entered the new dispensation, and finds
his knowledge of physiology and anatomy and exten
sive medical research of avail ; for while water is not
so dangerous an element in the hands of quacks as mi
neral poisons, it requires as much knowledge, skill and
judgment to administer it successfully as a remedial
agent, as is required in any other mode of practice.
The marked success of this establishment is not owing
to skill alone. The water of Glen Haven, in softness,
purity, abundance and life, is not surpassed by that of
any institution of the kind which I have visited in this
State or New England.
I know of no place where a Ekin crisis is so rapidly
and easily produced as here. There is a lady here
over forty years of oge, who has been siek fourteen
months, confined to her bed for tho last eight weeks,
who came here a week ago, and cun now walk forty
rods with ease. Like nearly all the rest of us, she had
passed through the hands of the regulars and irregu
lars, to say nothing of the quantities of sarsaparillas,
chologogues, universal pills,and other patent medicines,
that had been devoured. A gentleman who had suf
fered eighteen years from bilious dyspepsia, was able
to leavo in three weeks, feeling like a new man.
These., however, are extraordinary cases. The length
of time required to effect a cure by hydropathy (other
things being equal) depends, of course, upon the
amount of vitality or strength of constitution of the
patient.
Let those, then, who arc feeble not flatter them
selves with a speedy recovery by water treatment. I
am satisfied that diseases which are titrable are within
the reach of hydropathy, and that all or nearly all the
ailments which " flesh is heir to," if taken in their
incipient stages, may be removed or essentially modi
fied by this mode of treatment.
1 wish you could look in upon us. There is very
little of the appearance of a hospital. Hopefulness and
cheerfulness reign triumphant. There is great free
dom here. We can whistle or sing, walk or run, lie
down on the grass, or climb trees. There is no con
ventionalism or fashion, with its iron rule. To use an
expression of oue of our facetious patients, "na/er
capers"
The first thing tho ladies have to submit to is, to
dispense with their whalebones, and are allowed and
advised to put on Turkish attire. Many of themavail
themselves of the opportunity, and present a more com
fortable appearance.
Having experienced so much benefit here myself,
and seen the benefits which others have received, I can
most cheerfully recommend Glen Haven to all who
are in search of health. Cosmo.
THE WATER CURE JOURNAL.
AN ACROSTIC.
BY CHARLES H. DOTY.
Tnoc star of hope !—thou welcome harbinger !
Hail we thy dawning o'er the cloud* of tin.
Earth needs thy healthful beam—thy cheering ray.
When will the had it-stridden nation* learn
And feet tho import of the awful truth,
Transgression physical is sin? When shall
Each sulfrer know the lawn of life, and, quick
Returning from his error, Seam and live ?
Cast in thy fruit each month—thou tree of health !
Unto all nations may thy leaves be strewn,
Reclaiming, blessing, spreading forik the pure,
E temal principles of true REFORM.
Joy to thy mission ! Now we see, that Ood
On ev'ry hand has placed the remedy.
Unbounded, pure and free for all our ills.
Rich is His mercy : in obedience
Now take the cure presented to thy lips ;
And learn the great injunction sent from heaven,
Leprous and dying, u wash ye AND be clean.-'
A Faulk for the Medical Profession.—A dis
tinguished lord, going from home, left his watch hang
ing beside his bed. A tame monkey, who was in the
habit of imitating the actions of his master, took tho
watch, and with the aid of a baud, fastened it to his
side. A moment afterward he drew it forth and
wound it. Then he looked at it, and said, " This
goes too fast." lie opened it, put back the hand, and
again adjusted it to his side. A few moments passed,
and he took it in his hand once more. " Oh !" said
the imitator, " now it goes too slow. What a trouble
it is ! How can it be remedied 1" He winds it ajgain
with the regulator, then closes it, and applies it grace
fully to the ear. " This movement is wrong, still
and ho wound it with tho key in another way. Then
bent to listen to it. " It does not go well, yet." Ho
opened the case, looked and examined every part;
touched this wheel, stopped that, moved another ; in
short, injured it so much by altering and shaking it in
his hand, that it at length ceased nil motion. Guard
us, 0 propitious heaven ! from physicians who deal
with, and experiment upon man, as the monkey did
with the watch.—From the Italian-
A Case of Medical Malpractice.—In the oaao of
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Dr. George Hays and his wife, who were arrested on a aro dried, which gives rise to ALL the diseases that quent passage of large quantities of it through onr
charge of having caused the death of Mrs. Austin, the ' afflict the Europeans !" drains and sewers, cleansing them of a great deal of
coroner's jury rendered the following verdict : Sensible savages ! The Academy of Medicine must impure matter which heretofore accumulated, the
black-ball them, or fudge up an indictment against number of deaths by typhus fever have rapidly de
" The jury are of opinion that the deceased came to them. Brutes that they are, how dare they blaspheme creased, as have also many other kinds of fevers. If
her death by an overdose of opium, or some of its pre- , theAnother
holy lancet of tho blessed Sangrado 1 the latter result is a consequence of the former, it may
parations. The jury aro also of opinion, that there is Savage !—Dr John Forbes, of London, be classed as one of the chief blessings of the introduc
Queen's Physician, says, in the London Lancet, (ciucer tion of pure water.—Boston Traveller.
sufficient evidence against Mr. and Mrs. Hays to call : place to say it in,) that excessive bloodletting is fright [How thankful tho citizens of Boston ought to be
for a rigid investigation of the case at the hands of the fully misused. Where is the Grand Jury ! to the M Regular Allopathic Doctors," for thus intro
Grand Jury." P. S.—Savages all round.— Dr. Keese, in his last ducing the water-cure. We have no doubt it will
New York Medical Gazette, refers to " tho hue aud
Hays and his wife will be retained in custody till cry which quackery (1)* has raised [against bloodlet prove more beneficial than any other modern discovery
they procure bail, in the sum of $2,000 each.— ting] and to which popular ignorance and superstition which they have made, excepting only " pure genuine
New York Tribune. \ has [have] succumbed." Which means, being trans cod liver whale ot/."]
[This seems to be a clear case malpractice—a lated, that patients will no longer stand the swindle of
state prison offence—when a conviction can be pro their life-blood by the lancet of Sangrado. That ac Water Cure in Newport.—Miss L. Smith, for
complished traveler, Sir William 1 emple, says, that
cured. A brief explanation may interest our readers. " the Chinese never let blood." Sensible chaps, those some years"pnst a pupil of Dr. Nichols and Mrs. Gove
Dr. Hays and wife are called " Clairvoyant Physi- Chinese !—New York Sunday Courier. Nichols, has taken up her permanent residence at this
ciani," and belong not to the " regular school," while \ [Pretty Good. Indian doctors were respected, delightful resort, where, assisted by her brother, and
they use some of the " regular remedies," as in the pre until their good name was stolen by those Patent encouraged by the patronage of some of the most esti
sent oase. The experiment was unsuccessful. Tho ; dock-root vegetable-slop doctors, who have degraded mable citizens of that place, she is prepared to dispense
patient died. The allopathic doctors pronounced it a themsolves and disgraced the In dians 1 the benefits of the water-cure with skill and judgment.
case of murder—(not regular,)—and the officers of We cordially recommend her to all, especially of her
"Justice" were called upon to incarcerate these Clair WATER. own sax, who require her services.
voyant Physicians in the City Prison, more generally I BY A. 3. A.
known as " The Tombs," there to remain for trial, W&ter, bright and beautiful water, Has Professor Silliman Recommended thr
when, ifconvicted, they will be sent to State Prison. Pervading everything in Nature, Cherry Pectoral 1—We find on the cover of iho
We regard this in the light of persecution. Is it worse In the dew-drop on the leaves, American Journal of Science and Artsy for March,
for one class of drug doctors to make mistakes than In tho ocean's curling wave. 1851, the followiog :— Vermont Chronicle.
another 1] In the crystal fountain leaping, 11 To the Public.—The recommendation of the
In the lonely grotto sleeping, Cherry Pectoral (so-called), signed by my name, is a
A Doctor's Bill.—In a case which camo before In the springs and deep-cut wells, forgery.
the Judge of the County Court at Leicester on Thurs In the silent shady dells, H. Sillliman, Senior."
day, a doctor's bill (which was for medicine, &c, In the rills with hues of silver, " New-Haven, 1851."
supplied to a lady in fourteen months/ was held up to In the rapid flowing river, Is that all t If the manufacturers have committed
his Honor, and the person who had possession of it was In the cooling shower refreshing,
about to express his opinion of it, but was checked. In Niagara's cataract dashing, this one forgery, is it not natural to infer that they
The following is an epitome of the bill :— In polar climes of snow and sleet, have committed others 1 Is it true that Prof. Hitch
Three applications 10 the throat, 2s. 6d. each. Forming winter's winding sheet, cock has sold himself to this miserable slop doctor 1
Examination of the chest, and attendance, 7s. 6d. We don't believe it.
Exploration of chest, 5s. In the span across the sky.
S blisters, Is. 6d. each. Where rainbow hues delight the eye,
19 plasters, Is. 6d. each. All pervading element of nature,
20 single boxes of oir tinent, Is. 6d. each , and 5 dou Who can half thy goodness measure ?
ble ditto, at 2s. 6d. each. For burning fever, aches, and pains,
7 pieces of lint, Is. each piece ; and Water-cure the balm contains,
7 ditto, at Is. 6d. each. The "packing," usitz,"or "dripping sheet," GO AHEAD.
398 bottles of mixture, at 2s. 6d. per bottle.
62 ditto of cough ditto, at 2s. 6d. ditto. Will quiet pain, encourage sleep ; Go ahead—and do not tarry,
01 ditto of tonic ditto, at 2s. fid. ditto. The ' plunge,' the 1 douche/ ' half-bath,' and Nought is gained by standing still ;
14 ditto of chalk ditto, at 2s. 6d. ditto. Will inflammation soon o'erpower, [' shower,1 What though yon at times miscarry 7
48 ditto of cod liver oil, at 2s. 6d. ditto. With proper action, food, and air, Let not fears your borom fill ;
26 ditto of embrocation, at 2s 6d. each. Water will all our ills repair. Search the causes of your errors.
131 boxes of pills, at Is. 6d. per box.
272 draughts, at Is. 6d. each. Gather wisdom from the pait,
7 evening visits, at 2s. 6d. each. } Fatal Mistake of a Druggist.—An inouest was To the wind give idle terrors—
Total amount of bill . £113 10.'. ; the held yesterday at No. 221 Wooster street, N. Y., on And you'll get ahead at last I
Total number of bottles of medicine . 870 ! ! ! j old, body of John W. Dowse, a child about four yean
whose death was caused by an overdose of Dover
—London Economist. Go ahead—in utefal daring,
; powers. The prescription sent by Dr. Fields, who had Let yonr motto be—** 1*11 try ;"
[Five Hundred and otir Dollars and Forty ' been in attendance during the child's sickness, direct- He, who ever is despairing,
Four Cents ! ! ! ($504,44.) This is what a water-curo [ ed three grains to be made into six doses, but the Bankrupt heart and hopes is nigh.
doctor would call " big pickings," yet It Is no uncom jj druggist, doses of
mistaking the quantity ordered, made three
the six grainB. About six hours after the What though wealth and you are strangers 1
mon thing among drug doctors. The more medicine I medicine waa administered the child died. The drug- Onward, upward be yoar aim ;
they can get into a lady or anybody else, the more : gist's name is George Chandler, and his store is on the And those real or fancied dangers,
money they get. Nor does the payment of their bills corner of Fourth and Wooster streets.—The coroner's Soon yoo'll pat to (Tight or sham* }
depend on the result of their experiments. " Kill or ; jury death
returned a verdict that the deceased came to his
by the cfTects of an overdose of Dover powders. Go ahead—the world reforming.
cure," it's all the same to them. Reader, are you wil —City paper. In civil, moral freedom's name,
ling to permit your body to thus become the prey of [Our readers will never know of more than one case All those forts, and outposts storming,
thoso who fatten on the sufferings and diseases of poor ; in a thousand, which are daily transpiring under the Which your enemies may claim ;
crippled, outraged, and dying humanity 1 You are allopathic practice ; cases innumerable—quite similar Yield no bulwark, take no quarter,
hereby warned. Heed it, or suffer the consequences. \ to the above, of which no notice whatever is taken. Compromise no cherished right.
The person gets sick, sends for a doctor, takes medi- Freedom's treasures never barter,
The Water Cure in Geoegia.—Dr. C. Cox, of ; cine, gets worse—dies, and is buried with a drug shop Bat stand for them with your might.
Marietta, Cobb county, a regular physician of fifteen j in his stomach. His friends mourn, while the doctor Go ahead, then—don't defer it,
years' standing, has recently opened a Water-Cure ; assures them that 11 alt was done that could be done," Life's short span soon flits away,
Establishment, as above, with good prospects of and the priest fulfills his sacred mission, consoling tho If you'd finish aught of merit.
success. survivors with the usual declaration, that the " Lord Yon must ply your task to day.
Set the ball in instant motion,
j giveth and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the To keep it going strain each nerve,
Savages do not bleed their Friends.—T.nfon-
tain, in his voyage to North America, (published in | name of the Lord, whose ways are mysterious and Nor doubt, ultimate promotion
London in 1703, vol. ii., page 49,) says :—" The In past finding out." Will yield the laurels you deserve!
dians aro yet more astonished at our custom of bleed [This is such medicine as we can "confidently re
ing, for," say they, 11 the blood being the tnpet of life, \ Typhus Fever and CocHrruATE Water.—Since
wo have more occasion to pour it in than to take it the introduction of Cochituate water, and the conse- commend." It will be good for all to take, even in
out, considering that life sinks when its principle cause Allopathic, i. e.t large dosos. It is well adapted to old
is moved off ; from whence, 'tis a natural consequence, • Physicians in all ages, according to John Wesley, have and young, rich and poor, and is a very common
that after loss of blood, nature aots but feebly and always branded as quacks " those who understood only h^
heavily, the entrails are overheated, and all the parts to heal the sick." remedy among all " live Yankees."]
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Ladies' Waists.—Mrs. Swtahclm, in a savage ar short, would it not be as well to put them into a nun The Ductor and Sailor.—Professional pomposity
ticle against the magazine fashion plates, says : nery, and thus secure them from the gazo of vulgar is well taken off in the following anecdote, which we
" Wu know women now who are dying ; dying by " gentlemen" and other animals 1 found in a late English paper. Shields doctor
(looking learnedly and speaking low)—" Well, mari
their own hands, and piously saying their prayers *' What a pity" that woman should venture so far ner, which tooth do you want extracted 1 is it a molar
every day, and for their death the magazine publishers beyond tho rules of propriety as to " read an essiy" or an incisor 1" Jack (short and sharp)—'* It is in
aro accountable at the bar of the Eternal. They are even in a school-house. We suppose the editor of tho the upper tier, on the larboard side. Bear a hand,
murdering them as truly as ever David slow Uriah by " Presbyterian of the West" considers himself a very you swab ; for it is nipping my jaw like a bloody
lobster.''—Boston Investigator.
the sword of the Amalekites. No human agency can proper person, and that women who "road essays," To euro tho tooth-ache, various remedies (?) nave
teach those victims of fashion plate mongers, that the pray, sing, or " speak in meetings," arc very improper been invented —sold—swallowed—and have done no
long whale-bones sticking down in their sides, the persons. How unfortunate that he should ever have good very much. We presume tho Hydropathic
tight strings tied around the small of the buck, and been born of woman or anybody else ! We reckon if he Encyclopedia will contain specialjdirections in regard
weight of skirts dragging on them, are crushing their were tt> show himself down-east, among our Yankee to tho water-cure treatment of tho tooth-ache, and all
lives out and dragging them to their graves. They girls, they would fit him out in a "long dress," with a other aches of the same agreeable nature.
will not believo they are entailing misery, and dis bustle, and "string him up" for a show. Oh dear,
ease, and death upon their children. But yet many aud oh dear ! Matrimony.—" You ought to marry."
of them do know it, and with all their vaunted love " Never."
" I know a good girl for you."
for their offspring, would rather see their little ones " Let me alone-."
Buffer ten thousand deaths than they themselves should Slander. — A Miss Saunders, of Caddo parish, " But, perhaps, you don't know hcrt Sho is
fail to look ' like Prometheus in my picture here'—a I Louisiana, week before last, recovered $12,000 dam- young."
long sided funnel set on a jug." < ages against William C Shaw, for slander and defa- "tk 1Beautiful."
hen she is sly.
j mation of character.— The papers.
" The more dangerous."
Wood Engraving— its Expense.— We are often S\ Woman," Is it possible T We would refer this young " gen-
Mr. William C. Shaw, to the editor of the
" Of a good family."
*' Then slio is proud."
interrogated on this subject by porsonsjwho have oc ! Presbyterian of the West for consolation ; who, no " She is tender-hearted."
casion to employ draftsmen and engravers. The cost | doubt, would think Miss Saunders a very improper " Then she is jealous."
for drawing and engraving such views of buildings as | young lady for thus commencing " public" proceed- " She has talents."
are frequently published in this Journal, is from j ings in so "public" a manner. Miss S , in our opin- " To kill mo "
" And one hundred thousand dollars."
twenty to thirty dollars—the difference in cost depend > ion, is a powerful magnet to thus subtract so much " I'll tako her."—Exchange paper.
ing on the size, fineness, and quality of the work. [And this is what you call " what God hath joined
Portraits of the usual size, sutii as are published t from so little. together," and so forth. Well, as a general thing,
in books and newspapers, cost ten, fifteen, twenty, we guess those who marry for money will wish they
thirty, and sometimes forty dollars ; while those the New Inventions—Big Names.—The community hadn't, before they eat much of that "bread and
size of life, done in fine style, cost from $100 to $150. were startled not long ago by the announcement of a butter j" nor will they agreo with the philosopher who
The cheap or low-priced wood engravings are new invention under the significant name of " 7Vie said " all that is, is right j" nor that it was God who
usually done by boys—new beginners—or " turned North American Rat Trap." Next in order came joined them together—i. the man to tho money.]
out" by machinery. tho u Ntw England Double Back Action lien Per
Such engravings as are used for anatomical or suader" the object of which was to induce hens to The Science of Advertising.—We clip tho fol
physiological illustrations cost from $5 to $15 each. resort to the "nest" more frequently. We have not lowing familiar and pathetic advertisement from tho
Steel Engravings aro more expensive than wood. heard of the success of this machine. We shall prob fond du Imc Journal, published in Wisconsin :
A single " Fashion plate" costs from one to two hun ably get the particulars in the World's Fair lieport. " Fond du Imc, May 18, 1861 .—My Dear Friends i
dred dollars ; but fine wood engraving is fast super In a recent Huston paper we find the following thrilling This is to inform you that we are all well and enjoy
seding the more costly steel. We regard the improve announcement .' .' ing good health, and hope these few liues may rind
ments which have been made in wood engraving, you enjoying the same blessing. It has been very
" The wonder of the age! Wash and be clean! dull times here this winter; but the railroad prospects,
during the past few years, as among tho most interest Beware of Imposition. The only genuine and original we are in hopes, will make it hotter. I have moved
ing and useful of the arts. is the North American Electric Washing Fluid, my carriage and blacksmith shop to the old stand "
etc., etc.
The Music World. —During the spring our citi manufactured and for sale wholcsaU and retail by Then we have a very minute description of the new
zens have been agreeably entertained by numerous BUNQTOWN ec Co." establishment, terms, etc. ; closing with tho following
melodious voices. First came the Hutchinsons, who We copy from tho same paper as follows :— modest request :
drew " multitudes" of people to their concert. Then " This is the only genuine article to be found in the " Give my best respocts to all inquiring friends, and
camo the Alleghanians, on their annual visit. They world, and possesses double the power of anything ever much oblige Truly yours, Jason Wilkins.
P. S. Please pay the postage."
were greeted by " hosts," who had before been discovered."
charmed by their exquisite melodies. They have se Since the explosion of tho " thirteen trees" swindle, River and Harbor Improvements.—We hope we
cured the affections of all who have heard them. we had supposed no further attempt in this lino would shall not be charged with political aspirations, when
Then returned our Jenny Lind from the sunny South, bo mado, especially by one Yankee on another. wo proclaim our views on this great question. Well,
where she had spent the winter. All we could say of then, " to venture" -we hope an appropriation will be
this much loved woman would be words, words, words. made by our next Congress, for the improvement of
Her quality is above our power of description. We " Explained.—An apothecary originally carried his rivers and harbors. All water-euro folks go in for
can compare her to no other singer. She surpasses all. medicine about in jars—ho was a pot-carrier; and these" great national improvements. We shall keep
Her voice seems like a great fountain of spiritual from thence camo the word A-pot-he-carries." i our eye on those politicians who oppose this most im
light, which completely illuminates every moral senti [Modern apothecaries sometimes employ a man and portant measure.
ment, humanizing selfish man, inclining him to look a horse to carry medicines about, with a gig, in saddle
more kindly upon hia fellows. Her music awakens bags. Blood-suckers only arc carried about in pots The cash receipts of tho American Tract So
the most holy conceptions imaginable, and, according now-a-days ] ciety for tho mouth of March, 1851, were sixty-
to our judgment, is nothing leu than Divine. < FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE DOL
LARS, AND TWENTY-FOUR CENTS ! ! HnOUgtl to print
f Feather Beds vs Wire Beds.—We long since a very largo edition of Water- Cure Journals.
More Nice than Wise.—The Presbyterian of tho abandoned " nice downy feather beds" and took to
West, in noticing a recent exhibition of the Steuben- ji the MATTRESS, HAIR, STRAW, Or a "HARD BOARD,"
ville (Ohio) Female Seminary, gives the opinion that Tight Boors.—The editor of ono of the Maine
young ladies should not be allowed to read their essays 1 rather than suffer, smother, sweat and sicken on papers says that he has had a pair of boots which
before the public, but that their essays should be read feather*, especially in the summer season. A recent were so tight, that they came very noar miking him a
for them by a gentleman.—N. Y. Eve. Post. invention has been made, which Dr. Alcott describes Universalis, because he received his punishment as he
Indeed ! What can bo the objection * Why not j as follows: " A bed is now for sale by Mr. John ! went along.
have their singing done for them also by "a gentle Putnam, 169 Fulton street, New York, so constructed [Besides the pleasure of raising a " crop of corns,"
man 1" Is it more vulgar to read than to ting in pub that we rest on spiral wires as softly as on feathers, the man who wears tight boots may enjoy the hope of
lic 1 We had quite as soon listen to n sensible woman without one of the objectionable properties of tho lat ; saving soles J
as a "genteel" saphoad. Why not exclude women ter. The body docs not rest on a few points, but on Ilow to save the Union.—Send all the lawyers to
from appearing or talking in public on any occasion 7 as much surface as if feathers or down were under it." \ California, to work in the mines, and set the politi
Or if they are permitted to appear, why not compel After a trial, we shall again refer to to this now wire cians and office seekers at work on the Who- suck
them to veil themselves sojis to hide their faces 1 In bed. See advertisement > tunnel.
 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
who uko them, induced the author to examine the subject in 1
Cnrrapntthnb. a medical or physiological point of view. The work under \j
notice contains the result of his investigation. It is clearly ')
To our Contributors.—We are very thankful foT the gener shown that a vast amount of suffering may be traced to the /
ous contributions which have been rent to us by thou so use of those stimulants. Those who would avail themselves .<
deeply interested in the Water-cure. Notwithstanding an oc of the experience of "one who knows," maydosofora York (>
casional double number, we have been unable to give place shilling.
to all of the valuable articles which have been written for
Tins Natural History of Man ; showing his three aspects
our pages. Such articles as we wish to serve up to our of Plant, Beast, and Angel. Illustrated with engravings.
readere, will not " spoil by' keeping."^-
By Jt,iDf B. Newman, M. D., President of Harrodsburg
Female College, and author of various works on the natural
Organic Granular Affection of the Kidneys—W. M. M., sciences. New York : Published by Fowlers k Weils
Sharon, Alabama, a»ks advice in relation to a complaint his Price for the mail edition, 50 cents.
physicians designate as above. The history of this case is
A work of about three hundred pages, with the above com
instructive. It was preceded by an extreme prostration of prehensive title, has just been issued from the press. At
the functions of the skin, consequent on over-heating and present, we have space only to announce its publication. We
over-fatiguing 'the body; the patient has been extensively shall give it a more extensive review at another time.
drugged, and now the joints of the body are tender, and there
The author has divided his work into three parts, as fol
is a general tendency to dropsical enlargement of the whole lows :—
body ; a very natural result of such drugging under such cir I. Plant Life—Comprising the nutritive apparatus.
cumstances. Tepid hip-baths or half-baths, the wet sheet
II. Beast Life, or Soul—The Phrenological Faculties.
pack daily for- thirty or forty minutes, if the whole body is III. Angel Life, or Spirit—Jehovah's likeness in man.
not inclined to be very cold, followed by the Gripping sheet, This work will attract attention. The subject is more in
and the wet girdle to the abdomen, very often changed, are teresting than any other. Give us the " Natural History of
doubtless the appropriate bathings. Mental labor must be
Man," and the future may be revealed. We shall, after a
wholly discontinued or no cure will result. thorough examination, again refer to this new work.
Rheumatism.—0. G., Compton, Canada, asks us to give a
The Collegian—A monthly Journal of Science, Literature,
remedy for Rheumatism and hip complaint, and chronic and Art; published monthly, at$l per year, by B. W. Lacy
lameness in the hip and back. All this probably means 8e Co., at Washington, Pa.
lumbago. The best practice in the case mentioned is the
Our friend, J. S. Lobinger. has cent us a copy of this new
cold nibbing wet sheet to the whole body, and the warm candidate. We wish the Collegian every success to which its
) to the parts affected, employed daily. merits entitle it. It will serve to qualify those who write for its
pages for more responsible stations in the ''Literary world.1'
with Constipation.—E. F., Monroeville.
Every college should establish a serial, through which each pupil
Ala. In addition to the treatment mentioned in your letter, might be permitted to develops his talents for writing.
use wheat meal or rye meal mush, with apples or other
good fruit as a part of the diet; besides thumping and knead
The Anolo American New CwiEch Repository, and
ing the abdomen, gently yet perseveringly. Tepid injections Monthly Review, devoted to the Philosophy and Theology
are often desirable for a while. taught in the writings of Emanuel Swedenhorg, conducted
by George Bush, A.M. Terms $2 a-year, in advance.
The distinguished editor and author, Professor Bi'SH, seems
D. L, P.—We know of nothing better than a thorough
course of hydropathic treatment, including the regimen. to increase bis zeal with each successive number. To all who
You will find this the only sure remedy, although a chronic would investigate the doctrines of Swedenhorg, we would com
mend this work.
case of that character may require a long time and much
patient effort to conquer it.
i at the Lungs—E. M.Noble, New-MiIford.—In
addition to your present means, wear the chest wrapper, or
wet jacket, through each day, leaving it off at night. Be
The terms for advertising in this journal will be as fol
careful to wet it as often as it gets nearly dry or very warm. lows : For a full page, one month, $40. For one column,
$15. For half a column, (8. For a quarter of a column,
$5. For less than a quarter of a column, twenty cents a
36nnk Satire. line.
No advertisements of an improper character will be admit
The Science of Swimming, with practical instructions to ted, and but a limited number of any kind.
learners—showing its importance in the preservation of Bulwer and Forbes on the Water Trratment : a Com
Health and Life. Illustrated with numerous engravings. pilation of Papers on the subject of Hygiene and Rational
By an experienced swimmer. Fowlers & Wells, New Hydropathy. Edited, with additional matter, by Roland S.
Houghton, M. D. Price, in muslin, 75 cents; mail edition,
York, publishers. Price only twelve and a half cents.
A new edition of this exceedingly useful little guide has 50 cents. The work contains—
been printed. " Everybody should learn to swim, male and werConfessions of a Water Patient.—By Sir Edward Bul
female, old and young. By following the plain directions peii,"Lytton, author of " Harold," " The Last Days of Pom
"Rienzi," &o., Jto.
laid down in " The Science of Swimming,'' all may learn
without fear of accident or danger. A Review of Hydropathy. By John Forbes, M. D., F. R.
S., F. G. S., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in
London, Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty's Household,
The Use or Tobacco. Its Physical, Intellectual, and Moral and Consulting Physician to the Hospital for Consumption
effects on the Human Ststem. By Dr. Wm. A. Alcott. and Diseases of the Chest.
Price 12£ cents. New-York : Fowlers & Wells, pub Two Chapters on Bathing and the Water Treatment.
By Erasmus Wilson, M. D , F.R S., author of "Wilson's
lishers. Anatomy," Consulting Surgeon to the St. Paneras Infir
Those who read the Water-Cure Journal, will not require mary, Ac.
"a book," to convince them of the deleterious effects of To
bacco. That point has long since been established, but with ByASirMedical Investigation of tot Water-Cure Treatment,
Charles Scudamore, M. D., F. R. S., ko.
a view of fortifying the young against its use, and persuading
the old to abandon the most loathsome habit whioh ever de bertTheMayo, Cold Water Cure; its Use and Misuse. By Her
M. D., F R. S., formerly Surgeon of Middlesex
graded degradation itself, we advise all to read this little Hospital, London, dec, &c.
book. Observations on Hygiene and the Water Treatment. By
Roland S. Houghton, A. M., M. D.
Tea and Coffee : Their Physical. Intellectual, and Moral Recently published by Fowlers k Wells, 131 Nassau St.,
Effects on the Human System. By Dr. Wm. A. Alcott. New York.
New York : Fowlers k Wells, publisher*. Price ISf cents. H7=" Five copies will be sent by mail for $3 00; single
Mailable. copy, 50 cents.
The universal prevalence of tea and coffee as a beverage, li A compilation of the most sensible and profound opinions
and their destructive effects on the bodies and minds of those on the subject.—New York Courier and Enquirer.
21
Water-Cure Institute.—Patients will be treated at all
seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
\o Laight street, New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from
May 1st to Nov. 1st. Both places hereafter will be under the
direction of Dr. R. T. Trall. and the domestic management
of Dr. Cambel & Son. Dr. Trall will be at the city matitu-
tion on Tuesday* and Wednesdays of each week untilNovem-
ber 1st, and daily the remainder of the year. Competent
assistants will be in attendance during his temporary absence
from either place. The terras will be as reasonable as at any
other establishment—having the same advantages—in the
United States.
N.B.—Dr. Trall has secured the assistance of Dr J. L.
Hosford, who will be in constant attendance at the Springs
the present season. They are prepared to treat those displace
ments and other local affections of female?, requiring unusual
attention to manage successfully, for which purpose they are
provided with all the requisite mechanical and physiological
appliances. tf
The SuBSCRiBRR'proposes to Dispose of hts Residence, as a
Water-Cure Establishment. The property, which is sitnated
within two miles of the beautiful and romantic village of
Cooperstown, consists of 40 acres of land, ten of which are
in wood. The house was intended by Mr. Cyrenus Clark, a
carpenter, for his own use, is built thoroughly and substan
tially, and was papered and painted inside and out the
last fall.
There is an unlimited supply of soft spring water, conveyed
into the house by a hydraulic ram through gutta percha pipes,
and a large swimming-bath has already been constructed. It
is suggested, that the expenses of such an establishment
might be reduced to one half or one third, by raising every
thing required on the farm itself,—poultry, eggs, milk, butter,
meat, grain, vegetables, &.c. Tbe land is a rich sandy loam,
and unites great fertility with perfect salubrity. The fishing
in the lake is first rate, as many as 200 lbs. of fish having been
speared in one night this spring within a few rods of tba
house. The site is also admiraoly adapted for a summer
tavern or boarding house, which might be combined with the
Water-cure ; tbe want of both these means of health and en
joyment being greatly felt by the inhabitants. The village
has already a world-wide reputation of being the birthplace
and residence of Fenimore Cooper. He has made it the
locale of one of his most charming novels; and the lake and
the surrounding pine clad hills are to the last degree romantic.
—Application to view it may be made on the spot, or post
paid letters directed to Messrs. Fowlers k Wells, will meet
with due attention.
Coopeiatown, N. Y., June 1, 1851. jy II
Central Medical College, Rochester. N. Y —The next
annual course of Lectures in this Institution will commence
on the first Monday in November, 1851, and continue sixteen
weeks. In issuing this announcement, the Board of Trustees
have the gratification of adverting to the unparalleled success
of the School during the past six courses of instruction, as
affording
lic, undoubtedestablishment,
its permanent evidence of itsandappreciation by the pub
future prosperity. The
Faculty have received renewed assurances from that portion
of the profession among whom their labors have been cast, and
who have had an opportunity of judging, that their course
meets their cordial approbation and will be sustained.
Central Medical College is permanently located in the city
of Rochester, which, from its central position, convenience of
access, large population, wealth and morality, must be ac
knowledged as the most desirable location in the State. In
\ consequence of the number of ladies who have attended dur-
S ing the last three terms, and at the request of others who pro-
pose attending the next session, the Board of Trustees have
J established a Female Department, which is in charge of Mrs.
f L N.Fowler, M.D., who from her spirit of investigation and
j scientific and medical acquirements, has obtained a wide-
i spread and merited popularity.
< Faculty.—L C. Dollet, M. D-, Prof, of General, Descrip-
i tive and Surgical Anatomy: Levi Reuben, M. D., Prof of
< Physiology and Forensic Medicine ; 0. Davis, M D.} Prof, of
j Obstetrics ; S. M. Davis, M. D , Prof of Principles and Prao-
J tice of Physic ; W. W. Hadlby, M. D., Prof, of Materia Me-
< dica, Therapeutics and Pharmacy ; A. K. Eaton, A. M., M D ,
J Prof, of Chemistry; W. Beach, M. D., Emeritus Prof, of
1 the Principles and Practice of Medicine ; J. H. Tildrn, M. D.(
\ Demonstrator of Anatomy ; Lorenzo N Jones, Janitor.—
/ Female Department : Mrs L. N. Fowler, M. D , Prof, of
? Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children —Fees.—
f Aggregate cost of Professor's Tickets, $60 ; Demonstrator's
/ Fee, $5 ; Matriculation Fee, $5 ; Graduation Fee, $15. Good
f Board can be obtained at §3 and $2 25 per week. Graduates
} of Medicines in reputable Colleges, Clergymen and Theologi-
j cal Students will be admitted to the Lectures on the payment
i of the Matriculation fee. Students are advised to furnish
i themselves with text books—Old School work* as well as
\ Reform publications. All will be consulted eclectically.—
\ For further information address Wm W. Hadley, Dean of
the Faculty,-Rochester, N. Y. jy It
Water-Cure Establishment at Lehigh Mountain Springs,
KEiR Bethlehem, Pa., continued successfully, Summer and
Winter, since 1846. Location well known to be beautiful ;
water is excellent, cold, pure and soft.
Communication from New York, foot of Courtlandt Street,
by Somerville Railroad and Bethlehem stage, 6 o'clock, a.m.
From Philadelphia, three stages daily. jy 2t
Oyster Bay Water Curb.—This commodious Institute,
pleasantly located in the beautiful village of Oyster Bay,L. I.
35 miles from N. Y., is now just completed and open for pa
tients, under the medical direction of W. W. Strew, M. D.
Resident, and R. T. Trall, M.D.. of N.Y., Consulting Phy.
sician —Address W. W. Strew, M. D., or W. Moore, Pro,
prietor, Oyster Bay. I jn tf
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W. P. Collins. Hydropathic Physician, Spring Green,

North Providence, R.I. jy tf
Putnam's String Bedstead.—Patented.—This style ofBed
stead, which ha? been strongly recommended by physicians,
landlords and editors in Boston, present* advantages over all
other articles of a similar kind ever ottered to the public,
combining cheapness, durability and elegance, with a luxu-
riousneu of ease wholly unsurpassed. In cases of sickness it
is invaluable, and for the ordinary purposes of rest, it com
mends itself to all. Its simplicity ofconstruct ion. and conve
nience to such as may have the daily care of it. must insure
its general if not universal use, No housekeeper, especially
the keepers of hotels and large houses, should purchase with
out examining this article, winch is offered in various styles
and patterns, at Putnam's Bedstead and Bedding Warerooms,
1(19 FULTON STREET, New York, and 401 Washington street,
Boston. jy It
Pit. We8Selho?ft's Watkr-Ci rb Establishment, at Brat-
TLkboro, Vt., is situated on Elliot street, and consists of
two neighboring houses, united in front by a saloon for
social recreation, and in the rear by wings from each house,
containing a large bathing house and rooms for patients.
One of the houses is for ladies, the other for gentlemen.
In each house are all kinds of douches, spacious room* for
silz-baths, two plunge-baths, supplied by a spring in the
rear, and in the bathing-house two swimming-baths, each
25The
feet by 15.
establishment can furnish rooms for 190 to 130 pa
tients. A number of rooms and bathing accommodations are
. besides to I* had in the village.
( Each patient is supplied with a good bed, consisting of a
hair and palm-leaf mattress, and suitable furniture, which
he is expected to return in good order. The rooms are all
* armed in winter either by a slove or an open lire.
The dining-room, M) feet long by 2ii feet wide, is in the
now building in the rear of the main bouses, and connected
with them by a piazza all around, affording a pleasant and
extensive walk in sultry or wet weather. Patients, who can
AW ILLUSTRATED WORK, not leave their rooms, have their meals brought to them.
Besides the baths in the house, there are four douche-
EMBRACING : houses within half a mile from the establishment, a spring
and river douche with a showering apparatus, each with dou
I. OtTUSRS of Anatomy. Illustrated. VI. Special Pathology and Hydro-Therapeutics, Includ ble rooms for dressing. In the spring douches is an eye and
ing the Nature, Causes. Symptomb, and Treatment ear douche, and an apparatus for fourteen hip-baths of flow
II. Physiology of tuk Hi:max Body. Illustrated. of all known Diseases. ing water, and three rising douches. Shady walks, beneath
III. Hygienic Agencies, and the Preservation of Health VII. Application the trees on the bill-aide, lead to the douches and springs,
to Surgical Diseases. with seals all around,
IV. DIETETICS AND HYDROPATHIC COOKERY. VIII. Application of Hydropathy to .Midwifery and the A short distance from the spring douches is a wave-bath,
V. Theory and Practice of Water Treatment. Nursery. which receives its water from a branch of the Connecticut.
In every direction are found fine springs, and a beautiful
BY R. T. TRALL, M. D. and picturesque country affords the most delightful walks.
For the amusement and exercise of patients, as well as for
orthopa-dic purposes, a large gymnasium, a billiard-room,
and a bowling-alley, are attached to the establishment.
From Boston. New York, and Albany, patients can come
The object of this work is to bring together, in the most condensed and practical form, for public use by steam to Brattleboro
The price for board, lodging, treatment, use of all baths
and professional reference, all the facts and principles in medicine and its collateral sciences, pertaining that are considered wholesome, assistance of attendants,
to the Philosophy of Life and Health, and the Water-Cure Treatment of Diseases. It is therefore washing of bed-linen and chamber-towels, is for each patient
SHI a week in summer, and $11 in winter; payment weekly.
designed as a guide to students and families, and a text-book for physicians. Patients residing out of the establishment pay !j?5 week.
If they require special attendance, they are charged accord
ingly,
Especial attention will be devoted to the consideration of in different parts of the world, afford ample data upon which His necessary for each patient to be provided with the fol
Hygienic Agencies, each of which constitutes a fundamental to predicate correct and intelligible rules for the management lowing articles for their own use during treatment:
principle in the Hydropathic System, and all together form of the great majority of ordinary complaint*, by non-profes 1. At least two large woolen blankets.
ing a perfect and harmonious whole, embracing all the laws sional persons, without the attendance of the practising 2. A feather bed or three comforters.
3. A linen sheet which may be cut, or at least a piece of
of constitution and relation by which diseases are cured, physician. linen 8 quarters of a yard long and G 1-4 wide, as well as
health preserved, and longevity attained. pieces of linen and cotton for bandages,
While the general rules which govern the application of The time will surelycome, and the physiological salvation 4. Two coarse cotton sheets.
water as a remedial agent are kept prominently in view, of the human race requires that it soon come, when all Well 5. Six towels.
6. An injection instrument.
every malady recognized by physicians as a distinct disease, educated persons will understand for themselves, all the de
partments of the Healing Art, and be as competent to take These articles may also be bought in the village or estab
will be particularly described and its appropriate treatment care lishment, or hired at fixed prices.
specified. of their own health, and defend their own lives against For gentlemen who keep horses, there is a stable near the
morbific causes as they jro to procure their own food, rai house, and an ostler in attendance.
A leading feature in its therapeutical department is the ment, ROOMS, and lands. A su/iicicnt number of waiters and nurses are always en
endeavor to supply a bedside adviner for domestic practice or gaged, in proportion to the number of patients.
home treatment. The experience of a quarter of a century, With the hope of being instrumental in hastening a Very siok and helpless patients, or Mich as suffer under
critical diseases of some violence during the treatment, have
and the results of many thousands of cases of nearly all "consummation so devoutly wished,*' the author and pub to hire a nurse or waiter, and to pay board for them at §2 50
forms of acute and chronic diseases, treated hydropathically lishers have spared neither labor nor expense. per week.
The doctor has, during the daytime, his office in the estab
lishment, and takes his dinner there. He directs the pa
This work will be issued in eight numbers of one hundred or more pages each. The price of the tient* how to proceed, instructs the nurses and waiter*, and
entire work will be Two Dollars ; each number Twenty-five Cents. Orders may be post paid and ad gives advice at any time when wanted. He does not suffer
any use of baths without his advice, or of food which he coii-
dressed to the publishers, Fowlers and Wells, 131 Nassau Street, New York. i siders inconsistent with the treatment.
As the number of places is still limited, patients will do
N. B. Number One now ready. Succeeding numbers will be issued as rapidly as possible. [ well to make applications in advance.
! All communications must be post-paid.
On letters of advice a moderate fee will be charged. je 3t
Worcester Watkb-Ccrb Institution. No, 1, Glen Strekt. A Physician Wanted to go Soctu, as an Assistant in a i Mount Prospect Watkr-Cijrk.—This Institution is situ-
—This building was erected expressly for Hydropathic pur first class Hydropathic Institute. To one, master of his ' ated at the base of the Mountain from which it takes its
poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the profession, and who would be willing to devote his entire time j name, and in the immediate vicinity of the beautiful and
improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is and energies to the duties of his calling, a liberal salary will S flourishing City of Binghamton, at the junction of the Sot-
retired and overlooks the city. be paid. Address, Dr. Shew, corner of 12th Street and Uni £ quehanna and Chenango Rivers, and is at all times acces-
Terms.—For full board and treatment, $6 to $10 per week, versity Place. ) sible by the N. Y. and Erie Railroad—East and West.
according to rooms occupied. Also, in the same Institution, is wanted a Gentleman, of ' The buildings connected with, and belonging to the In-
A medical fee of $2. for first examination will usually be liberal education and good character, to conduct the business > stitute, have been recently erected without any regard to ex-
required. department of the Institution. Apply as above. je 2t j penso, but with a strict view to the comfort and happiness
Patients are requested to bring two coarse cotton and one • of those who may require its services.
linen sheet, two woolen blankets, one comfortable, and old ? Probably there is no establishment of a similar character
linen for bandages. S. Rogers, M.D.I E*F* HOBW, Super Miss M. H. Mowrt, Physician, No. 22 South Main street, ? in the United States, which combines with it so many ad-
intendent, je it Providence, Rhode Island. july 2t \ vantages as that of the above ^Institution. Possessed of a
 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL. 23
never failing spring of the purest soft water, coming from an Patients coming to this Institution for treatment, are re- , New Graefenbeeo Water-Cure.—Dr. Holland takes
elevation of upwards of two hundred feet, of an atmosphere quested
free from miasmatic influences, surrounded by a delightful blankets,tothree bring two large cotton comfortables, two woolen pleasure in announcing to hisfriends. and those invalids desirous
cotton or linen sheets, six crash towels, with { of trying Hydropathic treatment at hisEstablishment. that he has
grove and shrubbsry of rich and luxuriant foliage, with old linen and flannel
walks of a most romantio character, and with scenery re Each patient ought alsofortobandages, Ac. all legibly marked. ' secured the services of B. vVlLMAITH, M. D- , uf Milford, Mass.,
have one umbrella and a pair of late of Hope Dale Water-Cure. to aid, with his experience and
sembling
free from that
the oflt noise
the Rhine, or the rich
and turmoil of valleys of Switzerland,
busy life," are a few ■Uppers. skill, in their restoration to health.
of the presentations the "Cure" offers to the sick and'af- Athol, April 1,1851, J" 3t J. H. Hero. Dr. Wilmarth has had twenty years Allopathic and five
flicted. years Hydropathic practice. With such experience he feels
confident that success cannot fail to crown his efforts.
The Institution is abundantly supplied with every faci > Pomps, Fire Engine*, Cast Iron Fountains, etc.—The This Establishment, having been in operation for the last
lity for the successful carrying out the treatment of diseases }j Subscriber manufactures Double acting Lift and Force Pumps, three and a half years, during which time many hundred
well calculated for Factories, Mines, Breweries, Iron Works, patients testify
by the use of pure water, in its various forms of application j > Railroad*, to its success, still afToids peculiar advantages to
and the Proprietors deem themselves peculiarly fortunate, in Ships, familyWater Stations, Water Boats, Steamboats and invalids.
purjrases, Stationary or Movable Fire Engines,
having secured the services of Dr. Barrett, late of the City Connected with the Establishment is a large Rail Alley, kept
of New York, a gentleman of high standing and reputation, J't etc.The above Pumps, from their simple construction and little I exclusively for the recreation and exercise of the patients,
and who*e knowledge and experience in the treatment of ! liability to disorder, are well calculated for supplying Water- } Term*.—From five to eight dollars per week.
diseases, by Hydropathy or Water-Cure, for the past eight Cure establishments will) water, (when not supplied by a na- \ Patients arriving at Ulica by railroad, will he met at the
years, is of itself an ample guaranty that those who may [ tural source.) and can be worked in various ways, either by ( mail. Depot or National Hotel, by giving a day nr two's notice by
need his professional care will be competently dealt with.
The term* of the Institute are tight and ten dollars per week, > water power, horse power, steam or manual power, besides | Graefeuberg, N. Dr. Address, R. Holland, or Dr. B. Wilmarth, New
> o»ing_ the same powers for many other purposes when not in Y. JVcw Qraefenbcrg, April, 1851. my 3t
which includes medical treatment, board and attendance.
Each patient, on his admission to the il Cure," must provide ' use for raising water, or even at the same time Water can > Glem Haves Water-Cl*re.—This retreat for the sick, so
himself, for personal use, the following articles, viz. : ' be carried over the grounds for irrigation, out houses, etc., or by ) splendid in its location, so beautiful in its scenery, with its clear,
Three comfortables, two blankets, three stout cotton sheets, - Garden means of hose and equipments inverted into a Are engine. I quiet lake, and its abundance of Soft Mountain Water, has
one coarse linen sheet, and six crash toweU; the whole of ' ble actingEngines, for one person to handle with a small dou- been thoroughly refitted the past winter, and is now 0|>en. Its
Force Pump, can be used for variont purpose*— js bath
which, to prevent loss, should be marked with the name of > washing wiodows, wetting plants, or throwing water 0|K>n 'HOUSE is in prime or ler. Walks np the mountain to
their owner. trees for the purpose of destroying worms, etc., arranged on \j THE Falls are being opened. A plunge and a douche bath
All lettters, on professional business, must be addressed !' two wheels, that one man can lake tliem from place to place, ment isput will be np at the Glen, for n«e in warm weather. The treat
to the Resident Physician at the Institution; and no com and work the pump, anil guide the stream at the same time. radical but careful; and under the special charge of
munications loitl receive attention, nor will any letter be Ornamental Cast Iron Fountains of various patterns and ! most thorough attention. i Mrs. L. E. Jackson and Miss T. Gilbert. ladies will have the
taken from the post ojfirc* unless the postage is prepaid, Gentlemen will be in charge of my i
CLKMENT 11. BARRETT, M. D., Resident and Con sizes. Jets of nil descriptions.
Cistern anil Well Pumpi I also manufacture Lift Pumps, ; In no department ihall who ; son, Giles E. Jackson, is intelligent, prompt, and skill!' ilfur.
sulting Physician. for cisterns or wells, of any depth, either to be worked by hor»e any of us spare labor to make health
DANIEL W. RANNEY, Jf Proprietors. power or manual power. They are entirely of metal. come back to the cheeks of our guests
HIRAM M. RANNEY Force Pumps for Wells. Whenever water is required at a those Pricks.—These we put within the reach of almost all, and
Bingharaton, Broom Co., N. Y. too poor to pay them in full, we will take at a reduction
RKFERENcrEs.— Hon. Lewis Cass, Detroit, Michigan ; Hon. | higher where
point than the surlaee of the well, or ai any point —provided,
water will not flow of itself, and a Force Pump would 1st, we can accommodate them : and, 2nd. thai,
D. S. Dickinson, Binghamton, N. Y. ; Hon. R. W. Seymour, j be preferable, these are calculated for the pnrpose. they will sali*fy us of their inability to |»ay, by responsible rr-
Charleston, S. C. j Joseph W. Savage, Esq., President Eagle Village and Factory Fire Engines. These engines have a doa ferenees. We charge forfront mom six dollars a wer-k ; for
Life and Health Insurance Co., New York; Gen. Hiram
Wallbridge, New York; U. D. French, Esq., New York; ble acting lift, and force pump*. They are light, easily handled, rear room five dollars, payable weekly. These rooms will
never be occupied by more than two person at a limo. We
Aaron Merchants, Esq., New York ; Jam"* A. Reque, Esq., orandacross worked by few men. Brakes are arranged fore aud aft, charge
the ends. mi fee for examination, and (hose addressing ua by
40 Wall Street, New York; D. P. Russell. Esq., 37 Nassau They are furnished in a plain hut neat style. Copper-riveted letter can have nil the information we can give al>oiit the treat
Street, New York; Hon. Cady Hollister, President Franklin hose
Fire Insurance Co., Saratoga Springs. New York; Hon. of all sizes. Stopcocks of all descriptions, Wrought Iron, providedthe ment in IVnt: or at home, FREE OF charge to them,
they pay |>osiage.—James C. Jackson, M. D., Phy
John A. Parry, Saratoga. Springs, N. Y. ; Win. L. Avery, Cast Iron, Lead, and Cutta Percha Pipes, etc. etc.
Purchasers are requested to call, or any communication by sician. Our address is Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y. aptf
Esq., Saratoga Springs, New York ; Benjamin S. Bentley, mail
Ksq.t Montrose, Pa.; Azur Lathrop, Esq.. ,Montrose, Pa. ; to sizewill of
receive due attention, and full descriptions given as
pumps, etc G. B. Farnam, 34 Clifl' street, up stairs, Forest Crrr Water-Cure— Located neartthacn, N. Y.,
William J. Turrell. Esq., Montrose, Pa. ; Samuel L. French, formerly D. L. Farnam. my J2t on the eastern shore ofGangs Lake. The Medical department
Esq., Derby Line, Vt. is in the hands of S. O Greason, H. L>., former Physician to the
Glen Haven Cure. Mrs. R B. Gleeson will lake specific charge
Athol Watir Cchk Establishment —This Institution Wyoming Cottage Water-Cube, Wtomtxo, Wyoming of the female patients. Persons coming from New York, anil
it situated in the flourishing town of Athol, Worcester Co., County, N. Y.—This Institution is entirely new and now from the Southern Counties, can take Lhe Ithaca Kail Koud,
which intersects with the New York and Erie Rail Koad at
Mass., 'J2 miles from Worcester, !£2 from Greenfield, 14 open for the reception of patients.
Owcgo, and arrive at Ithaca every nijjht and morning. From
from Barre. 33 from Keene, N. H.. 30 from Brattlcborough, It is constructed after an original design, and will be fin
Vt., 100 from Albany, N. Y., and 70 from Boston ; and is ac ished in a modern style of cottage architecture. In its in : the North, Ea*t, and West, can take the stage at Auburn every
morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga Bridge every afternoon fur
cessible by. railroad, from different parts of the State, and terior arrangements, the health, comfort, and convenience of
from New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, being the invalid nave been carefully studied, and it is believed to ' Ithaca. passing
The stage leaves Ithaca every morning for Auburn,
the Cure.
situated on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, leading combine all the advantages of the best class of Waler-Cure
to Brattldborough. houses in this country. Terms.—Board, foel, lights, medical advice, attendance, &c,
It is one of the most salubrious and beautiful localities that The location is high and airy ; it has the advantage of re $5 to $10 per week, varying according to room and attention
can anywhere be found. The scenery in the vicinity is truly tirement, with pleasant and shaded walks, and commands a required, three
Payments ma<le weekly. Each patient will furnish
romantic ; something new and interesting always presenting fine view of some of the most charming
itsolf to the eye of the wanderer. From the top of Ward Hill, Western New York. The water is pure, soft, cold, and abun afour
landscape scenery in ; linen packing -1>cotton
good sized ■ 1 comfortables,
3 4 yards long oneby I woolen blanket,
1 yard* wide, and
besides
a pleasant walk of one mile from the Institution, may be dant. coarse bath towels. Some old linen for bandages will be
seen 5 peaks of the Green Mountains, the Monadnoc, Wa- The building will bs warmed in winter with heated air, desirable Forest City
All hunness letters addressed to Dr. J. F. Bl'RDtCK,
P. 0.,Tompktoi Co., N. Y., post paid. ap I'm
chusctt, Saddle Mountain, ice, with a beautiful range of and ventilation is effected by a new and ingenious method,
hills on theN. andW., whilst Miller's River is seen winding which ofsecures a constant and moderate change in the atmos-
its way through the beautiful valley below, with Vt. R. R. phere each room, without creating unsafe currents of air. Water GYre —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted in
near its banks, on its way the Connecticut. Babcock's calisthenic Connected with the Institution is a hall for gymnastic and general, are hereby resp-*ctfu*ly informed that the Water-Core
Pond, 2 miles from the Water-Cure, and Estabrook's Grove, design of theexercises, one hundred feet in length, it being the Establishment
Medical Directors to make regular physical ex enre of chronicofdiseases, Dr. C. Haelz, near Brownsville, Pa., for the
three-fourths of a mile from the same, are always visited by ercise an elementary '» now in successfn! operation. The
patients with the deepest interest. The back road leading part of the treatment. ! flattering Ibe of this institution in public favor has induced its
from the Institution to the lower village, is a retired and in Springs DR. P. H. HAYES, two years physician of the Greenwood ! proprietor to add yearly improvements
teresting walk for invalids, passing, as it do*?s, through a CHESTER, Water-Cure Establishment, and Dr. E.C. WIN commodation of the increasing numbersforof the comfort and ac
vinitort. Terms nre
grove ot tall pines which rear their lofty head* from 73 to 100 Water-Cure Establishment who has recently spent several months at the j $6 per week, payable weekly. Two woollen blankets, two
feet from the ground, and seem to say to the patient, My ing the Medical lectures of of Dr. Joel Shew, and in attend- ;
the University of New York, are ; cotton sheets, three comforts, and six towels, have to be provided
health and strength were never injured by intemperate associated in the Medical and general care of the Institu- ; by patients. Letters post paid will receive due attention. Ap 1 y
living, nor tight lacing : throw otf your shackles and breathe
the fiesh country air with me, that you may become strong tion. Dr. Hayes and wife have taken great pains to investigate ;
] Mammoth Water Ci re or the West.—This establish
as 1 am.
This air of Athol, coming from the Green Mountains, is the nature, causes, and treatment of the diseases of females, 1 mentofisHarrodebitrg, filiated on a commanding eminence adjoining the vil
fresh, pure, and highly invigorating. The water is of the and they will give especial attention to the treatment of this lage miles from
in Mercer county, Ky.. being twenty-eight
Lexington, thirty five from Frankfort, and eight
best quality, as pure as water once distilled, and in abun class of cases. miles from the navigation of the Kentucky liver, near the geo
dance, conducted too the " establishment free from the poisonous For the purpose of treatment, each patient must furnish i graphical centre of the SLate, and is sufficiently large to accom
qualities of lead. two linen shetts, one woolen sheet, two targe comfortables, modate five hundred patients. Every person at all acquainted
This Institution has heretofore been owned, and under the andPrices sit towel*. I with the West
board and treatment will range from $o to §9 J scenery, as well isastoothefamiliar with the beauties of natural
care of Dr. Hoyt, who has treated, with great success, all per week,forpayable weekly. artificial decorations, for which this
kinds of disease, particularly dyspop-ia. liver complaints, Wyoming is easy of access from several points on the Rail \ mendation necessary. C. Graham, M.place is so justly celebrated, to render any description or recom
bronchitis, incipient stages of consumption, rheumatism, Road botween Rochester and Attica, and from the Gene-see Thomas, M. D , Physician. D , Proprietor, I . B.
scrofula, nervous diseases, Ac, Ac. Valley Canal ; daily and tri-wee kly stages connect this place my 3t
The Institution will be newly furnished and opened for with Batavia, Attica, Loroy, Genesee, Alt. Morris, and \Var- i
the reception of patients, the 1st of May, 1831, under the im saw all of which places are within a distance of sixteen Water-Cure at Verona Springs, Oneida. N. Y.—The
mediate care of Dr. J. H. Hero, who, from a pretty large ex miles. P. H. HAYES, E. C. WINCHESTER, above establishment is situated in Verona, Oneida county, six
perience in Homoeopathic practice, and several years' expe Physicians and proprietors. miles sooth of Rome, four north of Verona, and two miles
rience and successful practice in Hydropathy, feels confident Wyoming, May, 1851. ju3t \ south of the railroad at Verona Station, in one of th- most
that a good degree of success will mark his elforts in all healthy and pleasant districts to be found In Central New York .
curable cases that may be committed to his care. Dr. H. has The attendants employed to wait upou the sick, are those of
procured the services ofan experienced and faithful bathman, Dr. IIraw's Hydropathic Institute. Hammondsport, Steu- > judgment, much experience, and kindness, and ever ready to
a good bathwoman, good domestic help, and purposes, in all ben county, N. Y., head of Crooked Lake, eight miles from attend to the wants and wishes of the patients. Terms from
respects, to make this Institution a desirable place for the Bath, eighteen miles from Jefferson, and accessible daily by $4 to $7 per week. S. Curtis, Physician, my 3t
cure of disease. railroad, stage and steamboat. In advantages the location is
Terms for treatment and board, $5 per week, washing ex unsurpassed. Patients received and treated for all eon- ;
cluded, payable once a fortnight. Extra privileges or extra ditions and diseases. A practice of thirty years enables Dr j Sprinofield Water-Core.—This is situated in Spring-
attendance will subject the patient to extra charge. Friends H. to offer great advantages to females afflicted with difficul- nVId, Mass , one of the pleasantest towns in the vaMoy of the
of patients and visitors will be charged 50 cents per day. ties peouliar to their sex. The Establishment is a four story i Connecticut. It is accessible from all points by railroad. In
Terms, for examination, $1. Post-paid letters, with one brick building, pleasantly situated, complete, well furnished, '; point of location and conveniences for the accommidatioD of
dollar enclosed, soliciting advice, will receive attention. and haa accommodations for 150 persons—two gymnasiums, ( patients, it is tecond to none in the country.
Corresponding patients should describe their condition as well bathing rooms, library, ice. Terms for board and attendance , The high moral standing of this establishment is well known
as may be, in respect to age, sex, married or single, tempera $6 per week. Visitors accommodated by the day. Richard and appreciated. For further particulars, including terms, etc.,
ment, color of hair, past general health, health of family, Ac, Huson, M.D.—Hammondsport, Urban* P. O., N. Y., June address E. Snell, Piiysicinn, ur H. R. Bakdwill, Assistant.
Ac., in order to bo benefited by advice. 15th, 1851. julT It
 THE
CHEMISTRY LIFE-
BY THOMAS ANTISELL. M.D.
The rapid progress which chemistry has taken
within the last few years, and the many applica
tions which have been made of it to the arts of
life, renders it one of the most useful branches of
study to those engaged in the useful arts of manu
factures. When we turn our attention from in
animate nature to the study of the lives of plants
and animals, we find that the various principles
which go on within their frames, and which have
for their object the enlargement and support of the
individual, are regulated by laws, which, until
Terr lately, have been termed vital laws or forces,
borrowed from a notion long prevalent, that there
was something distinct and even antagonistic in
what regulated matter, while in the bod}', from
that which regulated the same matter external to
the body. That opinion, born in the school of the
solidists, is fast losing its hold upon the minds of
men, and there are few, except some medical men
who have not kept pace with the progress of or
ganic chemistry, who believe that the human
body is regulated by any other than the common
laws of physic and chemistry.
The insight which modern chemistry has given
to us, with regard to the changes which go on in
the animal economy, is truly wonderful. We ar
rive at an exact knowledge of the constitution of
fluids and solids of the system, and the relation
which these bear to food, air, and exercise ; the
different rate of change which is going on in these
parts in the young, the mature, and the aged. The
relation of the plant to the air, the water, and the
earth. The relation of the animal to the plant,
and to external circumstances. These arc points
upon which every day we arc gaining new light,
and deriving fresh aids from hygienic and reme
dial treatment. Whether we consider it in a phy
siological or a remedial point of view, it appears
that it is to the explanation which chemistry may
be able to afford us, we are to look for a solution,
(and the only true one) of the intricate changes
which occur in the human labyrinth.
This has been impelled so forcibly upon our at
tention of late, that we have resolved to present
the readers of the Water-Cure Journal with a se
ries of articles upon the Chemistry ok Life, which
we are confident will possess much interest for
them; and while it will bring into notice the latest
known facts connected with organic chemisty, it
will, we are confident, prove the truth of what is
now taught by every intelligent physiologist, that
there is no functional god sitting within the frame
of man, and regulating his secretory and exeretory
organs at his special will, no Deus in machina spe
cially controlling life, but that the latter is depen
dent for its origin and enjoyment upon the exer
cise and influence of the same laws of physics
and chemistry which regulate the external world,
and that life, so far from being opposed to the or
dinary laws of matter, is in harmony with and
truly an expression of these laws themselves.
We propose to commence the series in our next
number.
The articles on Physical Education, in previous
numbers, by the same writer, arc a sufficient
voucher for the complete elucidation of the Che
mistry ok Like. „ Holler, as a testimonial of its value,"drank noth
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
$Ux<
COMMENCING JULY,
The Water-Cure Journal is published monthly,
illustrated with engravings, exhibiting the Struc
ture, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Human
Body, with familiar instructions to learners. It
is emphatically a Journal of Health, adapted to
all classes, and is designed to be a complete
FAMILY GUIDE in all cases and in all diseases.
Hydropathy will lie fully unfolded, and so ex
plained that all may apply it in various diseases,
even those not curable by any other means.
There is no. system so simple, harmless, and uni
versally applicable, as the Water-Cure. Its effects
are almost miraculous, and it has already been the
means of saving the lives of thousands who were
entirely beyond the reach of all other known
remedies.
Philosophy of Health—This will be fully dis
cussed, including Food, Drinks, Sleep, Clothing,
Air, and Exercise, showing their effects on both
body and mind.
Reforms in all our modes of life will be pointed
out, and made so plain that "he that runs may
rend." We believe fully that man may prolong
his life much beyond the number of years usually
attained. We propose to show how.
To Invalids, no matter of what disease, the
principles of Hydropathy may safely be applied,
and, in nine eases out of ten, great benefit may be
derived therefrom.
To Those in Health.—Without health, even
life is not desirable, imless a remedy can be found.
To preserve health, no other mode of living can
compare with this system. In fact, were its rules
observed and carried out, many of our ills would
be forever banished, and succeeding generations
grow up in all the vigor of true manhood. It
Testimony.—We copy a few paragraphs from
the Hydropathic Encyclopedia, giving the opin
ions of distinguished men, with reference to the
use of water, as a remedial, or curative agent,
Hippocrates wrote much in favor of the good
effects to be derived from water both in health and
diease.
Galen placed water in the highest rank of his
materia mediea. He regarded the bath, followed
by exercise and friction, as one of the chief parts
of a system of perfect cure.
Hoffman pronounced water a universal remedy.
His language is : " We assert that water is a
remedy suited to all persons, at all times ; that
there is no better preservative from distempers ;
that it is assuredly serviceable both in acute and
chronic diseases ; and, lastly, that its use answers
to all indications both of preservation and cure."
1851.
will be part of our duty to teach the world how
to preserve health, as well as cure disease.
Water-Cure at Home,—Particular directions
will be given for the treatment of ordinary eases
at Home, which will enable all, who may have
occasion, to apply it without the aid of a physi
cian.
To Women and Mothers. —It is universally eon-
ceded by all intelligent practitioners, as well by
the old school as the new, that the Water-Cure is
not equalled by any other mode of treatment in
those peculiar complaints common only to women.
The Journal will contain such advice and instruc
tion as may be considered most important in all
these critical yet unavoidable eases.
Tins Journal will be published on the first of
each month, containing the best mutter with ref
erence to the application of this system to Life,
Health, and Happiness, adapted to all classes, on
the following extremely low
TERMS, IX ADVANCE:
Single Copy, One Year, $1 00
Five Copies, One Year, 4 00
Ten Copies, One Year, 7 00
Twenty Copies, One Yaab, - - - - 10 00
12?" Sample numbers sent gratis
Booksellers, Postmasters, Editors, Clergy
men, Teachers, and Physicians, are authorized
agents, who will receive and forward subscriptions
to the publishers.
riease address all letters, tost paid, to
FOWLERS AND WELLS,
No. 131 Nassau street, New York.
ing but water ; and the same is recorded of De
mosthenes, Milton and Locke.
Floyer certifies : Water resists putrefaction and
cools burning heat and thirst, and helps digestion.
He recommended cold bathing in a variety of
diseases.
Rev. John Hancock, an English clergyman, in
1722, published a tract in advocacy of water as
the best remedy for fevers and the plague. He
cured agues, scarlet fevers, small-pox, measles,
jaundice, and coughs, by copious water-drinking.
Dr. Forbes, present editor of the ables medical
journal of Europe, and one of the physicians to her
Majesty Queen Victoria, confesses that in a large
roportion of the cases of gout and rheumatism the
"ater-Cure seems to be extremely efficacious.
Dr. John Bell, author of the ablest historical
work on bathing extant, has treated scarlatina in
the Pennsylvania Hospital for many years by cold
bathing, with the most satisfactory success.
 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO

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drained, and corruptions to be vigorously dug

FOWLERS <fe WELLS, PUBLISHERS, THE PATHIES DEFINED. into ; there are wild beasts and reptiles to be ex
131 Nassau straet. Now York. BY T. L. NICHOLS, M. D. terminated, and false doctrines no less hideous and
Nearly all the disputes in the world are about destructive. Our means must be adapted to the
(Hontent0. words. Men seldom quarrel about what they un end proposed. We are not to cast pearls before
The Pothiea Defined, Providence Physiological Soc., 41 derstand. Words are to many people like the swiue, nor waste caresses on an alligator. The
Allopathy, Frugmcnte, .... 41
Hoiuceopathy, Woman'! Drew, 4« shield about which the two knights were going moral world needs the axe, the rifle, the scorching
Hydropathy, . M„ ( Six Hundred Doctors, . 43 into deadly combat, one maintaining that it was fire, and the breaking up plough. I believe in the
ThoDitouum, *: Am Development* in Water-
Botnniam, .... »i Cure Progressive t 41 silver, the other that it was gold. A disinterested power of loving-kindness, bestowed upon its pro
Chrono-Thenrialiam, . S3 Quiniy & Kev. cured by Water, 43 spectator restored amity, by simply looking on per objects, but love is too sacred and precious a
The Exputant Syatem, 33 lusauity, .... 4'.! both sides, and finding that each was right respect thing in this world to be wasted
Eclecticism, .... M Lines 00 Hydropathy, 4S
No ; we must call things by their right names,
Dr. Wilmarth'a Remarka, . M Dutch—Latin—Uphill businew
Letter to Ivy Gazelle, No. 3, . » A Victim, .... 43 ingLook the side he saw.
at both sides of things, then, and endea and if there is any fighting to do in a good cause,
The New Ceatumc, etc. ao Doctors iu a Dudgeon, 43
Medication in Surgical Diaeatca.31 Coming to their Milk, . 41 vor to understand the meaning and force of words, j let every true man bear a hand in it. Now, let us
Practice in Water-Cure, 32 Tobacco-Chewing Girle, . 41 Don't quarrel until you know what you are quar- come back to the object of this article, which is to
Chronic Inflam'n ofthe Bowela, 32 More Testimony, . a
Tobacco Poiton, . n Tobacco in Rome, 43 reling about, and then be sure that it is worth the \ define the pathies and isms of medical practice, so
Abceaa of the Brain, Glen Haven Festival, . 43 that we can all know what we are talking about,
The New Poetage Law, , n How to Save Money, 43 quarrel.
Tin* Bloomer & Weber Dreaaea, a Amer'n Hydropathic Inatitut. 43 But is it lawful to quarrel at all f Christ says, j
Small Pox .... 33 More Poieoning, . 44 " resist not evil"—but we are also commanded to , ALLOPATHY.
Lecture on Woraan'a Dreaaea, 34 44
Topic* for Auguat, . . 17 BL-arxEaa Noncse, 44 "overcome evil with good." Wc are told to > This is the name applied first by the Homceo-
Mal-practieea, . n Vabikttm 44
Summer Diae&aoa, tt The Agricultural Interest, 41 " fight the good fight of faith." I think the exam pitthists to the old practice. It is compounded of
An Allopath on Dinner*, , n Natural Religion, . 44 ple of Christ is the proper commentary ou his pre- j two words, which signify other morbid condition,
Regular Quacka, . as New Viewe and Old, 14
Female Phyaiciana of Turkey, 38 Our Booke in the Wut, 44 cepts. When he taught his disciples, and told them j while Homoeopathy means the name morbid condi
Latent Phaee of Humbaggery, 38 Enduring Literature, . . 43 to resist not evil—when they were smitten on one j tion. As Homoeopathy endeavors to cure disease,
The Anger Cure Caae, » The New Costume, 43 cheek to turn the other also, I believe that this by giving medicines supposed to have the effect of
Colic of Infanta, . 38 Turning the Tables, . 43
Drippings from a WVt-eheot, . a Evil Minded Objeetora, 43 was taught them as a measure of policy connected producing the same or similar symptoms, Allo
Water v. Calomel, 39 The Omitted Dose, . 45 with their peculiar mission, and by no means a , pathy tries to cure one disease by creating another,
Domoitic Pract. of Hydropathy, 39 Self-reliance, 43 rule of right. Christ did not hesitate to use strong in a different place, or of a different kind. Thus,
Neuralgia or Crampe in Stomach,40 To Cc.Rrteerosnl.TTm, . 45
Book No-ncia, .... 43 language. He called the men about him an evil for n disturbance in the head, Allopathy gives an
The Hydropathic Encyclopedia 40 AovaiiTieOMEXTe, 43
MiaCILUNT, . 40 Water Cure EsUbliehmonte, 47 and adulterous generation—a generation of vipers : emetic to produce a disturbance in the stomach, or
Dr. Qooggi to Noggs, . . 40 A Liar or BooKa, . 43 —hypocrites—blind leadersof the blind—fools and ; a cathartic to stir up a morbid action in the
blind—whited sepulchres—serpents. Read the ' bowels, or puts on a blister to create an irritation
THE NATURAL STATE OF MAN. twenty-third chapter of Matthew for an examplo of the skin ; because it is held that two diseased
The natural state of man, as of all plants and of eloquent and fiery denunciation. Christ did actions cannot go on at the same time. This is the
animals, is one of uninterrupted health. The only not stop at words—he made a whip of small cords, principle of counter-irritation, as blistering in
natural death is the gradual and painless decay of i and drove the money changers out of the temple— pleurisy ; and of revulsion, as giving drastic pur
old age. Such a life and death are in happy har j and all he did was for our example. He " came gatives in uterine suppressions.
mony with nature ; pain, and disease, and prema '; not to seud peace on earth, but a sword ; and no The character of Allopathy can bo best gathered
ture mortality ore the results of violated laws. I i religious system, not even that of Mahomet, has from its materia mcdica, of which we ohall give a
cannot insist upon this too strongly. Every pain j been the occasion of so many wars and so much- brief synopsis.
wo feel, every distress we suffer, is but the sign bloodshed, as Christianity. The class of cerebro-spinants, or medicines which
that some law of our being lias been outraged. Why all this ? It is because a certain class of act upon the nerves connected with the brain and
All sickness is a discord with nature —health is reformers are preaching non-resistance, loving- I spinal cord, consists of paralyzers, convulsive*,
stupefacients, or such as make drunk, and deliri-
harmony. kindness, and Buch soft nonsense, which is charm
Health is the condition of beauty and happiness. ing in its way, but not always appropriate. The faeicnts, or such as make crazy.
Wc have then stimulants, acting upon the
Every organized being is beautiful in its perfect evils of the moral world are like those of the phy arterial or nervous systems; tonics, astringents,
development, and health is the sole condition of sical. There are rocks to be blown in pieces, and refrigerants, diaphoretics, diuretic?, emetics, eathar
such development.—Introduction to Water- Curt. errors to be exploded ; there are swamps to be
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tics, expectorants, cmeuagogues, diolagogues, err-
hines, ecbolics, epispasties, rubefacient*, eseharo-
ties, emolients, demulcents, diluents, antacids, an
thelmintics, and a few medicines not classified,
such as mercury, iodine, and arsenic; we may add
to them the lancet, cupping glasses, the leech.
I intend, before long, to write a review of this
materia medica. Meantime, the curious render
will find most of the above names defined in Web
ster's large dictionary.
HOMOEOPATHY;
This name means the same disease, and is applied
to the system of medical treatment introduced a i
few yean since by Samuel Hahnemann, and prac
tised more or less faithfully by his disciples. The ,
principle which is the basis of this system of prac
tice is that of similia similibus ntrantvr, like cures
like ; or, as it is more popularly expressed, the hair
of the same dog will cure the bite. But ns this
maxim has not stood the test of experiment, it has l
generally been considered a popular error. In
Homoeopathy, the physician does not attempt to i
cure the disease, and does not care to give it a
name. He ascertains what symptoms exist, and !
then gives such medicines as he supposes would j
produce the same symptoms. If there is headache, |
he gives a drug which will produce a similar pain,
with the intention of making it ache a little harder <
at first, and then get better the quicker, If there
is eostiveness, he gives something to produce cos- |
tiveness, and so on.
! chief in the world, the mineral calomel, or the
But the Homceopathist is careful to give his ,;
medicines in extremely minute doses. The largest ;
doses are a few pellets of sugar, as lartre as a mus \
tard seed, moistened with a solution of vegetable •
extract, amounting to one drop in a barrel of alco
hol. This is the third dilution. The thirtieth S
dilution would require an amount of alcohol equal
to the solid contents of the entire solar system. :
Even this is not to be taken rashly. Hahnemann :
directs that two or three pellets, moistened with >
this medicine, be put in a phial, and smelt once or '
twice every Beven or fourteen days. There is
much to be said in favor of this system, and but
little against it It is in its favor, that, where j
honestly practised, it cannot do much positive harm. :
The patient has a fair chance to get well. On the j
other hand, there are cases which require active !
measures of relief, and patients have died under I
homceopathic treatment for the want of them.
HYDROPATHY.
This name has been applied to the Water-Cure,
though its actual meaning is water disease. It
may, however, be defined to be the application of
water for the cure of disease. The Water-Cure, in
its widest sense, is the application of the principles
and agencies of nature to the preservation of
health and the cure of disease. It consists in as
certaining and removing the causes of morbid
action, and restoring the patient to the conditions
of health. This is accomplished by prescribing for
him a Buitable diet, air, proper exercise, clothing ;
and restoring the healthy action of the functions of
nutrition and depuration. The Hydropathic sys
tem of treatment, is one of purification, rejuvena
tion, and vivification. By the use of the water,
combined with the other natural agencies, the sys-
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; tern is cleansed, invigorated, and restored to
healthy action. Water, as variously applied, acts
as a sedative, a stimulant, a tonic, and answers
) every indication of cure.
THOMSONTSH.
Thomson, the founder of this system, based it
. upon the long exploded hypothesis of the four
! elements of nature, earth, air, water, fire. Fire he
\ considered the vivifying principle. "Heat is life,
; cold is death." Consequently, whatever the symp-
- toms of disease, he looked upon it as a want of
heat, which he endeavored to supply by steaming,
and the administration of Cayenne pepper and
similar stimulants. A course of Thomsonian medi-
cation is usually commenced with the administra
tion of emetic doses of the lobelia intlata. The
mucus thrown out to protect the stomach from
the poisonous effects of the lobelia, was considered
by the Thomsonians as an evidence of the wonder-
full efficacy of this drug in removing collections of
morbid matter—cold slime from the stomach.
BOTANICISM.
The Botanic system of practice is an extension
and modification of the Thomsonian system. Its
practitioners have a great horror of mineral
poisons, and doctor with roots and herbs, which are
often as violently poisonous as minerals, and, I
have thought, more difficult to eradicate from the
system. It is hard telling which does most mis-
vegetable quinine. I doubt if all the minerals
ever used in medicine have destroyed so much
health and life as the single vegetable opium, the
vegetable product alcohol, or the vegetable tobacco.
There is a long list of virulent poisons used in medi-
cine, as nux vomica, prussic acid, oxalic acid, cro-
ton oil, jalap, wild cherry, cicuta, stramonium,
Ac, <tc. In fact the whole class of cerebro-
spinants in the Allopathic materia mediea are
vegetable or botanic medicines. I shall have
more to say on this subject in a future number.
CHR0N0-TIIER.MALISM.
This system has been vigorously promulgated
during a few years past, by its inventor, Dr.
Samuel Dickson, of London, who must not be con-
founded with Dr. Dixon, the editor of the Scalpel
here, though there are points of resemblance be
tween them. Dr. Dickson's book, the Fallacies of
The Faculty, which is a smart criticism of Allopathy,
has been published here, and its doctrines earnestly
and pereereringly advocated by Dr. Win. Turner,
of this city, to whose exertions the friends of medi
cal reform are greatly indebted.
Chrono-Thermal means relating to time and
heat. Chrono-Thermalism teaches that all disease
is of a single type, the intermittent, and that all
are to be treated upon the same simple principles
—cooling in the hot stages, warming in the cold
9tages, and giving medicines to break up the
periodical return of exacerbations. Every disease
is some modification of fever and ague. In the
cold stage give warm baths, stimulants, as milk
punch or champagne. In the hot stages give
emetics, the cold douche, <tc. In the interval,
break up the recurrence of the fits, by giving qui
nine, or arsenic, or opium, or prussic acid, or
strychnia, or the salts of silver, copper, iron, zinc,
or bismuth,
THE EXPtTANT SYsTEU.
This system has been very much in vogue
among the French, and is one of the best of the
old methods, and also one of the most successful ;
about as much so as the Homoeopathic. It consists,
as a witty but not the- less truthful writer has
said, of amusing the patient while nature cures the
disease. It is often practised by Allopathic phy
sicians, especially by men of age and experience,
who have lost faith in medicines, and learned to
have some respect for nature. Such men give
bread pills, magnesia powders, drops of colored
water, and other little innocent placebos, to amuse
the patient, satisfy the friends, and earn a fee,
leaving the disease to time and nursing. Such
doctors arc generally successful, and get a high
reputation. This is called the Exputunt System,
because the doctor expects nature to do her own
work, without his aid or interference, and, as a
general rule, he does not expect in Tain. He
also expects to be paid well for his little innocent
mystification.
ECLECTICISM.
There is no medical term so Tague ns this. An
j Eclectic is one who selects from vnrious systems
such doctrines as he thinks sound and rational.
Every man who does not rigidly adhere to one
kind of practice, is an eclectic ; and as men differ in
their opinions, each one's eclectism must vary from
that of the other.
Professor Dickson, late of the New York Univer
sity, neTer forgot to assure his class that he was
an Eclectic, a thorough Eclectic. He was not the
less a thorough Allopath. Eclectism is no system,
but a mixture of systems; it has no principles, but
picks up a hash of various modes of practice at
i second-hand, which can scarcely fail to be contra
dictory. The Eclectic proposes to choose the best
! methods of all systems, but we have no assurance
: in any case that he will not select the worst
j especially as he professes to have no chart of prin
ciples to steer by. Eclecticism can only be respect
able, where the best wc can have is a choice of
S evils. When there is such a thing as truth in the
: world there is no longer any occasion for Eclec
ticism.
DR. WILMARTH'S REMARKS,
AT UOFE CHAPEL, NEW YOnK, ON FRIDAY EVENING,
MAY 9th, 1851.
[At the public meeting of The American Hy
gienic and Hydropathic Association of Physicians
and Surgeons, held at Hope Chapel, in this city, on
the evening of the 9th of May, it appeared that
Drs. Gleason and Nicuols, the orator and substi
tute elect, were both absent Dr. Wilmarth, of
Xew Graefenberg, the new President of the
Association, accordingly came forward, and, after
announcing the fact, proceeded to make the follow
ing remarks, upon the spur of the moment, with
the view of obviating the disappointment of the
audience as far as was possible.]—Pub. Water-
Curs Journal.
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I have practised medicine twenty years after the
Allopathic method, and four years according to
the method termed Hydropathic. My preceptor
taught me to give large doses of medicine, espe
cially in acute diseases. I gave a great amount of
medicine in many cases. In dysentery, 30 to 60
grs. of calomel, a large tablespoonful of <astor
oil, and 20 drops of laudanum, was thought a
proper dose for an adult, once in 24 hours. I have
known 20 grs. of calomel and 20 of jalap given
to a scrofulus infant under one year of age! I
have frequently given half that quantity in similar
cases ; I did it conscientiously, but I saw the fatal
consequences, and abandoned that practice long
ago.
The first I heard of the Water-Cure, was from
an editorial of Mrs. L. M. Child, in the Anti-
Slavery Standard, some ten years ago, giving an
account of Priessnitz' Establishment, his extraordi
nary success, Ac. I must Bay, at that time I was
really provoked at it, and did not believe it a fair
statement ; I thought his patients were not very
sick ; in short, I believed that the whole thing
was a humbug. I lived at that time in Leverett,
Franklin Co., Mass. Soon after that, I moved to
Milford, Worcester Co., Mass., and joined the
Hopedale Community of Christian Non-Resistants,
who were bytlie-by, for reform in medicine as well
as morals. I passed very well as a Physician for
2 or 3 years. Now and then, I read something
upon the subject of the Water- Cure ; for instance,
Bulwer's letter, Balbirnie's Philosophy of the
Water-Cure, Ac. ; but I grew more and more
provoked about it, though I could not help seeing
a great remedial principle in the system. This
was what provoked me ; that I must unlearn my
errors, and learn my practice again (of an illite
rate peasant, too). I felt just as I have, while read
ing essays on the deleterious effects of tobacco,
before I had resolved to discontinue its use (a prac
tice, I may say here, which should never be begun).
I know the Essayist told the truth ; and so it was
with the Water-Cure. I foresaw the flood that
was to wash away the long list of poisonous drugs
I thought so much of as medicinal agents. Well,
I soon had a trial. One of my best friends had a
fine little boy, an only child, who chanced to
be taken severely sick, with dysentery. He called
me, of course, as medical adviser. " What shall
I do, Doctor!" " Give a dose of calomel, oil and
laudanum." "Doa't like to give calomel."
" Well, that is the best thing you can do." But
I could not make him believe it. He sent for a
Mr. Whitmarsh, of Boston, a Water-Cure Doctor of
very limited practice at that time. He came, and
to my great surprise, arrested the complaint in a
few days, with nothing but teater and abstinence.
This made me feel cheap. I foresaw /must reform
as well as my neighbors, or if nothing worse befell
me, my " occupation" would be " gone." About
that time, I read " Johnson on Hydropathy," " Re
sults of the Water-Cure," Ac I began to be con
vinced. To set the matter at rest, and also hap
pening to need medical aid myself, from some
quarter or other, I went to Messrs. Campbell's
excellent establishment, at New Lebanon, N. Y.
My good friend Dr. Bedortha was the resident
physician. I did not tell them what my profession
was, for three or four weeks. I desired, first, an
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unbiased examination and prognosis in my own
case; and, second, to scrutinize the operation of
the water processes, unwatched myself. Accord
ingly I conversed with patients about their respec
tive ailments, took a list of some 20 cases, their
symptoms, treatment, and the effects thereof. I
looked sharp for humbuggery, but could not find
it. All was open, candid, philosophical, and in a
good degree successful. After I became willing to
be at peace with the Water-Cure, I learned fast, or
rather unlearned some of my errors, and made
confession of my former barbarous practice. Re
ceiving and seeing so much benefit from the
Water-Cure, in the short space of eight weeks, I
became about five-eighths converted to it How
could I help it if I meant to be honest t Profes
sional pride and a deference to high medical
authority had blinded me, as they now do many
others. But, Hydropathy has continued to wash
away these refuges, until now, at this present
time, I may be set down about seven-eighths
Hydriatic I have abandoned the use of all cor
rosive and irritating poisons for medicine : I have
no use for calomel in dysentery, and would not
consent to have it given in any case. So of tartar
emetic, Ac., Ac.
I believe mild medicines may do good, under
some circumstances. I use some of the milder
tonics in cases of great debility and want of blood.
I believe there may be cases where the laxity of
the nervous and muscular system is so great, the
vital power so deficient, that the stomach is not
capable of contractility sufficient to secrete gastric
juice, excite appetite, Ac, so as to replenish the
system with its own natural stimulus, viz., nutri
ment I believe the needed contractility, in some
cases of congestion, (not in inflammation) may be
induced by mild stimulants, tonics, and astrin
gents, thereby preventing the decomposition of the
fluids and solids, and ultimate dissolution. But
in all ordinary cases where I have conveniences
for Hydriatic treatment and the confidence of the
patient, I have no use for medicine. I take none
myself, though I am often ill, and once took medi
cine freely. I have learned a "more excellent
way."
One great error in Allopathy is, making the
stomach and bowels the critical organs, by violence.
This is certainly very unphilosophical, to force a
crisis upon one organ and compel it to carry off all
the effete matter of the system, when nature de
signed it to carry only about one-eighth. This
practice induces chronic inflammation of the mu
cous membranes of the bowels, Ac I once knew
an almost incurable case of chronic diarrhoea, ema
ciation, debility, Ac., induced by a single dose of
"Sherman's Worm Lozenges," so highly lauded on
placards, Ac. The diarrhea lasted about one year,
and was cured with great difficulty, under a mixed
treatment of Hydropathy and astringent medicine.
These loaenges are chiefly composed of calomel
and loaf sugar; a precious panacea, to scatter
broadcast over the land for children to cut as they
would sweetmeats! The latter are bad enough
but the former arc abominable. The patient
alluded to was a respectable young lady, who not
only lost a year's time, but nearly her life. Great
caution should be exercised in the use of medicine,
if used at all.
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So also with water. Many use too heavy treat"
ment too many baths, and at too low a tempera
ture. This is a great error. Patients reason falsely
about treatment, like the man who took physic :
" If two baths per day will do good, four will do
twice as much good." Physicians should never
yield to the importunities of patients in this matter,
but nicely weigh and measure the amount of
vitality of each case. If reaction takes place
readily, the baths may be increased in number,
and the temperature lowered with safety; but if
reaction is slow and feeble, the baths must be tepid
and few. To give frequent and cold baths in such
cases, would either lash the nervous system into
fury and the mind into insanity, or overwhelm it
with depression, and cause nearly, or quite, fatal
congestion in some one or more vital organ. I
have seen all these effects from too cold, too fre
quent and too heavy baths in the forepart of a
course of treatment before the system was pre
pared for it by a gentle, tepid, coercing process.
It takes a long time to recover one of these
knocked-down cases to the use of water again.
Therefore we should be careful, especially in the
commencement of a Hydriatic course. If the pa
tient is too hot cool him; if too cold, warm him.
This is plain common sense.
But it is not common sense to let a patient lie
quivering in the wet sheet for hours ; if he does
not get warm within one hour, he is not in a con
dition for wet packing. Neither should a patient
with feeble powers be driven about in the cold
air, or kept in a cold room, with hands and feet
cold and blue as a lean pigeon. No patient can
improve under such circumstances. They may
stay longer at an establishment, if their faith fail
not ; but it is no credit to it, nor the physician who
prescribes or allows such treatment.
Our chief reliance for success consists in the pro
per direction and management of the vital forces
and the medical power or nature; we must not
waste this power, for we eannot create it—we can
only aid and direct it Too cold treatment ex
hausts by depression or excessive reaction. Too
much water conducts too much electricity from the
system. Disease is radically removed by a change
of matter 1 the old morbific particles are cast out,
and new, healthy particles supplied. This change
corresponds to the vital power of the system. If
vitality abounds, the change will be rapid, as in
acute diseases; if feeble, it will be slow, as in
chronic cases. The Water-Cure greatly facilitates
and increases this change, by increasing the demand
for food, enhancing the vital forces, setting in mo
tion all the secretions and excretions, especially
that great excreting organ, the skin, designed by
nature to expel about five-eighths of all the worn-
out and effete matter of the body. When the
Water-Cure can be fully and properly applied, it
places the organism in the best possible condition
to operate and restore itself to health again. This
is all we can do; we cannot directly create vital
power by any mode of treatment The gieat
natural agents, food, air, water, exercise, rest, Ac.,
must do that Our mission is a limited one, but
highly responsible ; for although we cannot create
health, we may, by injudicious treatment destroy
it
The cause of Hydropathy is progressing fast in
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Maasachusetts. The Water-Cure Journal circu I benefit. If she is benefited by the transaction, he is : truth, the fool-hardy and mole-eyed chase a phantom
lates widely in that State ; much mure widely than negatively pleased—that is, he wnot displeased. ; for it, and find at last, in the satiety of their lives,
it did three years ago. There has been a great " Who. in Heaven's name, is that girt, St. John T that animalism has been the highest momentum of
change in several towns within the circle of my Can you tell 1" i which they have conception.
" I can." *' No, Henry Ten Eyck, you are not earnest, even
practice in the last two year?. Many families that " Well, then, do ; for I never looked on such eyes in the search to gratify your passion. Now, this girl,
formerly were frightened half out of their senses since mine first opened." beautiful as she is, awakens only the lower potctrt of
at every symptom of disease, and ran for a doctor *' She hns fine eyes, it must be admitted ; but her your nature. Glorious as she is in the freshness of her
with all speed, have learned that rest, pure air, eyes arc the least marked or noticeable quality she youth, with her great intellect just budding into full-
bathing and abstinence, in all ordinary ease* are possesses. What a difference between you and me, : ness, you look on her a3 a Turk would look on her
far better remedies than poisonous drugging. Ten Kyck !" for his harem. I give you credit for determination of
But we arc in our infancy, yet, in the healing " How V* purpose—a purpose already formed—and such a pur
art. I am still open to conviction, and willing to all"eyes." Why, you speak of her eyes, as though she were pose ! Ten Eyck f Ten Eyck ! give you time and you
will be a villain /"
learn. Truth, practical truth, should be our ob " Well, is she not 1 Tell me, in the name of love, " Well, St. John, any other man would answer to
ject, independent of all preconceived theories and who she is, for 1 must know that girl V* rao pretty certainly and pretty earnestly for such talk ;
speculations. " Know her, Ten K\ck! You will never knoto her; but we have long been friends, and you arc in love, so
you are not caj^able of appreciating her. J)o not let this matter pass. You will regret what you have
frown on me—*tis of little use. 1 know you, and you said, after you have taken time to think. 1 do not
LETTER TO IVY GAZELLE-NO. III. know that I do; so keep your face under the control care a fig about the girl, and shall never think about
to which you have so long schooled it." her again after to-night, it is not very likely."
BY J. C JACKSON, M. P. " I have no idea of going inio a passion with you, 11 < > man ! man ! —what shall I call you 1—will you
HISTORY OF A BREAST-PIN. St. Johu. But the girl—tell me her name V attempt to play the hypocrite with me 1 You think I
Say what you please, love id not lust. The two are " Her name is Dalusia Soulfc ; she is of Spanish do not know you ; but I know that you have formed a
not in affinity. They hold no common fellowship. wealth, descent, of noble blood, and has wealth. Hut her purpose to seek that girl's acquaintance, to make love
They originate not in the same class of beings, and blood, and family connections are of little to her, to pass for a man of honor, enlist her feelings,
are not gratified by the same train of events. consequence, compared with what she is in and of her- if possible, and then drop into your usual inertur, and
Purely, truthfully, and nobly to love* is to banish i-elf. All the villagers worship her; but theirs is a leave her to welter with a broken heart in the slough
lust from the bosom. That the class of feelings which groveling worship. They look at her beauty, and, of life. If you do a thing of that kind. 1 mo?t truly
spring into activity under the promptings of lust is like you, arc confounded by its intensity. She pro- . hope that you will have a cup to drain whose draught
often mistaken for the emotions which Love creates, duces on them such effect as the noonday sun pro and shall bo like gall, whose dregs shall be like wormwood
I do not deny; bat such mistakes only happen to duces on weak eyes, when their balls are suddenly aloes commingled."
those who are so very imperfectly developed as to have made bare to its glitter—they are ' blinded.'' Her ; " I guess you are jealous of me, St. John !"
the morbid feelings and sympathies completely under wealth is of the broadest stamp—she has money, but " Jealous of you !—yes, I am—I own it. I feel as if
the control of the propensities. she cares little for it. As for me, I look on the girl I wanted to watch you, and save her from your fas*
Love springs from disinterestedness always, l.u.-t with peculiar feelings. 1 should not dare to talk to cinations. I know your power, but 1 trust haply that
is always the offspring of selfishness. Tho former her of love, for I know that I am not worthy of her." you will be disappointed. Were she five j*ears older,
seeks the good of the loved, the latter seeks its own " Ha ! ha ! Now, St. John, that will do—yes, that you would dare as well die as to approach her with
good. To assert this is but to utter a truism. The will do!"' selfish interest ; but it may be she needs such terrible
man that loves a woman will labor, toil, and, if need " What will do V teaching as your falseness will bring home to her ! If
be, die for such woman. Not less will a woman do " Why, thisaffectation ofmodesty inyou. Shouldn't she docs, 1 trust she will come forth wiser, though I
for the man she loves. But when a man lusteth after wonder if you were thick with the creature already." can ill conceive how she can be better. Oh ! if you
a woman, he will 110/ labor and toil for her ; be will " Never spoke to her in my life." were only a man .' —but you lack the characteristic."
work and manoeuvre, will contrive and scheme, will " What r " What ia that 1"
concoct and hatch plans, and abandon them, with ** Never s| oke to the girl in my life, and, if possible, "Manliness! A man cannot be a man without
himself in the fore-ground, always. She is a desirable never mean to." manliness ; and he is not a man, who, to gratify his
object, but not for herself, lias she beauty, he gloats " Why r propensities, will coolly set at work to win such a
on it, and it stimulates his passions. Has she wealth, '* Because I think manliness is a better quality than jewel as is Miss Soule, only to wear it conspicuously
he counts her mortgages and stocks, her broad acres passion. 1 think principle better for my development awhile, and then cast it aside.
and her loose cash. Has she worldly or family posi than selfishness." " But, St. John, why do you not seek your fortune
tion, he takes these into the account in any calcula " Why, St. Johu, I never knew you to talk thus in the way of obtaining her !"'
tions he makes for the future. Has she talents, he before." " Vox the reason I have told you. I love the girl,
honors thcni because they add to the sum total of her " Very likely, Ten Lyck, for I never have talked and therefore I keep away from her. She could not be
availabilities, all of which he, in his lust, is seeking. with you about matters of the heart beforo." happy with me. I am poor—she is rich. I am not
Poor fool ! shallow brain ! half-developed man, at 41 The henrt \—what is the heart !" handsome— she is very beautiful. I am a dull, plod
best, he runs on scent with no higher iiiin than a " I thought you would say so- You belong to that ding student, a drudge, whose bread comes by the
hound, and bays under the impulses of his beastly class of men who think it of no consequence what be hardest — she knows no privation. 1 have only talent
feeling as the hound bays on the track of the hare. comes of the affections of a woman, so you can get the —she has splendid genius. 1 have no ideality—she
One may always distinguish between tho professions person and its perquisites." lives in realms of the purest light. Do you remember
which are quickened by lust, and those which arc " 1 am not sure, St. John, but you arc half right. your verse in your prize poem at college T—
prompted by love, if one will simply keep this distinc But this girl, if I could get her, she might create a The Idralist will sit, and his fancies will climb
tion in inind. The father who has a son may at all heart for mo." To a world thickly peopled with I»eing8 sublinie ;
times know within a single degree the state of the " Pshaw ! you have not, and never will have, a Where the purest of waters always flow,
boy's heart, if bo will but apply this rule to him. heart ; but the devil himself is not greater at decep Where death carries no quiver, no arrow, no bow ;
Touch him by it, and his character stands confessed. tion than you are." Where tall, waving trees, with tops ever green,
IthurieKs spear did not make what seemed a toad start "Well, about this girl. From what I said just Make mellow the light, yet brighten the scene ;
up a devil more suddenly and completely, than will now, I hope you will infer that 1 am in earnest about Where wild flowers are found of the loveliest hue,
this philosophy made practical, expose the motives that an introduction to your Dalusia Soule." From the deepest carnation to the lightest blue ;
prompt a human being in his activities. Love is silf- Where 'sighing and sorrow flee away,'
"Earnest! not so; I know that you have no ear And the people live in perpetual May.
sacriQcing—Lust is wZ/ protective. Love looks after nestness. Earnestness is a moral quality ; you have
the good of others—Lust after its own good, or rather, it not. Earnestness is sincerity sublimated, refined, j Well, Ten Eyck, I feci that to unite myself to a crea
its own evil. made Godlike. Earnestness is the highest order of j ture with all these differences of character would make
Selfishness in the sphero of the affections is lust, eloquence ; that kind which touches the soul ; the ever- S her wretched. She would marry a 'man in a mask' if
just as selfishness iu the sphere of business is miserli glowing in man ; that divine fire which illuminates she married me, fur her heart is impregnable to all or
ness. The young man who thinks of hti comforts, his one's path, and makes his foot-prints lasting. Ear- \ any who cannot cope with her fancies. These, of
pleasures, ^gratifications, before those of his sister's, nestness is the foe of passionatcness ; it is never found course, time and the touches of the j
or his mother's, or his father's, will assuredly marry a in connection with evil designs or desires. Known j 1 World'* hand* (
wife for his purposes, not hers ; for his behoof, not her only to the true-hearted and tho sincere seeker after j will chasten; and then, with her splendid intellect, £
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she will be of women among the very first. To set at
work to secure her as my companion though life, is to
commence the trade of a trapper, and I shall not do it.
She shall not tread on dropped foliage, and thus find
her feet ensnared. Unless I snare her, I cannot get
her, and I love her too well to pit her happiness and
pleasure against my passion. My love shall be her
shield against myself, and, though she may never
know it, / shall know that I have loved one woman
well enough to watch over her, and myself also, for
her sake. You now know why I do not seek her ac
quaintance."
Six months have passed away since the conversation
detailed above. Six months in the life of most men is
a sixtieth part of their earthly pilgrimage. Six months
in the life of a girl like Dalusia Soule may be more
than half a life time. It is a beautiful night in June.
The high-hill home of this unsophisticated, ardent,
innocent, yet magnificently endowed girl, stood in the
deep shelter of its maples, whose tops were fanned by
the night-breeze as the breath of Heaven fans the face
of angels when they sleep. The rippling creek flowed
by, making its murmurs low and sweet. The great
owl of the woods sat on the limb of an ash by the
Henneng stile, and stealthily, bis cat-like eyes piercing
about to see if he cannot have a chicken for a meal.
Nature is in repose. Hist ! are there not voices under
those maples t O mau ! man ! you are at your trade.
Hist!
" My dear girl, time or distance cannot weaken my
love for you." Stop liar! the owl will hear your
tongue utter its falsehoods, and hoot you to scorn.
The moon will go behind a cloud at your duplicity.
Oh, is there any limit to the falseness ofa creature like
you?
" Ten Eyck ! 1 am yours, you have won me, you
can make me noble and good, you can do me service
in a thousand ways. Your love will stimulate me.
The thought that you will appreciate my toil to take
rank with the noble corps of women who are toiling
to redeem their sex from their frivolity and weakness,
gives nerve and muscle to half-formed purposes. I
know that 1 can do great things, so I have your love.
Fear you not ! I shall lose none of my beauty, nor
modesty, nor grace, in and through my sympathies
with the toil-worn women of this country. For years
their condition has laid close to my heart. Its holiest
beatings have been for them. I pity the poor, but /
should need pity if my efforts began and ended in pity.
I must do. Means are mine, both of purse and brain,
and they must not lie idle. What is the matter, Ten
Eyck 1"
" Not anything !"
"Not anything 1 What makes you let go my hand 1
What makes you shake your head 1"
" Oh, 1 was only thinking that I wished there were
no poor people in the world, so I could have you all to
myself."
" All to yourself! What would you do with me all
to yourself 1"
" O caress you, fondle over you, spend my time with
you, be with you, never let you go out of my sight !"
" Ten Eyck, how long do you suppose caressing and
fondling would bust, bad you nothing else to do 1"
" Forever !" cried he, throwing his arm about her,
and pressing his lips on hers with a burning passionatc-
nesft—" forever and a day !"
" I doubt it," said she.
" Well, dear, we will not argue it, you shall be
literary, if you want to be." O the villain !
She told him the truth—he had won her. He had
seized the weak point in her character—that which
had been the least fortified—and made all his advances
through the breach on that side of her defences. He
conquered her imagination, and so conquered her. Her
father knew nothing of phrenology ; had given his
daughter, as he supposed, the best teachers, and rested
his conscience on that effort. He loved her dearly,
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made everything of her, indulged her. She had a na
tural taste for science, and so her progress in the solid,
enduring branches of learning bad been good. Hut her
reading had confined itself largely to novels— (of the
better class!—saving always those works on political
economy, which fed her love for republicanism ; nnd
it needs not any wizard to declare that novels are not
the best kind of reading for a young imaginative girl.
The moon went down, the air grew chill, morning
was about to dawn, when that girl sought her pillow.
O, my mistress! how my diamond eye watched you.
And so it went for two years, and thus this man for
sook her—left her coolly as you would turn, reader,
from an object the most indifferent—left her with all
her jewels at his command—wealth, beauty, genius,
highly wrought intellect, nnd great powers of fascina
tion ; and actually married a girl as inferior to my
mistress as one could well imagine, and stop this side
of idiocy. Cannot tlic shrewd guess the reason 1 Let
the breast-pin record it : My mistress was not pas
sionate enough for him. lie was a weak man, or rather
weak thing. He was capablo of attachment only as
he was under the domination of his propensities. Sho
who had cast her pearls before swine, found that they
had turned on her, and rent her. It broke up the
dieps of her nature ; great deeps, too, they were ; it
was to her like a deluge ; all the mire aud dirt at the
bottom of her nature were sent boiling to the surface.
But she struggled for a calm face, and succeeded. She
made no cry—she wept only at dead of night—and, the
observer would see she had been wounded only as he
saw her more lively, more gay, more full of chat, more
intellectual, if possible, than ever before. Where Ten
Eyck and his " Mil* Nancy " of a wife went, she went
—to balls, parties, soirees, public gatherings, places of
amusement ; and when there she took special pains to
notice his wife ; patronizing her, making her show ber
weak points, and forcing the whiskered wretch who
had sported with her life to seo that instead of a lofty
spirit he had wedded an animal, and she made him see
it, SMdfeel it, till the tortures of the damned were on
him . The affair could go no longer: at last it reached its
climacteric, and he came to her and told her how docply
wretched he was, and with the usual policy of villains,
endeavored to make hir think that his wife was to
blame. " O Dalusia Soule, now I have lost you, I
know how deeply I loved you. Have pity on mo ! let
me know in my wretchedness you do not despise me,
that you did love me once, and the latest prayer I offer
will be for your happiness."
Look at her ! O, look at her ! How her form grows
tall, how her eyes enlarge—see her dilated nostrils and
her curled lip. Hear h er !
" Get up, Henry Ten Eyck ! thou false, weak, shal
low, wicked man, get up ! You love me, do you 1
You need not have told me so, I know it, and you
thought / loved you," (how she hides her love in her
heart, and stabs him with his own weapon), but 1 did
not, I only played with you, I knew you better than
you did yourself. You thought I did, however, and
made my name mingle with yours among your parti
cular friends. Now, sir, hear me : I can have no quar
rel with you, but I intend to make you wretched, un
derstand me ! I intend to do it, and 1 shall succeed. I
mean that in your caso you shall have a palpable,
marked evidence of the speedy just ice that sometimes
falls on the heads of wicked men who sport with the
affections of innocent, confiding girls like myself. I
mean to be your vulture, eating away constantly at
the sources of your life. Where you go I mean to go,
and, if possible, moke everybody say ' what a Billy
fool Ten Eyck was to turn away from Miss Soule, and
marry his spiritless chicken hearted thing,1 whilst you
shall know that I have outlived your falseness. Now
rise, sir ! See here !" as he stood on his feet. " Look
out of this window. On a beautiful night in June,
under the deep green of that maple, you vowed that
nothing could make you forego loving me."
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" And I felt so, by "
" Stop, sir ! do not utter an untruth. At that very
hour, when you wished there were no poor people on
earth to take up my time, so that you could have me
all to yourself, you were misleading another—making
her think you loved her atone. O man without a heart !
O beast in the shape of a man, how I loathe you. Yet
hear me !" But he was gone—he fled as Cain fled.
Two hours after, Dalusia Soule was found on the floor
of the parlor, senseless.
Six years have fled, and my mistress has changed
greatly. Sho is only a trifle thinner in flesh ; she is
even more beautiful than before. Her brow has be
come broader, her gait firmer and more majestic ; her
eye meets that of another steadily. She no longer
studies books but men. She spends her time at parties
and soirees, and is sure to be present if Ten Eyck and
wife are there. She is polite to him, patronizingly
kind to Mrs. T., and eats out daily slices of Ten Eyck's
life. Her beauty, wit, grace, genius, and exceedingly
fine mind, madden him, for they force him to think of
his folly. Ho grows poor, listless, inattentive to his
interests, and is sliding into inebriate habits. He is
already damned. Go where he will, Hell stalks before
him, and Death comes jogging after. She sees it, and *
pushes him on. She is possessed of a mighty Devil,
whose councils she follows implicitly. She revels in
his agonies, and would have " spatted her hands " at
his utter ruin, but for an event. She was suddenly
taken ill. Medical advice was called, but her case
puzzled the physicians. The disease was evident, but
its cause they knew not. They bled, blistered her
neck, scarified her temples, but could give no relief.
Others were called in, but they were at fault.
I used to keep my post, and watch the beatings of
her breast, hear the labored action of the lungs, and
say to myself—'* My poor mistress will soon know
whether the idealisms she so loves are true or not—she
will die soon unless she gets help " She was listless,
apathetic, and avoided everybody if she could. Her
head was burning hot ; her hands and feet were like
icicles ; her stomach almost entirely rejected food ; she
coughed and sweat at night. She was pretty nearly
sleepless, and grew lank in form and features. The
medical men gave hor anodynes to make her sleep,
tonics to make her strong, excitants to cause increased
action, &c, fee, but to no purpose. One day sho rose
up in bed and said,
" Hand me pen, ink, and paper !" All looked wild.
11 Do as I say !" and her eyes looked like a maniac's.
Those present in the room thought her insane. She
W.ote a letter, superscribed it, scaled it, and ordered
it to the post-office, saying to her friends—" I shall
know if you send that letter, for the man to whom I
send it will be here in 4S hours, if that letter goes. He
will save me. If he does not come, I shall know you
havo not mailed it. Go !"
Here is the l.tter :
" Doctor C. J. James—
" When I was eighteen years of age, I had the honor
of your friendship and love ; you petted me at that
time ; I have grown old sinco then, and sorrow has
taken hold of me. I am sick, my friends have become
alarmed about me, and to-day I overheard a council of
physicians say that I was hopelessly incurable.
" Will you come to me 1 You have not forgotten me.
By the love you bore me in former days, which is still
sweet in my remembrance, I charge you to come to
my side. I must speak to you, can to nonj else.
You must save me.
" Yours, H. D. Soui.e."
Within 36 hours, a carriage stopped at Mr. S's.,
and Dr. James walked into the house. He made his
inquiries of her father, and then asked to see his pa- a
tient. Conducting him to the door of her room, he re- / 3
marked that he wished to see her alone. He entered ; \ £
she was sitting up in bed. The moment she saw him,
she jumped from the bed and rushed to him, crying—
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Have you come 'T have you come 1 Ob ! I knew you pies were revived, : id i ■ gam. d strength, she ancient idea of the sisters of charity, are coming—
would ; when did you ever fail me V and she fainted. wondrously beaut j did not all of them to go through a full course of
The Doctor gently laid her on the bed, and sprink ever caused nic pain—she gave me to a benevolent so study and to take diplomas, but to learn to take
ling water on her face, brought her to consciousness, ciety—since which time 1 have had strange fortunes,
and then gently said, " Now, dear, go to sleep ; not a which I shall relate. But the last interview I ever had euro of their families and friends, to do good in
word till you have had a nap!1* with my mistress, was one in which was completely their own circle of acquaintance?. This is as it
M Sleep !" siiid she, " I shall never sleep again, * I proved how perfect was her redemption, and how much bhould be. The death doom of quackery is sealed,
have murdered sleep.' I did not get you here to tell she was indebted to a Water-Cuke Doctoh ; for when the people are informed.
me to go to sleep." whilst I hung on her bosom, she went about her home, 1 take this method of answering the ninny who
" I know it," .-aid the Doctor, *' yet that makes no the picture of grace and glory, of peace and joy, sing inquire respecting a course of reading previous to
reason against my wish. You certainly did not wrile ing snatches of song from Tolleus. the opening of the Institute. Head any good
me to come and sco you, expecting your will in your "And thus, and thu> alone. I see,
case to be law instead of mine, did you 1" Wlirn poring f 'cr and p>r, works on chemistry and physiology—you cannot
" No ; but I want to talk." Tiiat I can give unto the poor, go much amiss in your selection.
*' Well, you shall, but go to sleep first. I will sit Cat not tho poor to me. With regard to board, I think we shall be able
by you, and hold your hand ; 1 have come to nurse And thus I found, that scattering round to offer board on water-cure principles at 88 00 a
you." B!eatings in mortal track, week to all. If students choose to club, or make
" But my head aches so terribly— it feels weary—the The riddle erased my brains to rack, other arrangements besides those we can offer, they
whole brain feels like a fatigued muscle." And my torn htart grew sound.
" Well, I will make it feel better." He took a fine I thank thee, sourer of every bliss, will be at liberty to do so, and may get nlong
linen handkerchief, wet it in cold water, folded it a For every bliss I know ; somewhat cheaper. We shall feel ourselves bound
hand-breadth in width, doubled it, and put it over the I thank thee thou didst train me so, to extend care and advice to students as far as we
forehead. '* Now," said he, " for a nap, and then for To know thy way in this. possibly can, and tre wish all applications to be
a long tulk, if you will. Come ! mind me, like a good That wishing good and doing good, math as early as possible, that we may know how-
la laboring, Lord, with Thee ; many we are to have under our care. In speak
£he laid herself on the pillow, and with her hand in That chanty w gra:iiud»\
his, she went into a dreamy sleep, talking out all her And piety. IwaL understood, ing through the Journal, I feel as though I grasped
vengeances against Ten Eyck. lit* kept so quiet that Is swert Humanity. the warm living hand of a friend, and hope here
she slept for fifteen minutes. He stooped and whis after to salute oftener this mighty band of breth
pered in her ear— 44 Dal, dear, turn over on your side, THE NEW COSTUME, ren aud sisters who believe in spiritual regenera
you dream" And moaning sadly, she did as he said, AND SOME OTHER MATTERS. tion by Truth, and material redemption by water.
and her sleep was quiet as an infant's for half an hour. [The annexed short letter from Mrs. Gore Mary S. Gove Nichols.
He knew what he was about. He watched her pulse Nichols has been received, in place of an article 01 Clinton Place, Xcte York.
and her brow, and as soon as the brow corrugated, her
pulse would quicken, showing the intense sympathy promised for the Journal, and which that lady has X. C. June 9th, 1851.
between the br.iin and heart. Her frown would tell concluded to give the public in the form of a Mrs. Mary S. Gove Xichot.s —Dear Madam.—
that her mind was laboring painfully, lie would put lecture.] I trust you will pardon this trespass on your time, in
his lips close to her car, aud whisper of some pleasura I rejoice in all new freedom for woman. We consideration of the motive. 1 am a friend to " Tho
ble scene in her childhood, and her face would grow can expect but small achievement from women so Water-cure"— am compelled to be so fro» its good
radiant with love and peace, aud she would look ex long as it is the labor of their lives to carry about effects in my own exhausted frame and weakened en
tremely beautiful. their clothes. Our present style of dress is en mon ergies. I was suffering from debility and disease com
So he watched by her bedside, filling her brain with thralling and expensive. It is not adapted to the to mothers. 1 had no ambition and no desires
pleasing fancies that exorcised the devil, and let her more elevated than to drag out day after day just com
sleep for four hours ; then he waked her. .^hc smiled form as God made it, nor to any form of work. fortably. I was induced to try water; not scientifically
sweetly on him and said, It sweeps stairs and streets and crossings, is dusty applied, but only iu such a way as reason and common
" How weak I am !" and muddy, and when held up to avoid the mud sense dictated. Its results were truly surprising to ono
11 Very weak, but you will feel better soon. I want and dust, leads to indecent exposure. It is liable unacquainted, as 1 then was, with its healing and
your nurse should give you a sponge bath, after iny ;: to be stepped upon and caught in machinery. It restoring properties. My health and strength im
directions, then you shall have some nourishment. J gives much weight aud little warmth in winter, proved, and with health camo tho desire to impart to
Sho consented ; the nurse washed her in a water at 78 others my experience. About this time I heard of
degrees, wiped and hand-rubbed gently, till she looked and great heat and weariness in summer. you, and of your wondtrful success with others in
up and said sho was quite warm, when she had a little The new style is opposed by bad men and weak combating diseases on water-cure principles. 1 de
food. The physician took his place by her side, and men—by those who wish women to be weak, sired to become an inmate of your establishment as a
ho talked gently, encouragingly, and like a brother; sickly, and dependent—the pretty slave of man, patient, or a pupil, or in any way, so that I might be
she talked of her young days, when slio was happy, \ We shall now see whether our women are a nation come possessed of the desired information respecting
lie stayed with her a week. lie gave her no medicine, , of cowards, or whether they are the true daugh- the use of water. 1 was not then, as now, a reader of
but put her under a judicious course of water-treat ; tcrs of the men of '70. I bad hoped to write an the Water-Cure Journal, and bad not learned of the
ment, und trusted to it, for ho was something more intended establishment of an Institute ; but now that
than almost an hydropatkist — he was purely and tr uly article on this and kindred subjects, but I have no I a way is opened, I desiro to bo among the first to avail
one—he did not rely on podophylliu, lobelia, cod-liver time. I am writing a lecture on "woman's dre=» ! myself of your instructions, and, in pursuance of this
oil, nor Homoeopathy; he trusted iu water, good, pure, and its relations to health, and the fulfillment of ; design, 1 wish to be informed by you what course of
toft water, as his remedial physical agent. Hut he did woman's destiny." After I have given it here, I study or reading to devote myself to, what works and
not forget than in her case tho intellectual and the mo- ! "ual1 hn gIuJ to Sive il to the country through what subjects to become familiar with, previous to tho
ral and the social needed closewatching ; so ho heard '. the Journal, and if I can throw the smallest np- commencement of your first term. My education is a
all her sorrows, sympathized with her, and, step by j preciable weight in the scale of freedom, I shall common English one ; 1 know something of the ail
Btep, led her to feel that sho was expending the glori- ; lejoicc. The day of woman's fr ments common to our natures. 1 am the wife of Dr.
ous powers sho possessed on an object altogether be- ; e(j. q0(j B.)ee(j ;t3 ;unan eedom has dawn. W. M. S., an Allopathic Physician, but I have his
neath her notice, and for a purpose unworthy of her. 1 neridian ! I have said this approval in this step, for he is convinced of the injuri
He led her away from tho polluted streams whoso i much on "the dross question" because my opinion ous effects of drugs often administered, and of their
waters had embittered her nature, and took her by : j8 <lc8ired by our correspondents, and I can answer, I utter inefficiency to euro disease.
pleasant paths tofountains whose in this way, many at once. With much respect, C. C. S.
Kvtr running -waters I send you herewith an extract of a letter from P. S. If, in your estimation, my experience and
Gush forth life at every bubble. a lady who has entered her name as a student in example can have any influence for good upon tho
There, in the quiet of nature, she gathered up strength, onr Institute. The prospects of our school de minds of others similarly situated, you are welcome to
she put on her looks as of old. Her congestion of light me—not so much in the number, though we ) give it for the 11 Journal," with the suppression, only,
brain, her great debility, her engorged lung, her dys have already a good class—enough for a most re- \ of names, and plcaso let us hear through tho same me
peptic stomach, her thousand and one ailments, fled spectable beginning ; but mothers and heads of dium, when convenient, your views of the new style of j
away ; hor love of books came back, her chosen prinoi- families, and those doers of good who fill the ) dress which has been adopted by a few truly Ameri
can Women.
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MEDICATION IN SURGICAL DISEASES. treatment— "that the whole plan is radically j firmation, a case of dangerous encysted tumor, the
wrong, and that the root of the malady—the es- ; meliceris. Of this kind of tumor Sir Astley
BY T. N. CAVLKINS, M. D. ! sential diameter of it, is not attacked; else why Cooper says: " Squeezing out its contents converts
The medication to be adopted in surgical dis ; does an evil follow each remedy, to be corrected ; the case into a terrible disease, in which a fright-
eases is a subject claiming more attention than it by another remedy!" He very justly continues, , ful fungus shoots out from the inside of the cyst,
has hitherto received. An erroneous administra "Such is the mode in which the ordinary medi j attended with immense pain and irritation, and
tion of medicine has, doubtless, made an immense cal treatment becomes a cause and maintniuer and I often proving fatal" The hydropathic means
number of severe and painful operations unavoid aggravator of chronic disease in the central organs which cured this tumor, were daily wet sheet pack
able, in cases where proper means, such as the of life, whence the mischief is propagated to any ing, general ablutions, sitz bath at 60°, wet band
new science of Hydropathy affords, would have other organs of the body. And this is the case when age night and day around the body and on the
rendered an operation wholly unnecessary. disorder is originally in some external part Thus leg affected with the tumor. His diet was spare
Many of the diseases of the limbs and of other some violence is applied to an arm or a foot, the and unirritating, and he drank copiously of pure
parts of the body are known to depend on a hig irritation of which, conveyed to the internal or cold water. After bringing him thoroughly under
degree of irritation, or a chronic, inflammatory gans, produces disorder there and feverishness. the influence of the treatment, I freely lanced the
condition of the stomach, frequently extending to To these organs, thus sympathetically excited, irri tumor, and pressed out its honey-like contents.
the entire digestive apparatus. This internal tating operients are applied, as is usual in fever ; No " frightful fungus shot from the inside of the
chronic disease itself perhaps in nine cases out of the consequence of which is the establishment in cyst," because the system was undergoing the mild
ten the offspring of powerful irritating medicine them of an irritation which radiates again to the and effectual processs of cleansing, and soothing,
taken into the stomach, such as emetic tartar, cal diseased limb, where a similar establishment is and renovating, which defied the frightful and the
omel, iodine, Ac., in many instances creates the made. The limb proving obstinate, the pain, heat, fatal catastrophe the great British surgeon would
surgical disease—it may be a white swelling or ; swelling, <fec, continuing, notwithstanding the lead us to apprehend. The tumor discharged for
an ulcer, a fleshy or cancerous tumor. | cooling purgatives administered, a course of mer- several weeks, and finally disappeared entirely.
Why has not the warning of Sir Astley Cooper, cury is the common resource—why, it is not very When I took charge of this patient, from the
given many years ago, been heeded by either clearly ascertained—to which opium is sometimes irritating course of treatment that had been pur
physician or surgeon f Ho bid his pupils beware added to produce a sudorific effect By this time, sued, the tumor was making hasty preparation to
of the " irritation" produced by the common poly- both internal and external irritation becomes more burst open, and roll out the dreaded and horribly
pharmic medication on simple fleshy tumors, and j decidedly chronic. And this is further aided by painful fungus. That event, had it happened,
warned them of the ''danger of the affection be- ] courses of iodine, iron, arsenic, Ac. , in succession— would, perhaps, have rendered amputation una
ing changed by the medicine into very malignant and j all given with the view of somehow or other rid- voidable, or death inevitable.
fatal cases." But old-school practitioners still go ding the limb of the congested blood it contains ; The philosophy of the ease is this: An irregular
on with the same old dangerous system of irritation, it never, apparently, occurring to the administra- course of life had disturbed his health, and irritat
making the bad worse, and the benign malignant, i tor, that by producing chronic disease within, he ing doses had caused a chronic inflammation of his
The process is often this. Repeated doses of mer- is taking the best means of perpetuating it with- stomach, aud a disordered liver. Digestion being
curials are given, which produce a great degree of ! out I have known this go on until the patient j deranged, imperfect nutrition followed. If the
irritation of the stomach, liver, <5re. To quiet j was fairly told that everything having been tried j process of nutrition went on badly, there must
this irritation, and remove the consequent disturb- in vain, there only remained amputation of the i have been formed bad solids, and defective ill-con-
ance, opiates nre administered. These produce limb." j ditioned fluids must hove been secreted and ex-
constipation, for which horrible doses of purga- \ The author from whom the above remarks are creted throughout the body. Nature wa9 led
tives must be given, to goad both stomach and j quoted, was, for fifteen years, a practitioner of astray and damaged by the bad habits of the man.
liver as well as intestines to desperation. The ' old-school medicine. His accumulated experience j The doctor kicked and cuffed her to drive her upon
stomach revolts at this abuse, and shows its dis- and discriminating observation, at the end of that j the track ; but, as usual, the rougher she was used
tnrbance by pain and flatulence ; and for these, period, enabled him to take nn enlightened and the more desperate and dangerous were her wan
heating carminatives must be swallowed. Acidity rim stand against the medication he so pointedly derings. Each medicated derangement became
is the next result ; and for this, alkalies must bo condemns, and he then published an able volume still more deranged, and the occasional acute be
poured down. And this I have known to be car against it. He is now one of the most scientific came the fixed and chronic. What may have been
ried to such excess as to cause a separation of por and skillful practitioners of the hygienic water- at first but a little patch of inflamed mucous mem
tions of the lining membrane of the stomach, cure system, and is at the head of the Malvern in brane of the stomach, overwhelmed by the heroic
which were thrown off by vomiting, and followed stitution, where Bulwer was cured, nfter the most doses he was forced to swallow, was, for the time,
by large quantities of blood. The rounds of the , celebrated of the old-school doctors had treated from loss of vital forces, a conquered territory. It
old circle are run in a few weeks, and the irrita- his case in vain. was conquered and reconquered many times ; but
bility, by turns diminished and increased, becomes The surgical disease of the limb referred to after caeh conquest extended its limits, for soon
worse than ever, and requires persistence for n above, the Malvern water-cure doctor cured in six after the withdrawal of the conqueror with his
while in the opiate drugging, to be followed by a weeks, although the patient had been consigned to Galenic implements of war and murder, the out
long course of physicking. And the physicking the mercies of amputation. This patient was raged territory revolted from foreign sway, and
operation goes on and on, as though the chief end saved from a horrible mutilation, partly by the rallied the populace, but they were too much de
of man were the movement of his bowels. In negative means of cure, which are alike valuable ranged by maltreatment to establish order, and
this way the circle is traveled again and again, to both the Hydropathic and the Homoeopathic anarchy reigned. The allopathic hero of a thou
and at each round, from some unaccountable cause, doctor, but principally by the positive means of sand battles, each equally successful, finally gave
the ill starred patient is becoming worse. The the water treatment. The negative mean9 are up the contest for other fields of conquest, and left
practitioner will not see that this medicinal piling the withdrawal of all causes of irritation, as far the anarchical territory to chronic anarchy. Being
of Pelion on Ossa—this unnatural stimulation of as practicable, from both mind and body. Neither now let alone for a while—the negative means of
the nerves and bloodvessels—is violently deranging the Hydropathist nor the Homoeopathist allow the cure—a calm ensued, and that little revolutionary
the whole digestive functions, and, of course, the abomination of desolation from the apothecary hero—the Healing Power of Nature—determined
great function of nutrition, without the undis shop to enter his patient's stomach. By this alone to make a diversion in favor of the interior. He
turbed action of which it is impossible, in the dis thousands are saved, in these days of medical re accordingly exiled some of the most refractory
eases in question, to save the patient from the form, from the legal, scientific murder so long and spirits to one of the extremities, and thus was
knife. so ignorantly practised. formed that rancorous colony, the encysted tumor.
Why doe9 not the practitioner see the truth of Under the water treatment much of the sur- He left them there to war upon each other, or to a
English author asserts of the old mode of ! geon's occupation will be gone. Take, in con- sudden extermination by the surgeon's hand. But
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they often made ruinous incursions upon the in
terior, as well as proved upon each other, and
thus the whole empire of the body would have
been speedily destroyed, had not a new and a bet
ter directed revolution ensued for its salvation.
Its history is briefly this : The patient was put
upon a spare diet of easy digestion, that the
stomach might not be oppressed by unnecessary
labor, or irritated by crudities. It was laved and
cooled by frequent drafts of cold water. Its state
of congestion and chronic inflammation, thus
abated, was still further relieved by daily cold
bathing, which kept up an active circulation in
the skin of the entire body, and equalizing the
distribution of the blood, withheld it from the
congested portions of the organs. He wore the
bandages to carry off the heat, and aided this
process by foot baths, and sitz baths, and general
bathing. He drank a tumbler of cold water
hourly, from sunrise till sundown, to increase
and float off the excretions from the system. lie
was thus kept cool, as well as purified. Now this
cooling of the body is one of the grand processes
of bringing about the beneficent revolution.
Liebig, in his animal chemistry, it will be recol
lected, announces the important fact, that under
the influence of this cooling process, as great a
change, in carrying off the old particles of the
body and replacing them by new ones, can lie
wrought in three months, as could be, by the usual
absorbing, secreting, and excreting process, in
many years. The copious dilution by water-
drinking accelerates the change. With the baths,
the packing, and the drinking, there is a rapid dis
solution of the old substance of the body, badly
built up under a bad administration, and as rapid
building anew of the best materials, and in a man
ner perfectly unexceptionable.
This plan of treatment works with all the ad
vantages anticipated by the old municipal authori
ties from theirs, which was to build a new town-
house with the materials of the old one, and occupy
the old till tho new one should be finished.
While rapidly eliminating the bad materials of the
body, even to the deteriorated brain and nerves,
good digestion, good blood-making, and good nu
trition followed in the same pace, and in six
months my patient was a new man. Thus, with
out any confusion or accumulation of rubbish, his
old house was torn down without disturbing his
residence a single hour, and as quietly and neatly
rebuilt and made new.
PRACTICE IN WATER-CURE.
BY T. L. NIOnOLS.
CASE XXIV. CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.
Patients insist upon our giving names to their
diseases, not knowing how infinitely they vary,
how they run into each other by insensible grada
tions, and how many, after all refinements of
nomenclature, and niceties of diagnosis, arc utterly
nondescript and anonymous.
Here is the case of this Virginian, for example,
a man of 43, looking ten years older, worn down
with years of sickness—dyspepsia, liver complaint,
constipation, chronic diarrhoea, in short, disease of
whole nutritive system ; for I do not think
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there was one healthy gland from one end of the fluence should be kept away from the woman who
canal to the other, nor in any of its connections. is about to give the world the rich treasure of a
How should there be ? For years, all bis life, I new being. What a shame that men should sur
think, he had used tobacco, as Virginians know round them with poison 1 I have a friend, who
how to use it. He had eaten and_ drank in all was an inveterate smoker until his first child was
ways but the right way ; and when sick, the good ' born—that saved him. He knew that his breath
old allopathic doctor had started his liver with a ; would poison it, and he abandoned the poison
few grains of blue pill or calomel, worked off with ; weed, I trust, fur ever.
a cathartic, and quieted his nerves with morphine. _ A few nights ago, I was sent for hastily, to see
When this gentleman wrote to consult me about an infant two weeks old. 1 had attended the
his ease, I saw that it was a hard one ; but said 1 mother in her confinement, and had not thought
that if his lungs were sound, and he was not past ' it necessary to see her but once afterward. I
fifty, he might come to me. He soon arrived, and found her radiant with health, and she had fol
the work commenced. It was no child's play. ! lowed my directions. The child had nursed at
When he arrived, his mouth was full of tobacco, j proper intervals, its bowels had acted, and it had
and his nerves braced up with morphine. I saw [ seemed as strong and healthy as possible. I could
what he had to go through, and pitied him very see no reason why this babe should be sick, but it
much ; but I saw also, that he bad the constitution had evidently been so. It seemed to nie that it
and stamina to carry him through. must have been poisoned. I questioned mother
The tobacco and morphine were discontinued, ' and grandmother, but could not find that it had
of course, from the time lie crossed our threshold. got anything bad from either.
He was put upon a bland and sparing vegetable : At last I turned to the father. " Don't you use
diet, and had but little appetite and less digestion. . tobacco?" said I. The murder was soon out He
It required a large coal fire, in addition to a fur was an inveterate smoker. The day before, he
nace, with heaps of clothing, to keep him comfort had taken the babe while the mother went out;
able. He was packed in blankets, at first, with a some of his friends called, and they had had a nice,
napkin laid over his abdomen, took injections, and sociable smoke, in the same room with the child ;
tepid sitz baths. J and there the little, delicate creature had been
There was a week of delirium tremens, from the poisoned in every fibre of its being, with every
opium and tobacco. For several nights he did not breath it drew. No wonder it was sick. Doubt
sleep at all, unless after the sedative of a bath, and j less many a child is poisoned to death by the
a wet band round the head. I was up with him j tobacco used by its parents, and those around it.
at all hours. He had an extreme sensitiveness to ; Good parents, if you love v'our little ones, keep
cold water, but went into the treatment in good them away from the slightest odor of this deadly
faith, ami with great courage. narcotic.
He sank, as all bad dyspeptics do, into a state of J
\ great prostration. This is the first effect of restor- ' case xxvi.—abscess of toe brain.
J ing the equilibrium of vital action. When a new i It is doubtless said of us, who give cases in the
! action is set up in the nutritive system, it is at the Journal —"You don't report your bad ones." I
f expense of the brain, nerves, and muscles of animal mean to report mine faithfully, but do not expect
i. life. He begged for a dose of morphine—he \ to crowd the Journal with them. The case I am
| begged for a glass of wine ; but I was firm, and about to give, was a fatal one, in which the Water-
felt sure that he would pass the ordeal. Cure was of little avail. It was an alleviation—
First came sleep ; two hours, three, four, the ; probably the greastest, but it could not save.
whole night. Then hunger, ravenous like that of A child of three years, large brain, scrofulous,
a wolf ; but it could not be indulged. The least . the last of four, born of diseased parents, was
excess brought on pains and prostration. For attacked with swelling and ulceration of the ear,
weeks he suffered all the time like a man starving. with great distress of the head, chills, fever, and
Then the pains in his bowels, after some exacer finally coma, and death.
bations, ceased, he grew stronger, was able to eat j At the request of the mother, I held a post mor
more, his evacuations became regular, he could tem examination, in which I was assisted by Dr.
walk t wo or three miles a day, and became cheer- ! Houghton. Opening the cranium in the usual
ful, hopeful, and healthful. manner, we partially removed the brain, finding
After staying with us eight weeks, he went home some serous effusion under the dura mater. On
to Virginia, a wiser and a happier man, and the reaching the right middle lobe, I found it much soft
last I heard, was steadily progressing in the good ened, and connecting with the internal opening of
way. the ear, was an ulcer, leading to an abscess of con
siderable size. The cause of death was apparent ;
cask sxv.—tobacco roisoN. and it was one of the few cases, in which, at a late
One would think marriage ought to cure any man stage, the water-cure is powerless to save.
of using tobacco, and it would, if women did their
duty. The ceremony ought to be amended, by j
inserting, after "love, honor, and cherish," the The New Postage Law.—Our friends will see,
words, " and use no tobacco." But if getting by referring to this law, that the postage on all
married does not reform the tobacco toper, one of j books and other printed matter, except newspa
its blessed consequences ought to do so. No man ! pers and periodicals to regular subscribers, is re
ought to poison his baby. quired to be pre-paid. They will, consequently,
A man may do so, before it is born, through the j when ordering books, enclose a sufficient sum to
nerves and blood of ite mother. Every evil in j pay both for books and the postage.
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THE BLOOMER AND WEBER DRESSES. ( pare with a light buff cassimere, tastefully ornamented ( startled. I had had so much confidence in the
i with rich, plain, flat, gilt buttons. By having the
A GLANCE AT THEIR RESPECTIVE MERITS AND i pantaloons properly cut, they can bo worn without ! efficacy of the water- treatment in all other forms
ADVANTAGES. of acute disease, that I never once supposed my
| suspenders. When made of linen, they should be full, | child could die in her early years. But when I
BY MARY B. WILLIAMS. j so as not to impede the free action of the limbs ; when
The revolution in female costume, now in progress, ! made of woolen goods, it would be preferable to have j saw this loathsome and malignant disease de
is one of the results of an enlightened ago. It owes its ! them fit snugly to the shape, from the waist to tho veloping itself from day to day, until the face was
birth to no Parisian modiste—to no mere lady of > knees, thence nearly straight—" half gaiter"—to con- j one perfect blotch, and the rest of the body in pro
fashion ; it originated with intellectual women, and, i form to tho size of the boot-leg. portion ; her features so distorted that I could not
under such auspices, its ultimate success cannot be A female in this dress would never be mistaken for a recognize even a lineament in her whom I had so
doubted. \ man. It would not look well upon all women; and, | recently called mine ; I am not ashamed to own
The costume popularly called the " Bloomer dress," for this reason, it will be opposed vehemently in certain S that a father's fears were aroused from their deep-
which is a modification of the Turkish style, has been ) quarters. But it has advantages over the Turkish i est recesses, as ho looked at the prospect of his
received with general favor in various parts of the \ dress which are too palpable to need pointing out. It only child being speedily Bnatched from his fond
country. It is certainly a pretty and piquant dress— j would be a suitable dress for traveling and driving ;
too juvenile in its tout ensemble, perhaps, for grown ; for pic-nics and rural wear generally ; for gardening, grasp.
up women—but so infinitely superior to tho old stylo, > and other outdoor pursuits ; for a homo toilet, and for i I called in one of my old neighbors, who for
that it ought to receive the friendly countenance of all > the street itself in muddy or windy weather. merly had had a very extensive practice in the
sensible persons ofeither sex. The characteristic points i Wcro the views I have expressed in regard to attire, j old school, and asked him for his diagnosis and
of the Bloomer dress are the Turkish pantaloons and \ entertained only by myself, I should not have the pre- prognosis of the case. He said there could be no
short skirt, leaving the upper vestments lo be fashioned \ sumption to obtrude them upon the public. If it were j doubt of its character, that it was one of the
according to tho taste of the wearer. Mrs. Bloomer necessary, I could name several excellent ladies who worst forms of confluent small-pox. He thought
herself thinks the dress should be made like a saque, < not only hold the same views, but who intend to act my child must die. It is but justice to him, how
"fitting the form to the waist, and then swelling out, > upon them, by wearing the modified male dress I have
giving sufficient fullness to the skirt." Others prefer i described, during the present rusticating season. One ever, to say that he recommended a continuation
a spencer amazone, with a detached skirt. In any of t of these suits is already completed—a dark blue cloth ! of the trearaent I was then pursuing, as being more
these cases, the pantaloons must be full and tied at tho j saque, buff vest, and white pantaloons—and I have | likely to bring about a favorable termination than
ankle ; high boots cannot be worn, unless they be ! had the pleasure of seeing it displayed upon the person j any other. I had, as soon as I ascertained the case
drawn over tho pantaloons, in tho manner affeotcd by of its owner, an intelligent young lady, who happens, | to be small pox, commenced heating her, by giving
fox-hunting gentlemen. Pantaloons adapted to boots ? fortunately, to occupy an influential position in the four and five half-baths a day, at from 75° to 80°,
must necessarily be cut in the masculine stylo ; and it world of fashion,
it easy to imagine how stiff and ridiculous they would j I hope tho revolution will not stop until woman ob- keeping her as cool as possible, and giving her
look, peering out like a pair of stove-pipes, from ( tains the sanction of fashion to dress just as her fancy what water she wanted to drink,
beneath a voluminous skirt. ? [common sense,] may dictate. Those who liko tho j I continued this course until the pustules were
The other style, which may be appropriately called sweeping train best, need not resign it at all. The ! filled, when I lessened the number of her baths to
the Weber dress, is puroly masculine. It is worn to a i few who comprise this class will soon bo numbered one morning and evening, and increased the tem
considerable extent by European ladies, and seems to S among the Capuiets, and tho succeeding generation perature to 85°. As the pustules began to dry on
be obtaining favor among our own countrywomen, will como upon the stage of life, with their minds free | the face, I brushed them over occasionally with a
some of whom have had the courage to don it, at the from any prejudice. i little olive oil, and over this a wet cloth, to relieve
risk of being made famous by newspaper writers No Let us have patience, and all will be well.
sensible woman, I think, would ever desire to see the i the intolerable itching which occurs at this period,
whole sex dressed in male attire. Occasions there are, \ new [When our Women determine upon introducing a j The disease went through all its varied stages with
and always will be, when every lady of good taste ^ greatly and more convenient style of dress, differing so great regularity, and without any untoward symp
from existing costumes, it would be better to tom. The prostration which we usually notice in
would perceive the superior fitness of robing herself in ( wear it awhile
the venerated gown ; for, say what we wilt about its \ and intimate friends at home, until the wearer, the family,
unsuitahlencss for many outdoor purposes, it is a appearing in public. become accustomed to it, before cases of confluent small pox, when the pustules
Now costumes
graceful and appropriate dress for the drawing room troduced, without exciting the prejudice may thus be in begin to dry up, was not noticed in this case at
But, surely, there is no reason why every woman \ of tho rabble. We have no fears in regard or ridicule all.
should be compelled to wear the same species of attire i ultimate adoption of that style of dress whichtoshall the Immediately after ascertaining it to be a case of
small pox, I vaccinated all the members of my
at all times, and m all places. Would it not be more seem to be the most convenient, attractive, and health-
rational to do away with all restrictions, and permit !: ful.—Fditor Water-Cuke Jourmal.
household that were not previously protected,
us to dress at our own individual discretion—to wear with one exception—a young lady who came with
the gown, the Bloomer dress, the Weber dress, or any her mother, who was not willing to have her re-
other description of attire which, in our opinion, may vaccinated, as she had been thoroughly vaccinated
best suit our condition, our wants, or our fancy 7 SMALL POX. when Bhe was young, and did not want to have a
A costume might be contrived, which would com BY T. T. SKELYE, M. D. sore arm for nothing. In two weeks, she was
bine all the elegance, freedom, and comfort of Miss
Weber's suit, without making the wearer appear We were so unfortunate last summer, in the es- seized with strong premonitory symptoms, and this
"manish" Miss Weber wears, I believe, a dress-coat j tablishment, as to be afflicted with the small pox. is our case second.
and pantaloons of block cloth, a buff vest with plain ! I give you a history of the two cases we had, At this time I was watching for the disease, and
gilt buttons, black hat, starch linen—in fine, a man's j which show very fully that water bears off the I became suspicious of its character upon the first
suit in every particular, besides having her hair clipped > palm in the treatment of this as well as all other manifestation of premonitory symptoms. I com
off and done up in male style. It would be no ) acute diseases. The first case we had was that of j menced with wet sheet packing, prolonged until
diffioult task to modify this suit, and make it an my little daughter, aged four years;—when or t profuse perspiration was induced, and followed it
appropriate and pretty feminine costume. Retaining | where she was exposed I never knew, and the first j with half bath at 75°, ond a dash of four buckets
the pantaloons, vest, and boots, a straight cut soque-
ooat might replace the dress-coat ; a handsomely em ! intimation or suspicion I had of the disease, was j cold water. This I continued morning and night,
broidered chemise, with a ruffed or broad turned-over j on the third day of the eruption, when I noticed ! with the wet compress over the stomach and
collar, encircled with a neat little eravat, might bo > the peculiar umbellatcd oppearance of the small- | bowels. This treament kept off the eruption be
substituted for the masculine linen and neck gear ; the ! pox eruption. The precursory fever was pretty \ yond the usual period for thirty-six hours. After
hair might be dressed in any of the styles fashionable j severe, but for this I had done nothing more than j the eruption manifested itself, I determined, if
at present ; and tho head might be surmounted with a j give her her usual daily ablutions ; being very S possible, to prevent the deep ulceration and sub
Tyrolean straw hat, lined with blue or pink. Every > busy at the time, I paid but very little attention ! sequent eschars which so universally serve to mark
one, of course, would consult her own taste inehoosing > to her, thinking there was not much the matter the ravages of the invader. I accordingly kept
the materials and colors for this costume.. Generally,
the saque should be of dark cloth, and the pantaloons i with her. When I was compelled to believe it a j the face constantly wet with cloths dipped in ice
of substantial cassimere, or of white linen on suitable s case of genuine small pox, and that, too, in its j water, and changed every ten minutes for the first
occasions in summer. For the vest, nothing can com- J most malignant form, I confess I was a good deal j eight days, until the suppurative process waB com
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plete in the face. This was a case of semi-con
fluent small pox,—the face was one perfect scab,
and very little else on the forehead. The treat
ment alter the eruption was fully developed, was
very nearly the same as in the first case, witli the
exception of not using general ablutions quite as
frequently, the patient being very heavy, and re
moved at quite a distance from our ordinary con-
veniencies. The case went through its various
stages, after the eruption was fully developed, with
great regularity, but the extremely interesting
part to ine, was to notice the appearance of the
face, as the scabs cleared off from day to day,—
when, instead of finding a ragged, ulcerated sur
face, as we universally do in these cases, it was
almost as smooth as natural,—in three or four
places, there were 6ome very slight depressions,
but so slight that I don't believe in six months, any
stranger on seeing her, would even mistrust she
had had the small pox.
If the constant application of cold to the small
pox eruption, during its ulcerative process, will
lessen the amount of that ulceration so as to make
it merely superficial, and leave no permanent
marks of its ravages, it surely is a triumph for hy
dropathy, which our friends of the old school have
been vainly attempting to attain for the past two
thousand years.
A LECTURE
ON WOMAN'S DEESSES.
BY MBS. M. S. GOVE NICHOLS.
[On the evening of June 26, 1851,51ns. Nichols
delivered the following lecture, in Hope Chapel,
New York, to u highly respectable audience, com
posed of mp:n* and women*. At the close of this
lecture, it was announced, that a Festival would be
given in the Broadway Tabernacle, early in Sep
tember next, by citizens in favor of the new
American Costume, when several distinguished
Bpeakei-s, of both sexes, will address them. Among
the names mentioned, were those of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, Mrs. P. W. Davis, Mrs. M. S. G.
Nichols, Dr. Wm. Elder, and several others. It is
expected that a very large procession will be
formed, of women dressed in the "New Costume."
We now consider this matter settled. It is a
"fixed fact" The croaking of fallen gentlemen,
or fallen ladies, of old hunkers, or young hunkers,
of any body, cannot prevent its general adoption
by all sensible women, in this, and other countries ;
but let us introduce a woman who will speak to
the point. Mrs. Nichols says : —
The following is a very imperfect abstract of my
Lecture on Dress and its Relations, recently
given at Hope Chapel, New York. I was not
able to write out my lecture before it was giv. n,
and I am equally unable now. With my sense of
duty to the subject, I could not do less—with my
absorbing occupation. I could not do more. I was
obliged to extemporize what I could not write,
and I wish I could do the same for the hundred
thousand readers of the Journal.
We are a nation of FREEMEN. We are a na
tion of CHRISTIANS. In this 19th century, in this
year of our Lord 1851, this is < ur boast. We are
the sons and daughters of '76. We are an example
to the wt rid. Is this true ! or is it a sad satire,
and withering irony ? When we feel ourselves
enslaved by ancient customs, and blasted and
bilittled by a false public opinion, our Christianity
and republicanism seem to be weighed in the bal
ance and found wantimj. And yet again, there is
another aspect of our many-faced destiny. The
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voice of the people is the voice of God, albeit, by
times it is the voice of the devil. The same voice
of the people cried Hosanna to the Son of David,
and crucify him, crucify him. It may seem a fic
tion that the people are the rulers in our laud,
but it is nevertheless true. The proof is, that
public opinion is above all law. A law may be
dead and effectually entombed in the statute book,
and yet never be repealed. It is repealed daily
and hourly by the people, in the might of their
good or their evil. The lawyer or the judge who
speaks profanely, repeals the law against profanil v
and the Christian who takes a 20 per cent dividend
on bank stock, repeals the law against usury for
himself.
Public opinion then, in this land, is above all law,
whether it constitutea higher law, or a lower law.
And yet we sleep in bondage to fashions and cus
toms, till we nearly sleep the sleep of death. At
last, v>hen the iron enters fully into our heart, we
arouse from our lethargy, and so rapid often is
the revolt against an evil, that the new thought
seems born at once in the length of the land.
However much and however justly man may pride
himself on being the originator of truth, woman
is the will of the world. Men make sport of her
will, but they have yet to learn that this mighty
motive power is no malt r of mirth.
Woman has felt the evils of her bondage to the
customs of barbarous and half civilized ages. She
has suffered without understanding why. At
length she learns wisdom by her suffering, and
then comes the protest. And mark me, the groan
of suffering love, and woman is Love, is never in
vain. Woman's devout prayer, woman's sanctified
will, are omnipotent, because they are born of
Cod, and are the ordained providences for her
redemption. Woman is all powerful for good, or
for evil. Man serves her, protects and loves her,
whether she be one or the other. If she wishes
to be ridiculous, she always has the right accorded
her Men may laugh, but they never rebel.
They buy millions of yards of silk to sweep
streets, with a patient grace worthy a better busi
ness.
The question of a reform in the dress of women
is now fairly before the American people. It was
at first a cloud no bigger than a man's hand, but
it has grown to be a subject of absorbing interest
within a few weeks. At first good people regard
ed the question as one of idle caprice or useless
change, as a small matter at best—they are begin
ning now to see it as a great sanitary reform.
They begin to see that disease and death are great
ly multiplied by our evil modes of dress, ard the
subject at once assumes a new aspect — a new and
most interesting importance. Duty and conscience
are concerned in the change—and the conscience
of a free people is a thing of might. For the last
20 years, we have been awaking to a sense that it
is our duty to have health, ard all ths goods con
tained in that word of broadest meaning.
Wc are told once a year, in eloqu nt and mag
niloquent 4th of July addresses, flashing with
many metaphors, and as pleasing to the people as
fire-crackers to little boys, that all men have an in
alienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. We have come to the conclusion that
some women have these rights.
Mrs. Gleason and Mrs. Oakes Smith, and other
have bravelyand beautifully taken the lead in this
reform. They have done the subject much justice,
still much remains to be said, and a world of work
is before us.
Men are almost universally friendly to the eman
cipation of women from their weary bondage to
clothes, which begins with the long clothes and
swaddling bands of the cradle, and continues with
out remission or remorse, save through a brief pe
riod of girlhood, to the grave. A being thus
bound, of necessity becomes weak. How have
gymnasts like the Ravels and dancers like Ellsler,
been created?—not by putting them into long
clothes and corsets, and limiting their exercise to
a stroll down Broadway, and their labor to the
dragging a train after them formed of the finest
silk and the filthiest mud.
I do not ask that our women be Ravels or Ells-
lei's, though I love physical power next to the free
spirit that creates them. But it is well that we
know why we are weak, ugly and ungraceful—
why we are obliged to go to the circus for the
poetry of motion and the wondrous grace of
power. With all the freedom and wisdom of this
boasted 19th century, even our men hire their fel
lows not only to be gymnasts and dancers for them,
but, to make laws for th^m, and to preach and
think for them—indeed, we do almost everything
worth doing by proxy. When we look at these
customs of ours, it seems that our national litera
ture is full of fables about freedom, and when we
think of the battle that lias baen fought by gene
rous men, that women should have the right of pro
perty, our government seems a sort of angel-
demon, giving us the shadow of evil and the fore-
shine of good at once. Ten years since, I lectured
here on the Sphere and Destiny of Woman, making
the plea for her right of property prominent.
New York has conceded the right to us, and several
of the other States in the Union, within the last
ten years.
I recollect hearing a well disposed man say, ten
years since, in this city of New York, that if wo
men had the right of property, it would be impos
sible to manage them. A few of these timid
gentlemen may be left among us, notwithstanding
the peaceful working of the social machinery, since
women have been allowed some show of owning
real or personal estate. If so, they will doubtless
conclude that, if women wear clothes that will
allow them to walk, they will be in imminent
danger of walking away from their duties.
There are few of this clas°, happily for woman,
for nothing is mora certain than that women live
to please men. I say, then, happily, most men
wish us to declare our independence—that we
should renounce our slavish adherence to Parisian
despotism in modes of dress ;* that women
should determine to be free from the weight
they have so long borne in weariness, without
remonstrance, and hardly with a consciousness of
what was killing them. Year after year women
* A gentleman remarked to a lady friend of mine, that the
new costume would not be adopted, because the fashion
was not imported from Paris. Said she, " We have set
France the pattern of a Republic—we may set her the pattern
or dreti also."
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have been crushed in corsets, nnd loaded in their and fitting for us to wear. I know that in our j penny cheerfully. I pity those who sweep the
weakness with a length and breadth of skirts, the present form of dress, at the best, we have not one- not side-walks all the time, in mud or dust, but I can
assist them any longer. I have done my part
oppression or evil of which no one knows till eighth of the power that a free dress would give, j My weary limbs refuse the office of Fashion's
they have put on a light, short, and properly I know this by having worn the Gymnasium dress j scavenger. Who is rendy for the reform ? I
fittiug suit of garments. a good deal at Madam Hawley'g, and by having know enough to make the work sure already, but
used the same kind of dress in my house, and in \ J ask for more because I wish the blessings of
There has been power enough wasted to half
save the world, in this war with petticoats, from thc street, on rainy days, for a few weeks past. 5 freedom extended. Women ask for new oceupa-
tions. The few kinds of business that they are
the cradle to the grave. Said a lady to me, the Power accumulates power. This is true in all allowed to do are overstocked, and everywhere
other day, "Many a rainy day I have come in from things, from bank capital to the creative of health j their health is broken. Why has every second
the street, nnd stepped out of 14 yards of skirts, a —the life of God within us. Men say with truth, <> The woman some female weakness or spinal disease ?
curse causeless does not come. They earn
quarter of a yard deep with mud and water." that women arc cowardly. We have no nerves to j their diseases legitimately, honestly, what they
Think of carrying such a burden of dry clothes °e otherwise, The direct result of our enslaving don't inherit. The weight of quilts and skirts
hung upon a slender and diseased spine, year after habits and enthralling style of dress is to make J worn by women, dependent on the lumbar region
year. Is it wonderful that nature fails, and that us weak and unhealthy, and consequently craven. ■ and of the spine, would wear out the strongest man
give him spinal disease. Then the fetter that
woman's life is but a lengthened pain, and prayer Men tell us that we are all chained together like a 5 we carry always around the ankles, wearies nnd
for peace that never conies till life is lost, that gang of criminals—that we follow whither the , wearies forever, and no one is conscious of the
never has been lived I leader of fashion points. Is there nottruth in this f extent of the evil till they have thrown it off.
Witness the dresses that drag the ground, the bon And when we hold up these long skirts out of
Was woman made for only this—was she made nets that were made for any earthly end rather i mud and rain, we run constant risk of indelicate
by the good Father for diseased nerves, for a tor than to shade and protect the face. Is there an , exposure.
ture and burden to her husband, for a half living absurdity so full fraught with folly for the fashion They are always in danger of being trodden
being, with less living babies, that drop away from upon, and if we go up stairs we cannot carry any
; thing but our clothes, and then often risk falling.
her bosom like withered blossoms or untuned able woman?
They must carry coffee-bags, and bales of cot- . The lives of women who work in factories have
fruit, nnd yet cause no more pain in dying than in ton, and trains of silk, with leather next the side- j often been sacrificed from their long garments
being born? The holy name and destiny of mo walk, their lungs must be crushed into corsets, and j catching in machinery, and I am rejoiced to hear
ther has become a mockery in our midst. Children their feet cultivated for crops of corns. of the prevalence of the new costume at LowelL
Double wages and more than double health will
arc born for death, as mothers ore born for misery • The brief life of the fashionable woman is sus be the consequence to those who make the change.
and pain. Who is not forced to pause amid all tained by a slave of a husband, who works nnd In our present dress, the form is hidden as ef
this, and ask, is this God's world! fectually as if we were bagged for the Bosphorus.
schemes, and bears the burden of as many lives ; A pretty foot is not allowed the peep of day, and
And who is to do the work of redeeming such as his home contains, and possibly the additional ankles arc only made to lie encased in filth and
a world ! Who is to fulfill what is left of the mis burden of an uncomfortable conscience, for many dirt swept up from the walk and constantly accu
sion of the Godman Christ Jesus. Woman is weak of the arts by which men sustain their families in j mulated above the shoe.
as a child. She has been bound too long to use a false life, and the feebleness induced by fashion, j Theof new costume is uniformly approved by
her mind or limbs with strength or freedom. arc not soothing subjects of reflection. All this men sense and good judgment—men for whom
we can feel respect Those who are opposed are
Our woman's world is crowded with cowards. must be changed. Woman must come universally so few in number that they need not be noticed at
The mass dare not think or act for themselves. to be the help-meet for man, instead of being his j all. There is nothing wanting to the full success
Men have had the care and ownership of woman slave and his tyrant—instead of devoting her life • of this movement, but that women act in concert
from the creation downward, and it is a grave to the labor of carrying about her clothes, or being and with a very little independence. There are
enough women of sense in our community to
question, whether she is yet old enough to walk converted into a show-block for fancy articles, j make this reform a light thing.
by herself with her God in the earth I Without she must dress rationally and beautifully. I by < So long as we imported absurd, hurtful or ridi
doctors, ministers, or husbands, what would be no means wish to exclude beauty from woman's culous fashions from Paris,we met no opposition ; all
come of women? I do not attempt to answer this dress. No, I would have her imbued with strength cessities was smooth sailing ; now that we feci wants and ne
above old world bondage, we expect not
question. Slaves will always find masters. It is and skill to make all things tasteful and beautiful j only tolerance but sympathy. The strong arm of
well nnd divinely ordained that they should. about her. Woman seem9 to me the divinely j man must sustain us in physical weakness, and his
Reforms work from al>ove downward. The ser commissioned conservator of taste—of the wor- J strong spirit must be our support when new
vant, the washerwoman, the lowest grades of ship of the beautiful. But for her, the earth would j thoughts open new duties before us. Men ond
women are alike dependent—God made our hu
society will be the last to leave corsets, and the be crowded more densely with the coarse utilita- \ mnn race a unit The earth must have light and
last to get out of long clothes. The "great un rian forms of use. Millions have been expended i heat ; it would die in cold or in darkness. Man
washed " will be the last to give up drugs and ou costly churches, and the poor have frozen and represents truth in the earth, and woman love—
learn the blessiug of Water-Cure. starred, and all men, rich and poor, been misera- ! both are alike essential. Let there be no divorce
of the God-created and God-united elements.
To those who have grown too great for bonds, ble and sick, and ignorant of true wisdom, within We know that we are a favored people—a nation
who are conscious of power to create for them sound of church bells and under the teachings of ■ that stands alone in the earth—we owe a debt of
selves a better fate, this reform appeals. We know the sanctuary. And yet it is well that money has gratitude for all our goods, too large for many lives
been so expended. It is not wasted, but put at ; to pay. 'Tis ours as a nation, to feel the peace of
that work, genuine, honest industry is the broad large interest, for the sentiment of piety is pre self contentment's lot ; to own all sympathies and
basis on which humnn life rests. We are told served, .. theand when 'iithisi- . love
_ i to God
i isA* made n_iwise j outra"e none. not; ask
to....
live as if „to live and
i love were
that woman has never produced any great master- j then world will be _redeemed. parallel *^
to one. o I do that a reform in• dress ii.
be adopt
piece science or in art. We are not only told i! in this is> th*\ *e >°ve of, benuty has found its temple ed from caprice, at the bidding of some Parisian
this, but taunted with it I for one am willing to be woman s heart, and though its expression may mode-monger. I should bo sad that a good
coarse and barbarous with the savage and un fashion should be thus adopted, for it would be
acknowledge the truth of this. I know that I am cultivated, and distorted by fashion in people ] idly taken and as idly left We should change
weak nnd inefficient, yes, powerless compared with more refined, it is still the same God-given in- < for a season, and then not servilely copy one an
what I might have been, had I been born of a stinct, worthy of redemption and highest culture, j other. The fashion of our clothes should be in
healthy mother, and nurtured in conditions that gang I have not come here to-day to address the chain- harmony with the laws of health, consistent with
of fashion—those who are the slaves of > ennobling and sustaining industry, and as graceful
secure strength to men. I have been in thraldom milliners here or in Paris. I come to nddress and beautiful as the taste and genius of the wearer
always, though for years I have been a model of those who feel that there is a work to do in the ; can devise. The garments of women of true taste,
comfort and achievement, compared with many world, and who are not only willing but deter- j should be an ontward and visible sign of an in
women ; still when I have walked five miles, with mined to do it—those who have freed their lungs ward and spiritual grace. Her dress should be
from corsets, and are ready to enlarge the area of one of many life poems, created by genius for a
a dress vastly more light and convenient than freedom. constant joy to all.
what is worn by the multitude, I have exhausted Wt pity those who sweep the crossings for a Crushing corsets, horrible whalebones, the arms
power enough to walk forty, in garments proper chance penny in a muddy time, and give the pinioned, padding and plaits, the penance of
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walking in u bug, wiping and gathering all the dirt ' tractive and sustaining industry, the curse of im All the acts of our lives should bo devotional.
of the side-walk and crossings, and hearing a load of purity would be banished from the earth—woman The atonements of days and times will seem of
clothing bo heavy as to spoil the labor of a beast of would be baptised into the Liberty of Heavenly less and less moment as all times become holy time,
burden, is the manifest destiny and the very bad Love, and this love would be the gate of Heaven and all our lives consecrated to the highest use. It
poetry of woman's life now—and yet men and to man. - is in this spirit of devotion that I would do all
women are found w ho are afraid to have women > People who are called men tell us that we must things —and it is fully imbued with this feeling of
emancipated from this, lest she should become not wear a dress consistent with health, the dress duty to God and the race, that I speak to you to
masculine, and lose what they call the "delight I of innocent childhood, the divse devised by wise night. I pray God that the thoughts I speak to
of dependence, the holy charm of weakness," : working women of true modesty and stainless night may take deep root in time, and come to
which means, being translated, the exceeding purity, because our outcast sisters wear it. These fruitage not only here, but in eternity; for as our
prettiness of being good for nothing. Women j poor fallen ones wear clothing—is that a reason God and our universe are one, so must the good of
who earn their living at the loom or the printing for its disuse ?—they have trailed the costliest silks all worlds be greater for the good of eaeli one.
press, by crying fish in Philadelphia or straw- through our streets, but no word of warning came ■ in a true reform in dress, no one is expected
berries in New York ; who waste life and preserve \ to us then—we might follow them in an evil fash- . servilely to copy another. We do not escape from
it by making shirts at a shilling each ; who be- j ion, and it was very proper—but our nice moral- ' one slavery to take up the bonds of another. We
come " kitchen fiends" to secure us dyspepsia and . ists have suddenly grow n sensitive. The truth is, claim freedom to wear long or short clothes, as we
other fashionable maladies; who bear children to bad and foolish men want to frighten us, but we deem them best suited to our taste or comfort.
hard-hearted fathers, who take the money that the ' are not children—we are grown women, who The long robe seems suitable for the aged, the
mother has earned at the wash tub, to buy bread know our rights, and have fathers, and husbands, dignified, the feeble, and sick, at seasons when
for her babes, and give it for rum, and thus de and brothers, who have wisdom and strength. ; motion is not required. For the drawing room,
stroy their last remnant of reason, and the last j This reform involves principles, and is based on where a reposeful converse is the only exercise
shadow of protective power; women who labor truths, and it cannot fail ; even if it were hinder wished for, these robes will doubtless be retained.
in higher spheres of duty, as nurses, teachers and ed for a time, its ultimate success is certain. For a do-nothing aristocracy, as in England and
physicians, know little of the dear " delights of j kt Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again ; other countries, and for those amongst us who
dependence or the holy charm of weakness. The ; The eternal years of God are her*." wish to be distinguished as the drones of society,
tender and confiding woman w ho is willing to be 1 and who have Ksthetic objections against being
put in a bag to secure dependence and uselessness, i What we want for woman is her freedom. We \ confounded with the working bees, the long robes
and prove that she is not masculine, may be very i must come to have a conscience, with regard to ; are especially suitable.
pretty in story books, or to pass an idle hour with, preserving health and increasing our usefulness. The women of America have been rather slow
but when poverty or disease palsies the hand that It is in the spirit of solemn and deep devotion to \ in making their declaration of Independence. But
has fed her, when death takes away her protector, \ God and the good of the world that I make a \ it is made at last. Change has become an impera
when friends fail, and she is obliged to look to her s change in my dress, and I wish that all who ad- tive duty to us. A sacred principle is involved in
own broken and wasted energies for support for i vocate a reform in dress may do it seriously. Evils j this change. The enlightened conscience of wo
herself and her babes, where then is the dear " de- i to man are sins against God. Sin is not a vague man is to be trusted. We can know no failure in
light of dependence, the holy charm of weakness f" \ intangibility. It is the hurtful act, or state from this effort for freedom. Women have been more
Too often this crushed being becomes more utter- j which wisdom teaches to escape. than once martyrs for principle, but the martyr
ly lost, because she has no self-sustaining power. It is no meaningless exhortation that of the ; age is past. Men and women are united in this
If women were reared in health, with an at- ; Apostle who says " Whether ye eat or dri ak," Ac i work, and it may be considered accomplished.
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York City, at Ore Dollar a year, in advance.
All Letters, and other communications, relating in any
way to this Journal, should, in alt rases, be post paid, and
directed to the publishers as follows :
FOWLERS AND WELL8,
No. 131 Nassau St., New York.
TOPICS FOR AUGUST.
BT K. T. TRALL, M. D.
Mal-practicks.—Accidents and deaths from error
on the part of the medical adviser, or carelessness
on the part of the apothecary, have lately filled a
large space in our newspapers and medical periodi
cals, and occupied not a little of the attention of
Courts of Justice. These cases are multiplying
fast. All sorts of reasons arc assigned to explain
the way in which these accidents happen, as care
less writing of the physicians, the use of Latin
technicalities, ignorance of the drug-clerk, <tc,
etc,, and a variety of remedies huve been suggest
ed ; such as greater caution with the physician,
better-informed apothecaries, and the employment
of plain Knglish in writing prescriptions ; but still
the evil goes on increasing—if it be an evil to be
drugged to death—for one of our city weeklies
has lately "moralized" through several para
graphs, to prove to us that it is a great blessing to
have our children die and go to Heaven in ad
vance of us !
Dr. Spencer, late Professor in the Medical Col
leges of Geneva and Chicago, has recently been
prosecuted at Milwaukie, for alleged mal-practice.
The charge was predicated on the ground that
calomel administered in dysentery, producing sali
vation, had also produced such a caries or ulcera
tion of the bones, as nearly to destroy the jaws, in
a little girl four or five years of age. Dr. S. proved
by his medical brethren, in defence, that calomel
was a very good medicine in dysentery, and there
fore was acquitted. Dr. S. also denied having ad
ministered calomel ; and one of the Allopathic
journals comes to his defence in this wise :—
" We had a case some two years since, in a girl I
of about the same age, wherein caries and necrosis
followed an attack of dysentery. We neither used
calomel, nor were we subjected to a suit, because
such diseased action took plnee in the bones of the
little girl. If people could be made to fully un
derstand that there may be a predisposition to cer
tain diseases, and that such diseases may be aroused
by some exciting cause, we are of opinion that
the profession would not so often be assailed and
vexed by suits for mal-practice."
We would not censure Dr. S. for using calomel
in dysentery—we would censure him rather if he
did not—we know it is the principal remedy ac
cording to the greatest Allopathic authorities, and
if Dr. S. believes in the Allopathic system, and has
respect for its authorities, we do not see how he
could conscientiously neglect giving it. It is well
known, too, among intelligent physicians, that
ulcerations of all the structures around the mouth,
and more especially the bones, are exceedingly
liable to result after one or two mercurial saliva
tions. The idea that necrosis or caries follows an
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attack of dysentery, as the effect of such a cause,
is ridiculous ; and the " predisposition " theory is
equally absurd, as far as it applies to the case in
question. Ulceration of the jaw might follow any
disease, as a consequence of mineral drugging, but
never as a sequel of chronic dysentery.
In Philadelphia, recently, a little boy, about four
years of age, died under doubtful circumstances.
The physician prescribed "ol ricini," which the
apothecary mistook for " ol rosemary," Dr. McNeil,
the physician, on learning that the child had taken
oil of rosemary instead of castor oil, treated the
case as follows, quoting his own language :—
" I mixed one tea-spoonful of assafoetida with
two of sweet oil, and gave the child about a tea-
spoonful ; I advised Mr. Rowland to go for a
bleeder, which was done, and soon after he
arrived ; the pulse was hard and quick ; the
child had about four ounces of blood taken from
it, but the pulse did not yield much ; the child
was then leeched ; two dozen leeches were applied
to the temples, and they filled well ; ice was soon
applied to the head, but still the symptoms did not
yield ; the right side was convulsed ; mustard was
also applied to the stomach, and other remedies
were brought into requisition, but up to one
o'clock, seeing I could do no more, left the house."
About thirty ounces of blood were taken at
once from a child of four years of age, whose vital
powers were already struggling against a power
ful dose of an exceedingly acrid and exhausting
poison. If the apothecary was not guilty of mal
practice, the physician certainly was, for such a
bleeding would have endangered the life of a well
child. What but death could be expected in a
young child, who had been reduced by a disease,
then poisoned severely by the apothecary, and
then bled profusely by the doctor?
Several cases, under similar circumstances, have
occurred in the cities of New York and Boston,
within a few weeks, but they possess no uncom
mon feature, and we will not dwell on them. We
have but one practical suggestion to make—let
drugs alone. If the people will tell their doctors
that they positively will not swallow dnig-poisons,
nor allow them to take out their life's blood,
the doctors will soon find out some other way to
cure them.
Summer Diseases.—The hot season is upon us,
and, as is customary, yet unnecessary, the bill of
mortality from bowel complaints, diarrhoea, dysen
tery, cholera infantum, Ac, is greatly augmented.
We have often stated that there was no reason in
fate or the elements, why two hundred more
children should die weekly in summer than in
winter in this city, and as often pointed out the
hygienic conditions which would preserve their
lives.
A great proportion of the mortality among our
infantile population is imputed usually to unripe
fruits and crude vegetables, with which our mar
kets abound. Their employment is a great error,
and has led to as great an error in the opposite ex
treme—the almost indiscriminate condemnation of
fruits and vegetables generally, in the season when
there is a general tendency to bowel complaints.
Our safety consists in knowing and practising the
exact truth. It is a universal rule that nothing is
more wholesome, nor better calculated to protect j
all persons, children or adults, from the attack of
any form of bowel complaint, than the free em j
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I ployment of good, well-grown vegetables, and
sound, ripe fruits generally, in their season. The
danger lies in using unripe, imperfect or unsound
articles. There are some bland vegetables, and
mild sub-acid fruits, which may be used freely,
with pleasure and advantage, before they arc fully
matured, as green corn, peas, beans, currants and
squashes. Hard unripe apples, and young, half-
grown potatoes, probably do more mi&chief than
any other two articles we could name. It hap
pens usually, that those children and adults who
make the greatest use of these articles, are those
who arc in that physiological condition which ren
ders them peculiarly injurious. Those who are
accustomed to much animal food, cannot bear them
as well as those who employ a diet mostly vege
table. Those who use farinaceous food in the con
centrated state, are much less able to digest crude
vegetables or unripe fruitsof any kind, than those
who use a good portion of bran bread, cracked
wheat, etc. Children who. are always lunching
and munching on sweet cakes and candies, acquire
a condition of stomach extremely liable to disorder
from slight disturbing causes, and are among those
who suffer the most from summer diseases. A
single unripe apple has often been the excitiug
cause of death in such a child.
Physicians generally in this city, and throughout
the country—old school physicians, wc mean—re
commend more dry and concentrated food, as welt
as more heating and stimulating condiments when
there is a predisposition to diarrhoea, as fine flour,
rice, dried beef, salt fish, pepper, mustard, brandy,
<tc. All this is as wrong as wrong can be—the
hot weather rapidly wastes the fluids of the body,
relaxes the fibres, and debilitates the digestive
powers; hence more bland, simple, juicy aliment
is the indication of nature and common sense.
For several years past, we have carefully watched
the effects of the dry, concentrated, stimulating,
constipating system of diet advised by the medical
profession, and the plain, coarse vegetable and
fruit diet recommended by more intelligent phy
siologists. Many thousands have died of all kinds
of bowel complaints, under the system of living
we oppose, while we have no knowledge that a
single individual, man, woman, or child, has had
a fatal attack of any bowel complaint during the
whole time, who had lived according to the diete
tic system we advocate.
An Allopath on Dinnirs.—A correspondent of
the Boston Medical Journal, in giving an account
of the late anniversary meeting of the Massachu
setts Medical Society, devotes half the measure and
all the strength of his article to the dinner part of
the proceedings. Hear the rant of a man whose
god is his belly :
"The dinner—this wasexcellent, most excellent,
and in an abundance beyond all praise. Do you
say, dear editor, that these are matters hardly to
be discussed in a notice of the anniversary meeting
of the most venerable and honored societies among
us? I donotagrec with you. I was at the dinner.
I was at its most successful discussion, and if I did
not enjoy it a thousand times more than the morn
ing discussion in the other hall, I'm no true man."
That must have been an exceedingly interesting
convention, the intellectual proceedings of which
were not valued a thousandth part as highly as the
eating part of the performance.
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Regular Quacks.—A writer in that rigidly .
orthodox periodical, the Boston Medical and Sur- j
gical Journal, makes the following very judicious j
remarks on the subject of quackery in general :
The facilities for entering our profession are so !
great, that hundreds are induced into it who have j
neither mental, moral, nor physical ability to prac- !
Use the profession with any success. The country .
is tilled with doctors—yes, M. D.'s—graduates of >
our best colleges, manv of whom can never practise
with credit to themselves or with safety to their
patients. It is done in tins way :—Physicians are
anxious to have students in their offices, as well i
for the honor of the thing as for the service they
receive from them. The colleges are anxious to
swell the number of their respective classes, in
order that their salaries may swell in proportion. ]
They graduate as many as they can, 1 hat their next
catalogue may appear well, feeling under some j
obligations, no doubt, to such as have paid for one !
or two courses of lectures, remembering, at the
same time, that diplomas net them from fifteen to
thirty dollars each. These are some of the reasons
why the profession is so full, and why so many are
unqualified to become guardians of the public
health. The result is, that there arc more quacks
with diplomat thau there are without them.
Female Physicians of Turkey.—Dr. Smith, of
Boston, in writing from Constantinople, says:
• Besides practitioners in ample abundance, there
are female physicians in Constantinople, who enjoy
an enviable reputation for skill, and receive the
highest commendations, from the throne to the
mud hovel. Even Europeans, and residents from
the United States, place confidence in them, as
practitioners. They are called gillingfet women
—which means, as nearly its anything, cure-all
females. They are generally women filly years of
age and upwards—a suitable period for uncover
ing their faces—being the wives of Turks, and
ordinarily Turks by birth. Their medicines, as
far as I can ascert , are pretty much like the
New England diet drinks that were formerly pre
pared by all good mothers, in the vernal season,
for their families, whether sick or well. Whoever
makes inquiries, while staying in Constantinople,
will be told of awfully incredible cures by the
gillingeets. The fact is, they know nothing, and
while they are amusing the patient, nature sonic-
times gets the upper hand in spite of them, and a
miraculous cure follows.
Precisely so, Dr. Smith. If our regular male
doctors would restrict their medicines tq such
"diet drinks" as our "know-nothing" grand
mothers were wont to prescribe ; " nature would
get the upper hand" in Bpite of the doctors, much
oftener then she does in this country, under the
existing state of affairs. Give us "cure-all females,"
without diplomas, rather than kill-all males, with
diplomas.
The Latest Phase ok Huhbuggeky.—Some
6hrewd genius, presuming extensively on human
gullibility, has come out with a handbill, benevo
lently calling attention to, and kindly offering to
Bell, a new contrivance for relieving patients of the
evils that flesh is heir to, or of the root of nil evil
which infests their pockets, as the case may be.
The operation consists of " Dr. Badger's Medi
cated Apron," "Dr. Badger's Medicated Breast
Pieces," "Dr. Badger's Medicated Dorsal Sup
porters," and " Dr. Badger's Medicated Bandages."
The theory upon which they arc said to ope
rate is astonishingly beautiful. The apron affair,
worn across the abdomen, keeps the parts warm,
and prevents or cures cholera, dysentery, bowel
complaints, dyspepsia, constipation, Ac. The
breast pieces keep that part regulated in tem
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perature, and cure or prevent all sorts of con
sumptions. The dorsal supporters keep the back
well heated up, and so medicate all kinds of spinal
affections ; and the bandages, placed over against
all local aches and pains, doctor all neuralgic and
rheumatic affections.
Certainly a more silly and contemptible affair
was never presented to the mind of a reasonable
and reasoning man. But the author is no charla
tan; he intends only the public good; and, in fact,
he is pretty well backed up by the doctors who
pretend to have such a horror of all kinds of
Water-Cure quackery. The proprietor says;
" Belonging to the medical profession ourselves, tve
have too much respect for the otliee of a physician,
to ask his testimony to anything but demonstrable
good ; and the success we have met with, without
exception, to every medical man to whom we have
developed our plans and purposes, is a sufficient
guaranty of the excellence of the articles we offer
to the public."
We find, in a circular circulating in this city, the
names of twelve of our city physician*, who are
eminent in the profession, or at least doing a large
doctoring business, as endorsers of the great value
and efficacy of these humbug contrivances. One
of the certificates of these amiable doctors we copy
in full, as a specimen of the manner in which " the
profession" goes against quackery.
I have examined the Medicated Apron of Dr.
Badger, and cheerfully bear testimony to its excel
lence. It fulfills all the indications of a preventive
as well as of a curative. It retains the animal heat,
and resists the action of external atmospheric in
fluences. In the case of epidemic predisposition,
I consider its use of the highest importance, and
as answering a want felt by every medical man.
James M. Qns, M. D., 118 Ninth St.
New York, June 3, 1851.
Consider, reader, the marvelous wisdom of "re
taining the animal heat " in the bowels, a melt
ing August day, when one is actually panting for
breath ! A " chunk of ice" to the part, would be
just as sensible a prescription as a hot apron. But
greater and brighter yet is the next idea, or want
of idea, expressed by Dr. Quin : —" it resists the
action of external atmospheric influences." There
is learning for you. Probably the "external air"
acting right straight against the abdominal skin, is
the cause of bowel complaints! Who knows?
How is an individual man going to get into bed
and out again, these sultry nights and mornings,
without exposing his delicate ami susceptible limbs
to the atmospheric influence, unlesshehas on some
of the medicated aprons in the shape of long dresses!
The Anger-Cure Case.—We have seen an
explanation of the case alluded to in our last num
ber, as having been treated by Dr. Cleveland.
The doctor's language certainly implied all we im
puted ; and the doctrine is advanced, of treating
diseases by exciting "furious anger," which we en
tirely dissent from. But strict justice, which we are
ready to mete to friend or foe, requires that we
should exonerate Dr. C. from any moral miscon
duct in the affair. If Dr. C. will take our friendly-
advice, and give particulars hereafter, as we
Water-Cure doctors do, he will be more easily un
derstood. In the above case, which certainly in
volved a novel principle in therapeutics, there was
no occasion for withholding the explanatory facts.
COLIC OF INFANTS.
BY JOEL SHEW, sr. I).
A lady of Ohio, a water patient, having a
young infant afflicted with colic, wishes to know
the proper treatment to be pursued under such
circumstances. Before speaking of the methods
to be employed, I will remark that the diet the
mother used before the birth of the child was
not in all respects what it should have been, and
as an inevitable consequence of physical wrong
doing, the infant must suffer. She admits that she
used flesh meat, which I contend is always better
for those who are about to become mothers to
avoid. She also used salt fish and tea and coffee.
Now a female, if under such circumstances she
partake of such articles—and such is the practice
in this country generally—will find that in forty-
nine cases out of every fifty the infant will be
troubled with colic soon after its birth, if not with
some still more formidable malady.
It then often happens—ami in some cases, per
haps, do what we may it must—that young in
fants suffer severely with colic, or colicky pains in
the stomach and bowels. In the case referred to
the child is only eight days old—the first the
mother has had—and it has had the colic since the
third day. And, as is common on such occasions,
it has been dosed in the old fashioned way, which
has only made it the worse. Catnip tea, paregor
ic, castor oil, etc., may help a little at the time,
but depend upon it they inevitably do harm to
the child in the end; make it more liable to the
same kind of attacks they are given to cure, and
not unfrequently bring on ailments of much more
formidable and dangerous character.
But what means are we to take in these cases t
First, as to what the mother should not do, and
second, as to what she should do.
She should not set at once to dosing the delicate
stomach of the infant, a thing of almost universal
custom.
She should not nurse it or feed it every few
minutes with the hope of quieting it, but have
some regard to regularity and the laws of diges
tion.
She should not feed it at all with anything
except her own milk ; but if she cannot herself
nurse it, and has no one else to supply her place,
she should feed it upon good cow's milk, with the
addition of one fourth or sixth part pure soft
water, but without sugar or any other addition
whatever.
She should not dress it either too warmly or
too coldly, nor should it have any bandage or
roller about the abdomen, Bince this always neces
sarily tends to debility of the viscera, and conse
quently to induce colic as well as other ailments
of the stomach and alimentary canal.
She should not eat and drink all manner of
unhealthful articles, thinking that these do not as
much affect the child as her own self. The health
of the child depends upon that of the mother, and
without healthy food good health is impossible.
She should not allow the child to remain half of
the time wet, as is often the case, from the misery
discharges, a most uncleanly practice, and one
which often gives the child a cold that ends in
colic, when with proper observance of cleanliness
it would not at all suffer in this respect

As to the immediate treatment in a case of colic,
we use—
1. The tepid injection of pure soft water. This
is one of the best means. Have a good syringe ;
use it carefully, 60 as to do no violence to the ten
der parts to which it is applied ; use the water
very freely as to quantity, and often complete and
perfect relief will be the immediate result. But
do not allow yourself to go on carelessly in your
own or the child's diet, thinking that you always
have at hand a remedy so quick and salutary in
its action as the tepid water injection. Good as
the remedy may be, it is yet always in some sense
an unnatural one, and should be avoided when it
is possible to do so, that is, the occasion for it
But when there is need, use it faithfully, two,
three, or twenty times in a day, as the case may
need.
2. Use the wet girdle constantly. Have it at
least two thicknesses wet about the child's body,
and one or two of dry, according to the season.
Change it every two or three hours at farthest,
and oftener if necessary. It should generally be
wrung pretty well, that is, not left too wet It
should always be managed so as not to allow the
child's body to become either too warm or too cold.
But more is to be feared from heat than cold as a
general thing. The wet girdle is one of the beet
possible means for invigorating the stomach and
bowels, and as a consequence, of preventing colic
and all other ailments of the abdominal viscera,
that can be resorted to.
3. We also give often the packing wet sheet in
these cases. The child is wrapped up in a wet
towel, for example, which acts by its warmth and
moisture like a poultice. It lulls pain, and brings
down heat and imflammation, and may be repeat
ed as often and as continuously as the case may
require.
4. The prolonged half or shallow bath is also
an invaluable means in these cases. We use the
water generally at from 70 to 80 degrees F. for
the young infant. 1 have always regarded that
people generally, as well as practitioners, are too
much in the habit of using very cold water for
young children. I have never had any difficulty
in cooling them as much as necessary with water
at from 70 to 80 degrees F. Why then need we
use water very cold while milder means arc all-
sufficient f We put a small quantity of water in
a small wooden or other tub. Two or three
inches deep is sufficient. We then wash the child
well for one, two, or twenty minutes, in it, usirg,
at the same time, a proper degree of friction, and
so continue till the arm pita are cool. With a
cup, or other vessel, we pour water upon the head
at fie sa:ne time of the bath. Then the child is
made dry and warm, the wft girdle being put
about it, however, before dressiug.
5. If we can get the child to drink a little warm
water, so as to induce vomiting, it is well to do so.
With adults we can insist upon this, and water
vomiting is one of the most efficacious of all reme
dies for colic. Infants vomit easier than adults,
so that often a very little suffices. Sometimes, too,
they vomit'without water, and so get relief in a
natural way. But the mother need not worry
herself if she should fail in getting the stomach to
act in this way. The other means are sufficient
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Thus, then, it will appear that we have a great exception: a large calomel or fever sore, just
variety of remedial means, in the water-treatment, which you please to call it, broke out on her right
for colic of infants. Good judgment, patience, ankle. It will be impossible to describe the suffer
and perseverance, are of course needed here as ing and misery it produced—suffice it to say, it
elsewhere, in the management of young children. was one of the worst kind—always painful and
And in conclusion let me urge a word of advice offensive. After doctoring it for about n ine years,
upon mothers, who are certainly, as much as any during which time, one year, it was strapped from
of us, interested in this subject. Let them endea the foot to her knee every other day—another sea
vor constant!}' and diligently themselves to obey son she took thirty dollars worth (cost that, 'twant
those laws which are necessary to be obeyed, in worth it) of sarsaparilla syrup ! Eight or ten
order to insure them the best possible degree of different doctors tried to cure, it and failed. For
health; and if, notwithstanding all that they may about two years after, she gave up all hopes of heal
do, they yet find their infants troubled with the ing it, aud desired it might be amputated to relieve
ailment of which I have been speaking, let them the pain.
not resort at once to catnip tea, magnesia, pare Last fall her husbaud persuaded her to try
goric, or any other multiform compounds, which water. She bathed all over twice a day, and
are forced down the stomachs of the young, always wrapped the limb in n wet bandage every night,
to their injury ; but let them resort faithfully and and wore a dry one through the day—she ate very
persevering!}- to that best, and most abundant of little meat, and abstained from tea and coffee—the
all remedies which God has given to man, pure consequence was that it is entirely healed, and she
water. thinks permanently. The skins looks red yet, and
shows the marks of the bandage, otherwise it
would be as among the things that were but are
DRIPPINGS FROM A WET-SHEET. not. The pain ceased after the first two weeks.
BY A. B. A. So much for taking the Water-Curc Journal.
Could the thousand young women that are now
killing themselves with splints, whalebones, and
tight dresses, receive a dash of Physiology from DOMESTIC PRACTICE OF HYDROPATHY.
the bucket of Truth, which draws Life aud Health BY AS EX-DRUGGIST.
from Art/wre's Fountains, as relating simply to the One evening in February, ] 850, my wife called
circulation of the blood; could 1 hey but know me out of the drug store, to sec my little boy, of
that the heart drives the blood to the lungs, for four years old, who seemed to have a great deal of
the express purpose of purifying, by coming in difficulty with his breathing. I found him with
contact with the common air —retaining the oxy quite a fever, complaining much of his throat, Ac,
gon, and throwing off the poisonous gas; could and although he could occasionally succeed in
they but realize that air, pure air, will purify the dropping off into a doze, the difficulty of breathing
blood faster and decidedly better than all the drug would immediately rouse him up ; in short, it was
physic that the stomach could digest ; could they a bad ease of croup. Instead of going down stairs
know that it is impossible to inhale a sufficient and pouring out a dose of hive syrup, as would
quantity of fresh air with a tight dress on; could have been my course three years before, I deter
they be made to know that 'tis whalebones and mined to try what virtue there was in water, so I
tight dresses that give them cold feet—a slight brought up a pailful fresh from the cistern, and
cold—or a severe cough ; that they will not " fall wetting a sheet thoroughly in it, wrapped it about
to pieces" if they do not wear them, or that people him, and laid him on the sofa, then covered him
(sensible people,) thought less of them for so doing, up with a goodly quantity of comfortables. After
methinks they would, with one desperate effort, keeping him in that condition between one and
burst off the hooks and eyes, break the splints, and two hours, I took him out, and gave him a rubbing
rip the seams, in trying to inflate their lungs to sheet, and then put him to bed, where he rested
their utmost capacity. as comfortable as need be. I gave him another
Could they be ii.dueed to try on the short skirt rubbing sheet in the morning, and kept him in the
ed dress ; have one just to do work in or to walk house two or three days, with a wet bandage about
in ; that they might see the convenience in going his throat, aud that was the last of his croup.
up and down stairs, in walking in mud, dust or This spring my four children have all had a try
dew, the economy in labor and expense, and the at the scarlet fever, or the scarlet fever has had a
good appearance they would make, and the inde try at them. Several children in the neighborhood
pendence it gives character, not to be tied to the died under drug treatment, but mine could not be
apron string of foolish fashion, they would ele kept in the house enough to have it thoroughly—
vate their condition, improve their health, and re my wife having a notion that fresh air wus good
spect themselves more, and be considered wiser in in Biich cases—so we would give them a rubbing
the eyes of all. sheet and send them out to play it off, and it suc
I will now give you a little home treatment in ceeded admirably. Only my oldest, n girl of eight
Water-Curc :— vears, seemed to have any trouble about getting
WATER VS. CALOMEL. along, and she was only kept in the house three or
Mrs. P , a lady about 34 years of age, arid a four days,—the others hardly missed playing out of
resident of this place, about twelve years ago was doors a single day. About one week after my boy
attacked with a fever. She had the best of Allo was first taken with it, and while still covered
pathic treatment, and after surviving a long and completely with the 6carlet rash, he was walking
painful illness, was so far recovered as to be able in the street with me, when I called the attention
to get about and enjoy very good health, with this of an Allopath to his looks ; he immediately ad
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vised my returning home with him, as the high
wind then blowing was exceedingly bad for him,
but knowing that he had no calomel in his system
to be affected by the wind, I passed it by, and as
yet, about a month, I have seen no ill effects, so
conclude the doctor was under a mistake.
NEURALGIA, OR CRAMPS IN THE
STOMACH.
BY E. U P.
About fourteen years ago I strained my stomach,
since which time I have suffered most excruciating
pains, not only in my stomach, although always
most severe when in that organ, but in various
parts of the system, which the doctor called Neu
ralgia. During seven years, I tried at least fifty
different kinds of medicine. Some of the time I
enjoyed comfortable health, but, for the most part
have been far from well. I found by experience,
that anything taken in the stomach during the
paroxysms, prolonged the sufferings, and used out
ward applications, such as mustard seed, or steam
ing, with much better effect. About seven years
ago, I lost all confidence in physicians, attended a
course of physiological lectures, bought a work on
Physiology, and quit the use of tea. Coffee I
had abandoned two years before. I used no drink
but cold water, commenced a regular course of
bathing, with much attention to diet* In a few
weeks I was very sensible of improvement But
I have since, at various limes, had very severe
turns by taxing the nervous system beyond her
power of endurance, or by sudden changes of
weather. I have tried water in almost every form,
many times with decidedly bad effect, but my faith
in the precious element was by no means dimin
ished, but my want of knowledge to use it right
was all I needed. I have read several books to
inform myself, and among them the Water-Cure
Journal. About a year since, I had an attack in
my stomach. I immediately placed my feet in hot
water, for they were extremely cold, and applied
a folded towel, wet with cold water, to my
stomach, which gave nie almost immediate relief.
I have tried it three times with like results, but
have not had occasion to test its efficacy for nearly
a year. I think I was never free from attacks,
previous to the use of water, more than three
months at a time. My general health is better. I
practise daily bathing, and hope yet to be well.
The Hydropathic Encyclopedia, a completo sys
tem of Hydropathy and Hygiene, in eight parts,
designed as a Guide to Families and Students, and
a Text-Book for Physicians, with numerous illus
trations. By R. T. Trall, M. D. New York:
Fowlers & Wells, publishers.
The First and Second numbers of this great work
have already been published. Succeeding numbers
will be issued as rapidly as possible. Tho engravings
with which it is to be most profusely illustrated, are
nearly completed. The Anatomy and Physiology of
every part of the human body will be dissected, and
laid open to full view, by means of these several hun
dred engravings. In his introduction, the author
says—
Before the prevailing medical practice can be re-
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
volutionizcd, and a system introduced nt variance with
established usages ; in direct antagonism with the
general habits, customs, education, and prejudices of
the people ; in utter contempt of the teachings and
practices of great and venerable names, and opposed
to the pride, interest, reputation, and even conscien
tious convictions of a learned, honorable, and influen
tial profession— the intelligent portion of the commu
nity will demand reasons the most profound and evi
dences tho most conclusive, while the illiterate will
require an accumulation of facta and details ab^'lutoly
overwhelming.
" The philosophy of life and health, the laws of tho
human organism, and its relations to surrounding na
ture, have been, in my judgment, already sufficiently
demonstrated to satisfy the intellectual mind of tho
former class, and their application to the preservation
of health and euro of disease amply demonstrated by
actual experiment for the exercise of the faith of the
latter class. All that seems necessary now, in order
to achieve that great reform in human society, which
shall restore to the individuals who compose it " sound
minds in sound bodies,"1 and that exalted state of hap
piness which human nature is susceptible of, even in
this world, is to commend these ^reat truths to the
thoughts and feelings of human beings, in such a man
ner that they shall be exemplified in their lives."
[This most comprehensive work will doubtless find
its way into the hands of every family, especially those
who would acquaint themselves with the theory and
practice oF Water-Cure. Prico for tho complete
work only $2, or 25 cents a number—wiailahlc.
JHisnUatnj.
Oijr New Fashion Plates-—Until quite recently,
we had no thought of attempting to compete with the
large, high-priced, fashionable magazines, in the de
partment of " Ladies* Costumes ;" hut wc are now
after them, and if they do not " clear the track," we
shall soon " run them down." With our first attempt
at " illustration," we are not entirely satisfied ; but it
is so vastly superior, and contrasts so favorably with
the long mopping or sweeping-gown, that we do not
hesitate to present both views together.
We like the open-bottomed pants better than those
confined at the ankle ; we think them more convenient
and better-looking.
The dress of number two, in tho plate, with the ex
ception of the pants, for a summer dress, meets our
views very nearly. Wc shall, in future numbers, pre
sent other styles, which will aid every one in selecting
a costumo most becoming. We would not have all
dress alike. No matter how great the diversity, so
long as health, taste, economy, convenience, and ap
propriateness, arc considered. All whalebone and
tight lacing should be religiously avoided. Moke
anon.
DR. QUOGGS TO DR. NOGGS.
Admirable Go$ti}*per—We must hold up a little,
or ourallopathic brethren will go " raving distracted."
Goodness knows they are mischievous enough, but
" cruelty to animals" I was always opposed to. I
say, therefore, so long as it is a fixing fact that they
must be "drowned out," let us kill them off at least
as tenderly as they do their patients. Their " big
bug8"here in Gotham, finding they couldn't frighten
or reason the water-cure out of people's heads, have lication, is a specimen of private commendatory let
employed the " small fry" to blackguard it all away. ters constantly being received at this office from per
Probably this policy will work better, and then again, sons of all professions and occupations :—
probably it won't. I'll tell thee how the idea was dis
covered.
There was once a great law-suit between two neigh from expressing to you my appreciation of the great
bors about the title of a farm. The plaintiff substan work in which you are engaged. My conscience would
tiated by any amount of evidence that he had tho best reprove mo were I longer to withhold my hearty ap
claim ; and then the defendant rebutted by " all sorts
of swearing," that he owned all the title there ever
was, or ever could be. Now, tho wholo testimony,
taken together, was of such a " curious nature," that
the "party of the second part" knew it was an ill
wind for him ; whereupon, seeing he couldn't get his
case, he determined to have his revenge ; so he gave
one pettifogger five dollars to make as good a speech
as tho case admitted of, and gave another pettifogger,
who had some talent for slang, five dollars to black
guard the plaintiff and the opposing counsel.
Thee will apprehend the application at half a
glance. Our medical ** upper tendoms," on discover
ing that all decent opposition was useless in checking
the ravages on their business made by the " cold
water army," changed tact ics, and got up a paper they
cull the Medical Gazette, devoted exclusively to " cut-
ting away" at everything except genuine cod-liver
oil allopathy. This paper is, body and soul, in keep
ing with its dedication. It is the dirtiest sheet , exter
nally, that 1 know of, and the smuttiest in its lan
guage and sentiments of any periodical in the country.
If a person were to see the dingy, cadaverous-looking
Medical Gazette, by the side of tho fair, clear, hand
some, healthy-looking Water-Cure Journal, he would
know instinctively which told the truth, and which
lied.
This Gazette is said to be edited by a eweumstaneo
called David Meredith Reese, M. D., LL. IX, and
various other D"s, for aught I know to the contrary.
Whether it is a "real erittur," or a name given to
show off under, like the " woolly horse" exhibition
here, not long ago, J can't say. Be this as it may, he
can blackguard like a tornado. Me blackguards all the
homoeopathic schools, and all the homoeopathic papers
and book.*, and calls all the homoeopathio doctors
knaves or fools ; and he waxes particularly mighty in
letting out on hydropathic doctors, and hydropathic
publishers, and hydropathic books and papers, not
even forgetting to slang hydropathic patients. Some
times the fellow runs off the track—mayhap, he is
sometimes left without the conductor—and black
guards away lustily at his own owners, and calls half
of the allopathies the worst kind of quacks. As a
specimen of his ability to ftl full the position he occu
pies, and for thy amusement, I quote the following
notice of the Hydropathic Encyclopedia, now being
published :—
" The author was ono of the earliest victims of the
water disease, (hydropathy.) and may now be con
sidered an inveterate case, and classed among the in
curables in the out-door asylum for the monomaniacs,
which promises to become as * big as all out doors,' if
it would shelter all tho multiplying victims of medical
delusion, whose name is legion."
The "fellow has hit a great deal nearer the truth
than he meant to; for the "promise" that hy
dropathy will prevail till it takes " all out doors" to
contain it, is being realized pretty considerably fast.
Has thee heard anything conclusive from the great
" Medical Convention V 1 can't learn as they have
done anything particularly astonishing, except ap
point committees, and eat dinners. In conclusion,
my very dear Doctor Noggs, let me admonish thee
not to be too severe on our allopathic brethren. The
old and good maxim is, " help such as need help, and
be kind." Kill 'em kindly, I Buy. Thine, as ever,
Quooos.
PUBLIC APPRECIATION.
The following communication, cot written for pub-
Buffalo, June 10, 1851.
Messes. Fowlers and Wells—I cannot refrain
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proval, and sincere gratification, in view of your ex- j
cellent labors in behalf of several of the most im
portant reforms of the day. Permit me to say, that 1
firmly believe the publications issuing from your
establishment are accomplishing more in the eleva
tion of man than the issues from any other press in
the New World. This is the deliberate conclusion of
many years' observation.
Your publications upon phrenology have already
resulted in vast good, and yet are but just beginning
to exhibit their influence. Every bouse has its
phrenological works, gotten up in your interesting,
simple style, which are exerting upon each member of
the family an imperceptible but inevitable influence.
Much as I prize your labors in other departments of
human reforms, I have long regarded phrenology as
your greatest work.
I did not intend to particularize the various features
of your commendable efforts, and shall only speak of
one more at this time— I refer to your Water-Cure
Journal. I like this paper exceedingly, for several
reasons. And first, beginning with the feature of vast
importance, it is published in better style than any
other cheap paper in the country. Second, it is stript
of all technicalities and flourish. As in all your other
publications, so in this, everything is said in direct,
beautiful simplicity. Third, the spirit of the Journal
is catholic. It is not like most medical journals, full
of denunciations and excommunications. 1 particu
larly like it for this. And lastly, though you must
not whisper it in the ears ofmy homoeopathic brethren,
1 have for years looked upon the water-cure system as
a special god-send, not second in importance to any
agency now operating in the field of medical reform.
And yet, for more reasons than one, 1 shall continue
in the practice and especial advocacy of the homoeo
pathic system of medicine. These I may communi
cate at a future time. Truly, yours,
The Providence Physiological Society.—[By
request, Mrs. P. W. Davis has furnished us with the
following for publication in the Water-Cure Journal.
We would again express the hope, that similar socie
ties may be formed in every city and village in our
country. Great good would arise therefrom ]
Pardon me for so long neglecting to answer your
inquiries with regard to our Physiologioal Society. 1
could fill this sheet with the why's ; but I am sure, in
your benevolence, you will not demand them, now
that I am seated, ready to give you the desired infor
mation.
The Providence Physiological Society was organized
in January, 1850. Soon after tho closo of a long
course of free lectures, given by myself in ihe City
Mission Chapel, I think about fifty ladies gave their
names as members, and were present at the time of
the adoption of the constitution, which, you will ob
serve, is open for men as woll as women. During the
first eight months the meetings were held semi
monthly—the first meeting of the month being a leo-
ture, the last a social meeting. A steadily increasing
interest seemed to demand more frequent lectures, and
in September a resolution was passed to have a course
of lectures given before the society, holding them
weekly during the autumn and winter months. The
lectures were accordingly oommenced in the Sabbath
School-Room of the Universalist Church, Westmin
ster street. Six lectures were given there, when,
from the increased attendance and interest manifested,
it was thought advisable to procure a permanent hall
for the meetings and the property of the society,
which, though very inconsiderable, is a beginning of
something greater.
The library numbers nearly or quite one hundred
well-selected volumes, with a neat book-case. We
have also had the use of a fine French model, a set
of Endioott's life-size engravings, with models of the
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eye, bronchial tubes, skeleton, &c. Dr. Preston, one cloth, and give it for a " Bugar teat." This acts like
of our first physicians, who has lectured to ua severala charm, and the child " shuts up " inttanter. When
times, with very great acceptance, also presented ice or snow cannot be procured, rags wet in cold water,
several fine engravings of the vocal organs, and some if frequently changed, will answer. This answers for
other articles useful to students. Savcral othor physi a local treatment, but if the mother is not too indolent,
cians have presented books to our library. an occasional pack, followed by a brisk wash-down
The society now numbers nearly or quite two hun and friction, will be found invaluable to equalize the
dred members. Since its organization, lectures have circulation.
been given by Miss II. K. Hunt, M. D., of Boston, Fragment Second.—Snuffing water up the nose is
whose philanthropic labors in the diffusion of knowl excellent for a cold in head, or catarrh, but some com-
edge, for the last two years, have not been unappre lain that the effort causes an intense pain. This
ciated. Her lectures are of a highly practical, com is owing to the manner of drawing in the water. Yon
mon-sense character—her si gle aim being use to the should not get Ihe water into your head solely by suc
greatest number: they are rot cumbered with un tion, because by so doing, you sometimes get in air
necessary ornament or technicalities. and water together, and thereby give the nervo too
Mrs. Mary Ann Johnson has given us several ex severe a shock. This is caused by your putting forth
ceedingly interesting lectures, of a thoroughly scien an amount of effort which is requisite to draw in water,
tific character, and calci-latcd to be very useful to and happening, just at that moment, to get nothing
those who have already made some advancement in but air. A sagacious old member of the Vermont
study. She has thought and written both for the Legislature declined answering the frothy speech of a
learned and unlearned. young upstart, " because it always wrenched him ter
Miss Martha Mowry, M. D., of our city, has also ribly to kick ot nothing." My mode of drawing in
lectured, with very great acceptance, several times. water is this :—Put nearly a tea-spoonful of water in
Her lectures are thoroughly scientific ; indeed, in the hollow of the hand, place it at the nose, then
anatomy, I have rarely heard any one equally minute, quickly throwing tho head back, so as to bring the
clear, and satisfactory. nostrils into a horizontal position, or a " lcetle more
Dr. McKnight lectured on the Principles of Homoeo so," at tho instant (while throwing back the head)
pathy. Much interest was taken in the subject of the draw in the breath gently, and the deed is done and no
lecture. bones broken.
Dr. Broadbont gave a very sensible and well-arranged Fragment Third.—Another excellent mode (and
lecture on Phrenology. I have myself lectured on both should be used in each case) for the same com
various subjects, as necessity demanded, after my own plaint, is the wet compress. Fit it to your countenance
rap-random fashion. Several other physicians have when you go to bed— hydro's is the don't "retire to
promised to aid us in our laudable plan of disseminat rest " as olio's do—cover them with sufficient dry flan
ing a knowledge of the laws that govern life and nel to keep tho temperature agreeable. Leave a breath
health. Since the physicians have lectured to us, a ing hole—you wouldn't smother yourself to death,
few gentlemen have ventured in to listen. Some were would you, if I had forgotten to tell you 1 When you
a little disturbed at their appearance among us, and get up in the morning, don't forget to wash your
doubted the propriety of their presence, but the face, and imagine yourself all face, as did the nude
strength of the society was on the side of liberality. Scythian.
It was rather amusing to hear the mooted question Fragment Fourth.—This fragment shall be in the
among women. It might have been put somewhat in style of narrative. Some months since, 1 was attack
this form : Shall we suffer our lords, who exclude us ed with a severe pain in one ear—it was evident that
from their scientific and literary institutions, their de
a " gathering in tho head " was at hand—the only re
bating clubs, bowling saloons, &c, to come here and lief I could obtain was by a constant supply of cold
gain instruction of the most useful character 1 They water in the ear, whioh I accomplished as follows :—
came ; that is our answer. Yours, very truly, I fixed a stool near the head of my bed, and having
P. W. D. placed a pillow on it for my head, I made a small hole
The following resolutions were passed by the Provi- near the bottom of a tin vessel full of water, drew a
dence Physiological Society, on the occasion of string through the hole, and having placed the vessel
presenting Mrs. M. A. W. Johnson with a beautiful a little higher than the pillow, and having wet the
volume of Bryant's Poems, as a token of regard from string so that it would oonduct the water, I put one
its members :— end into my ear. By this simple contrivanoe, I was
Resolved, That we have listened to the lectures supplied with a very small stream of water, and imme
given by Mrs. Johnson, on the subject of Anatomy diately went to sleep, and slept until the water stopped
and Physiology with deep interest, and that we con ooming into my ear, when, by loosening the string, it
sider her instructions on the nature of the different started again, and I slept with but little interruption
\ organs, their functions, diseases, &c, as invaluable, till morning. I beard no more from tho " gathering "
having been presented in a lucid, dignified, and for a week, when by carelessly exposing myself, I took
thoughtful manner, for which she has our gratitude cold. The gathering now commenced in earnest. By
and most cordial Bympatby. the same application, I was very much relieved from
Resolved, That Mrs. Johnson's lectures take high pain, but by not being sufficiently prompt at the com
rank as scientific productions, and indicate a mind in mencement of the seoond attack, I was unable to pre
vent suppuration. The next fragment I received from
the praotice of rigid investigation, and careful, patient
thought. second hand.
Resolved, That, as she goes from us, we recommend Fragment Fifth.—Conversing one day on the sub
her to the publio as one who fully understands her ject of Water-Cure, as I am wont to do, an individual
mission, and a woman every way worthy of the pa remarked that he onoo experienced great relief from
tronage of the public. an application of the wet-sheet. " No doubt," said
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be pre I, expecting, of courso, to boar of some remarkable
sented to Mrs. Johnson, signed by the president and cure, the like of which I had often seen and heard of
seoretory. Rebecca M. C. Capron, President, before. " I was traveling," he continued, " in one of
Mary Eddy, Secretary. tho Western States, and happened to Btop nt a house
that was infested with fleas. During the evening,
some one remarked that those vermin would not come
Fragments, gathered up during five years reading where thore was water. After going to bed, I found it
of the Watcr-Cure Journal. By H. A. French. impossible to sleep, and after ohangingfrom bed to the
Fragment First.—When a child worries in cutting floor, and finding no relief, it occurred to mo about
teeth, tie up snow or pulverised ice in ootton or linen midnight, that water might be applied in such a way
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as to exclude my tormentors. As my father had made butions taken, all with a view of evangelizing the be tion1 Second—If it is a departure from the simplicity
n great deal of use of the wet sheet for rheumatism, nighted regions of the earth. We wish all such enter of the system of Priessnitz, is it because the constitu
and had not been killed thereby, but, on the contrary, prises for the amelioration of the condition of mankind tional habits of the Americans require it, or is it an
much benefited, it was of course bereft of its terrors. God speed; but we cannot, nor do wo wish to, be improvement upon Priessnitz, even for tho German
Accordingly I took one of the sheets and went to the blind to the evils thnt exist in our own land. constitutions 1 If neither of the foregoing considera-
rain water cask and wet it—went up stairs—and We art* truly a doctor-ridden community. Next to • tions solve the question, then— Third— If it is the
having denuded myself, wrnpped up and laid my bones our religious teachers, our medical practitioners exert legitimate application of the general law, may we look
away till morning, when I awoke from a most refresh a greater influence upon our country than any class for still fin t her improvements 1
ing sleep." Such a course would not be prejudicial in a among us. They hold in their hands our health, our No doubt the cold water applications are adapted to
warm night, nor in a cold one, if properly enveloped. physical prosperity, and our very lives, and too often the condition of many patients in the treatment of
nil these are made the subject of mere experiment. It chronic diseases, and especially many acute diseases ;
also hot applications ure frequently used. But a due
Woman's Diikss.—Now I hat this subject is under is strange that, in this land of intellectual greatness,
discrimination in all this matter is a weighty tax upon
discussion by the women, the papers, and the "rest people will submit longer to be the slaves of an atro
the best skill of the best physician. The system is
of mankind," wo give place in the present number to cious custom, will suffer themselves to be drugged to
any extent, will see their constitutions broken down, doubtless far more complex than was at first supposed,
the opinions of several very sensible writers. or than the community in general are even yet pre-
We regard this matter of vastly more importance their health impaired, and their friends consigned to
; pared to understand.
than would be supposed by a merely superficial ob atopremature grave, without once exerting themselves
stay the wholesale slaughter. We need not look Perhaps the departures from the original cold water
server. It embraces not only the comfort, health and abroad ■ treatment are as limited as my own observation ; if so,
happiness of " grown-up women,*' but makes its work beam is for errors against which to do battle, while a
I shall be happy to stand corrected. C.
on unborn generations. Looking at this subject in a tion, while the own
in our eye, nor for objects of commisera
physiological point of view, its magnitude is almost as one county is cursedarewitli
Greeks at our very doors. So long
six hundred drug-pre
unequaled by any other interest of civilized society. scribing, health-impairing, disease-engendering, life- Quinsy and Fever Cured by Water.—On
The loss of time now bestowed on the manufacture destroying doctors, we have work enough at home. the 27th of July, 1850, Mr. Upton Rohrcr, a sub-
of dresses, and in the putting on, are of small moment ( stantial farmer of this county, while riding to tho
when compared with the deleterious effect produced by - county town, became so sick that he was compelled to
wearing them as now. Fashionable women seem to Are Developments in Water-CVke Progress • stop a short distance from the place, at the residence
take pride in rendering themselves *' delicate," soft, ive ?—I should like to have some of your professional '< of Dr. II. Smith, and take to his bed. Dr. S., who is
and white. This, when carried out, produces all man correspondents account for the innovations which they • one of tho most eminent of the "old school," pro-
ner of evil. Effeminacy, nervousness, debility, help are constantly making upon the system of Puiessmt/, : nounccd the case a serious one, as tho diagnosis indi-
lessness, sickness, and premature death, are the legiti or show that tltere is no innovation in the matter, but | cated quinsy in an aggravated form, attended with
mate consequences of excessive fashion. only a progressive development and perfection of that ; decided febrile symptoms and general bilious derange-
The equality of the sexes has been a subject of con system. I sty professional correspondents, for although : ment, and, of course, earnestly recommended a
troversy with male and female politicians since the I took the regular courses in a college of Allopathists, ■; *' course'" of what is usually termed medit inc ; but, as
formation of civilized society. Now we believe it is some dozen years ago, and have been six years con , the " old horse" still forms its principal ingredient, it
generally conceded that woman is morally superior to nected with a water-cure establishment, I have never J is more properly poisoning ! Happening to be at Dr.
man, while physically and intellectually she is far professionally prescribed treatment in either cure. In ( S.'s myself, I took the liberty, although " one of the
from enjoying equality ; yet the causes of iheso differ the former school, 1 studied materia medica, more for 1 laity," to protest against the barbarous course pro-
ences ure visible, and may easily be traced, and to a the purpose of giving drugs an intelligible letting \ posed, and suggested, to the infinite amusement of the
much greater extent equalized. alone, than for the hazardous practice of administra '. medical and reverend gentlemen present, that I would
Before woman shall participate more largely in all tion of them. In the latter school, I have preferred \ engage to cure the disease, with water alone, in half
the intellectual and physical pleasures and interests the position of an auxiliary or sort of engineer to tho ■ an hour ! For the '* fun of the thing," I suppose, I
now enjoyed alone by man, she must put herself in the responsibilit ies of a physician. | was permitted to try the experiment.
right relations with the natural laws for a more per Now for the facts to which I refer. Six years ago, Having removed the patient to my own residence—
fect physical development. She must encourage the when I connected myself with a Water-Cure establish I half a mile—I succeeded in getting him, with his
development of her body by physical exercise, instead ment, the idea was cold water-cure. Pew patients i manifest misgivings, into my shower-bath, when I
of retarding it by tight dresses, confinement in-doors, were satisfied with a sitz bath or a foot bath, unless ** administered" a liberal dose of the blessed element
bad air, and other debilitating causes. She must they were surrounded with as much ice as could be in in the shape of a cold shower. Having thoroughly
abandon all fashions incompatible with health, and troduced into the bath-tub—now, the majority of pa ] rubbed his body, and packed him on a mattress, I
adopt those only which favor the object desired. tients must have water of tho ordinary summer tem | bathed his head, face, and throat, w ith cold water,
When woman mingles more with man in all the du perature, raised by tho introduction of heated water > and gave him water to drink freely. Soon the deluge
ties of life, he will imbibe those moral and spiritual to 70 or even 80 dog. Then, a plunge, or a douche, J of sweat poured down, carrying with it swellings,
elements so common with her, and so necessary for would not come up to tho idea of the times, unless tho ' fever, quinsy, and all !—and, nftcr a sweet, refreshing
his highest and holiest enjoyments. Thus will the water came from tho deepest wells, or from the coldest { nap, the threatened patient arose entirely cured,
good influence of each sex operate favorably on the mountain springs—a half bath, also, must be from the 1 mounted his horse, and proceeded boms, as usual,
other, until both shall regard the other in all respects coldest fountain. Now, a pipe must lead from a pres ? about his farming avocations, to the no small wouder-
a.s their counterpart. sure boiler to every half bath tub, so as to elevate the \ ment of orthodoxy.
To effect these objects, we advocate woman's right temperature to meet the various prescriptions given to The worthy doctor, seeing how the victim had,
to improve her body and mind, and to adopt whatever each patient. t " mirabiie dictut" escaped the treatment, and that,
style of dress may be most conducive thereto. I have seen patients, during the infancy of the treat ; too, without the loss of life or limb, frankly declared
ment in this country, stand under a heavy cold douche, ) that he had to " cave in," and lo ! I send you a club
Six Hundred Doctors.—At a meet ing of the Penn at a temperature of 4ti deg., S, 10 and 12 minutes, J of twenty, with his name in the list, for an introduc-
sylvania State Medical Society, held in Philadelphia and persevering under such treatment for six months : tion of your valuable Water-Cure Journal into this
in May last, Dr. Hays, from a committee on the sub and sometimes a year, cure the most important cases j medical-ridden community, where, I trust, it will
ject, presented a report from Philadelphia, giving the ; of chronic rheumatism of 20 years standing. I have ; prove but the harbinger of the common-sense era of
following statement of the number of physicians in the seen an Allopathic physician, of great eminence, tako ■ Nature, Atr, and Water. C. F. H.
city aud county :—Regular physicians, 397 ; homoeo such douche baths every day, together with a power
pathic, 42 ; hydropathic, 2 ; Thompsonian, 50 ; ad ful horizontal douche or hose bath, aud the various
vertising doctors, 32 ; druggist physicians, 37 ; non other parts of the treatment, with apparently decided j Insanity.—We have received a copy of the " Pro-
descripts, 42. Total, 532. It is further stated, that j good effects—and more recently I have seen a hose | ceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of Medical Sn-
there are probably some omissions which would raise bath, leading from a powerful pressure boiler, applied { perintendents of American Institutions for the Insane."
the total to 600. 1 with great intensity to similar cases, the water raised | This Association was convened at the Hall of the
Six hundred doctors in one county, and that, too, \ to a temperature of 105 deg , the application continued j American Philosophical Society of the city of Phila-
amid a population, in point of goneral intelligence, for 30 minutes, aud followed with almost immediate j delphia, on the 19th day of May, 1851. A respectable
second to none in our laud. We often hear of the and surprising beneficial results. I number of professional gentlemen, connected with the
priest-ridden countries of the old world, and the sym i Now, the inquiries I wish to present to your corre- \ principal institutions for the insane, were present.
pathies of the benevolent portion of commuuity are . spondents, or some of them, are—First—la this varia- I Various resolutions relating to the location, erection,
immediately awakened in their behalf. Meetings are ; tion from the cold water system as practised by Priess- j and management of insane asylums, were offered, and
held, addresses made, sermons preached, and contri niti, agreeable to the general law, or is it an innova ] many valuable suggestions, applicable to every class
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of people, were made by these gentlemen. The fol-
lowing are in point :—
"No apartments should ever be provided for the
confinement of patients, or as their lodging rooms,
that are not eutirely above ground.
*' No class of rooms should ever be constructed
without some kind of window in eaeh, communicating
directly with the external atmosphere.
" No chamber for the use of a single patient should
ever be less than eight by ten feet, nor should the
ceiling of any story occupied by patients be less than
twelve feet in height."
" A complcto system of forced ventilation, in con
nection with the heating, is indispensable to give purity
to the air of a hospital for the insane, and no expense
that is required to effect this object thoroughly, can
be deemed either misplaced or injudicious."
It would give us pleasure to publish entire those
proceedings, but a pressure of matter prevents. Suc
cess to all good efforts in this humane direction.
LINES ON HYDROPATHY-
BY P. L. B.
The silver streamlet springing from the ground.
The rain that falleth from the clouds of heaven,
Have healing virtues which cannot be found
In poisonous drugs by learned doctors given.
" Go wash in Jordan's stream." the prophet said
To him who came in royal state for aid :
But he who oft the Syrian hotti had led
In battle"* fierce array, objection made
To means so simple, to effect the cure
Of a disease malignant and impure.
In Jordan's stream the Syrian captain. kneel»d ;
Obeyed th' instructions of the holy seer ;
And soon his loathsome malady was healed,
And Israel's God received his love and fear.
Oh ! ye who groan with sickness and with pain ;
Come to that fountain which is free to all,
Nor longer in the realm of drugs remain,
Wherepoisons soon or late will prove your fall.
The brute, by instinct, seeks the cooling waves,
"When dire disease invades his robust frame j
And in their bosom playfully he laves,
Until he's freed from torture and from pain.
Man from the brute can wise instruction draw,
And thence should learn t' obey kind nature's law.
If some great thing, like Naaman, you would seek,
Remember he by simple means was healed ;
Nor longer let your haughty vengeance wreak
Its ire on truths a Fiiessnitz has revealed.
[Dutch—Latin—An Uphill Business. —A very
candid and intelligent physician of the old school, who
desires to bo progressive in the new, writes us from Il
linois :— ]
Messrs Editors :—I notice that your Journal
has much to say against the use of Latin, in
medical writings and prescriptions. But for the
life of me, I cannot see why good republican
Latin is not as good as black Dutch. Must not a
plain person bo wonderfully edified, in reading your
Journal, and other Water- Cure publications, when he
meets with such euphonious nnines as Sitz, Douche,
Abriebung, and a host of others like them 1 For
thoso who read your books fur information, one hun
dred words of good Americanized English is worth
more than all the black Dutch that you can scare up
between the Baltic and the I! bine.
When I am reading a paragraph, I do not wish the
writer to tell me that he has studied German or
French, by bringing in a few words or phrases of those
languages, of which he knows nothing. When I hear
a person using such expressions as bona fide, ne plus
ultra, quantum sufficit, on common occasions, I con
clude that he knows nothing of the Latin language
but what he has just peddled off to us. And so when
I see about a dozen French or Gorman words thrown
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into a composition, I conclude that tho author has
given us all his stock of the knowledge of the lan
j guages " free gratis for nothing, without any pay for
j it," which he can ill afford to do.
Hydropathy is an uphill business here. So many
\ people here hare tho hydrophobia, that they cannot
\ girls, employed in a cotton mill in Columbus, in
swallow it. I have lost more than half of my practice,
by merely offering to treat patients, who might prefer
it, according to the principles advanced by Dr. Gully,
of Malvern. My enemies report that " if you send
for him, he will put you in the winding-sheet, and
you need not think of coming out till the resurrec
tion ;" and this by merely offering to let patients have
their choice. And still physicians are held up to pub
lic scorn and indignation, as opposers of reform. The
fact is, that well educated physicians have ever been
moro ready to lead in any genuine reformation, than
the people have been to follow them. Three-fourths
of the community would prefer to swallow all the
quack humbug, folly, and absurdity, rather than en
gage in any rational reformation.
Medicus.
Hancock County, III.. 1851,
[Medicus may bo about right. Plain English will
probably answer all cases, as well as " black Dutch,'*
or blue Latin. But the half dozen semi-technical
terms of our school are so often repeated, and so fre
quently explained, and withal so frequently expressed
in the very best of the " Queen's English," or Presi
dent's American, that very few of our subscribers, and
thoso recent ones, can be ignorant of their significa
tion. The Doctor's experience affords another striking
illustration of one important principle. When the peo
ple have been mistaught and humbugged till ignorance
with mystery has become a fixed habitude of life, any at
tempt to open their eyes and understandings will very
naturally subject the meddler to contempt and ridi
cule, nnd loss of patronage. But this the intelligent
reformer expects, and this the true philanthropist is
willing to suffer for truth's sake. The people are to bo
more pitied than blamed for their humbug-loving
prejudices. It is truo, that well educated physicians
are generally willing to lead in reform, but unfortu
nately, most of them arc mis-educated by a false sys
tem. Now, Medicus, pardon us a word of advice.
If you offer to troat patients on such system as they
choose, will not tho inference be drawn that you are
" everything to everybody 1" which is near akin to
being " nothing to nobody." Take the position that
you yourself believe to bo right, and stick to it, and
in the end you will lead the people in the truo way,
iustead of being led by them in the wrong.]
A Victim — [Judging from tho frequent " cooper-
ings" which the "regular doctors" get through the
columns of the Sunday Courier, we infer that the
editor has been tapped or bled. Hear him]—
Doctors in a Dudgeon.—The Academy of Medi
cine in Detroit, Michigan, has fizzled out, dissolved,
and gone to smash. 'Cause vy ? The State Legis
lature havo the audacity to take tho supervision of
medical matters, or, in the words of indignant disso-
lutionists, " the public, guided by the inspiration of
the ago wo live in, have, to judge from the signatures
to petitions addressed to the legis'ature, arrived at
the belief that all wisdom, as well as all power, con-
tred in them, rather than in those who have made
medicine a study."* Whereupon the Academy dis-
solvod. What an impudent public ! Will somebody
send these doctors a rope of onions 1 " If you have
tears, prepare to shed them now."
Again—
Coming to their Milk, and Relinquishing their
Blood. —The pow-wow raised by the people's friends
(in defiance of the fierce rage and vindictive malico of
the Sangrado doctors) against the destructive prac-
tice of blood-letting in diseases, is having its effects in
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all directions. In Baltimore, as we were recently as
sured by good authority, the faculty havo abolished
the use of the lancet in toto.
Tobacco-Chewing Girls.— One of the Lowell
Georgia, writes home, that the mill was intolerably
dirty, and unprovided with a single looking-glass, and
that " nearly all the girls chew tobacco. Iheyhavo
a small stick, nearly as large as a pipe's stem, one end
of which they chew until it is something like a brush ;
then they dip it in snuff, put it in their mouths, and
suck it like a babe. They pay twenty-five cents a
bottle for snuff, one of which will last them a week."
—N. F. Evening Post.
[Well, why not 1 Is it worse for girls to use tobacco
than it is for boys 1 We can't see any difference. If
it is good for one, why not for all 1 *4 Sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander ;" so fill up your " tobac
co-boxes, girls. We go in for " equalrights." Come,
" take a pipe," and let's have a " smoke."]
More Testimony.—N. B. P., of Keithsbury, Ills.,
writes—"I have not had any medicine in my house
since 1 commenced taking the Journal, and think
I never shall again. 1 havo tried the system of the
water-cure in ague and fever, chill fever, and croup,
with the best success."
A. B. C, of Metamora, Ills., says—" I have taken
the W.-C. J. from the commencement of its publica
tion by you, and have derived from it much advan
tage. With water only, I have cured myself and wife
of bilious fever, and myself and child of inflammation
of the lungs. I havo never seen the operation of any
medicine which leaves the system with as little per
manent injury from disease as does water."
Tobacco in Rome.—Cardinal Antonelli has recently
published an edict in Koine, condemning to a public
whipping and three years' imprisonment, any person
who shall endeavor to persuade another to desist from
the use of tobacco ! How would this edict suit some
of the New England anti-smoking societies I—Draw
ing Room Journal.
[Just about as well as some other "edicts" which
have been published in Rome. If that " edict" aint
" taken in" before long, wo guess popedom will go
" to smoke."]
Glen Haven Festival.—On the 12th of June, our
friends at the Glen had an Hydropathic Festival,
which was numerously attended by men and women.
We shall, in our next number, publish a completo re
port of the " sayings and doings " on that occasion.
We look upon this as an era in the history of Hydro
pathic establishments, an example which may be fol
lowed with profit by all others.
How to Save Money.—Ono of our subscribers, in
writing, says—"My doctor's bill averaged fifty dol
lars a year until I subscribed for the Water-Cure
Journal, three years ago, since which time it has not
averaged over five dollars a year ; besides, it has saved
j me twelve dollars a year in tobacco, and as much as
■ that in tea and coffee, and ten times the amount of all
> in having health ; and, what is better than all, I
j know that it has been the means of saving from the
gravo an only daughter. So I can say, bless the Lord
for all, and may you live long to do good."
j
! American Hydropathic Institute.—This insti
tution will open its fir.-t term on the 15th of Septem
ber, with appropriate ceremonies. Ladies aud gentle
men wishing to enter for the first course, should send
'• in their applications by the 1st of Septembor, that
: suitable arrangements may be made for their accom
modation. A good class has already applied, but not
a hundredth of those who are needed to supply the I
' demand for competent water-cure physicians.
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More PoisonIno.—A child, four years of age, the
son of Peter Rowland, died yesterday, from the effects
of oil of rosemary, put in a prescription prepared by
f David A Sboltx, a young man in the drug store of
Robert Shoemaker. The prescription was written by
Dr. McNeill, in such a cramped hand, and incorrectly
spelled, that what should have been " 01 Hicini," re
sembled " 01 Roseray." Several doses were given be
fore the parents had their fears aroused for the life of
the chila, and when the error was discovered it was
too late to save him. — City Paper.
[Had Mr. Rowland been informed on the subject ef
hydropathy, his son would, in all probability, have
lived. When will parents cease to bo led into the
commission of such crimes by drug doctors .']
Pepsin.—Notwithstanding our exposure of this new
medical swindle, we find it extensively advertised in
the papers, with an occasional stupid "recommend."
If allopathic medical journals would do their duty,
they would use their influence to " put down" these
vile impostors. We can "wait but a little longer,"
before the W. C. Journal will raise a flood that will
wash all this nonsense out of the market .
Girls who rise soon and walk apace, steal roses
from Aurora's face ; but when they yawn in bed till
ten, Aurora steals them back again.
$>nshm Jtatttta.
Cash Remittances, in large amounts, should be sent by
express, private bind, or in checks and drafts on New York,
Boston, or Philadelphia. Wawill pay the cost of exchange.
When convenient, our agents will please hand their orders
to the Expresses, who will deliver the same to us free of
charge, and return the packages ordered, by first Express.
This is the cheapest, quickest, and safest mode that can Le
Adopted.
C. H. D.. East Foultsev, Vtm when writing to the Water
Cure Journal, observes:
" I want to become an agent for all your works. I shall
soon send you the money lor the " Library," and as soon as
1 can earn it, money for a complete Bet of Phrenological
works. Pleas*byl«tthe
fit they come me iLhave
iweatthem as cheap
of the brow.*1as you
lamcan afford,
intending
to store my mind with the know ledge of Physiology and the
science of mind, and use my influence to spread light to the
Tea Agricultural Interest.—Great! Glorious! Indis
pensable ! ! The foundation of all interests. Thy magni
tude is no more realized than is the creation of worlds.
Honor, happiness, and long life, are tu be awarded to those
who engage, intelligently, in Agriculture. True, there are
other interests which are necessarily combined with this, and
contribute to it, but this is the Foundation. The New Yorker
speaks to the point, as follows :
" While giving politics due attention; while glorifying
commerce, and the enterprise which explores and peoples
new territory ; while exalting the mechanic arts and the ar-
tisanfs skill, let us not forget the tribute which agriculture
claims and merits from us all. The cultivation of the soil,
whereby the common necessities of man are answered, is the
noblest of human toils ; peaceful, honest, and gloriously re
munerating, it puts to shame the brutal occupation of the
soldier, the chicane of politics, and the falsehood and craft
which surround too many of our labor pursuits. After all
the warring for conquest, and over all the more lauded arts
and sciences, agriculture is the source to which the world
must look for its daily bread—for that temporal sustenance,
without which the wheels of human existence would stop.
To agriculture commerco and all enterprise owe the great
measure of their being; from her are drawn the best ele
ments of their life ; and the honest peasant, tilling his wheat
fields and singing among his golden sheave*, little thinking
of the fact, is an inspirerqof the cauvass that whitons the
oceans, and the keels that furrow our inland waters. And
though a peasant, and brown-handed, he is a peer of the
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realm and a king of earth, if he but firmly grasp his Fcptre
and recognize his power. And he may be learned in all lore,
! wise and eloquent in the highest councils, and yet a peasant.
What pursuit so favorable to study, to contemplation and
sublime thought, as the tilling—the unbosoming—of the
earth? Who should be a chemist, a florist, a botanist, a
; philosopher and a poet, more than the peasant tiller of the
S soil ? His labor calls him to unlock the mysteries and learn
the laws of nature. To him is given the earth, seed time
and harvest, and the heavens bend over him with sure signs,
■ whereby he may solve unnumbered problems.
Honor to all useful, honest toil!—to the hand that wields
the mining axe, the smithy hammer, the carpenter's mailet,
\ the mason's trowel, or which heaves the shuttle and guides
' the spindle. But most of all, honor to the hand that peace-
) fully smites the soil, and, wizard-like, calls forth the com
forts and luxuries of our common life. Proud may'st thou
' be, stout peasant, with thy vine-garlanded cottage, thy cribs
' full of corn, thy fields and orchards blooming with grain and
' fruit, thy herds and flocks dotting the hills and valleys, and
; thy happy, innocent children tripping the sward, merry and
musical as the birds nf summer. Who is rich, and who can
'• be contented, if thou art not ? 0, sad is your mistake, pea-
' sant, that you should murmur or repine. Tu you is given
J the empire of Earth, and your sovereignty may be as bright,
; as strong, and as beautiful as you shall choose to make it.*
Natural Religion.—We have been not a little amused
with the following definition of the religion of *' nature,''
furnished by the Yankee Blade. It comes remarkably near
to the truth.
1. Look out for number one.
2. Use others all you can, and let them " use " you as little
as possible.
3. Get money; honestly, if you can, but—get money.
4. Hold on to what you have got, and gel as much more
as you can.
5. Every one for himself, and the -1 take the hind
most.
Here you have the whole thing in a nutshell. There is no
need of inking whole reams of paper with explanations of
the subject, for here you have the exact doctrines in which
the world believes, and which are practised upon by a vast
majority of people in every nation on the globe.—Arthur**
Home Gazette.
[We differ from the Blade and Gazette, and protest against
their charging our god-given nature with any such abomina
tions. We find no such monstrosities in the great Hook of
Nature. A wrong interpretation and a. perversion has thus
been named " Natural Religion."
It is true a class of persons style their actions religious,
but their creed, to be in harmony, should read thus :
1. Look out for number one, and then—look out for num
ber two. Here your duty ends.
3. Use other* all you can, but never let thcrn use you,
3. Get money; no matter how. The more of poor widows'
mites you can get, the better Be sure to grind the face of
the poor, that they maybe the more humble and lowly.
4. Hold on to what you have got, and get as much more as
you can, but get it always in the name of the Lord, lest you
bo suspected and your hypocrisy discovered
5. Every one for himself, yet seem to do good to others—be
sure to " feather your own nest," and let the devil take the
hindmost.
6. Always keep on a long, sober face-—the longer the bet
ter—no matter if it is as " long as a rail." Never smile, or
laugh, except a holy smile when you get a good "haul"
from some poor dependent person.
7. Talk largely about the sins of the " Timbucktoos,"
Ourang-outangs and Baboons, but never mention the ne
cessities of those at your own door, nor attempt to relieve
them.
8. Grant licenses to bad men to sell rum. Then, if ono
gets intoxicated, commits crime, send him toprison, or, with
philanthropic spirit, erect a gallows and hang him. Thus
show your religious consistency.
9. Build '' poor houses" for the paupers who have no
souls, and build maqmficent costly Churches for the rich
who have souls.
10. Quarrel with all who do not go to the same churoh you
do ; be envious of your neighbor's prosperity; always give
advice freely to the afflicted, and occasionally drop a tear,
but never drop a penny where it is most needed.
We might continue these observations and apply this arti-
Jicial religion to other inconsistencies practised under the
cloak of Trub Ciiiustlakity. Let those who have eyes tee,
) and those who have ears hear. While those who have eyes,
[ ears, feelings, and common sense, will draw correct in*
£ fctences™ from all the acts of men, whether pious or im-
\ pious, Christian or Infidel—whether his religion be natural
i\ or artificial.
New Views and Old.—How often do we hear medical
| old hunkers, political old hunkers, and various other old
' hunkers, condemn, in unmeasured terms, all who adopt
( " new views." All this is natural, and may be philosophic-
1 ally accounted for. Men who venture out of the "beaten
\ path," soon become so accustomed to opposition, persecution,
\ and condemnation, that they come to disregard the opinions
; of "'hunkers'' of alt sorts. It is an admitted fact, that the
\ more a child is flogged, the worse he becomes, until, filially,
J the parent or guardian (?) loses all control, and the much
whipped boy breaks loose, imitates Ben. Franklin, and "runs
away."
After a little time the boy finds that he fares much better
among strangers than at the place caked home. New pur
suits are more agreeable than the old. In short, he finds
the change a very great improvement, and would not re
turn unless by force, and even then not to remain. This
is not the case with all runaway boys ; yet, who will deny
but what it proves for the best in a majority of cases !
especially when sullicient cause exists to induce such_a
course.
Well, on the admitted proposition that the "world ii
PkOGi<e»,sin'u'" in all thing-, how can old hunkers expect to
make any thing stand still ! yet they try, but always with
out success.
It has been said that man is but "once a man, and
twice a child." This is literally true, and applies to the
mind as well as the body of the man.
While young, vigorous, and active, men are enterprising,
and launch out into every considerable pursuit, which they
follow up zealously until reaching the top of the object, or
grow old in the attempt After years of toil and labor, it
is quite natural for all men to seek rest and quiet. Hav
ing arrived at this mature age, they are content to settle
down, remain in a state of sameness called dotage, which
soon becomes an unmistakable decline. At this stage of
affairs it becomes absolutely painful to oblige them to look
upon changes, not to say improvements^ which younger men
propose, and which they themselves would once have heartily
approved.
Every new invention, every discovery, every movement
towards bettering the condition of man, has been opposed
from the start, and mainly by this class of persons. Is it
not quito natural for a man in "oliice" to prefer the pre
sent state of things rather than any change which might pos
sibly affect him unfavorably ? iSo in the medical profession.
It cannot be supposed that those who have learned a trade*
and are dependent upon it for support, will drop it until su
perseded with a better system. Then, like politicians, they
sometimes "change their coats," join the popular party,
and are ready for practice, or ctfi.ee. There are others
always "on the fence," neither whig nor democrat, allo
path nor hydropath, but are known as the "split in the mid
dle," or eclectics. Political eclectics are mere 41 weather
cocks,'" who change so often that nobody places any con
fidence in either their integrity or judgment ; and the same
is true of most medical eclectics. The only exceptions are
those just emerging from Thomson Um, Hahnemannism, or
some other one-sided idea, not one of whom comprehends all
nature in his theory or system.
It is quite clear, then, that hunkerismnf every age, phase,
degree, and condition, may be accounted for philosophically.
We hope this subject will be taken up, discussed, and laid
before the people, that they may understand the real motives
and causes by whioh all men under all circumstances are
actuated.
| Our Books is the West.—We cannot give our friends a
J better idea of the demand for our publications throughout the
mighty West, and the want of active and intelligent agents
to engage in their circulation, than by copying a portion of
a lotter recently received from Iowa. There are thousands
of families in the valley of the Mississippi who have never
had an opportunity of informing themselves upon those mat
ters of the greatest importance to their physical welfare, and
to furnish whom with suitable reading matter, would be an
act of philanthropy worthy of a Howard Children are
; growing up in total ignorance of the natural LAWg, and by
> t heir own deeds dooming themselvts to lives of suffering and
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wretchedness, while their parents are prematurely passing Wicked, Wickeder, Wickedest.—We are not quite sure Oyster shells have been laid on (in spots) on the track of
away, the victims of their own errors. But to the letter. but we shall yet come to believe in the " total depravity'''' the New York and New Haven Railroad, and have proved
Muscatine. Iowa, July, 1851. of, at least, some folks A year ago, a young man residing an excellent remedy for the dust which is such an annoy
Gentlemen,—Inclosed you have fifteen dollars, and a list of in the western part of New York, for a supposed injury, ance to railroad traveling.—The papers.
subscribers for the Journal. The water-cure gets along took revenge on an Allopathic physician in a manner the Seed it down. It will be found cheaper and better. All
•lowly for want of books, which are very scarce. When most effective. It appears that Dr. B had resided in railroad tracks should be " seeded down" as soon as the rails
in St. Louis, last spring, a city of some eighty thousand in that town some twenty years, and as he had no competi are laid.
habitant*, 1 went all ever it, and could only find a single tor within a ride of several mile?, of course he had a
copy of the Water Ci re Library.—a small stock for the
supply of the great Mississippi Valley, Utah, New Mexico, money-making practice, notwithstanding the many "mis Moore's Rural New Yorker.—In our advertising depart
etc., and that, too, at a price thirty per cent above New York takes" which he made, and the " numerous long, lingering ment may be found the prospectus of this very excellent
retail price,'—cheap enough, to be sure, even at that price, deaths" which he did not prevent. Well, it appears that
considering the value of the work. I, for the first time, ob paper. We are glad to know that it is receiving a very ex
tained a copy of Mrs. Nichols* Experience in Water-Cure, he had experimented on the family of this young man to tensive circulation both in and out of our State It cannot
although I have often tried to get one. You ought to bind the amount of several hundred dollars, for which he de- J fail to be of service to every farmer and every family.
it up in Morocco and gilt, as a fit present from husbands to manded quick payment; and as nur wicked young man
their wires, incomparably more valuable than the thousand
of offerings usually got up. I should like to take a dozen was "short" at the time (perhaps ha felt that he was pay- j
copies myself, if obtainable near this market.
Wishing you every suocess, I am, very respectfully, yours, ing too dearly for the whistle), begged off for a while ; but
the Doctor was impatient, and " put the screws to him," j
This is only a specimen of the letters we are constantly swore revenge !himHetothreatened
and compelled " fork over.1' Then this young man ',
to destroy the practice of Dr. \
receiving. The people of the new settlements see the dawn B. Tricopherous.—We are asked to define the meaning of
of the hydropathic day, and are constantly crying, like about at least in that town, and he succeeded. He did not go S this term. Couldn't if we would, and wouldn't if wecould.
Goethe, for " light—more light," We are anxious that the grievances, whining nor haranguing every one he met with his j We plead utter and profound, and everlasting, and never-to-
truth should be circulated, but we cannot do everything. dred Copies but sent directly to New York for One Hun- ; be-enli'ghtened ignorance in relation to all the words and
We will multiply books to any extent, if there can be bers,) which ofhe the Water-Ccre Journal, (sample num- \
distributed throughout the circuit of Dr.
phrases ever invented to name the bantlings ofnostrum venders.
found means to circulate them. Our books are new, and the B . At the expiration The above correspondent writes in a strain quite familiar
subjects on which they treat are also new. of one month's time, our hero— ] to us, for we read similar communications almost everyday.
Local booksellers are unacquainted with them. The only no, " wicked young man''—sent us the cash—{$50—for the i " Two persona have died lately, and suddenly, in the bloom
way. therefore, to circulate them is by means of agents. Here hundred copies, and, at the same time, ordered fifty more, > and meridian of life, under allopathic treatment, in this
is a chance for young men to engage in a work which, in its Bto be distributed otherwhere?. This did the work. Doctor
hung up his saddlebags, dropped his spectacles, and \
neighborhood. Elyria, our county-seat, is full of drug doc
beneficial and philanthropic tendencies, is second to none ; remained for a season in a M brown study." The young i tors. There ought to be 500 copies of the Water-Cure
and although the work is utilitarian, it does not require the man was satisfied. He had revenged himself without tak- ( Journal taken in this village to cleanse it. One druggist
life of a martyr; it is at once pleasing and profitable. It will ing the life or blood of any one. While he sympathized > tells me that he buys cod-liver oil in New York by the hogs
give young men a chance to travel, see the country, learn with the unoccupied Doctor, he felt no compunction of J head, and puts it in dollar and half dollar bottles. Nowhere
the ways of the world, and improve themselves by their in conscience for what he had done. The Dr. was rich, yet f do I hear of persons full of life and vigor of constitution, and
tercourse with strangers, while the liberal discounts we in the prime of life, dying under hydropathic treatment.
make will enable them to do much better, in a pecuniary loved money, and was not ready to retire. He moved to 4 This alone is a sufficient reason why I should labor to extend
point of view, than most other occupations. Success is the West, and is now a converted Hydropath ■' ! the circulation of your Journal."
certain. Come on, then, and engage in a business which, Turning the Tables —The New York Express says:—A
while it richly remunerates you, enables you to do lasting raa"n was seen near Broadway, this morning, in petticoats, Text Books —A correspondent asks for a catalogue of the
good to your fellow-countrymen. We will send lists of and with best text books for those who desire to prepare themselves
books, with particulars respecting agencies, to any who will wore thisa costume, bonnet on. When aaked by the police why he
he replied, "My wife has taken my for hydropathic practice. Such persons ought to know what
apply. Address, (post paid,) Fowlers 5c Wells, 131 Nassau clothes, and I have taken hers."—Arthur's Home Gazette. is contained in all the hydropathic publications of the day,
street, New York. which, by the way, would not make a very expensive library.
An undoubted falsehood ; yet it finds an echo in T. S. " The Water-Cure Library," Graham's " Science of Life,"
Emduring Literature.—Such may be called the litera Arthur. Come, Mr. Arthur, can't you sermonize a little Alcot's "Vegetable Diet," and the "Hydropathic Encylo-
ture of gravestones. Epitaphs, moreover, mark the taste and more on editorial etiquette ? If you keep up your opposition pfldia," would make a very good selection. The best of the
views of the age that gives them birth. In this view they toandthehave "new costume," we will hand you over to the women,
a right good old-fashioned 1-o-n-g skirted suit fitted
old school works on anatomy and physiology, are Wilson's
are valuable ; and those Vandals who remove or deface grave out for you. and Horner's Anatomy, and Carpenter's and Muller's Phys
stones, and, above all, desecrate whole cemeteries, deserve to How would you like lAar, Mr. Arthur iology.
be turned out with Nebuchadnezzar till they can learn de Wanted.—One hundred able-bodied lawyers are wanted
cency. The following is a fac simile of an epitaph on a red Headache and Sideacue —J. M. M., Bristol, asks us to give
sandstone, in the cemetery of Old Farmington, Ct., standing wood. in Minnesota, to break prairie land, split rails, and cord him " some advice about curing sick-headace and sideache."
near the road side :— Eastern and southern papers please copy.—St. Paul The question is rather indefinite, therefore we must answer
HERE ■ IS ■ CAPI. -JOHN "HART -ye. ■ 2d. 'DYED Pioneer. on general principles. When those achesco-exist in the same
*ye. 11 -OF-XOUEMBER-1714-IN - ye 59 'YEAR tongues, Good ! We can send you about ten thousand, with " ablo" person, and especially if their co-existence is prevalent
■OF AGE. but cannot answer for their "bodies,1' as most of among the members of the family, we have presumptive
Another asserts that here lie the remains of A B., " who them chew tobacco and drink—(something stronger than evidence that there is some constantly operating error in
has got beyond the reach of parsecution." Another begins water.) However, when you get them there, you may put regimen or voluntary habits. Whatever this error is, it must
lt Here lie the pious remains/' kc. Thisskeptical age would them on such a regimen as will best enable them to "split be detected and corrected. A sure cure is found in the adop
deny that Capt John Hart is here, and raise * question rails and cord wood." tion of correct dietetic and hygienic habits. We must know
whether A. 6. has got beyond the reach of parsecution, and Evu, Minded Objectors.—A few city newspapers, of the history, the habits of any individual, before we can make
doubt if piety it a quality of the body.—Boston Traveler. questionable character, oppose the " new costume," on the a personal prescription.
Mile Stones to mark the progress of the world. Those ground that it has been "donned" by a few "wantons."
who believe we are retrograding, will do well to read the in This is the silliest of all twattle. Have not the vilest of Difficult Menstruation.—C. G . The inflammatory state
scriptions on the " mile stones" of time. seducers dressed in '* black broadcloth and white cravats ?" you mention can be overcome by thorough general and local
and have not the poor fallen sisters dressed in the highest treatment. She needs the pack daily for a while, frequent
The New Costume, which certain of our fair friends are styles of fashion ? Yet what has this to do with the new hip baths, and the constant use of the abdominal bandage.
seeking to introduce, attracts, naturally, a good deal of costume ? Do these whining old men suppose that the The diet should be extremely plain—brown bread, wheaten
attention, and from a portion of the press a moderate originators of the "new costume" are less virtuous than I grits, and a moderate employment of the very best and ripest
share of ridicule. One thing we note, and that is what the persons who lead in the fashion of Paris ? Sensible > fruits and vegetables. This patient ought to be at any es
seems to be an unwomanly boldness on the part of at and virtuous women have yielded quite long enough in this \ tablishment about one month.
least some who have donned the short dress and Turkish matter, and now take the liberty of introducing a fashion
trowsers. • • * * * We cannot help thinking that which they deem more healthful, quite as modest, and in- i Tapeworm.—H. B., Wisconsin. The best course to destroy
the majority of these are more in the love of attracting at finitely more convenient. j the remnants of the worm in your case, would be a coarse,
tention, than in the desire to benefit their sex, by promoting dry diet—say unbolted wheat meal bread or biscuit, with a
a needed change in dress.—Arthur's Home Gazette. The Omitted Dose —"My dear madam," said a doctor to j moderate quantity of ripe fruits and vegetables ; the fruits are
A friendly eye, Mr Arthur, would not look unkindly upon his patient, *' I am truly gratified to see you yet in life. At \ best without cooking or sweetening, and the vegetables by
a change so desirable. Can you not overlook such faults as my last visit yesterday, you know I told you you had but j simply boiling. After dieting this way two or three months,
you have pointed out, in view of the advantages to be derived six hours to live." j copious tepid injections should be employed frequently.
from the general adoption of the "new costume?" Look at " Yes, I know you did, doctor, but I did not take the dose
it, Mr. Arthur, in a physiological light, and we think you will yon left me 1"—Olive Branch. Hybteritis.—Mrs. D., Canada West. The case you men
no longer be troubled with thinking it a mere show. Tight- tion as having the symptoms of "irritable uterus," as de
lacing has " had its day;" nor will the women continue Self Reliance.—To place a young man in the most un scribed by Dewees, requires cool sitz baths and injections,
much longer to " sveep the streets'' with their dresses. We favorable relation with the world— keep him in the strictest frequently repeated, with a daily wet rub sheet, and the pack
are on the right side of this question, Mr. Arthur, and have subjection until he is u twenty- one" then turn him out to occasionally. In all such local affections particular atten
all the women in our favor. cut and shuffle for himself. tion, must be paid to the general treatment.
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Confirmed CoNSOfPTiON.—D. S., Chicago. Our advice is j First Book in Physiology; with Anatomy and the laws of ; The Constitution of Man considered in relation to its nat
asked in a case of consumption, in which the patient, a little > Hygiene. By Jocn B. Newman, M. D.. President of j ural laws, by George Combe. Adapted to the use of
girl of seven years of age, has, under the prescriptions of Harrodsburg Female College, and author of various works ! schools. Published by Fowlers Sc Wells, New York.
her Dr. Allopath, been literally fed on cod-liver oil and on the Natural Sciences. Illustrated with engravings. < Price '23 cents.
brandy, having taken 25 or 30 bottles ! From the symptoms New York : Cady A Burgess. For a lengthy review of this work, see our last number.
mentioned, we should judge the lungs were deeply ulcerated, The study of Physiology, as well as all the other branches \
and a cure next to impossible, especially after a hilling of natural science which treat of the principles of life, is { Circular of the Institution for the Education of Idiots,
course of medication. The only chance for the patient is to daily becoming more popular and universal, and that such { Imbeciles, and children of retarded development of mind.
abstain from drugs entirely, and adopt the whole hydropathic is the case gives us much reason for rejoicing. In times J H. B. Wilbur. M. D., Barre, Mass.
system, in all its minutke of detail ; but even then the past, while years were spent in acquiring useless accom- i An interesting document. Those who have children im
chance is very small. plishment-s, the study of Physiology was confined mostly to >
medical men, and it was not thought necessary for others to \ perfectly organized, should give attention to this circular.
Contracted Chest.—A correspondent asks: What gym attend to it. The author says:—''This work is complete ■
nastic exercises are best calculated to expand the chest and within itself, and designed to present a faithful outline of *
straighten stooping shoulders? Swinging the dumb-bells, elementary Physiology, so that if none other should be ,
walking the hand ladder, striking the elbows together behind studied, a satisfactory knowledge would still be obtained by The terms for advertising in this journal will be as fol
the back, or endeavoring to do so, Jcc. &c. Always walk the pupil of his own body ami the laws that tend to preserve < lows : For a full page, one month, $40. For one column,
with the head exactly perpendicular. it in health." We hope the work will have the circulation
it merits. S15. For half a column, For a quarter of a column,
Ringikg IN the Eab3-—C, S„ Newport, R. I. It is possi 5?5. For less than a quarter of a column, twenty cents a
ble that the ears may be affected as you complain, by using The Half-Century ; or a History of changes that have • line.
local head bath* which include the ears, provided the whole taken place, and events that have transpired, chiefly in j No advertisements of an improper character will be admit
skin is not carefully attended to at the same time. The best the United States, between 1800 and 1S50. With an in- s ted, and but a limited number of any kind.
remedies are. doubtless, the wet sheet pack and syringing the troduction, by Mark Hopkins, D. D. By Emerson Davis, j
ear frequently with warm water. D- D. Boston : Tappan \- Whittemore. Moore's Rural New-Yorker, Published Weekly in
A 12mo. volume of 444 pages. An exceedingly interest Country Quarto Form. Dedicated to the Home Interests of roth
and town Residents.—The Rural New-Yorker
Incipient Consumption.—A subscriber at Richland, Miss., ing record of our progress. All settled questions and estab- ' has already acquired an enviable reputation, and attained
ought to employ the full treatment, with a carefully selected liahed discoveries, which have been developed within the an unexpectedly large circulation. As an Agricultural and
vegetable regimen. The beet baths, morning rub sheet, a But past fifty years, are portrayed with precision and clearness. ' Agricultural. Family Newspaper it has no superior. It embraces more
the lenses through which the author looks at 'L New , tional. Literary, and News Matter, Horticultural, Scientific, Mechanical, Educa
pack followed by half bath in the forenoon, and a sitz bath than any other paprr pub
in the. evening. The wet jacket would bo better than the views " are not of the most liberal dimensions. He exhibits : lished in this country. Each number also contains accurate
abdominal bandage. great caution, and lean* always towards conservatism. He reports of the principal Grain. Provision, and Cattle Mar
entirely omits to mention the discoveries which have been kets. Tiie various Meparlmeiits of the New-Yorker are un
der the supervision of a corps of able and experienced editors,
Hxart Disease—E. C. H., Seneca Falls. The heart maJe in Psychology, Biology, Mesmerism, or Animal Mag- j; inwhothehave 1 he 1 1 me and talon t- to furnish a paper u nsurpassed
Variety/, Purity, and Value OF its Contents.
disease, as you call it, is probably nothing more than func netism. introduction, by Mr. Hopkins, is a litrrary gem. It &c , the Rural is correctness In appearance, of execution, beauty of print,
tional derangement of the digestive organs. Eat brown is uThe marked " with Hope and Benevolence, mirrored forth ) trations are an
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trees for the purpose of destroying worms, etc., nrranged on
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and work the pump and guide the stream at the same time.
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WATER-CURE ESTABLISHMENTS.
*Watbr-Cure Institute.—Patients will be treated at all
seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
15 Laight street. New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from
May 1 to Nov. 1st. Both places hereafter will be under the
direction of Dr. R. T. Trall, and the domestic management
of Dr. Camdkl & Son. Dr. Trall will be at the city institu
tion on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week until Novem
ber 1st, and daily the remainder of the year. Competent
assistants will be in attendance during his temporary absence
from either place. The terms will be as reasonable as at any
other establishment—having the same advantages—in the
United States.
N. B.—Dr. Trall has secured the assistance of Br J. L.
HosKORD. who will be in constant attendance at the Springs
the present season. They are prepared to treat those displace
ment* and other local affections of females, requiring unusual
attention to manage successfully, for which purpose they are
provided w ith all the requisite mechanical and physiological
appliances. tf
DR. WESSELn.TFT'S WatKR-Ci RB Establishment, at Brat-
tleborOj Vt., is situated on Elliot street, and consists of
two neighboring houses, united in front by a saloon for
social recreation, and in the rear by wings from each horse,
containing a large bathing house and rooms for patients.
One of the houses is for ladies, the other for gentlemen.
In each house are all kinds of douches, spacious rooms for
s.U-baths, two plunge-baths, supplied by a spring in the
rear, and in the bathing-house two swimming-baths, each
2.3 feet by 15.
The establishment can furnish rooms for 120 to 130 pa-
tients. A number of rooms and bathing accommodations are
besides to be had in the village.
Each patient is supplied with a good bed, consisting of a
hair and palm-leaf mattress, and suitable furniture, which
he is expected to return in good order. The rooms are all
warmed in winter either by a stove or an open fire.
The dining-room, ?0 feet long by 20 feet wide, is in the
new building in the rear of the main houses, and connected
with them by a piazza all around, affording a pleasant and
extensive walk in sultry or wet weather. Patients, who can
not leave their rooms, have their meals brought to them.
Besides the baths in the house, there are four douche-
houses within half a mile from the establishment, a spring
and river douche with a showering apparatus, each with dou
ble rooms for dressing. In the .spring douches is an eye and
ear douche, and an apparatus for fourteen hip-baths of flow
ing water, and three rising douches. Shady walks, beneath
the trees on the hill-aide, lead to the douches and springs,
with seats all around.
A short distance from the spring douches is a wave-bath,
which receives its water from a branch of the Connecticut.
In every direction are found fine springs, and a beautiful
and picturesque country atrords the most delightful walks.
For the amusement and exorcise of patients, as well as for
orthopa-dic purposes, a large gymnasium, a billiard-room,
and a bowling-alley, are attached to the establishment.
From Boston, New York, and Albany, patients can come
by steam to Brattleboro
The price for board, lodging, treatment, use of all baths
that are considered wholesome, assistance of attendants,
washing of bed-linen and chamber-towels, is for each patient
§10 a week in summer, and $1 1 in winter ; payment weekly.
Patients residing out of the establishment pay $5 a week.
If they require special attendance, they are charged accord
ing^-
It is necessary for each patient to be provided with the fol-
| lowing article* for their own use during treatment:
: 1. At least two large woolen blankets,
j 2. A feather bed or three comforters.
\' 3. A linen sheet which may be cut, or at least a piece of
linen u' quarters of a yard long and 6 1-4 wide, as well as
> pieces of linen and cotton for bandages.
I 4. Two coarse cotton sheets.
i 5. Six towels.
J 6. An injection instrument.
■ it These articles may also be bought in the village or estab-
lishment, or hired at fixed prices.
For gentlemen who keep horses, there is a stable near the
house, and an ostler in attendance.
A sufficient number of waiters and nurses are always en
gaged, in proportion to the number of patients.
very sick and helpless patients, or such as suffer under
critical diseases of some violence during the treatment, have
to hire a nurse or waiter, and to pay board for them at §2 00
per week.
The doctor has, during the daytime, his office in the estab
lishment, and takes his dinner there. He directs the pa
tients how to proceedj instructs the nurses and waiters, and
gives advice at any time when wanted. lie does not suffer
any use of baths without his advice, or of food which he con
siders inconsistent with the treatment.
As the number of places is still limited, patients will do
well to make applications in advance.
Cj?" All communications must be post-paid.
On letters of advice a moderate fee will be charged. je 3t
Wyoming Cottage Water-Curb, Wyoming, Wyoming
County, N. Y.—This Institution is entirely new and now
open for the reception of patients.
It is constructed after an original design, and will be fin
ished in a modern style of cottage architecture. In its in
terior arrangements, the health, comfort, and convenience of
the invalid have been carefully studied, and it is believed to
combine all the advantages of the best class of Water-Cure
houses in this country.
The location is high and airy ; it has the advantage of re
tirement, with pleasant and shaded walks, and commands a
fine view of some of the most charming landscape scenery in
Western New York. The water is pure, soft, cold, and abun
dant.
The building will be warmed in winter with heated air,
and ventilation is effected by a new and ingenious method,
which secures a constant and moderate change in the atmos
phere of ea-:h ronm, without creating unsafe currents of air.
Connected with the Institution is a hall for gymnastic and
calislbenic exercises, one hundred feet inlengih, it being the
design of the Medical Directors to make regular physical ex
ercise an elementary part of the treatment.
DR. P. H. HAYES, two years physician of the Greenwood
Springs "Water-Cure Establishment, and Dr.E. C. WIN
CHESTER, who has recently spent several months at the
Water-Cure Establishment of Dr. Joel Shew, ar.d in attend
ing the Medical lectures of the University of New York, are
associated in the Medical and general care of the Institu
tion.
Dr. Hayes and wife have taken great pains to investigate
the nature, causes, and treatment of the diseases of females,
and they will give especial attention to the treatment of this
; class of cases.
For the purpose of treatment, each patient must furnish
J two linen sheets, one woolen sheet, two large comfortables,
and siz towels.
Prices for board and treatment will range from $5 to $8
per week, payable weekly.
' Wyoming is easy of access from several points on the Rail
Road between Rochester and Attica, and from the Genesee
' Valley Canal ; daily and m-wne kly stages connect this place
with Batavia, Attica, Leroy, Genesee, Mt. Morris, and War
\ saw, all of which places are within a distance of sixteen,
j miles. P. H. HAYES, E. C. WINCHESTER,
Physicians and proprietors.
« Wyoming, May, 1851. ju3t
j Miss M. H. Mowry, Physician, No. 22 South Main street,
; W. P. Collins, Hydropathi-c Physician. Spring Green,
North Providence, R.I. jy tf
Oyster Bay Water Cure.—This commodious Institute,
pleasantly located in the beautiful village of Oyster Bay, L. I. Q/
2.~> miles from N. Y., is now just completed and open for pa- (h
tients, under the medical direction of W. W. Strew, M. D.,
Resident, and R. T. Trall, M. D., of N.Y., Consulting Phy
sician—Address W. W. Strew, M. D., or W. Moore, Pro
prietor, Oyster Bay. " ju tf
Worcester Water-Curb Institution, No, 1, Glen Street.
—This building was erected expressly for Hydropathic pur
poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the
improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is
retired and overlooks the city.
Terms.—For full board and treatment, $6 to $10 per week,
according to rooms occupied.
A medical fee of $2 for first ex unination will usually be
required.
Patients are requested to bring two coarse cotton and one
linen .-neet, two woolen blankets, one comfortable, and old
tinm for bandages. S.Rogers, M.D. E.F. Rogers, Super
intendent, je It
Glen Haven Water-Cure.—This retreat for the sick, so
splendid in its location, so beautiful in its scenery, with its clear,
quiet lake, and its abundance of Soft Mountain Water, has
been thoroughly refilled the past winter, and is now open. Its
bath house is in prime order. Walks op the mountain to
the Falls are being o|»ened, A plunge and a douche bath
will be put up at the Olen. for use in warm weather. The treat
ment is radical but careful; and under the special charge of
Mrs. L. E. Jackson and Miss T, Gilbert, ladies will have the
most thorough attention. Gentlemen will be in charge of my
son, Giles E. Jackson, who is intelligent, prompt, and skillful.
In no department shall any of its spare labor to moke health
come back to the cheeks of our guests.
Prices.—These we put within the reach of almost all, and
those too poor to pay them in full, we will take at a reduction
—provided, 1st, we can accommodate them; and, 2nd, that,
they will satisfy us of their inability to pay, by responsible re
ferences. We charge for front room six dollars a week ; for
rear room five dollars, payable weekly. These rooms will
never be occupied by more than two persons at a time. We
charge no fee for examination, and those addressing us by
letter can have all the information we can give about the treat
ment in the Cure or at home, free of charge to them,
provided they pay postage.—Jamrs C. Jackson, M, D., Phy
sician. Our address is Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y. aptf
Forest City Water-Cure—Located near Ithaca, S. Y.,
on the eastern more of Cay uga Lake. The Medical department
is in the hands of S. O. Glrason, M. IX, former Physician to the
Glen Haven Cure. Mrs. R B. Gleason will take specific charge
of the female patients. Persons coming from New York, and
from the Southern Counties, can take the Ithaca Rail Road,
which intersects with the New York and Erie Rail Road ut
Owego, and arrive at Ithaca every night and morning. From
the North, East, and West, can take the stage at Auburn every
morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga Bridge every afternoon for
Ithaca. The rtage leaves Ithaca every morning for Auburn,
pawing the Cure.
Terms,—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, Sec,
$5 to $10 per week, varying according to room and attention
required. Payments made weekly, bach patient will furnish
three good-sized cotton comfortables, one woolen blanket, and
a linen packing sheet, 1 3-4 yards long by 14 yards wide, besides
four coarse bath towels. Some old linen for bandages will be
desirable. All business letters addressed to Dr. J. F. Burdick,
Forest City P. O., Tompkins Co., N. Y., post paid. ap 6m
A Physician Wanted to go South, as an Assistant in a
first class Hydropathic Institute. To one, master of his
profession, and who would be willing to devote his entire time
and energies to the duties of his calling, a liberal salary will
be paid. Address, Dr. Shew, corner of 12th Street and Uni
versity Place.
Also, in the same Institution, is wanted a Gentleman, of
liberal education and good character, to conduct the business
department of the Institution. Apply as above. je 2t
Water Cure —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted in
general, are hereby recpoctfuMy informed that the Water-Cure
Establishment of Dr. U. Uaelz, near Brownsville, Pa., for the
cure of chronic diwases, is now in successful operation. The
flattering i ise of this institution in public favor has induced its
proprietor to add yearly improvements for the comfort and ac
commodation of the increasing numbers of visitors. Terms are
$6 tier week, payable weekly. Two woollen blankets, two
cotton sheets, three comforts, and six towels, have to be provided
by patients. Letters post paid will receive due attention. Ap Jy
Water-Curb Establishment at Lehigh Mountain Springs.
ne«r Bethlehem, Pa., continued successfully, Summer and
Winter, since 1SJG. Location well known to be beautiful;
water is excellent, cold, pure and soft.
Communication from New York, foot of Courtlandt Street,
by Somerville Railroad and Bethlehem stage, 6 o'clock, A. M.
From Philadelphia, three stages daily. jy Sit
Newport Water-Curb House, corner of Touro and High
streets—Asa Smith, Proprietor; Louisa A. Smith, Physi
cian.—I* now open for the reception of patients, who will
be taken for full board, and treatment—day treatment, con
sulfation, or visited at their houses demns, from $5 to $10
per week, payable weekly. %ng-lt*
Water-Cure Establishment at Pttcier Springs, Che
nango. Co., ti. Y.—The success that has attended this estab
lishment is a sure warranty of its advantages for hydropathic,
treatment. Terms, from $4 to §7 per week. O. V. Tiiaykr,
M. D., Physician. aug-lt
Providence, Rhode Island. july 2t
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American Phrenological Journal and
Miscellany. A year, monthly, .... (III
Accidents and Emergencies. By Al
fred Smee, wilh cut*,
Amativeness ; or, Evils and Remedies
of Cxcessive and Perverted Sensuality, with Advice,
Botany for all Classes ; containing a
floral Dictionary, with nnmerous Illustrations, . ill
Bulwer and Forbes on the Water
Treatment Edited, with additional matter, by R. 3.
Houghton, M. D.,
Consumption ; Its Prevention and
Cure by the Water Treatment, ....
Constitution of Man, considered in Re
lation to External Objects. Revised edition, .
Combe's Lectures on Phrenology. By
George Combe. A complete course, . . ,
Combe on Infancy ; or, the Physiolo
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Chemistry, Applied to Physiology,
Agriculture, anil Commerce. By Professor Liebig,
Chronic Diseases, Especially the Nerv
ous Diseases of \V omen, ......
Curiosities of Common Water. With
Addition, by J. Shew, M, D. From the 5th Lon. cd.
Cholera: Its Causes, Prevention, and
Cure; and all Bowel Complaint", treated by Water, 2:1
Combe's Physiology, Applied to the
Improvement of Mental and Physical Education, . Ml
Chart, for Recording various Develop
ments. Designed for Phrenologists,
Defence of Phrenology. By Dr. And'w
Boardman. A good work lor skeptics and unbelievers 511
Education, Founded on the Nature of
Man. By Dr. Spurzheim. A scientific work,
Elements of Animal Magnetism ; or,
Process anil Practical Application for human relief, 15*
Errors of Physicians and Others, in the
Application of the Water Cure. By J. II. Rausse,
Experience in Water-Cure, in Acute
and other Diseases. By Mrs. Gove Nichols, 25
Familiar Lessons on Phrenology. De-
•igned for the nse of Children and Youth, 50
Familiar Lessons on Physiology. De-
signed for the use of Children and Youih,
Fascination ; or, the Philosophy of
Charm'g (Mngnet'm). Illusl'g the Priuciplesof Life, 40
Food and Diet : Containing an Analysis
of every kind of Food and Drink. By Pereira,
Familiar Lessons on Astronomy. De
signed forChild'n and Yonth in Schools and Families
Hereditary Descent : Its Laws and
Facta applied to Human Improvement New edition,
Hydropathic Encyclopedia. By R. T.
Trail, M. D. Profusely illustrated. 2 00
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Hydropathy, or Water Cure. Its
Principle", Processes, and .Modes of Treatment,
Home for All ; or, a New, Cheap, Con-
venient, and Superior Mole of Building, .
Human Rights, and their Political
Guarantees. By Judge llurlbui, .
Hydropathy for the People. An ex
cellent work on health, arid the VValer Cure .
Introduction to the Water-Cure. By
T. L. Nichuls, M. 1>
Labor: Its History and Prospects. By
Robtrt Dale Owen
Lectures on Hygiene and Hydropathy,
By R. S. Houghton, M. D. . " . ' . 25
Lectures on the Philosophy of Mesmer
ism and I 'lairvnyance, with In.(ruction in its Process, 25 Symbolical
Love and Parentage : Applied to the
Improvement ill I "l-|Ming, . . . . . 25 Synopsis
Marriage : Its History and Philosophy,
with an exposition ofthe functions for happy marg'i 37
Maternity , or, the Bearing and Nurs
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Matrimony ; or, Phrenology and Phy
siology applied to the selection ofcompanions for life,
Memory and Intellectual Improvement:
Applied to Self- Education and Juvenile Instruction, 511
Mesmerism in India. A superior work,
by the celebrated Dr. Esdaile,
Moral and Intellectual Science. By
Combe, Stratton, Cox, Gregory, and others. lllust'd. 2 00
Natural History of Man. By John 13.
Newman, M II. [Ilnstrntcd with Engravings,
Natural Laws of Man, physiologically
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Philosophy of Electrical Psychology.
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FOWLERS <fc WELLS, PUBLISHERS, CHEMISTRY OF LIFE. secondary rocks, the trace of the sea-weed exists
131 Nassau street, New York. coeval with the mollusc. No doubt, few and in
BY T. ANTISELL, M. D. distinct are these traces at their very commence
(JIontrntB. There are some who look upon the physical ment ; showing that the same aptitude to support
49 Mechanic'! Thoughte on Drew, 6" \ condition of man much in the same light as others organic forms did not exist then as now : and as
Chemietry of Lire, we trace the geological succession of rocks through
Ab / ibiography, . 10 Beaton Female Medical School, 61 j do upon the moral ; namely, that it is one of war
Catea in Water Cure, . 52 W. C. in Cummlnftoo, Mast. 61 ; fare against the elements of nature, and the posi later periods, we come down, as it were, step by
Scarlet Fever, . . . 59 Bleat G<A for Rain, 68 i
Another Case, . 62 Religion and Sci«nee, • 6S 1 tion in which he is placed ; and that his race and step, from the dawn of creation to a state nearly
Mnaslct—Six Casta, IS An Omitsion, .... 68 ! individual existence is cut short by the never- approaching the meridian fullness of organic cre
Acute Rheumatism, 53 An Editor turned W. Doctor, 6s : ative power.
Mrs. Bloomer, .... 54 Denerti"n, • . • 63 ceasing action of the material world upon a frame
A Chapterof " Water Cure," 54 Foot Dniggista at a W. Cure, 68 ; organized upon so delicate and susceptible a model ; Life did not then start at once on its course
S-sir-Treatment with Water, . K Physiology in Minnesota, . 68 ]
Let Nature ami Capacity Control, 53 CautM and Effect, . . 63 ; that in fact it is a constant antagonism of the vital over the earth. There was a successive develop
Glen Haven Featival, 6T The Alanthua Tree, 63ea with the physical, in which the latter comes off ment. In the words of Brogniart, "we know, in
Woman*! Ores*, . . 58 Our Progress, . 'j
A Hydropath for Dover, . 69 A Hydropath Wanted, . 6S j victorious. fact, tliat in the strata of older date than, or of the
Aitbma 59 Indelicate Buaiitt-u, . 63 i How erroneous such a notion is, becomes evi same epoch as, the coal formations, there are no
Home-Treatment nfChi<-kea-Pox,G0 The Chemistry of Life, 6$ ! dent to those who take in a survey of the previous remains of terrestrial animals ; whilst at this epoch
Overdosing with Laudanum, €0 A Luxury 68 J
September Topics, . 11 69 J and present condition of our globe, its capability vegetation had made already great progress, and
Why do the Children Die 1 CI Death from Tobacco, . 69 of supporting animal existence, and the general was composed of plants as remarkable for their
Bleeding in Contusions, 61 Business Notices, . . 61
Chronic Diarrbma, . 61 Varieties, .... 69 j relation of the animal to our planet. forms as for their gigantic beauty of stature. At
Natural Death, . 41 Little Sodas Bay, . 69 "When our globe was first moulded, and received a later period, terrestrial vegetation loses in a
Alcohol M a Medicine, . 8J N. York and N ew Haven R. R. 69
Death from a Bet-Sting, 6i Reciprocity a Principle of Na- its first impulse of rotation, it was unfit for tho great measure the signal vigor which it formerly
American Tea, . « II < existence of vegetable and animal life ; and the possessed, and cold-blooded Vertebrate Animals
Diaeate of the Heart, 19 A eoetly Smoke, . 69
Worm* in tho Bowels, . 63 The Pulpit va. Blootnerkm, 69 ; records of the geological structure of its crust re become extreme^' numerous : this is observable in
Cutaneous Exhalation, 44 Tobaeeo Smocking, Ac, 69 ; veal to us the fact, that the appearance of animal the tertiary periods. Subsequently, plants become
The Throat Doctors, . 64 From the West, . io ;
more varied and more perfect; but the analyses
Medical Education, . . , r,\ Eff-et of getting the Mitten, io ; life, however ancient it may be in time, was yet
Amer'n Hydropathic Inalitute 65 10 j< preceded by a period as undeterminedly long, in of those which existed originally arc reduced to a
66 Work for Women, . . 10 which no trace of organism appears, nor from the vastly smaller size. This is the epoch of the ap
Constitution of the A, H. and P. it Oflfee. with lane Stat, 10 .
H. Association, , 16 Brevity, .... 10 ' nature of the conditions could possibly have been, pearance of tho most perfect animals—of animals
The Water-Cure in America, 64 To Drraro rionaant Dreamt, 10 1 but yet show evident metamorphoses and trans breathing air, of mammalia, birds, and man."
The Water-Core Library, 66 Plra.nnt and Profitable, . io !
MiscRt.LA.ir, 66 Boston and Saratofra Sprinpi, 10 figurations, having for an object to assume that In these few sentences arc conveyed, very im
Gossip from Boston, . 66 Con. ?ionlious. 10 condition favorable to the exhibition of life. pressively, the teaching which the Bcience of the
Converted Allopaths, 64 R. R. from X. Y. to Boaton, TO
FsTorite Meana ofcommitting; To CoRSKaPOKDRKTa, 11 What the total of that condition may be, we are present day affords. It shows us that however
Suicide, .... «. Book Xoticm, n not yet in full possession ; but that Light was the eotcmporaneous, or nearly so, the development of
Another "Old RegularV* AnritmiMKin, . it
Testimony, 67 Wat.rC.ur. Eatabliihm.nta, ti first form which eliminated Order out of Chaos, the plant and the animal may have been, yet that
we have little doubt: by its influence evaporation the circumstances which arc favorable to the in
was promoted, and the "collection of waters into crease and support of vegetable life were in full
POSTAGE ON THIS JOURNAL one place " becomes a necessary consequence—the vigor in former periods of the world's history—
The legal rates of postage, as now established by distinction between land and ocean was laid down, that from the time when vegetation on land first
the new law, are as follows—to be paid quarterly and, in process of time, upheavals and subsidences started into life, it with bold and ample strides
in advance :— gave rise to the formations of lakes and seas of spread its vitality over the whole dry land of the
For fifty miles or under, 1 J cts. a quarter. fresh water. Immediately dependent on this state globe, until the latter teemed with a forest so
Between 60 and 300, 2i " \ " of things was th > appearance of terrestrial vege thick, luxuriant, and lofty, that the sun's light was
Between 300 and 1,000, Si "
Between 1,000 and 2,000, 5 " tation. hid from the surface of the land, decay could not
Between 2,000 and 4,000, 61 " Life, as it first appeared on the dry surface of go on so rapidly as reproduction, and there resulted
Over 4,000 miles, 7 j *' " the globe, displayed itself in vegetable forms ; and those heapings up of vegetable remains, both of
This Journal must be rated as above to all post it is just possible that it was the first form of life perfectly fresh and partially decayed matters,
offices in the United States and Territories. The which constitute our modern coal-fields. These
distance to be counted from Xew York, the place upon the globe, for in the deep ocean9 which ex
publication. isted at the time of the deposition of the early grew over all parts of the earth, buth polar and
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equatorial ; for as yet no ice-bound regions limited
the extent and power of vegetable vitality—no
part of the earth's crust sunk below the temper
ature of 45°.
These circumstance?, so favorable to life in the
vegetable, reached their culminating point at the
time of the deposition of the coral limestone,
which has been alto termed carboniferous, from
its containing so much plant remains. Ani
mals, indeed, existed throughout this period, but
neither of various organization nor in great
numbers, if we except the shelled animals of the
deep seas. From this period to our time, vege
tation has not only diminished in luxuriance, but
its limits have become more defined and circum
scribed. The favoring circumstances which then
were spread over the whole globe, are now eon-
fined to the intertropical regions; and it has been
calculated by Humboldt that the present condition
of onr globe, with regard to its favoring circum-
tanees on the life of the plant, might he repre
sented by stating that the whole vegetation in the
world might be compressed within a belt occupy
ing within thirty miles north and south of the
Kquator. How small is this space, compared to
the whole globe, and how have the circumstances
favorable to life in the plant disappeared ! IVe
may, in fact, look at the present time as that of
the decline of vegetable life on the globe, and that,
in process of futurity, the time will certainly come
when those favoring data for vegetable support
will disappear, and the surface of our globe will
be as destitute of a blade of grass as that of our
satellite at the present moment is. The Animal
kingdom, on the other hand, beginning its career
almost at the same period, has run a slower
course ; the development of the species were less
rapid, that of the individuals vastly less abundant.
In the later secondary epoch, we find that the
favoring circumstances must have operated more
extensively than in tho earlier period, and still
more so in the tertiary than either. When we
come to the period of (he appearance of man upon
the globe, we find the same proof of increasing
forms for animal development ; we find external
nature assisting him in his endeavor to overrun
the world ; and when at peace, and unchecked by
national folly and crime, the amazing increase of
the species leads us to believe that he is at present
only in tho early period of the history of his race,
and that he must continue to increase and multiply
and replenish the earth so long as it is capable of
affording him space and subsistence; and that so
far from external nature being antagonistic to the
races, it is its cherishing mother and protectress.
We have purposely contrasted the plant and the
animal : in both the functions of life are performed,
and wo cannot understand the method of the per
formance in either ease, without surveying all the
material elements and forces which surround and
re-act upon either organized form. Perhaps the
contrast is not natural ; we find them coeval ; we
know them to be mutually dependent; and
although at different periods one or the other flour
ished more vigorously, yet they could aud did
both exist under like circumstances. They are
made up of the same chemical elements; they
occasionally form similar products; in decay, they
furnish the means of supporting a new race.
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"See dying vegetable! life sustain ;
free life, dissolving, yegetate again ;
All forms tliat perish other forms supply,
By turns we catch the yital breath and die.
Like bubbles in a sea of matter born,
rise, we break, and to that sea return. n
The condition of the globe is, then, favorable to
the development of life, and, at the present time,
of animal life in an essential degree. What then,
it will he asked, are these favoring circumstances!
and upon what docs it depend, that external na
ture can determine whether she wills the existence
and support of the plant or the animal.' The
earth, the water, and the air are material ; they are
made up of simple chemical elements, and these
are held united together by certain forces. Hatter
and force are the great promoters; the force is
inseparable from the matter—is a property con
nected with it, which controls and regulates it, in
whatever shape, position, or composition it may
happen to be ; and we cannot form any idea of
matter independent of this force. The plant and
the animal are also made tip of matter. The
elementary matter is, to a great extent, identically
similar in each, and in both common with that of
the earth, water, and air, in which they grew.
The force accompanies the matter in the frame of
the animal and plant, and exerts itself as it did
when it was inorganized matter; it is still matter
subject to the same forces, which, ns they have
been found so extensively developed, are termed
physical lawn. These laws, then, pre-existed be
fore an organism; they assisted in providing aus
picious conditions; and, when developed, they
aided in its growth and increase, and still regulate
its movements ami actions. Physical laws, or the
operations of external nature, (for they are the
same thing.) so far from antagonising and being
prejudicial to life, are its greatest promoters ; they
arc, in fact, the laws of life—they are the essential
laws of matter. Whether the atom be endowed
with life or not, it is still subject to these laws;
and every atom of carbon, hydrogen, and oxvgen,
has the same forces acting upon it, whether it form \
n constituent part of an animal, a plant, or a min- '
eral. A vital law is a physical law. They are
similar expressions; for matter cannot at one and
the same time be subject to two opposite forces; '
which it must necessarily be, if the vital and the ;
physical laws mean the action of different and op
posite forces.
It is no part of the object of this paper to enter <
into a metaphysical argument upon what life is, ;
or to give a succinct definition of it—perhaps \
Bichat's negative may serve that purpose as being \
" the sum of the functions by which Death is kept
off"—but rather to explain the changes which oc
cur in the system, and which arc brought about by
agencies which are truly chemical, and which in
many instances operate as effectually outside the
body as within ; and where they fail, we are led to
ascribe the failure to a defect in our manipula
tions, rather than to any inherent incapability in
the matter and force concerned.
To make these explanations intelligible, and the
whole complete, it will be necessary, among other
points, to review the constitution of the elements
surrounding the plant, the manner in which the
plant grows, the nature of the food taken, and the j
products formed—the phenomena of a similar kind iTl
in the animal—and to point out the contrast be- (T>
tween and the dependence upon each other of
these two Organic Kingdoms.
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
CHAT. VI.
I .\M not certain that I shall make this chapter
interesting; but, as General Miller, at "Luudy's
Luue," said, so say I, "I'll try." There is great
power in rffort. It makes perfect. Skill and ac-
complishment are the natural born offspring of
Strlt,<;le, begotten by Labor. And glorious
children they are. They are resourceful. They
meet difficulties heroically, and they vanish.
Many a man sinks to nothingness for want of the
fact taking hold of him, that Work is Divine, that
Toil develops, that earnest employment rouses
and perfects the powers. Every little while I
come across men who cry at sight of the obstacles
that beset them, "there are lions in the way."
Courage! say I. Tis half the battle. Meet your
fate boldly. No matter what is to be done—
whether it is to build or pull down an empire,
construct beautiful edifices, take the plunge of a
cold morning, or write an article for the Water-
Cure Journal.
Then up my brave! and grapple with the thing
to be done. Once fairly at it, and it is half finish
ed. So, hoi I had better follow my own preach
ing, and so get up into the second sphere of life—
the sphere of consistency. Consistency isa jewel,
and, notwithstanding what St. Peter says against
outward adornments, I confess myself in favor of
jewelry. I like ear-rings in a woman's ears. I
like n cameo breastpin-—if it is not larger than a
tea-plate. I like "rings on the fingers and bells
on her toes;" and then I like "the sweet lady
wherever she goes." Why then should I not like
jewelry? and especially that of which consistency
is a splendid specimen. It is a large jewel, rare,
of antique style, nnd seldum worn.
The law makers, the medical profession, the
teachers of ethics, all eschew it. They think to
wear it makes people look grannyish, and most of
them wish to forget that they ever had grand-
dams. One must follow one's couvictions, so I
must live as I profess. If I pray for rain, I should,
unless I wish to get wet, carry my over-coat or
! umbrella with me. If I petition the Almighty to
feed and warm the hungry and unclad, / must
take to them food and clothing from my abund
ance. If I declaim nbout the divinity of labor, I
must work efficiently. Is not all this true ? Is it
not interesting i If not, try the next paragraph.
I have known a lady put on nine pairs of gloves
before she found a pair to fit her. That was be
fore the ladies purchased gloves "by measure," as
they do now. So do not get discouraged.
Cod made man to be neighborly—so ho made
him to have neighbors. My father was not exempt
from the rule. On the north Eide of him he had
a WIDOW for a neighbor. She was what, in Cape
Cod parlance, is called a gra«> widow—that is, she
had a husband ; but she did not live with him.
He was an inebriate, and waudered about the
country months at a time, so that she "run to
gross." She owned some forty acres of land, from
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wliicli bIic obtained a poor livelihood by reason of
poor tillage. Almost as a natural consequence,
she and her whole tribe were poachers. Her very
hens knew her neighbor's grain, and would leave
her sown seed untouched to maraud on her neigh
bor's. Her hogs were always in a corn-field, if not
watched closely ; and the riders—top rail?—on our
new cedar fence would disappear a little while be
fore one could discover a light blue smoke issuing
from the top of her old brick chimney. Let me
tell you a few anecdotes about this old harridan.
Our lot next to her we usually kept under the
plough, except when seeded to clover, preparatory
to summer fallowing. Whenever we sowed it to
oats, the widow would turn on a drove of hens,
not less than fifty in number, which would make
sad havoc with the seed. At last my father grew
impatient of the widow's perverseness, and went
to her house one afternoon, when the following
conversation occurred.
"Mrs. Hoag," said my father, "I am to sow the
field next to you to oats to-morrow, if the weather
is fair. I shall sow that part of it next to you in
the afternoon, and I want you should shut upyour
hens till my oats come up."
" Doctor, you accuse my hens wrongfully. They
are jieaceable hens and stay at home. But sup
pose they didn't 1 Suppose they did wander on
your oat-field, what harm could a dozen hens do!
They pick up a pint or two."
Stop, madam ! if you please. You may multi
ply the number of your hens by four and you will
hit near to the exact number. You have not less
than fifty hens. Each of them will, when hun
gry, eat at least half a pint. At one meal they
will eat two-thirds of a bushel, and in a couple of
mornings will eat up the seed of nearly an acre.
This I cannot endure, and so I have made up my
mind to protective measures, and as I would act
rightly, I give you information of what I intend
to do. I shall soak my oats to saturation in salt
petre water, and if your hens eat my grain it will
kill them. Do you comprehend me f"
" 0, yes, Doctor, I will shut them up."
The next morning we commenced sowing the
field, and toward night we reached the side next
to our grass widow. The grain we left nnhar-
rowed, and, at dawn of day the next morning, we
were up to see whether the widow's hens were
out of coop. There they were, all on the field,
eating as h«ns will which have eaten nothing for
twenty-four hours. We left them to take their
fill, went home and told father. Once or twice
we caught sight of the old lady in her night smock,
as she stood peeping through the bars of her but
tery window, watching her brood as they filled
their crops by poaching; and, about our usual
time of going to work, we caught sight of a little
girl creeping into the field to drive the biddies all
home again. About 9 o'clock father went down
into the lot and saw Mrs. Hoag at her wood-pile.
"Well, Mrs. Hoag," said he, "I am glad to see
you keep your word. It will make us good neigh
bors, if you will only do as you agree to do. I
am rather pleased that you confide in me so far as
to believe in me."
" Why, Doctor, you were not in earnest yester
day r
" Most certainly I was, Mrs. Hoag!"
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"Well, now, /certainly thought you was jok holes he bored others, putting in powder, and driv
ing with me. However, I thought I would be on ing over the powder wedges of wood. Having
the safe side, and so kept all my henB shut up." thus fixed the rail, he carried it to the fence and
"Mammy I mammy 1 mam! Do come here put it on. The next morning it was gone. So ha
quick!" screamed a voice from the hen coop. made an errand in at the widow's about the time
" Hurry ! The old rooster is a staggering, and the of cooking breakfast She asked him to sit down.
old cropple-crowned hen is a squeaking, and the He took a chair and began to talk. She was busy
tothers is a whirling round !" about her culinary affairs, yet found time to chat.
The widow started and father followed her. Her tea-kettle was on the crane; her dish-kettle on
They reached the coop and looked in together. A the long trammel that hung close to the crotch ; her
large portion of the brood was dead. Some were spider was tipped up between the andirons, so that
tippling and others were toppling. Here would the johnny-cake might bake. In one corner was
be one that would leap up in the wildest freak of a kettle of potatoes, in the other a saucepan full of
insanity and fall down dead ; and another would sissing, frying pork. The fire-slick burned and
look as sagely at you as an old Magi, and lie down cracked, as cedar wood will always do.
and die. One would cluck, another would cackle. The hired man Bat quietly and watched the
Death left to each the liberty of passing away to scene, but about his eye there was a quiet twinkle
the tune of such music as might be uppermost in which said—
them. Within fifteen minutes all had gone to the " Madam, you will soon have a revelation that
land where hens arc regarded as having some con will startle you somewhat, and will come as by
sequence. The old rooster gave up the conquest fire, I think." He had hardly completed his
last On his death, the old woman could contain thought, before the johnny-cake came out into the
herself no longer, but broke forth. middle of the floor, the pork and potatoes follow
" You rantankerous old villain, you have killed ed, the tea-kettle went up chimney, the crane
all my hens, and I will make you pay for them I" swung out as by an invisible hand, and the dish-
" How have / killed them !" inquired my father. kettle vibrated like a clock pendulum. The ond-
" How ! by soaking your dirty grain in saltpetre irons tipped backward on to their faces, and their
brine." long noses thrust themselves into the air, red and
" But what harm would that do t" wrathful. It was Vesuvius in miniature. Ashes
"Harm 1 did you not say to me yesterday that were all over the table—coals of fire on the floor.
it would kill them, every one !" Old mother Hoag crouched in a corner, her comb
"To be sure I did, but then you told me that fallen from her head, her hair dishevelled, and her
you would shut them up, and not half an hoursincc countenance wearing the aspect of one on whom
you told me that you did shut them up. How the Great Judgment had come untimely. The
then could my saltpetre administration hurt them." hired man was up in one corner, sneezing and
'• Well, if I must tell the truth, I did not think coughing, and swearing like an English cavalier.
you would do as you said, and so I let them out" " What the d 1 does this mean ?" exclaimed
" Mrs. Hoag, I have tried for a long time to make he. And just as the old woman began to utter
you understand that I am a man of my word. I speculations, there came another fizzle, and she
have tried soft, mild measures with you. You are thrust her hands into her hair and fled out of
a woman, and so in general esteem the more help doors, crying "murder! murder! my house is
less. Now you have had one lesson. If this does ha—nted ; what shall I do ?"
not suffice, I must teach you another. Good "I say, mother Hoag! I say!" said the hired
morning !" man, "that if your house is haunted, so are our
The stroke was effectual. We never could find fence riders. They are possessed of an evil spirit
her hens on our oat-field after sowing. She re which hates to be roasted over other people's
membered the saltpetre dispensation. hearth-stones, and so they kick up a bobbery
We were destined to one more tussle with the ! oc-ca-si-on-ally."
old woman. We conquered her, and after it she ' . After this our fence riders were always in their
remained respectful. The affair happened in this I placea
wise. The line fence which separated Mrs. Hoag'a i
possessions from my father's, ran close to her house. CHAP. VII.
It was built of new cedar rails, and staked and > Instinct, what is it ? Philosophically, who can
heavily ridered. Every few weeks a rider would \ define it? It is a task from which I shrink. I
be missing. We tried all the expedients that sug i shall not attempt it But if you want a distinc-
gested themselves to us, but with little or no suc J tion between a power which, acting intuitively, is
cess. They would keep abstracting themselves or J called Instinct, and a faculty which, acting calcu-
being abstracted. At length a newly hired man of ; latingly, is called Reason, I will draw one.
ours declared that he could fix the matter, only \ Make bare the bottom of your foot, and, unsus-
give him the length of his tether. To begin with, S pected by you, let some one prick it, you will put
he took split rails and bored holes in them once j your finger on it instantly. You will not miss
about three feet, and drove in pins, and cut them ( once in an hundred times. On the other hand, let
off. These made the splitting of the rails difficult I it be made known to you that some one intends
So he let the matter rest, till some number of | to prick your foot, and do it with your conscious
riders had been abstracted. Having thus baited ness alive to such intent, you will not one time in
the old woman, he laid his plans for the finale. ten put your finger on the place, or within half an
He took a new large rail, bored his holes, driv inch of it. Now, in accounting for the difference
ing in pegs and wedging them tight This made of perception of the seat of the injury, you will £j
it very difficult to split the stick. Between these ; recogniz the distinction I have drawn, and under
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the shadow of which I have named the percep
tive states Instinct and Reason,
Writers of intellectual philosophy give the for
mer facultv to brutes, and deny it to man ; and
the latter faculty they give to man, and deny it to
brutes. I am satisfied they are wrong in both
cases, and I propose to give some coses within my
own observation and actual knowledge, going to
show that brutes reason, and man nets at times in
dependently of calculating process.
About the year 1824, my father purchased of a
Pennsylvania Dutchman, a cow. The name of the
seller was Shelden. We gave 1he name of the
man to the cow, and in our farm-yard she always
went by the name of "Old Shelden." She was a
large, well-built animal, pouring forth any quan
tity of milk in height of feed. She never fought
with Btrange cattle, yet ruled the yard. There
was a majesty in all her movements, a stateliness
in her step, that induced the other cattle to respect
her claims. She was the first to leave the yard in
the morning for the pasture, the first to enter it at
night. She never kicked up her heels, never was
carried by enthusiasm, never assisted in any of the
stampedes that the younger portion of the stock
occasionally got up. In time she added to the
stock of our yard, and introduced to our attention
a calf—heifer in its kind—the strangest looking
calf one ever saw. The ground work of its skin
was white.and the dottings were ten thousand spots,
distinct yet small, and black as the horses of Ta-
tary. She was a genius of her kind. It needed
no prophet to tell this. Her very look flashed
forth intelligence, intuitive and keen. We named
her Calico on the instant, and for fifteen years,
through all changes, that name was hers. Now,
some of her deed-doings I propose to speak of, and
on the commonly received principles regarding
Instinct, I would like to have them accounted for.
When this calf grew up to Cow-hood, and as
sumed her appropriate responsibilities, all of a
sudden wc became troubled with unruly cattle.
Our barn-yard fence was high and well staked and
ridered. Yet in the morning our cattle would he
found in the corn field, all but Calico. She would
always be found in the barn-yard, lying down,
whilst all the herd would be found in the field,
their maws gorged with corn, or any other edible
growing in the field. Calico was innocent—
Calico seemed to understand herself. She knew
our rights and respected them. For a long time
we could not imagine how the fence could be let
down by any help but human, it was done with so
much regularity. It would be a regularly opened
gap, such as in my time, before farm gates were
in vogue on inside fences, boys were expected to
watch. The thing at last became unbearable, and
watchers were stationed to see by what hocus pocus
the thing was done. At last Calico was caught in
the very act Witnesses appeared against her and
deposed strongly, yet it was difficult to make those
who had not witnessed the transaction give credit
to the charge. But the thing was too palpable.
Reader, you will ask how the creature did it I
will tell you. She would go to the outer corner
of a fence length, and, putting her head under tho
stake, push her body after her head, and so throw
the bottom of the stake out of the ground. This
would let the stake slip off its balanj % and the
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rider would full opposite to the side on which
Calico stood. She then would proceed to let
down the fence, carrying one rail one way, and the
other the other way, till it was neatly let down,
so that the least of the herd were able to pass in.
Having done this, she would slip one side, and let
all the rest pass in. Then she would call up her
majesty and pass in, and with steady step wend
her way to tho grain and commence eating. Hav
ing cat™ all she wanted, she would leave the field,
and, passing to the furthermost part of the yard,
lie down in all her innocence, and commence her
cud-chewing. 0, Calico! what a type of the Hu
mans that live on the toil of others thou wert—
apparent innocence, hut real cheatery. Outside
virtue, but inside knavery. Aeunningto succeed,
and shrewdness to cover it, having done it. Well
might thou be said to have genius, whilst knavish
men are stamped as such.
Now can any philosopher help me to an exposi
tion of this matter? When we fairly discovered
her, we recollected that again and again she had
watched different persons as they let down fences,
taking the truest note of all they did. She may
be said to have learned this. But what power
was it that taught her alone of twenty cattle to
let them in, and, having eaten all she wanted, to
pass out of the field and uniformly be found in
the yard in the morning. Besides, of all the cat
tle wc ever had, she never was known to eat grain
enough to hurt her in the least. Once I remem
ber her getting into our barn, on the floor of which
was a pile of fanned wheat, but she ate not enough
to hurt herself, and this was the more remarkable,
inasmuch as the danger is greatly increased from
eating wheat which has been separated from the
chaff and straw, an argument going to show the
soundness of the dietetic views of Hydropathists
in respect to the use of concentrated food. For
I venture to say that no farmer ever knew a ease
where his cattle or horses ever were injured in
eating grain from a stack or mow, un threshed. But
I must wait for another Journal for the illustra
tion going to show that man at times acts inde
pendently of that faculty which is called reasom
till which time, reader, farewell.
CASES IN WATER-CURE.
BY J O EL SHEW, M. D,
SCAIiLET FEVER.
A healthy appearing boy, between four and
five years old, had been sick about four days with
scarlet fever. No medicine had been given, ond
water treatment was practised to a moderate ex
tent, but not so much as the case demanded.
I saw the patient first in the forenoon of the fourth
day. The rash had appeared to recede the day be
fore, upon which he grew more feverish, and worse
in all respects. He also vomited a number of
times. The day I saw him, he had been packed
and bathed in the morning, but he was feverish
and stupid. The throat had become considerably
swollen and sore.
I ordered the twenty-minute pack—the sheet to
be linen, and used double—four times in suc
cession ; after which he was to be bathed in water
at between 70 and 80° F., to have the wet girdle
constantly, and a cooling wet bandage about the
neck. He was to rest two or three hours, accord
ing to symptoms, and then the packing-sheet was
to be repealed four times as before. He was to
drink Croton water, if he desired, and take some
light nourishment, if he should call for it, at the
proper time. He was also to be allowed to sleep
during the time of the envelopments, and have a
wet compress always on the head while in them.
On going to rest, he was to have a thorough
ablution in water at about 70°, and this to be
repeated in the night, if he should become fevcr-
; ish or restless, and as often as it might be neees-
; sary ; or, if more convenient, he might be wrap
ped successively in the double wet sheet.
; The treatment followed during the day was
strikingly beneficial—preventing the fever, stu-
■ por, and soreness of the throat. He slept well
during the night, although the preceding two or
; three nights he had been very restless and unable
I to sleep.
The next day he was to have the double pack
; twice in succession early in the morning, and the
tepid bath, and in the afternoon the same treat-
; ment ; the wet girdle and the compress about the
! trunk constantly ; and tepid injections, if neces
sary. He was also to be allowed to go out in the
open air; for it is notorious that water patients, if
properly treated, are proof positive against taking
; cold.
But it was found that this treatment yns not
: sufficient. The fever returned considerably, so
; that the next night the sleep, although much bet-
| ter than it had been some of the preceding nights,
| was not yet such as it should have been. He was
; then ordered a double amount oftreatment for the
next day ; after which, under a mild course, he
I rapidly recovered,
i
ANOTHER CASE.
A nursing infant, seven or eight months old,
was attacked with scarlet fever in the month of
May. The parents used water to 6ome extent, but
in a day or two called in an eminent physician to
see the child. The throat had become a good deal
affected, and the nose ran freely. These throat
and head symptoms the physician regarded as very
unfavorable. He, in fact, appeared to regard the
case as a very dangerous one, and did not return
again to see it
I was called the same day to visit the child.
The treatment pursued was very simple, and yet
effectual. Night and day the child was to be
bathed in water, in a small tub, at about 80° F.,
as often as the fever should begin to rise. Thus it
was for the first two or three days bathed many
times in the twenty-four hours. At the same
time a wet compress was kept constantly applied
about its abdomen and chest, and which was re
newed at each bath. A wet bandage was also
worn about the neck constantly for a number of
daye. A wet cloth was kept upon the head
whenever it became too hot
The child, although dangerously ill, and of
scrofulous tendency, was restored in a few days.
A swelling then appeared upon the side of the
neck, but by constant bandaging with wet cloths
covered with dry, and the general treatment, he
soon grew better ; so that the patient, on the whole,
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did remarkably well. All thing* considered, the mation upon such topics as men are generally ig- was a frequent disease. A poor, meager, and
case would have been a doubtful one, in its re- ; norant upon. "Knowledge is power," as much scanty diet, with insufficient clothing, hard labor,
suits, if any other method than that of water had ! in relation to physical improvement as in any other and exposure, will induce this disease. I am in
been adopted. direction. clined to think that at least nine cases out of ten
When this disease begins its work, it gives no arise more from faulty diet than from exposure,
MEASLES SIX CASES. tice of its attack by sending pain through some although the latter may be the exciting cause, but
I have remarked, at different times, in the one or more of the main joints—such as the shoul not the real one, as has heretofore been pointed
Water-Cure Journal and other publications, that ders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, or some of out. It is a matter of the utmost importance to
I had never yet known a case of measles to be lost the small joints of the toes and lingers. Redness those predisposed to this disease, to be correct in
when water treatment, and that only, had been ami swelling mark its progress. It has at times a their dietetic habits. " An ounce of prevention is
employed from the first. It would be possible for peculiar restlessness ; not being content with its better than a pound of cure," is an old maxim, full
a feeble, Bcrofulous child to die of this disease, per present locality, it shifts its residence according to of truth when applied to this disease.
haps, in spite of the best management. The facts in its whims and fancies, giving due notice to a The rich and fut-fed idler and gentlemanly (/)
my own observation are, however, as I have neighboring joint of its intentions to take up an loafer, whose diet tends to create and maintain
stated ; and I have known, first and last, a very abode there, by sensations not of the most agree stomach irritations, while the skin is clad in flan
considerable number of patients who have been able character. The joints are often so exquisite- nels and other effeminating garments, is liable to
treated according to the new method. The re- j \y fonder as to De entirely incapable of motion, this disease, as well as the poorly fed and scantily
suits of water treatment in this formidable, though j wlitlo the weight of the bed clothes cannot be en clad laborer. So the rich, idle, and beggared can
not very dangerous malady, afford a striking ex dured. A fever of the most violent character is enjoy in common all the comforts of this malady.
emplification of the value of hydropathy. also a pretty constant attendant, while the pulse It is really quite too bad to have the idlers, loafers,
I have just now (June, 1851) seen a lady, an is bounding along at a rapid rate, filling the arte and gentlemanly (?) rascals suffer so intensely, as
invalid, who resides in a large town of New Jer ries to their utmost capacity. There is pain in the they are such au interesting class of our popula
sey, where the water-cure has scarcely a friend in head, and often the patient is bathed in a sour tion, serving some excellent purposes, such as set
the whole place save herself, who has treated suc smelling perspiration. The urine is acid and ting dogs into a quarrel, occupying all the vacant
cessfully, within a few weeks, six children of hers turbid. room in public houses, places of business, fashion
with measles. She obtained her knowledge of The exciting cause, perhaps, in all cases of this able resorts, sitting or standing at the corners of
the treatment applicable in such cases in the disease, is exposure to cold and wet, without much streets, whittling or gaping. But then we must
Water-Care Manual, the Water-Cure Journal, and exercise. Especial!y is this malady liable to fol have some teens on creation, and perhaps such
other publications. She used short packing-sheets, low exposure, if the nervous energy is exhausted make excellent specimens of rare qualities ; still
bandages, ablutions slightly tepid, ventilation, plain or the powers of life more than usually depressed. they are quite common.
diet, et<k The water applications were resorted to But back of all this, there must be a predisposi Take a man whose digestive functions have been
as often and as continuously as the cases domanded ; tion in the system to take on this disease rather disturbed, while he is in the daily habit of severe
that is, she persevered in the moderately cooling than any other, since a dozen persons may be sub muscular exercise, the fibrous sheaths and cover
plan, as much as was necessary, to keep down the jected to precisely the same amount of cold and ings of the muscles are enfeebled, and hence have
fever and to prevent stupor. She succeeded well, wet, while but one may have this disease. Another, not sufficient energy to resist the combined influ
in every case, in curing the measles ; but the with weakened mucous surfaces of the nose and ence of cold and wet. The blood will be driven
youngest child, an infant, a few months old, after throat, will have an acute attack of catarrh. A from the surface to the coverings of the muscles,
wards sunk from exhaustion caused by a diarrhoea. third, with a sensitive stomach, may have, for a and congestion will be the result ; lithic acid will
The mother herself, having for years been a very time, severe dyspepsia. A fourth, with feeble be deposited, which is acid in its character; and
great sufferer from disease, had imparted so little lungs, will be liable to inflammation of those or then comes all the train of symptoms which are
vitality to the child, that it could scarcely live at gans. So each one will suffer, in all probability, characteristic of this disease. The treatment must
any time. Still, it was carried through the measles at his weakest point—at that part of the system be such as to free the system of this acid, and to
Bafely by the help of water treatment. which is most liable to congestion ; which has, in restore the congested bloodvessels to their normal
other words, the least vital force to contend against condition.
foreign influences that may make war upon it. The means employed by the best of practitioners
ACUTE RHEUMATISM. Now, it seems to me that a man with good di in the Allopathic school are various and contra
BY 8. O. GLEABON, M. D. gestion and perfect assimilation cannot have the dictory. One bleeds freely ; a second none at all,
As this disease is common to this section of the rheumatism, though he may be exposed to such in but relies on tonics; a third gives calomel and
country, a few thoughts on the subject may not be fluences as ordinarily bring it into activity. It is opium ; a fourth gives colchicum and guiac, and
void of interest or practical utility to the general the opinion of most medical writers, that luetic or other stimulants. Thus some take the tonic and
reader. So various are the methods employed to lithic acid exists in the blood in all cases of rheu stimulating plan, while others deplete and lower
combat this disease, that it is difficult for the pub matism. Now, there must be a fault in the diges the powers of life, hoping thereby to relieve con
lic to decide—if medicine be used—what course to tive apparatus, or«else these substances would not gestion and free the system of its lithic acid. I
pursue in order to insure speedy and permanent i be manufactured and left in the circulating fluid, can see no good reasons why strength should be
results1A_ of a favorable
tilcharacter. Again,
* • such ..Itloose i . . -
as it is a substance which is foreign to the blood diminished when the system has got to enter into
and crude notions prevail in relation to the nature in a healthy state. The stomach and liver must oombat with an internal foe, any more than it
and causes of this malady, that they Bhould be be in an unhealthy condition previous to an attack should to enable one to meet and vanquish an ex
corrected by medical men, whose business it is to of this painful disease. ternal one.
teach the public as well as to cure them of their Now, the person who tasks his stomach and liver What conclusion is to be drawn from such op-
maladies. And I hope the day is not far distant, by the use of alcoholic stimulants, salted meats in posites in the drug practice f Why, most certain
when physicians will not only spend their ener large quantities, or high seasoned food, provided are we that the practice is doubtful in its result, to
gies in treating diseases, but will, with tongue and he puts forth severe daily muscular efforts and ex say the least.
pen, do what in them lies to secure a thorough poses himself to cold and wet, will almost to u Some give nearly all the remedies mentioned in
knowledge of the causes of disease among the mass certainty have more or less of the rheumatism. some one stage or other of the disease, hoping, I
of people. Such make better patients when they Yet few think that what they eat or drink hasany Buppose, like the Brahmin doctor, who gave sixty
are sick, and are less liable to expose themselves j influence in the production of this malady, different medicines in one dose, to " hit the case "
to noxious and hurtful influences and practices. In districts where cider was formerly freely with some weapon and stay it at once.
Our race mnst by some means be improved; and j used as a drink, and salt pork or fish constituted Many physicians of eminence liavc ever been I
I know of no better method than to diffuse infor- ; the chief articles of the meat kind, rheumatism ready to acknowledge the insufficiency of drugs \
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in the treatment of this disease. When Dr. War
ren was asked what was pood for inflammatory
rheumatism, he replied, "six weeks." This was
an odd dose, but not bad to take if it was in small
powders and plenty of molasses. Dr. Watson, an
eminent English physician, says, that full one half
who are attacked with this disease die under drug
treatment This is a startling admission to sound
in the ears of a drug-taking people ! It is n toc
sin of alarm—a toll from the funeral bell 1 Be
sides the fatal results, many are deformed, while
some one or more important joint is rendered use
less for life. Vigorous depletion and severe ca
tharsis tend to make the disease leave the joints,
and attack either the lungs, heart, or brain, which
in most eases proves fatal. The disease, to use
familiar language, "strikes in," just as much a? do
the measles or any other eruptive disease. This
"is not only known, but openly acknowledged, by
the heads of the profession."
Now this is a dangerous disease, under any plan
of treatment. But, from our experience, wo think
the Hydropathic treatment vastly superior to the
drug practice—more prompt, safe, and effectual,
than any other means that have yet been employ
ed by any school of medicine.
Severe shocks by the application of cold water
are of course to be avoided, since the disease
might attack some important organ, and become
speedily fatal. So should great depletion and se
vere catharsis, for the same reason. The organic
energies should not bo too suddenly or severely
tasked, since as much strength as can be spared is
needed to expel the morbid material—which is
the cause of the disease—from the system. Na
ture, points out to us, in unmistakable terms, the
natural method of cure. The profuse perspira
tion, which accompanies a favorable termination
of this disease, indicates that the skin instead of
the mveovs surfaces is the natural point of attack.
The bowels should be kept open by tepid injec
tions of water. Packing in the wet sheet is the
great remedy. It softens and opens the skin, per
mitting a free exit of morbid material. Bandages
applied to different parts of the body are of great
service. All general baths should be tepid at
first. Perspiration should be induced as early as
possible. I kept one patient in a wet sheet most
of the time for thirty-Bix hours—laying the blan
ket aside and pouring on water to wet the sheet
as the patient called for it. An oil-cloth was
spread upon the mattress, to prevent the clothing
from getting wet. In one week this patient was
cured. Compresses applied to swollen and in
flamed parts, of such temperature as is agreeable
to the patient, are not to be neglected. A mild
diet and free water drinking are necessary to be
regarded. I have treated many cases of this dis
ease, and no one but what has got a cure in three
weeks, instead of taking drugs from six weeks to
six months, as is too often the case.
Forest City, 1861.
Mrs. Bloomer.—We have a full length portrait
of this lady, dressed in the new costume, which
we expect to present in the next number of this
Journal. It will be contrasted with a fashionably
dressed lady in the old, long, tight-laced, bustled
dress, now worn by a few unfortunate persons.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
■ A CHAPTER OF "WATER-CURE."
BY E. POTTER, M. D.
My own case, for six years past—A little Expe
rience in "Water-Cure"—Water in Bruises and
Contusions: A Case of Paralysis of Lower
Limbs—Orthopathy: case treated by—"Water-
Cure," in three cases of Parturition—Two cases of
Pneumonia—The contrast.
Six years ago, this past winter, I commenced
the study of Dr. Graham's "Lectures on the Science
of Human Life." Previous to this, I had been in
the habit of wearing flannel under-clothes, the
year round, summer and winter—during which I
was an almost constant subject of colds, coughs,
and their concomitants, viz., drugs, dye-stuffs, die,
which invariably left the system weak, and sub
ject to the control of the Enemy. Immediately
after becoming acquainted with the views of Dr.
Graham on this subject—midwinter, and very
cold weather, as it was—I threw off my flannel ;
commenced COLD BATHING ; commenced sleep
ing on STRAW; threw away my tea and coffee,
and fine flour (tobacco and whiskey I never used)
—yes, and meat too; and commenced a plain,
simple course of vegetable diet : and do you think
I felt had? No, sir; I never felt so well in my
life. During the six years that have elapsed since
I commenced the "Graham system" of living,
from n train of circumstances beyond my control
—sometimes boarding at large and fashionable
boarding-houses (where everything was cooked in
grease)—I have been compelled to depart from
my plain manner of living, in a greater or lesser
degree, and always experienced a physiological
derangement proportioned to the departure. For
three years past, as circumstances permitted, I
have been studying the use of water in disease,
and apylying it occasionally; until now, from
what I have read and experienced, my faith is all
on the side of water as a remedial agent, and I
firmly believe there is no need of any other medi
um in any ease.
Since the commencement of my plain living, I
have not had occasion for medicine more than t wo
or three times, and then water removed the trou
ble in two or three days—troubles, that when I
was in the habit of using medicine (poison),
always required two or three weeks, and then
net or felt well.
Two years ago, while driving out to the coun
try, on professional business, one of my horses
took flight, and both of them being high-spirited,
they ran with all possible violence—ran against a
post—stove the carriage to pieces—stunned my
self, and cut my arm badly. I had the wound
washed out with cold water, and bandaged with
linen cloths wet in cold water, and changed once in
an hour or two. After the first two hours, except
I looked at it, I would not have known there had
been any contusion whatever; it was entirely free
from soreness, and never troubled me more, but
healed immediately.
' About three years ago, I was called to a case of
i paralysis of lower limbs, which bad been treated
by two old (colored) school physicians, and, as is
' generally the case, "nothing bettered." I com
! menced the treatment by bandaging the limbs
j with cloths wet in cold water, and changing them
often; at the same time kept a jug of warm water
to the feet. This process was carried out during
the day; at bed-time, washed off with cold water,
rubbed thoroughly, and then to bed again. This
process was kept up for about a week, (with no
medicine, except n little for appearance,) and the
man was on his foot and well.
Some time last summer, I was called in consult
ation with an Allopath, in a case of flux); patient,
a child, about two years old ; had been DOC
TORED almost to death—that is, the disease and
doctor-stuff, together, had well nigh killed the
child. After examining the case, and getting the
opinion of the attending physician, I remarked,
that medicine could not do the child any good, as
there was not vitality enough in the system to
withstand the effect of medicine. I made out a
prescription, (yve were among those who judge of
the ability of the physician by the quantity of
medicine given,) to which the doctor assented,
and the child got well. The prescription in the
case was :—Drop ten drops of tincture of myrrh
in one oz. of water; drop five drops from this vial
into a tcaspoonfull of soft water, and administer
by enema. This to be administered once in thirty
minutes, until relief was obtained ; and gave it to
drink (as much as it would drink) of cold slippery-
elm mucilage ; and cloths, wrung out of cold water
and applied to the bowels, and changed as often
as they became warm,
I have treated, after the new mode, as near as
possible, according to my understanding, three par
turient patients, all with the best possible effect
The first was a lady, twenty-seven years of age,
with her first accouchement. Directed, for some
three weeks previous, a sitz-bath every night, on
retiring. The morning of the accouchement I was
called: directed a sitz-bath of twenty minutes.
This regulated the pains, and in three hours the
lady was comfortable in bed ; rested one hour ;
got up; took a sitz-bath; yvas dressed with wet
bandages, went to bed, and in two hours had some
Graham-toast (brown bread, softened with sweet
cream) and plain sauce. In the evening had an
other sitz-bath; rested well all night. Took two
baths next day. Third day, sat up about half the
day, walked across the house several times, and
helped herself as she pleased. The fifth day, made
two calls. The sixth day, rode out to the country ;
coming home, was caught out in a heavy shower
of rain, and pretty thoroughly " drenched ;" all
went on harmoniously; no harm done by the
shower; not the least; on the contrary, continued
to do yvell, so that, in a few days, no person would
have supposed the lady to have been a late partu
rient patient This case has, as a matter of course,
made some noise among the wise ones. As I have
taken up so much space with the former part of
my chapter, and wish to notice the last part a
little, I will only say, in regard to the other eases
of parturition, that they resulted well ; that the
treatment was about the same as in the case de
scribed. I would also just say, in regard to the
first case: tho lady was more than commonly
slender, and, in all probability, with any other
treatment, might have been compelled to occupy
her room for weeks, with broken breasts, <te.
This vicinity—situated as it is, so far north, and
so near the lake (Michigan Lake)—is very much
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subject to lung-fever, or pneumonia. It has, as a
general thing, been considered among the incura
bles in " i/tesc dipffins." I have treated a large
number of lung-fever patients this winter and
spring, and have only lost one, a little child, about
Bix months old. A few weeks since, I treated the
most severe case of pneumonia that I ever saw.
The patient (Rev. Mr. M. ) is a man of about forty
years of age, slender constitution, light hair, light
eyes, and nervous, sanguine temperament.
Mr. M. was attacked with the UEual train of pre
monitory symptoms—coughing and spitting of
blood, loss of appetite, cold feet and hands, pain
through the chest and shoulders, high-colored urine,
constipation of bowels, furred tongue, pulse 110
and much corded, and general fever. I was sent
for, on the day of the attack, twice ; but, on ac-
count of other pressing business^did not get there
until the next day, when I found him (the patient)
very sick indeed—had been delirious for fifteen
hours—fever high, very high, which had been
preceded by a heavy chill of three hours. In ad
dition to this, the patient had a most terrible
cough. The intervals of coughing were, perhaps,
about half an hour. When the paroxysms of
coughing came on, it seemed, each time, to exhaust
all the strength of the patient The matter ex
pectorated had pretty much tho appearance of
clear blood.
I was satisfied, after the examination, that med
icine could not reach his case. I was satisfied,
also, that, in order to save life in this case, even
with "water-cure," the most energetic measures
were demanded. Jugs of hot water were placed
at the feet ; cloths, wrung out of the coldest water,
were applied to the chest and head ; and owing to
the great degree of heat, the cloths were changed
once in two minutes, and even then would become
steaming hot.
Once a day cold sitz-baths were administered ;
sups of ice-cold water were given every few min
utes. The sups of water seemed to mitigate the
coughiug astonishingly. The morning of the third
day after the treatment was commenced, the pa
tient gave himself up to die, and said to his friends
that he could not live, <tc. Up to this time, the
whole train of symptoms, as mentioned above,
were more and more aggravated, until the evening
of the third day, the fever subsided, profuse per
spiration and expectoration commenced, and from
this, rapid convalescence—the most rapid conva
lescence, under the circumstances, that ever I
knew. The diet in the case, for some five or six
days, consisted of cold slippery-elm mucilage, and
cold water ; fromt' 's, cold ice-water ; and so con
tinued to increase the diet as the case seemed to
demand. In about two weeks from the attack,
the patient was able to attend to his regular busi-
ness, and now enjoys better health than he had
done for a long time previous: what is more, is a
thorough convert to " water-cure," and sends his
name for the "Water-Cure Journal." Had I not
have taken up bo much space already, I would like
to premise a few things from this case ; as it is,
will leave this for the reader, and proceed with the
" contrast case." The second case—the " contrast
case "—is a man of about forty-five years of age,
good constitution, Ac ; was attacked about the
time of the first case—treated by a brother Allo
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path—bled largely and frequently—blistered from
"top to bottom"—completely flayed alive; yes,
and then, to cap all, (oh ! God forgive him ! he
knows not what he does ;) as soon as the " cantharis
vesicatoria " has separated the cuticle from the der
mis, the doctor is on hand to tear off this part of
the ikin, and leave the chest—the whole chest—as
raw as a piece of beef. Now, I ask, in the name
of poor " doctor-ridden " humanity, is not such
treatment as this calculated to destroy the consti
tution of the most healthy f—is it not, in nine cases
out of ten, calculated to destroy at once the life of
the patient!—and, rather than linger out the mis
erable existence consequent on such treatment,
who would not, at once, prefer death?
i This patient was taken down about the 20th of
! March, and for weeks it was doubtful (so tho doc-
tor said) whether ho recovered or not, and now
(the 9th of May) is just able to be about the house
a little ; and the doctor thinks that, if he ever has
! another attack, it will be the "last-on-him."
SELF-TREATMENT WITH WATER-
BY B. a.
Messrs. Editors—I am unaccustomed to write
for the press; yet I should be glad to appear in
your columns, if my humble experience in water-
cure might be of any interest to your readers, or
of any advantage to the great cause in which you
and your co-laborers are so heartily and worthily
engaged. Like most genuine converts to water-
cure, I could wish that I might be able to speak of
its merits in such a manner as would attract the
attention and interest the heart of every reader ;
yet, in this as in every other good cause, simple
and unadorned facta must bo relied upon as the
chief means of advancing its interests and estab
lishing its claims. Let the great facts in medical
and physiological reform which the system denom
inated Water-Cure brings to light, be held up with
sufficient perseverance before the minds of the
thinking community, and the "pill system," and
all the various refuges of lies to which people have
been accustomed to resort, and with such vast
expense, for the recovery of lost health, must sink
rapidly into an irrecoverable decline People,
wh«n they once become persuaded that the ra
tional use of so simple and plentiful an element as
water is more than a substitute for the nauseous,
poisonous, and costly drugs which they have been
accustomed to swallow, considering them necessary
for the cure of their various ills, will put away
such vile things as not only unworthy of a place
in their pharmacopoeia, but of one also in their
( remembrance. But to persuade them—this is the
point; true, when prejudice has been long cher
1 ished and long supported by the highest authorit)',
it takes a long time to root it out from its strong
> holds : such " stubborn things," however, as every
water-cure practitioner, both professional and non
professional, can abundantly furnish, must event
ually storm the castlo of the strongest prejudice,
and force the garrison into an unconditional sur
render. Permit me, then, to add my experience
to that of the hundreds who have testified on this
subject, trusting that it may be useful in convert
ing at least one sufferer to the truth as it is in
Hydropathy.
About eighteen months since, I was led to in
vestigate, in some small degree, the merits of the
water-treatment ; not that I had any particular
confidence in it as a system, for I had well nigh
lost faith in all curative systems and all medical
practice. Indeed, had not this been the case, I
could not have had confidence, for I had never
heard the water system spoken of, either favorably
or unfavorably ; I had only seen it advertised in
the public prints, and from what I knew of the
good effects of water as sometimes recommended
and practised by the allopaths, I was induced to
give it a hearing.
I had been severely afflicted, for four or five
years, with distressing pains about the breast and
i back, and under the shoulder-blade of the left
j side, accompanied with difficulty of breathing—
that is, with an utter inability to fill the lungs.
My left lung seemed so clogged with mucus, or the
avenues to it so obstructed, that I did not expe
rience a single full breath for years. At first the
difficulty seemed to be principally in the tubes, as
manifested by pain in the upper and central por
tion of the chest ; but it gradually extended down
wards as low as the nipple, and lower point of the
shoulder-blade. The pain here became much more
severe than any I had previously experienced, and
my general health suffered more than formerly. I
expectorated a groat deal of thick mucus of a
grayish color, which was sometimes specked with
blood, especially when, from changes of the wea
ther, or from the season of the year, I was visited
with more acute attacks. As regards the weather
I became a perfect barometer, perceiving ap
proaching changes by an increase of pain in my
lungs, long before any indications of the kind
made their appearance in the atmosphere. Spring
weather was peculiarly harassing to me, and during
the spring of '48 and '49 I suffered most intole
rably.
I consulted various physicians, at different
times : some called my disease chronic bronchitis
others gave it some other name ; while others gave
me plainly to understand that I was tending rap
idly to a consumptive state: all agreed that my
affection was difficult of cure, but each prescribed
something that would " have at least a palliative
effect." I say each ; but I will except one, who,
with more candor or better judgment than the
rest, told me, to use his own words, that my dis
ease was one that generally makes sure of its man,
and that he could do but little for it
The treatment which I was kept upon for years
was strengthening-plasters, antimonial ointment
applied to the breast until issues were produced,
antimonial wine taken internally to induce nausea,
and "clear out the pipes," and gentle aperients to
keep tho bowels moving. Syrups of various com
pounds were also at times prescribed, and lastly
cod liver oil.
All the above prescriptions, excepting the last
mentioned, I used for about five years, with a good
deal of perseverance, but with no other effect than
a temporary alleviation of the symptoms, and not
always with that
In the spring of '49 I was obliged to give up my
business (teaching), so weak and continually pain
ful had become my lungs, and so debilitated my
general health. A severe cough had set in, which
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racked my whole frame, unlike anything I had
ever experienced before; expectoration became
more profuse, of an altered character, having a
very bad taste; night sweats occasionally super
vened, and many other bad symptoms began to
appear.
It was in this state of things—my health all
gone, my means exhausted, and apparently with
the grave staring me in the face—that I concluded
to examine a little into the merits of water-cure, to
see if it contained anything worthy of my attention.
Its teachings, I confess, seemed somewhat incred
ible at first, yet there was an apparent soundness
about many of its propositions and conclusions,
which accorded too well with principles. 1 bad
elsewhere learned not to make a favorable as well
as a strong impression upon my mind. 1 very
plainly perceived that if water-cure was what it
professed to be, the best of all treatments; that if
it was as good even as any other, it was, of all
other treatments, the one adapted to my present
circumstances. I lost no time in applying it, as I
could glean from day to day, from the Water-Cure
Journal, which I was then reading, the principles
and appliances which I thought suitable to my
case. I did not lay aside all medicines at once, but
gradually discontinued them as my knowledge and
faith in water increased.
The treatment I pursued cousistcd, at first,
merely of two sponge-baths daily, (morning and
evening,) and of cold wet cloths, in the intervals,
applied to the chest to relieve the pains. These
were applied both night and day; afterwards I
wore the wet jacket at night, and sometimes by
day. I found clysters gave me great relief, as my
bowels were torpid, and I had been much troubled
with constipation; indeed, the truth is, I had
taken pills, until my bowels ceased to act without
their stimulating influence. 0! what a curse to
mankind, that pills were ever invented to stimu
late, and goad, and wear out the delicate tissues of
the alimentary canal, when pure soft water will
answer the purpose so much better! I took an
occasional pack, arranged by myself, and drank
considerable quantities of water, mornings and
before dinner. I discontinued the use of tea and
coffee, and nearly all animal food, except a mode
rate quantity of milk ; in short, adopted a water-
cure diet as nearly as my circumstances would
admit.
In the above diet and treatment I persevered
for about two months, when I found many of the
symptoms considerably relieved, though severe
pains in my left lung still continued, with a good
deal of tenderness at every inspiration, and some
times pain. A crisis of boils then set in, which
lasted about three weeks, after which I felt de
cidedly improved.
By way of experiment, about this time, I tried
the effects of the hunger cure. After abstaining
from food for several days, I found the severity of
my pains entirely overcome, and it has not return
ed to this day. I was well satisfied, and remain
so still, that I accomplished more by this method,
in connection with water, iu a few days, than I
could have accomplished with water alone in
months.
As my employment was in-doors, and somewhat
sedentary, I afterwards adopted the expedient of
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taking but two meals a din', which I believe was best
for me, under the circumstances: I improved upon
it, decidedly, and gained flesh instead of losing it, as
some might suppose. 1 practised also, and, as I
think, with much benefit, expanding the lungs by
drawing in full inspirations through a small aper
ture in my lips, and expelling the air through the
same, and by throwing my arms upwards and
backwards, taking at the same time full breaths.
I have continued the UFe of the wet jacket of
nights, until the present time, with occasional
packs and clysters, and my health and strength has
been increasing, until I can no longer say I am
sick; yet my lungs are not entirely sound; I feel
some weakness in them yet, and some expectora
tion still continues. My friends, who were at
first considerably alarmed lest 1 should kill myself
outright, have concluded 1o give me over to the
error of my ways, believing ine to be decidedly
" water-proof."
Thus, Messrs. Editors, what I had been seeking
for for years, through the medium of doctors and
drugs, and blisterings and issues, and plasters and
syrups, I have accomplished by the careful, faith
ful, and pel-severing application of simple water;
to which might be added, perhaps, diet, air, and
exercise. Now, I will mention but one more
feature of my ease, and I have done. Formerly,
on account, of the great amount of time I was
obliged to lose by ill health, and the amount I paid
for advice and medicines, my pockets were always
empty ; debts accumulated, and payments were
often requested when I had not the wherewithal
to meet them. My pockets now contain plenty of
change ; and, according to all prospect, they will
be much fuller before they are emptier. Three
cheers for Hydropathy ! May it live long and
spread fast, to bless the millions who are laboring
in mind, and body, and in pence, under the
oppressive and accursed burdens which drugs
impose.
LET NATURE AND CAPACITY CONTROL.
BY TIIEODOSIA GILBERT.
To say that the human body is subject to untold
and excruciating maladies, is simply to offer an
undisputed and undoubted observation. It is
equally true, that human opinions and human
society are subject to amazing and most fatal de
rangements—are agonized by every variety and
type of ill humors and deadly elements. Physi
cians come forward and offer themselves for ser
vice in the one department as in the other. Those
who stand by the bedside of our sick and dying,
are required, by every enlightened community, to
sit meekly at the feet of sovereign nature, and
yield themselves up wholly to her dictates. To
re-establish her sway, is all that the most skillful
of them can do.
With equal justice may the same reverence for
great nature be demanded of those who attempt
to reform the manners, and correct the abuses, of
their times. To arrive at the great Designer's de
sign, in the arrangement of human affairs, and
abide his established laws, is all that the largest-
hearted reformer may attempt to do. The victims
of our various ills can find actual relief, or redress,
only in nature's own way.
Among the social abuses everywhere promi
nent, it needs no argument to prove that the pre
sent peculiar relationships of women are those
which call loudest for redress.
Public sentiment itself bear's abundant testi
mony on this point. Already we hear urged the
great advantage, and obligation even, of educating
women as liberally as men. To some extent, the
right to use her talents, in common with the other
sex, is acceded; and the propriety of choosing a
pursuit, with reference only to her inclination and
ability, very generally obtains. Of these new
concessions, none, perhaps, have a greater share of
the popular sanction than the study of the medical
profession. Since the notable day which gave to
America a thorough-bred physician, in the person
of Miss Blaekwell, there has even been discovered
a great appropriateness in what are generally
deemed woman's peculiar qualification* for the
practice of this science. There arc those who
claim for her an exclusive right to certain depart
ments of the art In their zeal, they hasten to tell
us, and I doubt not with the sincerest convictions,
that obstetrics should be monopolized by women.
In a recent article of "THE LILY," I observe
such a sentiment to have escaped the pen of Mrs. E.
C. Stanton, one of the standard advocates of com
mon rights.
She says, "the fact, that it is now almost wljolly
in the hands of the male practitioner, is an outrage
on common decency." 1 grant it ; but, on the
other hand, claim that it would be equally an out
rage on common sense, to have it arbitrarily in
the hands of our own sex. Skill, and not sex,
should settle the claims of every practitioner. If,
on the score of natural qualifications, or superior
ability, women can secure this entire department
of practice, let them do it ; but do not, I insist,
accede it to them because they are women. The
assumption that sex, as such, has rights, is the fatal
idea which has always kept us in the unequal and
circumscribed position we occupy. Monopoly,
founded on "appropriateness of sphere," has ever
been the bane of our progress. The instant we
accept exclusive privileges, we yield the proudest
claim to equality, l.et women, or any class of
persons, set up claims peculiar to themselves, and
they are effectually kept within the circumference
of those claims. In such case, to stand on one's
merit, scholarship, or professional skill, is out of
the question. A little while, and custom awards
to women certain departments of practice, as it
now docs to men the entire practice of this art,
irrespective of any ability either may possess.
The thing carried out, resolves itself into exclusive
attendance of each upon his or her own sex.
Public opinion, and not the necessary requisites, is
to decide one's choice of a physician.
Establish any arbitrary rule of this kind, and a
patient may be left to the only alternative of peril
ing life, or sacrificing a good name. If the study
of Physiology and Anatomy are legitimate and
laudable pursuits for both male and female, and
if, in their acquisition, wielding the dissecting
knife must be common to both, what obliquity of
public sentiment ought to decide when, and only
when, the skill of either shall be made available !
If custom is to put another collar on our necks,
no easier to be borne than that which we now
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wear, what great progress have we made 1 To bo
sure, there may have opened to us one more ave
nue to scientific research ; but* to obtain this on
the score of our womanhood, is not to hasten the
establishment of our intellectual equality with the
other sex.
As for any peculiar adaptedness to the sick
chamber, any great natural qualifications for
offices of kindness and humanity, over our brothers,
it is time, high time, such notions were utterly dis
carded. Who does not believe there is naturally
as much gentleness, devotion, as much of the real
" ministering angel " spirit in man as in woman ?
Whose step is more gentle, whose voice more
kind, whose attentions more grateful, than a
brother's, a father's, a husband's 1 Who lends his
soul to the work of his hands i—A certain old phy-
tician of mine—of the pill and blister school, too
—why, I had rather have the glove on his hand,
than any score of common nurses !
It is purely educational; in our habit of think
ing there can be no interchange of duties incum
bent upon the sexes. Should the day ever come,
when, as the writer above alluded to desires, boys
are educated to domestic avocations, and girls are
reared to share the hardier duties of out-door life,
we shall have another state of things.
The world-wide difference between the two will
have to exhibit itself in something beside spheres
of action. Then the amiable, patient, enduring
characteristics claimed as peculiar to our sex, and
the nobler, manlier qualities as peculiar to the
other, will be equalized; and who can doubt but
the happiest developments must result from such
combination i
If woman is ever to obtain, or maintain, any
such equality of rights as the endowments of the
great Giver entitle her to, she must do it in the
strength of those endowments. If literary or sci
entific men extend to her a fellowship of feeling
in mutual spheres of activity, let them do it in
justice to her claims as a moral and intellectual
being.
Above all, let neither man nor woman so far
degrade science as to make, even in thought, its
investigation, or practice, in any department, by
any qualified person, unliallovsed.
GLEN HAVEN FESTIVAL.
The events of the noonday of the nineteenth
century cast a slight imputation upon the far-
seeing wisdom of King Solomon, when he asserted,
with the dignity of a monarch and the gravity of
a sage, "There is no new thing undtr the sun."
The wonders wrought in our day by the magic
hand of science, the enchanting sights and sounds
developed by the exhaustless power of art, would
not lessen the complacency of the philosophic
king ; with a half-mocking smile, he would say—
" it hath been already of old time, which was be
fore ua." But could he have been among the
privileged number who surrounded the hospitable
board of Dr. Jackson, on the day of the festival, he
would liave been compelled to admit that a dinner,
and such a dinner, prepared upon strictly Hydro
pathic principles, was something which had not
been " dreamed of in his philosophy."
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The memorable 12th was one of the loveliest
of June's lovely daughters. A fresh breeze swept
caressingly over the fair bosom of the "Beautiful
Maiden;"* the gently sloping hills, clothed from
base to summit with luxuriant foliage that circle
her brow like a coronet of emeralds, flashed back
the rays of the sun from myriads of rain-drops, left
by the showers of yesterday ; and the grand old
forest-trees, majestic in their beauty, bent lightly
to the breeze, in order that they might—with a
pardonable vanity—catch a glimpse of their grace
ful forms in the clear depths of the Skaneuteles.
The birds—Glen Haven birds they are, and there
fore like the living beings in "the Glen,"—more
free than others of their tribe to act in perfect ac
cordance with the laws of their beautiful natures
—for here no "fowler spreads his net"—poured
forth wild gushes of melody, which the " Queen of
Song" herself could hardly hope to rival. The
smiling aspect of the skies above—the beauty of
the green earth around—the friendly greetings of
more than a hundred guests, combined to render
more inviting the dinner, which needed not to
send forth "aromatic odors" to tempt the appetite
of those who assembled in the leafy bower to par
take of the feast which the incomparable skill of
Mrs. Jackson had provided. Delicate baked meat«)
not floating in rich gravies—for at Glen Haven it
is not the custom to oil the wheels of life, to keep
them in motion—Skaneateles trout—choice titbits
for an epicure—halibut, white as the snows of
the Himalaya, with sweet cream sauce—the favor
ite tomato — homely bean, and mealy potato—
asparagus heads, green and tender, smothered in
cream, formed—without the usual condiments by
which perverted appetites arc pampered—a "first
course " fit for a king. Then followed pyramids
of Graham pudding—that prince ofpuddings to a
water-cure patient—and its cousin-german, nice
cracked wheat—aristocratic corn-starch, and its
humble relatives, boiled and baked Indian—sim
ple baked rice, and delicate boiled custards; and
for sauce to all, an abundance of sugar and cream.
Then came pies of apple, pie-plant, and pumpkin,
with blackberry tarts, Dutch cheese, stewed ap
ples, quinces, and blackberries, and fresh figs; and
—can you credit it, dear lady f—in the prepara
tion of the entire dinner, there was used no lard,
no butter, no wine, no spices of any kind, and yet
a hundred and fifty people—high authority, too—
pronounced it " vert good." Dinner being ended,
ladies and gentlemen withdrew together ; and it
would seem, from what followed, that the latter
needed no other stimulus than bright eyes and
Bunny smiles to enable them to furnish an intel
lectual feast worthy of the gods. When such men
as William II. Burleigh and Charles A. Wheaton,
of Syracuse ; Sireno French and J. C. Hathaway,
of Ontario county ; H. T. Brooks, of Wyoming ; T.
W. Brown, of Auburn ; and the inimitable O. E.
Dodge, of Boston, are the gitcsts of such a host as
Dr. J. C. Jackson, one can never look in vain for
a "feast of reason and a flow of soul."
Letters were read from some of New York's
noblest sons, expressing regret at their inability to
share the festivities of the occasion, and compli
menting Dr. Jackson highly for his talent and per-
•Lake SkancattUs—an Indian name, signifying Beautiful
Maiden.
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severance in the work of reform in the remedial
treatment of disease. I obtained a copy of the
following from the learned and venerable David
Thomas, which will be full of iutcrest and instruc
tion to the readers of the Water-Cure Journal :—
Letter from David Thomas, Oreatfield, 6 mo., 1851.
J. C. Jackson; Theo. Gilbert—
Dear friends—Your polite invitation to attend a
Water-Curo Festival, on the 12th instant, was duly
received ; and it would bo pleasant to be with you, if
the infirmities of 75 on my part, and domestic cares at
this time on Ednah's part, allowed us to visit Glen
Haven. Nay, we should bo glad to be there, for we
have no apprehensions of Circean feasts at your hos-
pitable board ; but, on the contrary, we are confident
that your example will assist in advancing the cause of
Temporanoe.
It is sorrowful to reflect on tho myriads that have
fallen victims to Alcohol ; and yet, who could bo sur
prised at the result, when —not 36 years ago—every
genteel establishment had its side-board of costly
liquors to tempt the unwary guest ' It has been rather
a wonder to me, how so many of us escaped from per
ishing in the same way. Why, it is not 20 years since
a committee urged me to preside in a temperance soci.
ety ; and tho prevailing argument was, that'nearly all
our old men, used to public business, were moro or less
intemperate !
Connected with this evil, is that decay of the intel
lect in advanced years, called dotage ; but there are
other causes of dotage besides alcohol, because there
are other stimulants ; and chief amongst these, are
tobacco, tea, coffee, and opium. An observant M. D.
assured me that he had never known a long-continued
use of the last drug, without its impairing tho mind ;
and 1 apprehend that tobacco is rarely taken with more
safety. In my own per.-on I have had no experience ;
but what regular chewcr, or smoker, or snuffer, has
preserved tho full vigor ot his mind till 70 1
In regard to tea and coffee, my knowledge is positive
and direct—for after suffering with head-ache, of differ
ent kinds for more than thirty years, 1 discovered the
cause of this malady. In a few weeks after the disuso
of these liquors, a great change appeared ; head-ache
ceased—sight greatly improved—and petulance (that
attendant of shattered nerves) was nearly subdued. I
am now frco to declare, as I have often done before,
that were I placed in a situation particularly trying to
the temper, I would not drink tea or coffee for a bribe
of a thousand dollars a year.
I am well aware of the great difference in our consti
tutions ; but, from some facts which hare come to my
knowledge, 1 suspect that those who now seem unaf
fected by such indulgences, are really deferring the
evil to a future time, and silently impairing their con
stitutions.
In short, I feol most confident that nothing but total
abstinence from stimulants of alt kinds—except as
medicines, very rarely employed—has preserved me
till this day, and enabled mc to erect a beacon for
other benighted wanderers.
Very truly, your friend, David Thomas.
Speeches were made upon various topics of
Hygienic reform, and toasts given, which were re
ceived with the heartiest applause. Through the
kindness of a friend, I am in possession of the fol
lowing:—
By William H. Bitrleiou.—Tho Ladies, and
nothing else that can intoxicate.
By Tbuolow W. Brown.—Doctor aud Mrs. Jack-
eon, and Miss Gilbert, proprietors of Glen Haven
Water-Cure—May they live for ever, and their
institution survive them.
By G. W. Jomow.—Doctor Jackson—May hi
prove as successful in curing physical disease, as he
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has been eminently so in curing moral, political,
and religious disease.
By N. Randall.—The Water-Cure Treatment—
May its inestimable advantages continue to spread,
until it is brought -within the reach of the whole
human race. Then the "good time" will have
come, and "quackery," the "pillbox," and the
"lancet" cease to inflict their butcheries upon
those who, through ignorance and prejudice, wor
ship at their shrine.
By Brockway and Mills.—Cold Water, now
and for ever.
By J. C. Hathawat.—Theodosia Gilbert, of
Glen Haven—The first American woman to advo
cate and adopt woman's apparel in accordance with
comfort and convenience, and the laws of life and
health. She is entitled to the thanks of woman,
and all the sons of woman.
By Amelia B. Dixson.—Glen Ilaven Water
Cure.—May the abundant provision from the labo
ratory of nature prove availing in the restoration
to health of all who seek, in the romantic "Glen,"
a remedy for disease, or a haven of pleasure and
rest.
By Thuelow W. Brown.—Our hostess, Mrs.
Lueretia E. Jackson —If the proof of a good din
ner is in the eating, the highest compliment has
juBt been paid to hers. Her skill in the kitchen is
only equalled by her genial and lady-like deport
ment in the parlor, and her womanly, undevi-
ating kindness in the sick chamber. May the
"better-half" long live to preside at Glen-Haven.
The only occasion for regret, in recalling the
events of the day, is, (hat Time, the inexorable
tyrant, would not wait to give opportunity for
some of the ladies present—and there were several
eminent for their talents nnd abilities—to express
their views upon subjects of vital interest and im
portance to them especially—upon drlss. A
Bmall but noble band of them—I need mention
only Mrs. R C. Stanton, of Seneca Falls ; Mrs. Bur
leigh, of Syracuse ; and Miss Gilbert, of Glen
Haven—haviDg the courage to wear, and the grace
to adorn, the " new costume."
It is impossible to put upon paper the spirit
which animated the occasion. By those present
the day will long be remembered, not only as
marking a new era in Sanatary Reform, in which
Dr. Jackson, already not unknown to fame, takes
enviable rank as a pioneer, but as a day of happy
meetings, friendly intercourse, and bright enjoy
ment.
Just before parting, the matchless Dodge—the
inimitable YaDkce—sang an impromptu song,
while a whole artillery of fun and frolic played in
every muscle of his face, and Hashed in every
movement of his roguish eye. No just idea of
the song can be had from reading it, nor of the
festival from a description of it ; therefore, dear
reader, the next time the Doctor and Mrs, Jackson
invite their friends to a Hydropathic dinner,
" May you be there to see."
U.NDINK.
THE SONG.
Ant—" The Cork Ug."
I am asked for a ditty, but what shall I King,
For to get a new subject is no easy thing,
And I hope that my actions will not be thought wrong.
If I make out Improvement the theme of ray song.
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But a few years ago in cases of gout,
They'd physic within and blister without,
And in medical lectures, they'd say for adults.
If you can't draw their money, why, draw on thcirpulse.
In case of the measlei, they'd blister the head,
Then mourn with the w idow the lose of the dead ;
For a pain in the back, on the patient would pounce,
And cause the poor Victim to rnsr Hp accounts.
But a few in the nation have opened their eyes,
And taken the Calcmelitet by surprise,
By proving there's health for the .011 and the daughter,
By us ing mo.-t freely Glen Haven soft water.
For all will confess, and 'tis plain to be seen.
That it can't be a damage to keep ourselves clean ;
If we can't avoid Doctors, Tt ho're sure to do hurt,—
In the name of kind Heaven let's keep off the dirt.
There's reform in our eating as well as the rest,
And the tiLEs Haven table is surely the best,
.Mrs. Jackson—Miss Gilbert. have furnished all food
That the friends of cold water pronounce to lie good.
Well, we came here together to talk and to dine,
And to laugh and be merry without drinking wine,
And like children of natnre, we're furnished relief,
By the best of assistance—the Cayuga Chief.*
With the knife and the hatchet, the arrow and bow.
All reforms of the day we are bound to make go ;
Our oppo.ers may bluster, may smile or may frown.
But with help from the Chief, we'll do 'eill up Brown.
But we've other newspapers to stand by our side—
The white fragrant Lily, our Queen flora's pride,
Which sends forth an odor so truthful and strong,
That it strengthens the weak, and withers the wrong.
And the ladies—God bless 'em—we all understand,
Are reforming their dres-es all over the land,
And t lie " Lords of Creation"' are laid on the shelves,
For the women are learning to think for themselves,
And now to wind up—for I've sung enough— most,
If you'll pay me attention, I'll give you a toast :
The Ladies, w ho think for themselves as to dress
Aud evury thing else ; with the aid of the Truss.
WOMAN'S DRESS.
BY MRS. R. B. GLEASON.
The trimmings of the guy world would clothe
the naked ones, said Win. Penn. If this were true
150 years since, is it not equally so, or rather much
more so, at this period ) Since the days of our
Puritan fathers, the ingenuity of men, and espe
cially of the women, has sought out such divers
kinds of ornamental fixtures, that it would seem
that their cost would feed, clothe, and educate all
the needy. But with the increase of those in
wealth, there has been an increase of those in
want. When the "seven fat kine" have quickly
appeared, "the seven lean kine" have as suddenly
followed. As with the human system, when one
part has the vital current in excess, some other is
in want ; so when a Dives is " clad in purple and
fine linen, faring sumptuously" every day, there
''lies at his gate," or hard by, a Lazarus in want
of his crumbs and "cast off clothes." Do not,
then, the frequent calls of the destitute virtually
admonish all to beware of so much needless and
expensive deeoratiou i Is the joy bought by costly
apparel to be compared with having fed the hun
gry, clothed the naked, relieved the sick, in
structed the iguorantf
What an army of the worthy sons and daughters
•Thurlow W. Brown editor of the Cayuga Chiof, Auburn.
A man overflowing with bonhommie and sparkling wit.
of want could be well clad, with that which now
only gives gayety to woman's apparel. Thousands
are expended for ribbons, roses, gimps, fringes,
ruffles and other trimmings; and for what end ?
For a finish. And what is that finish? Is it
warmth, strength, durability, gentility! No, it is
only frailty added to that which is already fragile.
What a host of money is paid for pinking, which
is sixpence per yard, for giving an article a
rugged edge. How much for lace to hold you fast
to the slip door, when you would move quietly
out of church ; or to bind you fast, in a crowd, to
a button on a stranger's coat. If moving at a
snail's pace, you may he fortunate enough to free,
your net before any serious rent is made ; but if
under good motion, what havoc I If fortunate
to have a plump purse, you can readily repair the
rent, by the purchase of new; but if the old must
be made to last "yet a little longer," then comes
the looking, planning, stitching, seasoned, perhaps,
with a little fretting.
Not only does woman's physical nature call for
reform in dress, as shown in preceding articles;
but her mentat and moral can never be truly and
fully developed, when the " wherewithal she shall
be clothed" is the prime object of her thought and
care.
The universal prevalence of expensive trim
mings tend to beget envy, eovetouBness, and dis
content in the hearts of those who have them not;
and for them, virtue is often sold in exchange.
They foster pride, vanity, self-conceit in the hearts
of those who have them in abundance ; nnd make
the wearer prize more highly outward ndornings
than " the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit."
Our prevalent style of drees is so complex and
ever changing, that it requires not only much
needless making of new, but a host of retrimming
and refitting of the old.
Time is of too much worth to be squandered in
remodeling, when no other good is to be gained
than merely that of being more fashionable. If
the new mode is an improvement on the old, and
the garment worth the work, why refit of course;
or, if it be so worn that a change of form will
make it serve longer, very well. How many a
weary wife devotes every leisure moment to the
needle, to give herself and little ones a "decent
look," that is, a fashionable one, when her physi
cal frame calls for sleep, or free exercise in the open
air ; thus gl owing old prematurely ; her mind
famishing for that food which liberty to read the
host of books and periodicals about her would give.
That little instrument, the needle, has "slain its
thousands, and "maimed its tens of thousands,"
How frequent the complaint among women, of
pain in the chest, pain in the side, pain in the
stomach ; accompanied with the exclamation, it
hurts me terribly to sew 1 When told the only
true way to find relief is to sew less, she replies,
" how can I f" and adds, " sewing is so cheap that I
must do a great deal to live by it; or else, sewing
is so dear, and I have so much of it to bo done,
that I must take all the stitches I can myself ;" the
answer varying according to the position of the
complainant, whether she plies the needle to
save a shilling, or to earn one.
Some who have a purse to purchase anew when
they please, and procure what help they wish,
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make it a plea for expensive dressing, that the Were the time devoted to useless stitching
poor seamstresses are- in want of employ. Very spent in useful study, it would speedily raise ASTHMA.
true, and why ? Because in many sections they are woman to her proper rank amid intelligent beings. BY L. E. PEET.
not half paid for what they do. Such women of Byron's notion that a fine dress, and a looking For my asthmatic friends I have a short chapter,
wealth would do better to gratify their benevo- glass, were all that were needed to make a woman drawn from personal experience. I know that
lcnce at the expense of their vanity, by paying happy, would become obsolete. Her relationship to such chapters arc common ; but being one who
their sewing girls more, and exacting of them less. man would not be either a servant to wait upon believes that a multiplication of experiments tends
Never oblige them to consume midnight oil in him, or a toy to amuse him ; a frail fancy piece, to illustrate truth, and that a record of them works
useless stitching. Have a garment neatly but claiming his constant pity and protection. By powerfully towards the conviction of those who
simply made, and then pay them the same as they this I do not mean she would ape manhood, or " having eyes see not, and ears hear not," I have
do now, or more if they please. aim at it, but attain the true worth and dignity of ventured upon the following brief sketch of my
When the poor girl, worn and exhausted with j womanhood. The duties of her peculiar province experience in disease, persuaded that from the
sitting from month to month, and from year to j would not be beneath her care, nor above her mouths even of babes some may be " brought to
year, to stitch, stitch, asks, when she brings home comprehension. The proper performance of these a knowledge of the truth."
the well-finished garment, if she cannot be paid a j always develope and improve her character. From early childhood I have been afflicted with
little more than formerly, urging, as a reason, that It is blind devotion to those pursuits which only a weakness of the bronchia, the legitimate result
the new fashion cost much more work than the j minister to vanity and pride, which brings a moral of taking strong mineral medicines when a babe,
old, the reply often is, that the new style of goods and intellectual dearth. administered to cure inflammation of the eyes.
is high, the patterns large, and that to dress The plain, quiet, tidy wife, who, though she This weakness was often aggravated to a fearful
genteely, as they are obliged to, is so expensive, reads little, studies and labors hard to secure true extent by colds, and I can now show five scars on
that they must get their sewing done for less, in home comforts ; to lead her children in the path of my arms—the physical record of bleedings which
stead of more. health, intelligence, and piety ; being guided by were resorted to by our knowiug " family physi
Many a fancy dress is worn but once, when her own sense of right rather than by " old wives' cian," at as many different times, to save me from
every thread in its fabric and every stitch in its fables," or new Parisian fashions ; always has a immediate death.
construction was wrought in pain. Oh ! what a fund of g jod sense and goodness of heart, of self- At the age of fifteen, I was suddenly and unex
wicked waste, and wearing out of human life and sacrifice And self-reliance, which makes her truly pectedly overtaken with the spasmodic asthma.
health, given of God for nobler purposes ! Why companionable to every intelligent mind. Her The first attack was slight, and was promptly re
does the poor artist thus toil ! That to the pangs eye n.ver has that vacant, soulless stare, which lieved by soaking the feet in tepid water. The
which disease and hunger have brought, those of is peculiar in her whose chief thought always is second followed after the space of six months;
starvation may not be added. That the little ones, to 'jring herself and family, in dress, word, and and in consequence of an unaccountable repug
for whose comfort a father and mother cares ten manner, to accord with the most approved modern nance to disclosing it to my friends, which kept
fold more than for their own, may not lack at rules of prettinesa. from me the usual remedies, it » as harder and
night their bit of bread and cup of milk. Many women are like Martha of old, " cumbered longer in duration than the first. My repugnance
with much serving." When any plans are laid to to the disclosure of it continued for three years, in
The great fact, " the laborer is worthy of his abridge her needless labors and cares, that she which time the attacks increased rapidly in num
hire" not being recognized, the maker and not the may havo more leisure for literary pursuits, many ber and intensity, until at last, after suffering, to
wearer suffers most from the frequent change in take alarm lest she neglect her needful duties. use a cant phrase, more than tongue can tell, and
form, and increase in number of fashionable But have we not many noble examples to the con finding my constitution gone, and my youthful
fixtures. An illustration of this we find in the trary \ Among them stand Francis D. Gage, whose hopes blasted, I yielded to the merciless disease,
manufacture of that elegant, tasteful, and seemingly writings now delight and instruct thousands. In disclosed it to my parents, and consented to em
indispensable article in female attire—lace. The her youthful days she had limited educational ad ploy a physician. I employed one who, unfortu
machinery by which it is made costs several hun vantages, and toiled hard to help take care of her nately, perhaps, for me, thought more of keeping
dred pounds, and the sudden change in fashion father's large family. She was married at twenty, his fine boots and white satin vest from the vul
which renders this or that pattern of no value, and at twenty-seven the mother of six children, gar tarnish of fly specks and dust, than of gaining
entails frequent and heavy losses, which fall are and now her number is ten. Her thrifty hands
prompt to perform domestic duties of all kinds, the confidence and alleviating the miseries of a
primarily on the proprietor, but secondarily on ; and her heart glowing with maternal love. wretched and apparently worthless invalid. I
the poor laborer who works in the mills, whose I Though having literary talent of high order, she followed his directions for a few weeks without
daily labor must bring him daily bread if he has ! could rock one child in the cradle, hold another relief, and then, in a fit of disgust, turned my back
any. Such must work harder and longer for their in her lap, while she knit and read, all at the same upon him for ever. I then tried traveling. Hav
dry crust, which, when it comes, is poorer and |> time. Who that knows her past life, can say that
she lacks true womanly qualities ! ing procured a horse and buggy, I roamed about
smaller, and their couch of straw be exchanged, j Forest City Cuke, 1851. the country for the space of four months, con
perhaps, for the "bare board." All this for what? stantly growing worse. My bronchia was then in
That the freaks that fashion plays with her "magic A Hydropath tor Dover.—Mrs. Oliver Thi a miserable condition indeed. I recollect of trav
wand," stamping this and that article valueless, bet's writes to the Journal as follows: eling an entire week without three consecutive
may diminish nought from the rich capitalists, It would be well for Nina Smyth to bo informed hours of good sleep. During the latter part of
but from the pittance of him " who if he does not through the Journal, that wo now haven Hydropathic that week I became so exhausted that I frequently
work" cannot eat" physician in Dover. One worthy of unbounded con
fidence—one of the very best. One that has had ex fell asleep in my carriage while on tho road, and
This is only one mesh in the great snare which perience in both modes of practice, being the widow was awakened by the kindness or the mirth of
wealth and fashion weave to fetter the poor. of as successful a praotitioner as any of the old school ;
she was truly a help-meet in his profession, as in other passers by. Tho only remedy which I used dur
Whoever wants full and forcible illustrations on things, and being a person of great natural ability ing such seasons was tobacco, which I chewed and
this subject, let them read the " Wrongs of Wo promptedand penetration, nas, since the death of her husband,
by feelings of humanity for suffering woman, swallowed in no inconsiderable quantities. I am
men," by Charlotte Elizabeth. Though the scenes thoroughly qualified herself for a Water-Curo physi aware that my water-cure brethren will hold up
are from English life, yet we find plenty of oppres cian and midwife. She is a truo woman, and I, for
one, would trust all to her oare, should disease attack \ the hand in just horror at this last statement ; but
sion in likeness of that which exists in the mother them. Mrs. Mary Adams, late of Worcester, Mass., i it must be remembered that I was not then of the
country, springing up all over our land, though has been with us a few months, and all those who have
made her acquaintance professionally, or otherwise, goodly company which rejoices in the brightness
not yet ripened into such perfection. fully appreciate her worth. With God's help, aud and freshness of that philosophy made known to
Rut we have unwittingly strayed from the field proper encouragement, she is destined for great u.' eful- the world by Preissnitz and Graham, but was wan
of domestic to political economy ; or, rather, so nossWith in our midst.
your August fashion plate I am delighted, and dering, where so many of my fellows now wan-
closely are the two allied, that they involve each think tho new costume admirably adapted to health, \ der, among "dark mountains," whero there is
other. beauty, and convenience.
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danger—fearful danger—"of stumbling, and fall have no doubt but my improvement would have fever, sore throat, headache, pulse one hxindred or
ing to rise no more." been more rapid. I say I did a good deal. It more, and, with all the rest, a slight cutaneous
Finally, a serious congestion in the lungs gave was th's—and I wish every one afflicted as I have eruption all over the surface of the body. I did
out its symptoms, and I was obliged to have re been to pay careful attention, for this is the kernel not like the looks of this Inst named feature ; did
course to the "doctor." Antimony, spiders webs, j of my article. not stop, however, to give it a name, but thought
and ipecacuanha were administered, with a slight- ; I procured some unbolted wheat flour, and had probable that it was a sort of erysipelas, which is
ly alleviating effect. The relief was of short du- ! some bread made of it ; this, with milk, a mode hereditary with herself and father, and which had,
ration, however, and I was soon "running down" i rate quantity of butter, occasionally a potatoc, ap at times, made its appearance before in the form
again. It was not long before it became app- rent j ples, and a small quantity of lean meat twice a of blotches and pimples. Being of Btrong reactive
that I was in desperate circumstances ; and bleed- < week, constituted my diet. As may have been powers, I placed her in the wet sheet pack. She
ing was resorted to, with no other marked result j surmised, I was much addicted to the use of to remained there until warm and comfortable. She
than a fainting fit Hope was then nearly lit an . bacco. This I reduced very much in quantity, then came out of that, and was rubbed all over in
end, and an experiment wi>3 tried. I was ration- i and bathed my chest frequently in cold wuter. asitz bath: chill off, then went to bed, slept sweet
cd. Three small crackers and three cups of tea j The result was this: I lost flesh at first, and then ly an hour or more, and when she awoke, was
were my daily allowance. After the first week I grail ually amended, day by day, with no serious covered from head to foot with large pimples, but
no medicine was given, and I washed my head \ relapses, up to this moment. And to-day my her fever seemed subdued. I had placed cold
and neck frequently in cold water. At the end j health is immeasurably better than it has been applications to her head, and warm ones to her
of eight weeks I was decidedly better, and it was < within my recollection. I have an elasticity of feet, which were so cold that it seemed as if vitali
thought advisable that I should go to the South spirits, a glorious gushing of soul, a buoyant con ty must be exhausted ; but on awaking, her head
and spend the winter, (it was then November.) ; sciousness of inward vigor, to which I have been was well and feet warm, seeming decidedly better.
Accordingly I went, and after spending six months ) long, long a stranger. I called in the lady of the house where we boarded
in Cincinnati, I came back, taking a severe cold ' My friends, I have given you my experience. and her maid, (an old maid by the way,) who both
on the way, and arrived worse than ever—having ! Allow me, now, to talk a few sentences to you as declared that it was the erysipelas, and that I was
all the symptoms of quick consumption. I was j man to man. Don't procrastinate a single day. "striking it in," that I "was killing her," that "if
rationed again, and grew gradually better; yet I I Throw your spices, tea, coffee, and tobacco to the she took another pack she would not live the day
was very feeble throughout the summer. In the j winds—they are deadly poisons to you all. Fjit out," etc. I told them I should most assuredly
autumn I went to Illinois. 1 took cold soon after brown bread; it is surely more palatable than give her another pack if the fever came up, and
I arrived there, and was for many weeks nn ob white ; milk, who would exchange milk for coffee that instead of "striking it in," I had just struck
ject around which no hopes clustered. On the or tea? potatoes, corn-meal cakes; fruit iu its na it out. Her father came up stairs, and although
first of April following, I left that State, consider- !' tural state, not in the form of preserves, nor cook he had much confidence in my skill, it was a little
ably better than I had been for the three years j ed with other ingredients ; fresh and vigorous shaken, and he thought we had better call the
immediately previous. I came to Springfield, O., J vegetables ; Cold-Watek : and of all, except the doctor. I told him I could kill her just as cosy
two years ago, with a hope that my disease and last, partake moderately, regularly, and two or as the doctor, and I should make no charges. Fi
myself had parted company for ever. A few < throe times in a day. If you have pies and cakes, nally I had my own way, and the doctor was not
months, however, undeceived me, by bringing \ have them made of your brown flour, without called. In the afternoon the fever came up as
back, in an aggravated form, my ghostly asthma, i spices, and as plain as possible. Avoid strictly all high as ever. I met it as before, aud with like
I was soon much reduced by it. It visited me, at fat meats, and lard. Bathe often all over ; wear results. All this time she took nothing but cold
short intervals, for four months, when it again dis- j a wet cloth, with dry flannel over it, on the chest water, but as much of that as she called for.
appeared, and the fever-and-ague took its place. ; at night, and through the day if the disease be About midnight I battled the fever again for the
The following summer I rashly broke a fit of the j acute. If your asthma springs from diseased sto last time. The next day she was decidedly better,
ague with quinine, and the asthma, in a shape en- - mach or liver, cure is certain. If hereditary, or and began to take simple nourishment, and the
tirely unprecedented in my experience, grasped from muscular contraction, it will surely bo great fourth day from the time she was taken she went
me with a giant's strength. Six nights out of ly alleviated. My friends, will you do this and down stairs and about the house as usual, although
eleven, four of them successive, I was unable to < live! or will you go on a contrary course, drag the pimples had not left her face. The next day
recline even for a few minutes. This prostrating \ ging out a miserable, miserable existence, and fall her grandfather, who resides in an adjoining town,
form of my complaint continued, at intervals of < prematurely into your grave, which, dark and hor with whom she had been spending some time prior
from two to four weeks, till the first of December, rible as it is, will have become a most welcome to her sickness, came in, and, without knowing
(about five months,) when I had the great good J refuge. that she had been sick, exclaimed, "Why, L ,
fortune to come under the examination of Mr. O. Springfield, 0., 1851. what ails you I You've had the Chicken Pox,
8. Fowler. From this gentleman I received in- ; have you not?" This opened my eyes a little, and
structions, by following which I am rapidly re- j on inquiry we found that she had been fairly ex
turning, as I have every reason to believe, to per- ! HOME TREATMENT OF CHICKEN-POX- posed aud had taken it, but, at the same time, had
feet health. I will give them as he gave them, re a severe cold and was violently threatened with a
marking that they are founded on the Water-Cure •. fever. She is now enjoying perfect health, and
theory, and, if truth ever looks into the minds of I have long desired to send you for publication as long as Heaven provides us with living foun
men in this crooked and perverse world, this theory j an account of my daughter's cose, which I treated tains of pure cold water, we shall have no fears
is one of her brightest smiles. with water last winter. She had a hard cold, as of any disease being struck in to us.
" Eat little," said he, " and that slowly. Make had also two clerks in my husband's store. One of
your food consist entirely of unbolted wheat flour j them, being nlmost a cold water proselyte, doc
bread, fruit, and those vegetables which contuiu no 1 tored himself a little with water, and lived very Overdosing with Lai;dani:si.—The wife of Geo.
stimulating quality. Wear a wet cloth on your j abstemiously, resorting to no other remedial Riues, No. 449 Commercial street, died on Thurs
chest, bathe often, be in the open air much, and I agents. During this time I did nothing at all for day last, in consequence of taking an overdose of
avoid all spices and unnatural stimulants." It was ' . my daughter ; but the other clerk sent for ono of laudanum, while suffering from tic doloreaux.—
hard for me, as I doubt not it is for every one who I our most popular regulars, he seeming much in Boston Traveller.
has tried the experiment seriously, to leave off clined to fever. The doctor attended him con [Another victim of drug medication ! When
tea, coffee, tobacco, spices, and all kinds of meat, stantly for about two weeks, and at the end of will sensible people refuse to be thus slaughtered ?
And I did not follow his instructions to the letter j that time he was a corpse. The other clerk had The right applications of Hydropathy would have
at first—indeed I hardly do now ; but I did a great regained his usual health ; but our daughter, the saved this woman—that, too, without endangering
deal ; and, if I had followed them more strictly, I j morning of said clerk's death, awoke with a high her life.]
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turers, the milk pedlers, and even the municipal sicians appear to be entirely ignorant of the fact
authorities, with being but little better than mur that the most eminent authors of their own school,
derers, for generating or tolerating this cause of and the most eminent surgeons of Europe utterly
The Water-Clrk Journal w published monthly, in New death. Another discovers the morbific cause in condemn the practice, and have condemned it for
York City, at One Dollar a year, in advance. ; green fruits and vegetables. A third finds all the the last fifty years. Even the veracious and
All Letters, and other communications, relating in any : error in the close, confined air of garrets, cellars, rabidly orthodox Medical Gazette, of this city, an
way to this Journal, should, in all cases, be post paid, and j and narrow streets ; and another still, imagines nounced, not long ago, that not one respectable
directed to the publishers as follows : ; the principal source of the trouble to consist in physician in fifty ever thought of bleeding in such
FOWLERS AND WELLS, I candies, confections, and sweet cakes. Now each cases. It is alleged by the highest authorities in
j has one good idea to dwell upon; but it is prac- the medical profession, that bleeding tends to pro
No. 131 Nassau St., Nkw York. j tically useless, because it is one idea merely, duce congestion ; an inference deduced from the
'• What we want is a system of ideas on the subject; experiments of three hundred years. Those phy
a full knowledge of all the causes conducive to this sicians, therefore, who persist in drawing out one's
SEPTEMBER TOPICS. unnatural and unnecessary infant mortality, and a blood, because he has suffered in some other way,
BY. B. T. TRALL, M. D. plan or method of counteracting or correcting all not only add insult to injury, but are actually
Why do the Children Die! The mortality of these causes at once. In a word, the people auacks in their own school, taking their own
among the infantile population of our city during want a rational hygiene. They need to under bluuuard authors as judges.
the recent worm weather, though not unusual for stand precisely and exactly the nature, properties, The hydropathic way of managing such eases is
the summer, nor extraordinary as compared with and influence of air, light, food, drink, temperature, very simple and successful. Cold water to the
other cities in this and other countries, is, never clothing, exercise, rest, sleep, etc. ; and to apply head, warm water to the extremities, with active
theless, a theme upon which considerable attention that knowledge daily, hourly, constantly ; to act frictions to the surface, are the means to equalize
might be bestowed, to the advantage of humanity ever and always in relation to the laws of life and the circulation, and restore sensibility, after which
and the advancement of human science. If it be health. The teachings of medical books and med the wet sheet, or half-bath, is advisable. The
true, as recently alleged in a London newspaper, ical schools, and the advices and prescriptions of former is the best where there is extreme pain,
that "man is a drug, and population a nuisance," the great majority of physicians, are grossly erro soreness, or restlessness.
tlieD, of course, the less of babies the better ; and neous in relation to all the hygienic agencies and Chronic Diarrhoea.—At this season, when
if they do commit the awful crime against existing influences. The world is misled by those they bowel complaints are frequent, an attack of
society, of being born into the world where they are educated and habituated to regard as teachers dysentery, or acute diarrhoea, in consequence of
have no business, why, then, the more of convul \ and oracles. The people must be physiologically someerroror mal-treatment, often degenerates into
sions, cholera infantunis, diarrhoeas and dysenteries, ! educated, for until then, no system of preventive the chronic form, and troubles the patient for
to relieve us of their presence, the better. < or remedial means will be generally comprehended months or years. The management of such cases
But admitting, " for the sake of argument," that 1 or practised. Until then the children must die. is sometimes difficult, from the extreme irritability
the Creator created all things about right ; that j Bleeding is Contusions.—A correspondent re- of the mucous surface of the whole alimentary
babies have a natural right to exist ; and that when j lates the circumstances of a predicament, wherein canal. The error most generally committed in
they die a "mysterious Providence" is not their i he was robbed of a portion of his life's blood, not treating them hydropathically, is in continually
destroyer ; it then becomes a question of some i only without his own knowledge or consent, but changing the dietetic plan, as the feelings and
significance, what kills them, and who is guilty of ' without the ability to resist ; and as such predica- symptoms of the patient vary. The diet should
their death ! When the doctor prescribes the ; ments are not unfrequent, the why and wherefore never be of a constipating character, though as
wrong dose, or the apothecary puts up the wrong : of the whole matter may furnish a profitable hint light and bland as possible. A moderate propor
drug, or the parents provide unhealthful food or ; to others. Our friend was stunned and rendered tion of wheat-meal bread, a little boiled rice, with
infectious tenements, and a child dies, all the peo j insensible, by being thrown from a wagon, which good mealy potatoes, and ripe, sweet, baked
ple, with one accord, lament and condemn the was dragged over his body. A few hours after apples, constitute a dietary system which could
natural causes which have bereaved society of one the accident, on recovering the use of his senses, hardly be improved, although it may be varied in
of its members, and caused pangs of agony to he discovered that a neighboring physician had ! many ways. The reactive power to the surface is
rankle in human hearts, while they praise the very kindly tapped both of his arms, and taken usually very low in such cases, hence in the em
Lord because He has seen fit thus to afiiict his sub j away as much blood as he could get, which, for- ployment of baths, tepid or cool water is generally
jects, for some purpose not to be revealed this Bide j tunately, was not a great deal. Here was a "fix," better than very cold. Injections are also more
the grave. Here is an inconsistency and absurd for the patient was a "Water-Cure man," and j soothing when used of a mild temperature—say 60
ity, if not a blasphemy. One of two things is per ■ didn't believe in any such nonsense. He wanted to 72°. Chronic diarrhoea will never follow an
fectly clear in moral ethics, to all who have brains a wet sheet, but the doctor shook his head, and the acute bowel complaint, if the bowels are well
and dare to use them. If God wills the death of bystanders refused to aid in such a rash, and, as it cleansed with tepid injections, and then strength
children in large numbers, at particular seasons of seemed to them, suicidal proceeding. But as his ened by cold ones, and all irritating drugs and
the year, it is wicked in man to oppose His plea | head still ached severely, the doctor, fearing con- debilitating cathartics let alone.
sure, in trying to save them. If God does not will ■ gestion of the brain, wanted to bleed him again ! Natural Death.—On this subject a new book has
that they shall die, man is wicked if, in any man j This the patient peremptorily refused submitting just issued from the press. The title of the work
ner, he is directly or indirectly accessory to their ! to, and the doctor, after cautioning him not to is too long for us to copy, but the label on the
death. Let us see where the blame lies. ! apply cold water to the body, lest it should aggra- cover we can find room for. It reads: "Bostwick
The first position we leave for those to discuss, ! vate the congestion of the brain, withdrew. Cold, on the Causes of Natural Death, and How to Keep
who find it convenient to reconcile their own ! wet cloths weft then applied to the head, which Young." Reader would you like to "keep
errors with the designs of Deity. But if the se ! relieved it, and the patient got assistance, and had young!" If so, you have only to abstain from
cond position be correct, as we shall assume, by 1 a wet girdle wrapped around the body, which Buch articles of food as contain earthy particles,
whom and in what way is this wholesale murder ! relieved him completely of all pain and disqui- and your existence may be prolonged for thou
of children brought about f \ etude. sands of years, or forever ; at least such is the
Our daily newspapers, and learned doctors, and ! Now it is a common practice with allopathic doctrine of this work. Taking up the principle
eminent philanthropists speak often and eloquently ' physicians, to bleed in all cases of accidental in that human health Ls impaired and life abridged
on this subject Each has a cause for it all, but juries, shocks, bruises, blows, falls, contusions, Ac, by too concentrated food, and the effect of all ex
all together fail to designate the remedy. One ] and the people generally have got the prejudice traneous matters taken into the system with the
sees all the mischief is the poison of distillery pretty firmly fixed in their heads, that bleeding in articles of food,—salt, alkalies, Ac, as explained by
milk ; and boldly accuses the swill-milk manufac j such cases is really necessary. In fact, most phy Graham, Lambe, and others,—theauthorapplies, or
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rather, misapplies Ihe fact, by making the length
of life to depend almost wholly on the amount of
earthy mutters contained in the articles of food.
It is well known that natural death, or death from
old age, results from a gradual process of consolida
tion in the structures ; and on this hint our author
speaks some wise things, and not a little foolish
ness. According to his notion, which lie fortifies
by » formidable display of the analyses of cele
brated chemists, all food and drinks, and even con
diments, not excepting liquor and tobacco, are more
or less useful or injurious, as they contain lessor
more earthy or saline particles. Thus wheat and
corn are the very worst foods in existence, because
they contain oue or two per cent, of phosphate of
lime, and a slight trace of other earthy constituents; once and for ever abandoned ; and, on this issue,
while flesh, fish, fowl, oysters, potatoes, most
kinds of fruits, rum, gin, eider, ale, porter, vinegar,fair controversy with any medical professor in
and tobacco—a siuguar physiological medley—
come under the head of the things conducive to
longevity, because they contain little or no earthy
matter. It seems impossible that any author
could make up a book of such materials, unless he
was himself a lover of champagne and cigars.
Dr. Bostwick's mistake—presuming that he is
candid and his book an honest blunder—consists
in imputing the effects of too great a proportion
of farinaceous food, in other words, excessive ali
mentation, to a single constituent of the food. The
organism needs some portion of phosphate and
carbonate of lime to sustain the bony structure ;
and, unless creation itself was a blunder—and the
Author of Nature is less likely to make a mistake
than is the author of this book—the proper pro
portions are contained in the foods ordained for
man's sustenance, without any additions or ab
stractions.
That the book was manufactured to suit the
market is evident on almost every page. Among
the remarkable examples of longevity, we find
cases like the following: (Page 101.)
"John de la Somet, aged 130, of Virginia. lie
was a great smoker of tobacco, which, agreeing
with his constitution, may not improbably be
reckoned the cause of his uninterrupted health and
longevity."
Thus the author has propitiated the favor, and,
possibly, patronage of that numerous class of his
fellow citizens who love the weed. If he can do
as much for the lovers of fire-water, his fortune is
made. Here is the tit-bit for this class of custom
ers : (Page 101.)
"Phillip Laroque, aged 102, of Fri*1, in Oas-
eony, butcher. At the age of 92 he cut four more
teeth, was drunk regularly twice a week till he was
100 years old, and worked hard till his death."
On page 107 wo find two cases which furnish a
still stronger argument that liquor "agrees with
some constitutions."
"Died lately (1840) at Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey, Mr. Worrall, aged 120. For the sixty
years previous to his death, ho is said almost to
have lived entirely on fermented and spirituous
liquors."
" An old man (name unknown) died several
years ago, at Richmond, Surrey, aged 110. He
was seldom sober for the last thirty yeare of his
If the author of this wonderful book has a with wet cloths, of the temperature which feels
" pruriency for fame," is it sufficiently obvious that moat agreeable, until the pain and inflammation
ho is not ambitious as to the kind of distinction subside. If general fever comes on, use the wet
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he may attain ; for any man who has brains enough
to copy a book from other books, knows that a
medley of equal proportion of truth and false-
hood thrown into market, will always do ineom-
parably more evil than good in the world.
Alcohol as a Meuicine.—Many of the truly
intelligent friends of the temperance cause are be-
coming satisfied of the correctness of a position
we have long advocated, that the curse of alcoholic
beverages would continue to afflict, and sensualize,
and demoralize society, as long as the curse of al-
coholic medicine is perpetuated by means of the
prescriptions of our fashionable drug doctors. We
believe no good reason can be assigned why all
alcohol, for medical purposes, should not be at
we are ready, at any lime, to enter the lists of
the world, or all of them together. Whether it is
ignorance or interest that makes so large a majori-
ty of physicians prescribe spirituous liquors, in
some shape or other, to almost every invalid, all
persons may judge for themselves ; but opinions
like the following, copied from the Worcester
(Mass.) Cataract, are getting abroad :
" However much I may differ from my temper-
ance friends in regard to the mode of carrying for-
ward the temperance cause, I believe we arc one
in our temperance principles; which, upon this
point are, never to use, or allow to be used, where
we have the power to prevent it, the accursed
poison in or on the human system, in any way
whatever. Had this ground been taken a few
years earlier, a vast amount of suffering, together
with the lives of a multitude of our best men and
women, would have been saved. 1 cannot but be-
lieve, that the love of money, and nothing else, is
the reason why physicians continue to prescribe
alcoholic medicines. M. Stowell."
Death from a Bee-Sting.—The following case,
related in the daily papers, occurred a few weeks
ago. We copy for the purpose of pointing an.
other life-saving moral :
"An intelligent lad, about five years of acre, the
son of D. P. Williams, died during the past week,
near Vincentown, Burlington County, IS, J., from
the effect of a sting by a bee. The lad wandered
away from the farm-house without his shoes, after
dinner on the 18th inst., and was stung by a bee
in the hollow part of his foot. His cries attracted
the attention of his mother, who drew out the
sting from the wound. His leg soon afterwards
became stiff, and could not be straightened, and
was exceedingly painful to the touch. No remedy
was applied to that portion of the foot wounded
by the sting, as it had previously healed up, and
it was not until the following Sunday that the bee
sting was supposed to have occasioned his lame-
ncss. He had been stung by bees before, and
neither the doctor nor any of the family appre-
hended any danger from such an occurrence. On
Saturday, his leg became very much swollen, and
the pain extended throughout his whole body.
The swelling perceptibly increased during Mon-
day, and on Tuesday morning he endured the
most excrueiuting agony. A week from the time
he was stung, his body around the heart became
black, and in a few minutes the poor child was
released from his sufferings by death."
Hydropathically, the sting of an insect requires
the same local treatment as a burn or scald. The
part afflicted should be held in water, or covered
, sheet pack thoroughly and frequently, until it is
E completely subdued.
j America!! Tea.-—Junius Smith, LL. D., of
; Greenville, S. C, in communicating to the Journal
of Commerce his first experiment in drinking tea
! of his own growth and manufacture, says:
!
i Chinese" My tea is so peculiar, as I always use it in the
way, without sugar or milk, and have the
•; taste of the
tea only, and cannot easily be mistaken
{ in the flavor and true properties of the tea. If
1 the tea be good, anything and everything added
! to it is a detriment. If bad, use as much sugar
; and milk as will neutralize the bad qualities, and
leave nothing but the taste of sugar and milk. I
■ do assure you that I am so delighted with my pot
; of ten, that I have drank of it half a dozen times
i whilst writing this article, and nearly exhausted
j the tea pot."
! The doctor of laws proves too much. If his
tea is so very fascinating that he cannot write a
, short article without, half a dozen doses, it shows
tt beverage not very unlike that whereof the equally
enthusiastic admirer took two horns before break
I fast, half a dozen before dinner, ten or twelve be
\ fore supper, and a few at bed time to sleep upon.
j
DISEASE OF THE HEART-
'{
'< BY T. L. NICHOLS, J|. D.
\ There are fashions in diseases as well as in medi
! cines. When doctors are at a loss to account to
their patients for their bad feelings, they resort to
\ some mysterious, hidden, inward cause, to remove
which they give some equally hidden, mysterious,
J and inward medicine. The nervous system an
i swered for a time, and everybody was nervous.
\ " Doctor, what is it ails me f" the lady would
; ask.
{ " Madam, it's the nerves—your nervous system
• is out of order," was the grave reply.
" Well, there ! I thought something was the
matter with my nerves ; but, Doctor, can yon cure
them '<"
j They doctor smiles gravely, as doctors do ; as if
j they had a profound pity for the ignorance that
j could ask such a question ; and, without giving
j any other answer, he calls for a piece of white
■ paper, deals out a few powders of morphine, ond
\ goes his way rejoicing, leaving behind him a grate
j ful impression of superhuman wisdom.
j The nerves, in time, were worn out—then came
the spine. It was wonderful to see the number of
i persons that had affections of the spine. Doctors,
j who had not thought of a diseased spine for years,
> found curvatures, softenings, inflammations, and
S ulcerations, in every one they examined ; and
' when the question came, " Doctor, what does ail
;
; me!" the ready answer was, "Madam, I'm afraid
| your spine is affected." Then came leeching*, cup
pings, dry cuppings, setons, blisters, moxa, and the
\ cautery, potential and actual.
i
j Spines have had their day. There are some old-
fashioned doctors who 6ti)l adhere to them, as old
( men continue to wear the costumes of their
younger days; and Borne indulge in a spinal dis
ease occasionally, just for variety.
The organ now in vogue is the heart. Its dis
eases arc obscure, mysterious, terrible. Whoever
dies suddenly, of the wrong medicine, or an over
j dose, or from any unknown cause, dies of disease
of the heart. The heart is tho anchor to the wind
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ward. " He will get well, madam," the doctor
says to the mother who hangs over her darling
child, " unless there ia disease of the heart," and
he shakes his head dubiously. If the patient dies,
the doctor says, " You know I told yon what I
apprehended. Where there is disease of so vital
an organ as the heart, our medicines are of little
avail." All .over this city nervous people are
frightened into fidgets about disease of the heart
The sudden deaths in the papers arc by disease of
the heart People are feeling their pulses, watch
ing every palpitation, and doing all they can to
derange the circulation, because the doctors have
chosen to make the heart the present scape-goat
The heart may be diseased ; but there is no or
gan of the body better protected, or less liable to
any organic affection. It is a mass of muscle and
cartilage, simple in its construction and action. It
is not exposed, like the stomach, to have a hundred
improper things stuffed into it Nature has given
it every possible protection, and it is generally the
purest and healthiest organ in the body.
The heart is subject, in certain conditions of
general disease, to hypertrophy, or thickening of
its muscular tissue, entire or partial ; to dilatation,
or enlargement without thickening, or to both
combined. In rare eases, the valves may be alter
ed in form or structure. In old age there is some
times ossification, or the deposition of bony mat
ter, and rarely, there is softening of the walls of
the heart, and even bursting or breaking. A
broken heart is a real thing, but it is also a very
rare one. Probably there are not more than five
or six cases of broken heart on record ; but if you
were to believe the novelists, every third woman
dies of a broken heart, and if you were to believe
the doctors just now, all the cases of death they
cannot otherwise account for are caused by diseases
of this organ.
Organic disease of the heart is the result of long
continued abuse and general disorder. Functional
disturbance is common in almost every state of
disease, and long continued functional disorder may
lead in time to organic disease ; and where this
exists, it is as a result and not as the cause of gene
ral disease.
In nine cases in ten, the flutterings, palpitations,
intermittent pulse, difficulty of breathing, feeling
of suffocation, &c, often attributed to disease of
the heart, are mere nervous derangements, sympa
thetic with a dyspeptic stomach, disordered bow
els, or diseases of the uterine system. Cure the
stomach, regulate the bowels, give tone to the re
laxed uterus, and the heart is found in the right
place, beating like a trip-hammer, and pulsating
with all the regularity of an eight day clock.
The heart must sympathize, by its system of or
ganic nerves, with every disorder of the body, as
it docs with every emotion of the mind. Joy,
grief, love, jealousy, all affect the action of the
heart, and an excess of these emotions may pro
duce fatal convulsions of the organ, or suspend its
action for a time, or for ever—but this is not what
the doctors mean by the disease of the heart, now
their fashionable bugbear.
Functional disorders of the heart are as easily
cured as those of any other organ ; and even or-
. ganic lesions are not necessarily fatal. Men have
I lived after a dagger or a musket ball has gone
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through the heart, if they did not enter its cavi
ties. Be sure that nature has not left sucli an im
portant organ without the wisest protection, and
all possible means of recuperation.
And how are the diseases and disorders of the
heart to be cured ? The first thing to do in this,
as in all eases, is to find out the cause of disease
and remove it. The work is more than half done.
If the heart is aching with mental anxiety, that
anxiety must be removed, or rew passions must
be awakened. The physician who cannot "minis
ter to a mind diseased," does but half know his
business. Often the soul needs its special bath, its
douche, and its proper exercise and diet, as well
as the body. A dose of cheerfulness will revive
the action of the heart when it is beating ever so
languidly, and hope is its proper stimulant.
The drugs usually given for disordered circula
tion arc those which have the most deadly influ
ence on the heart's action. The drugs which poi-
Bon the blood must modify its action upon the
nerves of the heart A healthy heart must have
pure blood to act upon, as well as for its own
nourishment, and pure blood comes from a pure
nutrition, a free oxydation, and active depuration.
Diet, air, exercise, and cleanliness, with cheerful
ness and hope—these are the medicines of the
he rt
WORMS IN THE BOWELS.
BY JOEL SHEW, M. D.
We are often asked "Is water-treatment appli
cable in cases of worms in the bowels !" It is
supposed by many—and perhaps not a few who
have no small degree of confidence in the new
method—that however salutary water may be as
a remedial agent in other cases, it cannot possibly
be an efficacious means for the treatment of that
condition of the system of which I am speaking.
But this notion arises from a wrong idea concern
ing the nature of the difficulty. Besides, for ages,
the world has been racking itself to find out some
worm-destroying medicine—some anthelmintic, as
it is called.
And what has been the result ? The great and
honest Dr. Good, who is of the first authority in
medicine tells us that " a decisive vermifuge (worm
destroying) process is yet a desideratum :" that the
list of so-called anthelmintics "is almost innume
rable ;" and that " the very length of the catalogue
seems to show us how little we can place a positive
dependence, even at the present hour, upon any
one of them as a specific."
No doubt when worms are out of the body, we
can destroy them easily enough. A dose of com
mon salt put upon them, a sprinkling of black
pepper, cayenne, or a dressing of mustard they
would not like very well,while a little of the juice
of that precious weed, tobacco, would kill them
outright. But how to kill them while in the body
and not kill the body itself ; or—not to speak too
strongly,—how to expel worms with drugs and not
at the same time do more harm than good, is no
easy task. I admit that a brisk cathartic perse
vered in—and one is about as good as another—
will often expel those creatures from the alimentary
canal. But then comes the important question,
" Do wo not by thus doing, create a state of tilings
in the vital domain which is still more favorable
for the production of worms f" That such must
necessarily be the case, there can be no reasonable
doubt ; and experience teaches us that such is the
fact Those children that are dosed most are most
subject to worms. " Most of the medicines that
promise to destroy worms within the body," says
an eminent writer of standard authority, " have a
tendency at the same time to weaken the action
of the stomach and intestines, and consequently
to render them a fitter habitation for such unwel
come tenants."
Now, as to the true principle of remedying this
condition of the system, it is a very plain one to
all who are well versed in the knowledge of the
healing art To refer again to the authority of Dr.
Good, he tells us, " One means, and perhaps the
most powerful in our possession, of getting rid of
intestinal worms, is that of strengthening the sys
tem generally, and the alvine canal particularly."
Tliis is going at once to the very root of the mat
ter. Rear your children in such a way as to make
them strong and healthful ; that is the best method
of curing the difficulty. Worms cannot exist in a
truly healthy state of the system.
But in the present Btate of tlungs, while parents
themselves are almost universally in the habit of
eating, at almost every meal, articles which they
know to be unhealthful food for their children as
well as themselves, what can a man expect to do
in the way of preventing the evil ? It were easier
" to send a camel through a needle's eye" than to
induce parents generally to leave off their bad
dietetic habits. True, now and then, those can be
found who have sufficient courage, resolution, and
love for their children to enable them to do it
But these are the exception and not the rule, in
civilized society as it now is.
But there are those who are honestly inquiring
after the truth in these matters; those who, when
they once arrive at it, are ever ready and anxious
to follow its dictates. To such, then, I will say a
few words.
If you have been in the habit of allowing your
children to eat at irregular times, cease at once
from such a course. Irregularity is one of the
most prolific among all the causes of indigestion,
and consequently of worms.
If you have set them the example of drinking
tea and coffee, and have allowed them in these
pernicious indulgences, set up your authority at
once, both for yourselves and them, that you will
no more destroy your health by using these al
ways worse than useless drinks.
If you have allowed them to eat freely of
sugar, sweets and rich things generally, make at
once a chnnge, and partake of such articles only
as are found by experience to be the most friendly
to health.
If you have allowed them the free use of but
ter pastries, and flesh meat, all these had better be
avoided. As for pastry, it must be exceedingly plain
to be at all allowable. If butter and meat must
be used, the less always the better. A milk, fari
naceous, and fruit diet will be found altogether
the moBt conducivo to health.
In regard to the direct treatment for worms,
time and space will now allow us merely to hint
at the means. In ordinary cases we give ablu
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tions three or four times daily, the water at from
70 to 80s F. We direct sheet "packs" to be
taken two or three times a day not unfrequently,
and the wet girdle always, to be worn (two or
three thicknesses about the abdomen, and changed
often) constantly both night and day till the child
is well. Full injections, too, of the temperature
of the baths, are given two or three times a day.
We aim, in short, to pursue that kind of treatment
which is best calculated to fortify and invigorate
the general health.
Water-Cure Institution, 184 Twelfth St., near
Broadway, New York.
CUTANEOUS EXHALATION.
BY r-KOK. L M. COMINGS.
In a former communication, we described the
skin as a respiratory apparatus. In this article we
will consider its function of elimination. The
great body of our physiologists have contended
that the perspiratory system was mainly designed
to reduce or regulate the animal temperature. In
illustration of this idea, some very plausible and
quite conclusive arguments and facts have been
adduced. The great power which animals pos
sess of resisting the effects of a surrounding me
dium of high temperature, is remarkable ; yet, from
some experiments made by De LaRoche and Ber-
ger, it was found that the temperature of some
animals was raised eleven degrees, and even six
teen degrees above the natural standard, and death
speedily followed—this was produced in chambers
heated only to 120 or 130 degrees.
We have some instances of disease where the
elimination or total suppression of the cutaneous
exhalation is not necessarily followed by a rise in
the temperature of the body. Take general drop
sy : here we find a remarkable elimination of the
cutaneous secretion ; an icy coldness usually per
vades both the body and the limbs. And in the
experiments which we mentioned in our last arti
cle, it was shown that there was a great fall in the
animal temperature when the body was covered
with a varnish impervious to perspiration. Since
this is the case, the question naturally arose in our
mind, How does it happen that health and even
life can be so immediately dependent on the elimi
nation of a quantity of matter, very often to the
extent of some thirty or forty ounces in the course
of the twenty-four hours ( This question is some
what difficult to answer, and perhaps, in our pre
sent ignorance of the functions of the capillary
and absorbent systems, we cannot arrive at any
very satisfactory conclusion.
In the proceedings of the Royal Society of Eng
land for March, 1S43, we notice the following
ideas, adduced by Robert Willis, M. I)., which may
give us some theoretical light on this subject. He
says :—" The elimination of perspiration is impor
tant, as securing the conditions which are neces-
Bary for the endosmotic transference between ar
teries and veins of the fluids that minister to nu
trition and vital endowment. It is admitted by
physiologists that the blood, while still contained
within its conducting channels, is inert with refer
ence to the body, no part of which it can either
nourish or vivify, until that portion of it which
has been denominated the plasma has transuded
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; from the vessels and arrived in immediate contact
\ with the particle, that is to be nourished and vivi-
S tied ; but no physiologist lias yet pointed out the
J efficient cause of these tendencies of the plasma,
first to transude through the walls of its different
'. conduits. The consequence of the out-going cur-
j rent of blood which circulates over the entire su-
j perficies of the body, perpetually losing a quantity
of water, by the actioin of the sudoriparous glands,
the blood in the returning channels has become
thereby more dense and inspissated, and is brought
into the condition requisite for absorbing, by en-
dosmosis, the fluid that is perpetually exuding
from the arteries, constantly kept on the stretch by
the injecting force of the heart Venous blood
has in fact been found by repeated experiments to
be somewhat more dense than arterial blood."
If this theory be correct, it will explain the
modus operandi of cold upon the cutaneous sur-
j face, and show that any interference with the
; functions of the skin may produce almost any form
! of acute disease ; for one who suffers a chill, in
j truth suffers a derangement or suppression of the
> secreting action of his skin ; a process altogether
i■ indispensable to the continuance. of life, and a dis
turbance of the general health follows as a neces
sary consequence.
Animals exposed to the continued action of a
hot, dry atmosphere, die from exhaustion ; but
when subjected to the effects of a moist atmo
sphere, of a temperature not higher than their own
they perish from the same cause, and that very
speedily, as those who have their bodies covered
with an impervious glue ;—in both cases there is
not only no elimination, but no imbibition, aud
life necessarily ceases.
The atmosphere of Panama, which has been so
deadly to our emigrants to California, and of all
unhealthy tropical climates, differs but very little
from a vapor bath, at a temperature of eighty or
ninety degrees; and the dew-point in those coun
tries seldom ranges lower than three or four de
grees below the temperature of the air. Living
in such an atmosphere, so nearly saturated with
water, and of such a temperature, man is, for a
great portion of the time—for some mouths—on the
verge of conditions that are even incompatible
with his existence, so that exposure to fatigue, or
to the burning sun, by which the activity of the
skin is excited, whilst the product of its action
cannot be taken up by the air, is then necessarily
followed by disease, which experience has shown
to be of the most dangerous nature. In fact, the
terms miasm and malaria may almost be regarded
as synonomous with air at the temperature of
seventy-five to eighty-five degrees, with this near
ly saturated with moisture. How long would a
healthy man survive to be confined within vapor
bath of this temperature i
In Egypt, where the plague is endemic, it always
appears with the hot and moist winds from the
South ; and when the North winds commence, its
ravages cease. It was the opinion of Hippocrates
that the proximate cause of every disease was in
the air, which contained morbific principles in
proportion to its rarijied or condensed state.
May not the above theory account for the ra
pidly fatal event which occurs in some acute cases
of exantheinatous disease! Take for illustration
scarletina, as the post mortem examination in this
disease gives us no information on the subject.
But if we regard the patient as placed by this dis-
; ease in the same circumstances as he would be
; were hia body covered by an impervious coat,
! which we all see pealing off on the recovery of
j the patient, we may have a key to the right un-
j derstanding of the mischief, and the symptoms
seem to correspond in a most remarkable manner
with the theory we have advanced above.
We think a hint may be obtained as to the pro
per means of cure in this and other exauthema-
tous affections. The functions of the skin must be
attended to, and unless a normal action of the skin
be restored, and this morbid excretion be taken
off, the patient will die. What more consistent
course than that adopted by the Water-Cure prac
tice! The same remarks will also apply to other
forms of disease.
Whether the above speculations are true ornot,
we cannot say, but one thing we do believe, and
that is, that they are plausible, and seem to be sup
ported by abundant facts.
THE THROAT DOCTORS-
BY T. I. NICHOLS, M. I).
Medical specialities have grown out of the
Theory and Practice of Allopathy. Rejecting the
unity of nature, and the facts of Physiology, Al
lopathy has invented and created numberless forms
of disease and modes of treatment; and, in con
sequence, we have doctors giving their exclusive
attention to the diseases of a particular organ.
An inflammation is an inflammation, wherever
it is situated, and every physician knows it is to
be treated upon the same general principles, but
according to the medical practice now in vogue,
there must be a different doctor for each inflamed
organ—one for the eyes, another for the ears, a
third for the lungs, a fourth for the bladder, and
so on.
This has grown out of the crowded state of the
profession, and the necessity of some new system,
to enable them all to get a living. When there
were but few doctors, each one attended to his
business in all its branches, but with the crowd
came these specialities. When a young doctor
wants to get business, he writes a book on some
particular disease, credulous and hopeful people
flock to him, and he charges such prices as he can
induce them to pay.
Thus we have consumption doctors growing
rich on flattering hopes, doomed to bitter disap
pointment. Other doctors have failed, but here
is one who has given his whole attention to this
particular disease. Of course he ought to know
more about it than a common doctor who treats
everything. Fallacious reasoning ! The chances
are that he knows less ; for the only way to un
derstand the diseases of any one organ is to know
its connections with every other.
There are the women doctors, without excep
tion, so far as I know, a set of indecent humbugs
and cormorants. Their ignorance is only equalled
by their unblushing knavery. There are no quacks
so outrageous as those who impose upon the weak
ness, the timidity, the too common ignorance and
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almost universally diseased condition of the female And the foundation of happiness, of usefulness spicuous exceptions, the medical profession has
sex. I could give case after case of these detesta —of all that is dear in life—is health. The first done nothing to prevent disease—nothing to teach
ble impositions and robberies, which will never thing for men to learn is how to live—how to be men how they may secure the blessing of health ;
cease until women determine to understand their men. Men and women must gain health, and all and this has been so notoriously the case, that
own natures and the laws of their being. the development, energy, beauty and capacity for people have looked upon the doctors as their nat
There may be, probably there are, physicians happiness which that word means, before any ural enemies, making them subjects for ridicule
who enter upon these specialities of practice from great reform can be realized. The missionaries and satire, in health ; calling on them in sickness,
good motives, and who pursue them honestly. now most wanted for the world are health mission as a necessary evil.
This is especially the case with such branches as aries—the teachers most needed are, the teachers I do not underrate the importance of relieving
dentistry, which require mechanical skill and dex of physical laws—the best books, are books of ! pain, shortening disease, and saving life. I have
terity ; but beware of those who pretend to treat physiology—the best periodicals are those that en ; enjoyed, as much perhaps as any one, the satisfac-
one particular class of diseases with medicines. force, line upon line, precept upon precept, the ! tiou and triumph of such a work : but I should
Cancer doctors, lung doctors, womb doctors, throat commands of God, written in the book of nature. i be sorry indeed, if my labor as a physician were
doctors, are, for the most part, arrant impostors There can be no healthy spiritual life, that is not >i confined to this—I should be very sorry not to
believe that for every sick person I am able to re-
and desperate quacks. based upon a healthy natural life. No man can : lieve, I could not prevent a hundred from becom-
One of the most noted of this class of "one hold his head in a serene heaven, unless his feet ; ing sick by teaching the conditions of health.
idea" doctors, is a man in this city who has writ are firmly planted upon the earth. Sentiment, ' And now that I aui about to enter upon a new
ten a book on the art and mystery of curing sore philosophy, piety, are all made morbid by bodily I field of labor, as a teacher of those who are to
throats, by swabbing them out with a solution of disease. Man's body should be a pure temple, fit : teach others, I am animated by the thought that
the principles I inculcate, and the truths I promul
lunar caustic. To this he adds the cutting and for the Spirit of God to dwell in. It is often more gate, will be carried by others to thousands whom
clipping of uvula, tonsils, and folds of mucons like a cage of unclean birds. It may be reason ! my voice can never reach.
membrane. ably doubted whether any good spirit can find j The Americ an Hydropathic Institute will open
Throat diseases are very common in this coun congenial quarters in a body filled up with pork j: on the 15th of this month, under the most encoura-
ging auspices. The class, as far as heard from,
try. They come from hot drinks, from tobacco, and tobacco, quinine and calomel, whiskey and ; will consist of persons of a higher degree of intel-
from nervous exhaustion of any kind, and espe opium. Can a man reverently ask God to dwell : ligeuce, and greater eurnestuess of character, than
cially from the excesses and abuses of Amativeness. in snch a temple ? ; ever assembled in this country for any similar
Our doctor has consequently had numberless Man's first duty to God, to man, to himself, is to purpose. One third, perhaps more, are ladies—
many of them married, and in several instances
throats to clip and swab, and is making a rapid be just as much of a man as he is capable of being they will be obliged to bring their young children
fortune. Nearly all my patients with this trouble —to have all the health, all the strength, all the with them, so much in earnest arc they to engage
have been to him, and came away mutilated, burnt, vigor of body and mind, which his organization in this work. Such a class will demand no ordi
but not cured. They have been cauterized in the will permit. And whatever is the first duty of nary routine of medical teaching. In many re-
throat and burnt in the pocket, for this charlatan man to do, it is his first demand to be taught. He j! spects, its members will begin with a degree of
knowledge to which ordinary physicians never
is not at all modest in his demands, his ordinary must have teachers. If the government of the ; attain. We—I speak of Mrs. Nichols and myself
charge for two or three swabbings, each of five nation, or of each state, were to employ competent ! —feel the full measure of this responsibility, and
minutes duration, being fifty dollars. I have teachers, to go into every town, and teach the \ shall gird up our loins to meet it. We shall en-
known a poor man get off for twenty-five, but people the laws of life, millions would be saved— ]! science,
deavor to give, to those who come to us, a pure
a pure philosophy, a thorough practical
this is not common. millions gained. No one can compute the amount \ acquaintance with all that is known in the art of
This success, and these extravagant charges, have of human happiness which would result from i healing and the art of preserving health, and shall
enabled the throat doctor to set up a college, of such teachings. J endeavor to infuse into every pupil a spirit that
which he is the principal professor, and where the We wait in vain for such a work to be done by ! cannot fail to benefit the world.
Our school, and our mode of teaching, will pos-
ingenuous youth of the nation, who wish to euter government. The fountain cannot rise above its ; scss some peculiarities. The greater number of
upon this lucrative speciality, may leum to swab source—the people are the fountain of law ; and ! pupils will reside together, making a pleasant
throats with nitrate of silver, according to the if they knew enough to demand such a law, such I family circle, and constantly assisting each other
most approved fashion. a law would be no longer needed. God's wisdom j in their studies and pursuits ; joining to the aequi-
I have found all these chronic throat affections comes first into the hearts and understandings of jj sition of science the genial and refining influences
of society. As often as once in every two weeks
to be symptomatic of deep seated, general disor those who are nearest to Him ; wo unto them if ' they will be invited to social parties, at which
der. All the relief obtained by cauterizing is lo they do not impart it to those who have need. they will meet with men and women of genius and
cal, and temporary. It cannot reach the cause. "Wo is mine if I preach not this Gospel," said the celebrity—snvans, authors, artists—the teachers
That is removed by the Water-Cure, and the throat A postlc : Wo is yours, reader, if you preach not, and beautifiers of the world. They will learn,
not one theory, but all theories ; not one routine
affection is often the last symptom that yields. according to your ability, this Gospel of Health. of practice, but the fundamental principles which
The world's physicians must be its teachers of , govern all.
health. The same exertion that may cure one sick } The lectures, like those of the ancient philoso-
person may keep hundreds well. How miserably j morning pliers, will be both public and private. The
lectures will be for the pupils of the
MEDICAL EDUCATION. perverted are the ideas of those who think that it Institute—those given in the evening will be open
THE AMERICAN HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTE. is the sole duty of a physician to cure or alleviate toall who wish to attend. By this means, a double
RY T. U NICHOLS, M.n. the sick ; yet of the many thousand physicians in j object will be gaiued. The student will see what
> is adapted to popular instruction, and may be able
TnE great work of all reformers, now, i3 to edu the United States, how many are doing any I to judge of the best methods of public teaching.
cate the world. Teaching and learning are the thing else? How many make the least effort to | We shall be glad, not only to make every one
most important of human affairs. Society is a prevent disease, to warn people against bad habits, who attends our course a thoroughly competent
rude chaos, from which a harmonious universe is and hurtful indulgence, or try to teach the com ; physician by the bedside of the sick, but also an
to be created. Men, in the highest civilization, are munities in which they live the laws upon which ! acceptable and useful public lecturer upon the
principles of health.
gathering the materials, with which the social fa health and long life depend ? As far as possible, we shall separate the study
bric is to be reared. The educators of the world I cannot stop to be courteous to the profession. ,i of medicine from everything unhealthy, disgust-
are its social architects. He is the greatest man on It has neglected its great duty, or it has not un- '! ing or indecent. There must be dissections, and
earth who is the best teacher. If you have aspi deretood it The noble calling of a Physician has s! surgical demonstrations ; but there is no necessity
for exposing a medical class, for weeks together,
rations for fame and glory, seek them in this work. been pursued as a grovelling trade. Doctors have to the effluvia of putrifying corpses. For many
There is coming a time when the renown of men too often set the people sad examples of intempe purposes science and art have provided other and
will be measured by what they have contributed rance, gluttony, and filthy habits. Up to this sufficient means.
to the sum of human happiness. time, with a few noble, rare, and therefore con- j The opening of the Institute, on the evening of |
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the 15th of September, will be a public inaugura- ; In Press—to bo published in October—a new, en f And I trust in God that the time is not far distant
tion, with fitting attractions. To this the Clergy, j larged, and improved edition, of I when they will have the honesty to own, as nearly all
the Civil authorities, the Medical profession, and ] The Water-Cure in America : containing seve | retired physicians have done, that mankind would bo
the People will be invited. It will be a Water- ! ral hundred cases, of various diseases, treated with j better without any.
Cure Festival—the first of its kind, but not the ! water, with cases of domestic practice, designed for It is astonishing how tho "old 'uns" among the
last It will be but the beginning of a great and popular as well as professional reading. Edited by a ; Allopaths contrivo to use tho Water-Cure, as not
glorious future to our cause. Water Patient. New York : Fowlers & Wells, using ; that is, they know tho water will do the work,
I have written thus of the approaching term of ' Publishers. > but they give, in connection, some little simple thing
the Institute, for the purpose of illustrating, by This volume is designed to form a part of tho \ for the patient to pin their faith on—the drops get tho
such an example, my views of medical education
and its true objects. Medicine lies grovelling in • Water-Cure Library. It will bo printed and bound t credit, but the showers do the work !
the dust of ignorance and mercenary motives, in in the same style, size, and price with them, viz; $1,00. \ There is quite a fire kindled in Shirley, this State,
its teachers and its practitioners. We are ready It will, however, be soldscperatcly with the usual dis I considering it was kindled by cold water. One little
to challenge the medical schools in the matter of ; count to agents. man, who wears a white hat, swears that Dr. K
science —and in respect to pecuniary emolument, Wo arc confident this work will find favor with all J is a fool, and no better than he ought to be, which is
we shall be well satisfied if we meet no loss; and who read it. We shall refer to it again when publish quite a compliment to his townsmen, who turn out
if those who arc able will insure us against it, we ed, and give a list of the cases which it contains, by \ en masse to hear him, and on his recommendation
are ready to make the Institute a free school of i which all may judge of its merits. s have subscribed for some forty or fifty Wator-Curo
Hydropathy. I Journals. Them arc the fools for us, say you, ha 1
In the mean time, let no one who is qualified ; The Water-Cure Library (in seven volumes.)— | There are other some that think the man might possi-
for this work be obliged to hold back for want of , This is the title of a beautiful new edition of several ] bly be mistaken, having been known to make ono
means. With decent economy, one hundred dol popular works on the great end all-absorbing subject j great mistake when ho chose his profession. Who
lars will pay a student's entire expenses. There
is no one who may not borrow this sum, in twen of Hydropathy aud its kindred sciences ; and we very > shall decide when doctors disagree l
ties, or tens, or fives, of those who are interested much overrate the good sense of the friends of medical i Speaking of water, it is very dry hereabouts. Na-
in Health and Water-Cure. The Journal, with reform, if they do not appreciate this new effort of < ture seems, to have but we live in hopes she'll be
its corps of earnest and able contributors, has Fowlers & Wells, tho publishers, to please and benefit ? better soon .
opened the field. There must be lecturers and them.—Boston Papir. > Give my lovo to Dr. Shew ; tell him I hope his new
physicians to labor in it, and hold the ground that { patient don't absorb so much of his time as to prevent
has been gained. " The harvest truly is plenteous, f us hearing from him, although I'm awaro it is a very
but the laborers are few." If one thousand intel | interesting case. As for Thomas , his baby,
ligent, energetic, ard thoroughly qualified Water- i who they say " is ono of 'em," 1 suppose will occupy
Cure physicians, male and female, were ready to j him chiefly at present. Mrs. Xoggs, who is in a good
lake the field next spring, Allopathy would see GOSSIP FROM BOSTON. state of preservation, sends love to all.
its doom. BY NOGGS.
Never has woman had such an opening for use 1 am happy to inform you and your thirty thousand
fulness and influence, as this. ISo Water-Cure strong, that tho Water-Cure, this way, is going ahead ! Converted Allopaths.—E. D., of Apalachia,
establishment is complete without a qualified fe
male physician. No community will long be con hugely ! Ay, the Allopaths say with most intoler <\ say.*:—" I am not a Hydropathic M. D., but claim a
close spiritual relationship to tho fraternity ; havo de-
tent without one. Dealing out drugs, bleeding, able success ! Wherever you find a very intelligent | lighted in the grand idea and grander progress of this
blistering and torturing, are not woman's work; person, now-a-days, you are very sure of finding a | great health reform ; have tried to keep posted up in
but the gentle ministrations of the Water-Cure, Hydropath. S my sphere, and have indeed even premeditated an en-
especially as applied to her own sex and to chil The fact is, people aro now fully alive to the impor <; listmcnt into actual service, by attending the lectureB
dren, belong peculiarly to her. A thousand edu tance of preserving the constitutions of their children \ of our estimable brother and sister Nichols, at the In-
cated female Water-Cure physicians could find \ intact, as much as possible, knowing that good health \i stitute this fall ; hut 1 am halting. I hope that 1 shall
not be accused of anything mercenary in this matter,
immediate usefulness and ample remuneration. \ is much better than great wealth for their dowry, and still there is an indication that does not encourage me
So few are the avenues of useful and honorable \ they are beginning to find out that the only sure way < in the undertaking. It is briefly this: The Journal
labor open to women, that when a new one offers { of securing the former is tho same as in getting the ; frequently notifies mo that Mr. A , M D , of
there should be no lack of candidates. this Water-Cure, and Mr. B , M. D., of that,
That this is the dawning of a brighter day than ; latter, viz : by saving all they have got, economically \ and so on, has practised as an Allopatkist so many
has yet risen upon humanity, there are a thousand !. using what they get, and being very careful not to rob S years, and as an Hydro-jmthi»t so many years.
their future under pretence of bettering their present ; Again, the good Hydropathic friends out in Dover
indications. The interest manifested in health, want a man who has " had experience in both modes
and madieal reform is not the least among them, ; in other words, to pay off all mortgages on their stock, of practice," and "we out here West would like a
and those who labor in this cause will stand high j and be careful not to make any new debts. converted Allopath," &c, &c, ad infinitum. A qurs-
among those benefactors of the future whom Every time you give a child a dose of physic, you j tion, if you please. Will a doctor be more successful
posterity will delight, to honor. \ lay an encumbrance on his stock of health, and fear- ' for having practised five years an Allopath and five a
; ful is the usury that has to be paid. And, as in the Hvdropath, than ten a Hydropath \ And another.
Will a doctor be less likely to become a i/v6riWpath-
| financial world, when once you begin to make a busi- 1 ist for having practised five years an Allopathist ; and
tUwms. |f< ness
unto ofthoborrowing,
day is thoyou
evilarc soon eaten up. "Sufficient j say you, Is not the approaching contest, a mixing up
thereof." of the pathics, spoken of by our good brother Jack-
Constitution of the American Hygienic and Hy ; I met a man, just now, who remarked that ho had j son, a direct consequent of tho above specific way of
doing things X Now, if 1 am not a practising physi
dropathic Association of Physicians and Sur i "cheated the doctor out of a fee," by giving his child cian of any kind, 1 must be a ifydropathist, a whole
geons : together with the list of Officers, Standing I a dose of " Hive Syrup" to cure an attack of croup ! Hydropathist, and nothing but a Hydropathist."
Committees, and Members, Proceedings of the First | Poor man ! he cheated himself, and especially his poor j When Christianity became tho religion of tho Ko-
and Second Annual Meetings, and the first Annual child, ten times as much as he did the doctor, for the j man Empire, tho people were reconciled to the change
Report of tho Committee on Hygiene. Publislied doctor he would have had would never hare poisoned j by being allowed to retain many of their superstitions.
by order of the Association. [Fowlers & Wells, the system with tartarized antimony, one grain of > There arc many weak brethren and sisters, and those
131 Nassau street, New York.] which is contained in every table-spoon full of Hive of little faith. The Jews lusted after tho llesh-pots of
A very handsome printed pamphlet of 36 pages, Syrup ; and this substance, commonly called Tartar Egypt. It is hard to get the hang of tho new school
ombodying, in a neat and convenient form, everything Emetic, has probably ruined more constitutions than > house. There is a story of a pious couple whose
of interest relating to tho Hydropathic organization over rum did ! Old Dr. hummus, of Lynn, once said daughter wanted to go to a ball. They told her it
in America, Besides the contents enumerated in the that " the man who invented it ought to be hung." 1 j was a vain and sinful amusement. " Why, ma !
foregoing title, tho Secretary of the Association (Dr. do not believe in hanging folks, but I say most em didn't you and pa go to balls when you wore young 1"
Houghton) has appended a very full and valuable phatically, hang Tartar Emetic. asked the daughter. " Yes, my dear, but we have
abstract of tho recent report of the City Inspector of Speaking of spasmodic croup, Dr. K says a j seen tho folly of it." " Well, ma, 1 wan't to see the
New York, containing a large amount of interesting napkin full of cold water will do all tho good any I folly of it, too."
statistics relating to Health. Although this pam- \ emetic can in such cases, without any of tho mischief There is an idea expressed by the adago, *' the worse
phlet was principally designed for the use of the mem- sure to ensue from the use of drugs of any kind. the sinner, the better the saint." It is also said that
bers of the Association, still a portion of tho edition j Ask Quoggs if he knows any womenkind that ever j a " reformed rake makes the best husband." The
has been set apart for tho supply of others who may laced tight, or any physician who ever gave much ladies are oompetent to decide whether this is so, but
wish to procure it ; and the publishers of tho Journal j medicine 1 j the men have not admitted that a reformed " lady of
will gladly supply it to order, at the moderato price of According to their own account, the dootors of tho j easy virtue" makes tho best wife. Wo think one is as
one shilling (12 cents) a copy. present day aro all Homoeopaths. ) likely as the other. It is a poor rule that won't work
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both ways. It is a great excuso for sin, certainly, if
doing wrong qualifies a man for doing right, and by
this rule our jails and State prisons should furnish us
with the best members of society. If wo want bank
cashiers, wo should look for them at Sing Sing.
We don't believe in this doctrine. Bleeding a man
does not qualify one for giving the douche. Giving
pounds of calomel will not help the judgment in or-
dering the wet sheet pack. Doing anything the wrong
way helps no man in doing it the right way. Expe-
rienoe in observing disease is valuable ; but Allopathic
experience is oftou fallacious, on account of the modi-
fication of disease by medication. Killing people does
not qualify a man to cure them, only as it may lead
him to avoid his errors ; but it is still better to have
no errors to avoid ; and there are mistakes enough to
bo made in Water-Cure without desiring to practise
Allopathy, simply to havo experience of its blunders,
An Allopathic medical education is a queer jumble
of good and evil. The good can all bo got elsewhere ;
the evil is of no good to anybody. An astronomer
does not need to understand astrology The engineer
of a steamboat has gained no special wisdom from
having paddled in a dug-out. Having been a fool
does not make a man wise, and doing wrong is no re-
gular qualification for doing right.
Still, the preference sometimes shown for a Hydro
pathic physician, who has had an Allopathic education
and practice, has some reasonable foundation. People
wish to be assured that a doctor has an education of
some kind ; that he is not a mere quack or pretender.
When doctors begin to get a regular Hydropathic
education, no other will bo demanded, for this will in-
elude all of real medical science that is known. And
if pretended Hydropathio physicians mix up drugging
with Water-Cure, it will not be long before Water-
Cure people will be shy of those who have ever follow-
ed any other mode of practice. They will be afraid
that the converted Allopath will be a backslider, and
ponder over the scripture, which informs us that tho
juvenile porker, after having experienced tho benefits
of a Hydropathic operation, is inclined to go back to
her favorite Allopathic mud poultice.
Probably the best way is to begin right, go on right,
and persevere in the right. Thero can be no objec-
tion to any one's going to an Allopathic college, if
they have timo and money to spare, but they will learn
nothing they cannot learn elsewhere; and if they be-
lieve in Water-Cure, they can have no Allopathic ex-
periencc. Of that, the world has had full enough
already.
Favorite Means of Committing Suicide.—[By
Wm. H. Cook, M. D.]—Suicido is ono of the most
fearful and abhorrent crimes in the calendar ; and any
course of action which injures the system, and shortens
life, five, ten, or more years, is a form of Suicide, and
will be rewarded as such at the last great judgment,
particularly when those who are following such a
course have been warned of its fatal tendency.
The following arc a few of the habits, very common
in this age, by which health is impaired, and suffering
and premature death secured. These may be proper-
ly called tho favorite moans of committing suicide ;
and though their inroads on life are but slow, yet the
final result is sure :
Wcuring thin shoes on damp nights, and in rainy
weather.
Building on the " air-tight "principle.
Leading a life of enfeebling, stupid laziness, and
keeping the mind in a round of unnatural excitement
by reading trash novels.
Going to balls through all sorts of weather in the
thinnest possible dress.
Dancing in crowded rooms till in a complete perspi
ration, and then going home through the damp night
air.
Sleeping on feather beds in seven-by-nine bed-
rooms.
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> Surfeiting on hot and highly stimulating dishcB. i ion, somewhat like the present short sacks, but reach
Beginning in childhood on tea, and going on from ing just below the knee ; full in tho skirt, but nearly
one step of stimulation to another, through coffee, fitting the form above, not tight however ; high in the
J chewing, smoking, and drinking. back, and buttoning from the breast-bone to the bot
Marrying in haste, getting an uncongenial com tom of tho skirt ; pants, cut in the form of the person,
j panion, and living tho rest of lifo in mental dissatis j just large enough to be easy and healthy, not large
faction. ! and loose, not Greek or Turk, but American fashion,
i Intermarrying. neatly fitting the legs from tho kneo down, a little
i Keeping children quiet by teaching them how to ' large at the bottom, of course, setting gracefully down
suck candy. :' upon the insteps, and just clearing tho floor while
Entailing disease upon posterity by disregarding the j standing, with a waist on which to fasten tho pants
physiological laws of marriage; tho parent is held instead of suspenders.
responsible. ; For tho feet, an amplo heelless shoe or slipper, very
i Living encased in dirt because too lazy to bathe the elastic ; and could some ono invent a substance or
\ body. i fabric which would not wnter-soak and become flabby
! Eating without taking timo to masticate the food. < like leather, (for the feet, we don't want water-proof,
Allowing love of gait so to absorb our minds as not but something that will let the water through, that
j to leavo us time to attend to health. can be wrung out like a sock,) he would confer a great
Following an unhealthy occupation because money favor upon humanity ; socks, instead of long stock
can be made by it. ings, of course. For the head, a veil or simple, very
I Tempting the appetite with niceties when the sto | simpla small bonnet or hat, but let the hair be as loose
mach says, No. and free as can be tolerated, .lust imagine a pretty
Contriving to keep in a continual worry about some femalo thus attired, how graceful and cosy her move-
\ thing or nothing. . ments ; a full skirt, just long enough to flow and hang
j Retiring at midnight and rising at noon. ' as a skirt should ; not flopping about her feet and
Gormandizing between meals. < ankles, or so short as to look or feel awkward.
Giving way to fits of anger. Amebicis.
! Neglecting to take proper care of ourselves when a
j simple disease first appears : Then Boston Female Medical School.— It will bo seen,
j Indiscriminately swallowing great quantities of ad • by advertisement, that this Institution enters upon its
' vertised nostrums. | Seventh Term, on the 5th of November next. The
> Taking all the calomel, corrosive, sublimate, anti ■ managers say :—
'• mony and arsenic ; and < The good cause of Femalo Medical Education is on-
' Submitting to all tho blood-letting and leeching ; ward here. Wo have a Manikin and other articles of
; operations of " Kegular" doctors. . apparatus, for the use of the School in the fall, on the
j way from Paris.
\ | Over two thousand persons have contributed to the
Another "Old Regular's" Testimony.—I was ( funds of this Institution. The following are the names
> called at 9 P. M., on the 2d ult., to see a lady in labor j of tho present—
with her fifth child. Nothing unusual occurred dur Life Members—(Fee of Life Membership, $20.)—
! ing labor. At 2 A. M. of the 3d, she was delivered I James Cheevcr, Jonas Checkering, Samuel Appleton,
[ of a fine healthy son—being five hours since I was ; Jonathan Phillips, Timothy Gilbert, Nathan Mathews,
called. In about ten minutes the placenta was de j Adam W. Thaxter, Adam W. Thaxter, jr., William
tached and taken away without any difficulty ; and ;S er, H. Jameson, William I. Bowditch, Mrs. James Cheev-
j an enema of cold water thrown on the uterus, which Mrs.Mrs. Timothy Gilbert, Mrs. Josiah Quiacy, jr ,
Bcnj. I). Green, Mrs. Aaron Baldwin. Mrs.
caused it to contract. No hemorrhage. Patient then Charles A. White, Boston ; Mrs. James Arnold. Mrs.
j took a sponge bath, had her bed and clothes adjusted, j Joseph C. Delano, Mrs. Rodney French, Mrs Joseph
and went to bed quito comfortable j S. lillinghast, Mrs. Joseph Rickctson, 2d, Now Bed
i ford ; Oliver M. Whipple, lloyal Call, M. I).. Lowell ;
\ She took four baths during tho first twenty-four : John P. Cushing, Watertown ; Samuel Philbrick,
| hours, one hip and three sponge baths ; took enemas i Mrs. Samuel Philbrick, llrookline ; Mrs. Jacob hie,
to the bowels ; kept a wet cloth at the abdomen. j; 1). D., (by a friend) Medway ; Rev Luther Wright,
Took some food once during the day. 4th, 8 A. M., ;( Lydia Woburn ; Rev. Ezekiel Rioh, Deep River, Ct. ; Mrs.
H. Sigournoy, Hartford, Ct. ; Mrs. Sarah J.
; found patient this morning very much improved ; has ; Hale, Phiadelphia, Pa ; Charles Hurd, Mrs. Charles
: very good appetite, and strength improving very fast ; j Hurd, Londonderry, N. II. ; Mrs. Ann Chase, wife of
; has had some after-pains, but a bath stopped them ; the U. S. Consul at Tampico.
j prescribed three sponge baths to-day. 7th, 10 A. M., I —
found patient sitting up, and said she was nearly as The Water-Cure in Cpmminoton, Mass.—Mrs.
well as ever. She has sat up somo every day since tho | A. Bartlett, of that place, asks ;
first day of confinement ; has gained strength every "Can you not sond us a Water-Cure Doctor'!
day, and taken her baths daily, three and four per . Cummington and tho towns around arc all ready, I
day ; drank all the water she wished ; appetite good ; - think. A good one would havo most, if not all, of
; has a plenty of milk for her babe, and is doing well in the practice, which is not small. The village of Cum-
; every respect. ; mington, for two summers past, has been visited with
j I send you this to let some of tho unbeliovers know j dysentery and fever. The number of deaths last year
that water will not do females in childbirth harm, but ; were nearly thirty. From three families, seven indi-
j on tho contrary, they will recover quicker under that j viduals wero laid in their narrow house, back of the
! treatment than any other, if properly applied There are i church, after lingering thirty or forty days. We have
some who say that it will kill ninety-nine out of every ! three doctors, but not of the right stamp. If some
hundred, but I havo had quite a numbor of cases, and, ono would come and spend a week or two in lecturing
j instead of killing any, all have been able to sit up in | and visiting the sick, much, very much good would
from two to five days. bo dono for Wator-Curo and humanity. The pevple
Eden, Randolph Co., Illinois. \ ask it."
'; [At present wo can only promise to do the very best
A Mechanic's Thoughts on Dress.—We should ! we can towards complying with this, and ten thousand
all dress alike, or nearly so. We oil havo similar < similar requests from all sections of the country,
forms, male and female, and we should so clothe this j Until men and women can bo thoroughly educated to
form as to keep us healthy, and make us happy and ! practiso Hydropathy, we must advise "The People"
j beautiful. Females should dress after this stylo. The | to supply themselves with tho Water-Cure Library,
I outsido upper coat, or dress, should be cut sack fash- , and beoomo thoir own doctors.
68 THE
Rotten Teeth.—"If some folks would have their
mouths cleaned, old decayed and ulcerated stumps re
moved, there would be less occasion to visit watering
places or swallow medicines to recover health.'* Thus
said a dentist, while removing a mass of 44 rotten
bone" from the mouth of a person in our presence, not
long ago.
Foul breath and foul stomachs are often caused by
foul mouths. What can be more disgusting to con-
template than a human mouth filled with sores, caused
by accumulated tartar on the teeth, until the gums
become a mass of putrid, ulcerated sores— evolving at
every breath a stench unendurable. Horrible ! Awful !
And all this, when a little care would preserve the
mouth iu a sweet and healthy state, and tho teeth to
old age. A decayed tooth should at once be cleaned
or removed. Every youth should be instructed how to
manage his teeth. It would be well for all men and
women to have their teeth examined at least onoe a
year by a competent dentist, and the moment any
sign of decay appears, have it removed. Good den-
tists may be found in all our cities. In New York we
may name Dr. J. W. Clowes, No. 7 Eighth Ave
nue, as one of the most thorough, skillful, and in every
respect competent to put the mouths of his patients
in order. Give him a call
BLESS GOD FOR RAIN.
BY GEORGE W. BUNGAY.
The dusty earth, with lips apart,
Looked up where rolled an orb of flame,
As though a prayer came from its heart
For rain to come ; and lo, it came.
The Indian corn with silken plume,
And flowers with tiny pitchers tilled,
.Send up their praise of sweet perfume,
For precious drops the clouds distilled.
The modest grass is fresh and green,
The brooklet swells its song again ;
Metbinks an angel wing is seen
In every cloud that brings us rain.
There is a rainbow in the sky.
Upon the arch where tempests trod,
God wrote it ere the world was dry—
It is the Autograph ok God.
Up where the heavy thunders rolled,
And clouds on fire were swept along,
Tho sun rides in a car of gold,
And soaring larks dissolve in song.
The rills that gush from mountains rude,
Flow trickling to the rerdant base,
Just like the tears of gratitude
That ofteu stain a good man's face.
Great King of Peace, deign now to bless,
The windows of the sky unbar ;
Shower down tho rain of righteousness,
And wash away the stain of war:
And let the radiant bow of love
In beauty mark our moral sky,
Like that fair sign unrolled above,
Hut not like it to fade and die.
Religion and Science.—J. B. M., M. D., in the
Worcester Botanic, Medical and Surgical Journal,
says :
44 In vain have materialists examined dead bodies to
explain the- most important phenomena of life. In
vain have they mutilated the nrain in a hundred dif-
fercnt ways to discover the seat of intellectual facul-
tics. Tho most vain and absurd hypotheses are the
result of their researches. What do they know about
life—about tho astonishing phenomena ascribed to
generation 1 God reserves these secrets to himself.
44 Facts are observed every instant in practice which
science docs not explain, and it was this that made
the father of medicine declare, that there was some-
thing Divine in diseases, that ts to say, incomprehen-
sibio to man."
44 In vain " has this poor imbecile investigated the
laws of God and nature, lie very properly disclaims
knowing anything about " life," more than to eat and
drink, like other animals. Why, Mr. J. B. M., M. D.,
you are " behind the light-house." What business
have you to judge other people, when your glasses
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
look so darkly that you cannot see 1 Vou will find, on
getting your eyes open, that true science and true re
ligion harmonize, and that there is a science of
mind, notwithstanding your silly fling at Physiology.
Here is a person charging the leading Physiologists of
> the world with ignorance and materialism, and at
tempting to block the wheels of progress through a
Botanical medical journal ! ! How preposterous. The
. fellow needs a little " number six," a few hot stones,
( and a "smart chance'' of friction applied to his brain.
' thony, on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene.
An Omission.—The story entitled Love vs. Health,
by Mrs. Sedgwick, which has been travelling through
newspapers for tome time past, is one of the best we
have ever seen from her pen. Besides being remark
able as a story, it gives many good hints and much
useful instruction, founded upon purely Hygienic prin
ciples. We copy a few words :
- " After the wedding ring, Hazen's first gift to Mary
was—41 Tho Principles of Physiology applied to the
\ Preservation of Health, and the Improvement of
\ Physical and Mental Education: by Andrew Combe,
M. D" This book, which should be read by every
mother in the United States, he accompanied by a
solemn adjuration, that sheshould study and apply it."
We heartily approve of the course of Hazen, but
regret that Mrs. S. did not mention, lor the benefit of
other sensible young bridegrooms, who may wish to
follow his example, that this most excellent work is
published and for sale by Fowlers & Wells, 131
Nassau street, New York, who will be pleased to fur
\ nish them to every young Benedick in the land. Price
50 cents.
An Editor Turned Water Doctor.—We clip
the following from the Wheeling (Va.) Luminary:
Water-Cure.—Last Saturday, in our absence, ono
of our boys was taken sick, and continued to grow
worse until our return on Monday, at 12 o'clock. His
whole system seemed scorching with heat, skin dry,
violent pain iu the head, pain in the bowels, tongue
coated, breath fetid, and all the ordinary symptoms
j of fever. We hastened to pack him in a wet cold
\ sheet. In fifteen minutes ho went to sleep, and slept
\ soundly for forty minutes ; took him out, rubbed him
well, and put him to bed. In one hour afterwards he
called for his clothes, and has continued to mend ever
since. That's Water- Cure ! Don't cost anything
either.
The same paper says :—41 The Water- Cure Journal
for July is on hand- This is one of the most valuable
papers in tho United States. It is worth annually to
any family ten times its cost."
j
Desertion.—Four of the respectable citizens of
Brandenburgh, Ky., have published a card, setting
forth the lamentable condition of that town in conse
quence of eight deaths by cholera out of 18 cases.
One of their physicians had deserted them, after they
had reared him, patronized him, and made him all he
was.—Indiana State Journal.
[A runaway doctor ! Well, if these "fourcitizens"
> will take our advice, they will offer a reward of "four
j cents" for the further conveyance of his doctorship to
\ regions beyond the Texas. They have no reason
'; to re§ret his departure, for, by their own showing, his
J ministrations were of no avail. Besides, since they
J
J " made him what he was," who's to blame 7
\ which will attract attention. We have reason to be
\ Four Druggists at a Water-Cure.—It is a sig
j nificant truth, that four of tho leading New York
'< druggists, among the richest of their kind, are now at
a Water-Cure establishment, within a few miles of
our city. These gentlemen have probably sold medi
cines to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dol
\ lars including enough Cod Liver Oil to "rink (or float)
a ship," yet they tritely seek physical restoration at a
Water-Cure establishment.
j It's an old saying that 44 a doctor seldom swallows
his own drugs," and here we have the proof of its
truth. 44 Actions speak louder than words." Well,
we are glad those druggist* are availing themselves of
the curative powers of Hydropathy. We hope it will
do them good.
Physiology in Minnesota Territory.—We are
glad to find the following in the Minnesota Democrat :
4' The eloquent and learned Miss Coates is going
to deliver a course of lectures, to the ladies of St. An
44 Miss C. enjoys a high reputation in the States, as
an accomplished and instructive lecturer. Wo hope
that she will consent to favor the ladies of St. Paul
with a course of lectures."
Thus will Hydropathy receive an impulse in this
*4 New Knglniid of the West." Success to Miss Coates
and the subjects she advocate.-?.
Cause and Effect.—A Western paper describes
the dress of a lady there, during a November rain
storm, when mud is ankle deep. 44 A fur eapc, a boa,
twisted four times around her neck, silk stockings, and
French kid slippers." The above paper might have
described this costume, taken as a whole, by a synonym
somewhat in this wise. 44 A terrible cold, a racking
cough, diseased lungs, and a mahogany coffiu."—
Yankee Made.
The Alanthus Tree,—The Secretary of the In
terior will not allow of the further propagation of this
tree in the public grounds of Washington City, on ac
count of the injurious effects of its odor, when in blos
som, upon the public health." New York and Brook
lyn hare unfortunately planted millions of these poi
sonous trees. They should at once be removed. The
elm or the maple are quite as beautiful and entirely
unobjectionable.
;
Our Progress.— Since the commencement of tho
present volume, we have added several thousand new
subscribers to our list, and have had the pleasure of
renewing the acquaintance of nearly all our old sub
scribers. This is ugreeable. When opening the let
ter of a cordial friend and co-worker, residing far
away, we have a craving desire to grasp tho hand, and
have a good hearty shake, being assured, as we read
the letter, that although the body may be far away,
the spirit is with us.
i
Wanted, a Hydropath, for Haverhill, Massa
chusetts.—The extensive circulation of the Water-
Cure Journal has created a demand for a good Hy
dropathic Physician in this old but thriving village.
It is a good place, filled with good people.
' Mr. N. S. Gkeenleaf will answer any questions
; relating to this place.
Indelicate Business.—Tho male doctors in Cana
da have just succeeded in making a law prohibiting
women from practising medicine. It is now a penal
offence for a woman to officiate even in a case of mid
wifery, so say the papers. Is it true 1 For the houor
of Canada we hope not. If such a law has been made,
it must be repealed, and that, too, quickly.
j The Chemistry of Life.—We commence, in the
present number, a series of articles uuder this title,
lieve that the author will increase his already well es
tablished reputation as an original thinker and scien
tific writer.
A Luxury.—Tho Erie and the Camden and Ara-
boy Railroad cars are now provided with ice water.
Iu each car is a vessel, holding from twelve to fifteen
gallons, with cups or mugs attached, with which all
may 44 help themselves." This simple luxury should
be introduced into every railroard car.
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Wire Beds.—We havo tried them, and, like the it is expected that the town of Sterling will raise $'2-3,0-10, ing through the trees. Thus real, true charity, like the
old man who bought a buffalo robe, of whom a neigh and all the other towns on the line, extending the entire breeze, gathers fragrance from the drooping flowers which it
bor inquired how he liked it, said "first rate ; shouldn't length of Cayuga county, some sixty miles, will at once take refreshes, and unconsciously reaps a reward in the perform
know how to keep house without it." So of this new up the balance of stock, amounting to §1,500,000. A char ance of its offices of kindness, which steals upon the
wire bed. It is clean, always ready " stirred up," ter has been obtained, and all things made ready to com heart, like rich perfume, to bless and cheer.
well ventilated, cool and pleasant. We shall never mence the work.
sleep on feathers, when we can have a wire bed manu Between the Erie canal and lake Ontario, there are thou A Costly Smoke.—The other day a young gentleman of
sands of acres of the finest land in the world, entirely un this city was enjoying a fine cigar near the corner of Court
factured by Mr. John Putnam, 169 Fulton street, occupied. From Syracuse and Oswego east, to Rochester street and the Square, in defiance of the by-law in such case
New York. Wo regard it a luxury, to sleep on this west, there are some of the most desirable situations that can made and provided. A person near by, whom he took to be
new invention ! be found. Timber and water power are plenty, while crops a police officer, tapped him on the shoulder and informed
of every description, including every variety adapted to him that he was breaking the law. The young man plead
Death from Tobacco.—At Koxbury, Mass., an this latitude, grow in great abundance, when cultivated. ignorance without avail, the pseudo officer declaring that un
Irishwoman by the name of Toomey administered a s Besides all this, it promises to become a general summer less a $o bill was forthcoming, he should find it necessary
quantity of tobacco, steeped in milk, to her child, as resort for all the world. Who can live, without visiting the to commit the offender to jail. Very reluctantly, and after
an antidote for worms. The child, which was not \ Lakes during the summer season ? a good deal of talking, he took ont a - 1 U bill, received §5
quite two years of age, died in less than an hour and chanics, There is now a fine opening at Little Sodus Bay, for me back and was allowed to depart. It was not long, however,
% half. of every description. Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, before he ascertained that his quondam captor was not only
Cabinet Makers, Carpenters and Joiners, Shoe Makers, no officer, but that the $5 bill he received from him in ex
Tailors, Ace, Jcc, may find it to their interest to visit this change was a counterfeit, thus leaving him out of pocket
Of one thousand infanta fed by the mother's milk, < place. A new Steam Saw Mill has recently been erected, just §10 by the operation.— Boston Traveller.
not above three hundred die ; but of the same number and there are other indications of industrial acUvUy going [That was "paying too dearly for the whistle," but if it
reared by wet nurses, five hundred die. forward. Young married men, in the East, will find this would break the young man from the bad habit, it might
a good place to plant themselves. For all further particulars, prove a good investment.]
we would refer to Sbth Turner, Esq , or Wu. Wyman, P.M.
Little Sodas, Cayuga Co. New York, who will answer all " To arms, To akji*, vi Braves."—We see by advertise
questions. ment in the New York Daily Sun, that a military company
has been organized, for the protection of our l" Bloomers."
New Postage Stamps.—"We will forward to all who desire New York and Nl Haves Rail Road.—This is, per Of which sex they are composed, we are not informed, yet
them, postage stamps in any amount. Everybody should haps, one of the most successful of our rail road enterprises, presume them to be of the masculine order.
keep a supply on hand, with which to pre-pay all letters. &3TBLOOMER GUARD—THE MEMBERS of the
We shall continue to accept stamps in payment for publi isit now was built in 1849, at a cost ofabout $3,100.(00. The stock above company are hereby notified to attend on Wednesday
cations. They may be enclosed in a letter and sent to any par. Theselling in our market, for §11-—twelve dollars above
road is well managed, in every particular. During the
evening next at the 7th av. house, near 19lh St., at 8 o'clock
P.M. Members are requested to bring their muskets. By
poet office in the United States. order THOS. HENNESSEY, CapU WILLIAM J.
When books are ordered to be sent by mail, the person or summer season the trains leave New York daily, as follows : WALTON, O. Sergant,
dering them should remit stamps or money, with which to h. m. f This may be regarded as a fair warning to all opponents.
pre-pay the postage from our office. 1st, Accommodation Train, A. M 7 0J J Those, therefore, who would not be shot, must look out, and
Sid, B. Express, A. M 8 00 j be careful as to what they say derogatory to the Bloomer
3d, Accommodation Train, A. M 9 03 > Dresses. KvrraU for the Bloomer Guard \\1
H. H. Barton, of Putney, Vt., informs us that he is in the 4th, Special Train, A. M 11 15
possession of a suitable place for a first class Water-Cure 5th, B. Express Train, P. M 3 00
establishment, which he will sell. The place is valued at Gth, Accommodation Train, P. M 4 03 \ The Pulpit vs. Bloomerism.—Two or three yonrtg ladies in
$3001), but may be had for §2,2C0, and a part of the amount 7th, Commutation Train, P. M | Eastnampton, Massachusetts, who appeared in Bloomer
6 95 * cofttime last week, were immediately waited upon by the
remain on mortgage. There are about 1,400 inhabitants. 8th, Special Train, P. M 0 30 j Rev. Mr. Stone, and informed that if they persisted in wear-
Tho water is of the finest quality of soft spring-water. For Trains leave New Haven daily— | ing those dresses, they could not be connected with his church.
particulars, address, post paid, as above. 1st, Special Train, A. M 7 00 | Springfield Paptr.
2d, Commutation Train, A. M 8 30 It would have been well, if the Rev. Mr. Stone, while he
had the matter in hand, could have made it convenient to
Pumps.—We have all sorts of Pumps; Leather Pumps, 3d, Accommodation Train, A. M 9 45 define what he esteemed an evangelical length of skirt.
Wooden Pumps, Chain Pumps, Force Pumps, Air Pumps, 4th, Accommodation Train, A. M.„ 1 15 There is reason to believe that there would be as great a diver
and Gas Pumps, a "general assortment'1 of Human Pumps, 5th, B. Express Train, P. M 4 15 sity of opinion among the clergy upon this point, as upen
who pump every body they meet, find out all their neigh Gth, Special Train, P. M 5 15 the weightier mattersof the law. Evidently the Rev. Mr.
bors' business, while they neglect their own. But the best 7th, Accommodation Train, P. M 7 55 Doherty, whose cure was near Mr. Stone's till he was sus
kind of pumps, are, without doubt, those advertised in this 8th. B. Express Train, P. M II 25 pended, and the Rev. Mr. Fairchild, lately tried in Boston,
Journal, by our friend G. B. Farsam. See his advertisement. Fare from New York to New Haven, §1 50 ; distance 70 ■ would have tolerated a much shorter skirt than some others
miles ; lime, 3 1-8 hours. I of their profession ; and it occurs to us that, if the subject is
Office of the Company. 55 Canal Street, Now York. I to be made a matter of church discipline, it should be dis-
Book Agents.—After harvest, the season for selling books
will commence. We have printed new editions of nearly all < posed of by synods, or competent ecclesiastical conventions,
our publications, and shall be able to fill all orders promptly. Reciprocity a Principle op Nature.—[The following beau ? that there may be a uniform standard of petticoat orthodoxy
Liberal discoun ts a t wholesale, is our policy, in order that the tiful figure illustrates and enforces the truth of our title. . among the respective sects. It would bemelancholyenough
agent may be liberally rewarded for his time and labor. The writer exhibits, in a high degree, a full development of '. to have another high and low church controversy spring up
Benevolence, Ideality, Hope, Veneration, with cultivated so { in the ecclesiastical world upon suoh an issue, for the want
cial feelings. The selfish, or animal propensities, axe in j of a proper adjudication at the outset.—JV.. Y. Evening Post.
subjection to the intellectual and moral sentiments.] j [Thus it appears the Rev. Mr. Stone insists on retaining
Charity.—Night had kissed the young rose, and it bent j the petticoats, in his church ; but we doubt whether the wo
softly to sleep Stars shone, and pure dew drops hung upon men will notice his objections. They will consult him with
Little Sodcs Bay.—Of all the beautiful placet -we ever its blushing bosom, and watched its sweetest slumbers. regard to their spiritual welfare, but not in regard to the
looked upon, this is the most beautiful. The glasses through Morning came, with its dancing breezes, and they whispered length, breadth, thickness, quality or color of their petticoats.
which we looked at it may be colored, or they may magnify to the young rose, and it awoke joyous and smiling. Light Mr. Stone may dictate in regard to the under and upper
every pleasant prospect. So many cordial friends did we ly it danced to and fro in all the loveliness of health and clothes of his wife and children, but he must not interfere
meet on our late visit, so many cheerful and happy faces, and youthful innocence. Then came the ardent sun-god sweep or meddle with those of other females.]
such a thrifty growth of the country around, all bespeak a ing from the east, and he smote the young rose with his
great and prosperous future for this charming place. Trav scorching rays, and it fainted. Deserted and almost heart Tobacco Smoking and Burning Houses.—We wish it were
elers, have compared this beautiful "arm of the lake" to broken, it drooped to the dust in loneliness and despair. Now in our power to present the statistics with regard to these
the Bay of Naples, in Italy. It is two miles long, and more the gentle breeze, which had been gamboling over the sea, two calamities. We have no doubt but some of the recent
than half a mile wide. While the people of Western New pushing on the home-bound bark, sweeping over hill and destructive fires in our New York stables, where large num
York are so accustomed to beautiful water views among dale, by the neat cottage and still brook, turning the old bers of fine Horses were burned, were caused by fire emitted
their numerons pocket Lakes and pocket Niagaras, scattered mill, fanning the brow of disease, and frisking the curls of from the end* of lighted segars, or tobacco pipes. Smoking
so profusely among her fine lands, they do not fully appre innocent childhood, came tripping along on her errand of is an almost universal habit with stage and omnibusdrivers,
ciate their charms. mercy and love ; and when she saw the young rose she has many ofwhom carry their fireworks, in the shape of friction
Little Sodus is soon to become a second Dunkirk, bringing tened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its forehead in cool, re matches, in their pockets.
the noble Ohtario. by railroad within tkm hocus of New freshing showers ; and the young rose revived, looked up and It is said to be difficult to set .fire with burning tobacco,
York oity, and shortening the distance, some sixty or sevens smiled in gratitude to the kind breeze ; but she hurried hutwe know it to be otherwise. And we believe if stage pro
ty miles. By this new route, Canada may be more cheaply quickly away; her generous task was performed, yet not prietors, would refuse to employ men who smoke tobacco,
and speedily reached, and the coal and iron mines of Penn without reward—for she Boon perceived that a delicious that there would be vastly less incendiarism and less accidents
sylvania find a new outlet. Besides large private subscrip fragrance had been poured on her winds by the grateful rose ; by fire. No man should be permitted to carry this sort of
tions, the city of Auburn has been pledged for $100,000, and and the kind breeze was glad in heart and went away sing fireworks about stablee, barns, or dwelling houses .' .'
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5
j Insanity.—We believe there are thousands of insane peo j MtND your own Bu sinews.—To tell a man to his face to CONSCIENTIOUS.--" Boy, why did yon take an armful
ple in our country, out of the Asylums. Look at the mad ; mind his own bnsin ess, would be considered about equal to of my *hiiigles on Sunday ?" "Why, sir, mother wanted
poets, inventors, novel writers, preachers. " There are doz knocking him down, or as the Frenchman said, "horizontal- some kindling wood, and I didn't want to split wood on
ens ofcrazy brain* in our city, this moment, who have work izing his perpendicularity." And yet it is one of the simplest Sunday,'1
ed for years spending all the money they could beg or borrow, j rules of right conduct, and one of the most useful that man- A pirkct Kail Road from New York to Boston is now in
to " compute" some " perpetual motion ;'f another class go \ kind can adopt in their intercourse with each other. Their contemplation.
about exhorting the people to "flee from the wrath to come," j is a great deal of Paul Pry spirit in the human heart, or the "New England If built, it will place us within six hours of
insuring those foolish enough to listen, that the end of the { wonderful inquiaitiveness in regard to the personal affairs of Road Centre," or any metropolis," Athens nf America," Rail
other smart name you please.
world in at hand, and attempting to prove by facts and figures ; friends and neighbors. This fault makes more mischief
that the Bible declares " thus and so." They are the remnant ! in the community than almost any other cause, and creates Strawberries are 20 cents per quart. Well, we would give
Millerites, who kicked up such adust, with their field meet * more maiicc, envy, and jealousy than can be overcome in a more than that for some from the meadows of our native
ings in tents, and barns, not long ago. f
century. Let every man mind his own business, and there place.—< 'aytt »n Ch iff.
Then come the ^elf-elected prophets, claiming Divine com ; will not be half the trcuble in the world that there is at When- is your native place, Emma ?
missions, etc. All these are Crazy, and considered harm ; present.—Xew York- Sun.
less, paupers though they be. [Our views exactly—show us the man, or woman, who is
Thr-n th^re arc numberless crazy politicians who go about ! constantly in trouble with neighbors, and we will show you €n (Cnrrapnntonts.
ranting with a " wkorak l'nronr side," steaming with liquor > somebody who does ?tot '"mind his own business."]
and tobacco, many of whom are hired by the day just before Couou with Offenhvk ExrwrroRvrio..—J. S., Peoria, Ill
election to make a noise. Wo speak now of the crazy onet rosT Offices with the same Name.—Be careful in direct- inois. All coughs attended with considerable raising are
only. \ ing your letters. According to the new official list of post serious, and ought to be thoroughly attended to, whether the
Almost every town has a crazy doctor, who cures every [ offices in the United States, there are 2.3 Wellingtons, 24 expectoration be bland or fetid. The wet pack sheet two or
body and everything, with some " notion"' that his crazy brain ] Franklins, i3 Salems, 22 Springfield*. 15 Centrevilles, 19 three times a week, the constant use of the wet chest wrap
has " discorerrd." An insane imagination of this kind usu \ Jacknons, 10 JertVrsons, 13 Lafayette*. 10 Fillmores, 9 Kos- per, and one or two hip baths daily, ought to be at once and
ally runs into roots and vegetables. Among this class, wo \ imths, 13 Lowells, 20 Richmond*, 15 Waterloo*, 22 Colum- perseveringly applied. All auctions of the lungs succeed
may name the " seventh sons1' and seventh daughters, who, bias, IS Concords, and ever ao many-Mount Vernons, Clin ing agues and fevers, which have been doctored with calomel
if born sane, become insane, when they yield to the demands ton*, &c. In daring letters, therefore, care should always and quinine, are frequently a long time in getting well, even
of ignorant or crazy people, and commence practice." Let be taken to givo the State, County, and Von Offiee where under the very best hydropathic management. All that is
us bo kind and charitable to all poor crazy people. |the letter is to be mailed. essential in regard to diet i» to have it plain, simple, and un-
concentrated.
From the West —We extract the following from a letter
just received. Patent medicines and other drugs are in J! Pretitt.—Short stories, short sermons, with the gist of a
volume, are vastly more acceptable and satisfactory to most : ofM., of Maxtca, O., will accept our thanks for kind words
danger :— encouragement. Samp]*?* of Student, ice. were sent. If
Glxtlkmen—By taking a little pains. I have procured a II readors, than long yams, with the usual accompaniment of , subscribers
useless words. For any communication, of less than a dozen ford to double will double our circulation, we think we can af
club of twenty fubscribers for the Water Cure and Phreno pages of foolscap, no preface is necessary ; come at once to the ; monthly. the size of the Journal, or publish semi
logical Journals. point, and describe the ttiiug, without circumlocution. ; the AugustJenny LtND's portrait and biography appeared in
I find that your journals are decidedly popular among the [A good suggestion from out West.] No. of the Phrenological Journal. You may ad
more intelligent portions of community. dress " W, F," at this ollice. Can't tell when we may
The West has been a great field for drug speculation. Pa Sentimental Yucsg Lady—Pray. Mr. Charles, how is the visit O. again. Hope to do bo soon. We have received
tent medicines have multiplied upon us like the frog* Upon wind 1 ^ soOhio Cultivator for July. Glad the women are succeeding
Egypt, and their results have been equally disastrous. But Embarrassed Yorso Gb.ntlemax—Pretty well, I thank ; well.
we look for redemption from these evils, and the use of water you.
must effect our physical salvation. "Ma'am your dre.-s is dragging in the mud." "Well, ) treat Bruocs Turns.—A "subscriber" wishes to know how to
You have our best wishes for success in this most glorious
reform. • * * suppose it is, isn't it fashionable V* * eaten abult«r,
little girl five or six years of age, who has never
and who seldom eats newly-baked bread, meat,
pastry, or rich cake, yet who is subject to bilious turns, at
ErrEcr or Getttnq ths Mitten.—The editor of the Bror.lt- Prodablr —A poor woman went to an eminent but eccen tended with vomiting. In giving particular direction, we
ville, Iowa, Democrat explains this point with all the confi tric surgeon, to inquire what was the proper treatment for ; would rather be informed what she dors, than what she does
dence that experience can give : some bodily wound. not eat. A rubbing bath in the morning, the abdominal
" Unrequited affection has a very depressing effect on the "Put on a cataplasm," was the answer. ; wet bath, with a diet of wheat-meal or rye-meal bread, with
spirits. We care not how much of an exquisite a youth may " But, Doctor its for a child." good potatoes and fruit, will probably euro.
be, let him 'get the mitten/ and his contempt for bear's " Then put on a l-ittotplasra."
grease will knowno bounds. His care of his boots will also Preserving Rain Water —A. D. C, of Pa., asks : Will
undergo a change ; while his disregard of public opinion will To Break Pleasant .Dreams.—Before retiring to bed, eat ; you give instructions how to purify and preserve large quan
be so exalted that he won't care a copper whether his trousers four or five slap-jack cakes, well saturated with butter and ^ tities of rain water for hydropathic purposes, as much of the
are broken or not.'' molasses, with two or three cup=.of tea, four orrive well done water in this part of the country is hard ? Rain water is
[A lady sends the above, and asks us "Is that true ?" to eggs, a slice of barn, a piece of pie and other dessert, and if I nearly pure when collected after it has rained a few minutes,
which we reply, never had any experience that way, can't you don't dream "'as is'' a dream, then we will say no more. and the dust, vapors, Ate. which float in the air and accumu
tell, should presume however that il would have the effect Sam says that experience is the greatest school, and estab- f late on the roofs are washed away. It will keep a long time
to take the " starch out" if nothing more .] lishei in his mind the fact as above. | in cisterns dug deep enough to preserve a very low tempera
ture It maybe rendered colder by ice, so as to keep still
Civility.—When the rich Quaker was asked the secret of Pleasant and Profitable.—Under this title, one of our longer.
his success in life, he answered, 'Civility, friend, civility.' agents writes us from Illinois that he has sold between three j
Some people are uncivil, sour, sullen, morose, crabbed, hundred and fifty and four hundred dollars worth of water- j Ulcer of toe Scalp.—J. F. H., Ohio. We should have
crusty, haughty, really clownish and impudent. Run from cure books, within the past month, lie now orders twelve ' great faith in the cure of your son. by treating the whole
such. 1 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is sets of the Water-Cuhe Library, to supply subscribers, in i system as well as the part affected. Half baths and hip
more hope of a fool than of him. '—Life Illcsth *ted. one neighborhood. This looks like "success." J baths should be used daily, and the wet pack-sheet occasion
[Even the hogs will fatten better where kindness, pleasant ally. Keep the head cold ; wet it occasionally with coot,
ness, and good nature prevail, than where it is " scold, scold" A female writer cays: "Nothing looks worse on a lady not very cold water, and lay a wet cloth over the sore. If
the day long. Who ever knew an habitual scolder to prosper in than darned stockings." Allow us to observe, that stockings i you want a full explanation of all the Water-Cure processes,
business ? Those mothers who scold their children, commit which need dirning look much worse than darned ones, j send for the " Water-Cure Manual," or " Hydropathy for the
an error irreparable, an error which even floggings cannot Darned if they don't.—Bost. Post. People."
mend. Remember, where kindness and goodness fail, it will
be useless to fret and scold. It would be well for all to try Boston and Saratoga Springs.—The Bostonians seem S*ltRuecm.—J. C, Kenosha. A case of salt rheum re
to "overcome evil with good."] quite delighted with the idea of taking breakfast in Boston, \ sulting from infection in consequence of inoculation, requires
and Congress water at Saratoga Spring*, the same day even- other way, precisely
treatment the same as the disease acquired in any
though it will probably take a long time to de
Work ron Women.—Since the adoption of cheap postage, ing. A Yankee notion (Rail Road) has just been put terge the system from it. The wet sheet, followed by the
everybody wants to write letters to their friends, and, of through, connecting these two villages by daylight. tepid bath, should be frequently employed. Much dependi
course, would like to write well. This at once creates a de on the diet. Avoid salt, grease, and salted meats, and live
mand for teachers of penmanship, and we are glad to know Gladness.—The world is a looking glass, and gives back to mainly on vegetables and fruit, bread and milk, ice.
that large numbers of young women are qualifying them •vary man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and j
selves to teach writing schools, throughout the country. All it will in turn look sourly upon you j laugh at it, and with Emetics and Injections.—" Is it beneficial or safe to wash
right, go on, we shall patronise Lady Teachers. Let able it, and it is a jolly, kind companion. out the stomach and bowels with your emetics and injections,
bodied men engage in other employment, and let Women as recommended in March number, page 71, in all such dis
do that kind of work for which they are by nature best fitted. A Truth.—You can't prevent the birds of sadness from orders as sickishness, want of appetite, overloading the
We will sopply Copy Books, by the dozen, at the cost of flying over your head, but you may prevent them from stop stomach, pain and soreness of the bowels, and twin diarrhaa
manufacturing. ping to build their nests there. and dysentery ?" Yes.
a
 THE
Reports of Casks —These should be as brief ai po-mble,
omitting all needless unprofessional matters and every un
necessary word. We hare always more than we can find
room for, and, as in duty bound to the public, have to select
the beat. Subscribers must not blame us ;f their communi
cations lay over several months, nor if others are not pub
lished at all.
Concentrated Food.—P. Q., Philadelphia, -wants to know
what constitutes concentrated farinaceous food ? All the
grains, when divested of their bran or ligneous matter, are
called concentrated. Sugar is saccharine matter, from which
the water has been evaporated, and is another form of con
centrated food.
Dr. S. B. M.— Perhaps the "communication" you refer
to failed to reach us. Patience, patience, man ; we shall al
ways try to publish that which may seem to us most useful
and acceptable to all our readers, without regard to personal
accommodation or favor. Suppose you try again ?
W. G. S.—Short articles are always more acceptable than :
long ones. Give ub the facts, no matter how briefly, and we
shall be glad to serve them up for the benefit of our readers.
Long prefaces will do for large volumes, but are unnecessary
for articles in this Journal.
Spinal Complaints.—H. N. H., Wisconsin. The sits bath
twice a day would be a good addition to your present man
agement; temperature about oo degrees, time 10 minutes.
The walking foot bath, if you can And a convenient stream,
would be useful.
Sank Satires.
Episodes of Insect Lira By Acheta Pomesiica, M.E.B.
Slcond t-RRifiS. New York : J. S. Redfield.
Like the first volume, the second is quite beyond competi
tion, in the art of printing or illustration. ThoM who have
the first must have the second, while those who have neither,
will forego a literary luxury, unequalled, although to them
unknown. We shall bespeak several copies for presentation
to our lady friends, on the holidays.
We cannot enumerate all the little gold and silver glossed
insects described, but assure the reader there are enough to
delight, instruct and amuse, for an agreeable space of time.
Tub Great Harmonia, vol. 2. Thk Teacher. By A. J.
Davis. Price $1 25. For sale by Fowlers A Wlllb, New
York.
We have not yet perused this volume. It is well printed
and 11 .Til up to match the fir*t, which was published about
a year ago. The second volume contains—
Mt Earlt Experience; Mt Treacher akd Hli Chcrch ;
The True Reformer; Philosophy of Charity; Individual
and Social Culture; The Mission of Woman ; Thk Tru*
Marriage; Moral Freedom; Philosophy of Immortality;
Thk Spirit's Destiny; Concerning tub Deity.
After an examination, we may speak again, or, perhaps,
quote the opinions of others, pro and con. Mr. Davis, like
other men, has both friends and enemies.
On subjects with which we are unacquainted, we shall ex
press no opinion.
Catalogue of the Instructors and Students of the Classi
cal and Mathematical School, 80 Sixth Avenue, New
York.
In this School boys are prepared for business, college, or
the Military Academy. It is conducted by Messrs. Sedg
wick. & Nichols, assisted by Messrs. Starr, Macomber, Vi lie-
plait and Eichhom. We commend the sentiment contained
in the following extract :
"The object of the Course of Instruction in this Institu
tion is not to give a partial education, embracing a few
tranches only, nor to give a superficial education, contain
ing a little of every thing. Still le*s to give a "finished
education " Our object is to commence a thorough and full
course, and to prosecute it scientifically and faithfully, so
long as the pupil remains here. We hold that all the facul
ties should be brought into free exercise and close discipline,
in fAis elementary course of an education. Any other
system yields us but a distortion in the intellectual charac.
ter."
A new term will commence on the 2d of this present
mon th.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL 71
The Phrenological Journal for August presents the follow- The Cottage Eee Keeper; or suggestions for the Practical
ing interesting table of contents ;\ Management of Amateur, Cottage and Farm Apiaries, on
Phrenology applied to Education ; Rev. Edward Spragoe ; j scientific principles. By a Country Curate. New York :
Jenny Lind, with a portrait and biography; Animal Phre- C. M. Saxton;
oology; Training of Idiots ; Instruction in Magnetism ; The j A beautiful little book, and all about bees and honey !!
Peach, Illustrated ; Functions of the Skin ; Influence of How delightful. The Commercial Advertiser says :
Kindness; Progression, its Opponents; Morbid Impulses; J " This is essentially a practical treatise on the manage
Insanity from Love; Natural History of Man; Folly of j ment of bees. Every thing connected with the apiary is
Fashionable Life ; Death of Little May ; Letter to Young fully discussed, and the language of the text made doubly
\ clear
Men ; Events of tux month; Flogging in the Navy ; Coal ; nothingby numerous illustrations. The entomologist will find
new in the book, but for the practical purposes of
and Gold in Oregon; New Costume; Greeley on ''Rap- tho*e engaged in the production of honey, such a concise
pings" ; Flax Culture ; French Colony in Va. ; Homestead > collection of information is of great utility
Exemption; Death of Wm Colman ; Clergy against To- ;
bacco ; Scene in Church; Society in China; Hungarian ) Elements of Agriculture, for the use of Schools. Trans
Emigration; Capital Punishment in France ; Trial of Count ( lated from the French- By F. G. Skinner. New York :
Bocarme and Wife ; Varieties—Four Generations in Jail ; j same publisher.
The way to live; New Postage Law; New Publications; J Another capital book—and none but GOOD BOOBi does oar
Answers 10 Correspondents, etc. etc. neighbor Saxtou ever publish. Vegetable anatomyand phy
This Journal is published monthly, at one tollab a year,
by Fowlkrs Wells, 131 Nassau street, to whom all com- J siology, agricultural chemistry, the nature of soils, Ac. are
treated analytically, and in terms sufficiently intelligible for
munications should be addressed. the most ordinary capacity. The introduction of this treatise
in common schools throughout the country would tend to
Consumption of the Lungs, or Decline, the Causes, Symp- dignify labor, and teach children that farming is a pursuit
toma and Rational Treatment, with the means of Pre- j worthy of men of science and education.
vention. By T. H. Yeoman. M. D. Revised by a Boston
Physician. Boston and Cambridge : James Munrob it Co. Report of the American Pomolcoical Congress, held in
107 pp. I2mo. the city of Cincinnati, on the 2d, 3d and 4th of October,
We have looked through this little volume with much in
1850. Columbus : Published by the Ohio State Board of
terest, and while we find some thiugs^^condemn, there are Agriculture.
many we approve. The causes, symptoms and kinds of A highly commendable Report. We hope it may turn the
consumption are treated in an able manner, and with the attention
general arrangement wo find but little fault. But to the culture ofoffruit, every State to this great interest. Than the
we know of nothing more important. It
medicine treatment we must be allov ed to take exception. will civilize, humanize, and moralize our people.
The author, in this chapter, ia most essentially Allopath,
recommending Hyosciamus, Aconite, Morphine, Prusaic-acid, Statistic* of Dane County, Wisconsin, with a Busineu
Belladonna, Cod Liver Oil, and most of the other contents of Directory. By Carpenter tc Tensey, Madison, Wit.
a drug shop. Such doctrine as this won't answer now. The
people are getting to be too well informed to be gulled by A pamphlet of 24 pp. wiih engraved Illustrations of the
such talk, and won't take such stuff any way. The closing Wisconsin University, the Capitol and Court House at Mad
chapter, on the prevention of consumption, is very good, and ison, with a " paying'' list of advertisers, all of which indi
may be read with profit by all. cate a hopeful spirit full of enterprise. Go ahead, Dane
county, you are a jewel in the crown of the State to which
you belong.
Tub Veoetarian Advocate is issued on the 15th of each
month, at ONa dollar a year in advance. Subscribers may The American Railwat Guide for the United States. Pub
remit to the Rev. Wm. Metcalf, 045 North Third Street, lished monthly, by C. Diusmore, at 138 Fulton street,
Kensington. Philadelphia, Pa. New York. Price 12 1-2 centa.
The Editor is now in Europe. He left New York in the
steamer Arctic, on Saturday July 5th, as the American Del- er Full of facts and figures, with every thing that the travel
cares to know as to R. R routes, time of starting, stop
egaie to the Vegetarian Society of Great Britain, to be held ping, and arriving, the amount of fare, also the principal
in Liverpool on the 16th inst.—also as Delegate from the
Pennsylvania Peace Society to the World's Peace Conven steamboat and steamship routes, canals, Ac. Ac. Ac, cheap
tion, to be held m Loudon on the 22J inst.—and as Delegate enough for a York shilling.
from the Pennsylvania Temperance Society, to the Grand Tub International Magazine, published by Stringer &
Temperance Demonstration t»be mado in the same place in Town.*end.
the latter part of the mouth. He will also attend some of In the la*t New York, bids fair to outvie all its competitors.
number we have 144 octavo pages, with some
the local celebrations of Vegetarianism whilst in England. twenty engraved illustrations, comprising the portraits of
We shall notice the movements of this society more at Noah Webster and Rev. Calvin Colton, with views of our
length at another time. principal watering places, including some fashion plates,
which we don't like. The International is on the high
Littell's Living Age. Boston : published by E. Littell way to popularity and profit. Terms, §3 a year in advance.
A Co., at ftG a year.
This is no juvenile experiment. It is now in its 30th vol- j The Michigan Farmer, July, 1851, Vol. IX, No. 1, Waj
umr, and has obtained a reputation for literary excellence ; Isham, Editor. Published monthly, in Detroit, at one dol
equal to that of any work with which we are acquainted. In J lar a year in advance.
fact, it is the Itadtng serial of our country, a single volume : Through the politeness of Mr. Charles Belts, we have just
of which is a library in itself. The price, ($G,) may seem f made the acquaintance of this quite venerable journal. It
high, but we are sure that every subscriber will get his j is devoted to agriculture and kindred interests, and cannot
money's worth, and much more. The Living Age is made \ fail to be of service in developing the resources of the State.
up of all the weekly, monthly and quarterly magazines of \ Success to the Michigan Farms*.
the world, and contains the cream of the whole.
Tire Southern Litbrart Gazette, edited by Walker tc
The Philosophy of Mathematics; translated from the Cours Richards, is one of the most beautiful sheets published in the
de Philosophic Positive of Acgustb Comte. By W. M. South. It is designed to be, and really is, in every respect,
Gillespie, Professor of Mathematics in Union College. an elegant, excellent weekly newspaper, adapted to the
New York: Harper A Brothers. wants of every family. Terms, $2 a year. Address the
The book of the ag?. Than Mathematics, no other study Editors, Charleston, S. C.
is better calculated to balance the human mind. Were this
subject made a leading study in every school and family, less The Metropolitan, a newspaper edited by Mrs N. P.
inclination to li run after strange notions," such as grjw out 5 Lasselle, published at $2 per annum, in Washington, D. C.
of the old exploded heathen religions, Milleriam, Mormon- Mrs. Lassellb is a daughter of the lata Judge William
ism, and other mysterious isms would pass away, and have POLKJt, one of the Pioneers of Indiana. The paper is very
no more effect on the mind of a mathematician, than an handsomely "gotten up," and is filled with well selected and
eclipse of the moon. The work under notice is doubtless : well written original articles. Success to Mrs. Lasselle and
" the master-piece"' of mathematics. the Metropolitan.
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72 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL,

Sitttuttflenutttff. I
Pcmps, Fire Engines, Cast Iron Fountains, etc.—The
Biibscnber manufactures Double Acting Lite and Force
Pump", well calculated for Factories. Alines, Breweries,
Iron Worka, Railroad*, Water Stations, Water Boats. Steam- !
boats and Whips, family purposes, Stationary or Movable
Fire Engines, etc.
The above Pumps, from their simple construction ant! lit
tle liability to disorder, are well calculated for supplying I
Water-Cure establishments with water, (when not supplied
by a natural source.) and can be worked in various ways,
Cither by water power, horse power, steam or manual power, ;
besides using the same powers lor many oilier purposes,
when not. in use lor raiding water, or even at the same time.
Water can be carried over the grounds for irrigation, out
houses, etc., or by means of hose and equipmeii ;* inverted
into aa fire
■with engine.
small Garden EForce
double-acting ngines,Pump,for onecanperson to handle,
be used t'-ir va
rious purposes—washing windows, welling plant-!, or throw
ing water upon trees for the p»rpos* ol destroying worms,
etc, arranged <m two wheels, that one man can take them
from place to place, and work the pump and guide the stream
at the same time.
Ornamental Cast Iron Fountains of various patterns and
sizes. Jets of all descriptions,
Cistern and Well Pumps. I also manufacture Lift
Pumps, for cisterns or wei'.s, of any depth, to be worked
by horse power or manual power, Tliey are entirely nf met.il.
Force Pumps for Wells. Whenever water is required at
a higherwater
■where pointwillthan
not the
flowsurface
of iiself,of and
ihe well,
a Forceor Pump
at any would
point
be preferable, these are calculated tor the purpose.
Village and Factory Fire Engines. These engines hare a
double-acting lift and fTee pump. They are light, easily
handled, and worked by lew men. Biakes are arranged foru allThis Institution, now entering np^n its fifth year, offer* to is furnished with an abundant supply of pure water, and so
who wish to avail themselves of Water treatment, one of arranged as to be inviting and ea«y of access from either
and aft, or across the ends.
They are furnished in a plain but neat style. Copper- the kind
most comfortable, convenient, and inviting retreats of tho wi ng of the building, one of which is occupied by the ladies,
in New England, It is situated on the Dracuit [[eights, the other by th** g-ntlemen.
rivelied hose of all sizes. Stopcocks of all de«cnpuons. within the bounds of the city, about one mile from the De Terms for board and treat men t vary from $') to $0 per week,
Wrought Iron, Ca-l Iron, Lead and liutta Percha Pipes, etc. pot, occupying a position that i> e'evated and airy, overlook according to rooms occupied and at lent ion required.
Purchasers are requested to call, or any communication by ing the whole ony and its vicinity, presenting to the view AM communications lor further information addressed to
mail will rereive due attention, and full descriptions given one ol" the tines! probers the country affords the subscriber, Luwkll, will receive prompt attention.
as to size of Pumps, etc, G. B. Farnah, 31 ClilF sireel, up The [louse is sufficiently iar^ to accommodate 10 patients, MR. ROUNDV, PL. FOSTER. M D.
stairs, formerly D. L. Farnam. May 12t and lilted up in a superior style. The Lathing department Proprietor. Physician.
Eclectic Medical Institute, Chartered in t-1.3 Total
No. oj *es*:on
■winter Matriculant*
of thisfrom 1 .--43 will
College to 1*51, H'5 —The
commence on theFeventh
first
Monday of November, 1S51, and continue lour moths The page*, Buchanan's Journal op Man, (enlarged) monthly, 32 will be in charge of my son, Giles E. Jackson, who is intel
chairsnf the Faculty will be arranged as follows:—I. G. $'2 p^r $1 per annum, in advance—Bimonthly anil monthly, ligent, promp', and skilful. In no department 'hall any of
Jones. M D.. Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine ; of l)fi pages annum, in advance ; six numbers of 32 pages and six us spire labor to make health come back to the cheeks of
ft 8. .Newton. M.D , Professor of Surgery ; B. L. Hill, M.D. each, making 70S per annum. cir gue-ts.
Professor of Obstetric* and Disuses of Women and Children ; heretofore Volume 3d, from July, to July 1*».V5, will continue as Pricks —These we put within the reach of almost all, and
to present new discoveries
Z Freeman, M.D . Professor of Special, Snrgiual and Patholo OLOGY, and Physiognomy, forming a complete and original tho-e in pHRENftLOflT, PHYSI tao poor to pay liiem in f'tll.we will take at a reduc
gical Anatomy ; J. R. Buchanan, M.D., Prul'es-or of Fhysi- system of Anthropology, and will survey from this new po tion—provided, 1st, we can accommodate them; and, Smd,
ology, and Institutes of Medicine; L. E. Jones, M. L>.. sition the great spiritual and humanitarian progress of the StbU references. thai t y will satisfy us of their inability to pay, by nspon
Prolessor of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics and Medical age. Specimen numbers freeiv and gratuitously sent by ; a week ; lor rear morn We charge for front room six doilars
Botany ; J. Milton Sanders, M. D.. Prolessor of Chemistry, mail. Volume 1st. containing G2I pages and nine illustra rooms will n*ver be occupied FIVE DOLLARS, payable weekly. These
Pharmacy and Toxicology; O. E.Newton, M. L>., Demon, tive plates—two showing the new system of Phrenology— at a time. We charge no ffe for by more than two persons
strator of Anatomy and Surgical Prosector. rXAMlNATION, and those
A gratuitous preliminary course of Lectures will commence Buchanan, Cincinnati.will be sent by mail for $2. Address the editor, Pr. J. R. addressing us by lettrr can have all the information we can
on the second Monday in October. At the same lime the Sepf. 2 t.—W.C.& A. P. ' give about the treatment in the Ccre or at home, FUE Off
DemoustraiorV rooms will be opened, with every facility for { Forvst City Watte Cms—Located near Ithaca, N. Y., CHARGE p"N. M.
to THEM, provided they pay postage.—J oira C. JaCK-
D., Physician. Our address is Scott, Conlandi Co.,
the study of Anatomy. < the eastern shore of Cayuga lake. The medical depart - N. Y.
Terms.—Tickets to a full course of lectures (until gradu- ? on
ation) $IU1> in advance, or a well endorsed note for ^125. ) ment is in the hands of R O Gleason, M. T)., former Physi Water-Crre Institute,—Patients will be treated at all
Toa dingle course of lectures $'>0 in advance or a well en- I cian to the Glen Haven Cure. Mrs. R B. Glea«on will take
charge of the female, patients. Persons coming from seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
dorsed note for $70. Matriculation ticket — Graduation i specific
$1.5—Demonstrators ticket $5. It is recommended that stu- \ Ithaca Rail Road, which intersects with New York and Erie • MayLaight
]Sew York, and from the Southern Counties, can take the 15
1st
street, New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from
to Nov. 1st. Both places hereafter Will be under
dent*, (especially candidates for graduation.) attend the ! Rail Road at Owego. and arrive at Ithaca every night and ■ the direction of Dr. R. T. Trill, and the domestic manage
session at an early period, as a full and regular attendance J morning. From the North. Fast, and West, can take the ment of Dr Cambel \- Son. I)r Trall will he at the ciry
on the lectures will be expected. Anatomical material can stage at Auburn every morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga institution on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week until
be had in abundance, and furnished at rales sufficiently rea- ? Bridge every afternoon for Ithaca. The *iage leaves Ithaca November 1st. and daily the remainder of the year. Com
sonable to guaranty a full supply for every student. Board i every morning for Auburn, passing the Cure.
co-ts from S'i to $i.5U per week. Students sometimes board i Terms— Hoard, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, petent assistants will be in attendance during hit temporary
ab-ence from either place. The terms will be as reasonable
themselves for much less. Students upon their arrival in the : Ac $5 to 23 at any other establishment having the same advantages,
city will call at the office of Prof. R S. .Newton, on Seventh :. tention required.per week, varying according to room and at
Payments made weekly. Each patient i inN.iheB.— United States.,
street between Vine and Race For further particulars ; will furnish three good L>r . Thall has secured the assistance of Di\ J. L. IIos-
address Dr. R, S. Newton, or JOB. R. Buchasux.M.D., Dean, j en blanket and a linensized cotton comfortables, one wool ; ford, who will
sheet, 1 3-4 yards long by ■ present season. beThey in constant attendance at the Springs the
Cincinnati. Sep. It.—\V. C. k A. P. J 1 1-2 yards wide, besides packing fourcoarse bath towels. Pome old | menll and other locil alfecuons are prepared to treat those displace)-
The Well* or Welles and Bibcock Families.— Members \ linen for bandages will be desirable. All business letters ad of females, requiring nnu-
or connections of either of these families are hereby notified X dressed to Dr. J. F. BCBJMCTC, Forest City P. 0., Tompkins ij they sual attention to manage successfully, for which purpose
are provided with all the requisite mechanical and phy-
that Mr Albert Welles, of New York, has been engaged for { Co.,N. Y., post paid. ap (im \ Biological appliances. ti
nearly twelve years in collecting a genealogical history of
the lineal descendants of the first founder in this country ; j Water Ctrh Establishment—By Edward Acker, M. TV, Water-Ccre —Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted
and has collected thus far nearly ten thousand names. \
The object of this notice is to call tho attention of those Philliptfburgh, opposite the town of Beaver,Sept. on the Ohio, in general, are hereby respectfully informed that the Water-
interested in the subject, and to request that they will furnish ■ Beaver county, Pa. iy. \ Cure establishment of Pr. C Bam - near BrownsvilU, Pa.,
withaul delay,— first tho name in full, date and place of > BostoVFemalk Medical Schoot., conducted by the Female ;• for tion.the The
cure flattering
of chronicrisediseases,
of this isinstitution
now in successful
in publiconera-
favor
birth of themselves, their father, grandfather, ic , and as far
back as known ; and if connected, it is desired to collect all Medical Education Society. The seventh term will com [ the comfort and accommodation of the increasing numbersfor
, has induced the proprietor to add yearly improvements
of
the descendantsdown to the present time, to embody the same j mence on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1851, and continue three i visitors. Terms are % '* per week, payable Weekly. Two
with those collected, and to make a book of each family. 5 tomonths. Tuition $23. Board in ihe city to be had at $2 ;■ woollen blankets, two cotton sheets, three comforts and six
A very large Geneological Tree, 8 X 1U. is already made— ( S3be p"r week. The Society's Report, giving particular*,
obtained of the Secretary. TIMOTHY GILBERT. PRES. \ towels, have to be provided by patients. Letters post paid,
modelled after the famous charter oak of Hartford—as Gov. i can will receive due attention. ap |y
Thomas Welles was one of the first sons—and containing all ] Samuel Gregory, Secy. 17 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.
the decetidant* ascertained, will accompany the work. These \ Sept. 2t APfcWC. VorNT Prospect Water Cure. —Binghamton, Broome Co.,
will be published if a sufficient number of subscribers offer
Glen Haven Water Cpbe —This retreat for the sick, so ij N.
to cover the expense. Y , accessible six times a day, by N.T. and Erie Rail
Road. Patients
Please attend to this and address (post p.iid), S R.Wells, I splendid in its location, bo beautiful in i's scenery, with its : viihout any reference to winter. No letters received unless are received and treated all the year round
131 Nassau street, or Albert Wells, H Wall st N. Y. clear quiet lake, and its abundance of Soft Mountain Wa | the postage is prepaid. Clem't. B. Barrett, M. D.,
Pept. at —W. C. & A. P. ter, has been thoroughly refitted the past winter, and is now
open. Its bath-nouns: is in prima order. Walks up the \ Fept, 6t—A. P. 5c W.Principal C.J.
and Resident Physician.
MlSB M. H. Mowrt, Fhtsician, No. 22 South Main street, mountain to THE Falls are being opened A plunge and a
Providence, Rhode Inland. Sept. 2t. douche bath will be put up at the Gleny for use in warm J TnE Crystal Lake Water Cure Institute, is now open
weather. The treatment in radical but careful ; and under to receive patients,
W. H. Collins, Hydropathic Physician, Spring Green, the special charge of Mrs. L E.Jackson and MissT. Gilbert, .• quehannah Co. Pa. under my direction,
Bimjamin Ayers. Ej-q. nearProprietor,
Dundaff, bus-Dr.
North Providence, R. I, Sept. 1 ladies will have the most thorough attention. Gentlemen I Wm. E. Rogers, Attending Phtsicun. Sept. 1 1.

VOL. XII. NO. 4.]
FOWLERS 4 WELLS, PUBLISHERS,
131 Nassau street, New York,
ontf n t s
Woman the Physician, . . ;* Lnwfttl Pottag* of the W. C. J. W
Chemistry of Life. No. II., "5 The Water Cure in India, . 90
Hydmpaihy and it* Aim*, . .»i The Proerress of Water-Cure, 90
Hydropathy r*. Allopathy, 7S Sonir of the Bob-o-link, . 90
The Croup — iu Nature and Temperance and Hydropathy, 90
Treatment, .... "9 A Candid Confession, . . 90
Sick Stomach—Milk Slekneat— Economy of the New DreM, 90
Trembles, or Dry Murrain, . P.2 Tobacco, .... 90
Springfield Bloomer Celebration, S3 Treatment of Persona struck
Bowel Complaints, . . ,84 by Lightning, . . .91
October Matters, ... 85 Dr. Franklin and the W. Cure, 91
The S-i-nce of Xnnsense, . &S The Huflalo Water Cure, . 91
Administration of Iron Ld Food, M Gratis, .... 91
Typhus and Relupeinc Fever, to An Unprincipled Doctor, . 91
Mr. Ball's Instrument far Winter Water Cures, . 91
Weak Eyes, . 95 Mount Prospect Water Cure, 91
Two Sides to a Picture, . 65 BcBixasa Notice*, . .91
Sarnt.-fra Water, . . , M Fowlers and Wells in Boston *91
The Teeth Pfl Vakiktii.s, . ... 99
Woman's Dress, . . .81 Tift* and Wolf Spider*, . 99
Reviews, . ... II Newspaper at Little Sodus Bay,92
Tho Hydropathic Enrydnped ia,5 1 A Female Dialogue, . . 91
Anatomical Chart, . . 67 An Enjrlish Business Woman, 93
MucKLLAirr, . . . W Dresses at the Drawing Room, 92
Gossip from Boston, . . 68 Kick the rascal round the w«rld,99
Gossip from Ohb, . . 88 N. Y. Modesty and Boa. Brass, 92
Drippiturs from a Wet Sheet, 66 Newspapers of the World, . 99
True and False Modesty, . 88 Minm-eyta 92
Physic and Flies, . . 89 Serial Publications in Illinois, QJ
Death of Sylvester Graham, 69 Mineral Water and Doubloons, 92
American Vegetarian Society, 69 To Corkcaronwe>t«, . . 92
Familiar Talk with our Friends,49 Book Notices, ... 93
The New American Costume Advertisement*, . .94
in California, . . .89 Water-Cure Establishments, 92
Statistics from tho American ThoAmcrirau and French Fash-
W. C. . 96
A plant requires a good seed or germ, a good
soil, a suitable degree of moisture, free access to
air, light, and a proper temperature. An animal
requires, also, a sound germ, n healthy food, light,
air, a proper temperature, and the exercise of
its faculties and passions. Tho plant draws
its food from the soil; the animals draw theirs
directly or indirectly from vegetables. The
stomach of the animal answers to the soil of the
plant The plant extends its absorbent vessels
after food in the earth—we bring food within
reach of our absorbents, by conveying it into the
stomach. Plants and animals alike need light,
air, and moisture, and cannot be developed with
out them.—Introduction to the Water Cure.
AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO
NEW YORK, OCTOBER,
WOMAN THE PHYSICIAN-
BY MBS. M. S. GOVE NICHOLS.
AK Oi.tr.UBAL AnDRKM, filVM AT TWK OFKXIJtli OF TUB iHIIirrtH
■TBBOF.1R1C IMU1UIB, fiLIT. 15, IPS!.
Wor.ns are the signs of our ideas, if we have
ideas, aud often the lamentable proof of our want
of them. Words contain just as much meaning as
we have to put in them, just as life is tilled with
as many brave deeds as we have power to perform.
Our age is manifestly an age of want, as well as
of abundance. Each world-critic sees a particular
want. Few can look over the whole of humanity,
and discern all our needs at once. It is doubtless
wisely ordered, that the masses see not many du
ties at once. We should shrink from liviug, could
we comprehend in a moment all that life implies
and should contain.
As a physician I assert, that the want of our age is
health ; and this word to me comprehends the
ability to fulfil our duty to God and man ; the power
to work and worship acceptably. It comprehends
all beauty and all sanctity ; the highest art, the
truest nature, the most glorious and most delicate
achievement, and the utmost conceivable of human
enjoyment.
Different persons express this want differently,
each giving his own definition to his expression.
The Emperor Nicholas of Russia says the world
wants Faith. I believe that Nicholas is a wise
man, provided he knows what he means. The
Transccndentalist says the world wants Being, and
I am willing to consider him as wise as Nicholas,
with the same proviso.
Minor and fragmentary moralists each see a sep
arate need for our poor humanity, and all labor to
give us what they deem the sovereign good.
Some see that the rights of woman are not all con
ceded to her; that her character is undeveloped,
and her influence insufficiently exercised, felt, or
acknowledged. The peace-man would scatter
olivo leaves; the abolitionist would give to chat
tel man free papers the world over, even though
he had no other gift, and starved in his first, blind,
ignorant, and helpless freedom. There is likely to
be difference of opinion for some time on the ques
tion, whether bonds and bread are to be preferred
to freedom and starvation. It is at least well to
be allowed the courtesy of choice.
1851. [81.00 A YEAR.
All reformers, from the advocate of the short
dress, called by the barbarous name Turkish,
(doubtless in deference to a crab-like conservatism,)
to the reformers of government, society, and the
universe, all liave some one idea 60 prominent that
they are prone to lose sight of all others. It is
not wonderful that I share a lot so common, and
come to you with my one idea, the idea of my
life—Woman the Physician. As our ideal is often
higher than our actual achievement, I may be able
to give you a belter picture than original of a
Physician.
The education and healthy development of wo
man are wants of the world in this nineteenth cen
tury, that everywhere force themselves upon onr
consideration. The weakness, sickness, and gene
ral inefficiency of women, in civilization, are ap
palling facts. We cannot look to the mass of
them for achievement ; they have enough to do to
bear the burden of existence. The fashionable
women of civilized countries are miserable victims
of disease and doctors, peripatetic apothecaries'
shops, and walking show-cases of fancy articles.
Their God is fashion, and they are zealous wor
shipers, considering their weakness. I do not
speak to these, and I only speak of them to make
plain the poverty of the world. The world is not
peopled with sucli. Thanks to the good God 1 In
America especially, women are asking new spheres
in all directions. I do not eomc here to plead for
the equality of the sexes. Perhaps I believe in
that old compliment that calls woman the better
half—perhaps not. Possibly I believe that my
husband is better than myself. In any event, I
do not come to pray for equality, nor to prove it
I come to demonstrate great needs ; to show how
much the world wants woman as a physician, and
what woman needs to qualify her for this respon
sible position.
The Past, with the lancet, and poison, and ope
rative surgery, did not insult woman by asking
her to become a physician ; and the Past has not
asked her to become hangman, geYieral, or jailer.
We may well excuse all believers in Allopathy,
if they judge woman unfit for the profession.
Their judgment is wise, and creditable to them
and us. To the honor of woman be it recorded, J
she has not entered the allopathic profession of (
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medicine, because she was wholly unfit for it She af property in woman exists in the highest civil- < protect herself and her sex. I can beor honorable
has been a nurse, and has culled simples, and has ization. Women have little chance of choice in j testimony to the moral worth and good intention
done all in her power to relieve the suffering and marriage, and often less capacity to choose. A j of a majority of the medical profession, though 1
sick in all time. When Homoeopathy canie, with woman marries sometimes to secure a home, j consider their practice bad and poisonous in the
its negative good and its positive reformation of sometimes to escape an unpleasant one, perhaps, S extreme. But there are numbers of men who
habits, woman, in the abundance of her faith, be for a fashionable establishment. There are many j shield themselves under the title of doctor, for
came a domestic physician in very many instances, motives, beside affection, that secure the contract : whose deeds murder is too mild a name, and for
and in a few she has taken a public position, and called marriage ; and in marriages induced by i whose punishment a new penal code might be
given the one hundred millionth or billionth part love, there are changes necessitated by different ! needful, for the death penalty would be wholly
of a grain of charcoal, chalk, or arsenic, with a degrees of progress in wisdom and goodness, and inadequate.
beautiful belief that the medicine would do good, in stupidity and evils. The bloated and stultified I cannot trust myself to speak much on this
and a pretty positive assurance, founded on all drunkard, the trembling and palsied debauchee, subject It is too fraught with horror, with
common sense and human experience, that iteould I were once taken by their wives in wedlock, as j all that is revolting to benevolence and purity,
do no harm. i pure and healthy and earnest men. Are they the Men whose victims are the last to understand or
Just in proportion as the profession of medicine ; same men with whom the contract was made 'I complain, are insured fortune, and safety from the
has become humane, just in proportion as it bus le But marriage is indissoluble, and generally it j prison or the gallows by the fatal disease, and still
come what it has always claimed tobe,— the art of ; becomes the nursery of new plants. In an unlov- the more fatal ignorance of woman. There is
healing,—just in that proportion has woman been j ing or hateful marriage, God alone knows how neither hope nor help for this, but in educating
found ready to engage in it, and make it her life- j heavy is the burden of maternity, or how earnest- woman to be physician of her sex. Year after
work ; and reasoning from analogy, we may con. j ly the suffering mother asks strength of God ; and year have I labored to rescue woman from her
elude, that when politics, the pulpit, and the legal j is it wonderful that in a much more evil time j degrading bondage to quackery. Abuses are con-
profession, become in like manner ameliorated, than the present, when woman was owned out- j stantly coming to my knowledge. Men are prac-
women will be found able and willing to fulfill the right, and could be sold by her husband, with a < Using in large numbers, who have neither learn-
duties of these professions. haltcr around her neck, that the miseries of un- j ing, honor, nor common decency; but others who
Women are peculiarly fitted to practice the art > loving maternity, supported by no sympathy j pretend to all these, are probably more mischi
of healing. In sickness we want sympathy and from the husband-owner, should have obtained oils. Abuses, deception, and outrage have been
kindness; we want abundance of the love which \ from Providence the mitigation of tho masculine communicated to me by my patients, till my whole
cieutcs end strengthens continually. Every j sympathy of the physician? ] being has been aroused almost to madness, and I
body knows that it is woman's business to love, ; It seems plain that the employir nt of men as had wished I had the power to curse and wither
whilst love is an episode to man. Behold, then, midwives has been a Divine ordination, to miti- from the earth those who could deliberately do
the proof of woman's fitness to relieve sickness gate the evil of the ownership marriage. j such foul wrong. Woman, in weakness, iguo-
and suffering. Indeed, woman has given ages of I'hysicians have, in general, given a refined and ranee, and innocence, the victim of a thousand
proof of her loving humanity, by not entering the generous'and sustaining sympathy to women in crushing falsehoods, turns to man for help. It is
profession of medicine during its " reign of terror.'' this hour of most terrific need. Still it is one of j bad enough when he honestly attempts to restore
I here disclaim all feeling of hostility to man. the most encouraging signs of the times, that there 1 her health by giving her deadly poisons, by aotu-
I do not say that he is an unloving being, or unfit is, all over our couutry, an increasing demand for j al and potential cautery, and by all the parapher-
to be a physician. We want him in all his strength, female practitioners in obstetrics. It is, to me, j nalia of a profession, often more cruel than death,
and in all his wisdom. But we want also tho conclusive evidence thut love is predominating in But when, for money or the gratification of
tenderer love, the sublimcr devotion, the never our marriages more ami more ; that women are motives a thousand times more base than the
to be wearied patience and kindness of woman. regarded more as individuals, and less as property. mercenary, men become the instruments of a cor
Because man has had the strength to be tho I do not complain that men have been useful in ruption more to be dreaded than murder, it is
destroyer of his raee, to be a general, a surgeon, a the practice of obstetrics, or as operative surgeons, time that God and man should say, Let there be
butcher, and a hangman, we want him with all or as generals, jailers, or butchers. But I rejoice light 1 Educate woman, and you give her the
this power, which is to woman incomprehensible, | that the recognized individuality of woman, the first and most indispensable condition of salvation.
for better uses. Because woman has been too lov loving marriage, the ability to cure wounds and So long as she is helpless from disease and igno
ing, unless in rare exceptions, to be a destroyer, j bruises, are legitimately lessening the labors of rance, she is the prey of bad men. Give her
we want her in all her tenderness to bo a physi- ! the man-midwife and surgeon ; whilst the peace knowledge, let her know the causes of disease, and
cian. Woman has been the nurse of man in all j ful disposition of nations, tho paucity of crimes, the methods of cure ; let her know herself better
ages. To make her care in tho highest degreo j and tho less consumption of animal food, leave than the best and wisest man can know her. Do
available, man has only to add his philosophic wis- J less employment for tho jailer and tho butcher of this, and the hour of her redemption has come.
dom to woman's loving kindness. Man should men and animals. And woman will not be redeemed alone. She is the
teach woman all that he can. She will use all \ You may think in all this there is slight cause mother of man. If she is degraded, her offspring
that she learns wisely and affectionately, and she ) of gratulation. The cloud no bigger than a is degraded. If she is elevated, man is correspond
will make no contemptible additions to the store. man's hand shall fill the whole heaven, and the ingly elevated. God has ordained, in wisdom,
The lore of experience and intuitive understanding j faint dawn of morniDg is euro to precede high that the children of the WTCtched should be
are by no means valueless. noon. wretched too, that they should live for weakness
There are many conditions in which Woman j If tho duties of any profession are well and or wickedness, or die untimely deaths. The great
may serve as a physician with more propriety than ; wisely performed by men or women, we have no lessons of crime, insanity, sickness, and death go on
man. I am not one to engage in any erusado , cause of complaint That men are better adapted from year to year, and the world is learning. The
against the employment of male physicians. In any \ to some pursuits, and women to others, is an evi- thickest stupidity is pierced at last Questioners
circumstances where they can be of highest use, ; dent fact. A bad man, who shields himself under are abroad. Why are we siek i Why cannot the
they should serve. The person best qualified to the sanction of the medical profession, can do doctors cure us ? Why are we wicked ? Why
serve should be employed in all the business of ! more to corrupt and abuse than a woman. cannot the church and its ministers do more for us
life. * Bad men can more deeply outrage and abuse j than just palliate and render our badness beara-
Much has been said against male accoucheurs, j woman in tho medical profession than in any j ble t Why don't the jail, the prison, and the scaf-
I see a necessity for men to serve in this ca- S other. Many men, under the name of doctor, aro j fold cure society 1 Men, women, and society have
paeity, that is not generally recognized. In bar- amassing fortune, and corrupting the weak and asked a cure so long in vain, that they begin to
barous countries, and in barbaric ages, women / ignorant multitude of women ; therefore I de- I distrust their doctors. If they can cure why do
were the property of the strongest The fact j mand that woman be educated and qualified to j they not ? We arc tired of professions and

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niises. We ask other help. Let woman be edu ; late for herself and her children at home. Her but new apparatus has to be introduced, and com
cated. Let her have heiilthy development ; find i first need is devotion, her next is wisdom. All plexity becomes an ingredient. Where is the de
if we cannot save the prenent race, let us raise up the knowledge in the world is useless without the fect owing, but to our present incomplete know
ft new race. love that appropriates it. ledge of the relation of surfaces to each other,
We want truer and more elevated ideas of Woman must have health and endurance, or she which does not allow us to present them together
womanhood. We must have free, noble, healthy is manifestly unfit for the arduous duties of the without producing that jarring and friction with
mother.^ before we can have men. The cramped medical profession. She must have these by in which human machinery is ever accompanied. In
waist, the crushed vitals, the loaded spine, the heritance or acquisition. When woman acquires i nature we see the loftiest and the strongest struc-
trailing skirts, the fettered limbs, the feeble, fear health, she knows how she has won it, and she | tures reared by that silent and invisible power,
ful being, who has no rights but to be maintained, can direct others often more efficiently than those j slow, but never-ceasing in its operations, performed
protected, and doctored, can train us no Washing- who have always been well. I apprehend few j by the simplest contrivances, and the smallest
tons, Franklins, or Jeffereons, no wise or great women can be found with enough of health to j number of parts, and therefore producing none of
men, and no women worthier the nome than their disqualify them for sympathy with the sick. The ' the jarring and friction, the consequent attendant
mothers. We want women who can break the civilized world is full of sick women. This is the of man's feebler imitations. These lofty piles of
bonds of custom, who are great enough to be mighty evil that now overshadows the world. It | organized labor, when left to themselves, resolve
emancipated from all that weakens, degrades, and must be removed, or mankind has no future. I their more complex posts back to the simpler ele-
destroys, and who will teach others the holy If the human race could be at once annihilated, ' ments from whence they sprung ; and unless their
lessons of a true freedom, not to be independent or resolved into elements that might be again | growth be arrested, and their processes of life exa-
of man, but that man and woman should be mu combined more creditably to God and man, it j mined, we can obtain no estimate of how much is
tually dependent. would be well ; but to live the imbecile, suffering, contributed by exterual nature to make a living
. In the life-struggle of a wise humanity, men dying lives of the many, is a fate too terrible to plant.
and women must lie united, and strive together contemplate, much more so to endure. When the forest is burned, the ash which is left
for the highest good. There are brave women Our planet is afflicted with the horrible erup indicates the amount of matter derived from tho
in our land—women who dore to work for God tion of deserts and cities, marshes, swamps, and earth to make up the constitution of the tree.
and their brethren—who are r^ady to devote snows. It has varieties of surface too sick to This proportion varies in different plants, and in
themselves religiously to their own elevation, and sustain human life at all, or sustaining it in health different parts of the same plant. Thus annuals and
that of their fellows. In these, and for these, immeasurably below the brutes, and in reason biennials contain a greater per centage of mineral
there is hope. We want a band of devoted phy scarcely above them. matters ; and the young shoots and green parts of
sicians, who shall be the teachers and the healers. We have courts of law. We have the prison perennials contain more than the older, drier, and
Woman must enter upon this work, with her and the gallows. We have pulpits that point to less colored parts. Its absolute quantity ranges from
whole being possessed and informed by a devo a future more appalling than our present ; for this 1 to 12 per cent of the dry plant. The remainder,
tion, deep as the fountains of her existence, and world has water, and we have drugs and doctors, being from 88 to 99 per cent., are the portions de
broad as life, with all its duties and develop and a thousand other evils, that force us from the rived by growth from the water and the air. It
ments. present to the unknown future. is possible to separately estimate these. If the
When woman ceases to bo religious, she ceases Such is the condition of man and the earth. We i plant have been moist, and be dried, as long as it
to be woman. She may be no devotee to isms— have work to do, if wo would save ourselves and j will give off any water, we may determine how
she may believe that heroes who have given their the beautiful earth that God has given us. j much water existed in that state in the vegetable."
names to sects, are not more heroic than those This quantity varies in different parts of a plant
who have been protectants against sects. She may from 5 to 15 per cent. The application of heat to
§eo good in all modes of honest thought, though CHEMISTRY OP LIFE.-NO. II. any farther extent is incapable of obtaining more
the^thinker be Christian, Jew, Mohammedan, or water as such from the organism ; but still water
neither, and she may see error and evil in the BY T. ANTISEU, M. D.
has been solidified, and remains yet fixed in its
whole of humanity. But in all, and through all, To review the phenomena of life, and to study tissues, but prevented from escaping at any tem
woman must be devoted to the highest good of them alike in their minutest bearings, as well as perature short of total decomposition. This is oc
our race, or she fills not the idea of woman. She in their most extensive development, we must turn casionally termed water of combination, because
must always be conscious that the world's future our attention to the vegetable kingdom, where it is the element with which it is combined which
belongs to God and to woman. If the world is may be found, carried out on a stupendous scale, marks its properties, and renders its dilution and
to bo filled with heroes, whose hands arc unstained the beautiful reactions consequent on the chemical separation more difficult By careful analysis,
with blood, and with lovers untainted by lust, properties of earth, water, and air, reciprocally an j however, it may be shown, that this second quan-
and with sages wise to banish crime, and poverty, tagonizing each other. The balance of those * tity of water exists to the amount of 50 per cent.
and disease from the earth, woman is to be the forces results in the building up of the enormous \ of the dry mass; that which remains behind, the
mother of these. forests of the untenanted wilds of nature, a growth ; black moss of charcoal or carbon, equal in amount
Woman must be the lover of God and man. which, though silent in its action, and inapprecia ] in the dry plant to tho foregoing, is that portion
She must be wise to make her love a saving grace. ble to the most observing sense within a limited [ which has been derived from the air: so that we
She must labor in her God-given strength, ot all period, is yet almost inconceivable in amount, and might, with a great degree of precision, from the
times, for the elevation of our race. Such a not sufficiently to be admired for its beneficent foregoing statements, determine the sources of the
woman U the true worshiper, and may be the purposes. When the skill and inventive power materials of the vegetable race, and state them
worthy physician ; no other can. As woman ap of man is applied to the manufacture of a fabric, or thus :—
proximates this standard of truth and goodness, the construction of a machine, the end is attained Derived from the earth, 2 part*
she becomes, in such proportion, able to fulfill the often by the sacrifice of beauty in configuration, " " water, 68 "
high and sacred duties of the physician. or simplicity of structure. In n cotton manufac " air, 40 "
Truly, it is a sublime work to be the teacher and tory, what a confused hum and a bewildering mo-
the almoner of purity and health, to lead woman ! notony of spindle-rolling ; and in the working of In 100 parts.
up to that height of wisdom and goodness that j the modern apostle of civilization, the printing
shall make her worthy to be a mother. j press, the sight and the sound convey to the senso Such would be the composition of a branch of a
Man has been a law-maker for woman, and a ! the idea of great force exerted. It cannot be that tree. .
law-breaker for himself. We will not set him ; the noise is inseparable from the working of the We shall now confine our attention for some \
aside for incapacity, for the same power that does : machine, for it U possible to deaden the sound by time to that portion derived from the earth. This
mischief may do good. But woman must legis- j buffer*, Snd yot the work is equally well dono ; mineral matter which the plant abstracts from the
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earth is always of a steady amount in the same alum. The boraeic and silicic acids resemble the
species of plants. Abundant experiments have sulphuric acid very much, and can, either of them, HYDROPATHY AND ITS AIMS
shown that the quantity and quality of the ash replace it, uniting with the other elements, with- i BT c' Jackson, m. d.
found in the same plant is always the same ; and out affecting the crystal. So also with the rest, j What are the great aim and end, the scope and
also that grown on the same soil, and under the The potash may be replaced with protoxide of i frame-work, of the so-called Water-Cire Reform-
same circumstances, the quantity and quality of iron, and we would thus ultimately form, by sub- * ation ? How far do they legitimately reach J
the ash left by no two species of plants is the stitutiou, an alum which should not contain any | What ure its natural boundaries I To what phi-
same ; the ash of each differing the more widely in of the original constituents of the salt except its losophy in the preservation of health and the
this respect, the more remote in botanical relations water. These substitutable bodies are termed iso- treatment of disease does a professed believer iu
the two species are. So that from this it appears, morphous substances. Now, this law of isomor hydropathy pledge himself? To what principle*
that the ash left in our stoves after burning of phism appears to prevail in plants. Potash and may the community fairly hold him! What are
wood is no accidental impurity, casually intro soda are isomorphous bodies; and when a plant his responsibilities, and with what kind of faith
duced, but a really essential part of the substance cannot obtain sufficient of either to meet the and face, of theory and practice, is he to come be
of the tree, without which it cannot enjoy a supply demanded in its growth, it takes up just so fore the public, and challenge its confidence and
healthy life, or attain completeness in all its parts. much of the other as makes the difference. This support i The reformation claims to be based on
If two corn-stalks or potato-roots be grown on dif dues not affect the general statement, that some foundations as broad as the pathological neeessi-
ferent soils, and their progress examined, the com plants (as all marine plants) prefer soda and others i ties of man. It sw eeps a large area in its assump-
position of the mineral matter from cither plants potash, but shows that when enough of either lions. Its sets up for itself a marked distinctive
will be found almost identical, or so nearly so as cannot be had, the other is capable of supplying ness, and professes, over and above and indepen
to strike the mind of the examiner with the idea, the deficiency. Magnesia and manganese are iso dent of all other systems of medicine, to be com
that the similarity in both cases is owing to a pre morphous bodies. Xow, manganese is but rarely plete in itself, to have in itself sufficiency of power
ference, or selecting power, exerted by the plant found in the ash of plants, and it is most probable to meet any emergency which disease may create
itself. There is thus established, between the kind that it is then owing to there not being sufficient in the human body, and a* successfully—to speak
and quality of the crop and the nature and chem magnesia available for the plant quite modestly—as any system to meet such emer
ical composition of the soil, a clear relation, which Having thus tar shown the necessity of mineral gency. As a matter of course, its disciples must
is universal in its application, no matter in what food for the plant, it remains to show what that wear its badge. They must be marked men and
latitude vegetation may be placed. It shows that food is, and how it enters into the vegetable women. They must have a home within it» pre
the soil on which the plant grows is not a mere frame. cincts, ond feel, in their theory of disease and its
cohesive thing, in which it steadies itself and fast- The substances which the plant selects are lim treatment, a faith which amounts to enthusiasm.
ena on to, enabling it to stand against the winds, ited in number, being about thirteen, viz.:—Pot Whether all who profess to confide in it are able
which otherwise would make a ruin of it, but that ash, soda, lime, magnesia, alumina, oxide of iron, to apply its benefits at all times, without mistake,
it is really a beneficent parent, which supplies the oxide of magnesia, sulphuric and phosphoric acids, is one thing; and an inconsiderable thing, laid
most necessary nutriment ; and the apparently chlorine, iodine, sulphur, and silica. A few met alongside with another fact, much greater and
dead clay thus feeds the organism. That this is als occasionally present themselves, but they ap- more important, whether all who profest to con
really true, is evident from the fact that if o young ; pear to enter rather from substitution, than as a fide in it do confide in it.
healthy plant be placed where it is deprived of ; necessary food for plants. It is one thing to be a " Profettor of Hydropa-
*his nourishment, it droops, sickens, and dies. The foregoing elements arc as necessary to the ', thy," and quite another thing to be a Practitioner
A few examples will serve to show the exist animal as to the plant ; the former cannot live j of the'Water-Cure. One may profets to be a wa-
ence of this relation more distinctly. without them, and derives them almost altogether ) ter doctor, thereby to peizc on the public sympa-
Lime is present in nearly all plants; but while from the vegetable : with the exception of what j thics, and line his pockets well ; but to give him-
100 lbs. of the ash of wheat contain 8 lbs. of it, 100 enters with the water he drinks, there is no other j self up, body and soul, to the reformation, because
lbs. of the ash of barley contain only 4$ lbs. The way of receiving the mineral food, except as it is ! it is in his esteem true, marks him a very different
barley growing in the same soil, and taking up in j found in vegetable substances. So that the suste' i sort of man in one ease from what he is in the
the total as much mineral matter as the wheat, j nance of the animal is dependent upon the proper I other.
yet takes up only half the quantity of lime. Again, < nutrition of the vegetable ; and the healthy devel- \ Xow, I take radical ground for Hydropathic
potash is contained in many plants; but while the j opement of the one is bound up with that of the i Practice. I insist now, as I have done for an ex-
ashes of turnips contain 874 per cent., that of J other. ! tended period, that if this reformation can be per-
wheat contains only ID; although the absolute i The various forms and combinations which these I mitted to work itself out unobstructedly and un-
quantity of mineral matter withdrawn from the \ mineral elements put on are as varied as the spe- I humiliated to its natural results, it will sweep over
soil by wheat is much more than that by turnips, j cies in which they are found. Thus, the potash j the land like the angel of salvation, whose hands
These instances, among a host of others, will ( of the grape-stalk is found united with tartaric j drop at every hamlet and castle leaves plucked
suffice to show that it is not indifferent to the acid, a substance developed by the plant itself, to | from the tree of life for the healing of the nations.
plant what the nature of the soil in which it is mark, as it were, the individualizing power of the It will not be a simple reformation. It will be a
placed may be, but that, on the other hand, it is several species—the orange, apple, potato, pos revolution. Before it in its majestic march the
of the utmost importance that it contain all the sess similar powers. The manner in which the prejudices of centuries, the passions of the interest
food of a mineral kind which it requires. There simpler elements enter the vegetable, and the ed, the opposition of the doctors, and the cynicism
is a curious resemblance between the plant and means by which the more elaborate compounds of the skeptic, will fall. The habits of the masses,
the mineral, which may be noticed here. In the are produced, deserve particular notice, as show the wretched modes of life of the more particular
inorganic kingdom, crystals are made up of defi ing by what simple but effectual mechanism the and select, the thoughtless, careless conduct of the
nite proportions of chemical substances, as a crys most constant and extensive operations arc pro- guardians of the young, the ignorance of physical
tal of alum is made up of alumina, sulphuric acid, ; duced. law, and the yet worse indifference on the part of
potash and water ; but in practice it is found, that j ~ such as are specially set apart to proclaim the way
if a substance which resembles any of these | Tm n.tur.1 oondition of th. human animal i. a hMlthT to heaven, will be broken up, and a new, fresh,
... i birtb, a robust and nappy infancy, a joyous youth, a Tigor-
bodies in its mode of crystallizing, or its general < on, maturity, a clim old lg„? an<1 a pii„iM1 dealh. xhi, unsophisticated life will gradually Bhow itself.
habitudes, be substituted, no change in the form ', is naturo; and it is the instlnetiva desire of orery human Out of this turbid, dark, half-chaotic mass will
of the alum will occur. Thus oxide of chrome re- ! •>•'"*■ u >■ wh»' mln is fi't,d !oT in his ,Ml»my ln<l physical beauty evolve, and the spiritual and in
ii chemicallv,
sembles, * .n_ alumina very much. » ItT. may (;.*..
physiology. It .is in. harmony with alt. nature around
...him.
* " J t It is nil proper destiny ; and. eTery other ,,,
life than this is a tellectual in man will gradually assume a corre
replace the alumina, and the crystal of alum will ; TioiMi„n at lh, wiU of God, as revealed in Hi. .own nni- sponding fairness. For a philosophy capable of [
still be the same. Such a body is called chrome j yene. • results so glorious and commanding I claim honor,
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truth, faith, devotednes.s, enthusiasm, from its
children. To them, by the good Giver of all
thing?, is committed the labor of working its prin
ciples into practical blessing?, and laying them
more or less benignly and kindly at the door of
the humblest human habitations. For a philoso
phy like this I claim clean hands and pure hearts
in all activities intended to elaborate it; and as
the reformation incorporates in its vitalities suffi
cient to make it independent of all other schools of
medicine, it is but fair to demand that those who
clothe themselves with its drapery, and set up as
itsdisciplcs, should separate themselves from other
schools, nnd hold unquiveringly the standard of
the enterprise to the breeze. A radical system
like Hydropathy must have this course on the part
of its standard bearers, or all is lost. The old sys
tems, though rotten with falseness, have the con
ventionalities and proprieties of Bociety, the con
servatism which age begets, and the power which
long-continued custom conveys, on their side. They
are fixtures. They have rooted themselves deeply
in the ideas and notions of men. They are welded j
with the hopes and the fears of their votaries.
They are thoroughly protected and fortified, for
Error always braces itself. It must do so or fall.
Its support is entirely onward. It has no /?iter-
nal force. Every position which it assumes vio
lates the law of moral gravitation. If this be so,
then there is no medium ground for the reforma
tion to take. On such ground it would perish.
Water, as au agent in the cure of human ailments,
is either sufficient, or it is not. That is, it is as suffi
cient as the drugs and nostrums of the materia
mediea are—for at this point of the argument this
is all that is necessary to claim.
If Water is sufficient, then Drugs are detestable.
If it is not equal to the occasion, then it must drop
from its present eminence, to the subordinate and
incidental position of an auxiliary to drugs. The
so-called Hydropathic practitioners in the Union
take opposite grounds. Drs. Trail, Shew, Nichols,
and Mrs. Dr. Nichols, Kittredge, and others, plant
themselves on the radical ground that water is (in
sufficient. Others take the position that drugs are
sometimes good, sometimes better than water. Yet
they all call themselves Hydropathists, as though
they were, when they are not. It is impossible to
make them so, without so far robbing the enter
prise of all that is valuable in it, viz., its ability to
supersede drugs in the treatment of disease, so as
to make it of no consideration what men are called-
Men who on cardinal points are apart are not to
gether, however cunning the bonds of association
which seem to fraternize them are ; and while they
are apart, cannot be gotten together seemingly,
without sacrificing of truth in the Water-Cure phi
losophy to what is false in Drugs, enough to give
the latter the decided advantage. Truth and Error
never compromise without having Truth lose all
that is lost, and Error gain all that is gained.
The Hydro pathist and the Hydro-druggist are
of different schools. The latter may be the best
school ; all I can say is that I do not believe it, and j
so do not join them. Were I a believer in the use of j
drugs, I would take my proper place with the j
drug fraternity, and would neither appropriate nor
allow others to apply to myBelf the name of Hy- \
(Zro-pathist As it is, I am proud, humble as my j
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abilities are, to take position with Shew, Trail, the
Nicholses, Kittredge, and others wrho discard drugs
in the treatment of human maladies. There is a
difference discernible in the course of a Hydro-
pathist and a Hydro-druggist in this, if no other
direction. The llydro-pathist, relying on Water
as the grand remedial agent, takes special pains to
have good water. He is anxious about the quality
of the water. The Hydro -druggist is compara
tively iudifferent about it. He calculates, on a
pinch, to fall back on his pills and boluses, and so
he pitches his tent by the first spring he comes to,
so its location is calculated to draw around him
the sick. Thus, all over the country, the doctors
who are in the use of hard water in the establish
ments over which they preside, give drugs more
or less; and the converse is equally true, or nearly
ft)—those who give drugs use hard water. So dou
ble injury is done ; for the harder the water the
less efficacious it is, and the less efficacious, the
more the physician uses drugs in difficult cases.
The ultimate fact with these Hydro-druggists is
yet to be, that drugs to hydropathy will play the
part of Pharaoh's lean kine to his fat ones. As far,
therefore, as these men have influence, it goes to
lessen the value of the Water-Cure administration
in the public eye. For what can one expect a
poor disensed creature will do when told, by a
" professed" Wafer-Cure doctor, that by the aid of
drugs he hopes and expects to make water poten
tial in the overcoming of disease, but set himself
at thought as to the relative power of water and
drugs in curing the sick, and come to the conclu
sion that drugs are the agent. Almost inevitably
this must be the conclusion, for all the forces of
his education are on the side of drug?, and against
water. Let your Hydro-druggist cure such a
man, and send him abroad among men, he will
fall to tho use of medicines as naturally as he opens
his jaws when hungry to receive food.
Now for one, I wash my hands of this whole atr
tempt to pervert this noble struggle for man's phy
sical enfranchisement from its Heaven-descended
mission, to the benefit of the drug practice. One
docs by such course but stretch out a strong hand
and pluck a poor sinner from the gripe of the de
vil, to have the pleasure of making him over to
the devil's prime minister. Drugs! I hate them,
and I warn those who are languishing, by reason
of ill health, caused or aggravated by heavy medi
cation, how they trust themselves in the hands of
Water- Cure doctors who give Podophyllin, Lobe
lia, or Tartar Emetic occasionally, or any other
kind of medicine, beside good, pure, soft water.
Drugs I Why shouldn't they be an object of in
tense dislike to me, as their deplorable e fleets are
witnessed daily by me I
As I sit writing, there appear before me two la
dies, fine, genial-hearted women, wives, mothers,
who are tho victims of drugs—one having lived
on morphine and the other on laudanum for years;
one drinking not less than two and a half ounces
of strong laudanum daily, the other eating mor
phine as a rabid school girl eats chalk.
Anxious, almost above measure, that the bless
ings of this great reform should not confine them
selves to those who have wealth, I advertised that
I would answer all letters post-paid, directed to
me, asking for advice relative to the use of water;
77
that for this advice I would make no charge. In
answer to this notice, I have received over (400)
four hundred letters, from twenty-nine States of
the Union, and have examined one hundred and
fifty persons at my office, who have not been
guests of mine. From these five hundred or more
persons have come up cries of distress and entreaty
for help, such as I never thought of hearing. They
huve pleaded and begged of me, for the love of
God and man, to answer them and help them In
every instance I have replied, but in some in
stances uselessly, I fear, owing to the ill direction
of their places of residence. One marked feature
stamps this correspondence—that seven-ten tbs of
the cases are cases of disease caused or continued
by immoderate or excessive drugging. Let me
give you a specimen, readers of the Journal. Says
a lady, asking direction for a case of prolaptnis—
" My physician gave me Corrosive Sublimate,
Nitrate of Silver, Iodine, Arsenic, Calomel, to cure
irritation of the mucous membrane of the stomach.
For my prolapsus I took Quinine, was bled, used
tepid astringent injections, and Soap suds, solution
of Nitrate Silver, Kreosote, Sugar of Lead, and
Oak Bark ; meantime taking, for my stomach dif
ficulties, Calomel, Dover's Powders, Camphor,
Sulphuric Acid, Nitric Acid, Ether, Antimony,
Strychnine, Potash, Epsom Salts, Magnesia, Char
coal, itc., and had blisters without number applied
to the sacrum. I had before my sickness read of
Water-Cure, and wished to apply it, but my phy-
sician was opposed to it."
I could make a book out of this correspondence,
that would record such sufferings, caused by this
infernal drugging, as one little dreams of. Do you
wonder that I am not disposed to deal in drugs ?
Never whilst I live in Glen Haven, with my op-
probation, will a patient of mine take poison into
his body to cure disease ; at least whilst over the
moss-grown stones comes rushing the bright water
from our mountain-top, crying, life I lifeI as it
makes it way to our placid lake.
Drugs and water I Filth and purity ; destruc
tion and conservation ; health and disease in co
partnership, eh ! Is it not laughable, the compla
cency that can combine the two in practice, and
call that practice Hydropathic i What good Hy
dro-druggists do, let the award be rendered to
them. I would not pluck a single plume from
their crest ; but I beg to be excused from recog
nizing any doctor as a hydropathic physician, who
uses drugs in the eradication of disease. The man
that does it violates the cardinal principles of the
movement, if he does it and calls the effort hydro
pathic.
It has been said to me, that in the present stage
of this enterprise radical positions are not wisely
taken ; that they injure the cause and their advo
cate. I do not so see it. To me, above price is
the success of the Water Cure Reformation. I
would not willingly do anything that could im
pede Its progress; but I cannot think a well-consid
ered determination to oppose the introduction of
Drugs into the Water-Cure practice calculated to
hinder its advancement. As for its influence on
my patronage, I should be ashamed so far to forget
high manhood as to bring a great philosophy, des
tined to bless millions, into subserviency to my
interests. If I cannot be supported in my prac-
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tio<>, l>v being manful and true in my advocacy of them for having allowed the white nun to obtain ■ fectly undi tinable, supcrvenec and he suddenly
the Water-Cure, it may be an indication that I a footing in their country, a proof of v, Inch ihey finds his system sntnrat'd vith mercury,
should hoe corn, dig potatoes, or chop cord-wood, think they see in the great mortality thai Las re- Thi.- accumulative power of mercury is some-
but not an indication that 1 should peddle drugs, ccntly prevailed among them. < thing so inexplicable, that many are inclined to
or tell my principles. At any rate, I am not quite Until the whites came to their country, they ! disbelieve it ; and some of the medical profession
ready for the leap, from the spring-board on which say "young people did not die, but all lived to be ! even deny its validity. It is a vulgar notion that
I stand, into an apothecary's shop, instead of a j so old as to be obliged t p on their hands cathartics will prevent its injurious effects, taken
pure fountain of soft water. There are too many and knees." Now Zcalandcrs, p. 231. hours after the medicine has gone the rounds of
pec pie incurable by drugs, yet curable by the wa It is our intention to attempt to prove all this the circulation, and been deposited in some of the
ter processes, for me to act thus foolishly. Glen mortality the direct result of drug medication ; solid tissues. We have the best authority for be
Haven, with its beautiful rising and teltirg sun, but it would be well to r ecollect that enervating lieving that mercury is deposited in a metallic
its biaeing air, pure as that of Eden before the de luxuries of civil life are scarcely known among form in the various tissues of the body, the asser-
vil breathed his pestiferous breath into it, its wild them, while medicine mongersof various stamps and | tion to the contrary notwithstanding. In Woodal's
woods, mountain scenery, quiet lake, and thrilling grades, from the shrewd pill-pedlar to the more dig- J Surgery, p. 2 44, we arc informed, that Cardanus
bird-songs, its gushing soft waters, and retirement j nilied surgeon apothecary, arc found in abundance, i took two ounces of crude mercury from the head
from all that is hollow and false in life, is not the j Our opinions upon this subject are materially j of a patient who bad been attended by himself,
place for a druggist to locate. I should as toon j strengthened by the well-known fact, thut all the Dr. Canter discovered it in the urine of patients,
think of having a drunkery. j important articles used as medicines have their ! and obtained the metal by distillation. 1'rof. Cox
It may not be wholly void of interest to the j specific disease, which arc as much subject to no- \ also found it deposited in the perineum of a man
readers of the Journal, who have discarded the j sological arrangement and classification as any j taken from the gallows. Fourcroy, Dumeril, Or-
use of drugs entirely, to learn that Glen Haven j other disease ; thus mercury has its "erithirnua" \ fila, and Le Cruveilheir, have all found it deposited
has done better this year, in number*, under a j which is characterized by a great depression of ! in the various solids of the body.
strictly Hydropathic administration, than at any j strength, a sense of anxiety about the prccordia, j We are acquainted with a gentleman who wag
year previous, when drugs were sometimes given ; trembling and sighing, pale contracted countc- \ severely salivated nine years after his last dose of
and that the success in the treatment of those com- < nance and coldness of the whole body, small, ; "blue mass."
mittcd to my care, has gratified them generally, \ quick, and, sometimes, irregular pulse and vomit- Iodine also produces its diseased condition,
and answered rny most sanguine expectations. In i ing. Sometimes it produces an eruption upon the j known by the name of Iodism or Iodina, which is
closing this article, let me call your attention to a j skin, called eczema merevriale, lepra mercurialis, j in plain Knglish the poisonous effects of the medi-
card in this number of the Journal, embodying a ; aud erythema mercurialc, which is nothing more cine, which often happens when administered in
programme of business for the winter. If any j or less than the poisonous effects of the mineral, the usual remedial quantities. This disease is at
readers of the Journal choose to avail themselves however high-sounding and mysterious its name. tended with the following symptoms—a restless
of the offer made, it will give my wife, my son, Nevertheless, such a formidable array of symptoms ness of the limbs, so that it becomes impossible to
my partner and myself great pleasure to expend richly deserve the honor of a place in the nosolo keep them still, succeeded by a heaviness of the
what of strength and skill we have in giving them gy of disease. limbs, heaviness of the head, violent cephalagia,
health. " Mercury occasionally acts on the system as a spasms, tremors of the limbs, paralysis, prostra-
Glen Haven Watek-Cire, poison, quite unconnected with its agency as a re- ! tion, depravation of vision, and disposition to la-
Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y., medy, and neither proportionate to the inflam mentation and distress.—Sir B. Brodic, Lancet,
mation of the mouth, nor actual quantity of the 1832. Gardiner tells us it produces wasting diar
mineral absorbed. * * * Mercury often produces rhoea sometimes, and obstinate constipation at
HYMOPATHY VS. ALLOPATHY, NO- II pains like those of rheumatism, and nodes of a others, with gostrodynia and violent vomiting.—
BY E. B. THOMAS, IT. I). scrofulous character." Hooper's Lex. Med. Essay on the Effects of Iodine, London, 1824.
No one acquainted with the history of diseases, Not only physicians, but almost every person in Under its influence the mamma in the female, and
can fail to notice their increase in all civilized community, have seen frequent cases, not ouly of { the testes in the male, have been known to d isap-
lands, where medicine is practised as a separate intentional, but accidental salivation, from the use pear. See Cristison on Poisons, p. 180 ; also Cogs
profession. Many of them are, no doubt, the re of this mineral, for the relief of which different well on Iodine, p. 47.
sult of luxurious habits ; still this is insufficient to authors recommend purgatives, nitre, gum-arabic, If medical philosophers and sages arc unable to
account for their immense increase over those of lime-water, sulphur, camphor, bark, sulphuret of determine the peculiar condition of the system
savage life. We have made incidental reference potassa, blisters, ustringeut gargles, mineral acids, which renders tt remedy for disease a disease-crea
to this subject before, but, from itB importance, it j and spirits of turpentine, with no other benefi- tor, how shall the practitioner of ordinary skill
demands further investigation. A salutary lesson \ cial results than temporary relief from some of be guided in his prescriptions I The United States
may be learned by ' contrasting the physical con- the more dangerous symptoms. This, therefore, Dispensatory says: "A peculiarity of digitalis is
dition of the savage New Zealanders with their j is classed among the self-limited fevers, and the that after having been given in moderate doses for
present state, although few of the habits and cus- j patient m::st rely upon the vigor of his constitu- several days without any apparent effect, it
toms of civilization have as yet obtained among j tion for recovery. One peculiar feature in the sometimes acts suddenly, with an accumulated in
them. Speaking of them, when he first visited ' action of this mineral upon the human organism, is fluence, endangering even the life of the patient,
the islond, Capt, Cook says: " One circumstance j its power to accumulate in the system, and lie dor- " When administered in quantities sufficient to
pcculiarly worthy of notice is their perfect and ; mailt even for years, until some peculiar change bring the system under its influence, it produces a
uninterrupted health. In all the visits made to j in the tissues renders them susceptible to its in- ; sense of tightness or weight, with dull pain in the
their towns, where old and young men and wo- ; flueuce, when its poisonous effects are manifested head, vertigo, dimness, or other disorder of vision,
men crowded around our voyagers, they never j in all its horrors. It usually happens thus: the and more or less confusion of the mental opera
observed a single person who appeared to have j patient is attacked with some acute affection, and tions."
any bodily disease ; nor among the number that j his medical attendant tries to bring his constitution We might thus specify every important article
were seen naked, was once perceived the slightest > under itx influence, but it fails to have any apparent used in the practice of medicine, and prove from
eruption upon the skin, or the least mark which effect; nevertheless the patient recovers sufficiently standard authors, their liability to inveterate the
indicated that such an eruption had formerly ex- to attend to his daily avocation for months, or it pathologicul condition of the patient, only varying
isted." Kipp's Life of Capt. Cook, p. 122. i may happen, for years, with no other inconven- \ in degree, according to the power of the remedy
Recent voyagers give very different accounts of ! iencc than sore teeth and rheumatic paiitB in the j but enough has been sard to satisfy even the in-
their physical condition. They now say "Atua," j limbs at every accession of damp weather, till \ credulous, that drug medication is attended with
their malignant demon, has been very angry with j some peculiar state of the organism, which is per- j a degree of danger at least
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There is one other expedient employed in the
common practice, which, on account of its potency
and great abuse, we do not feel at liberty to pass
without a friendly salute. Not many years have
passed since blood-letting was the remedy for all
phases of acute disease, and many of a chronic
character ; and, although not so much practised as
formerly, there still cxbts great apathy among the
members of the profession in regard to the inju
rious effects of the loss of blood. In reading the
treatment of diseases, laid down by different au
thors, one cannot repress an expression of surprise
to see with what a reckless and prodigal profusion
the vital fluid has been shed by the hand of science.
Nor should it be thought strange that, in view of
this waste of human life, and his want of success,
the American champion of venesection exclaimed
in dee]> humiliation, " We have assisted in multi
plying diseases ; we have done more—we have in
creased their mortality." Since the death of the
venerable Rush, the experiments of various phy
siologists have proved the truth of his assertion,
so far, at least, as blood-letting is concerned.
M. Louis, the medical luminary of Paris, has
furnished a table showing the effects of bleed
ing in seventy-eight cases of inflammation of the
lungs and pleura, and he declares pain was not ar
rested by blood-letting in a single case bled within
the first four days of the disease ; on the contrary,
it " generally increased the succeeding twelve or
twenty-four hours." In the table showing the
results of cases bled the sixth day of the disease,
he says the first patient was bled once, and his
disease lasted thirteen days ; the second twice,
and the disease lasted sixteen days; the third
three times, and the disease lasted twenty-three
days ; the fourth five times, and his disease lasted
thirty-five days. The duration of the disease was,
with one solitary exception, in direct ratio with
the number of bleedings. Dr. M. Hnll says, con
vulsions, delirium, mania, stupor, and sudden dis
solution, are not unfrequently the immediate re
sults of the loss of blood, and relates several cases
which came under his own observation.—"Morbid
and Curative Effects of Loss of Blood." Of all ex
perimenters,proving the deleterious effects of bleed
ing upon the animal economy, Magendie, the cele
brated French physiologist, stands pre-eminent.
He says to his class, "you must remember that
the treatment by blood-letting, employed almost
in every case of acute disease, but especially in
pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs, is one of
the meant of inducing these very diseases in
healthy animals ; • * • and truth to Bay, I bleed
my patients very little, and I do not perceive that
they fare a whit worse than those of my neigh
bors." Whenever there is inflammation, either
local or general, there is an alteration in the rela
tive proportion of the constituents of the blood,
the fibrin being in excess. It matters not whether
there is a natural increase of the fibrin, or the red
globules diminished, tho result is the same. It
neeeds no great amouut of physiological know
ledge to sea how ready this state of things may be
induced by impoverishing the blood by repeated
venesection; but experiment places the matter
beyond a doubt ; there being a greater facility for
replacing the watery portion than the red glo
bules, it, of course, will produce an excess of the
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former. Now, Magendie has shown that when | THE CROUP -ITS NATURE AND TREATMENT.
there is an excessive proportion of water in the
blood, it cannot circulate through the capillary DY JOEL 8UEW, M. D.
blood-vessels, but stagnates within them, and j Tiik hot season, or time of bowel complaints,
"produces the various disorders which patholo j having passed by, and the period being at hand in
gists have vainly attempted to explain by the | which croup, a most formidable disease, will be
words irritation and inflammation." Not only is , found oftener to occur than at other times of the
it a theoretical doctrine that bleeding destroys the i year, I propose devoting a short space to the con-
relative proportion of the constituents of the blood, | sideration of this subject And I will premiso,
but it is proved by experiments. Says Magendie | that there is perhaps no other one disease, in tho
to his students: "You saw me produce at will, in > whole catalogue of human maladies, which parents
animals, the majority of the striking phenomena 5 have more to fear than this.
determined by the most terrible diseases, for tho < Croup is one of the most violent and dangerous
relief of which art is powerless. You saw me of all inflammations. It affects locally the mucous
give rise at my pleasure to inflammation of the membrano of the trachea, extending to tho bron
lungs, scurvy, yellow fever, and typhoid fever— chia on the one hand, and to tho larynx and some
not to mention a number of other affections, times the fauces on the other.
which, so to speak, I called into being before yon." In most fatal cases a false membrane is deposit
The same author remarks: "When we observe ed, lining the trachea, and extending often to the
obstruction of the pulmonary circulation super bronchia and fauces. Rarely this membrano is
vene towards the decline of acute affections that coughed up; but when even this apparently fa
have been vigorously treated by blood-letting, it vorable effect has been observed, tho membrane
is rational to suppose, that the escape of the blood has been again soon reproduced, and death tho
from its vessels is due to its having lost its nor result.
mal or healthful proportions." Not only doos the
loss of blood produce distinct diseases, but often Ststptoms. —Cronpgenerally comes onlike a com
changes the form of disease. Says Prof. Eberle : mon cold. There is cough, generally slight, attended
"The ordinary remitting fevers of the temperate with hoarseness and sneezing, just as if the child had
latitudes, often terminate in intermitting fevers caught cold, and was about to suffer from a simple
before the final disappearance of the disease. * * catarrh. In one or two ormore days there is super
This conversion of form seems to be particularly added to this state of things a peculiar shrillness
favored by blood-letting practiced during the and singing of the voice, as if sound passed through
first few days of the fever."—Prac. of Med. vol. i. a brazen trumpet At the samo time, according
p. 136. Volumes might bo filled with tho most to Dr. Cullen, who has well described the disoase,
weighty arguments against depriving the system "there is sense of pain about the larynx, Bome
of its vital fluid, but we have time to notico only difficulty of respiration, and a whizzing sound in
a few of the more prominent. inspiration, as if tho passage of the air wore
Not the least argument against this practice is obstructed. The cough which attends it is some
found in the exceedingly tedious convalescence of times dry; and if anything be spit up, it is a mat
those who survive it. Mouths often intervene be ter of a purulent appearance, and sometimes with
tween the cessation of the disease and the com fibres, resembling portions of a membrane. Toge
pletion of the recuperative process. But we have ther with these symptoms there is a frequency of
limited ourselves upon this branch of our subject pulse, a restleswess, and an uneasy sense of heat
and must stop, though "still they come" and'cla- When the internal fauces are viewed, they are
mor for a place. Those wishing for a still further sometimes without any appearance of inflamma
development of the subject are referred to the tion ; but frequently a redness and even swelling
works of Clutterbuck, Hall, Magendie, and Lob- appear, and sometimes in the fauces there is an
Btein. Possibly wo may be accused of selecting appearance of matter, like that rejected by congh-
the worst side of Allopathy, and wo have no dis j ing. With the symptoms now described, and par-
position to deny the charge ; and our reason for ! ticularly with great difficulty of breathing, and a
so doing may be gathered from the following from | sense of strangling in the fauces, the patient is
the pen of Prof. Lobstein. "Were blood-let sometimes suddenly cut off."
ting and mercury," says he, "totally prohibited, a S Dr. Cheyne describes tho coming on of this dis
great many physicians would find themselves in a ease as follows:—"In the approach of an attack
sad dilemma—their time easily disposed of. It is of croup, which almost always takes place in the
astonishing that so many physicians have fallen evening, probably of a day during which the child
into this extravagance." We have endeavored to has been exposed to the weather, and often after
sustain every position taken by ample quotations catarrhal symptoms have existed for several days,
from standard Allopathic authors, because tho he may be observed to be excited : in variable spi
public are so familiar with the controversies of rits ; more ready than usual to laugh or to ery ; a
physicians, that but little weight is allowed to little flushed ; occasionally coughing, the sound of
any argument emanating from an opposite party ; the cough being rough, like that which attends the
but surely no one can dispute the legitimacy of catarrhal stage of the measles. More generally,
our arguments, if out of own mouths they however, the patient has been somo time in bed
are condemned. ami asleep before tho nature of the disease with
which he is threatened is apparent ; thou perhaps,
without awaking, he gives a very unusual cough,
"We should cat to live, rathor than live to well known to any one who has witnessed an at
cat." tack of croup. It rings as if the child coughed
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through a brazen trumpet ; it is truly a tussis clan-
gosa ; it penetrates the -walla and floors of the
apartment, and startles the experienced mother.
'O, I am afraid our child is taking the croup!' She
runs to the nursery, finds her child sleeping softly,
and hopes she may be mistaken. But remaining
to tend him, before long the ringing cough, a sin
gle cough, is repeated again and again. The pa
tient is roused, and then a new symptom is re
marked : the sound of his voice is changed ; puling
and as if the throat were swelled ; it corresponds
with the cough ; the cough is succeeded by a sono
rous inspiration, not unlike the kink in whooping
cough ; a crowing noise, not so shrill, but similar
to the sound emitted by a chicken in the pip ;
(which in some parts of Scotland is called the
roup, hence probably the word croup ;) the breath
ing, hitherto inaudible and natural, now becomes
audible, and a littlo slower than common, as if
the breath were forced through a narrow tube ;
and this is the more remarkable as the disease
advances."
The changes which indicate the different stages
and degrees of danger in this disease, may be stated
as follows :—
1. There is a ringing, croupy cough, to which
many children are liable upon taking cold, more
particularly those who have had an attack of the
croup, attended with little or no change in the
breathing or sound of the voice. This first is a
state which is rather a forerunner of a severe at
tack of croup. It is often without danger. It
points out to us the children who are most liable
to croup.
2. The unusual, shrill, croupy cough, with diffi
cult breathing, the necessary supply of air being
■with difficulty inspired, from the obstruction of
the passage. The voice is altered, broken, both
hoarse and puling. The difficult breathing in
croup has been compared to the sound of air pass
ing through thick muslin. " It rather appears,'
says Dr. Cheync, "like the sound of a piston forced
up a dry pump." It varies considerably, however,
for it is either like the sound to which it has just
been compared, dry and hissing, audible in differ
ent degrees, or, when the swelling and spasm of
the larynx are greater, it is crowing, and some
times creaking and suffocative. Under this ex
tremity of difficult breathing children are said
sometimes to perish. In thi* stage, when, with
the croupy cough, the breathing becomes difficult,
a serious attack has commenced, and the child is
in danger. In this state the skin is warm, the
tongue is white, the pulse full and quick, and the
countenance much flushed. The usual mucous se
cretion is interrupted, the patient, if not an infant,
is timid and apprehensive, and tho eyes are heavv,
watery, and blood-shot. The degree of danger is
now to be estimated by the breathing.
8. The cough and voice are stridulous ; the res
piration is difficult, laborious, creaking, sometimes
suffocative, varying in tho degree of difficulty and
laboriousness. This state denotes what is termed
the second stage of croup, or that of effusion,
which has by many been considered hopeless. In
it the face is still flushed, but with marks of de
fective circulation. The lungs no longer purify
the blood. There is a purple redness of tho
cheeks, eyes, and nails. The complexion is often
mottled, or the flush on the cheek is circumscribed.
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The pulse is smaller, and very quick; the urine the account, every parent and every philanthro-
has a sediment in it; the eyes are prominent and ; |iist must be convinced of the great importance of
blood-shot. ! learning and carrying out in practice all things
4. The voice is whispering and low ; the cough possible in regard to the preservation of the
less frequent, and not so audible as before. There health of the young and innocent beings which
is the act of coughing, without the sound. The < the Almighty has committed to their care.
respiration becomes more difficult and hurried. But it may be inquired by the anxious parent,
This is the last stage. It is called morbid, be i " How are we to know an attack of croup, its first
cause the trachea is lined with tho effusion, or symptoms, and what are to do, if in spite of all
false membrane; the face is leaden, and the eye ! our care and watchfulness, our children yet be-
dull and filmy. The extremities aro cold, and , come the subjects of an attack!" In answer to
perhaps swelled. The muscular power is ex j this question, 1 remark, first, Do not become
hausted, and the child nearly insensible. In this j frightened at every httlc attack of cold or cough
state death may take place at any moment. | which the child may experience ; and yet there
Termination.—More commonly croup lasts two, is little danger of being loo careful. Suppose you
or three, or four days only. In some rare instances I should be deprived of a night's rest, or that you
the patient lives ssven or eight days, or even j Bhould send for a doctor unnecessarily now and
longer. It is possible for it to terminate in death ^ then ; suppose even that you should do this a
in twenty-four hours. In favorable cases, the | hundred times, how much better would it be
cough becomes by degrees less frequent and se than for you once to doze away your time care
vere, and at the same time more loose ; the breath lessly, and then awake finding your child in the
ing becomes more easy, and the pulse less. In Veryjaws of death ! Ask the physician who has been
many cases, too, there will appear betimes a very obliged to watch the progress of this dreadful ma
considerable amendment in all the symptoms, so lady, in a neglected case, or the anxious mother
much so that the parents, and perhaps the physi who, in pain and suffering and tears, has reared her
cian himself, is led to regard the patient as out child to the ageof two, or three, or more years, and
of danger. Soon, however, tho most fearful ag then, through carelessness, has been obliged, day
gravation takes place—death soon closing the after day, to watch the coming on of a most fear
scene. ^Ve cannot account the patient safe until ful death ; ask these, I say, if it is not a thousand
lie has passed at least one night without a return of times better to sit up all night, or to send for the
uufavorable symptoms. physician, than to err on the other side—to let the
Ace most Liable. —This disease does not often, \ disease go on to a fatal stage, before anything is
though sometimes, occurduring the first yearof life. done to arrest it in its progress of death?
It happens probably most frequently during the In regard to the second part of the query, a
second year. The third year is, also, one in which good deal is to be said. In principle it is a very
a good deal is to be apprehended from it. From easy thing to treat croup ; but the details of prac
the second year to the age of puberty constitutes tice are not so easily understood. That croup it
the period at which there is most liability to it. a highly inflammatory disease, let it always be
It may, however, occur at any age. I have myself remembered. It is, as before remarked, one of
treated not less than three marked cases of this the most rapid and dangerous of all inflammations,
kind, all of which were cured, though very severe an inflammation, which, if not soon arrested, is
attacks. I am not Rble to say whether croup is very liable to end in death.
more dangerous in children or adults; but I am Treatment.—Croup being, as I have remarked,
led to believe that a grown person has a better one of the most violent and dangerous of all
chance of recovery, from the fact that he is much inflammations, a proper knowledge of the best
less liable to it. method of treating it is a matter of the greatest
If then, according to the above description, the importance to all who are in any way interested
symptoms and progress of this most formidable in the management of the young. How awful
disease, come on in a manner generally so obscure would it be for a parent to know that he had lost
and stealthy that even an experienced person may his child—an only one, perhaps, the very pride of
fail to detect them, how careful should every one, his life—for the want of a little knowledge, such
and especially every parent, be in learning, as as any person of good common understanding
well as he possibly may, how to detect the very might easily possess ? A parent goes to rest at
beginnings of this fearful malady! How careful, night, when the child has been uncommonly play-
too, should he bo in studying ever diligently I ful during the evening. In the night he is at-
those laws of health, by the observance of which t tacked with this most dreadful malady, and be-
this disease may, with almost inevitable certainty, j fore the sun shines in the morning, oftentimes
be prevented? That an ounce of prevention is he is past all hope. That such an occurrence not
better than a pound of cure, is nowhere in the unfrequently takes place, every well informed
wide world more true than in regard to this dis physician sadly knows. Shall not, then, those
ease. How much easier and better it is, by con who are parents—those whose privilege it is to be
stant care and diligence, to prevent an attack of in that most interesting of all social relations-
croup, than it is to have to send after a physician take heed to my humble admonitions for their
in tho dead of night, and to run up a heavy bill, good ? I know it may be said, that it is only the
which you are, perhaps, poorly able to pay, not to physician's business to be acquainted with dis
speak of all the pain ind agony which your child ease. But does it not often happen that the phy
must be brought to endure, and probably to be sician cannot possibly be obtained before an attack
lost in the end by suffocation, one of the most has done its fatal work ? And is there danger of
horrible deaths that can be conceived off I re any one learning too much on so important a sub
peat, when all these considerations are taken into ject as that of disease ?
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Croup, then, being one of tlie most rapid and
severe of all inflammatory diseases, the treatment,
it will be inferred, must be prompt and decided,
in proportion to the exigencies of the ease. As in
all severe inflammations, it must be such as is suffi
ciently powerfully to pervade and affect the whole
system. I kuow it is generally true that the peo
ple, and too often the physician, directs attention
for the most part only to the local means. But
this will not suffice. The disease, although local
to a certain extent, uffoeU powerfully the whole
organic domain. Besides, we can always affect a
local part most through general means.
As to the best guide in the treatment, we should
look well to the pyrexia or general feverish ness of
the body. If we keep this well subdued from live
Jiret, I do not see how it is possible for a child to
die of this disease. A high degree of inflammation
must prevail, and that for a considerable time, be
fore the fatal effusion in the throat can take place.
If, then, we subdue the inflammation sufficiently
early, aud keep it subdued, we must necessarily be
successful in the cure.
"But how are we to kuow this state of feverish-
ness in the system f" it is asked.
I answer, every parent should know all about
the pulse of children. They should know what it
is in sickness, and what in health. Then they
have an unerring guide, by which to ascertain the
existence and extent of an inflammatory action.
And I will remark, for the benefit of those who
may be ignorant on this subject—and I fear that
most parents are—that I am now engaged in writ
ing a work on the " Diseases and Management of
Children," which I shall endeavor to make a good
work, and deserving the title it is to bear. In it
I shall hope to show parents how they may, in
many cases, treat their children by that most val
uable of all remedial substances, water, in the
most humble and distant cabin, as well as else
where. And in doing this I shall not detract from
the dignity and calling of the physician, but, on
the contrary, aid the profession ; because the more
intelligent the people, the more are the services of
a true physician appreciated and understood.
The heat, too, as well as the pulse, is to be ta
ken into the account Any one of common obser
vation can tell by the feeling if a chid is becoming
too hot Mothers especially are adroit at this:
they know right well, most of them, if the child
is becoming too warm. They notice, too, much more
than we fathers are apt to do, any little disturb-
auce in breathing or the sleep. " My child is
sick; it does not sleep well, and is feverish," we
often hear them exclaim.
The "croupy" cough, which is generally pretty
well understood, also serves to a considerable ex
tent as a guide. If a child coughs badly, we may
know it is sick, and should be forthwith attended
to, whether in the night or the day. Suppose it is
not the cough of the croup ; it is yet an unnatural
thing, the sooner to be prevented the better. If
we wash and rub the chest with the hand wet in
cold water, and put upon it a wet bandage—
methods tllat are always salutary for a cough—we
' do good, although the attack may not prove to be
one of croup. So, too, if the child is feverish ; it
is better to prevent that fever, although it should
prove to have no relation whatever to this disease.
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In a violent attack of croup we could hardly do according to Dr. Good, still later, as fortunate as
too much until it is subdued. Sometimes it may himself in the use of the remedy.
be necessary to bathe the child every hour, or even Prevention.—I have reserved this most import
oftener. At all events, we should give baths ant part of the subject for the last, so as to make,
enough, change the baudages often enough, and if possible, a stronger impression upon the mind
wash and rub the chest sufficiently to keep the of the reader: and I remark, it is more easy, as
breathing good and the croup in check. There is well as incomparably better, to "prevent croup
no need of chilling the body too much, particu than it is to cure it, even by the best treatment.
larly the feet The child may be held in such a But prevention is a work in which,the physician
position over a tub, that in pouring water upon it gets generally very little credit Who would think
the feet are not at all exposed. If it be in the of ever paying a physician for instructing people
night, the water very cold, and the child becomes how to prevent disease 1 And yet his time is as
a good deal chilled, it may, after putting wet ban valuable to him as that of others is to them. He,
dages about its throat aud chest, be placed between as well as others, must make his time money ; and
two persons warmly in bed. But in these cir- ] if it be his unpleasant calling to be obliged to earn
cumstanccs care must be taken lest the child be < his living from the misfortunes of mankind, he
smothered and made too hot In that case, the j must be paid for his time notwithstanding ; and
breathing would very soon indicute the mischief j paying him for teaching you in the methods of
going on. j prevention is incomparably better than to be
Tepid and cold affusion—tepid if the child is obliged to employ him to cure.
weak, but cold if the contrary—with wet hand I I remark, then, in regard to the prevention of
friction upon the throat and chest, with the con- j croup, that daily cold bathing holds a most im
stant use of wet baudages upon these parts, consti- j portant place. When I say cold bathing, I mean
tute the sum and substance of the best of all j iu a general sense. I have elsewhere remarked,
known methods of treating this disease. Tepid that a cold bath is not necessarily a very cold one ;
injections to the bowels are also useful, and the j in other words, that tepid bathing is in effect cold ;
means are to be followed up as many hours or cooling and tonic to the Bystem ; so that we are
days as there may be a used. Nor should the not under the necessity of using the coldest water,
treatment be left off too soon ; for it should be ever or iu any way of doing violence to the system,
remembered, that always after au attack of croup when wo wish to administer cold bathing to ^b.e
the child is more than before liable to it. Both child. I have studied and observed these things
in reference to the prevention, as well as the cure, now for a considerable number of years, and I
this fact cannot be too well remembered. have become more and more convinced* that chil
This treatment, I repeat, constitutes the best of dren arc often subjected to water of a temper
all known methods for curing croup. I do not ature too cold. I do not believe it necessary
know, in the whole range of medical experience, ever to use water for a young child lower than
anything which is more calculated to make a 60° Fah. ; and I am of the opinion that water, at
man thankful, than to be possessed of a knowledge from 70° to 80° is much preferable to any other
of so good a remedy as cold water in this disease. for general use. I know I have, over and again,
When one's child is suffocating, just ready to die in the winter time even, subdued some of the
for the want of breatli, if a suitable cold affusion is most violent of inflammatory diseases, using no
administered, I do not know what can make him water at all externally lower than 80° Fah. And
more thankful than the most sudden and wonder certainly if we can cure a disease by the use of so
ful relief obtained. Nor do I know of anything mild a means, we ought not to resort to a stronger.
in the whole range of the medical profession more Always the milder the means, provided it be ade
calculated to inspire us with feelings of reverence quate to the object, the better the result In re
towards the Giver of all good. gard to daily bathing, then, as well as in cases
Before closing the subject of the treatment of of disease, I would use the water for a child of my
croup, I will make a quotation from high author own at from 70° to 80°, somewhat cooler in win
ity, showing the good effects of the cold water ter than in Bummer, but at no time ordinarily
treatment in this disease ; a quotation which shows, lower than 70°. Not indeed that it is necessarily
by the way, that there are at least some in the dangerous to plunge a child into the coldest wa
profession who are ready to adopt any measure, so ter, for we know that this is often done. They
that it promises to be a means of benefit. bear it, many of them, but some liave been killed
Dr. Good, in his "Study of Medicine," gives an by the practice. I would bathe the child always in
i account of Dr. Harden, of St Pctersburgh, after the morning on rising ; and so long as children are
every other remedy had failed, of venturing upon liable to become soiled in any woy by the natural
cold affusions in this disease. He first tried it, in discharges, or to become dirtied by playing or
] a fit of despair, upon a child of his own, eighteen crawling about upon the floor or ground, it is ab
J months old. The child was placed in a bathiug solutely necessary to wash them more than once a
tub, with its belly on a cushion of hay; and a pail day. Morning and evening will often be suffi
of water, at 12° Reaumur, (69° Fah.,) was then cient ; but a shallow bath, at 70° or 80°, could
poured quickly from the head along the spine. hardly be harmful at any time. At all events, the
The symptoms, after tho first affusion, soon di strictest cleanliness should at all times be observed.
minished ; the operation was repeated at intervals Let a child roll in the dirt, or play upon the floor,
ten times, and the child recovered. Dr. Harden at all proper times ; but he should not on any ac
afterwards employed the affusion with like suc count bo allowed to pass the night without a tho
cess in the first stages of the disease. Dr. Miller rough ablution being performed.
{ also, another physician of St Petersburgh, was, j There is one method of treatment which is emi
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nently calculated to ward off nttacks of croup, as
well as all other affections of the throat and chest.
This is hy frequent friction with the band wet in
cold water—and we care not how cold for this
application—upon the throat and chest. This
practice is found to be eminently [successful in
strengthening the throat and lungs, and in ward
ing off colds. It cannot, indeed, be too highly
prized.
So, too, all good rules in regard to air, exercise,
clothing, and diet should be observedJn the pre
vention of croup. And surely, when we consider
how much a mother must 'go through with in
bearing and bringing forth a child, how great a
blessing it is to have children, and how hard to
part with them, may I not bespeak a more than
ordinary degree of attention to this subject. I have
written, doubtless, too imperfectly concerning its
importance. But as an apology I may state, that
a large part of what I have here said has been
written in the night-time, after a day of severe
toil, while passing up the Hudson. In my forth
coming work on Children, I will endeavor to do
the subject better justice. Meanwhile I trust this
article may be the means of doing some good. 1
have before written articles under similar circum
stances, and through the knowledge gained from
them parents have believed the lives of their chil
dren to have been saved.
SICK STOMACH-MILK SICKNESS- TREM-
BLES, OR DRY MURRAIN.
BY B. 1m ANDERSON".
Tins is one of the most fierce and formidable
diseases with which the human organism has to
contend. And it is rendered doubly painful from
tho fact, that medicine in it is worse than useless,
for it is positively injurious, always augmenting
tho malady. And although patients sometimes
recover' from its attacks, yet they are always con
sidered as ruined in their constitutions for the rest
of their lives. I believe, that were the people of
the infected districts to have a choice between an
equal number of case3 of this disease and the Asi
atic cholera, they would invariably choose the lat
ter ; at least this is true so fur as I am informed,
and I now write from one of the infected districts.
It has been my lot, in a practice extending over
two years, to witness and treat only one case of
this human as well as animal scourge, and one
which it is my duty and purpose to detail, at the
same time making some remarks on its Nature,
Effects, Cause, and Treatment.
1. As to its Nature. This is clearly made known
by its name, "the Sick Stomach," which in recent
cases exhibits all the phenomenaof gastro-cnteritis,
or inflammation of the Btomach and alimentary
canal. One wholly ignorant of the disease would
pronounce it just what it really is, "the sick sto
mach." It is also called the " Trembles," from the
fact that a trembling or twitching, in severe cases,
perceptiblo to the eye, takes possession of the mus
cles of the patient. But in less severe cases it only
attacks certain muscles of the body, as of tho legs,
&c, at a time. It is called Milk Sickness, from
the source from which it is generally believed to
arise.
The external pathological phenomena of this
! disease may be put down in the following brief ! then develop disease, and cause death, the person
! analysis. Shortly after the person contracts the J not at all suspecting the cause. This should warn
j disease, he suffers from thirst, nausea, vertigo, eon- • us against poisons, whether the doctor calls them
fused or imperfect vision; vomiting often ensues, j medicines, remedies, or what not. Poison is poi-
fol lowed by violent fever, the exacerbation sub son, and medicine is only a scientific name for it.
siding nt irregular intervals. The pulse is exceed Pitch cannot bo handled and the hands not be de
ingly various, sometimes strong and full, at others filed. Fire taken into the bosom will burn. So
tremulous, small, and corded. Constipalion, which it is with medicine ; it is poison, and it must and
exists from the beginning, becomes more and more will do you an injury, sooner or later.
obstinate towards the fourth day. The skin also 4. The Treatment of this disease is, after all, the
j about this time becomes more hot and parched, great and paramount consideration ; for what good
; the eyes are red and suffused, there is very great will it do a sick man to stand und define, and ex
\ restlessness, and all the secretions are scanty. To- amine, and then pronounce the disease to be what
> wards the sixth and seventh days excessive debility the patient already feels, the "sick stomach," and
; takes place, with very often paralysis of the tongue yet have no remedy S
; and other parts; and soon after ensues stupor, cold I must repeat it here, medicine is a positive in
j clammy sweats, convulsive hiccup, an offensive jury ; and, as a general tiling, the man who goes
j cadaverous odor, and death. It is variable in its for an M. I), might just aa well take the patient's
> attacks; sometimes it conies on suddenly, at others measure with him, and call and leave it with the
i it will be slow in its progress, and not exhibit its undertaker, ami thus save one trip, by, as we say,
;' specific character for several days. This is what killing two birds with one stone. Indeed, this
; renders it so dangerous to treat it with medicine, ought to be done here in flux also, as well as many
for a single dose will often assist to bring it on in other diseases. Should this disease become com-
all its worst forms, by sickening the stomach, and < mon, or endemieal, in any region, the best thing
thus destroy the patient, who might otherwise be that the inhabitants could do would be, to take the
saved by judicious treatment. advice of an old man in this region, when the
2. Its Effects upon the human system are to dry small-pox was among us. Said he, " Take the doc
and even parch the skin, until this integument tors, and chain them in their shops; for they are
will peel off the hands and feet. It creates awful not only a nuisance, but a curse in this disease.''
internal distress, by the entirely torpid state of So I say Amen in most other bad diseases; for they
the stomach and bowels. And this brings on a destroy more than they save.
state similar to Hydrophobia, causing the patients But this matter is not so with the Hydropnth.
often to exhibit most of the characteristic symptoms He has what may be properly termed a specific in
of this fearful malady. A lady of my acquaint this, as all other diseases, which, if it does no good,
ance here informs me, that she has seen them try j can d no harm.
to bite their nearest and dearest friends ; and she \ Tl use I have to report is one that came on
has herself been giving them drink from the spout > slowly, but it was not the less severe when it ex-
of a tea-pot, and they have bitten it quite off with ' hibited itself in its specific form, I was called on
seeming madness from the painful condition of ; tho fourth day. From what I saw' (for he was
their bodies. And thus patients often excite in j then snugly rolled up iu the wet sheet pack) I
the minds of the bystanders the deepest horror, j could only say it was inflammation of the stomach
when under medical treatment, by their sufferings But after a few days it exhibited unmistakable
and piteous cries for water, not only to cool their Tigris of milk disease. This was made known by
burning ealomelized tongues, but their whole scorch the odor exhaled from his body. This is the only
ing bodies. Cattle and other animals die of this infallible index to a knowledge of this disease.
disease, and, when opened, exhibit a most perfectly I will nut take up space in detailing the treat
dry state of the stomach and intestines; this has ment, but, suffice it to sny, he had most thorough
led persons to call it "dry murrain." water-cure treatment, and that applied to suit the
3. The Cause of this disease has been considered indications. And I must say, that the manner in
as obscure, some attributing it to one cause, and which water responded to the indications of the
some to another. The same cause which has given laboring organism, when judiciously applied,
rise to autumnal fevers has been supposed to give seemed to delight its friends, and bewilder and
rise to this disease—Arsenic in the soil. A plant confound its opposers.
called Indian Hatehy, and the Iihus Toxicoden In concluding, I cannot but applaud the man's
dron have been supposed to cause the disease. courage who will, under such a disease, bravely
One thing, however, is plain, and that is, when face danger and opposition, prejudice and ridicule,
it is found to attack man, it must be attributed and, in the very face of the old iron-hoofed tyrant
either to the milk, cheese, or flesh of an infected custom, place his confidence in the indwellingpoicer
animal. This is the universal belief of the common of nature, and the simple process of water-cure.
people in the. infected districts. Sucking calves But finally, the husband, the father, and the
have also been affected with the disease, and while citizen, is restored to the bosom of his friends by
drinking have fallen down as suddenly as if struck j a speedy restoration, and that attributable alone
with an axe, ond the milk would gush from their J to water-cure.
mouths. Milk cows arc not affected with the dis 0, how soon would this world be relieved of
ease, while dry ones, oxen, <tc, are suddenly de one of its most dreadful curses, if they -#ould take
stroyed. Bogs and hogs have also contracted the the advice of tho good apostle, " Have your heart
disease from the milk and flesh of dead carcasses. sprinkled from an evil conscience, and your body
This shows that poisons or medicines may lie dor washed in pure water."
mant in tho animal economy for a long time, and Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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SPRINGFIELD BLOOMER CELEBRATION. ! sPirit' »UM™« eloquence, stirring oratory, and J tamed elements, and lay them passive at our feet;
commanding appearance of his grandfather, Pot I soy, shall we remain bound in the chains ana
BT A TATIENT OF THE WATER-CURE. rick Henry, that it was utterly impossible to re cords of the tyrant Fashion, and be the unwilling
Tiik ladies of Springfield Water-Cure, adopting port it. His audience waa completely enchanted, slaves of a vitiated aud pampered appetite, and
as they have the Bloomer Costume, thought it and swayed to and fro, like a reed in the wind, by allow our throats and stomachs to become the
due to themselves, Mrs. Bloomer, and a long train the native genius ond talent of the good father, sink-holes of the pill-doctor and apothecary?
of pale, consumptive, long-skirted, tight-laced, \ as he showed up the wicked fashions of the day, Hark 1 listen to the tone of yonder village bell.
delicate females, to make a public demonstration by his witty expressions ond pithy remarks. And It tells the death of a once beautiful bud, just
of their thanks for the invention of so convenient, j his bitter denunciations and biting sarcasms on bursting into womanhood. Here is another mar
healthful, beautiful, and comfortable a dress. We j the old form of dress were enough to sink every tyr to that tyrant who forbids a bath as an unholy
have temperance, fourth of July, and other cele- J woman in the estimation of the whole civilized— thing, and who gathers in the ribs until his votary
brations ; but to see women celebrating an inven- < yes, and savage world—who is afraid because of differs from the wa«p only in size. The friends
tion which will save thousands from a premature j popularity to wear a Bloomer. My memory can ore consoling themselves with the blessed assur
grave, and thousands of others from the sufferings not report it so as to do it justice. ance that the Lord hath taken away, and blessed
of hereditary disease, is an act over which angels j Then came the following speech from Dr. Snell, be hU name. But who can fathom such super
must have wept for joy. Aud it is due to those the Physician of the Water-Cure :— stition and ignorance? When this subject is felt
blooming (Bloomer) hearts to say, that I never at- j Ladies and Gentlemen-,—We congratulate our in all its untold importance, then will each blade
tended a celebration where such a reforming spirit selves, and one another, this day, not for deliver of grass become a sermon, and the whole creation
was manifested as on that occasion. On Wednes ance from the British yoke, but from the despot of God n dictionary, by which we may learn the
day, August 13tli, at 3 o'clock P. M., the inmates \ ism of a pampered and vitiated appetite, and first principles of our nature.
of the Water-Cure, men, women, and children, re from the death-grip of the corset string. The The remainder of the Doctor's speech, which
tired to a beautiful grove, one-fourth of a mile chariot of improvement is on the march. Who was full of truths designed for home consumption,
east of the Establishment* for such a celebration— will follow? We hove waited till the whole neither time nor space will allow us to give. The
a spot which, of itself, is enough to inspire one's community, or rather the older members of it, speech was enthusiastically received, and warmly
soul with love for the Author of nature, and ad have become paralyzed with the calls for improve cheered, after which L L. Ruggles was introduced
miration for his beautiful and glorious works. It ment ami reform for the present generation. to the audience. A Bhort extract of his speech is
was a rising slope, from which the eye could sur Something must be done, and I feor nothing will the following :
vey hills and mountains in every direction, and j be, till some emerge from our own ranks, (as a Bloomers and Gentlemen—As I came out this
for miles the beautiful and majestic Connecticut, few have done,) as the drunkards did from theirs morning to examine this grove for this celebration,
which is one of Nature's own Water-Cures. The to reform themselves. If anything is done, I here met a most lovely, fascinating, and beautiful
exercises commenced by adopting the following j we must do it. We have remained in lethargy lady, richly dressed in a Bloomer costume. Though
Resolutions:— j long enough, till the rust which has collected on rather an elderly lady, yet she looked as bright,
Whereas, Fashion is a tyrant trampling upon \ our ormor, will almost fall by its own weight pretty, and intelligent as ever. Her pettiloons
the laws of Nature, thereby defacing the image of | This call for reform is no new one ; it comes thun were of the most splendid and showy green, her
God, and destroying the health, happiness, and j dering along down the declivity of more than two dress and covering was of the most magnificent
life even of innocent men, women, and children: long centuries. Its notes have not died away, but blue, tinged with the purest white imaginable.
Therefore wc are may now be heard reverberating among our hills From her eyes radiated health, intelligence, and
Kesolved, No longer to be governed by its fierce and rock-bound cliffs. The question comes from joy. Would you like to know her name ? It was
or oppressive mandates. the precepts and example of our fathers—a voice, Mrs. Nature. See her here to-day, with her
Kesolved, That our good old mother Nature I say, comes, "Children, tell us, will you do half ; healthy, rosy-cheeked children around her, smiling
dresses in Bloomer costume, and we will follow her as much to perpetuate the principles of freedom, , with joy at such a scene as this. Yes, every spot
example, regardless of the superstition aud bigot improvement, and reform, as we have to establish > of the good old lady's face is wrinkled with smiles
ry of the masses of the community. them?" Are we sufficiently awake to a subject of ( to see her sons and fairest daughters thus return-
Resolved, That we will not squeeze out the last so much importance ? We can discern the face of ' ing to her domicil, after wondering away from her
spark of life, but will give the lungs room to ex tho sky, but con we not discern the signs of the j fostering care ; after partaking of the apple of un
pand, the heart room to perform its regular pul timesf" See you not in the three score Water- j lawful indulgence ; after eating of the luxuries of
sations, that we may breathe the free air of hea Cures that bestud the hills and dales of our free j life, such as dyspepsia, hypochondria, apoplexy,
ven, and feel our blood coursing naturally through States—see you not in the bubbling spring as it rheumatism, gout, fever and consumption; after
our veins. gushes from yonder mountain-brow—see yon not stuffing ourselves with the dry, musty husks of
Resolved, As God made coats for both Adam in the tasteful Bloomers that are beforo us, the fashion and custom ; not that which the swine did
and Eve, (Gen. iii. 21,) so we have the same natu germ of an influence which is sooii to buret all eat, for they won't touch them. O no ; they know
ral and inalienable right to wear coats, Bloomers, restraint, increasing in influence and power till better than to eat such food. Just as soon as wc
or any other dress tlmt we find most conducive to the last vestige of superstition, bigotry, and are ready to return to our mother's house, she runs
health, happiness, and longevity. sensuolity are swept from our land? Does it out, followed by her blooming children, health,
Resolved, That we will perform the office of not call to action and effort? Christians moy comfort, happiness, wisdom, joy, j>cace, and pros
scavenger, street-sweeper, and mud-catcher no pray, but it will all bo in vain if we do perity, to embrace us. Yes, we have at last ar
longer, believing it to be business which does not not act Let us cluster around the standard rived at her beautiful mansion. Don't we begin
naturally devolve upon us. of improvement, nnd scorch for truth. It may to feel at home here ? I do. The elder brothers
Resolved, That wc will not only shorten our be found, although buried deep beneath the rub and sisters, to be sure, are unwilling to come in,
dresses, and fling whalebones and stays to the bish of tradition ond party prejudices. Shall we, and they feel a little wrathy because we have got
wind, but we will curtail our minds of all super who, compared with the past ages, have been ex the fatted calf of Bloomerism ; but if we can only
stitious dogmas, and breathe the pure air of phy alted to heaven, as it were, in physical improve get them down to the Water Cure, and get
sical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual reform. ment; shall wc, who make the lightning our them into the plunge, we can cure them of that
A speech was then made by a Water-Cure pa Bwift-winged messenger to bear our thoughts from disease most quickly, and they will then rejoice
tient, Rev. Samuel Henry, the great apostle of sea to sen, and from the river to the ends of the with us.
peace, and a pioneer in every reform which has earth ; shall we, who call into being our iron Point, if you can, to a single spear of grass, a
for its object the coming of the kingdom of Christ horses, which rest not day nor night, but come single flower, a single tree, which is not dressed in
\ upon earth. There was but one fault with the hourly foaming and thundering along their iron a Bloomer costume. All nature is Bloomerizcd.
' speech, which was this: there was so mueh of the track ; shall we, who can bind the hitherto trn- But can't we trace this invention back a few thou-
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rands of years ? " Unto Adam also and to his ism, exchange the ghastly countenance for the ; The immediate cause is, sometimes excessive
wife did the Lord God make coats of skin.aud rosy cheek, the consumptive cough for the hearty heat, sometimes the eating of improper substances,
clothed them." So you see Eve was the first laugh, the feeble btep for the athletic jump, and [ or at improper times, sudden change of an habit
Bloomerite. But what a pity it is that the upper- dark and gloomy hopes for bright expectations ual eruption on the skin to the internal organs,
tendom and upper-crustdom of the present age and happy realities. mental anxiety, etc., eve,
were not there, to inquire if they got their fash The Ladies of the Water-Cure.—The pioneers "But supposing we are not blessed with a hy
ions from Paris ; and a large number of our tea of reform. May their lives be as long us the frocks dropathic physician, and don't kuow much our
und coffee-sipping, tight-lacing, delieate, sickly they have worn, and their cares as much less as , selves, w hat shall we do ?''
piano-playing ladies, to tell Eve of the impropriety the length of their present dress. > In that ease get the advice of the most judicious
of wearing a coat like her husband's ; or a few The Doctor of the Wattr-Curc.—Whose heurt is \ and experienced of your neighbors, Ac.
snuff-taking, tobacco-smoking old women, to have ns large ns his body. I can only give you general directions:—
told Eve that the world would be ruined if she Bloomerism.— It is yet destined to go ahead of \ First of all, let me say, it will be perfectly safe
got to wearing Bloomer dresses. "But," says all other isms. to wash the body all over; and if it be a long
one, " it isn't the fashion." Neither is it the fash Volunteer toasts were then given. while since it was washed, a repetition will not be
ion to live a holy Christian life. Christ was a Music was interspersed ; not by stringed instru- i amiss ! And here I would say that washing the body
martyr to fashion. If he had believed, and acted, ments, or brass horns, but it come from the soul, ' all over is not simply to cleanse the skin, but it
and dressed just as the Jews had, he would never and made the forests and hills resound with the ;: will often do more towards cleansing all the other
have been crucified. Had Socrates believed in praises of Bloomerism and Cold Water. The organs than anything else in the world, simply by
heathen gods, instead of one true God, he never j scene closed by singing Old Hundred; and I think the impetus given through the nervous system to
would have been compelled to drink the poison this the most spirited, animated celebration I ever each and every one of them.
ous draught. " But," says another, " it can't suc attended. Many thanks to the ladies of the This shock of the cold water, so shocking to
ceed." But whoever says this is not at all acquaint Wnter-Cure. many, is one of the main laws of hydropathy,
ed with the nature of the fair sex. Ah 1 woman, the reaction which it produces bringing to the
" They think lo quonch a spirit such as thine : surface what ought to have been there long
BOWEL COMPLAINTS. before, but which no power possessed by drugs
Vling fetter* o'er the main, or quench the sun divine.'1
01 K. A. KITTKEDGE, M. t". could ever by any possibility drive there.
Still the raging tempest ; bind with chains the bil Under this general head are classed all the dis Secondly. I lie not when I say, that iD my opi
lows of the mighty ocean ; roll back the thunder eases which have for a prominent symptom diar nion it is within the bounds of prudence to stop
ing waters of Niagara; ride a streak of lightning ; rhoea, or "looseness," which I need not tell any one eating when you have "bowel complaint" of any
fight a clap of thunder ; but never think of quench at nil conversant with pathology, is not simply er kind, especially when nature stops the appetite.
ing that holy, divine spirit of reform which reigns roneous, but productive of much mischief. The due adherence to these two simple rules
supreme in the breast of woman. It lives to-day, For instance, the ignorant "doser," supposing will stop two-thirds, at the very least, of all the
and it will live for ever. Command me to scale his frequent discharges to be caused by disease in bowel complaints, of whatever name or nature.
the battlements of heaven, and hurl the thunder the bowels, will be very likely to make a bad And no man is justified in using any more violent
bolts of Jupiter at the opposcrs of Bloomerism, matter worse by directing his remedies, as he face means till he has tried these.
but never to roll back the mighty influence which tiously calls them, to the cavities thereof, if the If these fail, as in bad cases they will, the sitz
women are exerting to free the world from dark disease, as it almost always is, is in some other bath, wet sheet, injections, half baths, Ac. <tc, ac
ness, ignorance, and superstition. part cording to the case.
Bloomerism is destined to ride triumphant over To illustrate: If a man has irritable liver, or If the cause be disturbance in the liver and di
all other isms, a proof of which I have before me certain kind of inflammation of the stomach, or pe gestive organs generally, sitz baths at 60 nnd 70,
here to-day. Ladies, go onward. Write on, talk culiar disease of the brain, nnd the bowels in con if the patient be feeble and cold, of from ten to
on, influence on, celebrate on, until every whale sequence become irritable, and get up a "drain," twenty-five minutes duration, repeated once in
bone nnd draggling dress shall be, like the guillo to save the system from the dangerous effects that four hours, will be all-important.
tine and gallows, placed among the relics of bar would otherwise ensue ; or, what is more com Wet sheet of thirty minutes, or sixty if not un
barism. mon still, if the pores of the skin l>ecome useless, S comfortable, one or more times each day, will be
The tables were then cleared of their contents ; from neglect of cleanliness, Ac., nnd the bowels '< found highly serviceable, especially where there
and you need but be acquainted with the hostesses take it upon themselves to make a vicarious ntone- I is a great deal of pain.
of the Watcr-Cure, to know that they were beau mcnt for the skin, any one will see the unreasona- ! If the head be primarily affected, long-continued
tifully spread, and richly adorned with flower*. bleness of whipping the bowels, for doing that foot-baths, in conjunction with sitz-baths, will be
After which twenty five regular toasts were read, without which the patient must inevitably have useful.
among which were the following:— died. > Injections of slightly tepid water will be very
The Old Bachelor.—Let him but witness one In other words, morbid discharges from the in- \ useful in all cases, especially in dysentery ; they
full-dressed Bloomer, and he would either commit testinesmean something, and it behooves every one j mu8t be r<Toat<>d according to the urgency of the
suicide, or at the hymenial nltar stand by Susan's to ponder the "writing upon the wall," and find j every hour sometimes,
sido. out its true significance, even at the risk of finding j But' above al1' *toP eatin3-
The Ladies of the Water-Cure.—May they die of themselves "wanting." \ 11 wiU he ia Tai"- '" moit to ir7 to do
old Age, and not old maids. Letcvervman, when thus afflicted, make strict j ony thing, while the patient is guzzling down gruel,
The Doctors of Springfield.—May they soon re inquiry into the cause or causes of the discharges, . Ac., ns the irritation is directly aggraved thereby,
ceive the truth, and their patients be saved from a and if successful in finding them, let him set him- j Drink nothing but cold water. Keep quiet avoid
pill doctor's grave ; their errors be washed away i self immediately about the removal thereof. If, \ company and excitement, and fear not ; and if you
by the force of the spray; if then there be any j on the contrary, he cannot satisfy himself of the have any kind of care and constitution, you can't
lack, we'll give them a pack. : cause, or succeeding in that, fails in removing it , help getting well.
The Old Maids.—If they will only dress in ;i let him by all means secure the services of some
Bloomer costume, I will be responsible for their !I judicious hydropathic physician, and not tamper
market long before leap-year. ) with the system as lie would with an old watch, A man of average size requires half a ton
Cracked Wlteat.—Like the thundering waters \\ guessing, "this will do it," and "that will fix it" weight of water a year ; and when he has reached
of Niagara, it always carries every obstacle before s The most common, though not perhaps the im- the meridian of life, he has consumed nearly three
it | mediate cause of too frequent discharges from the hundred times his own weight of this liquid.
Tht Ladies.—May they, by the aid of Bloomer- , bowels, is over eating. Prof. Dbapeh.
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The Sodoku of Nonsense.—Some persons, who
are inclined to the use of harsh epithets, have
called the drug-system "The Art of Killing." As
we havo nothing to do with the moral aspect of
the question, we prefer the more classical term,
"Science of Nonsense." It is nonsense, in one
sense; for there is no sense in it It is nonsense
systematized. It is a series of nonsensical vagaries
reduced to fixed principles of palpable absurdity.
The art of doctoring folks with all sorts of drugs,
and evefy kind of destructive, has been called
" the science of medicine," and allopathic medical
journals arc constantly teeming with new discov
eries and great improvements in " the healing
art," nine-tenths of which amount to nothing more
nor less than some additional contrivance for get
ting a greater supply of drug-poisons into the hu
man system.
Those who feel saddened about this unfortunate
state of the science of nonsense, and prefer to deal
in serious phraseology, may talk of professional
manslaughter, or justifiable homicide, or deplora
ble accidents, or dreadful calamities ; it is certain
that it is a very ruinous kind of nonsense, and that
it grows more and more nonsensical as it improves.
Not content with getting drugs into everything
that goes by the name of medicine, or remedy, our
allopathic contemporaries are gravely debating the
propriety of introducing drugs into our very vict
uals! Reader, wc are serious. It is proposed,
yea, highly recommended, on the highest allo
pathic authority, to drug the very bread we eat ;
to convert the "staff of life" into a source of
"death by poison." We copy from Braithwaite's
Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery,
l'nrt xxiii. July 1851, the following evidence of
progression :
Administration of Iron in Food.
" M. Martens has lately read an essay before the
Belgian Academy of Medicine, on Ferruginous
Medicines. Among his conclusions, as published
in the 'Gazette Medicalc de Paris,' for 30th No
vember, we find the following:
" Wheaten bread may be rendered much more
nutritious, for chlorotic patients, by adding a
small quantitv of sulphate of iron. In this way
alone, it can be capable of forming a substitute for
meat.
"In the discussion, it was suggested that the
same method of medication would be beneficial to
patients recovering from acute diseases, especially
when the system was not able to bear an animal
diet This idea is good, and would be of easy ap
plication."
Mineral bread 1 Sulphate of iron nutritious I If
allopathy can find n lower depth of absurdity, it
has a property of descending the nonsensical scale
utterly incomprehensible to us. We have nothing
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to say against tho idea of ferruginous bread beiug
" easy of application." It is easy enough to kill a
body—generally easier than to cure one. But it
is enough that a score or two are sent to their final
account, from different parts of the United States,
every week, by mistakes in putting up tho drug-
articles at the apothecary shops, without introduc
ing the death-dealing compounds into our bakeries
and kitchens.
As the popular system is now practiced, a per
son cannot have the most trifling disturbance in
the way of ill health—provided he avails himself
of the services of a professor of drug-ology—with
out getting fifteen or twenty poisons into nil
blood and bones, as any one can easily prove by
ciphering.
Say an individual has an attack of typhus fever.
The stomach is usually evacuated with an emetic
of tartarized antimony and ipecac—two drug-
poisons to begin with. Then the bowels must be
moved, and down goes a dose of pills composed of
gamboge, aloes, colocynth, calomel, and soap—five
drugs more. Five and two are seven. Next comes
a fever powder, to be taken once in three hours,
of opium, sulphate of potash, and cream of tartar—
three more. Three and seven are ten. The pa
tient is faint, restless, and in pain; hence a cordial
and anodyne draught is administered, of spirits of
nitre, compound spirits of lavender, and extract of
hyoscyamns—all together containing eight more
drugs. Eight and ten ore eighteen. A sleeping
potion to narcotize the patient into a doze, is
given at bedtime—morphine witli a little quinine
to sustain the circulation. Two aud eighteen are
twenty.
Here we have, as the result of one day's drug
ging, a score of distinct poisons wending their way
through the channels of life. If the fever con
tinues, as it pretty surely will, for several weeks,
the medical man, if he is any sort of a doctor, and
has anything like an enlarged view of the re
sources of his art, will vary the prescription once
or twice a day, by which means, from three to six
additional drugs will gain a passport to tho sto
mach. If the fever runs six weeks, which is about
the average time with those who are so lucky as
to survive the medication, the patient will have
swallowed, on the lowest calculation, something
like 4 2 X 3=1 26+20—1 46 ; one hundred andforty
six drugs. If he gets well, the result is a demon
stration that medicine is powerful, or that humani
ty is tough.
Tyrnus Fever ano RELArsiNn Fever.—A writer
in the London Medical Times (Professor Jenner) has
added a new kind of fever to the already lengthy
catalogue, whicli he calls " relapsing." It has all the
characteristic symptoms of typhus or typhoid fe
ver, from which it is only distinguished by a
relapse, after the patient has been for a few days
convalescent. There is a way to account for this
relapsing fever, although Dr. Jenner seems to re
gard it as an absolute incomprehensibility. We
are told that, after the patient has gone through
the usual course of a fever of the ordinary typhoid
type, and has been convalescent for about ono
week, oil at once, without any error in diet, expo
sure, or other apparent cause, the patient suffers a
relapse ; or in other words, the fever returns, runs
another course of from five to ten days, and then
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(if the patient recovers) terminates by a profuse
perspiration.
Now here is an interesting problem in patholo
gy. What can it mean ! It is to be borne in
mind that all these relapsing fevers are treated
drug-opathically. The true theory is thia In the
course of an ordinary fever, the system is pretty
thoroughly saturated with drug-medicines. The
inherent remedial powers of the organism cannot
do the double duty of overcoming the causes and
removing the condition of the disease, and of ex
pelling the doctor's drugs at the same time. Na
ture and necessity are about the same thing. The
remedial efforts of nature are always directed to
the most immediate danger. When they have
overcome the proximate causes of the fever, and
established convalescence in relation to that source
of danger, they are too exhausted for any fur
ther general or vigorous effort. After resting
awhile, and recovering sufficient energy, a general
rally of those vital powers takes place, to get rid
of the offending drugs. This commotion is Dr.
Jeuner's relapsing fever.
Everybody knows that relapses are extremely
common in all fevers, treated after the usual drug-
fashion. But they seldom or never occur with
patients treated hydropathically. Wc have never
yet known of a relapse, when the patient was
treated from first to last without drugs; nor have
we, in fact, known of a single instance of death
from fever, under water-treatment. During the
late very dry weather of August and September,
typhus fevers were rather prevalent in many
places in the vicinity of Lebanon Springs. All of
the patients who preferred hydropathic manage
ment, were treated accordingly ; and several eases
were put under water-treatment, after having been
drugged for several days, during all of which time
they rapidly grew worse. All of these patients re
covered ; and not one of them had " the relapsing
fever," whilst of those treated allopathically, seve
ral died; and among those who recovered under
drug treatment several experienced relapses.
These facts are submitted to the public in general,
and the medical profession in particular, for tho
benefit of whom it may concern.
Mr. Ball's Instrument for Weak Eyes.—
Among the useful things of the day, is a newly
invented instrument for weakness and imperfec
tion of vision. The inventor is Mr. J. Ball, of
this city ; and the instrument consists of a circu
lar cup attached to an India rubber ball. The
cup is placed over the central portion of the globe
of the eye, the eyelids being closed, and the air
of the ball is pressed out so as to form a vacuum ;
the ball is then allowed to expand, thus producing
a strong compression on the globe, by which tho
capillary vessels are speedily filled with blood.
It operates precisely on the principle of the ordi
nary cupping glass. It is well adapted to that con
dition of the eye—too great flatness of the globe
—which is a frequent cause of imperfect vision ;
and to chronic weakness of the eyes from deficient
circulation. Dr. C. B. Brainerd, Exclusive Agent,
office 267 Broadway.
Two Sides to a Picture.—Professor Fiekardt,
of ono of the numerous Philadelphia Colleges, in
a late valedictory to the class, discoursed upon the
delights of a medical life in the following strain :
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" 0, what a labor ! 0, what a glorious privilege In the teeth of children, carbonate of lime forms effect can they produce but death f "Truth is a
and power 1 How sublime to heal the sick, the the principal basis, while in those of the adult pearl of great price," and those who are so happy
lame, the blind, the deaf; to still the aching brain ; Phosphate of lime makes up the chief part of as to hear, believe, and embrace it, are, indeed,
to soothe the throbbing heart I" Whereupon, the their composition; in other words, the one is "twice blessed." Reader, art thou still incredu
Boston Medical Journal replies: "True enough, easily destroyed by decay or alveolar absorption, lous! Knowest thou not that the great earth is
but there is another side to the picture. There is and arc deciduous; the other is intended to resist full of testimonies to substantiate the truths which
a great difference between practicing medicine in disease, and to perform a healthful, permanent, we declare unto you t See that aged person who
the place where quacks are in the ascendant, and and enduring service, without which every other now advances toward us, with a firm step, an erect
one where science alone is the passport to dis organ of the body is crippled in its action. Let form, and youthful spring. You will hardly be
tinction and patronage. If we were to criticise us see. We will suppose a ease in which the teeth lieve that "threescore and ten" winters have
the address closely, it is possible we might say are in a healthy state, and capable of performing passed over his head, and left him the possession
that the author thinks better of the profession their functions perfectly. Food is taken into the of a " green old age." But here comes another.
than the world at large." Very likely he does. mouth—it is properly masticated, and thus enters This is a person scarcely arrived to the meridian
It is pretty certain that the world at large is all the stomach, where it becomes a pullaceous moss, of life. Behold that decrepit body—how emaci
the while thinking more worser of the drug part and is easily acted upon by the apparatus of di ated 1 How,bowed down with the infirmities of
of the profession; particularly "down in Boston," gestion. Nutriment is sent forth through the human nature I See that expression of pain and
where our unapprcciatedfriend holds forth in such proper channels, and the whole system feels its suffering depicted so visibly in the face aud fur
doleful strains. But why drug-doctorn should be goodly influence. The eyes brighten, the cheeks rowed brow I Poor man ! life is to him a burthen !
so much more highly appreciated in Philadelphia glow with healthiness, and the pulse of the physi Few to him are its blessings, many its afflictions 1
than in Boston, we can hardly understand, unless cal and intellectual being beats in happy unison A young and delicate female now approaches us.
it be owing to the fact, that in and around the with the intricate workings of a machine " won She is beautiful—all have said so—she is a " belle"
latter place, water-cure establishments abound. derfully and fearfully made." We will now alter withal. Look more closely. Her step is unsteady,
Moreover, we resollect that a certain " Noggs" the picture, or rather look upon the other side of her cheeks are beautifully colored, but the finger
has raised considerable mischief among the galli it Ilere we see food entering a mouth, whose of the destroyer has moved upon them. Her skin,
pots of allopathy "down east;" and this allusion toothless gums possess no ability to fashion it to that how fair, how clear, how transparent! Ay, look
reminds us that the same " Doctor Noggs" is writ form and consistence which it should have previous and behold through'it all the canker-worm of in
ing a book—so says report. No man can give to being entrusted to the action of an organ so sidious disease, gnawing aud battening upon a
the drug system what it is afraid of—justice—if vital and important as the stomach. It reaches beautiful flower, doomed to an early and hopeless
he can't. Let us have the book. the store-house destined for its reception, but, like decay. These are scenes taken from real life ;
Saratoga Water.—The Boston Medical Jour the guest at the wedding-feast, it conies in the fancy has naught to do with their coloring. They
nal, which considers all impure water as medicinal, wrong dress, and must needs be cast out the way may be seen daily in our streets ; and to the close-
and pure water as fit only for well folks, commences whence it came, unless the forces opposing be un observer, they wear no extraordinary feature.
a paragraph in relation to a newly-discovered equal to the task, (which is not unfrequently the What, then, is the cause of this great constitution
vein of Saratoga water, as follows: "Facilities case,) when it becomes not only an intruder upon, al difference (for it is constitutional) between
are spoken of for delivering the water of a new but likewise a tyrant orfr, the economy which it youth and old age? Should we assert that old
spring recently found at Saratoga, the evening assails, and causes (not gnashing of teeth, for thev age is always such as we have here represented it,
of the day it is bottled. If any one has a special are not,) but the weeping and wailing of a dis the view offered would, indeed, be an erroueous
interest in the business, it is the physician." Our ordered system, whose very vitals arc torn by the one ; for the instance given is only an exception
friend forgot hit friend the undertaker. He has vulturous talons of dyspepsia. To express a great to this general rule—old age is weak, youth is
almost as special an interest as the physician. The truth in few words, we have but to assert that robust. Is there not nearly as much truth now-a-
more drugged-water folks can be induced to drink, food imperfectly masticated is wholly unfitted to days in this rule, if we reverse its reading, Youth
the more will they be troubled with gravel, kid receive a healthy digestive action. We think no is weak and sickly, old age is vigorous and healthy?
ney complaints, rheumatism, und weak joints, ond person possessing ordinary information will at There is ; and that there is, wc deem to be a fact
the more business the physician will have in the tempt to dispute with us on this point. If, then, startling enough to "stir up" men's minds to in
way of doctoring them ; but the undertaker will the digestive action be unhealthy, what must be quiry at least, why anil wherefore is it so ? Who
come in for a special job, after the doctor has done the result? Kind reader, a question of great mo are the men that have reached to, and passed be
with them. ment has just been put to you ; do not pass it yond the limits prescribed to human life ? Are
lightly by, as though it scarcely deserved even a they the weak and puny generations of our own
few moments of your earnest consideration. I re times i Have they been reared in the lap of lux
THE TEETH. peat it: What must be the result of imperfect di ury, or been pampered with our vices and fashion
nY DR. J. W. CLOWES. gestion ? Food is, to the animal body, what fuel able follies? No. They are the hardy growth of
[The Publishers take pleasure in introducing is to the steam engine. Both arc of no account gone generations ; they of tho iron frame and
this new Contributor to their readers. The sub unaccompanied by the agents which make them limb athletic. They are men, too, who can chew,
ject on which he will write is highly important, useful. Steam could hardly be generated by masticate, or grind the food which sustains than ;
as all who read will admit. In future articles, the simply placing wood under a boiler, nor life be they can be none others. There certainly cannot
Physiology and Anatomy of the Teeth will be continued by a mere deposit of food in the be three questions of greater importance put to
given, with instructions as to their care and pre stomach. Something else is required. The wood an invalid than—Have you an unhealthy mouth t
servation. The writer thus introduces his sub must lie ignited, and the food must be masticated. How many ulcerous fangs, or dead roots, does it
ject:— Without their mutual co-operation, the effect de contain t Are you subject to nervous debility or
There is no organ, or set of organs, belonging sired, in either case, cannot be produced. But to stomachic derangement? One of these must hit
to the animal body, more essential to its health advance a step farther. Steam would be power the case, and this closing admonition bids you re
and perfection than those of mastication. This is less if not confined in a space appropriate for its member, that upon the health of tlie teeth depends
our simple declaration, gentle reader; and if we condensation, which alone enables it, as with the the health of the stomach,from which great reservoir
fail to adduce proofs positive to substantiate it, magic impulses of a mysterious power, to propel go forth the supplies which support and continue
believe us not. The Dental Arches in the human tho huge ship or rolling car. Nutrition is likewise life. Upon the condition of the stomach rest the
species contain in the child, all told, twenty teeth, useless if the channels formed for its reception are health or disease of the general system. If the
in the adult thirty-two teeth. The former differ clogged by incapacity. If the animal heat lessens, teeth fail to perform their functions, rest assured
from the latter in mauy respects, agreeably to the and the vital flames burns low, and physical agen that all the other organs of the body will want the
particular ends which each is intended to answer. cies cease, what remit can there be to these ? what ability to perform theirs. The result will be de
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rangement and lack of vital force. Behold the
watch. If its machinery be imperfect, it will time
the moments incorrectly. If the main-spring be
broken, it will cease t» time them altogether.
WOMAN'S DRESS-
BT UNDINE.
" High on a throne of royal state" sits Fashion,
a queen, if not by Divine right, at least by human
acclamation. She sways the sceptre of no limited
monarchy ; her rule is absolute, and upon her do
minions " the sun never seta."
Arbitrary, tyrannical and capricious though she
be, as all dispensers of absolute power inevitably
arc, there has never lived a despot to whose man
dates his subjects have rendered such prompt,
cheerful, eager obedience, as do the slaves of Fash
ion to the lightest of her commands. So devoted
are they, so regardless of personal ease, comfort,
and convenience, in doing her behests, that one
might imagine self in them to be crucified, did not
close scrutiny prove a refined selfishness to be the
motive, power of their loyalty.
I have said all nations are subject to her. "The
tall, the wise, the reverend heads," bow as low in
obedience to her caprices, as do the humble, the
foolish, and the vain ; priest, politician, and philo
sopher, bask in her smiles, and tremble at her
frown.
Unlike most queens, her laws control every de
partment of life, and have to do with every act of
her subjects. Dress, equipage, manners, social in
tercourse, even our forms of worship, all arc sub-
joct to her imperious sway.
But it is in dress, and especially in woman's
dress, that her iron rule i9 most apparent. It is of
very little consequence whether a person carries
food to his mouth upon a knife or a fork ; whether
a lady or a gentleman shall be first to recognize'an
acquaintance of the other sex. These trifles legiti
mately belong to her province, and may safely be
abandoned to her control. But when she lays her
hand upon the last, the most perfect work of God,
and attempts to remodel and improve the match
less form of woman, it is time that those of the sex
in whom the Divine image is not wholly effaced,
should rise in the strength of a holy purpose, and
throw off her yoke. But such is her infatuation,
that while thousands of women yearly go down
to premature graves, victims of their obedience to
her caprice*, and thousands more reap the bitter
fruit of their folly in the misery of their offspring,
upon whom they have entailed physical suffering
as a birthright, few women can be found with mo
ral courage sufficient to free themselves from this
terrible thraldom.
ITow impiously does the present mode of wo
man's dress call in question the wisdom, and good
ness, and taste of the Creator. Did he leave the
most beautiful work of his hands so imperfect in
the development of our part of its structure, that
we must call upon monsters from the "briny
deep" to supply the deficiency? Is the free, natu
ral heaving of the chest, in uninterrupted respi
ration, so devoid of grace and beauty, that we can
hope to impart, either by casing it in a long, stiff,
' .fight boddice, which makes each inspiration of
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God's free air an act of torture, and poisons the
life-spring at its fountain ? Do long, heavy skirts,
which drag upon the abdominal viscera until life
itself becomes a weariness, add ease and freedom
to woman's
" grace of motion,
Her smooth and swimming majesty of step and tread ?"
Truly these efforts of Fashion to add perfection to
what came perfect from the hand of the great Ar
chitect, like an attempt
" To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
• • • • • Turqne, it would not be long ere the delicate scru
Are wasteful and ridiculous excess."
When the earnest thinker, disheartened by the
contemplation of the misery the long prevalence
of absurd and pernicious fashions has fastened upon
the present and future generations, asks despond-
ingly, Who will stem the swelling tide, and res
cue woman from the physical ills which oppress
her } a faint response is heard from a few noble
souls, who refuse longer to "bow the knee to
the image of Baal ;" who are willing, in the face
of ridicule and contempt, to cast off their fetters,
and be freo. All honor to the heroic band I "May
tho little one become a thousand, and the small
one a great nation."
It is not a little thing which woman has to do,
if she carries out the present proposed reform in
dress. Itrcquires courage, firmness, independence
of character. Indeed, it is no easy thing for wo
man to swerve in any direction from the narrow
path which custom has marked out for her. She
cannot do it without bringing upon herself pub
licity from which her modesty shrinks, and harsh
comments from which her delicacy recoils. And
what is most of all to be lamented, the severest
censure, the keenest ridicule, tho most unwearied
opposition she is compelled to meet with will be
from her own sex. The truth of this assertion is
confirmed by the opposition which the present
proposed reform in dress calls forth. The Press
generally boldly favors the change. Gentlemen
express their admiration of it in terms of nearly
unqualified approbation. Idle boys and silly wo
men raise shouts of derision, or charge the wearer
with indelicacy, desire for notoriety, and love of
change. The charge of indelicacy comes with a
bad grace from woman's lips. Is there no lack of
delicacy in the fashion which has so long prevailed
of dressing, or rather of not dressing, the neck and
arms I Does a woman sin less against propriety
when she bnres her arms and bosom to the gaze,
than when she shows a neatly dressed foot and an
kle! " Let her whois without sin cast the first stone,"
and it will unquestionably lie found, that those
women who from principle have joined the ranks
in this reform, are women whose delicacy and re
finement of character are above suspicion. The
New Costume eommenJs itself to the approval of
all who have the sense to appreciate the physical
disabilities under which woman labors, and the
benevolence to wish her emancipated from them.
It allows free play to all her vital organs, and un- ;
fettered motion to her limbs. By discarding the
multitude of skirts, which have been thought ne- j
eessary to give fullness and roundness of outline
below the waist, it becomes much lighter and ;
more convenient than the long flowing drapery of ;
the old style. It relieves the wearer from the ne.
cecity of carrying a load of "mother earth" upon
the bottom of her garments, and leaves her at lib
erty to exercise in the open air in all kinds of wea
ther. Shall woman be . kept by the tyranny of
fashion from adopting a style of dress which is at
once more economical, more comfortable, more
healthful, and more beautiful thau she has hith
erto worn f And what else will prevent its adop
tion ? Should the lady of President Fillmore pre
side in the drawing-room of the White House, or
walk the streets of onr Capitol, attired d la
ples of over sensitive ladies against it would van
ish, and it would be generally worn.
No reform has ever yet been carried out with
out difficulty. The pioneers in this, as in every
other, must meet with opposition ; they must bear
ridicule, and be unmoved by contempt ; but in the
"good time coming," perfectly developed women
will " rise up and call them blessed."
Health is the condition of beauty and happi
ness. Every organized being is beautiful iu its
perfect development, and health is the sole condi
tion of such development We have, from similar
causes, dwarfed, stunted, and miserable trees, ani
mals, men, and women. All animals are happy
iu the free exercise of their faculties, and there
can be no such exercise without health. In health,
every period of life, and every phase of existence,
is full of happiness.
The Htdroi'athic Encyclopedia.—The first vol-
ome, comprising the first four numbers of this great
work, has been published, and the concluding numbers
are under way, with a fair prospect of an early com
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The Outlines of Anatomy; with 88 engravings,
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Part II. contains—
The Puvsioi.oot op the Human Body ; with 90
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Part III. contains—
The Hygienic Agencies, and the Preservation
of Health ; with 31 engravings, and 120 pages.
Part IV. contains—
Dietetic and Hydropathic Cookery; with 10
engravings, and 100 pages. [No. V. will contain 140
pages.]
When completed, this work will be ndoptcd and
used as a family guide by water-cure people.
Professional men will also consult its pages, wherein
may bo found an epitome of every system of medicino,
and a complete elucidation of Hydropathy, Dietetics,
Physiology, Anatomy, and the laws which govern life
and health. Fowlers & Wells, Publishers.
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ffiimUatttj.
GOSSIP FROM BOSTON,
BR. NOGGS TO DR. QUOGGS.
Dear Gossip—Your friendly epistle found me in tbo
city of notions, whero Allopathy still struggles to main
tain its ascendancy, though everyday ihey pay tribute
to Hydropathy, by adopting some of its bath?, and
recommending their patients to try the water-cure ;
but they arc very careful to make them understand
that it is only in certain eases that water is admissi
ble ! and those generally such as have had to run the
gauntlet of all sorts of medication, scarification, cau
terization, and other kinds of horrifieation, or where
the money gives out !
Speaking of M conventions," you will always find,
where folks are confidont that their position is untena
ble, they will make a great deal of noise, pass a great
many resolutions setting forth their wondrous merits,
fcc., &c, just as tho nostrum. venders do ; they go on
the principle that you must " think well of yourself,
or no one will of you."
One M. D., the other day, when advised to throw
away his physic and practice the water-cure, as most
of his townsmen were getting in favor of that mode of
practice, replied that he " would not be so mean as to
forsake the noble fraternity to which he belonged !"
Some of his acquaintance seem to think that his
connection with tho " noble fraternity" would be
" more honored in the breach than in the observance."
A great many, 1 opine, are similarly situated. It is
the fear of being reprimanded by their compeers ; they
have not tho courage to come boldly out and brave the
gibes and sneers of an interested faculty, just for tho
sake of truth !
The greatest reason, though, I am convinced, is,
that they are afraid that " the practice will all run
out," old women being adequate, in most cases, if
they give in that drug medicines arc no longer neces
sary ; in fact " one of *em" owned as much to me
once !
Only think of it—hundreds of men thrown out of
employment ! patients getting well with only one
visit ! and, horror of horrors ! a woman curing up a
patient without any advico of a physician ! !
For my own part, I think one of the best things in
the steadily progressive reform is, that many a lazy
loafer, besides the one mentioned above, will find his
proper level, and be obliged to do something useful
for a living.
The "Bloomer Costume" meets with but little
favor in this region, wc having no Mary Jones to cut
off the skirts of our fair damsels ; " so wo have to let
tho" long clothes be. Some few, however, " decent
people," have dared to don the daring costume, though
at the risk of being hooted at.
Why they should hoot because a lady prefers to
leave the lower foot of her fourteen garments, more or
less, at home, instead of being obliged to hold them
up, at the risk of losing all her bundles, and exposing
articles of wear not made so much for show as use, I
can't conceive.
Those who cry out against short dresses say nothing
against the existing fashion of holding up (he long
ones at least a foot, mud or no mud ; and that, too,
when tho " kivering " for the lower extremities is un
prepared to meet the gaze of vulgar eyes.
I say fashion of holding up the skirts, for it is a
fashion ; and no lady, with any pretensions at all,
thinks of crossing a straw, without at least lifting her
robes eight or nine inches.
Now, I can't see wherein it is more improper to
shorten the dress before you leave home, than it is
afterwards.
On tho contrary, it would seem that the "fore
shortening" was the most proper, as that presupposes
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well-guarded extremities, from the snugly-fitting pan-
lalets.
In short, the "decency" is all on the side of the
" Bloomers."
As to the becomingness, that's another question.
Fur my part, I think there is a medium, or should
bo, in all things ; there being as much odds in folks
as in anybody—some would look well, however short
their dresses might be, nod some would not.
A fat old lady, for instance, with petite petticoats
nearly up to her k , you know, would look ridieu-
lous ; whereas a pretty, genteel-formed young maiden
would look pretty, or even bewitching.
I go in, then, for compromise in this case. Let the
altitude correspond with the ago. size, &e., of the
wearer, and then all will he well, for all will look well.
This I think will be the result.
People now cry out against this, as against the
hydropathic reform ; not because it ain't good, but be-
cause it hasn't the sanction of the dark age? !
The greatest rrgutneut in favor of a reduction in
skirls is the heahhlulness thereof— wet ankles and bur
dens on the vUcera being avoided.
I say. then, go ahead, Bloomers; not for the sake
of" making a figure " conspicuous, but for the sake
of being healthy and comfortable.
Don't let your zeal for reform run away with your
common sen.-© or your modesty.
They say " extremes meet it seems so in some
Bloomer cases— the extreme of the short cut and the
human form divine ! both struggling for pre-eminence.
I go in for the " largesl liberty ; but Burns, who
knew more in a minute than most folks know in a
week, said, ''There's sotno things to yourscl's' ye
keep"—a little snug feminine ankle is no bad addition
to this world's sights : but a great human c*ilf is any
thing but beautiful : it is an addition, 'tis true, but no
improvement.
lie wise, then, ladies, and not overdo ; a handsome
ankle, like roast beef, is better under-done than over
done.
GOSSIP FROM OHIO.
BY A rLOWBOY.
Dear Publishers—1 have received two numbers of
tho Water-Cure Journal, which of themselves are
richly worth the price of subscription. I don't see
why any one should hesitate a moment about sub
scribing, when they can get two hundred and eighty-
eight pages of such valuable matter "all for one dol
lar." It is to me like a feast to the epicure—tuper*
excellent. I have been lending them to my friends,
that they might know how good " Hydropathy" is,
and perhaps be induced to subscribe ; and 'tis amusing
sometimes to hear them excuse themselves. One
young man could not "spare the money," and the
next day he was hailed by one of those pests of com-
munity, a noue/-pedlar, when he could count out twice
tho amount for his trashy wares. Another believed
that he was " too stingy to pay for it," as ho could
" get the reading of mine for nothing." And so they
go, some with one excuse and some with another ; but
I think some of them will " come up" and subscribe
oro long, a3 they have to hear a tune from " my jews -
harp," every time wc meet, until they do.
Lots of the people here are getting " kinder sick "
of the Allopaths; and I think if we can get tho Jour-
do! pretty extensively circulated in those parts, so as
to " get them accustomed to the sound " of v-aler. that
we can soon " set Dock to farming for his bread and
butter ;*• in fact, one of 'em has already purchased and
moved on to a farm, in order, I suppose, to " got his
hand in," beforo ho is obliged to hang up his pill-bags.
A week or two since, neighbor 's lady was
very pitoously mourning over some mishap, and on
inquiring what was the matter, I was informod that
" Dick had come up out of the harvest-field all in a
sweat, and washed hit head with cold water." But
Diek stood it " liko a duck," and is yet as alive
as ever." Tho other evening I was riding with
a young man, who soon produced a ponderous " plug
of tubackcr," with which ho filled his mouth, and
j pocketed the remainder. 1 asked, what induced him
to chew such a filthy weed. .Says he, " O-h-it-puta
the taste in my mmtth about right'' (!) 1 tried to
show him its folly and unclcanliness, and the injury it
would do him ; I told him of the money he might
s ivc—how muuh more respectably he would appear—
. how much more the ladies would think of him—how
■ much better he would feel, and how much longer he
would Live, by ridding himself of the habit. Says he,
\ " Where'll you find an older man thau Uncle K 1
i and ho always chewed tobacco Why, we won't any
\ of us die till our time comes, any how ; the Almighty
has fixed a certain time for each one to live, and any
\ thing we can do won't make any difference one way
] nor t'other ; when that time comes, we must die, and
\ we can't die before." In vain I tried to reason the
case with him, and persuade him that the Creator had
' fixed natural laws which applied to all ; that to obey,
i would insure health, happiness, and long life; to in
\ fringe, would briDg with it wretchedness, disease, and
premature death! but he clung to his darling princi
ple and tobacco with a tenacity worthy a better cause.
I think, however, I can coax him to take the Journals
i —one or both—and thus, at length, bring a " change
; o'er the spirit of his dreams." There ore thousands
like him, who will have to be infused with the right
J spirit, "slowly, by degrees," for they think every
thing that is was so ordered from the " foundation of
all things ;" and the first step towards bringing them
j "into the traces" of reform will bo to noiselessly
deluge their mental storehouse with a flood of truth,
and those old decayed notions will swim offal the top ;
so " push along, keep moving ;" there is yet a mighty
work to do.
[We hope to hear from the " plowhoy*' again. His
is, doubtless, the experience of many others. But wo
J shall change nil that, in tho " good time coming "
Drippings from a Wet Sheet.—Since the Water-
Cure Journal has obtained such an extensive circu
lation among all classess of society, I am constrained
to say a few words upona subject too little heeded and
less understood, hoping tho hints which I may throw
out will lead some more ahlo and successful cham
pion to take up the subject and do it justice. I refer
to a knowledge of the Physiology of the Human Sys
tem, or
TRUE AND FALSE MODESTY.
I need not inform the reader that this subject is
looked upon with suspicion; that there are many in
every community who doubt the propriety of teaching
this science to the young, for fear of contaminating
■ their innocent minds with vice and vulgarity. I know
J there are some so modest that, to mention a male ani
■ mal in their presence seems, by their actions, to shock
J their refined sensibilities. Now, the inference holds
good that, since they are the first to notice and inform
J us of the supposed indiscretion, it is a mere jtrt.fession
with them, and they are the first to misconstrue your
; meaning.
What mother is willing to admit that she is tho
J worse for anything she has learned by reading upon
; the subject ; or what parent sees more vice, vulgarity
! and profanity in their children; or what Miss in her
; teens is willing to admit that she is the worse for grow
\ ing up to womanhood, possessing a correct knowledge
of the science of life, obtained from a careful reading
{ of the Water-Cure Journal X Candidly, who is made
the worse 1 Let the mother, when she roads this, stop
; one moment and reflect upon tho subject ; think how,
j when, and where she first learned tho truths of human
f physiology ; think of her children, and ask herself the
question, Shall they learn as 1 did 1 Shall I withhold
j the knowledge which 1 possess, which they dosiro to,
and will somo time know 1 If knowledge produces
happiness, what can be the harm in teaching them in
tho ways of truth 1 Indeed, is it right to withhold it
I from them 1 I think not.
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Again, who can tell how much responsibility rests ■' Hi ii 'miii'!JJriw*MJtf ff' tvn ,'Uiui mi . iwm DHg cot yet become acquainted with its advantages."
upon the parents for the (not little) deceptions that | DEATH OF SYLVESTER GRAHAM. All our eastern editors, of any account, not only ap
are commonly practiced upon children, in regard to Wo are pained to hear of the death of Svlvester prove, but recommend its immediate adoption. So
the laws of their being 1 What confidence will the ■ Graham, which occurred at his residence, at North- far as we know, there is not a man (we mean a man)
child have in its parents, when it grows up to man > ampton, on the morning of the 11th September. Vet connected with the press in New England, but what
hood, and learns (for Irarn it will) that they have been \ why should wo mourn 1 He has done the work assign- speaks in its favor.
deceived, not to say that the parents lied to them 1 | ed him in the order of Providenco, and has gone to his The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal has
Children are very inquisitive— more so than the i account! He was not exempt, while in the flesh, from finally taken up tho subject of 11 Woman's Dress," and
aged. Now, if they ask questions which, to the mind \ the foibles of our common nature ; yet he had many very justly attributes her most painful and prostrating
of a truly educated mother, she thinks they are too s virtues. As a teacher nnd writer, he was remarkably diseases to the prevailing fashions. This view of tho
young to understand, let her candidly and judiciously i earnest nnd enthusiastic ; yet clear, comprehensive, subject has been repeatedly given in the Water-
tell them, " My child, you ore too young to under ^ and cautious. He has acquired a world-wide celeb- I Cure Journal, which in itself is a sufficient argu
stand the nature of the question you ask ; wait until | rity as the author of "Lectures on the Science of ment in favor of the proposed change in the fashions.
you get older, and Ma will explftn it all to you in \ Human Life," a work whose labor no doubt tended Wo shall, at another time, transfer to our pages tho
good time." Such an answer, to say the least of it, ; materially to shorten his days on earth. For several remarks on this subject from the above-named Journal.
gives the child confidence in its parent. And let not j years, until the time of his last illness, he was nrdu- The world will get pretty thoroughly awakened in
the parent forget that promise ; for I hold that, aside ] ously engaged in preparing a work entitled "The regard to the fashions, before we get through with this
from the obligation, it is far better to rightfully and ; Philosophy of History," the labor of which no doubt ; matter.
carefully instruct them, than it is for them to learn it, ] tended to hurry a constitution, already overworked Wo have other engraved views to present to our
with all that is vulgar, in the streets, at school, or by i and exhausted, on to premature dissolution. We readers, representing the American Costume, which
sad experience—and that, too, long before the parents | shall, in due time, present a biographical notice of Dr. [ will appear in future numbers. In the meantime, our
are aware of it. ) Graham, with an account of his'peculiar habits of life, women will put on just such dresses as they, in their
Again, it is considered praiseworthy for children to \ and the incidents attending hisjast sickness, medical good judgment, with their superior taste, may please ;
studiously read the Bible. This is the first book that \ treatment, &c. nor will they consult the whims of those whose morals
is purchased as a birth-day present—a holiduy gift ; are as questionable as thoir pretentions to godliness.
yet I defy any person to find as coarse and immoral The new American Costume in California.—
languago in this Journal as is to be found in the Book AMERICAN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY. The San Francisco Courier has the following :—44 We
of Genesis. I do not speak of this with a desire to The third annual meeting was held at Philadelphia understand that the ladies of several of our most
treat the Bible with disrespect, but to show the incon on the 10th of September. It was largely attended by
sistency of the Christian parent, in presenting the one, tho vegetarians of Philadelphia and vicinity, and by prominent citizens intend adopting this new and
beautiful style of dress, not merely on account of its
and withholding the other. others from New York, Massachusetts, &c. In the beauty, but its great convenience in this windy, blus-
evening, a public meeting was held at the great hall try, dusty city. We hope that it will be generally
of the Chinese Museum. adopted, not only in this city, but throughout the
Physic and Flies.—Sbakspearc has said, " throw j But the great affair of the anniversary was, the state. Mrs. Farnham—a lady well known in the
physio to the dogs," and the world is beginning to \ Vegetarian Festival, on Thursday. One hundred and literary circles in the old States, as an elegant writer,
regard the Bard of Avon as good authority in the thirty ladies and gentlemen sat down to a luxurious \ and in California as the widow ofa man justly respected
matter ; yot certain cod-liver quacks still persist in j repast, which cost no animal its life. It was a feast j and universally beloved— adopted this dress some time
recommending their nostrums as being "good for man j of bounties, and the sentiments and speeches which j since, and * astonished the natives' in Santa Cruz.
and beast." It is a little strange that beasts will not followedjthe repast made it truly a M feast of reason i Last evening we saw two youngladies, Misses Helen and
take Allopathic prescriptions, except by force ; while J and a flow of soul." Brief addresses were made by th« j Stetson—or rather we tried to see them, but hardly
the horse, dog, and swine, and, so far as we know, all President of the Society, Dr. Alcott; Dr. Nichols, could for the crowd—and were more convinced than ever
animals, make free use of water, of their own accord, \ First Vice President ; Rev. Mr. Metcalfe, Correspond of the beauty and comfort of the dress. The skirt and
to euro wounds, bruises, and fevers, without being ing Secretary : lJr. William Elder, Mrs. Gove Nichols, trousclettes were of blue satin, the sleeves long and
cast and having their tongues pulled out of their < Mr. Lewis Hough, and many others. trimmed with lace, and the whole got up in an elegant
mouths and the prescription poured down their j It was a fine treat, physically and intellectually. and tasty fashion. We did not hear a single voice
throats. The next annual meeting and festival will be in Now which did not praise the " Bloomers " in tho most en
We prefer to study, and follow as a guide to truth, York, of which due notice will be given. thusiastic manner. We would advise our lady read
the instincts of animals, in respect to what 11 is good" C ers who desire to examine tho dress, to call on Miss
for them, rather than all the abstract dogmatism of the Cole, in Clay street, and judge for themselves. There
medical schools. Pope, speaking of reason and in- 5 FAMILIAR TALK WITH OUR FRIENDS. is nothing in it exceptionable in any manner—nothing,
stinct, says, " This must go right, the other must go i The most exciting topic among the women of our in fact, againBt which a word could be said ; and we
wrong and when we find instinct in animals an in- \ nation, at the present time, is that which has special hope the ladies of our city will not be deterred from
fallible guide in the selection of food, drink, and med reference to their life, health, and happiness—•* The adopting it on account of the curiosity it naturally
ication, and that they never, except when pinched by New Costume." Indeed, the most sober and sensible excites among the male portion of our citizens. A few
banger, partake of poisons as food or as medicine, and ! presses of Europe have taken up the subject, and are days will accustom tho eye to the change, and then
that they, on the contrary, seek the water to alleviate J now discussing its merits, nnd the propriety of its the ladies will enjoy all the comfort and none of the
their sickness and pain, wo believe in the teachings of j adoption. inconvoniences of the new dress."
both poets, Shakspcare and Pope. But to the title of The women of Great Britain will, undoubtedly,
our article. Passing an apothocary's shop, a few come into it; while the French, who have hitherto Statistics from the American Water-Curb
days since, I was struck by the great number, or led the world in fashions, will be slow in yielding to Establishments.—The Publishers of the Water-
rather numberless amount of dead flies in his bow us this palm ; yet we do believe that even they will Cure Journal arc now making up a Table, contain-
window. I Btepped in and bogged to know what ultimately '* try it on." This done, all other nations J ing a list of all Water-Cure Establishments in opera-
medicine (1) he gave to the flies to destroy them thus will soon "follow suit," and wo shall have tho happy | tion in the United States, together with other statistics
by the million. ** Nothing," was the reply ; " 1 don't satisfaction of feeling that ice were instrumental in connected therewith. They wish to obtain from pro
know why it is, but they lie dead in heaps in that proposing, agitating, and introducing this great He- prietors and physicians answers to the following
window every morning, as you see them now." This form. questions
window faced the north ; so that it was not the burn Wo look forward to the time when the old costume The location or post-office address of each estab
ing heat of the sun, but, aa I take it, they were poi (long dresses) will only bo worn as badges of mourn lishment.
soned by the odors of the '* medicine " that is " good ing. The names of proprietors and physicians.
for man and beast." Since that time I have noticed Mrs. S. W. S., of Farmington, Iowa, says *— The capacity of the establishment, or the number
similar mortality in sevoral other drug stores. The '* Your subscribers are universally well pleased with of patients it is capable of accommodating.
poor flies get sick and rush to the window to escape, the Journal. The Fashion plates, in the August num The cost of the establishment, and value of property
and remain there in the unhealthy fumes of "medi ber, gave great satisfaction." connected therewith, including fixtures, grounds,
cine" until death comes to their relief. In other ** Tho young women ofthisplaoe seem to take much horses, and other property.
bow windows it is not so ; the flies live for an entire interest in tho new costume ; but some of them have The number of patients treated during the last year ;
season, freeze up, and are ready for a new campaign | hesitated about appearing in public with it, on ac- say from July, 1850, to July, 1851.
of life and joy when the genial spring again " spreads 5 count of the opposition of certain editors. The Keo- | Of what diseases.
the joyful insect's wings." j kuk Dispatch does not seem to approve it. Perhaps he \ The number of recoveries.
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The number of deaths. The Progress of Watkr-Cure.—It is astonish , judices, superstitions, and ignoranco will die with
J low many persona treated and not benefited. ing to seo tho rapid progress which the water-curo ! their day. We would cheerfully rccommeud this pub
The number of persons treated by Hydropathic phy practice is making all over the country. We hopo tho lication to tho attention of every family."
sicians not at the establishment. time is not far distant when every village will have its
We hope to obtain complete returns, for publieation Institute, and every hamlet its b.*ith. Economy of the New Dress.—Mrs. Frances E.
in our next number. The fact of it is, people have got sick of taking nau | Gage writes the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor as fol-
The publieation of these statistics will probably seous drugs and i/te-stuffs. The quaek was not slow to » lows :—
astonish our friends of the Allopathic school. We discover this; hence it is sUreotvped on their circu i "There are eight millions of women in these United
expect to present an array of talent, numbers, and lars, almanacs, and pamphlets, that their medicines , States, old enough to wear the new costume. At a low
wealth, now turned in this direction, surpassing that are good and pleasant to take, &e. That they go to estimate, it costs each female twelve dollars a year for
of every other mode of medical practice ever developed satisfy a morbid appetite, stiumlato the system, and ;, dre-ses and skirts, on an average. Now, a neat and
appropriate short dres.*, with suitable and substantial
in the same number of years. for a time raise tho hopes of the invalid, there is no pants, maybe made of tho same material, and save
The Hydropathic practice is destined not only to doubt; but because some do not immediately die, or one quarter of the present expense (we have tried it at
surpass, but to swallow up or wash away, every other succeed in living to a good old age, wo do doubt home, and know iLcan be done). This will be a sav
medical system now existing among men. its being the effects of a certain number of boxes of your ing of—of—open yWur eyes, unstop your ears and hold
breath—of ttvenly~four mi!li>>ns of(hilars ' My
pills, or bottles of cough-a-rilla extract. Lately, after stars! Don't talk any more about tho ten million
The Lawful Postage on our Journals.— [Tho going through the regular courses of Allopathy, Ho gant expenses Texas swindle, or the fifteen millions for the extrava
of the civil government, or the tweuty-
following, from Washington, will set this matter moeopathy, Patent Medicines, &c., they resort to tho four Bjiilions army and navy bill ; don't eay 'it's all
right with those who are yet unacquainted with tho great fountain of Nature—a clear, pure liquid, coin- much ado about nothing,' when such a wiving would
law. A few Postmasters have overcharged our sub pounded in her great laboratory, and put up in large build a school-house, in every district in the United
scribers. They will now refund. Every subscriber quantities all over tho earth, especially for family and States, worth $2'X), and lcavo four millions to buy
cheap calico frocks and shoes for ail the poor little
who has paid more than the rates herein specified, may individual use.— Village Advertiser, Otsego co.s Ar. }'. girls in the nation."
collect, by law, such excess. [Thus we have the " dollar and cent " view of the
The weight of our Journal is less than three ounces, Song of the Bou-o-link —As we were walking out matter, which, together with its physiological advan
when dry. \Ve_ar© entitled to a free exchange with the other morning, wo were quite amused to hear the tages, will impress most profoundly all sensible and
all newspapers and periodicals published daily, week Bob-o-link sing. Tho tune we did not know, but charitable women. What say T. S. Arthur, James
ly, monthly, or quarterly.] could very distinctly hear theso words: Bob-o-link
Post-Office Department, link-wick-cd phys-ie. Mrs. Nich-ols Mrs. Nich-ols Watson Webb, and James Gordon Bennett, to this \J
Appointment Of/tie, August 28, 1851. Kit-t-er-cdgc-e-Whi-ton W hi ton Shew -Shew Wa-ter \ Tobacco.—Since the publication, in the Water-Cure
Gentlemen—I have received your letter of tho Wat-cr Cure Cure Cu-r-e-e-r-r.
27th test., together with a copy of tho "American If yon would train up a child in the way it should }' Journal, of a series of articles on Tobacco, we And a
few zealous co-workers writing and talking on the snb-
Phrenological Journal," aud the " Waler-Curo Jour go, go in the way yourself.—Same paper.
nal." \ ject, through the press and pulpit. Among the most
If the weight of these Journals do not exceed three s sensible we have met, are those now publishing in tho
ounces each, aud arc sent to actual and bona fide sub Temperance and Hydropathy.— It is highly grati \ Presbyterian of the West, by L. A. S. We hope ho
scribers, they are subject to the following postages, fying to learn from our leading Temperance mei \ will follow up the matter, and convert those who as-
viz- :—
For fifty miles or less, . . 11-4 cts. per quarter. various parts of the country, that tho principles of \ sumo to ljC "called of God" to teach the people
For over fifty miles, and not Hydropathy aro efficient iu convincing tho people of morals, religion, and Christianity. We quote a siDgle
exceeding 300, . - 2 1-2 " " the deplorable evils of intemperance. Looking at the paragraph :—
For ovor 3W0, and not exceed terrible elfects of alcohol on the human system, in a " Marvelous as it may seem, thousands and thou
ing 1,000, ....3 8-4 " " » physiological light, no man can continue its use with medical sands in this land, and some, even, skilled in tho
For over 1,000, and not ex profession, as well as ministers of the Gospel,
ceeding 2,000, .5 m« " out violating, knowingly, tho laws of life, health, and have adopted the habit of using tobacco, and that
For over 2,0(M), and not ex happiness. habitually. And they do thus, knowing, as many of
ceeding 4,000, . . G 1-4 " " " l We hoj>e, through the Journal, to aid in correcting 5 tnem 7nu$t Know> that the articlo in question is 'not
For over 4,000, ....7 1-2 "" " j
The postago, in all cases, to be paid in advance by ; two monstrous evils which now so sadly [idly afflict
i civilized I m,]y a £uP«f>,inS narcotic, but an active aud deadly
I poison.'
subscribers. Bociety, and which are thought to bo about equally
The wrapper forms no part of the paper : neither is j pernicious in their effects on present and prospective Jf from " Too much tight has been thrown upon the subject,
various sources, to justify mo in taking different
postage paid on it. Postmasters have the right to re- j generations, namely, the bad habits of men, and the ii ground. 1 am fully aware that the ground taken is
move them from any papers received at their olrioes for ]
delivery. Postmasters, in determining the weight of ' budfa$J< ions of wotnen. These corrected, and human ^ fear that it isAnd ( unpopular. alas ! thoro is too much reason to
unpopular even in the chinch* so far as
newspapers, are required to weigh them when they are 5 society will at once leap onward and upward, and ap- !| regards a majority
in a dry state. Very respectfully, &e., FiTZ Henry j proach nearer and nearer tho throne of angels and of :c that deter mo fromofspeaking the male members ! But should
the truth on a subject so
Warren, 2d Ass't P. M. Gen'l. God. Who then will help, or rather who will not jiS vitally important to theciiuse of morals and the cause
Messrs. Fowler & Wells, New York City.
help, to remove these rank weeds from tho garden of j\ die by the hand of violence than tofjirconnive
of Christ ! It would be bet ter, better for me, to
our Creator, which choko down and prevent the it my fellow-men. and those of them especially at sin in
who pro-
The Water-Cure in India.—We make the fol- \ growth and expansion of the mind, body, and spirit of ji fess to be disciples of Jesus. By pursuing a course like
lowing extract from a letter lately received from the f man T Let us all tako a part in this great work. j\ this I should please men, it is true, but it would he at
Rev. E. Burgess, of tho Ahmednuggar Mission, in j Head, write, talk, and act, and the work is done. 5ii tor.
the fearful expense of displeasing my Lonl aud Mas-
Having more to say. however, on this subject,
India :— f for tho special consideration of my Christian brethren,
" I wish to express my own, and the thanks of tho j A Candid Confession.—The . j
opinion of a man \ 1 must close the present article."
Mission, for your valuable donation. The books on who is engaged in the sale of drugs. He publishes jI [This i3 the right kind of preaching. To rebuke
Hydropathy are particularly valued by all tho mem tho following in the Bermudian Advertiser, Ham- ]| the sinners of high places, at home, requires moro real
bers of our Mission, and the beneficial results of a pe ilton, West Indies. Kcferriug to tho Wateii-Ct're i> bravery than to talk a lifetime about the depravity of
rusal of them arc already visible. Itecems to mo that Journal, he says:—"This is the great Keformcr of \ the Timbuctoos, and other foreign tribes. First let
Hydropathy is of great value in this warm climate. the age ; all who wish to improve with the times, and us take tho " rnoto from our own eyes, beforo attempt
But tho English residents in India aro much under the who will carefully attend to the rules laid down in this ing to remove the beam from the eyes ofour neighbor."
influence of * tho Faculty.1 I have for many years work, will hereafter throw physic to the dogs. Water-
been very free in the use of water for bathing, but Curc embraces tho whole philosophy of life iu tho most
these books will enable me to extend the use of water simple nnd harmonious manner. Jts teachings incul tngAIT CoNTRHU-TION OF ChKMISTEY TO THE HeaL-
Art.—The fact that Ayer's Cherry Pectoralis a
to every disease. The medical science seems destined cate wise truths in diet, air, exercise, clothing, sleep chemieal discovery, may explain why the distinguish
to be affected by the revolutions of tho H)th century. ing, &e. It teaches how to avoid sickness, and how ed Professors of that Science, (Silliman, Hitchcock,
Your establishment seems calculated to exert an im to regain health when sick. In recommending this Webster, and Cleveland,) have given their certificates
portant influence in these changes. Go on." in its favor. None could better judge of its merits
Journal so stroDgly, we injure our own business, for than these eminent men, and their names would be a
[Thus our glorious water-curo is to be planted in we sell physic, put up by experienced physicians, but \ s"ffic,'CIlt guaranty of its value, if experience had not
India by our missionaties. When planted, it will surely we hnntstly, , believe
i .. . are required
medicines r , tn fewr tn- J> already_«•—»..-.!_proven j:--to for
*theaffections
public that it is^one of the most
take root, branch out, and produce a harvest that will ] stances. Allopathy has received its quietus in its own effectual remedies of the throat and lungs
"astonish tho natives." We have, by the aid of our \ narrow house ; homoeopathy has given the death-blow ever before them.—Scientific Review.
friends, placed the water-cure on a permanent basis in \ to that monstrous system, and now comes hydropathy [We find the above paragraph floating about in our
America, and now, through our missionaries and mer \ or water-cure to flood both out of practice ; gradually, exchanges, as innocently as though it were "genuine."
chants, hopo tO WATEK-CURE THE WORLD-] Who ever pate the " Scientific Review ?" Professor
J as light and reason break in upon us, old customs, pre- Silliman says :—
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" To the Public —The recommendation of the \ have a water-cure establishment opened in this place Mr. David P. Sutler, well known to many of the Peoplo,
Cherry Pectoral (so called), signed by ray name, is a j [Albany, Georgia] ; but the practitioner would labor both of Now York and Massachusetts.
forgery. Benjamin Silliman. | under so many disadvantages for the want of water of When opened, they will be happy to meet all Water-
New Haven, 1851." Core and other friends, at No. 142 Washington street, Bos
[Is not this a rascally swindle \ Wt consider it " a \ the right kind, that it would operate greatly against
; the system of practice. Hoping that the circulation ton, Mass. t" Thk Athens of America."]
patent medicine" humbug.]
' of the Journal may still increase in other quarters, I About Advertising m tub Water-Curb: Journal.—The
Treatment of Persons struck hy Lightning — j remain, respectfully, your ob'tserv't, E. II. S." Publishers are often questioned verbally, and by letter, in
In a communication to the Por^und Advertiser, Dr. relation to the various Water-Cure Establishments, which
Davie of that city, fays the popular impression in S A Knowing but Unprincipled Doctor.—A sub-
relation to the application of cold water to persons j scriber, in Massachusetts, writes us as follows :— questions, covering terms, location, etc., should be answered
struck by lightning is a decided error. The doctor by advertisement or by letter to the proprietors of estab
nays :— i " Your Journals are doing more good in * these lishments; as the publishers of the Journal have no other
The whole treatment necessary to counteract the ; parts' than the readers can themselves possibly im- means of obtaining such information.
injurious effects of lightning may be comprised in a few \ agine. We have a kind of a Quack Doctor, as some Again—We wish to have it distinctly understood, that the
words. Expose the body to a moderate warmth, so as | would call him, here; but while lie is selling his publishers have no pecuniary interest whatever in any Wa
to prevent the loss of animal heat, and inflate the lungs
so as to imitate natural respiration ^s nearly as possi patent pain-killers to his more ignorant neighbors, he ter-Cure Establishment.
ble, when the person breathes with labor or difficulty, is in his own family using water exclusively. After the insertion of a single elaborate advertisement, a
or when he has ceased altogether by his own efforts. ! " The doctors here, as well as elsewhere, know too brief card, of from ten to fifteen or twenty lines, judiciously
The sprinkling of cold water over the face, in order to worded, will be sufficient as a standing advertisement.
oxcito respiration reflex action, may also be tried. j much to swallow their own medicines." Engraved Views of Water-Cure Houses, once published in
Further than this it has no use. < [Why don't this fellow act like a man—" do as he the Journal, always serve to draw publio attention to the
[" Not as Dr. Davies knows of." We have pretty ; would be done by," preach what he practices. He will same. The cut or engraving may afterwards be used to
good evidence that water it good in cases of this sort. j need to devote his energies to the promulgation of the print on circulars, cards, etc., to be hungup in public places.
It has been successfully tried in several instances. j truth for some time, to balance the evil done by the Those Establishments designed to be kept open during the
Wo don't believo Dr. Davies ever treated a case, or I sale of his die-stuffs.] winter should be announced early in the season, as many
ever saw a caso of the kind treated. Then, what is persons require time to determine when and where they will
his opinion worth 1] ( " Woman the Physician."—We are happy in pre- go to be treated.
i senting our readers with the able address of Mrs. By observing these points, the public, as well as the pro
Mr. William Piooford, a native of this county, Nichols, in the present number, under this title, prietors of Establishments, will be the better served.
died a few days ago, aged 87 years, after living with j We think she has made out a clear and strong case,
his wife 65 years, whom ho has left a widow to mourn j If her positions are correct, a new revolution is at Traveling Agents roa Books.—J. N. T-, writing from
her loss. He is ono of six brothers and sisters, whose c hand. What will our Allopathic doctors say to this 1 Bethlehem, N. H.. remarks :—
average ago is 80. He has left an only daughter, now } We pause for a reply. In the meantime, our women " Agent-, who would talk with every family, and put up
63 years old ; and, what is a little more remarkable, < arc buckling on tho armor for a struggle which must amount for the night at Farmers' Cottages, would do an immense
not one of them ever took a dose of medicine from a of good in this northern region, where consumption
j ultimately prove successful. has become almost an epidemic."
physician, were ever bled or blistered, until they at The right way to succeed in the sale of books is here sug
tained the age of 60 ; but have lived temperately, and \ Winter Water-Ci-res.—By referring to adver- gested. Stop with the Farmers, if you would be well pro
used but little animal food. It might be well to re \ tisernent, it will be seen that the Glen Haven Water- vided for, at a moderate expense ; where you may always
mark, that within ten miles of Sill's Creek, on which | Curo Establishment has already been arranged for the exchange books for food and shelter, to the mutual advantage
this family was raised, there has never occurred a caso j treatment of patients during the coming winter. We of all parties. This course has been adopted in the South
of pulmonary disease or consumption ; and persons ! are glad to make this announcement, and hope others, and West by several of our most successful agents.
who have been threatened with these diseases, and i favorably situated, will follow the example. It has
moved into the neighborhood, have invariably been ; been said that the winter season iB by far more favor- Fraud.—"Certain Eastern publishers are in the habit of
restored.— Wilmington Commercial. l able ior hydropathic practice than summer; yet we sending a copy of their publications to the western press for a
i should not hesitate to apply it in all seasons, and for This isand
notice; when they receive one, of discontinuing their work.
but little short of fraud. We would like to know
Dr. Franklin and the Water-Cure.—On hia j all diseases. what has become of the Dagnerrean Journal, The Mother's
Magazine and Family Journal, The Hydropathic Encyclo
first visit to Philadelphia, he was going from New pedia, Sear's Family Visitor ? In all justice we ought to
York to Amboy in a boat, and was compelled to pass j The Mount Prospect Water-Cure, at Bing- have these regularly."—Pittsburgh Family Monitor.
thirty hours without provisions and exposed to the . hamton, N. Y., has been placed under tho medical So you ought, but we can only answer for ourselves and
weather, which produced a fever. The method of his j direction of Dr. O. V. Thayer, one of our contrib- the Encyclopedia. On referring to our books, we find all
cure we recommend as an item for the Water-Cure j uters, in place of Dr. Barrett. This establishment right there ; and as wo have the most careful management in
Journal. ** In the evening I went to bed with a very will continue in operation through tho year. Its ac our mailing department, we are quite sure the fault is not
violent fever. I had somewhero read, that cold water, cessibility by tho New York and Erio Railroad, com with us. Please tell us what numbers you have not received,
drank plentifully, was a romedy in such cases. I fol bined with other advantages, will render it popular at andWewedisclaim will try to complete your filea.
the imputation in the above charge—should
lowed the prescription—was in a profuse sweat for the all seasons. as soon attempt to practice a 11 fraud" on the man who
greater part of the night, and the fever left mo. The prays for us, as on an Editor. No, sir, we don't train in that
next day I crossed the river in a ferry-boat, and con The Water-Cure Library.—Since the announce company. Besides, we know our own interests too well to
tinued my journey on foot."— TVie Good Samaritan. ment of this work, about a year ago, there have been withhold any thing we publish from an Editor.
sold, ten thousand and five hundred volumes.
The Buffalo Water-Cure.—By advertisement This shows " which way the wind blows." What For Sale, for a 'Water-Curb Hour—A large now house,
it will be seen that this establishment is now in suc other work, devoted to health, can show an equal in the village of Waterbary, Conn., one of the finest villages
cessful operation, pleasantly situated, and easy of ac circulation, in the same length of time 1 in the State, accessible by direct railroad from New-York or
cess by thoso great thoroughfares, the lakes and rail New-Haven, with a population of 5,000. The house is loca
roads. Dr. S. M. Davis has chargo of the medical ted on a hill, commanding an extensive \ "w, with ample
rooms, heated by a furnace ; furnished with [. re spring wa
department, assisted by James L. Acomb. The fe ter, carried over the first story, and is in perfect order. The
male department is managed by Mary M. Taylor, a grounds are two and a half acres in extent, with a good gar
medical graduato , of superior qualifications. We Fowlers and Wells is Boston.—In compliance with the den. Prioe §7,000, of which 53.000 can remain on mort
doubt not this new ** cure " will become popular. For ■wishes of their friends, and with a "view of still further ex gage. Apply to Leonard Brohson, Waterbury, Conn.
terms, and other particulars, seo advertisement. panding their business, and accommodating the New Eng
land people, they have located a branch establishment in Blake's Patent Fire-Proof Faint.—This article is capa
Gratis.—A man in (Georgia sends us $10, and or Boston. Thia will be a great convenience to their Eastern ble of being converted into almost as many use? as India
ders twenty copies of the Journal to bo sent free, one friends, and, we doubt not, will provo "both pleasant and Rubber or Gutia Percha. At another time we will tell our
year, to twenty men now in Liberia. Is not this lib profitable" to themselves- reader* more about it. At present the brief advortisemont
eral, noble, philanthropic ! In his last letter to us, this The Branch Office will be opened, with a oomplete stock in the present number of the Journal must suffice.
man remarks :— of their publications, on the first of next month, November.
" I have now sent you one hundred and thirty-seven on The store is now being fitted up for their use. It is situated We*' have
Water-Curb Journal.—What has become of this work ?
received but two numbers during this year, and we
subscribers for the W*. C. Journal. So far, I believe South "Washington street, No. 142, two doors north of the old have complied with the requisitions, consequently we would
Church, near the head of School street. like to have it. What have you to say, Messrs. Fowlers &
all your subscribers are better pleased than they ex Subscribers will continue to address them as now, on Wells?"— Vineennes Gazette.
pected to be. Porno have already profited from what all Journal business. Also, when ordering books by mail, as Simply this. On examination, we find all right on our
little knowledge thoy have gained from the first two their publication office will still be in New York. book, and we do assure you our Journals are regularly mailed
numbers. There seems to bo a desire from many to One of the TnoPiUETOitS will remain in Boston, assis'.ed by and directed to the " Gazette," Vineennes, Ind.
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Wa have you duly crediled for the " Quid pro quo,'' but : which answer the necessary purposes of a local press. The Boston fends u a brass, we send her silver and gold. What an
■we lack the clairvoyant power to trace these Journals after ' town of Sterling, containing not far from four thousand in unequal exchange !—Boston Brass, and New York Gold !
they leave our office. Perhaps home of " Uncle Sam's'' men habitants, and rapidly increasing, could alone liberally sup
or boys could answer for the missing numbers. port a first class nkwspapeu. £ Newspapers of the World.—There are 10 newspapers
The termination of the railroad, and the opening of the 5 in Austria, 14 in Africa, 2-1 in Spain, 2(1 in Portugal. -in in
Oua New Boston Agency —Wk. P. & L. W. Myers, j bay for a harbor, and othfr improvements now progressing, ! Asia, lj;"> in Belgium, ho in Denmark, 90 in Russia and Po-
i land, 300 in Prussia, :i20 in other Germanic States, 500 in
of New Boston, Illinois, have a large assortment of our works, j her fair
bid to place Little Sodus, in a short time, by the side of
older competitors. When once opened, it is said this bay
( Great Britain and Ireland, arid l,bl)l) in the United States.—
with which to supply the demand in that vicinity. They \ will Washington Union.
are authorized agents for our Journals and The Student. accommodate " all the shipping on the lake ;" arid for
J security I [" Straws show whicri way the wind blows," and newspa-
in a storm, or to lay up vessels in winter, this bay is ; pers show tiie general intelligence of the people. From the
unsurpassed. Who will establish the first newspaper at ■ above, it appears that iff, u Uncle Sam."' are a little ahead of
Little Sodus Bay ? • all olher villages. Besides, ive have tho only Wateb-Ccm
1 JociiNAL in the world ! !
A Familiar Dialogue between a druggist and a bald-
Tiger and Wolf Spiders.—If the more wary roamer* of headed gentleman :— Minsesotv.—The population of St. Pan1, 7-50 miles above
the forest and the desert have thus their .insect images Druggist.—"Yes, Bir, there is no question about it; our creasing St. Lojis, mi the Father of Waters, is 2,01)11, and rapidly in
amongst spider "Vagrants," the more daring have resem extra extract of bear's grease i.i just about the finest thing in St. Anthony, ; 01 houses have been erected since the 1st of March.
at the fall* of that name, contains 1,000 inhab
blances as apt in tho bolder "Hunters," such as spring creation for producing a tremendous rush of hair on a bald itants ; Jive steamboats arrive here weekly, all crowded with
openly on their prey, and, after destroying, carry it for de head." passengers. Stillwater is the only other considerable place,
vourment to their dent. On a flowering-shrub sits an enor Dispassionate Inquirer.—;iThen might I take the liberty and though other villages arc snringin" into existence every year,
mous hairy-leg of this description, on the look-out, we may of asking you how it is you remain with so little of the usual and growing rapidly. "To the invalid its dry, bracing air,
pure spring water, are a panacea for all the ills with
be Buro, for game : perhaps a swollen blue-bottle, a fat dnme covering on your own head ?': which he is aiilioted. To the farmer it presents a soil rich
bee, or an overgrown crane-fly. No J he aim?, or we may Druggist —"Yes. sir; certainly, certainly, sir; ye-, oh, andclimate fertile, well watered with beautiful rills and rivulets, and
almost say he flies, at a higher quarry, at a living prey, lus yes, sir—certainly, sir; yes, sir—y-e-e-s. Why, the fact is aMinnesota well suited for a great variety of productions.1*—
Pioneer.
trous aa a gem, swift as tho lightning; as it darts from thin : I-I—put on such a remarkably large quantity once, [A capital advertisement. Go to Minnesota and settle.]
flower to flower, too rapid on the wing for human sight lo that it all growed off in the middle of the night; that is lo
follow, yet not so rapid as to eludo the eight-eyed vision of say, the hair died because it growed .^o fast; but then, you Serial Pirlicatioss in Illinois —[Our friend and cor
the monster which has marked it for destruction—not s-o see, I put on too much, and I always make a habit of cau respondent, *• J. G."' gives us the following, which is a recom
rapid as to outstrip his eightlegged spring, or to escape the tioning my customers against putting on mora than aquarler mend for the intelligence of the people :]
eight terrible claws which will soon engrasp the feathered of a pound at a time.'"—Knickerbocker. 1 Mouse (Illinois) contains t-50 inhabitants; and exelu-
honey-sipper, and bear it from its sunny joys to be devoured [ sive of foreigners (not including those from England and
in a den of darkness. The hunter here is the gigantic bird- An English Business Woman.—Talk about the Yankee's ■ Ireland) and transient persons, about Go'>, The mmber of
spider of riouth America ; its prey, which it equals in di "love of money," his wooden nutmegs, horn Hints, white-oak '■ papers regularly delivered to the above 050, is 21 1 weekly,
mensions, one of the glittering, quick-winged humming hams, and other money-making inventions—they are never ' one semi-weekly, l&l monthly,.1) semi-monthly, and IG quar-
birds, which often, it is Baid, fall victims to this insect enemy,
coupled with death, nor appeal lo the sympathies, like tho j> terly publications. Total, for the year, 12,040.
for bulk and fierceness the lion of its tribe. Compared with following :—
the above, our little native tiger of the tame race may seem, Business and Sentiment.—We are often entertained, says '. Mineral Water and Doubloons.—Isn't, it singular that
a tame and insignificant destroyer; but not so, we warrant, an English journal, by the tone of sentiment adopted in ad ; mineral waters are only beneficial to the wealthy ? In all
to its insect prey. This is of that pretty, common species, vertising a death. There is frequently a facetious union of 'jf man nor experience, we never knew a physician to advise a poor
to go to Saratoga, or any other watering place. Why
banded like the zebra, with stripes of black and white. purl' and despondency. We will give a specimen :— ; carbonate of lime should only operate on doubloons, we can;t
Everybody must have teen them upon sunny walls, and t;T)ied, on the 11th ult., at the shop on Fleet street. Mr. jJ conceive.—Albany Dutchman
window-scats, and palings (their scorching deserts), from Ed y ard Jones, much respected by all who knew and dealt j ['Tis strange, aint
spring to autumn, though not many, perhaps, have derived with him. A* a man he was amiable, and as a hatter up- \1 Fresh water will do it? but "strange as 'tis, 'tis trao."
fur us. and our thirty thousand sub-
right and moderate. His virtues were beyond all price, and )
as much divertissement as the "Sylvan" Evelyn from ob his beaver hats were only twenty-four shillings each. He ' ■ scribers. We don't think much of mineral water, we don't.
servation of the cunning dexterity with which they watch, has left a widow to deplore his loss, and a UrgM slock to be ;
then leap upon their prey ; when he noticed of these, or of told cheap for the benefit of his family. lie was snatched ';\ We had just as soon drink the carbonate of salt as the car-
some allied venatorcs, how that one of them, if it " happened to the other world in the prime of his life, and just as he ) bonate of lime, or anything of thai rort.]
concluded an extensive purchase of fell, which he got so \
not to be within a competent leap, would move fo softly as cheap, that the widow can supply bonnets at a more reason- j; The Cattaraugus Chronicle publishes the likeness of a
the very shadow of the gnomon seemed not to be more im able charge than any other house in London. His disconto j < young squaw with a short dress, and remarks :—
perceptible, unless the fly moved, and then would the spider late family will carry on the business with punctuality." j
< '; We don't think it hardly fair in our ladies, to appropriate
move also in the same proportion, keeping that just lime
with her motion, as if tho same soul had animated both Dresses at tub Drawing Room —Godey's Lady's Book, j\ 'Turkish,' the Indian dress to their own use, and style it the 1 Bloomer,'
and the like. Why not style it 'Indian,* or
those little bodies." These hunters, at least some of them, for September, contains the following :— | ' North American ' Costume V
though they do not weave snares, can weave nests, usually a The Quean wore a train of blue watered sill;, brocatpd | [We believe it has been determined, very generally, to de-
with gold, trimmed with blue ribbon and tulle, and orna
closa tissue, within crannies and crevices, their common, mented with diamonds. The petticoat wa* of white salin, \: signate this style The American Costl me. This will bejusl
lurking-places. The wolf-.-pider is another of the hunters, trimmed with tulle and white ribbon, and al-so ornamented and proper.]
which, seizing its prey openly, bears it toitu den, a cavity with diamonds, llwr majesty's head-dress was diamonds and
feather*.
beneath a atone. This carnivorous prowler, which is of a Her royal highness, the Princess of Prussia, wore a train of ! Tirebut Last Ppize Tale —" Amy's heart beat as if it would
dark greenish-gray, haunts the borders of ponds and streams, white watered silk, trimmed with gold blonde. The petti \J burst, [To be
at length she found courage to say—"
continued.]
and, as well as diving under, can walk on the surface of the coat was of the same material, ornamented in frontwith pep-
pies. The head-dress was formed of diamonds and emeralds, } No doubt of it.
water; and another can perform the same feat, either to with feathers of gold and blonde.
escape enemies or to pursue game, the various winged in [Who saw and examined their pettieoats, that a public
sects which skim the face of the same liquid mirror. The description should thus be given of them. If this was neces
power of fasting for long intervals between their sanguinary sary, why not continue the examination still further, and
repasts, is another characteristic held by many of the larger tell the world the quality of their garters, and oilier parts of
predatory animarl* a common with the spider. One of the the royal equipage. lathy petticoat of a quetn more visible \ Supporters, Braces, kc.—L. 8., Bloomville. u Having no-
latter, kept by v jiilant for ten months under a sealed glass, and worthy of notice than the petticoat of anybody else ?J i ticed several articles in the Water-Cure Journal, denouncing
was found rfjuced only in size, and not, seemingly, in ] in strong terms the use of abdominal supporters, or 'abonu-
health or activity.— Episodes of Insect Life. t:Kics the Rascal round the World "—Old Shaks.— ■ nab'e supporters/ as the writer in the Journal is pleased to
[We shall look out for spiders of every description. They The Prairie du Chien Patriot cautious its brother printers
are very fond of blood, and set their nets so ounningly that against one Dr. PRUDEN, a lecturer on Biology, who is '<) call 1,them, I wish to propound several questions :
Are they not beneficial in sime cases, such, for in-
even human game sometimes gets entrapped by them.] perambulating our State, and habitually neglects to pay nis
printer's bill. The Patriol was stuck about fire dollars. ; stance, as diseased abdominal muscles ?
Give him liu.— Wis. DemocraticaState Kcgister, ■< "2. Do not these muscles, stomach, and bowels, need sap-
A Newspaper at Ltttlb Sodcs Bat.—Now that the Lake [Wonder if these editorial gent* would like to have "fits," } port, as well as the broken bone, i. c, until they regain their
Ontario, alburn, and New York Railroad Company are if they should fail to pay their bills. We suppose Dr. Pru- \ former strength ?
about to open the Harbor, and establish a port op entry at den was imprudent, for incurring expenses, in trying to en J " 3. Are shoulder-bracos useful in diseases of the chest ?
this place, it affords a capital opening for the publication of lighten the benighted people of Praria du Chien. Be merci "4. Arc not shoulder-braces and supporters highly recom
a newspaper. ful, gentlemen ; give him anything else but *'^E/*." mended by the M. D.'s ?"
For local new?, advertising, reporting the arrival and We will answer the questions in their order :—1 . They are
departure of vessels, the business of the place and surround New York Modesty and Boston Brass.—We see, 11 by temporarily beneficial, but permanently injurious, by pre
ing neighborhood will soon require a respectable newspaper. the papers," that our New Yorkers, lacking that of which the venting the natural action of the muscles. 2. There is not
At present there is no paper within twenty miles on the Boatonians wore overstocked, have been obliged to order from the least analogy between a broken bone and a weak muscle
south o\ west, fourteen miles on the east, and away over the these gents no leas than 23,000 pounds, in the shape of com or viscus. If tho stomach and bowels should be broken, we
lake, some seventy miles on the north, Here then is a fine mon bell-metal. This, we believe, is the largest bell in would not object to mechanical support. Weak muscles
large field, with an intelligent population, entirely unsup- America, and is to be placed in tho Iron Tower, on Thirty- need exercising^ which is tho exact opposite of confinement.
plied, except by papers published at a distance, none of first street, New York, as an alarm,"or fire bell. Thus, while 3. Shoulder-braces are far less useful than judicious muscular
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exercises without them. 4. There is nothing good or bad, tion to moderate general treatment, an exclusive vegetable
sensible or silly, but what a string of M. D."s can be made to or fruit diet. She is one of those cases who do best at the
certify to. ^That question is rather—green. establishments, for she undoubtedly needs mechanical
treatment. Report op the Commissioner op Patents, for the year 1851.
Dtspbpsia, with Constipation.—J. M. S., Woodstown, Piles.—A Constant Reader, Waltham, Mass. Is a spare Part 1 —Art* and Manufactures. By Thomas Ewbank,
N. J. Your case is evidently a long-standing affection of the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D.C.: Office of
diet or a full one best in this disease ? A very plain and Printeis to the House of Representatives.
liver, and requires a thorough but careful treatment. The wet rather abstemious diet is the best in all cases ; and in very A large octavo volume of470 pages, poorly printed on very
sheet pack, followed by the tepid half-bath, daily, one or two bad cases, attended with diarrhoea and prolapsus of the rec- J poor paper, but "full to the brim'1 of autistic*, important to
sitz baths daily, and the constant employment of the abdom turn, a rigidly simple and spare diet is absolutely necessary. every American citizen, and to ihe world. This volume con
inal compress, are the proper bathing appliances. The The time required to cure varies from a few weeks to several 5 tains—Finances and Statistics; Inventions and Claims;
diet must also consist mainly of brown bread, cracked wheat, months. Examiners' and Machinists' Reports ; Historical Notices of
and mild fruits and vegetables. In candor, however, we must Inventors and Patentees; Early Machinery in America;
say, that yours is one of those cases which can be success PlARRDOJA, WITH PROLAPSUS OP THE RECTUM.—A. K., Kees- Communications ; Abstracts from State Papers.
fully treated at a good water-cure establishment, but will not port. There are many cases of this kijid, in which cold Mr. Ewbank will accept our thank* for hia attention, in
be at home. The probability is, that if you undertake to water by injection increases the contractile effects of the > placing this valuable national document at our disposal. W«
manage your own case, you will mismanage it, and then displaced bowel, and hence aggravates the pain and disease. shall make public use of it.
Hydropathy will have to bear the blame. In these cases we must rely on tepid or warm hip-baths, to I
quiet the irritation, with such general treatment ai the other The Youno Ladies' Book, or Principles of Female Educa
circumstances demand. tion. By Rev. William Hosmer, Editor of the Northern
Enlargement of the Heart.—E. E. M,, Pleasant Grove, Christian Advocate, Auburn, N. Y. Derby !c Miller.
Ind. If your physician is correct in the opinion that you Dtspbpsia wmi Enlarged Tonsils.-—S. R., Peru, III. Yon It was through the influence of this zealous editor and au
have an organic disease of the heart—which fact we cannot have a torpid liver, and the gastric secretions have evidently thor, that 1.1if citizens of Auburn were induced to subscribe
decide without a personal examination—the proper plan for been injured by lobelia and hot stuff. Wear the abdominal t'2U,000 for the purpose of establishing a Female College in
you to pursue is, to adhere to an extremely plain and simple compress, take frequent hip baths, and pack once or twice a that thriving city.
diet, take a daily tepid bath, and exercise as much as you week, with a daily ablution or tepid bath. It would be to In the volume before us we have a mass of valuable sug
can, without producing any unpleasant disturbance of the your advantage to employ unfermented bread as a part of gestions in regard to education, domestic duties, manners
circulation. A majority, however, of the affections which the diet. and morals, most of which are capable of practical applica
physicians are in the habit of imputing to diseases of the tion in the affairs of every-day life. Every female would
heart, have* their source in torpid livers and constipated Scaly Tetter—W. G. There is no doubt a full course of derive advantage by a perunal of this work.
bowels, and should be treated accordingly. Water-treatment would entirely cure your complaint. You j The author is plain and direct in what he writes. He
should go to an establishment a few weeks, and afterwards J holds tvery one to a strict account for their every act, with
you can complete the cure at home. As you suppose, your out palliation or apology for misdeeds. Perhaps he may b«
Soft Water and Hard Words.—W. S. J., Franklin, Ohio, disease will be fully treated in the Hydropathic Encyclo too rigid in his moral co<le.
wants to know how to have soft water in the lime-regions paedia. Your numbers are now ready. The perfect familiarity with the subjeot evinced by the
of Ohio ; and also what such terms as " sitz-bath," author, proves him to be a man of large experience and close
M Douche," "Rubbing wet sheet," etc.. mean? With re A Case or Four Years' Standing.—0. T., of Rhode Is
gard to the water, if there are no soft water rivers, streams, land, must give something like a specific statement of the observation, as he fails not to carry his precepts into all the
or springe in the vicinity, the only alternative is to catch case, before we can tell him what to do. We do not like to duties of the mother and daughter, in every department of
rain water, and keep it sweet in a dry time by chilling it prescribe without knowing precisely the nature of the com life. The book is the best we have met of its claas.
frequently with ice. As to the words, " Shew'* Manual," plaint. Tns Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural
"Hydropathy for the People," or the ''Hydropathic Encyclo Taste A. J. Downing. Editor. Albany, N. V. : Luther
paedia," give the desired explanations ; any or all of which Tucker, Publisher. Terms, $-J a year.
Pcrofuloub Sorb Etes.—J. T. V., Vernon, Ind. The The conductors of this work doubtless find it 11 both pleasant
books may be had at the office of the Water-Cure Journal. scrofula, in the case of the child you mention, is to be cured and profitable." Were it not so, the* State should settle a
by general treatment ; after which the eyes will recover with pension on them for life, as remuneration for the good they
E BYsrpRLATOUS Humor —A. R. P., Taunton, Mass. In the out any special medication. have done and may continue to do, by the publication of this
caae of your ohild, which is covered with erysipelas erup most valuable serial. We wish it were iu our power to in
tions, the most rigid attention to diet is independable. She Carson Clark, Esq., left, in the same envelope, two com duce every family to subscribe for it.
must abstain from all animal food save the moderate use munications at our office, one directed to the New-York
of milk, and avoid salt, and all kinds of grease. Brown Evangelist, the other to the Water-Care Journal. They The Organization op Labor and Association. Translated
bread, mealy potatoes, and ripe baked apples, are the best seem to be duplicates, alike in every particular, which at from the French of Math. Briancourt, by Francis George
articles. In her present condition much cold water treatment first inclined us to the belief that they were designed for Ad Shaw. 103 pages. For sale by Fow lers Jt Wells. Prioe
is not proper. Tepid sponging, or a tepid half bath, once or vertisements ; but as no names were attached, we changed 35 certs.
twice a day, is all that is necessary probably. our views. The author will please instruot us as to what Even the most strenuous opponent to anything like asso
use he wishes made of them. They would make capital ad ciation cannot fail to be pleased by a perusal of this work.
Canker in tub Mouth.—M. A., Erie, Pa., drinks no tea vertisements. The doctrine* of an organized system of labor and associ
nor coffee, and tikes no pills nor powders, yet is troubled ative interests have much in them worthy of attention, and
with a cankerous state of the mouth, and wants to know how F. B.—Your Stanzas on Rum, Tobacco and Snuff are re the name of the translator is alone sufficient to induce one to
to live so as not to have this troublesome complaint ? He ceived, and contain many good ideas; but as the style is so purchase and read the book.
must live healthfully in all respects. There are many inju imperfect, we beg leave to decline their publication. Tin: Beauties and Deformitifs op Tobacco-Using, or its
rious things besides the four above named ; and when a pa Ludicrous and Solemn Realities. By L. B. Coles, M. D.
tient asks us to put him on the road to health, he must tell Periodical Biuocs Colic.—S. A. M., Alleghany Co. Yon Boston : GeokGE C. Rand. For sale by Fowlers 4 Wells,
us what he does do, as well as what he does not do ; otherwise require a coarse unconcentrated frnit and vegetable diet, with New York. Price 30 cents, by mail, postage paid.
it is not in our power to serve him. one general cold bath daily, and frequent short cold sitz-bath. At present we have time and space only to announce the
During the paroxysm of colic use the warm or hot sitz-bath, publication of this, the best looking work on the subject.
-A W. C, Jr., Bethany, Va. Shower until relief from pain is obtained. After a perusal, we shall tell our readers more about it.
bathing is a good appliance for those who have a good degree of Even after merely glancing over its pages, we do not hesitate
animal heat—what is called an active circulation—provided S. W., Ballston Spa.—About the new mode of building to pronounce it worth ten times its weight in tobacco.
there is no tendency to head-aohe, or rush of blood to the we shall be happy to inform our readers at an early day.
head. The best time to take it is on rising in the morning. Mr. O. S. F. is now preparing for the press a complete de The Science op Soctett, No. a.—Cost the limit of Price ;
In " weakness of the breast," the half-bath and chest- wrapper scription of the plan, and mode of building. When ready, it a scientific measure of Honesty in Trade as one of the
should be employed ; also, physiological exercises, to expand will be announced in this Journal. Fundamental Principles in the solution of the Social Prob
the lungs, and strengthen the external muscles of the ab- lem. By Stephen P.Andrews. New York : Wm. J. Baser,
J. E. G., Clinton W. C. The communication by "Am Price 50 cents.
brose " is of so little general interest, and so entirely local The above is the title of a 12mo of 214 pages, written for
Epileptic Frrs —J. M. W., North Carolina. Without a and personal^ that we can not insert it, except as an adver the purpose of giving the author's opinion that everything
description of your exact bodily condition and personal hab tisement. In this department, we shall be happy to grant should be sold for exactly what it costs to produce it, and
its, we could not send specific directions. But in all cases, " special favors" for a "consideration." gives his reasons for such an opinion at length. As he ad-
attend to the circumstances affecting the general health. raits, iu his preface, that tffis principle can not be applied
You ask us to write full explanations, Ace. In this depart S. K. Holliston.—Adopt that fashion which your own judg until a community can be converted to believe that it is
ment, we can only answer specific questions. If you wish ment approves. We cannot now give j-atttrns. Think your right, and only then, by and among persons who are strictly
full instructions, you must write a full statement of your own constructiveness and intellect will enable you to invent honest, it seems to us that it is better adapted to " the good
case to a hydropathic practitioner. a style adapted to your own figure. Try it. time coming," than the present, and that the true science of
government, which he says i» "that men cease totally to
Catarrh and Ear-ache.— C. B., Brunswick, 0. Your case H. S., Attlkboro, Mass.—Yonr "Thoughts on Friend attempt to govern each other at all,'' must be understood,
requires the wet sheet pack peraeveringly, and a plain and ship'' are pleasant and cheering, yet not exactly adapted to appreciated, and practiced, before cost will become the limit
rather abstemious diet. Your friend should adopt, in addi our pages. of price, to any great extent.
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We have not seen it since the last presidential election.
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been received, and, upon examination, we find that they are
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The Plow, the Loom, and the Anvil —We find on our
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which is, as usual, full to the brim of useful and instructive
matter. How any farmer or mechanic, having once seen a
copy of it, can do without it, is more than we can imagine.
It is edited by F. G. Skinner, and published by R. C. Thomp
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and ha* collected thus far nearly ten thousand names.
The object of this notice is to call the attention of those ' mate of " the Glkm" in the winter is delightful for invalids.
interested in the subject, and to request that they will furnish >
The establishment has every facility for winter treatment,
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birth of themselves, their father, grandfather. &c , and as far
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dollars a week. But, desirous to do good, and to give to the
the descendantsdown to the present time, to embody die same i sick who are poor, if possible, the benefit of the treatment,
with those collected, and to make a book of each family
A very large Genenlogical Tree, 8 X 10, is already made— i we propose to take twenty persons, if so many choose to
modelled after the famous charter oak of Hartford—as Gov. i! apply, for IX)JS dollars a week, payable weekly—oondiiioiied
a* follow* :—
Thomas Welles was one of the first sons—and containing all i
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will be published if a suflicient number of subscribers offer i disease.
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States We have for sale hia copy slips, which are beauti
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ing are the books for sale for a reasonable sum. Let none hesitate to come for fear
Perkins's Large Alphabetical Copies—containing twenty-
four copy slips, including his first simple and easy rudiments that the treatment will be ungenial. All will be agreeable,
and well calculated to improve the patient. Address J. C.
of Learning to Write. Price 12^' cents. Jackson, M. D., Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y.
Perkins's Small Alphabettciti Copies—containing twen Qlen Haven> Oct 1, 1851. The Proprietors.
ty-nine copy slips, and three pages of proverbs or copies fur
learners ; and including the simple and easy rudiments of learn Buffalo Cold Sprtno Water-Cure —This establishment is
ing to write a neat and plain small hand. Price 12X cents. located about two miles north of the city of Buffalo, one mile
We have a quantity of these elegant, valuable, and scarce east of the Niagara river, and twenty miles from Niagara
copy slips. We sell ten books for one dollar, which is the Falls, and is bo accessible from all points as to be reached
lowest wholesale price by the thousand.
Persons wishing to learn to write a handsome, easy, and without inconvenience or delay. A line of omnibusses runs
graceful band, will find this mode the most nimplo ever in from the foot of Main-street, in Buffalo, to tho Cure every
vented. School Teachers who have never seen Perkins's dious, and the entireThearrangement
twenty minutes building is large, airy, and commo
is such as to give it an air
penmanship will be delighted with the beauty and graceful of neatness, and render it a quiet and comfortable home for
style of it. For sale by Fowlers AMD Wells, New-York. the invalid. Connected with the Cure is an extensive gym
nasium, where a great variety of physical exercise is regu
Blake's Patent Fire-proof Paint—The original and only larly and systematically pursued. The wat«r is taken im
genuine article that can be sold or used without infringing mediately from the celebrated Cold Spring, which for purity
my Patent, and which, in a few months after applied, turns and coldness is not excelled. The Medical Department is
to a slate or stone, forming a complete enamel or coat of under the general supervision of S. M.Davis, M D., formerly
MAIL, over whatever covered, bidding defiance to fire, water, Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in Central Med
or weather. It ha* now been in use over seven years, and ical College. Dr. James L. Acomb is medical assistant, and
where first applied is now like a stone. has charge of the Gentlemen1* Department, Mary M. Tay
Look out for worthless counterfeits, as scores of unprin lor, a lady of superior qualifications as medical scholar and
cipled persons are grinding up stone, and various kinds of nurse, has special charge of the Female Department.
worthless stuff, and endeavoring to sell it as Fire-proof Paint. in regard |to the position of our *' Cure." it is deemed
I have recently commenced three suits against parties infring sufficient to say, that Buffalo Cold Spring Water-Cure will
i compare favorably with any of the well-conducted establish-
l mentsof a similar character, and will be found equal to the
j best as regard* the order, convenience, and desirableness of
i its arrangements.
, Term*.—From $5 to $14 per week, varying according to
' room and attention required Address, post-paid, 3. M.Da
vis, M. D., Office 239 Main-street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Forest City Water Cure—Located near Ithaca, N. Y.,
on the eastern shore of Cayuga lake. The medical depart
ment is in the hands of S O Gleason. M. D., former Physi
cian to the Glen Haven Cure. Mrj. R B. Gleawn will take
specific charge of the female patients, Persons corru-ig from
New York, and from the Southern Counties, can take the
5 Ithaca Kail Road, which intersects wiih New York and Erie
■ Rail Road at Owego. and arrive at Ithaca every night and
morning. Fromevery
the .North, East,or and West, canat take the
■ stage at Auburn morning, a steamboat Cayuga
] Bridge every afternoon for Ithaca. The stage leaves Ithaca.
J every morning for Auburn, passing the Cure.
i Terms—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance,
] Ac, $5 to §10 per week, varying according to room and at-
' tcntion required. Payments made weekly. Each patient
will furnish three good sized cotton comfortables, one wool
en blanket, and a linen packing sheet, 1 3-4 yards long by
1 1-2 yards wide, besides four coarse bath towels. Some old
linen for bandages will be desirable. All business letters ad
dressed to Dr. J. F. Burdick, Forest City P. O., Tompkins
Co ,N. Y., post paid. ap 6m
Water-Cure Institute.—Patients will be treated at all
seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
15 Laight street. New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from.
May 1st to Nov. 1st. Both placos hereafter will be under
the direction of Dr. R. T. Trall, and the domestic manage
ment of Dr Cambel & Son. Dr. Trall will be at the city
institution on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week until
November 1st, and daily the remainder of the year. Com
petent assistants will be in attendance during his temporary
absence from either place. The terms will be as reasonable
as at any other establishment having the same advantages,
in the United States.,
N. B.—Dr. Trall has secured the assistance of Dr. J. L.Hos-
KOrd, who will be in constant attendance at the Springs the
present season. They are prepared to treat those displace
ments and other local affections of females, requiring unu
sual attention to manage successfully, for which purpose
they are provided with all the requisite mechanical and phy
siological appliances. tf
Worcester Water-Curb Institution, No. 1 Clen Street.
—This building was erected expressly for Hydropathic pur
poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the
improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is
retired and overlooks the city.
Terms —For- full board and treatment, $5 to $10 per week,
according to rooms occupied.
A medical fee of $4 for first examination will usually be
required.
Patients are requested to bring two coarse cotton and one
linen sheet, two woolen blankets, ona comfortable, and old
linen for bandages. S. Rogers, M. D. E. F. Roger*, Su
perintendent. oct tf
! " Cleveland Watkr-Cure Establishment —The above
j Establishment, having been put in fine order, is now com-
j inencing its fourth season The success which attended it
■ thi:s far enables the subscriber to say with confidenee, to all
; who wish to make a practical application of the Water-Cure
J Treatment, that they can pursue it here under the most fa-
i vorable auspices for the removal of disease. The location,
( although in the immediate vicinity of one of the most beau-
\ tiful cities in the Union, is still very retired. The water is
t very pure, soft, and abundant.
i The charge for board, medical advice, and all ordinary at-
| tendance of nurses, is §S per week, payable weekly. T. T.
\ Seelye, M.D., Proprietor. oct.8t
< Watkr-Cure.—Friends of Hydropathy, and the afflicted
( in general, are hereby respectfully informed that the Water*
}
\
Cure establishment of Dr. C. Baelz, near Brownsville, Pa.,
for the cure of chronic diseases, is now in successful opera-
i tion. The flattering rise of this institution in public favor
J has induced the proprietor to add yearly improvements for
[
I
the comfort and accommodation of the increasing numbers of
visitors. Terms are $0" per week, payable weekly. Two
( woollen blankets, two cotton sheets, three comforts and six
. towels, have to be provided by patients. Letters post paid,
i will receive due attention. ap iy
I Mount Prospect Water-Cure.—Binghamton, Broome
J Co., N. Y., acce-sible six times a day, by N. Y. and Erie
\ Rail Road. Patients are received and treated all the year
\ round, without any reference to winter. No letters received
\ unless the postage is> prepaid. Dr. O. V. Thayer. Principal
and Resident Physician. oat 6t—A. P. & W. C. J.
\ The Crystal Lake Water Curb Institute, is now open
! to receive patients, under my direction, near Dundaff, Sub-
qiieliannah Co. Pa. Bemjamin Ayers. Esq. Proprietor, Dr.
Wm. E. Rogers, Attendlnu Physiol**. Sept. 2 t.
Water Cure Establishment—Bt Edward Acker, M. D.,
Phillipsburgh, opposite the town of Beaver, on the Ohio
Beaver county, Pa. Sept. ly.
Miss M. H. Mowry, Physician, No. 22 South Main street,
Providence, Rhode Island. Sept
W. H. Collins, Hydropathic Physician, Spring Green
North Providence. R. I. Sept.
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tF lj lv liiirririin unit fxtml) ^nshiflns CnntntsteiL
ffn herewith present our renders with engraved views of the prevailing
Kuropean and [proposed ] American Fashions.
No. 1 represents Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, of Seneca Falls, N. Y. It was
engraved from a Daguerreotype for the
Cayuga Chief, an excellent newspaper
published in Auburn, K. Y., and kindly
loaned to us by Mr. Thurlow W. Beown,
the gentlemanly proprietor.
Js'o. 2 was copied by our own Engra
ver, from the Illustrated London New,
and is un exact copy of the original,
without variation; and is a perfect rep
resentation of the French Fashions, as
worn in July last. We submit the two
styles side by side, for the consideration
1 XATCRAL WAIST. of AMERICAN WOMEN.
JOURNAL
We also append, as an accompaniment, the anatomical views of a natural
waist and an artificial or tight-laced waist, corresponding with Numbers 1
and 2 of the larger figures.
To us these views convey an unanswer
able argument, and will need no farther
comment.
In future numbers we shall present other
styles of the American Costtme, with pat
terns and appropriate descriptions accom
panying them.
We should add in this connection, that
the friends of Mm Bloomer do not regard
the above as a good likeness of that lady ;
but as it conveys a general idea of the new a tiobt-laced
costume, we consider it well adapted to our present purpose.
 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO

VOL. XII. NO. 5.] NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1851. [$1.00 A YEAR.

FOWLERS & WELLS, PUBLISUEUS, THE MEDICAL;PR0FESSION'. Misdirected reverence is the bnue of philosophy.
131 Nassau streot, New York. AN INAUGURAL ADDRESS, GIVEN AT THE OVEMMl OF TUX Men should reverence God, Nature, Truth, and
AMERICAN HYDROPATHIC INHTlTt'TK, NEW Eternal Justice. Men should not reverence a be
YORK, BEFTKMDKR 15, 1851. nighted antiquity, reveries, misnamed science, the
Contents. accumulated errors of age?, and the institutions of
The Medical Profession, . . 9. American Hydropathic Insti DY T. L. NICHOLS, M. D. despotism. A man should look back upon the
Teething and its Management, lul tute, .... The American Hydropathic Institute is the first wrongs, falsehoods, and darkness of antiquity as
Cbomialry of Life. No. III., 103 A Puff for the " Regular"
Children's DtiM, . . .104 ProiVsaic*. Medical School established for the purpose of he looks upon the follies and obliquities of his
Woman's Drew, . 105 A Good Dentist, teaching the principles aud practice of Hydro own infancy and childhood. They aro not to be
Effects of CoftVe aod Tea on The cIhm of the A.H.
Human Health, . . .108 Female, Medical Colleges, . pathy, or the Water-Cure. reverenced nor repeated. The [Mist has its lessons ;
It Water Treatment Applicable Lecture* on the Water-Cure, The greatest of human enterprises have small but it teaches us, for the most part, what to avoid.
in City Practice, . . ICS Oil-Door Exercise, .
s* Bilious Fevtir — Hunt* Treat- A G'>od Example, beginnings, and from this law of development and The true man must look to the present as his field
in, Unwholes/me Fruit—Bewnre progress our institution claims no exemption. of work, and to the future for his visions of glory.
■•TKatBKB Topic*, . . 103 of Grapes, . ,
Hydropathyand Good News, .... Vast forests spring from microscopic germs. Be Humanity is struggling with the swaddling clothes
Auiiual I ' ' • Homceopatliy,109
at .Modi- The Yellow Springs Water- hemoth and Leviathan could once swim in a single of its infancy. These clothes of infancy are the
cine*, . . . .109 Cure, .... drop of water. The overshadowing power of fetters of youth, which our conservative philoso
Expanding the Chest, . . 103 BuMiKxaa Not)cxa, , . . lift
Biographical Sketch of Syl- Presents U6 Eternal Rome began with the gathering of a little phers are intent on making us wear forever. The
veator Graham, . . 110 To
The Hunger Cure, . Ill TheTeachers and Writers, . 1 16
Right and Proper Way, 116
band of fugitives and marauders. America, which experience of the last century has taught mankind
The Cnr« of Fever and Ague, 111 now grasps two oceans, and bids fair to control some useful lessons. One by one the cherish
Hi'Die Cases of Water-Curo the destinies of the world, began her wonderful ed errors of ages, in science, philosophy, and
in Childbirth, . . .119 Diary of a Honeymoon,
Home Treatment in Michigan, Hi The Carson League, . career within a few forlorn and scattering settle government, have been exploded. The Old has
llr.Mi.v-, .... Hi Hard Times, . ments. fought against the New ; the Old, entrenched in its
The Water-Cure in America, 113 Cobb
MllCKLLASfT, . . . .113 To Moral revolutions havo been subject to the fortresses of custom, upheld by reverence for an
Gossips from Beaton, . . 113 Book Notice*, . IIS same law. i The Star in the East lighted the first tiquity, and supported by majorities ; but truth is
Dripping* from a Wot Shed. tDTEKTtSKMX.Tra, 119
No. IL . . . . 114 Water-Cure Establishment*, HI Christian shrine in a stable at Bethlehem. Ma mighty, and the pimple power of its enunciation
homet, whose doctrines now govern half the hu causes the strongholds of error to crumble, as the
man race, for years had his wife as his only dis walls of Jericho fell before the blasts of Hebrew
The Causes of Disease.—The first cause of ciple. trumpets.
disease is hereditary transmission or predisposition. We are not to despise the day of small things ;
A child may be born actually diseased, as with The lesson of recent experience in science and phi
nor must we reject the truth because it is not yet losophy is this :—Respect no doctrine on account of
syphilis, scrofula, salt-rheum, tubercles in the sustained by majorities, supported by authorities, i
lungs, etc., derived from the father or mother, or its age, the learned authoritiesby which it is support
nor sanctioned by antiquity. We must not forget j ed, or the multitudes which believe in it. Reject no
with such a weakened vitality that it cannot resist that the gravest errors of the world have all this ;
the common diseasing influences. A diseased doctrine because it is new—because its teachers
sustenance, support, and sanction. Every newly- ! have their fame yet to acquire—and because it is
father can not beget, a diseased mother can not discovered truth stands, at first, in a minority of
bring forth, a healthy child. A child, the very as yet unsupported by the prestige of numbers.
one, with age, authority, and the power of num- } Practice the precept of tha Apostle—a precept of
germ of whose existence is depraved, who partakes, bers arrayed against it. If all men were con- 1 mingled radicalism and conservatism—" Prove all
for the nine months of its foetal life, of the weak servativc, the world could make no progress. It
ness, pain, and suffering of a sick mother, whoso things ; hold fast to that which is good." The most
would be stereotyped with all its errors. If all 5 radical can ask no more than that we should ex
very life-blood is made of bad food and impure men believed in the wisdom of majorities, no new i amine, try, test, or "prove all things;" the most
air, narcotics and medicinal poisons, and who con-
tinues to live for some months longer on the same > truth could ever find disciples. If all men were
enslaved by authorities, farewell to the hopes of a
conservative must be content, if we "hold fast to
that which is good." This is the divinely inspired
unhealthy nutriment, drawn from her breast, has happier future. We must not forget that every j maxim of human progress ; now beginning to be
S poor chance for life, and none at all for a healthy reformer who has aided in the enlightenment and ; understood, reverenced, and obeyed.
existence. elevation of the humanVace must have stood alone, In applying these principles to the medical pro
A
at first, with the whole world of custom, habit, fession, I shall speak of it as it hai been and is ; and
Vanity.—To become a regular contributor to a magazine fashion, science, authority, and antiquity—the ao- s as it »hmld be. It is recognized as one of the three
or newspaper, and afterwards make frequent allusion* to the
great improvement viiible in its columns. cumulated wisdom of ages—arrayed against him. ! learned professions, and as among the most im
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portant and dignified of human callings. Between
these three professions—Divinity, Law, and Med
icine—there are some curious resemblances, which
it may be well to glance at, and which we may do
with no disrespect, and, I trust, no offence to the
honorable members of cither.
The three professions of Divinity, Law, and
Medicine administer the -great affairs of Religion,
Government, and Health. The priests of all re
ligions have claimed to be the ambassadors of Gcd,
with the right of interpreting Ilis will to their
fellow-men, and making intercession for them.
The profession of the law includes, properly, all
engaged in the governing function—as kings, ma
gistrates, judges, lawyers, and executive officers of
justice. Doctors of medicine have assumed the
not less important function of healing the sick,
and staying the ravages of death.
To a certain extent, these professions have stood
by and sustained each other. At first, the three
functions were performed by the same individual ;
and the best, strongest, and wisest man was priest,
king, and physician. Since the division of labor,
religion has been supported by law, law has had
the sanction of religion, and the physician has had
the prayers of the church and the authority of the
magistrate, and has given to both his service in
return. So kings might be doctors for the honor
of their patronage ; and clergymen expect to have
their bills sent in, if tent at all, with a handsome
deduction.
Privilege is conservative, and it is natural that
these professions should endeavor to sustain them
selves and aid each other; but there are many
individual exceptions. Rarely has a priest of any
faith denounced priestcraft, but we have often
seen him a sturdy champion for the despotism
of kings. Rarely has the prince unheld demo
cratic principles, but monarchs have often taken
the side of religious freedom. Seldom have phy
sicians exposed the quackeries of medicine, but
they have been among the sturdiest of free-thinkers
and democrats.
All three professions are subject to the same law
of progress, and the same spirit 'of reform that
now animates the world. Protestantism, or the
assertion of the right of private judgment in mat
ters of faith, is making its way in nil churches. I
do not refer to protestantism against the forms or
doctrines of a particular communion, but a noble
and wide-spreading protest against every kind of
religious usurpation. This " right of private judg
ment" has been much asserted and but little exer
cised. In the end, it may lead to the rejection of
all human authority and interference in the matter
of religion : and when " knowledge shall cover the
earth;" when "no man shall say to his fellow,
1 know the Lord,' but all shall know him :" when
true religion shall pervade the earth, the clerical
profession may come to an end, and every man be
his own priest—as, in the reign of universal liberty,
every man will be his own sovereign ; and, in the
era of universal intelligence, every man will be
his own physician.
And Republicanism is dealing fatal blows to
kingcraft, and all rulercraft. Democracy is the
assertion, if not always the exercise, of individual
sovereignty. Our nation is trying a rude and im
perfect experiment of this kind, weak in its be
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ginnings, and yet crude and imperfect. But, to | fatittm vufgu*, they have done no more and no
the consternation of all conservative souls, we are ! worse than men of other callings.
still moving onward. We have delegated the I trust that these remarks will not be misappre
powers ot kiriLrs to our elected rulers and legis hended. We may detest the corruptions, usurpa
lator. A\ e have busied ourselves with making tions, and quackeries of priestcraft, kingcraft, and
laws whi( .. we shall soon have the wisdom to re ■ doetorcraft, while we yield all proper respect to
peal ; and it will not take us long to discover | clergymen, rulers, and physicians. Individually,
that, even in a republic, a thousand petty and i there may be altogether respectable and really
needless tyrannies may destroy the sovereignty of | noble characters. True reformers do not war
the individual, as effectually as the will of an ab | with persons, but with principles. The virtues,
solute hereditary despot \ are those of the individual; the faults, of the sys-
Thus, Religion has its protestantism, with "light \ torn lo which he belongs. A Czar of Russia may
of private judgment ;" Monarchy and legal ty ; be brave, generous, humane, and a pattern of the
ranny have been met, and are being overthrown I domestic virtues ; a priest of the Holy Inquisition
by the spirit of Democracy, and the rising "Sov r may be a man of probity and benevolence ; and
ereignty of the Individual." But where stands • the physician, whose doctrines and practice may
the Medical profession, in this age of radicalism, j desolate cities and people grave-yards, may be a
of reform, and of progress ? It is my special ob ) kind husband, a tender parent, a worthy citizen,
ject to answer this inquiry. | and the most estimable of men.
It is to be observed that each of these learned < These professions will last as long as men have
and honorable professions gr«w out of the igno ; need of them. The supply is governed by the
rance or wickedness of mankind. If all men were j demand ; but the supply also keeps up the demand,
good, there could be no need of priests ; if all i This is as true in morals as in trade. The appe-
men were honest, there could be no need of law i tite grows by what it feeds on. Until men can
yers, or the exercise of any governing function ; jI stand
on.
alone, they must have something to lay hold
When men understand their relations to
and if all men knew and obeyed the laws of
health, there would be no need of physicians. God, to each other, and to nature, and arc ready
The throe callings most respected among men are j to perform the duties consequent upon those rc-
thus based upon the least respectable of human i lotions, our three professions will be at an end.
qualities. It is the violation of moral, social, and > Is there n good man in the world who will not
! physical laws, which has given us priests, lawyers, labor and pray for that time to come i
and physicians; and these have seldom failed to All things have their season. I believe in all
take advantage of the ignorance w hich is the real | the dispensations of Providence—creeds, dyoas-
basis of their power. And though there are num j ties, war, slavery, pestilence, lawyers, doctors, and
bers who would gladly resign their power and all similar institutions. I also believe that the
function when no longer required, and who time will come when none of them will be needed,
would joyfully welcome the light and knowledge and that the means arc appointed by which they
which would render their offices needless, it is may be overthrown. Good and evil, radicalism
most true that the great majority, in each pro and conservatism, light and darkness, all have
fession, are conservative of its privileges. their place in the world. There are also some
men who love darkness rather than light, and for
If there is anything a king usually has a special
contempt for, it is the freedom of the press, and a reason.
political discussions among the people. It is only tions, But I must have done with these generaliza
of late that the clergy, in any considerable num fessionand turn my attention to the medical pro
alone. It is worthy of all our attention.
bers, have been willing to allow the "right of pri
vate judgment" and freedom of opinion in reli The first great want of the individual, and of soci-
gious matters. A few years ago, all our books of : ety, is health. From it comes all strength, devel
medicine were written in Latin. They were no opment, beauty, power, and happiness. It is the
great loss to those who could not read them ; but mine of all wealth, the source of all greatness, tho
the reason why they were written in a dead lan fountain of all delights; without it, life isamisera-
ble failure—a long agony of pain and disease. A
guage is sufficiently evident. They are still dis profession
which undertakes, and makes it its spe
guised with technicalities, and any attempt to cial business, to give men health, must, if it fulfill
make medicine a popular science is frowned upon its undertaking, be the greatest blessing to man
by most of the profession. From each profession kind. If, on the other hand, it fail in its object,
we have a similar excuse. The clergy hold that
the people are not capable of interpreting the greatest and increase the amount of disease, it may be its
curse.
Scriptures. Those who wish to rule the world
deny that the people are capable of self-govern The history of the medical profession has yet to
be written. We will let the dead bury their
ment While our doctors sturdily insist that the \ dead,
people are too ignorant to comprehend the laws j times, and consider, not what it has been in past
of health and life. J Therebutare,what it is, now and here.
in this city, about one thousand doc
In each case "our craft is in danger." Physi tors, or one to every five hundred of our popula
cians are neither better nor worse than other tion. They have the aid of about four hundred
men. If they have conspired to keep mankind in apothecaries, whose shops arc loaded to the upper
ignorance—if they have withheld from them the shelves with the poisons of the mineral, vegetable,
most important information—if they have based and animal kingdoms. Attached to the infantry
the dignity and prosperity of"" our noble pro and artillery of this army, there is a small but effi
fession," on the ignorance and credulity of thepro- cient light corps of cuppers and leechers, with sun
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dry camp-followers, as nurses, and undertakers.
We may reckon the entire force—horse, foot, and
dragoons—at two thousand strong; and the cost of
maintenance, with expense of ammunition, at three
millions of dollars a year. The battle is fought at
the bedside of the sick—the result is chronicled, in
part, in our crowded cemeteries, and summed up
every year in the reports of the City Inspector.
The results of this contest with disease will give
ns some idea of the efficiency of the medical profes
sion, as the authorized, and acknowledged, and
paid Preserver of the Public Health. We will
take the report last issued, that of 1850.
The whole number of deaths, last year, was a
little less than 17,000.
Of this number, 170 (one per cent.) died a
natural death—a deatlt which must not be laid to
the account of the faculty. One hundred and sev
enty are reported to have died of old age—the
only natural death ; the only disease which can be
neither prevented nor cured.
Of these 17,000 who died last year, 10,567 were
children ; cut down in the very spring-time of ex
istence, making desolate the hearts of twenty
thousand parent*, who looked in agony and in
vain to the medical profession to prevent or cure.
What are the true relations of the medical faculty
to this terrible array of premature mortality !
To answer this question, we must first consider
the natural condition of man, the conditions of
health, and the causes of disease.
It will not be disputed that the natural condi
tion of man, as of every animal and all organized
beings, is one of health. The conditions of health,
to all organized beings, are those of harmony with
the laws of nature. The most important of these
laws relate to temperature, air, food, cleanliness,
and the exercise of the various faculties and pas
sions. The causes of disease are any violations of
the laws of health, especially in the above-named
particulars.
The duty of the physician is—
1st To understand the laws of health, and the
consequences of their violation.
2d. To prevent, as far as possible, such vio
lations, and, when they occur, to restore the
offender to a state of harmony witli nature ond
obedience to its laws ; that is, to a state of health.
The proof that physicians, as a general rule, do
not understand the laws of health, is found in the
fact, that most of them lire in their habitual vio
lation, and that, as a consequence, they and their
families have the same liability to disease as
others. Physicians, and even the professors of our
medical colleges, pay very little attention to the
quality of the air they breathe ; they live upon
the most unhealthy articles of food ; great num
bers of them are in the habitual use of intoxicating
liquors, tobacco and other narcotics; while they
seem utterly blinded to the causes of disease con
nected with the indulgence of the passions. How
can those guard others, who take no care of them
selves i
The prevention of disease, the removal of its
causes, the instruction of the people in the science
of life and the lows of health, is scarcely recog
nized by the medical profession as among its du
ties ; while, as I shall presently show, the cure of
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disease is as little understood as the causes which
produce it.
These arc hard sayings, and they require the
support of incontrovertible facts. Alas! we have
them all around us ; we have them in the vast
numbers of the sick, in the common and almost
universal want of health, aud in the terrible
records of premature mortality published from
week to week in the newspapers, and collected
yearly in the report of the City Inspector.
How can we expect the medical profession to
perform its duties! I have said that reformers
war with system*, not with individuals. Who is
to pay physicians for studying the laws of health,
teaching the people, influencing the public author
ities, and preventing disease? They arc not paid
for any such work ; what they are paid for is, for
riding round the city, and dealing out doses of
drug poison. If the medical profession in New
York should exterminate disease, they would at
the same time exterminate themselves and their
families. If they should all do their duty, they
must all starve. It is the duty of a physician to
prevent disease; but, as the profession is now
constituted, it is no part of his business. Conse
quently, our population must continue to be cut
off by thousands, in infancy, and childhood, and
immature manhood.
Even when disease has begun its ravages, and
the doctor is sent for, the interests of patient and
physician are still at variance. A rapid cure is a
miracle of self-sacrifice. Each visit the less is so
much money out of pocket. Each dose of medi
cine the less is downright robbery of his friend the
apothecary—possibly the additional loss of a per
centago of profits on each recipe. Any doctor
who should persist in curing all his patients, and
curing them quickly, must expect bitter reflections
from the druggist, and black looks from the un
dertaker.
The facts and figures of the Inspector's Reports
prove clearly to my mind that the science of med
icine, as now commonly taught and practiced, is a
failure. They prove, as does common observation,
that the first great object of medical science, the
prevention of disease, is scarcely thought of as one
of the duties of the profession. They prove that
the diseases which science ought to prevent, are,
in the commou practice of medicine, so ineffect
ually treated, as to be followed by a frightful
amount of mortality.
It is not my opinion alone—it is that of many
of the leading minds in the medical profession—
that medicine, as commonly practiced, does not
diminish the amount of human suffering or mor
tality; that its mischiefs outweigh its benefits;
that this medical science, "the accumulated wis
dom of two thousand years," is little effectual for
good, but very potent for evil.
For such opinions, we must have other reasons
than the results I have glanced at I will give a
few of them.
Medical science, bo called, is a mass of fanciful
and conflicting theories respecting the nature,
causes, and treatment of disease. The "accumu
lated wisdom" is an accumulation of follies, of
contradictions, or, as the learned Dr. Gregory
said, of " stark staring absurdities." Now, if there
be four theories of disease, and consequently four
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different plans of treatment, threo of the four
must be wrong, and, of course, ineffectual aud mis
chievous.
The same disease has been treated in several
different ways at different periods, and at the same
period. There are fashions in medicine as well as
in dress; and, where fashion and caprices govern,
there can be no true science. At one time, typhus
fever was considered a disease of inflammation,
and treated with bloodletting and anti-phlogistics.
At another, it was held to be a disease of debility,
and treated with stimulants and tonics. Then,
it was a morbid state of the humors ; and the pa-
tieut was either run down with cathartics, or shut
up in a close room, without fresh air or cold water,
to swelter out the peccant humors at the pores.
With some, it is a purely nervous disease; with
others, it depends upon ulceration of the intes
tines. The same is the case with many, perhaps
most, diseases ; and it must be evident that where
there has been such a variety of practice, guided
by no settled principles, the sick have not been
greatly benefited.
The materia medica of Allopathy, and its kin
dred schools of practice, is another cause of its
failure to do good, and its potency in evil. Our
four hundred drug-shops are fountains of disease
and premature mortality. " The lancet has slain
more than the sword." It is notorious that some
of the most remarkable men that ever lived have
been its victims. There is a frightful list of
chronic diseases, which, it has been demonstrated,
may be produced by bloodletting. The most en
lightened of the reformed schools of medicine have
utterly discarded this sanguinary practice, with a
marked improvement in the bills of mortality.
The free use of purgative medicines—kept up by
regulars aud irregulars, insisted upon in the med
ical books, aud recommended in the newspapers;
persevered in from infancy to age, if old age ever
comes with such treatment—is recognized by the
most enlightened pathologists as a formidable
cause of disease, and often a fatal interference
with the healing powers of nature.
The virulent mineral poisons given as altera
tives, in the vague hope of producing some mys
terious change in the system, such as calomel, cor
rosive sublimate, arsenic, iodine, etc., have under
mined the constitutions of millions, and prepared
them for the inroads of fatal diseases. They are
truly alteratives, for they cannot be given inlany
quantity without a change for the worse in the
delicate organs and tissues with which they come
in contact In the progress of the water-cure, it
has been demonstrated, in hundreds of cases, that
these medicines are laid up in the system, and that
after months, and even years, they are cast out by
our processes, and the diseases of which they were
the cause thus radically cured.
The vegetable poisons, classed in the materia
as stupefacients, delirifacients, parolyzers, Ac., have
a deadly effect upon the human system at all times,
in all quantities, and under all circumstances.
The use of stimulants, the most common of all,
and the least objectiouable, is the purchase of
present and temporary relief, at the expense of
future and aggravated suffering—false in principle,
hurtful in practice.
In the whole materia medica of Allopathy, I do
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not know of one article, of any positive character,
which is calculated to restore the baimonyofa
disordered system. Allopathic medication is, in
all eases, doing evil that good may come, with the
usual result in such cases made and provided.
Can we wonder, then, that a medical profession,
loosely educated in theories, full of blunders, un
certainties, contradictions, and absurdities ; placed
in such relations to society as to make the pre
vention of disease its ruin, and the speedy cure of
the sick a personal and pecuniary sacrifice ; armed
with a materia medica consisting of deleterious
drugs and mortal poisons, should utterly disap
point all hopes of its usefulness? What could we
expect but negligence in prevention, uncertainty
in treatment, mischievous interference with the
salutary operations of nature, and often fatal blun
ders in doctor or druggist—most generally the
former ; for the doctors' blunders rarely get into the
newspapers—the druggists' often do ; and win re
the druggist puts up one prescription wrong, the
doctor writes a hundred?
I appeal to any intelligent and candid man, in
or out of the profession, if this is ne>t a truthful
picture of its present state, as taught and practiced
here, and in all civilized countries. It is the sys
tem studied and practiced by thousands of well-
meaning men, who blunder on, doing as much
good and as little harm as they can ; hoping that
they have, in most cases, avoided doing mischief,
but often in a painful state of doubt on this very
point Many retire in disgust from the profession.
Many worry along, giving, as they tell us, "very
little medicine." Some renounce bleeding ; some
quiet conscience by giving up calomel ; many
amuse their patients with innocent placebos, or
doses wholly inert, and so make sure of doing no
positive harm ; and many experiment with much
faith and patience on the power of infinitesimal.-'.
This is the condition of the medical profession
as it is and has been for ages. The time has come
when all this must be changed. The popular in
telligence demands it. The progress of the world
will not permit one of its great interests to be
neglected. Everywhere the spirit of investigation
is awake and active. The statistics of disease, and
death, and the various modes of medical practice,
are discussed in the newspapers. No class or pro
fession is looked up to with a blind reverence ;
and the spirit of the age, which demands the right
of private judgment in mutters of faith, which
laughs at the divine right of kings, which pro
claims individual sovereignty, will not be satisfied
with such a medical profession as we have de
scribed. An enlightened public opinion demands
a medical profession of a very different order.
The physician who is to answer the wants of the
present and the future must be deeply read in the
book of nature, and must be able to forget much
of the lore of the schools. He must have little
reverence for antiquity, and great devotion to the
truth. He must be contented to learn science
where it is written by the finger of Omnipotence,
and have the independence to reject the fanciful
theories of bookworms and dreamers.
The physician which the world now wants, and
is beginning to demand, is one who understands,
obeys, and teaches the laws of health ; who acts
upon the principle that " prevention is better than
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1 cure;" who considers the preservation of health as ing—much the largest circulation ever attained by
a far greater triumph than the most miraculous any journal devoted to similar objects.
, cure of disease, or the most brilliant surgical ope- The demand for physicians and teachers, for
j ration. We want physicians who will place physi light and knowledge, in this great reform, is every
ology above pathology, and hygiene above thcra- day increasing, and the pressure of this demand
: peutics. The world wants nun and women of has led to the establishment of this Institute.
,' true science and a pure devotion ; who will apply We have not sought this work, but have felt our-
! their knowledge in the way to do most good to se-lves called to it, and irrcsistably impelled to its
mankind, nml not in a way to bring most money performance. The work needed to be done, and
! into their own pockets. Medicine has too long no one came forward to do it. We have taken
; been made a trade. It is truly a work of philan- the responsibility, and shall bear it as well as we
'. thropy; and until the world gets wiser, and arc able. If we are permitted to send forth men
learns to properly estimate and reward its bene- and women, with all the knowledge we are able
J factors, it must be one of self-sacrifice. to communicate, filled with the spirit of devotion
In the practice of the water-cure, ladies and and progress that belongs to this work, we shall
i gentlemen of the Institute, your highest reward j feel that we have not lived in vain.
; must be the satisfaction which arises from a good The first term of the Institute, upon which we
i action; but you maybe assured that God has so now enter, will continue for twelve weeks. To
. made the world that you can do no good to your us it will be a season of arduous labor and unceas
. fellow-creatures which will not also be for your ing care; to you, our students, it will be one of
j own benefit. "Seek first the kingdom of God earnest and faithful study. You have much to
| and his righteousness, and all other things shall be learn. The laws of the universe are to be unfold
; addeel unto you." "God takes care of those who ed to you, as far as human science has been able
> do his work ;" and men w ill take care of those to reveal, or the human mind to comprehend them.
whom they must recognize as their benefactors. When we have done our utmost, the work re
There may seem to be some discouraging things mains with you. Upon your improvement of this
in the profession you are entering upon. In the opportunity may depend, not only your own use
common practice of medicine, erne visit prepares fulness, but the health, lives, and happiness of
the way for another, and one course of medication thousands.
renders the need of another more speedy and cer In the plan of this Institution there are some
tain. The doctor is constantly sowing seed for peculiarities, which it may be well here to notice.
future crops of work and profit. With you, if It is intended to be a direct public benefit, as well
you do your duty, it will be for different A pa as through the instruction afforded to its pupils.
tient cured is a patient le*t ; for no person can go The three morning lectures will be especially for
through a course of hydropathic treatment with the class, and will be given at the private rooms
out having enough to insure him against disease of the Institute ; but it is our intention to admit
for the future1. In the common practice, if a doe- the public, all who wish to attend, to the evening
tor becomes the regular physician of a few fomi- course, w hich will be given here, or in some other
ilies, his living is secured ; with you, each family suitable place, and which, avoiding the minutn
into which you are called will, in u short time, be of anatomy, surgery, etc., will still comprise all
able to keep well, or, in all ordinary cases, to be the most important branches of medical science,
their own physicians. In this way, hydropathy is nnd those portions more especially which relate to
destined first to exterminate all other systems of the prevention of disease. The time, place, and
medical practice, and then to destroy itself. i subjects of the evening lectures will be announced
This is a result to wish and work for—not a in a few days, and we are encouraged to expect,
calamity to fear. It may not come in our day and in these", the aid of several eminent professors in
generation. The world is too sick for that. The different departments of science.
present generation is all to be cured ; the heredi- Yon may now understand the relations of the
tarv diseases of the next are to be eradicated; the American Hydropathic Institute to the medical
knowledge of the laws of health is to be made profession. Its object ia revolutionary, reforma
universal before our work is accomplished. Here tory, progressive, and to some extent destructive.
is work for us, and for hundreds, and thousands. If it succeeds, it will not be many years before
The field is broad, the harvest truly is plenteous, the boys in the street will point to the last of the
the wages will be all that is needful, but the labor- Allopaths. If it succeeds, every corner in New
crs are few. Everywhere we need teachers of > York, now lighted at night by the red and blue
health—everywhere we want eurers of disease. fires, will be to let If it succeeds, the City In
The progress of hydropathy, with the interest spector will not long make such terrible records
in physiological science, and the sanitary reform ! of premature mortality, and you will see a change
which everywhere accompanies it, is one of the in the size of the coffins exposed in the shops of
grand phenomena of this age. Preissnitz, the our undertakers, and in the ages inscribed on
honored founder of our system, as a system, iB still j coffin-plates and tomb-stones. If it succeeds, dis
in full practice in Garmany, and his water-cure 1 ease will bo banished, and the world be filled with
establishment, grown to a village, is resorted to by I a robust, beautiful, and long-lived and happy race.
invalids from every portion of the civilized world, j Its success is in our hands and in yours. Wo
In America, where water-cure, ten years ago, was shall try to do our duty, relying on your indul
scarcely heard of, there are probably at this time j gence to pardon the imperfections of onr early (
more than a hundred water-cure establishments, ; efforts. I feel assured that you will do all in your (
and power to moke the session now begun one of
. , the. Water-Cube , . Joubnal
, , has ,a . circulation > pleosure to us, profit to yourselves, and inestimo-
bordenng upon thirty thousand, and fast incrcas- j ljic benefit to the world.
 THE WATER-CURE
> TEETHING AND ITS MANAGEMENT.*
BT lOSt SUKW, M. D.
The period of dentition, or appearance of the first or temporary teeth, is
one of the most precarious of the child's life. We cannot for a moment sup
pose that teething is naturally a time of danger, or that the All-wise Creator
designed that infant life should be subject to such a variety of ills as we find
in civilized life to occur at this period. On the contrary, we know, from
both fact and analogy, that it is no more natural or necessary that a child
ehould be made sick by the process of teething, than for the young of other
animals to be thus affected ; and, assuredly, we never see them suffering any
inconvenience whatever from this source.
This subjeot being one of great importance, I shall enter into it somewhat
in detail.
The formation of the teeth is begun, evidently, early in fcetal life. We do
not, indeed, know precisely at what period these organs begin to develop
themselves; but that this development commences long before the fcetus
leaves the uterus, is well known to be true.
The growth of the teeth is carried on slowly at first, and is not completed
till several months after birth. The parts concerned in this process are the
jaw, the gum, the nerves, and the soft rudiments of the tooth itself. The jaw,
at first, hits only a channel running along its surface, but this is afterwards
divided, by a natural process, into separate cells. These become, in time, the
alveolar processes. In each of these cells 13 lodged a membranous sack, con
taining a soft pulp. The bag consists of two laminre or coverings, both of
which contain nerves and blood-vessels, the outer one being the more vascu
lar. These sacks adhere very closely to the gums, so much so, that if it be
pulled away from the jaw, the sacks adhere firmly to it The pulp is also
vascular ; that is, contains blood-vessels, and it assumes very nearly the size
and shape which the body of the tooth is to have after ossification or hard
ening his taken place. The tooth consists of two parts—the bony matter
and the crystalized enamel covering the bone. The bone is formed of the
pulp, which gradually hardens, and in the eighth or ninth month of fcetal life
all the pulps are found to be more or leas ossified; at birtb, the shell of the
tooth is found considerably advanced. Soon after this process commences,
the inner surface of the sack deposits a soft earthy substance, which crystal-
izes and forms enamel. When ossification is advanced so far as to form the
shell of the body of the tooth, the lower part becomes contracted, so as to
form the neck; and, as the shell thickens, the pulp, though diminished in
quantity, protrudes at the neck, forming a kind of mould for the fang. If
the tooth is to have two roots, a septum is stretched across the cavity of the
neck, and the pulp protrudes in two divisions. As ossification advances on
the root, the body rises in tho socket, and the sack rises with it; but, in pro 5
portion as the enamel is crystalized, the sack becomes less vascular and thin ,
ner, and is at hist absorbed ; and when the tooth has acquired its proper \
height, the whole membrane is destroyed. Thus it appears the sack is not }
stretched, and bursts by distention, but is absorbed, and being fixed to the j
neck of the tooth, and not to the jaw, it rises with the tooth.f
During a number of months, of the earlier period of the child's life, it is des
tined, according to the intention of nature, to draw all its nourishment from
the maternal breast Consequently, no food is to be token that needs masti
cation or breaking down by the grinding power of the teeth. Suction alone
is all that is required during the earlier months ; and for tins, the mouth,
including tho tongue, lips, and cheeks, are amply sufficient. In perfect
aecordance with this beautiful arrangement of nature, the parts afterwards to
bo employed in the process of mastication are in a comparatively imperfect
state ; the jaws are shallow, short, and not provided with teeth ; the soft parts,
also, concerned in the process are, for some months, comparatively weak.
It is a law of Nature, that all her processes are carried on gradually, often
in a manner almost imperceptible. In this way she prevents those ailments
which would necessarily arise from a sudden and severe commotion in the
svstcrn. Suppose the teeth were all to come out at once in a single day ; the
life of the child would, with certainty, be destroyed by such a change. But
Nature docs her work in a more careful manner ; the process of dentition is a
slow and gradual one. In the course of a few. months, as the infant advances
towards a state of development in which more solid nutriment is needed, the
bones of the face gradually increase in their dimensions; "the jaws increase
* From a new work, soon to be published, entitled " The Diseases and Management of
Children." By JOEL Shew, M. D.
t Dr. Barns.
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in length, depth, and firmness of structure; the gums become more elevated
and resisting on their upper edge ; tho cavity of the mouth enlarges ; the
muscles which move the jaws increase in size and vigor; and, in exact pro
portion to these changes, the infant manifests increased power of mastica
tion, and an increased tendency to carry to ita mouth any object it can lay
hold of; thus evidently contributing to develop still farther the bones and
the inures concerned in mastication.*
About the sixth or eighth month—the period varying considerably in dif
ferent cases—the teeth begin to cut the gum. Generally, the two middle
incisors of the lower jaw appear first; in about a month later those of the
upper jaw cut through; then the two lateral incisors of the lower jaw, and
next those of the upper one appear; about the twelfth or fourteenth month,
the anterior grinders of the lower, and soon after of the upper, jaw make
their way through the gum. Between the sixteenth and twentieth month
the cuspidati or dog teeth appear ; and, from that period to the thirtieth
month, the posterior grinders como forth. Thus the child, when arrived at
the age of two and a half years, usually has all the first set of teeth through.
There is, however, according to differences in constitution or idiosyncrasy,
considerable variation from the periods mentioned.
COMPLETE SET OF INFANT TEBTII.
(This plate exhibits the jaws of a child at the age of about four yuars.)
The temporary or milk teeth continue generally till about the sixth or
seventh year. The permanent teeth—twenty-eight in number, not including
the four wisdom teeth—are supposed to be in progress of development all
this time. Gradually the permanent teeth come forward to displace the tem-
porary ones. This change, like that of the coming forth of the milk teeth, is
not a sudden process, but gradual, and such as a healthy child may, without
inconvenience, pass through. In all of these curious and interesting pro
cesses we see displayed most clearly the wisdom of an Almighty hand.
In the foregoing description I have used, for the most part, technical terms
to designate the different kinds of teeth. In Latin, incisor signifies anything
which cuts ; hence this name for the cutting teeth. Cuspis signifies the
point of a spear ; and molar, a mill. The milk teeth, twenty in number,
consist of eight incisors, front or cutting teeth, four being in each jaw ; four
cuspid or canine (dog teeth), two being in each jaw ; and eight molar or
grinding teeth. The permanent teeth, including the wisdom teeth, so called,
eonsist of eight incisors ; fonr cuspid, canine, dog or eye teeth ; and twenty
molar or grinding teeth. The latter term is sometimes restricted to the
three back grinders on each side of each jaw ; in which case, the remaining
two, forward and next to the cuspid teeth, are called bicuspid or double spear
headed, from their being supposed to bear some resemblance to the cuspid or
spear-likc teeth.
The subjoined cuts will serve to give tho reader a still clearer idea of tho
location and appearance of the different kinds of teeth.
It will be found, in reference to the growth, development, and health of
the living body, that Nature always adapts her means to her ends; in other
words, that the organization will be found, at every period of life, to be
adapted, with the utmost precision and accuracy, to the wants of the indi-
* Combe on Infancy. Published by Fowlers & Wells, New York.
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vidua!. Thus, when the child is young and feeble, demanding only the ' inflamed and painful. The child now carries everything to its month, and
bland nonrifchment furnished from the mother's breast, nu teeth ure provided ; • is evidently relieved by rubbing its gums. The bowel- ut this time, are
these, under such circumstances, would be rather n hindrance than otherwise. generally unusually open ; but a eertaiu degree of bowel complaint is bene-
But, as the child grows and becomes more strong, requiring, as a conse ' ficial during teething, and therefore its occurrence need not cause any un
quence, a more substantial nutriment, the teeth come forth. And still later, easiness. After going on for a longer or shorter time, these symptoms grad
when the constitution becomes still more developed and strong, the first or ually abate, and are followed by an interval of comfort and repose.
more delicate teeth are thrown off, in order to give place for the jjronger '■ The second stage of teething soon follows. Instead of regularly carry
and more permanent ones, and which are intended to go with (he individual ing anything to the mouth, the child now often shows a fear of allowing
anything to touch it, and often cries when he happens to bite unwarily.
' The gums and mouth become burning hot ; a pale or bright red elevated
! spot appears on the gums, which becomes very painful when pressed upon.
The child changes colour frequently, is restless, wishes to be laid down, and
( is no sooner down than he is anxious to be again in the nurse's arms ; nothing
! please? him. At one moment he will demand the breast and at the next
abruptly turn away from it. lie snatches at everything and retains nothing.
' The child appears in short to be driven about by successive and sudden im-
; pulses, without been able to find rest in any position ; and with these appear-
| ances Blight fever and bowel complaints are often combined. When once the
\ teeth are fairly cut however, all these symptoms vanish." Such is the
j period of teething as often seen in the present state of society ; but in cases
! of well constituted children, especially if they are reared carefully according
j to the natural laws, none of those disturbances whatever are noticed ; and that
i such is the benevolent intention of the Creator both facts and analogy con-
\ clusively prove; and it is the great importance of the subject of infant man-
i; agement during this critical period of teething, that causes, in the writers mind,
5 an anxiety that it should be understood. Certainly there can be no scientific
' knowledge of greater importance to every parent, than that which enables
i them to rear up healthfully the offspring committed to their care.
The different orders of teeth make their appearance with greater or less
! difficulty, according to their size and the depth from which they come. Thus
! a child may experience no trouble whatever with the first teeth ; but later
| when the cuspidati and molars are about to make their appearance, trouble-
some and perhaps serious consequences may ensue. Sometimes too, it hap-
■ pens that tin; principal difficulty is experienced when the first teeth appear.
COHFLRl BKT OF PERMANENT TEETH. : In such cases either there is an improvement of the constitution through
j some means disconnected with the process of teething, or the system, by
becoming accustomed to the change which has commenced in its develop
through life. "We see, too, also, in precise accordance with this law of ment, is better enabled to bear the excitement after the first teeth begin
adaptation, that when from weakness of constitution, or other causes, the to come forth.
development of the constitution goes on with unusual slowness, and solid The symptoms of teething seldom continue severe more than eight or
food is not so soon needed by the system, the growth and development of : ten days at a lime. If a child be particularly irritable, or if the tooth come
forth with more than usual rapidity, or if several teeth make their appear
the teeth are in the same proportion delayed ; affording us an instructive ance at the same time, the unpleasant effects arc apt to be more than ordinarly
lesson, that weaning should not be directed according to any arbitrary rules severe. The system may become feverish, with a determination of blood to
as regards days and months, but should be regulated according to the progress the head, costiveness or a bowel complaint, more or less severe, may supervene,
of organization and the child's state of health. ' and which in some cases may be attended with convulsions. Not unfrequent-
]y the head becomes so much affected, that effusion takes place upon the
Teething may be reckoned as having two distinct periods, although these membranes of the brain, which must in almost every ease end in death.
naturally run into each other. During the first period, the capsule of the Eruption, of the skin may come on as symptoms of teething, but these
tooth enlarges, as is known by the swelling of the surrounding parts. It is appearance arc regarded as favorable rather than otherwise. The child is
evidently'
in this stage of the process of teething that there may be a considerable de the other disturbances better off" with an eruption under such circumstances than with
gree of constitutional disturbance, without (he teeth at all making their appear refered to.
In nil cases of troublesome dentition we are to treat the patient according
ance. During the second period, the tooth increases in length, rises upward, to general principles, just us we would do with the same symptoms arising
presses against the gum, and in time cuts through its surface. Although i from other causes. In order however, to convey clearer ideas on the subject,
these two stages are supposed to be present in every ease, yet it not unfre- '• I remark that in the management of cases of difficult dentition, three main
quently happens that there appears to be only one period, the tooth appear j indications of treatment arc to be observed :—first to allay local irritations ;—
second to alleviate constitutional symptoms, and, third, to support the
ing very soon after the constitutional disturbance is discovered. In other strength.
cases, too, the cutting of the tooth is so ea.-ily effected, that there are no symp 1. In regard to the gums ; many suppose it absolutely necessary to cut them
toms of general disturbance whatever noticeable. freely with a knife or lancet, while others arc opposed to the practice. Some
I have before remarked, that teething, being a natural process, there ought ! saved suppose that this measure is so important a one that life is often actually
by it, while on the other hand it is supposed that life may be destroyer!
to be no difficulty during the growth and development of these masticatory ' by the irritation set up by the operation of dividing the gum. Now as to
organs, and, if the laws of nature were properly observed, we would have in my own opinion on this matter, I do not believe it ever necessary,—provid-
the catalogue of human disorders no such diseases as those of teething. But . cd we use tin! right way, to cut the gum ; I will not say it never docs any good
as the habits of society arc, in the present state of human improvement, the i Ito regard perform this simple operation ; but I do not consider it at all necessary.
period of teething is, probably, all things considered, the most dangerous one freely admitbesides, the good effect of it to be in all cases, doubtful. But I
that 1 do not fear the operation as many have done. On a
of our whole lives. j small scale it is a cruel measure ; but as to its real injury, I think that is
"The first sta<re of teething," according to an accurate observer, "is induced : seldom worth considering.
by symptoms of general irritation in the mouth, and of some constitutional ;|■ I answer, But what arc we to do in the way of relieving local irritation of the gums.
first, that general means, such, as the tepid or cold bath, suited
disturbance. The child becomes restless, and the saliva begins to How in to the nature of the ca«e, the wet sheet pack, the shallow bath, with prolong
quantities from the mouth, and, on the least uneasiness, the infant cries, but ed friction, and wet compresses, are among the best possible means. We
in a little while again smiles with its wonted placidity. Tears and smiles : can generally if not always, operate more effectually upon any local part,
thus succeed each other at intervals. The eyes and checks become red, the ' through general treatment than through local, and yet both have their place,
appetite capricious, and thirst frequently considerable. Sleep is disturbed or <; and are to be resorted to. Thus we may bathe a child as often as the fever
interrupted by dreams, and a general expression of uneasiness pervades the | body and give demands; him wet sheets, apply friction, put wet compresses about the
at the same time make suitable applications to the mouth and
frame. The gums, which were at first unaltered, begin to swell and become ! throat.
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presented to the root of the plant in a liquid form, through the walls, and the bag will contain rela
CHEMISTRY OF LIFE.-NO. III. or dissolved in water ; and if a vegetable cm de tively more water and less alcohol. It thus ap
BY T. ANTI3ELL, M. D. rive its food in this way, which an animal cannot, pears that mony permeable substances yield a pas
It is of no small importance to the animal, what it is became the exhalation of water in the vegeta sage exclusively, or in large proportion, only to
is the nature and amount of the minerals which are ble is vastly above what it is in the animal, nnd certain constituents of a compound fluid and not
taken up by plants. And this is so for two great rea with the exhalation is the amount of imbibition or to others, and consequently tho filtered fluid has
sons: first, because the animal itself requiring absorption which keeps pace with it pari passu. a different composition from what it had 'when
mineral matter to build up its own solid skeleton, Hales hag shown how great this evaporation is, poured upon the filter ; if putrid water be poured
has the means of drawing it only from two sources amounting in the case of the sunflower to upwards upon a charcoal filter, the odorous parts and some
—either its food or drink. The latter could never of thirty gallon* daily ; with this large amount of salts will bo retained by the charcoal, and the fil
supply a sufficient amount without drinking a water, a corresponding large proportion of earthy tered water will be alike devoid of odor and
very large quantity of fluid, which in itself would matters dissolved are introduced and appropriated i taste. Sea-water passed through charcoal, leaves
prove injurious. It is from the food only then it in the system, and the absorption of mineral matter j much of its saline matter behind. In these cases
can derive the mineral elements, and the necessity is in proportion to tho amount of water passing j the charcoal acts with saline particles as the ca-
for these substances in the frame is evident from through the plant and evaporating from its ' outchouc and bladder act with liquids.
the diseases produced by their absence, as that of leaves. I For one substance to pass through the inter-
rickets, from the absence of phosphate of lime, The action by which the fluid is drawn up into ! spaces (pores) of another, it must be brought into
aud scurvy from the absence of potash salts. The the plant by the little radicles or rootlets, has j close contact with it—this is generally due to an
second reason is perhaps a more important one, as generally been looked upon as due to the action [ affinity or attractive power of the permeable sub-
it strikes at the root of the production of food al of the vital force in the vegetable, aud a* this ab | Htanoe for the other, thus the affinity of paper for
together. It is this: it is well known that many sorption is only found at first sight, exerted in or j water is great and it attracts the particles of wa
plants will not grow without lime, others without ganized forms, it has been looked upon as a true ter close to it, aud thus wets it : for any body to
potash, and again a few not without soda, and so vital function ; how incorreotly may be estimated filter a fluid, it mast be wetted by that fluid; if oil
similarly in many other instances. Now this ne from the following considerations. The little radi be poured on dry paper, it wets it and the oil
cessity, as we may call it, which the plant has for cle or rootlet is a hollow tube closed at the farther gradually filters—if poured on wet paper there is
such minerals is not that these elements alone end, or the extremity of it ; the tube is composed no affinity exerted, and the paper is not wetted by
are all that the plant requires to form a complete of mem'irane or vegetable celular tissue, which the oil. This attraction, if it does not exist may
individual, but that the entrance of these into the always contains a number of minute pores. be brought about ; thus water in a bright glass
tissue of plants emures the formation and presence Through these pores the water and saline fluids tube, closed at one end by a bladder tied tightly,
of many more which are essential to the full ma of the soil pass, with varying degrees of rapidity. will scarcely permeate through, but by pouring in
turity of the plant. A few examples may explain This actiou was term ;d by Dutroehet Sndosinose, mercury through the open end, tho pressure of the
this. The madder plant produces a variable quan an i as it occurs in tho animal body similarly to metal on the water drives it through the pores of
tity of the coloring matter so much used in dye the vegetable along with an opposite action due the bladder, became the particles of water are thus
ing, dependent upon the soil and cultivation. If to a similar came, both may be considered to brought closer, or within tha sphere of attraction
there be no lime in the ground, the proportion of gether. When water is poured upon a paper fil of the membrane. Permeability is due to attrac
coloring matter formed in the root is so small as ter, the whole of it passes through the pores of the tion, and as that attraction exists between dissimi
to render them worthless to the manufacturer, but paper similarly with a saline solution and rapidity lar bodies it is chemical attraction. Liquids filter
sow the plant on calcareous land, or add lime of the passage, or the filtering depends upon the or flow into tubes or the pores of a porous body,
abundantly as manure, and the proportion of" col size of the pore* of the filter. This is nothing from the result of capillary action and of chemical
oring matter increases wonderfully. The presence m >re than capillary action or capillarity, a me affinity, but they do not flow through or out of
of potash in tho grape, and a few other plants, de chanical attraction. The rise of fluids in glass them, utiles* some other force or cause act This
termines the presence of sugar in the sap and in tubes is altogether, and that of the sap in the sap force may be pressure which accelerates it in pro
the fruit The organic substance, sugar, will not vessels is partially due to this cause. The pores portion to the amount ; an instance has been al
be formed in quantity unless the inorganic sub of the filter are nothing more in this view than a ready adduced, and the sponge filled with water
stance, potash, be present ; and this affords one rea section of the tubes which exert capillarity. If and emptied by pressure, is a familiar example.
son (though not the chief one) why cultivated now the same filter be taken after the water lias The conditions of a fluid most favorable for its
grapes yield more wine than wild ones. The pre passed through and oil poured into it, none of the passage, is when its particles can be displaced so
sence of the phosphates of lime and magnesia in oil passes through ; not that the pores of the filter as to glide over each other—tho cohesion of tho
the cerealia (wheat, maize, oats, 4c.) is always ac are stopped up, for on pouring in water the water partioles or molecules of the fluid for each other,
companied by that of gluten ; those plants which passes readily through as it did at first If the ex is therefore an obstructing oause, and the narrow
contain most gluten also contain most phosphates ; periment be reversed by pouring oil into the dry diameter of the pore another. In the latter case
and those individuals which contain the greatest filter, it will pass through freely ; on adding water tha walls of the pore exert an attraction for tho
quantity of the latter also form the largest amount to the filter none passes through although it still particles which retain them in their proximity and
of that nutritive substance. Wheat, which in a admits the free passage of oiL At one time the keep at rest—in the former case tho particles ad
partially cultivated state does not contain more pores of the paper are favorable to the passage of here to each other too strongly to ba attracted by
than nine per cent of gluten, can be made to yield, oil at another to water. Nor are these solitary ex the permeable substance, and therefore do not
when highly cultivated, no less than 18 per cent, amples : if alcohol and water, mixed, be hung up come within the range of its affinity; to produce a
of that element. The presence of phosphate of in a bladder, after some time a portion of the wa favorable condition, we must diminish the mutual
lime in a plant, therefore, insures not only the ter will be found to have passed out or evaporat attraction of the molecules or the exoessive attrac .
materials for lime but also for muscle, that being ed, and the alcohol is left behind. This is a com tion of the walls for the m >lecules. The former
formed most readily by the assimilation of gluten. mon mode of making alcohol strong or freer from miy be accomplished by heat to some extent; the
These are a few of the many instances which might water. The passage of the fluid in these cannot action of this force (heat) is to expand the parti-
be adduced of the intimate relation between the j be explained by saying that the pores of the oles, or in striot language, to separate their mole
vegetable and the animal, and the dependence of > membrane admitted the smaller molecules to pass cules farther apart whereby they have less attrac
the latter upon the former. and retained the grosser, for in the ease of the tion for each other: a familiar example of this oc-
Water is the chief support of vegetable life ; un- j bladder it allowed the denser or thicker fluid to ours in filtering liquids; many fluids, which, when
fitted with any masticatory apparatus like the ani pass and retained the thinner fluid within. If in cold, will not pass through, when the liquid is
mal tribes, it receives its food in the liquid form, j place of a bladder, a bag of caoutchouc be used, warmad, pass readily through the pores of the
Every substance intended as nutriment must be j more of the spirit than of the water will escape liquid. The molecules of water are thus brought
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into different states, in imp of -winch they pass
readily through tubes, in the other not. Oilier
liquids have their molecules, possessing either of
these two properties which water exemplifies.
Fat, oil, and alcohol act like water in the first in
stance. Saline solutions act like it in the second.
These' will frequently not pass through membrane
or charcoal, without losing some of the saline mat
ters they contained—that is to say, chemical affiu-
ity cornea into play, when three substances ap
proach each other, as water salt (dissolved in the
water) and charcoal or membrane ; the water pre
viously held the salt dissolved by affinity, but its
affinity for charcoal or membrane is greater; it
therefore parts with its salt either in whole or in
part, and is then within the sphere of attraction of
the charcoal. There are then two causes which
lead to passage of fluids through membranes ; one
is mobility of the particles themselves to glide
over each other readily. The other and more im
portant, one is chemical affinity, which modifies
and controls the whole operation.
CHILDREN'S DRESS.
BY K. B. GLEASON.
Cobxelia, daughter of Scipio, mother of the
Gracchi, was once visited by a lady who displayed,
with much pride, whatever was then most fashion
able for ornament ; gold, silver, diamonds, brace
lets, pendants' and all the apparatus which the
ancients called " mundum mulicbrum" (woman's
world.)
The guest expected to find much of the same
sort, but still more splendid, at the house of so im
portant a personage, and therefore desired to sec
her toilet. Cornelia very artfully prolonged the
conversation till her sons returned from school,
and then, as they entered, said, "tee, Jure arc my
jewels."
Children healthful, happy, well-bred, are indeed
to every true mother's heart, jewels more precious
than any other ; jewels to which no foreign gem
can add beauty or worth. Of a child it is em
phatically true, that they are most adorned when
unadorned. What sight more beautiful than the
happy freedom of a child in its night dress, or
even in its no dress, taking an air bath. So prone
are we to estimate garments by their cost, rather
than their comfort ; to measure beauty by the
stitches taken in making, rather than their adapta
tion to the wants of the body : that the little folks
suffer in many ways if not in the same way as
their seniors.
The harm done them by this foolish vanity or
misplaced pride, is often of a date prior to that of
their birth. Many a prospective mother spends
all her leisure in embroidering, affixing edgings,
inscrtings, and the like. To say nothing of the
unfavorable effect of sedentary habits on her own
health, her offspring have less mental and muscu
lar power than if she worked, walked, read and
thought more.
After all the labor to prepare their little gar
ments, they seem to me as ill adjusted to the
wants of their tiny frames. I fancy they often
" cry out " against them, and we misinterpret their
language, and think they complain of cholic, of
hunger, when they mean to say pinched! pricked.
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How many a crying child is fed with pap, suataincd by a bit of tape pacing over the shoul
anie-seed, or catnip, when merely giving it the der.
free use of its lungs and limbs by removing its To keep it more closely to the form, and thus
clothes, would have put to flight every sign of • secure warmth and avoid n clumsy look, it is
pain or peevishness; and the little one would have plaited from the top downwards four or five
laughingly performed a scries of varied and beauti , inches, aud tied behind at the top and about three
ful gymnastic exercises for the development of its ' inches below. In this method there is no loss of
physical system. flannel, for the ''gores" can be put on to a half
Taking every woman at her word, no one ever J breadth, and thus make another skirt of the same
dresses herself or children otherwise than "very ! form and size. Over this a slip, with long sleeves,
loosely." For her infant, she just has them snug which completes the dress, and that without a pin.
enough to stay up in place, and furnish a support > This suit can be put on quickly, which saves the
to the back, and keep it from growing crooked, child much crying, and the mother much vexation.
and prevent the stomach from growing too " high " Two of the garments having long sleeves, the
and large; (that is the abdomen); only that im ! arms are well protected, so that there is no need
portant part has lost its name as well as place in of a blanket for common wear, which I fancy
woman's form. j causes more colds than it keeps off, being first all
Now the tightness is pretty tight, when this is I up about the shoulders and then all off from them.
done so as to suit the idea of most mothers. : Then the infant being kept too warm when in its
In foetal life the vital organs are most developed. ! room, is over sensitive on being carried out. One
Hence in infancy, the head and chest are larger ; word about that abdominal band which is always
in proportion to the hips, than in the adult. For j a little trouble to adjust. This should be about
this reason the bands to skirts, unless suspended ; five inches in width, and of very fine soft flannel,
from the shoulder, must be pinned snugly, other : this being rather preferable to linen, because more
wise they will slip down, the lower part of the j elastic and not so apt to wrinkle, and hence keeps
trunk being so much smaller than the upper. > its place better. Under this a small compress of
The wearing of several folds of unyielding cloth ; several folds of linen, wet, and laid ever the ura-
tightly about the body of an infant, to keep it ■ bilicus until it is healed. If this is kept constantly
from growing wry, before you have any evidence ; wet with pure water it heals sooner, being less
of its tendency to do so, seems altogether prema liable to irritation aud inflammation. From two
ture. About as consistent this, as to subject : to four weeks is as long as the band need be worn,
children to the extensors, elevators, depressors, '■ usually.
and compressors of on Orthopaedic Institution, in A piece of old flannel wrapped loosely about
fear they would have spinal curvatures or some \ the hips, and secured with the same pin as the
other deformity. To be sure some weak, scrofu ; towel, prevents the clothes from being soiled, and
lous, rickety children, grow out of due proportion, ! can be changed often as necessary without un-
and some mechanical fixtures or certain exercises !; dressing the child.
may be of use. So some heads grow too fast for The feet should not be kept closely wrapped in
the bodies to which they belong, and we might as long clothes, but left free to kick as much as they
well tie up all heads as all bodies to make them i please ; it being their best method to develop
grow right. "Dame Nature," if allowed her own ; their limbs. If the feet are cold, better to put
way, would do more things right " than arc ; on socks than keep them fettered,
dreamt of in 'fashionable' philosophy." j During the time of Lyeurgus, all the children
Many mothers who are anxious to leave their . born during his reign were inspected, to sec if
infants sufficient breathing, and growing room, | they were well-formed and worth raising.
slip their fingers under the inelastic bauds as a \ Our little one, now in her tenth month, has, at
test of tightness ; when this can be done easily, sundry times, received similar examinations from
they feel certain that they are " plen y loose." i various friends, to see if her little frame was not
Such should remember that portions of the ribs, somehow distorted, from being left to grow its own
6pine, and breast bone, are cnrtilugenous, not vet way.
made into solid bone ; that they yield to slight j Thus far the decisions have been that "her
pressure, and if that pressure be permanent, as ; chest is beautiful," "spine straight as an arrow,"
sume a form corresponding. I and that her " plump little stomach is pretty for
The lower ribs, called the false or floating ribs, ! a baby ;" though some venture to hint that it will
are left free in front, so as to move outward and be too full and high for a young lady, unless I
upward during inspiration ; they are often turned " begin soon to form her waist."
inward, thus diminishing the calibre of the chest ; Why, I would as soon undertake to give form
and, " as the twig is bent the tree is inclined." to her head as to her chest.
As those who find fault with one way, are sup For a child several months old, two garments
posed to think, at least that they have found a are sufficient dur ing the warm weather. The un
better, so I will gratify the wishes of my friends der of cotton, with a plain loose sack waist and a
by telling them what, on trial, has seemed to me full skirt attached to the same. Over this a sim
comfortable and convenient ple loose slip. Bare arms and bare feet seem to
First, then, a shirt of fine cotton, covering the me as proper at this Beason.
body, and with sleeves reaching to the wrist ; be I know that genteel dressing demands the former,
ing large, it is gathered with tape at the top and and utterly forbids the latter. fj)
tied with the same. Next a flannel shirt—sack Many a time has this and that friend said to me, ( i
form—twice as wide at the bottom as top, which on a sultry day, when every shred that decency
reaches nearly as high as the outer dress, and is did not require was a burthen, " Why do you
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your child go bare-foot, it looks so 4Wand beggar
ly f" But to my mind, there was not a shadow of
reason for putting on shoes when warmth did not
demand it Certainly not for ornament ; for the
Crystal Palace even, could not furnish a shoe half
as pretty as a plump little foot. Again, the need of
shoes arc urged to prevent the feet from growing
too large. Put on for this purpose, " what do
we," better than the Chinese.
'T is true their standard of littleness, for pretti-
ness, is some sizes less than ours ; but the principle
is still the same. Any attempt to curtail the |
growth of any part within what healthful freedom
would induce, is interference with the laws which
the Creator has written, not on " tables of stone,"
but on those of flesh and bone, which as truly de- |
mand observance. Lovers and poets prate much
about pretty feet, and truly they are to be admired
when well formed ; but if so small as to give their
owner a tottering instead of a steady step, fitness,
the prime element of beauty, is wanting.
Such is our present style of drees for both sexes,
during their early years, that there is an un-
healthful exposure of the lower limbs. The skirts
are short and full, standing out from the person, so
as to afford little protection below the hips; and
the limbs incased in but one thickness of cotton,
that fine and thin, reaching but little below the
knee ; and from thence to the ankle only a stock
ing, often that of fine texture.
A man or woman who should go abroad in mid
winter, dressed thus, would be thought to "dare
death."
But so long as fashion sanctions such a suit, even
for those who arc still " in their tender years,"
why, it can be borne with impunity; so, seemingly,
dream parents. But does not the fearful mortality
among children show that there is "something
wrong somewhere ;" and may not the fault in
part lie here. Colds, coughs, croup, inflammation
of the lungs, are frightfully frequent during child
hood. But these diseases come not from want of
clothing about the chest, for enough, and more
thau enough, is usually worn there, were the ex
tremities well clothed. Fashion furnishes to boys
a firmer fabric for their limbs much earlier than to
girls ; they have no alternative till their entrance
into " teens " demands the long skirts.
The zealous opponents of the abridged edition
of dresses for women, bring as an objection, that
the lower limbs are too much exposed to cold.
This is the most foolishlyfallacious of all. When
the weather is cold the panties should be of some
warm material like the dress, and, if needed, under
these, drawers of woollen or cotton flannel reaching
to the ancle, thus securing the limbs from the cold
more perfectly than skirts, however many or heavy,
can ever do, and that, too, with one-tenth part
the weight. Thus a woman may be warmly clad
and not weighed down with a burden greater
than she can bear, and move with any degree of
ease or activity.
In like manDer children should be clad with
drawers, as well as dresses of a material suitable
for the season.
But I seem to hear one and another say, that
our little misses would all look like young squaws
elad thus. Well be it so ; they had much better
in cold weather wear broadcloth than muslin ; for
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of woollen it may in truth be said, no matter if it
is cold and wet, it is always warm and dry. Of
this material we have now such a variety of goods
of different texturjs, shades and colors, that it
would seem that something might be selected
suitable to clothe the lower limbs of young girls
and little children every way better than the "thin
stuff" they now wear.
For surely we might with equal propriety send
our girls forth to encounter the rains, snows and
winds of winter, clad in white dresses, as in white
panties.
Oh! consistency thou art a jewel most precious,
because of thy rarity as well as thy real worth.
Forest City Cure, Ithaca, N. Y.
WOMAN'S DRESS,
A CAUSE OF UTERINE DISPLACEMENTS.*
BY DR. W. E. COALE.
[We commend the following sensible article
from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, to
all Fashionable Ladies. Perhaps it may have the
effect to change the style of dress with some, and
to prevent others from prematurely destroying
themselves Tiont Lacing, has made a greater
havoc and taken the lives of more women, than
any other calamity which has ever befallen them.
Correct this, and abdominal, spinal, shoulder and
all other artificial braces will be done nway with,
and woman restored to her original state of health,
strength, and long life.]
The great and increased frequency of uterine
displacements in the last few years, must have
forced itself upon the attention of every practi
tioner of medicine. A peculiarity, too, that they
have of late assumed, is, that they are now met
with in very young persons, whilst medical au
thors, wrriling not a quarter of a century ago, de
scribe them—unless in exceptional cases—as affec
tions to be found in women who have several
times undergone the labors of a mother—in those
of originally defective constitutions—in thoee who
have been imprudent in making exertions too soon
after childbirth—or, in short, in those who have
been worn down and enfeebled by any cause cal
culated to lessen the general tone of the system :
imprudence in habits of life—overtasking in par
ticular occupations requiring a 6tooping position—
decay from age, Ac We find, however, now—
and I appeal to those present for a candid con
firmation or contradiction of the assertion—that a
large number of cases of prolapsus uteri occurs in
those in early womanhood, and some in those who
have scarcely advanced beyond girlhood. For my
own part, without recurring to former cases, the
fact that at this moment I have under my care
five—not one older thau twenty-three—one of
them but eighteen years of age—not one of them
a mother—none engaged in any exhausting occu
pation, gives me warrant for what I say—and,
though accident may just now have greatly in
creased my proportion of such cases, I cannot be
lieve that in the total my experience is very diffe
rent from that of others present. It is, then, surely
an interesting subject for inquiry as to what are the
* Read before the Boston Society for Medical Improve
ment, July 29, 1851.
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causes of the frequency ofthese affectionsjust now ;
and why are the youngest, and, in other respects,
the heartiest women the victims of it.
One undoubted explanation for some of this fre
quency is, that from an increase of medical re
search and inquiry upon the subject, the disease is
now detected, where formerly it was passed by un
recognized, so that the increase of frequency is not
so great as at first might be imagined. I state this
in the outset, plainly, that it may have its full
force as far as it can go, and that it may not be
supposed that I have at once gone to a favorite
theory, not looking carefully and without preju
dice to other eources.
Throwing out, then, a fair proportion of cases,
as accounted for above, we still have left a large
number for which we must seek other means of
accounting. These we believe wc find in themodo
of dress now in fashion amongst our women—the
peculiarity of which, as interesting to us, is, that
it is supported almost entirely from the waist—
i using that word, not in the dress-maker's sense,
i but in its old meaning as designating the con
tracted portion of the figure just above the hips.
Until the last fifteen years, although the dress
was at times worn very low on the chest, it was
I always hung by broad shoulder-straps—frequently
'■ coming from the shoulders very high up towards
the sides of the neck. A reference to any prints
illustrating (he fashions of this century prior to the
time mentioned, or the costumes of England or
France for any period, will more fully explain
this if necessary. About fifteen years since, as a
ball dress, the shoulder-straps were left off, so that
the upper line of the dress was perfectly horizon
tal, and this, with those elastic views of delicacy
so peculiar to fashion—was often low enough to
disclose the edge of the arm-pit. In this style there
was apparently great danger of the dress slipping
down, and it would do so but for the ingenious
though not graceful contrivance of suspending it
from uprights of whalebone, the lower ends of
which are supported at the waist. This, from be
ing a ball costume, has become more and more
common ; so that now, even when high-necked
outer dresses are worn, the under dresses arc cut
low and supported as above described, in order to
suit if a change be made in the former. Thus much
for the part of the dress above the waist—to which
we attribute its measure, though not a very large
one, of the affections under consideration.
To the part below the waist, however, we be
lieve we can look with confidence for a full and
satisfactory explanation of the mischief done.
With a view of improving their shape, the lower
part of the dress of women now consists of six,
eight, or even more, skirt*,* mado of various ma
terials; cotton—the stiff woolen material, intended
for curtains, called moreen—flannel, and at times
quilted with cotton wool—weighing together, as
ascertained by actual experiment, ten, twelve, and
even fifteen pounds. Each of these is supported
by a Btring drawn very tightly around the body.
We have seen the marks of these strings for days
after the skirts have been removed—we have seen
them even after death. Here, then, is the first
•Thieis on the confeaion of palienU themselTei, or I
could not beliere or dare stato it.

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source of evil—the continued pressure and con
straint that these strings keep up—evidently em
barrassing greatly the organs within. When to .
this, however, we add the weight of the skirts,
we cannot but at once perceive how great an ad
ditional force we set to work, particularly if its
operation—as exerted upon organs having amongst
themselves a mobility almost as great as that of
fluid—be properly estimated. To protect the ab
dominal viscera against this pressure, remember
there is nothing, in front at least, save a thin par
tition of woman's soft and tensionless muscle. ,
That these viscera should be forced downwards is
not surprising; that they must in turn exert an
equal force downward on the pelvic viscera, is ap
parent—and that the uterus, the most moveable of
the last and the most obnoxious by its situation to
receive such an impulse, should give way to the
continual assaults upon it, is what we might most
readily expect from the premises. Here we have
an explanation full, and, we trust, convincing, of
the frequency of a disease in the youngest and
heartiest of the sex—which twenty years since '
was considered peculiar to those whose powers of
life were greatly exhausted by demands upon them,
or were already on the decline from age; an ex
planation, I may mention in passing, not yet of '
fered, as far as I can ascertain, by any other writer.
We look upon the mischief thus done as no whit
less than that effected by tight lacing; but if any
thing, greater—for it is more silently done.
Friends cannot see, and do not understand, the
evil at work, and therefore can give no warning ■
word. The symptoms themselves commence so
gradually and point so indirectly to the cause, as
to excite no alarm in the victim. Exercise, which
ought to invigorate, soon fatigues and becomes dis
tasteful. Ascending a flight of stairs, or stooping
to lift a comparatively light weight, instantly loads
the hips with a burden that can scarcely be borne.
The back, particularly at the lower part, feels
sprained, and memory is taxed in vain for some
injury to account for it. Dragging sensations
around the hips, pain down in the legs, and weak
knees, are attributed to rheumatism. The symp
toms may now begin to point more directly to the
real seat of the trouble—every monthly period
brings renewed sufferings, from which the system
rallies more and more slowly—daily and hourly
embarrassments occur of nearly all the organs
within the pelvi?—an irritable bladder (a very fre
quent symptom in my experience)—hemorrhoids.
—uneeasingpain and continual sensation of bearing '
down. The retiring delicacy of maidenhood
shrinks from telling these, and unless marriage !;
happily brings her under the care of a physician, '
the mischief goes beyond hope of relief.
Displacement of the uterus, though the most
permanent and grievous trouble produced by the
heavy skirts, is not the sole one. Close observa
tion and more particular inquiries iuto the symp
toms of dysmenorrhoea, have convinced me that
in very many cases the pressure, above described
keeps up, if it does not actually induce, a plethora
of that organ, to which much of the sufferings at i
those periods may reasonably be attributed. This j
plethora, too, cannot be repeated often, or continu i
ed for a great while, it is evident, without altera
tions in the uterus itself, which must tend still
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further to embarrass it in the performance of its
functions, and entnil suffering upon the patient.
Acting upon my conviction of this cause of sutler- j
ing at the monthly periods, I have advised, upon
the first warning of the (low commencing, that the ,
string around the waist should be loosened, and ;
as many of the skirts removed as the temperature '
will permit; and this I have often found to give
immediate relief to a great degree.
If my theory as to the cause of so many of the
cases of uterine displacement be correct, we have
with it an explanation also of the inefficiency of ;
our means of remedying the disease. Any truss j
or abdominal supporter, to be efficient, acting pre- ;
eisely as the skirts do, by pressure externally upon >
the walls of the abdomen, must exercise a press
ure fully equal to them before it can begin to do
anything towards supporting the uterus. This is j
too clear to require demonstration. If it does act >
with equal force, we ask, what can be the situation ;
of a woman with a twelve-pound force pressing j
downwards ami a twelve-pound force pressing up- j
wards, upon the soft walls of the abdomen ? What
chance have the organs within of doing their duty,
and how long, under such treatment, will it be
before she can expect to lay aside such aids and
assistances, and find herself a well and hearty
woman, with the original complaint perfectly i
remedied ?
As a palliative to the evil of wearing such op
pressive garments, we always recommend that
they should be supported by shoulder-straps; :
and tho suggestion of this simple expedient, im
perfect as it is, has of itself brought us the heartiest '
thanks of the sufferers for the relief it has given ]
them—assuring us that were the improvement 1
carried further, in lighter and more equally-sup- '
ported garments, greater relief might be afforded >
to our patients ; and many, who are not such now,
might be saved from becoming invalids.
The importance of the subject, I trust, will lie a j
sufficient apology for the length of this paper, i
which I have tried to make as concise as clearness ;
will permit. With a view to this, I have omitted
to relate particular cases, though I could give I
several, highly illustrative of the correctness of ;
my views, as well as more especial confirmations j
from expressions of patients themselves, often s
clothed in the strongest language that relief from
suffering and renewed health uses.
In conclusion, I call attention to a moral aspect
of the subject—viz., that of all the peculiarities
of woman's dress, which an appeal to the laws of
physiology shows conclusively must seriously in-
fluence her health—low-necked dresses, corsets,
tight and constraining waists, heavy skirts, narrow
! and thin-soled shoes—for not one of them is the
shadow of a claim made that they contribute in the
slightest to ease and comfort ; but, on the contrary,
it is openly professed that they are used solely and
entirely for the improvement of the figure. By
which we are driven to the inevitable conclusion,
that either woman was sent " into this breathing
world, scarco half made up," or that French dress-
makers have greatly improved upon the pattern
as originally devised by the Creator.
" ;
Ionorance is alwnys pleased with itself.
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EFFECTS OF COFFEE AND TEA ON HUMAN
HEALTH.
BY III!. WM. A. ALCOTT.
When Dr. Franklin, under the immediate influ
ence of strong temptation, and without consulting
reason or conscience, had yielded to a wayward
appetite and returned to the use of animal food, he
made the followingreflection : " How convenient
does it prove to be a rational animal, that knows
how to invent a plausible pretext for whatever it
finds in itself an inclination to do?"
This knowing how to invent a plausible pre
text for whatever we are inclined to do—this en
couraging the abdominal region to rule the head,
or higher region—has been found very conve
nient to thousands of others besides Franklin. No
thing is more common than to hear people adduce
the feeblest reasons for continuing in the use of a
doubtful thing, when their great difficulty, after
all, is to overcome that appetite or inclination
which pleads loudly in its favor. Indeed this is
the great leading argument —if argument it can
be called—for the use of coffee, tea, tobacco, beer,
wine, distilled liquors, and animal food.
Some nine or ten years ago, an excellent work
appeared, called "The School and the Schoolmas
ter." In this work, the author made the follow
ing incidental statement , "The introduction of
tea and coffee, has justly been considered as one of
the great advances in the art of living, of modern
times ; and one cause anions others of the increase
in the duration of human life. They cheer, but
not inebriate ; and may be taken moderately as
long as no ill effect is perceived from their use."
Now I have several objections to these views.
1. They were not, in a book for teachers, very
loudly called for. 2. The writer is himself a tea
and coffee drinker, and therefore cannot, in this
particular, be relied on. lie is a special pleader
on his own behalf. 3. His reasonings, as a plain
matter of fact, are feeble.
lie says that coffee and tea may be taken mod
erately, as long as no ill effect is perceived from
their use. But is this the fact I If it is—if this is
the test of their heulthfulness—then why may it
not be applied to the use of wine, rum, tobacco,
Ac. ? Would the writer say that these too may be
taken, Jn moderation, as long as no ill effect is
perceived from their use? Docs he not know that
in a vast majority of cases, no injurious effects
would, by the individual himself, ever be perceiv
ed, till his life and health were destroyed?
Here is a fact which bears directly on the point
at issue. Sonic twenty years ago, Rev. Wm. Wood-
bridge, then of Hartford, Conn., was addicted to
the moderate use of coffee. His son, Kev. W. C.
Woodbridge the geographer, and myself, eudeuvor-
ed to dissuade him from its use. He was, then,
about seventy years of age. We told him it was
a slow poison." " Very time, indeed," he sneer-
ingly replied, " for I have used it forty yearn."
And yet he had been, for many years, a sufferer
from slight paralytic affections, and was at that
moment threatened with severer ones ; besides
having a lame knee so as hardly to be able to go
up or down stairs without help. But he yielded
at length, omitted his coffee, applied the Jouelic to
his knee, and in a few weeks was restored. He
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lived and labored many years afterwards free from
rheumatism or paralysis. Will any one dare to
say that a longer use of coffee, even in modera
tion, would have been safe, even though he per
ceived no ill effects from its usei
As to the instrumentality of coffee or tea in pro
longing human life generally, it is to be observed
that the duration of life was much greater for a
long period in which no coffee was used than it
now is. Indeed, for the last four centuries, during
which time alone coffee has been used as a bever
age, the increase in the average duration of human
life has not been at all in proportion to the in
crease in the use of tea and coffee. Several na
tions and tribes of men who have been among the
lougest lived, drank neither tea nor coffee. It is
hard to believe, moreover, that the life of Methu
selah, or that of Henry Jenkins, would have been
lengthened by these drinks ; or that in the region
of the Pyramids in Egypt a greater proportion
than 1 in 333, would, by the same means, have at
tained to 100 years of age. Besides, is not this ar
gument as good for the rum drinker, as for the
tea and coffee drinker 1
In truth, from about the year 1825 to 1840, a
conviction was fastening itself on the minds of
many thinking men, both in Europe and America,
that coffee and tea were of doubtful utility. The
great doctrine of the superiority of water had been
loudly proclaimed, and it could not but be seen
that if water was best, tea and coffee could be no
more than second best. An essay, by Hahnemann,
the father of Homoeopathy had done something
among the elite of the old world and the new, to
shake their former faith. Hahnemann had stout
ly maintained—and as I think, demonstrated—
that tea and coffee were medicinal substances, es
pecially the latter ; that one of their leading ef
fects was to take away or destroy the appetite,
without affording us any nourishment ; and that
they could not, therefore, but prove injurious, ex
cept as remedial agents. My own essay on tea
and coffee, had also taken a considerable hold on
the popular mind of this country.
But about ten years ago an article appeared in
the French and German papers concerning Caf
feine and Thciue. This substance— for they seem
to be nearly identical—which is found in small
quantities in coffee aud tea, is rich in nitrogen ; and
in the belief that a good deal of nitrogen was in
dispensable to human health, it was argued by
Liebig and others, that when the human system
could not procure this substance from other sources,
coffee and tea might be very useful.
Although Magendie, Pcreira, and other highly
respectable physiologists denied the truth of this
doctrine, and showed that aliment was not rich in
nutritious substances, in proportion to the amount
of nitrogen it contained, yet as the new doctrine
was greatly in favor of the habits of society, and
of our perverted tastes and inclinations, it took
remarkably well. Probably Liebig himself was,
at that time, a tea and coffee drinker ; certain it is
that his doctrines were most popular among those
who were so. Few water drinkers ever received
it, nor so far as I know, any individual whatever,
whose head was not controlled by his epigastric
centre.
The friends of tea and coffee drinking, have
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of late, derived new encouragement to gratify
their appetites, and prolong their lives (!) from an
article which first appeared in the Chemist, in
June 1850, and was transferred to the pages of
the "Annual of Scientific Discovery for 1851,"
aud to many other journals :—I refer to the sub
stance of n communication made to the French
Academy, by the learned M. Gasparin.
On inquiry, he says, it is found that the miners
of Charleroi, are in the habit of using coffee free
ly, at every meal, while they use proportionally
less food than other miners in similar circum
stances, who use other drinks. And yet they are
quite as healthy as other miners, and can even, as
he thinks, perform more work, taking the year to
gether. He attempts to account for the fact
(strange adherence to an almost exploded doc
trine) by showing that coffee abounds in nitrogen,
so that with a much smaller amount of food they
yet receive more nitrogen. But it should bo re
membered and observed, that according to M.
Gasparin himself, each Charleroi miner consumes
daily, besides his coffee, no less than two pounds
of bread, a pound and a half of vegetables, and
two or three ounces of other highly nutritious sub
stance 1
It is true that M. Gasparin was followed by M.
Magendie with a paper which showed, most con
clusively, that no just inference could be made
from the facts of M. Gasparin in favor of the use
of coffee, so far as its nitrogenous character was
alone concerned ; because numerous experiments
have proved, as I have already observed, that the
power of an article of food to nourish the human
body, does not depend upon the proportion of ni
trogen it contains. Yet the statements of M Gas
parin, lying, as they do, in the line of our per
verted appetites, will probably be received,
while those of Magendie will be rejected.
Suppose we admit—what, however does not
appear well proved, that the miners of Charleroi
are more healthy than those of other places. Is it
because they use more coffee ? or is it not rather
because they use less food f It would appear that
the laborers in other mines, with whom the Char
leroi laborers are compared, use about one-third
more food than they. Now it is a common saying,
especially with that class of persons, on whom,
principally, I now aim to make an impression, that
the great dietetic error of mankind consists in
eating too much. Be it so. Ho not the miners
of Charleroi eat quite as much as is compatible
with the best health of the hardest laborers! It
is so, if any reliance can be placed on human ex
perience. But is there not a wide difference be
tween three pounds and three-quarters of food,
two-thirds of which is coarse bread and butter,
and over five and a half pounds of that which is
less healthy, though not less nutritious? And if
the first named quantity, is quite as great as is
compatible with the best health, is not the last
a great deal too much I And, again, which would
be likely to produce the most immediate mischief,
an addition of fifty per cent, daily to that which
is already as much as the stomach can well bear,
or that amount of ooffec to which the Charleroi
miners are said to be acoustomcd I
I once knew a shrewd Green mountain farmer,
who gave his laborers plenty of cider, because as
107
he said, they would not cat so much, and it was
cheaper keeping them. No doubt it is good econ
omy to keep the Charleroi miners well supplied
with coffee. It takes away the natural appetite.
But it will be said, these miners appear healthy
and work well, so did the men employed by my
friend the Green mountain farmer. It will also
be said, that the coffee drinking miners will per
form more work, taking the year together than
the others. But this, be it remembered is M. Gas-
parin's belief merely. He does not assert it as
a fact It may be so however. Who can doubt
that it is a less evil to live as they do, than to eat
six pounds of food daily when four are amply
sufficient ; I can, myself do more work, and do
it better for a year or so, in the use of a little coffee,
or tea, or rum or opium. But all this does not
prove anything in favor of coffee, nor show that
it is not always, and inevitably hurtful. Debility
must follow the use of all extra stimuli, sooner or
later.
In making comparisons of various kinds of diet,
or of .various modes of living, there are many
things to be considered ; and it is passing strange
that men as wise as M Gasparin aud Liebig,
should be so misled by appetite, habit and theory,
as not to perceive this and be more cautious in
their conclusions. It is not, of course, at all to be
wondered at, that they who only follow their file
leaders, should not think or reasou for themselves ;
for wero they to do so, would it not prove that the
present generation is a great deal wiser than any
of the generations that are gone by. In short, let
us remember, that the world went on about fifty
five centuries without rum or coffee, and that
during this period " Rome was built," to say noth
ing of the Pyramids. Let us also remember, that
if the average duration of life has been iucreasing
during the last three or four centuries, it remains
to be determined whether the introduction of tea,
coffee, alcohol, or an increase in the use of animal
food has been a cause of it, or whether it has not
happened in spite of them all. I know not but
any one of these is as liable to have been an
efficient agent in producing this result as any other.
There is however auother fact to be remembered
in connection with the last mentioned. While
the average duration of human life has been in
creasing, the average amount of ill health for
chronic diseases, particularly dyspepsy, nervous
ness, scrofula, and consu7nplion, has also been in
creasing, in a most fearful rate. Is it not also
true that the increase of these chronic diseases, to
say nothing of the acute ones, has been greater in
proportion to the increased use of artificial stim
uli—coffee among the rest. Are not the Bins of
the parents, in this as well as in other respect",
visited upon their offspring ? Or do our troubles
spring out of the ground, as Darwin and others
think man himself did?
We close, with a single prediction—which,
without being a prophet, or the son of a prophet,
we are not willing to withhold. Within the
lapse of another century it will be seen, by intel
ligent men, that every drop of coffee which is
taken as a beverage does mischief to the human
constitution, sooner or later: in some, by pro
ducing a disease of its own; in others, by hasten
ing to their climax diseases which are inherited ;
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108
in others, still, by aggravating nil the diseases to , menta in Xew York, have been careful to select ( distress. At this peririod of the case I suggested a r
which they are subjected by other causes. No j good and airy locations. In some respects the city : mild Water Treatment. :ent. I1 should have suggested I
Dave sugge
coffee-drinker can have so much as a cold, without j has advantages over the country. Thus I cannot \ it before, but 1 knew the patient was riot prepared
Wimrit the more severely as the consequence of ! believe, that in the damp and foggy atmosphere j for it. He was a robust young man, and had gen-
liis indulgence ; nor winwill me
the medicine ordered that for many portions of the year prevails along erally been healthy. His little ills had always
him by his physician, when he is actually sick, the Connecticut liivcr, can be so favorable as that, been treated allopathically, and he had faith in
operate in the same manner as if he had been a of our city, in its more healthy and airy parts. medicines and doctors. But he was now eager to
water-drinker Far up town, as for example, about Union Park, try some treatment in which there were no medi
the atmosphere must be very nearly as pure as cines to be taken, and desired me to take charge
that of the country. True, it sometimes becomes of his ease.
too warm to be either salutary or agreeable ; but As I wtvs not n professional man, I did not de
IS WATER-TREATMENT APPLICABLE IN as to the purity of the air, it must be very good. sire such a patient. Taking a man who had been
Then also we have much the advantage o' er the bled, blistered, and drugged, until the system had
CITY PRACTICE? country in our facility for wall;?. On our excel become saturated with calomel and other poisons,
BY JOEL SHEW, M. I). lent pavements, we can walk out comfortably, at I knew would be considered the greatest heresy,
In the old country, Water-Cure has as yet almost any time. The invalid, too, is shielded if not down right madness. I felt that it was
scarcely made its mark in the cities. Should this mostly by the buildings from the bleak winds that taking a great responsibility upon myself; but
be so ? Almost every one thinks it good for often prevail. There arc also much better and had seen too many young men with this fever,
health to go among the mountains, to bathe and cheaper facilities for riding here than in the sink rapidly under allopathic treatment and die,
walk, and to enjoy freedom from business and country. We can have, too, in general a much not to be persuaded that there would be much
care. And not a few among the objectors to better variety of food and fruits at the different more danger in continuing with drugs, than in
water-treatment are heard to affirm, that it is the seasons of the year. commencing with water.
air, the exercise, the diet—in short, the rural lift, We may, then, in this country take some credit Accordingly, after acquainting the doctor with
and not the water part of the new method, that to ourselves for having established the advantages our determination, who declared that such aconrse
effects the wonderful cures. Now it should be j of the water-treatment in city as well as in coun would be fatal, I proceeded to bathe the patient
remembered that no advocate of Water-Cure even j try practice. In this respect we have far out with water of n mild temperature. A clyster of
claims that it is water atone ; but on the contrary, stripped the old world. We have proved, in the tepid water removed the pain from his bowels ;
that it is a combination of circumstances that goes most satisfactory manner, as we think, that water then placing a large wet bandage about his body,
to make up the sum total of the great whole. < is as much better than calomel hi the city as in the 1 T Povcron him up in bed, and left him that he
But, much as we ourselves claim for air, exercise, i country ; and, as for ourselves, although we do might take some rest In about two hours he
diet, etc., we prize water also very highly—more, < not intend always to make it our permanent home was found in a state of complete perspiration.
indeed, than any and even" other remedial sub- j in any city, we shall yet. take great satisfaction in This was twelve o'clock at night. I bathed him
stance. With us as with the ancient poet, " Water \ "fighting disease and drugs," while we do remain again—covered him lightly—and he slept till
is the best thing." in one. morning. Tins was the first sleep he had enjoyed
The above considerations lead us then to the in- j for many days. His pains were now gone, his
quiry, "to what extent is water-treatment appli- j pulse reduced, and he felt so decidedly improved,
cable in city practice I" I a*k in the first place, jj BILIOUS FEVER-HOME TREATMENT. in every respect, that nothing more was needed to
"If water is better than calomel, opium, tartar- > give him all the confidence in the treatment that
emetic, iodine, and bleeding in the country, why j by li. e. could be desired. For the first time he now felt
should it not be in the city I" Suppose a man in A near relative of mine, aged 2? years, was at- a desire for food. I used the wet sheet once or
the city to have an attack of inflammation of the j} tacked about the 1st July, 1 850, with bilious fever. twice, but relied chiefly on frequent bathings, (to
bowels—of dysentery we will suppose. Are we | He resided in the village of C , about seven keep down the excessive heat, and the regular ad
to resort to calomel, opium, etc, simply heeause j miles from myself. When I first visited bim he ministration of clysters.) The bathings were per
he is in the city? It would be no easy task to jc had been eight days under allopathic treatment, formed in bed, for it was with the greatest diffi
make out such a course to be the best. The plain ji had been bled, blistered, calomelized, and dosed culty he could be moved. This simple treatment
truth is THAT WATER IS THE BUST OF ALL REMEDIES. < with a variety of drugs. The fever, instead of brought on a crisis of boils, in about nine days ;
EVERYWHERE. I yielding, seemed to have grown sullen under the yet as we hoped it would be followed by a better
We do not say, remember, that it is the best for i treatment. The patient obtained but little rest, state of things, it was borne with fortitude.
health to live in a city. On the contrary, we either by night or by day, and the medicine evi The doctor says it must, have been the medi
know that if any great city, no matter how dently gave him a good deal of distress. His skin cines that caused his cure ! The patient thinks if
healthful its locality, were not to be supplied with was in a highly parched condition, not having he had to be treated again, he should prefer water
persons from the country, it would in time, of its been moistened in the least degree by perspira ONLY.
own unhealthiiiess, die out But as the world has tion from the commencement of his illness. It
always been, and now is, cities must exist. The was the professed object of the doctor at this time
question then comes, whether it is not the duty of to break up his fever by salivation ; and accord Our Nonut Kos«rrni —This Hungarian "Washington, of
some of us to reside in them, in order that we ingly, small doses of calomel were frequently ad- whom the world has heard so much, and whom our people
may there treat the sick. Thus far it has been for ; ministered. This course was pursued for six or We come to love so well, is to become a citizen of our Republic.
shall therefore feel a pride in claiming him, as an Ameri
the most part the writer's lot to- practice in our Bcven days, but did not produce the desired ef ca* Citizen, fie is already ours—yes, OCR noble Kossuth.
great metropolis ; and whatever of good ho may j fect. The mouth and throat, however, became His blo^d shall course through the veins.of onr posterity, and
have done in the spread and promulgation of j very sore, so a3 to reudcr swallowing difficult, but his spirit shall animate our spirits. The coming among us
Water-Cure, and however little that good may j no increased flow of saliva had been the result. I ofsuchmen as he, will have a good tendonoy. It will elevate,
enable, and make us glad and happy. Welcome, then, this
have been, it has been done here. And without remained with him from the eighth day of his noblest of patriots, make his coming an bvent in the history
praise to ourselves, wo think we may say that j illness, and administered his medicines. of our nation. May he live long and happily among us.
New-York has not been behind her neighbors in After thirteen days' treatment according to the May God and the people- bloss our noble Kossuth.
the good work. Certain it is that Water-Cure is i above method, without any favorable effect, being
^ already pretty well known in this city of ours. j worn out with restlessness and pain, the patient Be Oo:1> Natcehd.—Smiles cost nothing—not an effort—
But it may be asked, "Do we invite people to j became discouraged. lie refused to take his me good thoughts wilt Burrgest them, causing them to dance
come from the country to our city establishments?'' dicines according to directions, as he plainly per out of the eyes and monLh and over tlie face, like sunbeani3
I answer, I believe nil of us who have eslabl isli- ceived they were the cause of a good part of his I across tin unruffled bosom of the ocean.
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^ | m.\ a ri K it S cures. These cures are fixed facts, which philoso- J virtues. It is not very long since the substance
M *-fill
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\ promise of water-cure, various questions naturally : the spermaceti whale, and a result of disease, was
Tub Water-Ccre Journal ii published monthly, in New ■ arise in the mind of the homoeopathist, as to the j regarded as a valuable febrifuge and alexipharmic
York Ciiy, at Oke Dollar a year, in advance. i relations of homoeopathy and hydropathy. Is hy- j by regular physicians ; and it has been worn as a
dropathy compatible with homoeopathy ? Can it j charm or amulet, by the superstitious people.to keep
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No. 131 Nassau St., New York. Now it is as certain as human testimony can j tion in the the medical world ; and, as the allo-
make any thing, that patients have recovered from ) pathic portion of the medical world is evidently
the most malignant acute diseases—cholera col j " progressing backward," we shall eventually have
NOVEMBER TOPICS- lapse for instance—as well as from inveterate j a new edition of obsolete, if not effete medi-
chronic diseases which have resisted the skill of
BY It. T. Tn.VLI, M. D. distinguished Homoeopothists—under the water- f eamentums. Dr. Dick, in treating of urea rc-
cure treatment. We will not imitate our old ! marks:
Hydropathy
system and practice,
of medical Homoeopathy.—It
that is in issonot
good every school competitors
re- j ^pVerVf by throwing
amdenUrVdiet thesecollapse
Cholera into the at j ^"T', V that hereafter,
-■,.-.„,,,. when animal
We do not doubt
pute that every other system wants to become its < least docs not recover by dint of diet, and not of- i ES .iT87 chemistry ar
are better
. t r . . , j „ . , . , -a t. -or i j . .i • i ' understood than they now are we shall aavail our
proprietor. In fact, hydropathy is the only one > ten by accident. tVe are accustomed to think selves, with effect, of several of the bodily secre
that all contemporary systems have claimed to j U?at 110 existing system of diet can cure chronic tions and excretions as medicinal means. We are
own and sought to appropriate. The allopathic ; ^bring this matter home to the reader, I will, of opinion that, in certain cases, urea, combined
with some of the mineral and minero-vegctablc
journals have generously offered to elevate the ! out or a multitude of cases in point, cite two that salts, such as nitrate and acetate of potass, Ac, may
humble water-cure to the digDified rank of an auxi- ! have been furnished me, which reports I know to be advantageously employed, as a stimulant diur
be correct
liary, todrugs, and lancets, and blisters, and leeches ; Case 1st.—"A merchant of this city of a scrofu- j etic. We have at present our attention directed
and when we have declined all alliances except ! lous constitution, had, during the latter part of the to this most important subject. In the meantime
the offensive with such poisonous and blood-suck summer of 1850 an attack of dysentery. One of * we suggest it for the consideration of others.
ing materials, they have asserted their light, title, called, the most eminent Honiceopathists of the city was j We too have our attention directed to this most
and interest in and to our system, and rested their | aeter ofand in consequence of the malignant char- ■ important subject In the meantime we suggest to
the disease, the life of the patient was for Dr. Dick the following considerations. The use
claim on the ground that they always knew, al- ! several weeks considered i:i imminent danger. He ;
though they 6c)dom employed the virtues of water. was finally raised from his bed, but only to suffer ! of the kidneys in the animal economy is, to throw
But homoeopathy, which we regard as a kind of constantly from a chronic form of the disease j off, get rid of, urea, minero-vegetable salts, such as
John the Baptist, and towards which we entertain from which baffled his physician and prevented him nitrate and acetate potass, <tc, whose loDger re
lively gratitude for the good it has done, and is ing the attending to business for four months, end tention in the system would be injurious. Now if
9th of January, 1851. At this time a
doing, in leading the people out of the unfortunate | course of Hydropathic treatment was instituted in we take these effete ingredients which have been
fashion of drugging themselves to death, has lately connection with Homoeopathy by a less experienc once expelled, and put them into the stomach, the
set up a claim to hydropathy, as its natural ad- j ed physician than his original attendant, and in kidneys will have the double task of secreting
junct. We can take homoeopathy cordially by the ! the short space of a single week all traces of the them from the blood twice ; and its increased labor
hand as a sister reform, although its character is \ Case had disease vanished." or double duty, which is forced upon it, and which
2d.—" A lad aged eight, of scrofulous con
mainly negative, while ours is wholly positive; but stitution, was under the charge of another of our wears its functional powers out prematurely and
we repudiate every shadow of a thought of being best Iloinoeopnthists for many months. During \ uselessly, is called by the doctors, a diuretic effect,
owned by it On the extreme contrary, we in- '■ his time the disease steadily advanced, until the i and the irritant, now an absolute poison, which
affected limb became retracted some two inches cauBeB thia effect> a simulant diuretic. If there is
dulgo a most undoubting faith that, when the fact lievond oeyoiiu m«the wuiiu
sound one,
ii*, oand the least motion ...was > anything . that. goes ,by the name of- science more
becomes generally understood, that infinitesimal attended with agonizing pain. The physician \ * . . 6 » *
quantities of drug-medicines are better than appre giving no hopes of cure and therefore paying but j intrinsically foolish, we do not know where to
ciable doses,' the explanation of such little attention to the case, the parents determined find it
soon after investigated, ' and, then , fact
there ...will
will ,be be
no : on a change ihange of treatment.
j^^p^e Accordingly
an,I Hydropathic a com- <\ Expanding the CnEsT.—The season for stoves
treatment
further occasion for any pathy but the natural was commenced by another physician. In conse within and storms without having come round
one. quence of the extreme suffering of the little pa again, the facilities for " cold catching" will be
Our readers may feel curious to know the rea tient from the least motion, some time elapsed be greatly multiplied ; for in no way do people pro
sons that can be assigned for attaching us adjunct- fore the Hydropathic treatment could be vigorous
ly prosecuted. By degrees however, this extreme duce a predisposition to colds, coughs, and even
ively to hoTucepalhy. They are certainly worthy ! sensitiveness gave way under the use of the wet pulmonary consumption, more effectually than by
of a perusal. In the first number of the American j sheet and bandages, until at length a more en sitting cramped up iu a corner beside an air
Magazine, a new monthly just started at Cincin ergetic course became practicable and a crisis tight stove or hot grate. One of the principal
nati, arid devoted to Homoeopathy and Hydro ; patient ensued. A free discharge was produced and the causes of thia result is, the contracted condition of
began rapidly to recover.
pathy, there is a labored editorial article intended At the present time his general health, which the air-cells of the lungs, which sedentary persons,
to show the propriety of combining these two sys 1 was sinking, is restored, the soreness has almost and the occupants of ill-ventilated apartments ac
tems in practice. The editor says: i disappeared from the limb, and in length it is not quire. In-door people seldom breathe enough ;
; deficient more than half an inch." and to such the following- observations, though
The medical world has hardly recovered from Cases of this kind can be multiplied, and we pro-
the shock which it received from the announce ! pose accordingly, giving them until our readers not new to this journal, are peculiarly appropriate
ment, attested by lords, ladies, and scholars, that are satisfied that Hydropathy can be made a useful at this time :
a German peasant was curing all diseases with so adjunct of Homoeopathy. "Those in easy circumstances, or who pursue
common and so necessary a fluid as water. They
have not yet done launching their thunders from ! We submit to the reader, without argument, sedentary employments within doors, generally
use their lungs but little, breathe but little air
conventions and periodicals at this strange heresy. | whether these cases do not show that Hydropathy into
Indeed, they have but just begun. At the first they j might profitably supercede Homoeopathy, instead tions, the chest, and thus, independently of posi
contract a wretchedly narrow, small chest,
smiled incredulously, but soon they feared; and i of becoming merely an adjunct to it. and lay the foundation for the loss of health and
anon fear was converted into wrath. But in spite
of wrath and thunder, in spite of its ill-chosen Animal Excretions as Medicines.—Cod-liver little attentionthisto can
beauty. All
the
be perfectly obviated by a
manner of breathing. Ke-
name, Hydropathy still holds on its way as cour oil is not the only excrementitious form of animal j col]cct the lungs arc like a bladder in tl
ageously as if all medicine smiled graciously upon matter which has had its advocates in the medical s Btruction, and' can be stretched 1 ' open■ to
' double
it ; while some liberal minds in the profession, and their ordinary size with perfect safety, giving a
hosts of intellectual laymen attest its magnificent profession, as a remedy of great and marvellous
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noble chest anil perfect immunity from consump < came deeply interested in the philosophy of life as He was excessively annoyed in this way ; and ^ \
tion. The agent, and only agent required, is the I exhibited in both the animal and vegetable king- some of his replies are vehemently castigatory, (>
common air we breathe, supposing, however, that < doms. It could not long escape his keen percep-
no obstacle exists, external to the chest, such as while at the same time they are pervaded by a
lacing or tying it around with stays, or tight ■ tion, that merely "talking temperance"—trying high-toned morulity. The following is a specimen
dresses, or having shoulders lie upon it On rising i to persuade men to restrain an artificial appetite of his manner of returning a blow. It was writ
from the bed in the morning, place yourself in an j —was a very superficial work ; that it was merely < ten Oct 5, I860:
erect posture, with your chest thrown back, and ! lopping off the branches of the great tree of intent- j
shoulders entirely off the chest ; now inhale or In hell.
suck in all the air you can, so as to rill the chest to perance, while its roots were glowing firmer, | Where tlie damn'd dwell,
the very bottom, so that no more air can be got ( spreading wider, and sinking deeper. He saw the And demons revel.—
in ; now hold your breath and throw your arms \ true ground of temperance reform—a removal of Where envy, jealousy, and hate
off behind, holding in your breath as long as Rage in the bosom of each reprobate,
possible. Repeat these long breaths as many ( the causes of that morbid appetite which craves i Where madness reigns,
times as you please. Done in a cold room it is j alcoholic beverages ; and in pursuing his researches » And alt bad pas-ions are infuriate;
much letter, because the air is much denser, and ■ into the causes of that appetite, he was led further ; O, can there be,
will act powerfully in expanding the chest. Ex and deeper into the study of physiology, and ■ III that dark world of wickedness,
ercising the chest in this manner, it will become And misery,
very flexible and expansible, and will enlarge j finally to the investigation and elucidation of those j So truculent a devil—
the capacity and size of the lungs." ; principles which make up his principal work, i A fiend of i-iich malignity.
; "The Science of Human Life." As wantonly can jeer
The conclusions he came to soon made him uu- j At the distress,
| popular as a temperance lecturer, as they would ! And mock the pains
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SYLVESTER Of those who wnllie in agony severe?
GRAHAM. j any one now who should take the field on its true j Yet here.
: philosophy. The world is not yet sufficiently ad- j In this bright sphere—
BY R. T. TRALL, M. D. > vanced, even in its most enlightened places, to • This beautiful earth.
Sylvester Graham was born at Suffield, Conn., , tolerate such ullraism. Which God made for the dwelling-place
July 4, 1794, and died at Northampton, Mass., j His powerful reasoning faculties and active eau- Ufa compassionate, fraternal race,—
Sept. 11, 1801. He lived, therefore, a little over Where peace should reign,
; tiousness rendered him extremely devoted, seareh- And man should cherish every Godlike grace.
51 years. His constitution was naturally slender, | ing, and guarded, as a scholar and author; while And cultivate
and his temperament remarkably excitable. His 1 his large ideality caused him to spare no toil or ! A sympalhi/.ing brolherhocd—
father was a clergyman, and well advanced in pains to give finish and perfection to whatever i A heaven-like state
years at the time of Sylvester's birth, —a circum j went out to the world from his hands ; and, no Of love and holy mirth,—
stance of some importance to the physiologist in liere ! even here! relentless hate
doubt, the immense labor he bestowed on his pub- Exceeds the devils below,
estimating the relative force of the various causes j lished works, as he has himself intimated, very ma- ^ In hellish mood !
which resulted in his early death. Whether he terially abridged the period of his earthly exist- j Here, in disdain
was aware that his bodily conformation was or And wantonness, man mocks his brother's wot.'
ganically of a fragile and unenduring character, I After adopting an improved dietary system, and About the middle of August last I received a
am not well informed ; but I can hardly conceive j conforming his voluntary habits, to a great extent, letter from his daughter, written at his request,
that so profound and searching a physiologist j to the system he has taught, his general health
could overlook this circumstance. Certain it is, j and bodily vigor were very greatly improved ; and, stating that he bad intended to visit Lebanon
that his infantile life was one of sickness and suf ; but for his intemperate mental labor, and oeca- Springs, for the purpose of receiving water-
fering, whether from bad management or faulty : sional deviations from his own standard of physio- treatment ; but that, as he did not feel competent
organization; and this fact is most pathetically i logical living, be might have experienced a much to undertake the journey, and was continually
alluded to in an article of poetry which he called ' greater invigoration, and enjoyed a much longer growing weaker, it was his request that I should
"A transcript from the tablets of the heart," and i period of life. When in his best bodily condition, visit him at Northampton. The special reason as
which appears to have been written at Northamp ; he was always subject to what he called "gastric signed for calling me such a distance was, there
ton, on Sunday, Sept 8, 1 850 : were no hydropathic physicians in his vicinity
; irritation." This induced a morbid appetite or who sympathized with his views on diet. I found
11 In gloom, in sadness, ami in tears, j craving, which he sometimes indulged to an ex- him under the care of Dr. Thomas, a very intelli
Through childhood'* period thou did'st languish ; i tent that proved the exciting cause of rheumatic
And up through manhood's early years, gent physician of the allopathic school. I had a
Thy every pulse was beat in anguish." ! and neuralgic attacks. A man may have a strong long interview with his physician, with his wife,
i intellect, with feeble will. He may see truth and with himself—each separately. All parties
Nothing can be more painfully descriptive of the ' clearly, and yet not have the self-government to agreed in the statement, that the course of treat
melancholic cast of an excessively irritable temper J practice it. But Mr. Graham was placed in very ment was not such as Mr. Graham approved of or
ament, combined with the intellectual conscious peculiar circumstances. He was alone. His near desired; but that it was compulsory; it was that
ness that it was irremediable. est and dearest friends could not see as he saw, nor or none. He was in favor of hydropathic treat
In early life he became severely dyspeptic—as feci as he felt. Of course, their influence wits ment, and that alone; but he was too feeble to
almost all persons of his peculiar conformation do, againBt the carrying out of his views on diet. His help himself, suffering unendurable agony, and
whose habits of life pattern after the uBual fashion. table was luxuriously spread ; and although he did there was no competent attendant at hand. His
He inherited, also, a predisposition to rheumatism, not eat meat, (save on one or t wo occasions for a physician, Dr. Thomas, was unwilling to take the
which was often manifested in the severest forms few days, when prescribed by his physician,) yet responsibility of his treatment, without he could
of sciatica ; and the intense mental labor of a sub he did, as he frankly acknowledged, often do vio also direct the diet For this I do not censure
sequent period of his life, occasioned many and lence to his own doctrines, and suffer for it him. He could not conscientiously practice con
protracted attacks of neuralgia. Few men were less fitter to bear, with philo trary to his own faith. He gave the patient
His mental developments were very peculiar. : sophical composure, ridicule, opprobrium, and the j opium enema, to allay pain and procure sleep;
The strong points of mind were, very great causal- j world's contumely, than Sylvester Graham ; and cherry wine and quinine, to Btipport the Btrength ;
ity, large combativeness, extreme cautiousness, ex- ! few men have been more frequently spoken and insisted on flesh food, or what he called tonic
ccssive ideality, and more than full self-esteem and > against, more bitterly opposed, and more heartily diet. Other physicians and friends had been con
approbativencss. He was, too, remarkably gifted in lampooned. Often he has been attacked through sulted ; but all agreed substantially with the above
language ; and in Jane, 1830, was engaged as a lec- S the public papers, with false accusations or anony- course of treatment, and each insisted particularly
turcr by the Pennsylvania State Temp. So'y. It was moufl insinuations ; and, in many instances, the j on the animal food part of the practice.
while employed in this service that his mind, which newspaper which has lent itself to the aggressor, Vegetarians v ill naturally ask, Did the use of
was naturally inclined lo physiological studies, be- I has refused to publish anything from him in reply, j animul food make him better or worse?
 THE
doctors differed. Dr. Thomas thought it had a
good effect ; Mr. Graham declared the effect was
bad, and that he had only taken it to gratify oth
ers. That he was honestly of opinion that it did
him no good, was evinced by his conduct ; for, at
the time I visited him, he had peremptorily re
fused to eat any more flesh, and was confining
himself to a very strict allowance of rice. More
over, he declared to me, before Heaven, that
he considered himself fully aware of the kind of
treatment he ought to have had, but could not
get ; that the most of his troubles—gastric irri
tation and sciatica—were the consequences of
over-distension of the stomach, from eating too
much and too great a variety; and that he fully
and verily believed in the theory of vegetable
diet as explained in his works.
I was fully satisfied, after a history of his com
plaints and an examination of his condition, that
there was no hope of his living many weeks. It is
true, there was no evidence of any necessarily
fatal morbid condition. His disease, though ex
ceedingly painful at times, was not immediately
dangerous. But the fountain of life was nearly
exhausted. The unreplenishable fund of vitality,
which none can see or feel, and which was origin
ally stinted in him, had been, in his active and
somewhat irregular life, expended with a prodigal
ity which insured an early close of his earthly
career.
THE HUNGER CURE.
BY E. A. XITTREDGE.
I am more and more convinced every day that
we do not pay sufficient attention to diet, " It is
strange, it is passing strange," that people will not
study physiology, and open their eyes to the true
Btate of things.
How evident it is to those who can see, that
nine-tenths of all the diseased action in the world
is caused or aggravated by over-eating.
And yet how common it is that we see even
physicians, letting their patients go on day after
day, eating, drinking and smoking, with never a
word to caution them !
Can it be that physicians are ignorant of these
things! or don't they take the trouble to reflect!
Or worse yet—don't they care !
I know there is not much specific direction in
the old books; but common sense, which never
grows old, tells every medical man that it must be
injurious to the patient and retard his recovery, if
the stomach and liver are made to work, when not
in a condition to labor.ior the arterial system to
be stimulated by ingesta when inflammation al
ready exists.
Now I contend that in almost all phases of dis
eased action, there is more or less inflammatory
action, even in debility ; and argue as they may, it
will not do to eat, however hungry or weak, any
thing requiring much of any exercise in digestion,
and in very many cases nothing at all. It re
quires great discrimination to know when to stop,
when to begin, and how much to give, I know ;
but a man should not attempt to practice unless
he has good judgment, above all things.
A man may have all the learning of an Everett,
a Licbig, or a Webster—yet if he lack good judg
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
ment, he is no physician, and never will be 1 You
may give him all the experience in the world, and
yet he's not a Bkilful physician, for it profits him
not
A man of good judgment knows better how to
manage his own case, than the most erudite physi
cian without it
The more I reflect, the more l am sure that the
great reason why so many of our " stomach diffi
culties," liver complaints, and the ten thousand
hydras of the monster dyspepsia, rear their fright
ful heads, and so torment physicians as well as pa
tients, is because proper attention to diet is not
paid.
It will not do for the physician to say, "be care
ful of your diet," for some patients will call ab
staining from the third cup of coffee, and not eat
ing but a large slice of roost pork with condiments
and trimmings', being careful !
He must specify, and if need be, see that he is
careful even to the abstaining entirely from every
thing but water.
" But how may we tell !"
You may be pretty sore when you find your
self growing worse, or getting no better every
day, that there is something wrong, and it will not
be a very dangerous experiment to stop your
stimulants; first then reduce the quantity even to
zero, when you find yon have still trouble about
the digestive organs, or fever flushes after eating,
or head ache, or any bad feeling which is evident
ly produced or increased by eating.
Be honest now ! don't deceive your physician;
if you do, you cheat yourself most. And be very
careful not to cheat yourself. We are very apt to
say nothinff hurts us that we particularly love [
ponder well and be true.
I have recently had a case at my house, where
the patient hod for months, and I am not sure for
years, suffered pains and torments, almost intoler
able, times innumerable ; had been "doctored" by
all sorts of " doctors," and had dieted for months
together! but still grew worse ; and a woman
every way calculated by nature, and acquired ac
complishments, was rendered miserable, just be
cause no one happen to know, who had the man
agement of her case, what to do.
Her trouble was inflammation of the liver and
duodenum, and it would have been utterly im
possible, in my opinion, to ever have cured her,
while she was still eating.
I accordingly advised her to stop ; she did so,
though her appetite was " raving," but immediate
ly the question arose in her mind, how long can
I fast!
It is hard to fast as I well know, when you are
hungry as a half famished bear all the time; but it
is better to fast than to do worse.
This lady went seven days without tasting food
of any kind, and then contrary to my advice went
to eating, but in a short time was as bad as ever.
" What rule do you go by says the reader !"
My rule is to keep them fasting till the tongue
becomes clean, and the mouth tastes properly.
My patient's good sense told her she had acted
unwisely, and she readily assented to commence
again her fasting, which this time lasted about
seventeen days, and she then cautiously began to
eat, and increased the amount till she reached a
Ill
full diet : and it is now some three months or more
since that time, and she has been almost a well
woman, nothing has troubled her stomach since 1
THE CURE OF FEVER AND AGUE.
BY W. M. W.
Havixo been for the last six or eight months,
frustrated by that annoying and depressing trouble
—Fever and Ague—which obtains so wide a do
minion in Western America—would you permit
me to lay before your numerous readers the modun
operandi, to which I was subjected under the
varied and opposite treatment appertaining to Al
lopathy, Homoeopathy, and Hydropathy. Before
proceeding however to detail these, allow me to
notice very shortly the circumstances under which
I caught the trouble, and how I might have pre
vented it if I had continued to adopt a particular
precaution, not unknown to all Electro-Psycholo
gists. For a period of eight months previous to
the attack, I travelled over the most pestiferous
parts of Western Canada, without being in the
least affected by any bilious complaint—and how
was this effected ! Simply in the first place by
using, in'hot weather especially, very simple diet,
particularly repudiating butcher-meat, and ardent
spirits of all description ;,and when travelling over
malarious districts, putting myself in a positive
condition of body and mind. In other words, re
solving not to take the disease, and ejecting, by the
influence of the unit, from the system the electric
fluid. These wore the safe guards. Bnt latterly I
disobeyed, became senselessly negative, and conse
quently was brought in for an attack of Fever and
Ague. But now for the curative process. In the
first place I dosed myself with calomel and qui
nine, which I took in abundance, broke the dis
ease, but under the slightest excitement or cold,
took it again. Dosed again with penesquinitrate
of iron, brandy, with quinine, capsicum, sweet ni
tre, and many more afx.mination*, which doubt
less broke down the disease, but also brought down
the patient. Next I tried the Homoeopathic or
do-nothing principle ; was consequently a little
better—the attacks not being so powerful as be
fore, but without removing the disease. JjtsX of
all, I ventured upon Hydropathy. It was highly
successful. In the course of eight days I was cured,
and have continued so for the last two months, al
though I have been subjected to a great deal of
ont-door fatigue, and travelling through infected
districts. The process of cure was as follows : Be
tween the attacks, or during the intermission of
the disease, I ensconced myself in the wet sheet
for obout an hour. On being relieved, I bathed
myself during the perspiration in cold water. In
the cold stage, or during the chill or shake, I took
a tepid bath at 60 degrees, and when I had a de
sire to drink, dronk plentifully of cold water. Af
ter the fever, and during the perspiration I took a
cold bath, accompanied byanobundont down-pour
upon the back and shoulders, which produced an
intense shock and reaction. This process was most
exhilarating and refreshing, so much so that the
enemy was soon vanquished and completely over
come. Thanks to the Water-Cure, may it soon be
as universal as water itself. W. M. W.
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HOME CASES OF WATER CURE IN CHILD
BIRTH-
I promised you in a former letter that I would
largely increase the number, and I will here re
peat the promise—but since I wrote that letter, I
have been too busily engaged with my professional
duties to solicit subscriptions. I have had an op
portunity of testing the virtues of our limestone
water (the only kind we have, except raiu water)
in the person of my wife, during the last mouths
of gestation, and during the trying time of child
birth.
Au intelligent Hydropathic physician would be
an acquisition to us here. Having none such, I was
compelled to call in a Botanic physician, who was
liberal enough to yield to my hydropathic notions,
and adopt the Hydropathic practice so far as I un
derstood it. After the delivery of the child and
removal of the placenta, I requested an elderly-
lady to assist me in putting a linen bandage, wrung
out of cold water, around the body. But she told
me that she would consider it but little short of
murder, and would have no hand in it, and I was
compelled to do it myself. And so at every stage
none of them would assist in giving vaginal injec
tions, or in washing her, but protested that the
practice was murderous, and would have none of
it. But my faith was so strong in the good effect of
cold water, that I went the whole figure, Hydro-
pathically ; affixed the bandage, gave the injec ,
tions, washed her thoroughly, changed her clothes
and bedding, and she dropped to sleep immediate
ly; since which time I have given a sitz-bath
morning and evening, sponge-bath in the early
morning, and enemas at night to loosen the bow
els, and my lady friends huve been greatly aston
ished that she improves daily and hourly under
the murderous practice ; and if I had never had
any other evidence of the efficacy and peculiar ,
adaptation of water to such cases, it would have
made me a convert, and if it had cost me ten dol <
lars instead of fifty cents annually, to procure the
Water-Cure Journal, I should have felt that I
had been repaid with interest in that ease alone.
It has produced considerable excitement nmong
the knowing old ladies who advocate the nine
days dispensation of inaction. It may seem strange
to you that such practices still find advocates, but
Allopathic M. Ds. still permit and advise in this
Western country that washing and a change of
clothes and beduing should be dispensed with for
that length of time after delivery, and still com
plain bitterly that you, now and then, give them a
home thrust in your Journal. Lay it ou thick and
fast, and you will be sure to receive the thanks of
womankind generally, and with a breastwork of
such material, you will scarcely feel the kicks and
curses of the Allopaths.
Excuse me for filling this with such unimpor
tant matter, and I will endeavor to fill the next
with the names of subscribers for the Journal.
Insufficient Diet.—An insufficient diet, not
properly sustaining the organs of life leads to
disease, decay, and death. Want of food causes
typhus fever, consumption, and a general weak
ness and breaking up of the system.
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HOME TREATMENT IN MICHIGAN.
BY SOPHIA 0. FARTHIDGE.
An intelligent woman relates her experience ns
follows : It is now twelve years since I adopted a
strict diet and regimen, with daily ablution, as
taught by Dr. S. Graham, of Northampton. I was
literally in the "gall of bitterness" and in subjection
to a depraved appetite, feeding myself "without
fear" on the flesh of animals, and totally ignorant
of the laws of health and life, and a victim of dis
ease and suffering, though apparently healthy. I
I had been subject to periodical sick-headache and
pain iu the side for sonic years; so severe for a
while, that I felt my days were few, when, as a
kind Providence would have it, a Student from
Obcrlin, 0., (.lames M. Blakesley,) informed me of
the way of salvation from premature disease and
death, and furnished me with the writings of Dr.
Graham, unto which I gave heed as unto a light
shining in a dark place. I gave up the use of
greasy food, (tea anil coffee I never used,) though
it was like plucking out the right eye, I felt in oue
year as if my physical system had been entirely
renovated. All symptoms of disease had fled, the
pain in the side had taken "French leave," also
the headache, and weak eyes, all, all gone; and I
felt like a new being—I felt that I had just begun
to live. At this time I lived in Massachusetts,—
eight years ago I came to Michigan with my fami
ly; we all had the ague the first year, and have
not been troubled with it much since, though our
diet has been very objectionable part of the time—
sometimes from necessity and sometimes from
choice. It is about two years since I saw the Wa
ter-Cure Manual and purchased it, and soon after
heard of the Water Cure Journal, and subscribed
for it, and now I would not part with it for any
money. It is more valuable to me and my family
than all the gold of California would be,—I have
seen the virtues of cold water fairly tested since I
had this Journal.
About a year ago a woman of my acquaintance
was seized with a dangerous menstruation, which
suddenly prostrated her, aud took away her
strength entirely. A tub of tepid water was pre
pared, and she, while fainting, was placed in it, of
which she was totally unconscious, until she had
remained in the water three or four minutes, when
consciousness returned, and she was in a profuse
perspiration and felt well, and got up and walked
to the bed with almost new life. Cold bandages
were kept around the body, and cold water used
freely by way of the vagina syringe, which cheek
ed the disease very much, and probably saved the
person's life. She soon gained strength but not
color, and is now in excellent health.
Another case: About two months ago, one of
my neighbor's children, (a daughter of eighteen
months,) after having the ague and fever for a
long time, was attacked with dysentery. They
"doctored" her in the usual way, not as much as
usual, perhaps, butgnve of the "red drop" twenty
drops three times a day, and she grew worse for
three days, till they believed her to be dying, the
parents had some faith in, and sent for a water-cure
neighbor, the child was in great distress and the
eyes fixed and glassy. Cold water or tepid injec
tions were given, and the pain and discharges
ceased almost immediately, the child fell into a
calm sleep and slept for three hours, when it
[ awoke and the bowels moved again, and theliujec- h
tions given, and wet cold bandages were aappli- (,
ed to the bowels, and cold water given for
drink very often, when the child slept again for
three hours when the disease was completely sub
dued. The third day after, a new difficulty appear
ed. It was ascertained that no water had passed the
child's bowels for three days, A dish of tepid wa
ter was brought, and the child's feet placed in it
and well rubbed, then wrapped in warm flannel,
which luul the desired effect, and this difficulty was
immediately removed. This appeared like a mira
cle to u?, though we had read of such things, we
never tried it or saw it tried before. And this
child is now well aud strong, and its parents re
joice over it as one raised from the dead. And
now " cold iratcr is our motto" for every disease,
and iu health too. Though many scoff at it, and
call Hydropathy a humbug, we know and appreci
ate its value as a sovereign remedy for every dis
ease. Try it ye poor invalids who arc dying for
the want of it, throw away your poison drugs, and
and come to this fountain opened for physical
unclcanness, wash, and drink, and be healed, why
will ye die, when here is the best of medicines,
without money, and without price. Ho; every
our that thirsteth come ye to the water*, not to the
wine-cup, not to the tea-pot, but to the vaters.
I would like to have some one inform me
through the journal, what is the best coui>e for a
young man to pursue who wishes to become a
water-cure practitioner, is it necessary to spend
three years in college f If not, what is the most ad
visable, and where would he be the most useful}
Wo have received from Messrs. Fowlers ami
Wkm.s, publishers, New York, the October numbers
of the following publical ions :
The Student, a Family Miscellany and Monthly
School Reader; devoted to the I'liyaioal Moral, and
Intellectual Improvement of Youth.
Tiie Phrenological Journal ; devoted to the exhibi
tion and defence of Phrenology.
Hit Wattr-Cwt Journal; devoted to Physiology,
Hydropathy, and the haws of Life.
These publications are each valuable in its sphere;
but of the latter—the Watcr-Cuic Journal—we wish
to say that, in our belief, it is the t?iost valuable peri-
odicat isnwti in this country, and, for aught we know,
in the world. We say thin, deliberately and emphat
ically, in view of the vast amount of anatomical, phys
iological, and medical knowledge which is yearly re
duced to popular comprehension in its pages ; and
also in view of the incalculable benefit which we have
derived personally, and in our family, from the sys
tem it advocates. To us, as to thousands of others,
the knowledge of the water-cure has been as the ad
vent of a new Gospel, and we can but wish it may be
preached to every creature." If any of our invalid
readers aro becoming weary of pains and pills, drugs
and debility, and are willing to learn tho conditions
of a higher style of life than they have yet experi
enced, wc advise them at once to invest a dollar in a
year's subscription to tho Water-Cure Journal, and if,
before reading one volume through, they do not be
come convinced that tho " chief end of man " is some
thing nobler than being turned into a walking apothe
cary-shop, and that there is a better use for money
than buying little scraps of cabalistic Latin at the
doctor's hands, then—we'll pay back their money.—
Bonton Pathfinder.
[The Watcr-Curo thus finds favor with those who
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try it, and apply it ; and the time of its universal
adoption by the world cannot be far distant.
The Children will take care of The Student, if
parents will permit them to "raise pop oom," or
" pick up chestnuts " enough to pay for it. While
tho Phrenological Journal is old enough to take
care of itself, it being pretty well along in its " teens j"
with a healthy stomach, it oan digest solid food, and
excite thought. But the Water-Cure Journal is
bound to shine—not like the stars, or the moon, but
like tho great central luminary, which gives light, lifo
and health to all who know how to use it.
The Water-Cure in America ; containing over three
hundred cases of various Diseases treated with Wa
tery by Drs. Wcsselhoeft, Shew, Bedortha, Shiefer-
decker, Trail, Nichols, Houghton, Kittrodgc, and
others, with cases of Domestic Practice. Designed
for popular as well as professional reading. Edited
by a Water-Patient. New York: Fowleks &
Wells, Publishers.
Agreeable to previous announcement, a new and
very much enlarged edition of The Water-Cure in
America has just been published. Over a hundred
pages have been added to the original work, giving
the treatment, in detail, of a large number of import
ant and interesting coses. In addition to the authors
named in our title, we have contributions from Drs.
Weder, Gleason, Hayes, Burr, Seolye, Child, Evans,
Stcadman, Rogers, Ellis, Lorenz, Stewart, and Collins.
We can give tho reader a better idea of tho con
tents of this work, by copying from the Index, than
any other way. Tho following cases are among those
which have been successfully treated, and recorded in
The Water-Cure in America :—Abscess, of Cheet ;
Ague and Fever; Alcott, Dr. W. A., case of, cases
from; Allen, Amos, case of; Amputation prevented
(see Morlifioatiun) ; Asthma, with Pneumonia ; Atro
phia Dorsi ; Baldness ; Barrenness j Beeohir, Miss C.
E., testimony of; Blisters ; Boils ; Bowels, inflamma
tion ; Spinal disease ; Brain, inflammation of, Con
gestion of; Fever; Bronchitis, and congestion of brain,
and dyspepsia ; Bronchial Catarrh ; Bruises ; Burns
and Scalds ; Carbuncles ; Cases in homo treatment ;
Catarrh, bronchial ; Cephalam rheuinatica congesti-
va ; Chest, inflammation of ; Chilblains ; Childbirth
and pregnancy ; Chlorosis; Cholera ; Cholera infant
um ; Cholera morbus ; Cold ; Colic, bilious ; Con
gestion of lungs ; Congestive fever ; Constipation,
piles, rheumatism ; Consumption, phthisis pulmo
nale, dyspepsia, hoadache, spinal disease, tubcr-
lar, with diarrho?a and piles; Convulsions; Cox-
algia ; Cramp in stomach ; Croup and measles ;
Debility, general, nervous with dyspepsia, ner
vous and general, from over-straining, from grief;
Deafnoss ; Decline ; Delirium tremens ; Depression of
spirits (see Hypochondriasis) ; Diarrhoea and con
sumption, chronic ; Diet, Dr. Bcdortha's views of;
Dr. Show's do., Dr. Shicferdccker's do., Dr. Roofs
do., experience of Dr. Alcott ; Dilopia ; Dropsy ;
Drugs, injury from ; Dysentery and fever, with piles ;
Dyspepsi.i, blennorrhea, and complication, and sup
posed consumption, and liver complaint, and do. with
worms, and hypochondriasis, and hysteria, and bron
chitis, and nervous debility, and spinal disease, with
hemorrhoides, with prolapsus ; Eliphantiatis ; Emis
sions, nocturnal ; Encephalitis exudatoria infantum ;
Enteralgia and scrofula ; Epilepsy ; Erysipelas, and
fever ; Eyes, weak, inflammation of ; Fall ; Fatal
cases. Female diseases ; Fever, and ague, and de
lirium, do. suppressed, do. with spinal disease, brain,
erysipelas, intermittent, do. and inflammation of
lungs, do. bilious, puerperal, with neuralgia, remitting
bilious, do. and typhus, typhus, malignant, and rheu
matism, etc., and dysentery, Michigan, scarlot ; Fever,
with boils and bruises ; Headache, rheumatic, nerv
ous neck ; Hemorrhage from liver, uterine ; Hip dis
ease, (ischias nervosa postica,) (sciatica,) (lumbago,)
do. and spinal complaint, and scrofula; Hydrophobia
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
in first stage ; Hypochondriasis, and dyspepsia ; Hys
teria, wilh tendency to lock jaw ; Indigestion (sco
dyspepsia; Iodine, injurious effects of ; Indian women
in childbirth ; Inflammation of the brain, of bowels,
of lungs, of chest, of throat, of eyes ; Invalids, a word
to, on water-cure ; Ischias nervosa postica ; Kidneys,
disease of; Knee, swelling of, paralysis of, Lacera
tions and contused wounds ; Lameness ; Liver, hemor
rhage from, complaint, with worms, do. with dyspep
sia, congested and swollen, inactivity of; Lock-jaw;
Lumbago, wilh spinal disease ; Lungs, inflammation
of, typhus of, congestion of, abscess of, hepatized,
severe cold on, disease (pneumonorrhazia), from sup
pressed measles, fever, tuberculated ; Mania ; Maras
mus ; Measles, and croup, suppressed ; Mercurial
swelling ; Menstruation, suppressed ; Midwifery ;
Mind, disease of (see hypochondriasis) ; Mortification
prevented ; Nervous debility, general, with dyspepsia ;
Neuralgia and complication, and fever, of spine, of leg,
of shoulder, etc.; Opthalmia; Painters' colic ; Paralys
is, apoplectic, in knee ; Patients; Pythisis pulmonalis;
Pictonum ; Piles, and constipation ; Pleurisy ; I'neu-
morrhagia ; Pneumonia typhoid ; Pompholyx hydro-
gena ; Pregnancy and childbirth ; Prolapsus uteri ;
Quinsy ; Raphania ; Rheumatism, nervous, inflam
matory, acute, in leg, chronic ; Rheumatic head-ache,
lameness, scrofula, etc. ; Rubeola ; Safety of the
water-cure ; Scald ; Scarlatina ; Sciatica ; Scrofula,
with dyspepsia, with spinal disease, with tic doulou
reux, with rheumatism, with hip disease, with opthal
mia ; Smallpox ; Spinal curvature, with neuralgia,
disease; inflammation of bowels, supposed consumption,
scrofula, hip disease, fever und ague, monorrhagia,
snd dyspepsia; Spinal injury, irritation; Stomach,
spasms ; Stranguary ; Sub paralysis ; Suicidal propen
sity; Summer complaint; Swelling ofknee while; Tabes
infantum ; Throat disease, inflammation of ; Tic dou
loureux, in bowels, with scrofula ; Tobacco, injurious
effects of, poison ; Typhus of lungs ; Uterino hemor
rhage ; Vaccination with erysipelas ; Varioloid ; Vitus's
dance : Weakness (see debility) ; White swelling,
incipient ; Women, water-cure for ; Worms, with
dyspepsia; Wounds, of head, incised; etc., etc.
In no other part of tho world has the water-cure
made greater strides, or performed more oures, than in
the United States ok America ; nor has there ever,
in any part of the world, at any time, been published
a volume containing a greater number of important
cases than the one before us. As a guide in family
practice it must prove invaluable. The work contains
some three hundred and eighty 12mo. pages, printed
on good paper, handsomely and durably bouDd, and
sells at the office of publication at one dollar.
GOSSIPS FROM BOSTON-
BV NOQOS.
Dear Gossips—I havo news for you. There is to
be a Water-Cure establishment in America ! Think
of that !
Yes, there is to be in the State of Maine—a place
always famous for wonderful growths—a Hydropathic
Institution, that will indeed beat cvon the mammoth
squashes, it will in fact be not only " some pumpkins,"
but the pumpkin of the State, and all the States ; and
after it gets'well to going, the hundred or more, " make
beliovcrs" heretofore existing will have to 1 shut up,'
a9 this new one is to be big onough to hold all the in
valids out of jail, and it boing the only one in tho
country " properly conducted, with physicians compe
tent to detect and oure disease ;" all of course will go
there.
The getter up of this is a gentleman well known in
the financial world, whose brilliant imagination is
only surpassed by his faith.
Drs. R. & B. of this city have c rtified their wil
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lingness to send all the patients they have left, after
drugging them secuudem artcm, to this establish
ment, provided tbe medical gentleman, the great
financier has provided, continues true to physio.
The establishment which is being built, will occupy
nearly all of Oxford county, including " Bethel Hill,"
where friend" Ethan Spike" some times rambles. Ed
ward Everett is Sponsor, and Lord Elgin Chairman
of tho Board of Overseers. Mr. Finance being Man
ager and Treasurer.
It is expected to go into oporation about the first of
bye-and-byc, and keep open day and night until all tho
world are healed.
The Rev. Clergy and Laymen admitted free, the
rest of mankind at the usual price. None having scru
ples against drachms need apply, for it is to be a med
icated Water-Cure.
Tho genteelly nervous need have no fears of being
" shocked," as the water will be so tempered and med
icated, so as never to bo in the least unpleasant, or
if necossary—while repairing boilers—to use water
any ways cool, cither will be administered.
The above may seem nonsense to some of your read
ers, but it is nevertheless the sum and substance of a
letter lately published in this city, addressed to Ed
ward Everett, to which was appended certificates from
Drs. Reynolds and Bowditch that they were iu favor
of Water-Curo establishments properly managed ! at
tho head of which were men capable of detecting dis
ease, &c, which was a desideratum in this country ;
' asserting, in short, that they knew of no Institution
< where Water-Cure could bo scientifically and judi-
' ciously administered, jcc. Unfortunately the getter
up of this splendid castle in the air, was so ambitious
| to be put in possession of the $50,000 fund, that be did
| not pcroeive that these worthy poisoners were only
I making a cat's paw of him, by which they could filch
• a few more chestnuts from tho " dear people," making
! them boliovc that they were in favor of the Water-
', Cure, " if in proper hands !"
In proper hands forsooth ! Why in the name of poor
', outraged humanity then don't they take it into their
\ own hands 1 !
; Poor short-sighted mortals ; they think to gull the
| people by such miserable sophistry as this, but they'll
j find themselves mistaken. At any rate we will leave
> it to the public to decide who is who, and what is what.
< Remember—some of tho tallest doctors physic-ally !
(Dr. R. is 6 a. 2 in his stockings) Admit that Hy-
! dropathy is all right, let the peoplo decide whether the
i professors thereof know any thing or not.
; Ask any of tho particularly iutt-lleclual in America
if they think llobert Wesselhceft a fool. Drs. Trail,
Shew, Demristen, Mundie, Jackson, Meeker, Nich
ols, &c, flic, &c, unscientific, or unqualified to "de
tect disease." Aye, 1 can answer this question myself.
I have been round some, and I think I can tell a sheet
from a lancet, let the wind bo which way it will !—
and I'll wager this same golden pen of mine that the
doctors I have mentioned, and many others that
might be named as connected with the Water-Cure,
will compare favorably with any doctor in Boston or
out of it, in all that essentially belongs to tho charac
ter of a skillful and judicious physician.
They may not it is possible, possess the practised
hand of a Warren, a Hayward, or a Reynolds in cut
ting, bleeding, or sewing, but they can cure—" and
that's something," or used to be ! aye, that's the
" deilout," says Dr. Drugibus, they oure their patients
right up, and in a short time run tbe profession all
out ! ! and then—why, then somo folks would have to
j get an honest living.
j It is curious to hear some of the Druggcrs talk. The
other night, down at Lynn, Dr. K. of this city was
lecturing on the Water Cure, and I happenod to be
there. After the lecture, o doctor, who for fifteen or
twenty years has been spludging along through the
mire of Allopathy, getting every year deeper and
deeper in the mud thereof, one too, who is behind f
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aire in every thing, with no taste for anything but
Lindley Murray's old Grammar, which ho "got by
heart "in his youth, and Km been lecturing upon it
ever since—had the impudence to get Up before the
audience and state, that physicians generally had no
prejudice against Water-Cure !!
This made one of the most intellectual audiences
ever assembled in Lynn, laugh " right out " in meet
ing. The worthy gentleman talked about ten min
ute?, and did about as much for tha Water-Cure in
that time as Dr. K did in alt hi.- two hours !
The Mayor, after the doctor got through, proposed
that a discussion meeting should be holden in town,
where both sides might be heard ; he thought it would
be the best thing for Hydropathy that could possibly
happen. I think so too—it will probably come oft he-
fore long ; if so, there'll he a " ehiel amang us taking
notes * and you shall 1 print 'em.1'
DRIPPINGS FROM A WET SHEET.-NO. II.
BV A.
The first time T toek this sheet it was a dry one,
and the good effect it produced, cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents. It opened the avenues to reflec
tion and investigation—conducted oflf an imracHse
amount of ignorance—closed forever au account with
drug-doctors for medicine—raised my hopes, and left
me a happier person. And now, for nearly two years, 1
have been iu the habit of taking regularly, one of
these wet-sheets once in about thirty days. They
come folded up very nicely, just damp enough for im
mediate use, and nothing prevents me from keeping it
on until there is an equilibrium established between
us.
The drippings from these sheets lire treasured
thoughts of experience and knowledge. They come
trickling down to us in a variety of ways. Addresses,
Reports, Confessions, Lectures, Letters, Practice,
(home and abroad) Reviews, Answers to Correspon
dents ; and last, though not least, " Noggs" from
" down east." They teach us
How to tit and how to sleep,
How to dress and how to " g'Hett,'1
How to walk and how to ride,
How to live and how to die.
Thus it is, that in nineteen cases out of twenty,
they give good satisfaction, although sometimes it ap
pears like " casting pearls before swine."
Some do not see the propriety of telling the truth,
if not solicited to do so. Once in a-while an Allopathy
M. D. thinks they contain " the most scurrulous and
abusive language he ever read," and some very mod
est Lady reader, thinks the " twelve cases " ridiculous
stuff to appear in a public print.
The idea that any good thing can come out of Naz-
ercth is still preposterous to many minds. The signs
of the times denote a dissolution of old established
rules and customs. The old landmarks are being bro
ken down ; trespasses are being daily committed ;
people are refusing to worship Baal's God, and groans,
gnashing of teeth, epithets and curses are hurled at
the few bold and fearless champions of reform with a
Real worthy of a bettor cause. But the "gigantic
strides " of science and art have paved the way. The
flood-gates to knowledge (free Echools) have been
opened, and now, with a " Press " not trammelled by
despotism, to furnish the matter, steam conveyances
and Iron roads U distribute it, from one end of the
continent to the other, while the Magnetic Telegraph
officiates as courier to prepare the minds of men to re
ceive it. As well might man try, with his hands, to
hold the clouds in the air, or with his breath blow
back the tornado, as to try and stop the onward
progress of reform in the nineteenth century.
And foremost among them stands the medical. The
importance of introducing into our Public Schools,
Teachers and Books upon Physiology, Phrenology and
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
Hygiene, is being realized by the masses. The time
i has come, and now is, when some men and women
think and act for themselves. They require no im
ported fashion to guide them, nor do they choose to
wait for any thing which concerns their welfare and
happiness, to be formally introduced by a certain
class, before adopt ing it. They are emphatically "free
and independent."
Time-servers and policy-men never advance only as
they are dragged along ; always bringing up the rear in
nil ages.
AMERICAN HYDROPATHIC INSTITUTE.
The first term of this new Medical Institution com
menced on the loth of September, with the delivery of
two inaugural addresses, that of Dr. Nichols, publish
ed in the present number of the Wafer-Cure Journal,
and that of Mrs. Gove Nichols, iu our last number,
which were listened to by a large and attentive
audience.
The regular lectures and studies of the Institute
commenced the following morning. There have been,
thus far, three daily morning lectures, a thorough
weekly examination every .Saturday, with occasional
evening conversation parties, for the discussion of
collateral branches of science and philosophy.
The students of the Institute, about twenty-fivo in
number, come from nine different States. The sexes
are equally divided. One-third, at least, are married,
and in several instances, wives have accompanied their
husbands. Several are of mature age, and parents of
families. We venture to say that no Medical class
ever assembled iu this city, which could compare in
character with the first class of the Hydropathic In
stitute—tho first class of its kind that ever assem
bled. There is no brandy drinking, tobacco chew
ing, dissipation, or rowdyism of any description.
Nearly all the students board together, forming one
beautiful and harmonious family, in a large house ncur
Union Square, with baths, lighted with gas, hired by
Dr. Nichols, and comfortably furnished, expressly for
the class. The friends of the students will easily un
derstand how much better off they must be, than to
be scattered over the city, in its common boarding-
houses, and heterogeneous society. This arrangement
wns made at considerable cost and risk, and the price
of board will not cover the expense—still it is at the
option of the students to board here or elsewhere. The
young ladies who have come hundreds of miles, alone
and unprotected , must appreciate the home provided
for them.
The course of study and instruction in the Institute
will be thorough and comprehensive, covering every
branch of Medicine, and Surgery, separating Medical
science from the mass of verbiage, rubbish and absurd
ities with which it hns been encumbered ; all that is
known, and of practical use, can be taught, and if the
student possesses the necessary mental organization,
acquirer/, in one term of the Institute. The economy
of expense is as great as of time. The lectures
amount to only fifty dollars, with no extras or inci
dentals. The whole cost of lectures, board, and text
books does not exceed one hundred dollars.
The second term of the Institute will commence
on Monday, the 19th of January, 1852. This change
in the time is made to enable those who wish to enter
Water-Cure establishments, either as physicians or
assistants, to do so as early as the 1st of May.
Anxious to advance tho cause of Hydropathy, and
the interests of the students ofthe Institute, Dr. and Mrs.
Nichols invite applications for male or femalo physi
cians or assistants to Wator-Cure establishments, or
for general practice, wherever thoy are wanted. They
will recommend none but such as they know to be
qualified, and believe that they shall soon be able to
supply a few of the most urgent demands from the
present and futur classes of the Institute.
Water Cltie in the Wkst. —I read with plea
sure, the frequent notices from your nuirerous corres
pondents, of the spread of the Water Cure. Several
years ago, a stray number of your Journal reached
this town, and camo under my notice, since when I
have been a constant reader, and a subscriber. I have
watched its rapid progress west, and in an humble
way, am one of its pioneers in this part of our State.
I have succeeded in sending you a number of subscri
bers, and now in our town we have quite a society of
Hydropathic believers, arid practitioners in the home
circle.
1 have the gratification also to say to you and your
thousands of readers, that we are establishing a Water
Cure, within the limits of our city. The House and
grounds, have already been engaged, and the workmen
are now busily engaged in fitting up the bathing
rooms, baths, et c The establishment is to be con
ducted under the care of Dr. Thomas, formerly of
tlarrodsburg. It will be completed and ready for the
reception of patients in a tew weeks. It will open uu-
dcr the most favorable auspices. Dr. Thomas is be
coming extensively known in Kentucky ; principally
too, through those patients who have been relieved
under his treatment at Harrodsburg. A number of
invalids I understand, are now awaiting the completion
of this establishment to begin the Hydropathic treat
ment. Thus in a fewyears, I have witnessed from one
reader of your journal, in this place an increase of
many, and the establishment of a Hydropathic insti
tute. Great and incalculable good is certainly to grow
out of this. Pour, suffering invalids, dyspeptics, con
sumptives, etc , who have broken down constitutions
under the maladministration of the Drug System, will
now have a new field opened lo them, and a joyous
way presented to regain their health and contentment.
There are many such, already in our town, and tho
amount will be greatly increased, as soon as Dr. Thom
as is enabled to commence the work- I will conclude
my little imperfect notice of the extension of the
Water Cure in tho West, by wishing good speed to
the success of so great a cause, until the wholesome
and salutary laws of health, as taught by this system,
shall be universally adopted, and as a consequence
thereof, the great amelioration if not the eradication
of disease and suffering from the land. J. J. B.
Dansvitle, Ky.
A Puff for the " Regilar" Profession.—It
must be highly interesting to the old-school physicians
to learn the quantity of drugs used in one of the largest
hospitals in Loudon, but which, unfortunately for the
credit of its method of treatment , sends more persons to
the grave-yard than it restores to health ; wo learn
that nearly 2,000 pounds weight of senna, and 27 cwt.
of salts are used every year at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, London. The grand total spent upon physic
in a twelvemonth, is £2,GO0 ; 5,000 yards of calico are
wanted for rollers, for bandaging ; to say nothing of
the stouter and stiffcr fabric used for plasters. In
a-year, 20.700 leeches were bought for the use of the
establishment. This concern seems to go the Allo
pathic principle. —Exchange Paper.
$15,000 a-year for physic u*?ed in one Hospital. Sen
na and salts " by the ton.*1 This seems, at first sight,
like a large story ; but we must remember that " many
a little makes a mickle," as the Scotch people say.
We have no doubt but many a concientious allopathic,
who thinks he " don't use much medicine," would bo
equally surprised, if hecould see whatahostof " doctor-
stuff" he has swallowed in a year Just a littlo Pep
permint, Paregoric, Cod Liver oil, or Sarsaparitla
when he don't feel quito right, or is afraid ho shan't
if he don't take a little something, amount to a right
smart chance in a year. Or may bo he is sometimes
in the situation of the Irishman, whose wife went to
the .Druggist and wanted a little physic for Pat.
" What is the matter with Pat," said the knight of
the Pestle. " Oh, its nothing that's the matter with
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him now, if ye plase," said she, 44 but he bag a Unsure
to-morrow, and we thought he'd be hotter to take a
dose." Jf tome mothers would keep an accurate ac
count of all the EIixcrs, Laudanum, Godfrey's Cordial,
Senna, Carolina Pink, and \arious other^ic-stuffs that
they are eternally forcing into the stomachs of their
children, the sum would far exceed their expectation,
and leave them no reason to wonder why their darlings
grew up such poor, puny, sickly things. Oh man ! oh
woman ! when will you learn that air, exercise, water,
and diet, arc sufficient for all tho ** ills that flesh is
heir to 1"
A Goon Dentist.— How few, among the thousands
who shall read this, can say, to a certainty, that they
know a skilful Dentist—a man who performs well and
faithfully, every professional duty— one who, not merely
pfvgJ a tooth, but, by plugging, actually preserves it.
Such a man is, indeed, a rarity— he is one among a
thousand. The general experience bears witness to
this fact.
We extract from tho New York Tribuno, the fol
lowing correspondence, which is so much to the point,
emanating, aa it does, from such undoubted and relia
ble sources— (coinciding in every respect, with our own
personal experience under the same hands), that we
feel a pleasure in publicly, and heartily endorsing it.
Here is tho correspondence :
Will the Editor of The Tribuno pleaso publish
the subjoined correspondence, in reference, 1 think, to
a very important subject 1 Should my friends prefer a
gocd Dentist to tho counterfeits so numerous in tho
profession, they will thank ine for thus publicly point
ing one out to them.—J. II. Townsend.
New York, July 11, 1850.
Dr. Wietixg —Dear Sir; Hearing you make fre
quent and favorable mention of Dr. Clowes, of Hudson
St., (ltemoved to 7 Eighth av., Abingdon-squarc,)
while lecturing hero last winter, 1 was induced to call
upon him in reference to my teeth. That he is all you
represented him, my own and family's experience, as
well as that of many of my friends, most tully attest.
Among them all—many of them very bad cases—not a
single instance of tooth-ache or anything unpleasant
can be found. In the possession of healthy teeth and
clean mouths, all have discovered the source of many
a rat ional pleasure, which may be looked for in vain
elsewhere. By your representations, I was first di
rected in the wayof attaining this good thing. Through
you I think the blessing may best be extended to
others ; please do me the favor to write out tor publica
tion your own experience in dentistry,as practised by Dr.
Clowes ; describe his manner of operating ; explain his
theory of thoroughness, and point out to many a suffer
ing tnortnt the door of ehcajye from a thousand ills —
Yours, with much respect, J. H. Townsend, 707
Greeuwich st.
Syracuse, July 21, 1861.
J. H, Townsend, Esq.—Dear Sir : 1 am happy to
lenrn that you, through my recommendation, employed
Dr. Clowes to repair the teeth of yourself and family,
and that he has succeeded to your entire satisfaction.
1 have always taken particular pains in my public
lectures to dwell upon the im]>ortance of giving great
attention to the teeth, of filling up all the cavities be
fore th«y begin to ache, and of removing them from
the mouth as soon as they become so much decayed as
to be irreparable. Wh lo thousands have felt the
force of my remarks, they have been at a loss to know
who they could employ to do justice to their teeth,
saying they had tried this dentist and that one, (not
unfrequently at considerable expense,) but in the
course of a year or two, as a general thing, the cavi
ties grew deeper and the filling came out. Having
heard this complaint so much, I had almost come to
the conclusion that the plugging of teeth, in the usual
way, was a gross imposition on the public. At length
I accidentally got acquainted with Dr. Clowes, and
after patiently examining his work, made up my mind
it was superior to anything of the'kind I had ever
seen before. I employed him at once to fill a few cav
ities in my teeth, and was so much pleased with the
result, I felt safe in recommending him to the confi
dence of my friends.
He makes it a point to do his work thoroughly, and
never to fill a cavity until he is fully satisfied he has
entirely removed all the decayed portion of the tooth,
if it takes a whole week to accomplish it. Having
done this, he has the mechanical ability, if I may be
allowed to judge, to plug the tooth in the most work
manlike manner, i nave seen teeth that were j'
years ago by him, apparently looking as well as the
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day the work was done. I wish I could say as inuch of Largo sums of money are expended on tho male pro
every dent'st fessors, in someofthese concerns, while the Female pro-
1 regard Dr. C. a« n great benefactor to the public, fr<sortf get but little more than the price for knitting,
and as a Surgeon Deuti>t, I think Lo has no superior
Li this country. Respectfully your oh*t servant, or making shirts. Is this according to the principles
J. M. VVjETINO. of equity \ There are some other things connected
[It- will bo observed that Dr. Clowes has consented with Medical Colleges, such as the granting of Diplo
to give our readers the benefit of bis experience, in a mas, which will do to explain to our readers at another
series of articles, through the Water-Cure Journal, the time.]
first number o which appsared iu our last ]
Lectures on the Water-Ckee.—It gives us pleas
ure to announee the fact that Dr. E. A. Kittredge
The Class of the American HynRorATinc In of Boston, proposes to make a lecturing tour—South
stitute.—The instances are rare, in which an amount and West the coming winter. Those who may wish
of talent, observation, and attainment, have been pos him to lect urc in anyparticular place, will please address
sessed by medical students, equalling that brought their applications to " The Publishers op the Wa
together in this Institute. Among the number aro ter-Cuke Journal," New York, who will be in con
those whoso earnestness and seal have induced them stant communication with the Doctor, and forward
to leave their families hebind them, or some to bring their letters to him.
their wives, and mothers their children. Many have We'bope every man and every woman, capable of
seen much of the world, and have known much of imparting information on this subject, will take every
medical abuses which so extensively exist in communi oportunity to do so. Lectures may be given in every
ty. None are young, as compared with usual classes, school-house, church, or public hall, with perfcofc pro
and few, if any, who are not passed the average age of priety and great good to the people
similar classes.
This argues well for their success in the practice, Out-Door Exercise. — In-door exercise is very
especially'sinco they are generally men and women,who different from out-door exorcise. The air of a house
would not pass on in tho world without extensive ob has always less oxygen in it than the air without. It
servation, and the acquirement of much useful infor is more relaxing. Besides, mere walking up and down
mation. The influence of such persons will be felt, aud a room is dull employment ; and exercise, to be useful,
it is hoped that, as class after class of such devoted ought to bo cheerful and amusing. To walk merely
and experienced persons shall go out from this Insti for exercise is, therefore, seldom useful. We should
tute, Hydropathy will receive fresh impulses, while always endeavor to walk for entertainment. It is the
false, and injurious theories, and practices, in 11 the entertainment that refreshes and invigorates.
department,*' will be swept away like "chaff in a
summer's threshing-floor."
The New Year.—With one more number (for De
A largo proportion of the members have been teach cember)
ers, some in the higher schools and academies, and, of Journal ! closes the present volume of the Water-Cur*
And with the next, a new volume, and a
course, have brought to this work an unusual amount new year commences.
of scientific knowledge. Two have been lawyers, ono
The year 1801, has been tho most glorious Era, for
of whom pursued his educational and law course in the development, progress, and perfect triumph of
Germany, amounting iu all, to more than fifteen years. Hydropathy, ever known. Our views are becoming
Two have been editors, and still a larger number are universally popular, the world over, and the success of
not unknown in the literary world. Two have preached, Water-Cure proverbial. Then why should we not re
and several more have been public lecturers. Some, joice 1 Mothers who have derived a knowledge of
on Anatomy, Physiology, &c, and one or more, the laws of life and health, through the Water-Cure
somewhat conspicuous in the Temperance cause. One Journal, have saved themselves and their children—
is a regular Allopathic graduate and practitioner, many of them—from prematura death. We have their
having had several years of experience, and another thanks and blessings. Fathers, who have themselves
has practiced Hydropathy for some considerable time. been afflicted with every variety of complaint and dis
One was somewhat conspicious in the ** Chartist" ease, have found a remedy iu Hydrovathv, and that,
movements in England, a few years since, and was in too, without enduring the torture of " being reduced"
timate with somo who suffered imprisonment for their either in body or pocket, by tho " regular mode of
devotion to the cause of liberty. practice," such as bleeding, blistering, poisoning, doc
All manifest an anxiety and zeal in the acquirement tors' bills, and the like, but who, almost invariably,
of the requisite knowledge of the principles of the date their recovery from the day they applied the
Watcr-Cure, which will seldom, if ever, be found in Water-Cure. We are sustained and encouraged by
similar enterprises. J. H. II. these. In short, wo have the good wishes and sympa
thies of nine-tenths of all who are informed on the sub
Female Medical Colleges.—Quite a new phase jects we advocate. How, then, bad we fail of success 1
in the history of medicine, is coming over this demo Conscious of doing our duty, and in the fullest faith
cratic country. Females are ambitious to dabble in that our views are in perfect harmony with the laws of
medicine, as in other matters, with a view to reorganiz God and nature, wo feel strong in advocating and
ing society. If they would manage the institutions sustaining the right. God is with us, and so are the
which arc ostensibly their own, no ono ought to object ; people."
but, whilo these pass off under their name, a few of the
other sex regulate all the business, pocket all tho A oood Examtle.—An old subscriber, who has
money, and laugh at their own success. In the mean read the Journal for the past six years, says, " On re
time, the vanity of the poor dupes is gratified by being newing my subscription, eachyear, I have made it apoint
told that they are doing a great work, that it is a to double tho * club.* Thus, in 1S46, I sent you the
heavenly calling to be a doctress, and that a revolution names of two new subscribers, and in 1847, four ; in
will speedily change the social aspect of society, and 1813, eight, 184J), sixteen ; in 1850, thirty-two; and in
place them where by nature, grace, and a diploma, 1851, instead of sixty-four, I sent you one hundred and
they were designed to figure, with a healing balm for ticenty. And 1 intend to send you five hundred for
every wound.—Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 1852."
[If this is true, and wo cannot dispute it, it is dis [If all our subscribers would thus " put their shoul
graceful to that 41 other sex" who thus " pocket all the ders to the wheel," we should soon spoil the M patent
monry," and make mere " atool pigeons" of tho Fe medicine business" and wash all the drug shops into
males, for whose benefit these ** Medical Colleges?' are oblivion. Friends, what say you 1 Shall this thing
be done 1}
said to be got up.
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Unwholesome Fruit—Beware ok Grapes.—The
Foet Gray, writing to bia friend Mason, (London,
Aug. 1761,) mentions—"An old alderman tb;it 1
knew, who, after living forty years on the fat of tho
land, (not milk and honey, but arraek, punch and
venison,) and losing his great toe with a mortification,
said to the last, that he owed it to two grapes which
he ate one day after dinner, lie felt them lie cold at
hia stomach tho minute they were down."
Good News.—" Our Allopaths are Becking purifi
cation by water. The people are daily receiving iho
truth, as it is in Hydropathy, and numbers that
mourned in ufllielion, now rejoieo in health." Thus
writes A. W. S , of Lebanon, Ky.
Correction.—In an articlo entitled " Physic and
Flies," in our last number, the typos make us mis-
quote Pope mopt shockingly, refering to Instinct and
Keason. Let the reader correct it so that it will read,
** This must go right ; the other may go wrong."
Tin; Yellow Springs Water Ore.—We shall
refer to this new establishment at another time. At
present we can only call attention to the advertise
ment in tho present number.
Our Water Cure Statistics are not yet com-
pletc. Wo are, therefore, compelled to deter their
publication at present. Will not all proprietors con-
suit their own interest, and send them in at onco t
Prrsknts.—Now that the holidays are approaching, people j
begin to think and talk about " presents." All right.— Pres- >
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rich folks, and presents for poor folks. It is well. The ques- j
tion is often asked, " What shall I get for sister Hannah— >
and what for brother John—and what for uncle Richard— >
and what for aunt Paulina ? " We answer—a year's sub- l
»cription to The Water-Core Journal, is undoubtedly as ap- <
propriata a gift to a "Woman as can be made for the price of }
One Dollar.
The Phrenological Journal may be presented with equal -
propriety to the HEM of our nation. It is especially adapted •
to young men, who may find in it inch admonitions and ad- \
vice as will enable them to improve their minds and morals,
and to form such habits as will insure success in life. The <;
price is the same.
Tins Student, published monthly at only a dollar a-year, ia
just the thing for children and youth, of both sexes ; and, as
a Nkw-ye*rs I'rksknt, would be unequalled in utility or ap
propriateness, and would be ahvays remembered.
Thus we are enabled to offer to our patrons and the public,
a choice of presents, which we think would prove of vastly
more value than any quantity of " Sugar plums," gew
gaws, nicknacks, or a cargo of such stuff", as is usually
presented as tokens of remembrance. Will you accept of
out presents ?
Our Boston Branch.—Era this meets the eye of the read
er, we shall have opened a Rnokstore in the Mktroiiujs of
New England. We have taken this step for the purpose of
enlarging our business, and uphere of usefulness. It is our
intention ultimately to place our various publications within
the reach of every family in the nation, and this is but one of
the preliminary arrangements for the accomplishment of this
purpose.
A complete stock of all our books in Boston, will meet tho
wants of booksellers and agents throughout that vicinity ; it
being accessible by railroad at all seasons, to all Important
places in New Kngland.
Phrenological Rooms will also be opened in connection
with tho Book department, where a professional Phrenologist
may always be found. Private clashes will be formed, and
instruction in practical phrenology given. Public lectures
on physiology, phrenology, and kindred subjects will be de
livered in Boston and neighboring places during the lecturing
season. Friends, one and all, when passing " the Old Sosth
Church," remember we are but two doors north, on the same
side, ap one flight of stairs, at No. 142 Washington street,
where we shall ba glad to welcome you to our New Eng
land home.
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a description of the diseases of children or their hydropathic
treatment. Now, it strikes u* as very important that parents
should have a work, which describes fully, all the maladies
to which the period of childhood is subject, a* well as the
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Dnrh tits.
Diary of a Hoskymoon.—April 1st..—It was on a beauti
ful morning of that time of the year, the mysterious influ
ence of which breathes so much happiness and serenity into
the soul. I knew not what impulse called me, earlier than
mual, out of my bed I arose and strolled through the shady
avenues of our grounds. The air was impregnated with
those sweet odors which announce the waking of nature. I
strove to analyze, as I walked, the strange influences of the
breezes of :-priii£, and my wild imagination abandoned iCaelf
to a thousand fantastic caprices. I believe myself happy,
but somehow there was a want. On re entering the chateau,
the mystery was instinctively explained—my melancholy
thoughts, my adolescent reveries, the trouble of my senses—
I had need to be loved. Arthur had arrived. He was pre
sented to me as the son of an old friend of my father. I easily
gnes<eJ that our parents had intended to give him a dearer
title, and obedience was, in this case, for me an easy virtue.
Briefly, I am married to him whom I thus instantly divined
to be my destiny. Arthur loves me with delirium. Iam
wild with joy and happiness.
April 15th.—My Arthur is so agreeable! These fifteen
days of marriage have passed like a delicious dream. Oh,
how gaily flows life away! Yes, true happiness is in the
union of two hearts that understand each other. And yet, if
we were to believe the sour mortalizers, there is no such thing
as love unchanging. I am sure, however, that mine will re-
h«1 all the tempe>ls of life. I reflected before marrying Ar
thur. I am no longer a child. I shall soon be sixteen.
May ]st.—Oh, the wit, the charm, the distinguished elo
quence of my beloved ! We have chosen to have no witness
of our felicity. We live in solitude absolute. How truly
says a celebrated writer, *' Love is egntism for two." How
sweetly fly the hours with these exquisite expansions, in
which the soul of my Arthur reveals to me, every day, new
riches. The world with its fallacious pleasures, its hypo
critical professions, has no longer any charms for me. What
a lovely existence- is mine ! If 1 only had not this slight in
fluenza.
May 15fA.—Arthur is as usual, the most tender of hus
bands. No one could be more gallant or more attentive. He
seem* to divine all my tastes, my most secret desires Our
solitude is the same Wc live for each other only. For some
days past the weather is gloomy and wet, and tho walking
out of doors impossible. The day seems so very long ! Ar
thur looks at himself a great d^al in the glass. He is the
least in the world a coxcomb, my Arthur ! And so then, it is
true what they say, that men think of themselves before any
body else.
June 1st—Arthur grows absent and taciturn. I do not
know why—I that am ordinarily so merry and light hearted,
I now have my moments of sadness. To kill time I amuse
myself with writing down those stages of my honeymoon.
Arthur, with a professional tone which does not become him,
reprehends my literary turn, and calls me a blue-stocking!
II Ink," he said with a sneer to-day, ** looks out of place upon
rosy fingers." I had not before perceived that he is naturally
of a sneering and contradictory disposition. It is a mean
kind of fault.
June lOtk.—As in the days, alas ! so long gone by, when I
gave myself up to intoxicating dreams of happiness, I arose
to-day with the dawn. I hoped to find in the woods and
fields the sweet emotion of former times. I called Arthur to
accompany me ; but he had already gone out with the sports
men, and his pursuit now occupies all his days. I cannot
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conceive what pleasure men take in killing poor beasts that and disbursements when made, collect such assessments, "The times are hard," says the man with a large family ;
have never done them any harm. But they say they have credit them when paid, and report the stale of the treasury ) M I have six children to clothe, feed, and provide a school for ;
need of excitement, Arthur! oh heaven, has it already safe when required by the Company, and shall give bonds for the ? I can't afford to have a newspaper." Poor man ! what a pity
keeping of monies that may be entrusted to him as the ( he does not know that three months' schooling in a year
come to this. Board of Directors may require.
June 20fA.—When we were first married, Arthur slept to Art. 7th. It shall be the duty of the Auditing Committee
receive all demands against the Company, occasioned by
' with a good weekly paper, would be better for his children
with his head bare. Now, horror! he covers his beautiful legal prosecutions, or in any other manner, carefully to ex ; than six months' schooling without the paper.
head with a vulgar cotton night-cap. Is it possible that a amine and audit all proper demands, draw a check on the "The times are hard," says the young woman, as she
gentleman born can submit to such inelegant carefulness ! Treasurer for the amount due upon the demands thuB audited • gives twenty-five cents, just for a ribbon to wear around her
June "22d,—To-day Arthur came back from the chase with and report to the Company whenever required by a majority v neck—14 the times are so hard I cannot subscribe for your
a cigar in his mouth. This horrid odor follows me every of Akt. members present at any regular meeting thereof.
Bth. it shall be the duty of the Prosecuting Commit | paper, though I like it, and should be glad to have it." Poor
where. Decidedly my husband has all the vices of mankind. tee, to attend strictly to all suils brought by the Company | £'rl :
June HAth.—Our days are now passed without our exchang against any violatois of the law ; to confer with the Board of
Director*, and in no case whatever, commence any prosecu \ Now, my friendly advice to these and all others, is, to con-
ing a word. I am almost always alone. If he cornea for me tion, except under the sanction or by the direction of said )■ sider a good
needful to thepaper
mindasasone of thenrnecessaries
raiment food for theof body,
life, quite as
and al-
a moment, he reads, gapes, and does not look at me. If Board.
tears come in spite of me, he leaves the room, whistling the anyAbt. Gth. Upon the decease or removal from the town of ■ ways to be received before amusement, ornament, or the
air of a new opera. Stockholder of this Company, his slock so pledged, or ! gratification of any artificial appetite or fashionable whim.
note j;iven, shall be ever after null and void. } If you don't like the Boat, take some other paper. Be sure
June 25th.—We have quarrelled and pretty seriously too. Akt. 10th, The Officers of this Company shall be elected
1 have determined to submit no longer to his tyranny. I have by open nomination and ballot. ji to have one, and teach yourselves to regard a good paper as
known him at last—he's a common-minded, pretentious, vul byAut. llth, This Constitution may be altered or amended,
a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders, present at any > indispensable.—Portland Pleasure Boat.
garian, with patrician airs; a fool, with a frisky flourish of regular meeting called for that specific purpose. | Those who take the Water Cure Journal " can't afford
a counting house clerk. For the rest, he is my husband. BY-LAWS. \ to do without it." Already it has saved many a family from
June 2SM.—The monster ! He has deserted me ! He has Art. 1st. No member of the Company, nor other persons, ; a prodigious heap of " bills," such, for example, as Tea bills,
pone to Paris, doubtless to swear to another the devotion he shall speak in our meetings, without first rising from his seat \ Coffee bills, Tobacco billn, Liquor bills, Auction bills, and
once pretended for me. and addressing the President. : those worst of all other known bills, we refer to Doctors'
[To avoid similar calamitirs, and to lengthen out the honey byArt. 2d. The meetings of this Company shall be opened ■ bills, which are always the same, no matter whether the pa
moon to a green old age. we would recommend young people prayer. l tient is killed or cured. Then, as to "fashionable" bills, we
Art. Ud Any person may become a member of this Com ' guess they, too, will be somewhat reduced, even in propor-
to read Combe's Physiology—-Fowler on Matrimony—and Dr. pany by taking one share and subscribing to the follow
Rosch on the Nervous Diseases of Women. A careful peru ing \ lion to the reduction in the length of dresses worn by wo-
sal of these works before marriage, would serve to put both PLEDGE. \ men. And if so, what a saving ! ! and all this through the
We, the members of this Company, hereby publicly pledge
parties on the right track for a long and pleasant honeymoon.] ourselves,, > influence of the Water Cure Journal. For, be it remem-
each to the other, and to the world, that we will < bered, tee claim to have set this (drew) ball in motion, and
henceforth neither make, buy, sell, use, nor give away, any j it bids fair to revolutionize all creation, in this branch of
Thb Carson Leagub —A new and very important tem none intoxicating liquor as a beverage ; and that we will vote for
perance movement has recently been commenced by the law- Office,butandTemperance men for any Town, County, or State human labor and human industry. Now, we submit these
for such Temperance men only, as are in some considerations to the world, and his mother; and ask, are
loving and law-abiiling citizen* of Syracuse, New York, de way publicly pledged to give both their personal and official they sufficient, why the world and his father should not sus
signed to u put to rout" those who violate not only "the influence, to the enactment and enforcement of a Law for the
laws of the land," but also the laws OF God, by dealing out suppression of the traffic in intoxicating drinks. tain this water-loving, life-encouraging, world-reforming
1'he above Constitution has been amended, by striking out publication ? We submit this cause to an impartial jury, and
that which has damned, and is damning the todies and souls everything relating to a prosecuting committee, and giving patiently await their decision and their dollars.
of men. to the executive committee all the power thereof, with au
This LlAOri has been formed with a view of hastening business. thority to employ agents to prosecute rum-sellers and do other
Intelligent, honorable, and honest men, who feel their
the slow steps of a tardy law, and of giving efficiency to that Here we have a basis for the complete suppression of rum- accountability to God, will not respect an unjust civil or
law which had become almost a dead letter. Politicians will selling. Let it be everywhere adopted, and this monstrous man-made law, in violation of his own sense of right and
not prosecute those by whose votes they are elected to office. vice will cease to curse mankind. This same League pub duty; but, CnnisT-like, he will peek to introduce a better
Hence the necessity of good men combining, and without re lish a very excellent weekly newspaper, which will serve as order of things—an order in harmony with the laws of na
ference to political parties, giving force to tliese laws, origin a medium of communication between all the members, and ture. When will politicians learn the impracticability of
ally designed to protect the people. We herewith present the those who sympathize with them. The paper is well edit pursuing an opposite course ?
Constitution and By-Laws of this league, which we com When the moral sense of our community (we refer to the
mend as an act of noble moral heroism, worthy of being fol ed—full of life and vigor—with a high moraldetermination to
battle down the wall, and break up the hiding places ofdesper American community) has been outraged by foreign or do
lowed by every community. mestic foes, our people will again, just as surely, " throw the
Constitution of thb Carson League —"We, the inhabi ate and inhuman men. The price of this paper is only $1.00 a
tea overboard," as they did in 1776. We are all sovereigns
tants of , feeling that our obligations as men, our year. Address ** Tub Carsox League," Syracuse, New- in this country, and the people make and break the laws. A
duties as parents and citizem, and our responsibilities as York.
Christians, imperiously demand that stringent and effective bad, unnatural law cannot long stand on our statute books,
measures be taken to suppress the traffic in intoxicating The New Co, tcmk.—From a paragraph in a late number for it will not be respected, and it cannot be enforced.
liquor* as a beverage, gambling and other kindred vices, ana
also that a line of demarkalion be drawn so definite and so of Goaey's Ladies Book, it is inferable that the new costume
plain, that the community may know who are decided, act- 'i will be opposed, on the ground that it hides fewer physical Singular Incident. — A friend of ours has an old turkey
ing Temperance men, and who are not; and believing that ' deformities than the old. For example, if a Fashionable cock, which for four weeks has remained on the roost all day
the time has arrived, when such measures should be adopted j on Sabbath, but on Monday he invariably comes down, and
and prosecuted,—do therefore Lady should chance to be afflicted with a curved spine,—as acts like any other turkey. He is more circumspect thau
Resolve, That we organize a Moral Mutual Protection j thousands of them are,—the new costume would not so effec our bipeds usually are.—Exchange paper.
Company, which shall be entitled the Carson League of ] tually conceal it, as the old extra tskirts are not worn with [Don't believe a word of it.— Water Cure Journal.
; whose mode of operations shall be as follows:
Its first object will be the establishment of a Fund of the new ; while from three to seven petticoats are put on, with
Thousand Dollars or upwards, which shall consist of equal ,
shares of One Hundred Dollars each. To raise this sum, ever so much padding and stuffing, with the old. (See our
€n CnmHpaitittnta.
every person becoming a member shall give his or her Note ! Fashion plates in present number.) From this argument, it
for one share or more, without interest. The fund thus raised ) appears that these unfortunate cripples are to determine the
thall be subject to an equal taxation, sufficient to defray ex- ' fashions for others, and compel all well formed and perfectly Involuntary: Fpermatorrbea.—E. C. C. This disease re
penses for the suppression of selling Rum as a beverage. developed women to disfigure themselves^ in order that the quires strict hygienio habits, rather than active water-treat-
Gambling and other kindred vices. We agree to be governed t ment, except when connected with a general inflammatory or
by the following Constitution, By-Laws and Pledge : faults of their unfortunate sisters may be kept from view.
CONSTITUTION . ■ feverish state of the body, when both are necessary.
Article 1st. This Company shall be called the Temper- Will sensible women submit to this ? As well might a few
ante League of the town of . one-legged men insist on us two-legged ones walking with
Akt. lid. Its officers shall consist of a President, Vice Fresi- i crutches. Thr Fathers of the Crnas —A Chicago correspondent
dent, seven Directors, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and Auditing > It is said that the high stock and "cravat worn around the complains: " The common council of our ' Garden City' has
Committee of three, whose term of office shall continue one ) necks of men, was first introduced to cover up scrofulous passed an ordinance against bathing within the city limits,
year from the time of their election. while every encouragemsnt is given to doctors, drug-venders
Akt. 3d. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at sores on the neck of a royal person afflicted with " King's and rurnsellers, Jcc." We never could understand the pro
all the meetings of the Company, according to received Par Evil,1'—the invention of a tailor. We need not inform the
liamentary Rules. The Vice President shall preside in his world how general this fashion has become. Its total aban priety of much of the city legislation even hereabout. We
absence. could not, for the life of us, give a reason, why a person is
Akt. 4th. It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to donment would at once remove much of the common " sore not allowed to wash himself clean, when as many as please
have a general oversight of the operations of the Company throat," peculiar to men who keep the neck tied up in tight
to direct all prosecutions, assess an equal taxation on all the cloths, or encased in closely fitting stocks. to do so can dirty themselves and others withiu the city lim
funds raised, as circumstances may require ; to call extra its. We could never understand why the sale of bread and
meetings of the Company, and discharge all other duties in- j Hard Times.—" It is hard times," says the young man, as beef was prohibited on the sabbath, while the grog and to
cumbent on them as such directors.
AfiT. 5th. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a he puffs a three cent cigar, or pays twenty-five cents for a bacco shops do their most profitable business on that day.—
faithful record of all the proceedings of the Company, and theatre or circus ticket— It's hard times, and I can't take a But oity fathers are not like other fathers.
enroll the names of all persons who may become Stockholders, ' paper."
with the number and amount of such shares, and the assess- Aggravated Dyspepsia.—Mrs. L.M.M.Ewing. You can
made on them. 11 It is hard times," says the middle-aged man, as he pays
Art. 6th. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep not be treated well under the circumstances, without going
faithfully all the funds of the Company, and disburse none for a pound of tea, a lot of coffee, and a gallon of rum ; all
to an establishment for a few weeks. Doubtless there is
except upon a check of the Auditing Committee. He shall worse than useless—"It is hard times, and I can't afford to some looal difficulty, which requires mechanical treatment.
enter in a book, obtained for that purpose, all such receipts pay for a paper."
M8 THE
Vapor Baths.—A " working nun'1 can purchase apparatus
for vapor baths, of different kinds, in thin cily at almost any i
price, say from $5 to $50. The sulphur we don!t deal in.
Almost A Predicament —W. P. writes : '' I belong to the
Hydropathic school, understand physiology, believe in the
doctrines of Graham, and am a phrenologist I desire to bo
useful, but am no far in advance of public sentiment that I
get but little to do." &c. You are in the condition that most
intelligent reformers are, a part of their lives, at least. Lec
ture on the subjects you mention, and practice what you can,
and you will in due time bring the people so near your posi
tion, that you and they can mutually benefit each other. If-
you can lecture on hydropathy well, you can do much for
yourself and the public, and we can tell you how—the mo
dus operandi.
General Deuility.—C. E. I). The case of the lady you
mention is probabiy connected with displacement. She can
be relieved by persevering with the dripping sheet, frequent
sitz-baths and the wet girdle ; but to ensure a radical cure,
she requires mechanical treatment. The ca«e of epilepsy
will undoubtedly recover under home-treatment. The hall-
baths and sitz-baths are the most important, with considera
ble friction to the abdomen.
Luno Chills, &c.—.Mrs. M. F. Your husband should be
sweated but a little in the wet sheet, as itwould weaken him
too much. As soon as perspiration fairly starts, take him out
and apply the dripping sheet. He ought to have soft water
by all means ; but water *' cleansed with ashes" is only made
still more impure, although it feels soft and slippery to the
finger. By soft water hydropathists mean pure water. The
child, suffering from enlarged spleen with diarrhm, requires
a very strict diet of brown bread, crackers, potatoes, good
fruit and the like, with a daily rub-sheet and hip-bath.
Consumption.—C. H., Emeiald Grove, Wi*. The case of
your friend is at best very doubtful. Tepid half and sitz-
baths are all that arc advisable under the circumstances.—
The chest wrapper may be worn if it does not chill him too
much.
Approved Deferred Articles —VVe have on file for publi
cation : *' Caees of Home Treatment.'' by S. H. *' The Sui
cide's Grave," by J. L. A. ''Isn't it Murder,'1 byE.P.,M,
1). "Home Treatment in Pregnancy and Childbirth," by
M. F. R. "Let Nature and Capacity control,'' by H. M.S.
'•Physicians vs. Reformers," by I. H. H. " Cases in Home
Practice,'' by H. 8., Jr. " Water-Cure in Typhus, Harmless
Deception,1' by Prof. J. M C. li Water-Cure in Families,"
by C. M. W. " Female Midwives," by C. M. " "Water-
Cure at Home and Abroad—A Case of Cholera Infantum,"
by H. M. "Early Experience in "Water-Cure," by E. S.
R., and several other valuable contributions ; all of which
will appear in due time.
E. C. T. Your "Address to Females," although sensible,
is respectfully declined. "We fear it would be replied to with
equal sense, and still greater sarcasm.
leak UnttrtH.
Woman and Her Needs. By Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, author
of the Sinless Child, Lost Angel, etc. etc. l£mo. 1-0 pa
ges, price 25 cents. New York : Fowlers 5c Wells, pub
lishers.
Than the moral, intellectual, social, and physical develop
ment and perfection of Woman, perhaps no oilier work of
equal importance can be named or engaged in. Hitherto
the women of the world have been engaged in pursuits other
than that now called for by the present advanced state of
commerce, mechanism, and the arts. The question now agi
tating the minds of many Reformers is this :—"How may
the condition of woman be improved ?" Mrs. Smith willprovo
a good adviser. The present work contains :
CHAPTER I.
Those who feel the pressure of evils are morally bound to
seek redress—Our institutions are to be trusted—Our institu
tions of a kind to challenge an intimate search into human
rights on the part of women—Conventions—Woman an in
telligent, distinct individual—The Woman view.
CHAPTER II.
"Women limited by in-door labor—Denied a voice in the law
-^Opinion created for us by men—Religious abuses and
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
tnnrikUh denials, the growth of the masculine mind—Wo- in the world. Hitherto the glory his been claimed by des-
man has stooped from her high place—Her unlikenes* not perale men, who have 6guied in Hie field of (murder) battle.
inferiority. We are glad the WoMKl ate making an elFort in their own
chapter nr. behalf, instead of flirting with brass buttons, or running af
, Women are accused of a love of notoriety—The safety of a ter gew-gaws. The volume before us contains 400 l'2mo.
) womanly recognition —Women must receive their happi pages, well printed and bound, and is sold for (1 i!5.]
ness according to received opinion ; not as a bounty from
; God, but tolerated by man—They are made artful by op- The SoLAR Ray—In four sections, comprising, The Zend-
' pression —If liberty be safe, to men, it is so also to women. Aresta with notes, History of the Solar Men, and the An
CHAPTER IV. cient Theologies. The Sun Hieroglyphic of God and Prac
The standard of womanhood to be taken from the noblest tical Revelations of the Solar Ray. The Trinity. The In
■ types of the sex—Girls trained in reference t« marriage— carnation, by M. Edgeworth Lazarus, M. D. Fowlmm St
' Men and women often unadopted to marriage—Property Wells, Publishers.
j confers dignity.
CIIAPTKJl V. The latter two sections of this work now appear among
i Woman occupies a false position—She would be di.-so.:iated our publications, composing the first of a series of works
from labor in a true state of society—At present her affec- whose influence will not be ephemera', and whose readers are
1 lions are a barter for rank or property—Ttie great Contract, likely to be every year more numerous for a long while to
or Marriage. come, if we may judge of their quality by the present. The
CHAPTER VI. author exhibits tlie operation of natural laws hitherto con
j Sometimes a salary paid lor a housekeeper the true position, sidered as abstractions of astronomy and theology, in their ap
■ instead, of the taking of a wife—A contract should be se- plication tn matters ol" daily and familiar interest which
- cure from violation—Evils that only a reformed public touch us all most nearly, and he U not Dne of those optimists
opinion can relieve—Evils arriving from premature mar who merely give us new names for old things, but e'early
riage. discriminates between the harmonies of the heavens, whose
CHAPTER VII, laws he examines, and the actual disorder and evil of the
, Truth hereafter to be developed in regard to the great law of earth, where it remains for man to introduce them. It is a
Love—Marriage should be a sacrament, not a mere civil neat volume of 1-0 p-'ge.", Bvo., and so pleasantly written,
contract—No Divorce in a true stato of society. that the stars which it plucks from the sky change by pome
CHAPTER, VIII. love magic to flowers in the hair; and you forgive the author
Men and women often disinclined lo maniage—Incompetent for making you think, because it i« certain that he feels, and
to the relation—Superiority in women regarded with dis- warm* you wish the sunshine of his soul. The infa'lib'es
J trust—The same laws cannot belong to every pulse of wo will look b'ack upon it, and those who are yoked in wedlock
manhood—A great nature will make itself felt. with the moral perfections of modem civilization, will give it
CHAPTEll IX. cold greeting, and very few will venture to express an un
The inmost recesses of the soul holy, unless contaminated qualified approbation of its positions ; but it will find its own
I by an evil life—Public and private scandal—The inmost readers, and do its own work more effectually than any of
; law. tho*e half-breed, limping compromises which dare not speak
CHAPTER X. out for fear of giving offence. We command it heartily to
The new testimony—Man has been blindly and ignorantly every believer in the social future of mankind,
> oppressive—Entire freedom the right of humanity.
I CHAPTEK XI. ' McTTtfRtXGS and Mcsisgs of an Invalid. New York : John
; The popular estimate of the conjugal relation—Falseness S. Taylor.
and wublerfugo inculcated by many who aiTect to lead The Hook has a charming look—printed on the most beau
opinion. tiful paper, with large, well-leaded types, in the ISmo. form,
COSCLUs ION. with l"*u pages. But what a title ! Who can be found in all
> God is the searcher of hearts, as a revealer—He did not im these United States—including New Jersey, Connecticut and
part faculties merely to tempt and delude, but for obedient South Carolina—that doe* not hate. ye.*, iletrst, a umut-
and enlightened use. terer ?" All instinctively exclaim ''Get out!*' Vet in this
; [By this our readers may judge of the Book. It will be first and only instance on record, we have an agreeable, in
. found exceedingly entertaining to all who desire the well- structive, laughable multerer. Then in his musings, we find
being of woman, and, through her, the improvement of the Philosophical questions started—Reforms suggested, exhibit
| race.] ing at once an intellect well developed, together with a be-
The Ladies op the Covenant. Memoirs of distinguished ; quested
lievolcnt spirit running through the whole. Were we re
• to prescribe for the Invalid author, we should advise
> Scottish Female Characters, embracing the Period of the him to drop Blue-pills, and take a course of Hydropathy.—
J Covenant and the Persecution. By James Anderson.— ; We are of the opinion that it would so far mend him, as to
) New York : J. S. Redfield. ( enable him to comply with certain commands found in the
The two great channels of popular influence in book pub- Bible, in rtgard to multiplying, replenishing, etc. eto.
) lication at present in the United States, are the lady and the
J religious interests. Of well-written books of sound moral American* Warned of JmrmsM, or the Jesuits Unveiled.—
j and domestic treatment, as the writings of Mrs. Eilis, Grace By John Claudius Pitrat, a Member of the University of
( Aguilar, and others, lens of thousands are circulated among France, Founder and Ex-Editor of the Journal " La Press*
i lady readers. Another class has arisen of an historical in- du Feupie," in Paris, and formerly a Romish Priest. New
! lerest, of which the sex is the special subject, as Mi«* Strick- York : J. S. Itedfleld. 185J.
■ land's Queens of England and Scotland, Mrs. Eliet's Wo- The character, objects, aims, motives, and ability of these
) men of America. The Rev. James Anderson has united these two books are so well indicated by their titles, which we copy
> two topics in the Ladies of the Covenant; a biographical, in full, that there is no need of adding a word of comment in
S with a general historical view of the trials and persecutions explanation. One small book, if faithfully read, would be
■ of non-conformity in Scotland in the old days of prelatical • sufficient to expose the villainy and irreligion of priestcraft,
• tyranny. A contest with the ruling powers, partaking of so while all the books in the world would be insufficient to con
; much ol the family interest, common to the Scottish politics tain the details of the une'ean, cruel and debasing acts of
[ of the period, necessarily brought out the resources and char- ! those who style themselves the servants of God, and assume
^ acter of woman. This is abundantly exemplified in this the office of teacher of the great truths of Christianity.—
; well-prepared volume of the Ladies of the Covenant. Noble With a conviction that all books of the class do some good,
; names figure in the list, of the Lindsay, Campbell, Doug- ■ it gives us particular satisfaction to recommend tbe**e last
; lass. Rutherford and other divines appear on this stage of j contributions to the great stock of literature of the kind, to
private and public life. The narrative has been faithfully : the notice of the public.
) entered upon, after original research among historical MSS.,
! the Wodrow and others at Edinburgh ; and the several state- | Tub Human Bodt and its Connection with Man. Illustrated
( mcnta are fortified by constant references at the foot of each 1 by the principal organs. By J. J. Q. Wilkinson, Member
] page—a habit of late too much neglected in books for popu- of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Price,
( lar circulation. $1 25. New York : For sale by Fowlers & Wells.
! [Thus says the Literary World—and we endorse the state- > A handsome l'2mo. vol. of about 400 pages—divided into
j ment. Our Women (we do not like the term Ladies in this i sections, under the following headings : " The Hsman Brain ;
\ connection) are beginning to make themselves conspicuous { The Human Lungs ; Assimilation, and its Organs ; TheHu
 THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
man Heart J The Human Skin ; The Human Form ; Health'; Winter Arrangement.—The Glen Haven Water-Cure at
Appendix." this date opens for a course of winter treatment. The cli-
> mate
of " tub Gi.es" in the winter is delightful for invalids.
At a future time we shall hare more to say of this Book, 5 The establishment
in « hich the author has given us a chapter on Hydropathy. and has every facility for winter treatment,
the proprietors can and will make it genial and highly
beneficial.
The Scientific Americas. A new volume of this excellent 5 dollars Our prices will be the t?ame as in the summer, five or six
paper has recently been commenced, with improvements. ' sick whoa week. But, desirous to do good, and to give to the
are poor, if possible, the benefit of the treatment,
A new dress, with numerous illustrations, and an unex- we propose to take twenty persons, if so many choose to
oeptional form, published at a low price, plaoes this Jour- ' as apply, for four dollars a week, payable weekly—conditioned
nalof Utility, Industry, the Arts and Sciences, beyond the I 1st. follows :—
The applicant must have, in our judgment, a curable
reach of competition.
It is the Mechanism of our people which has gained for us disease. 2d. He or she must be poor in purse. For those who have
the supremacy on the seas. We have there already surpassed ? money, and want our skill, our regular prices are exceed
the world in the use of steam and the wind. Nor is the end ingly reasonable.
3d. There must be a specified time during which they
of improvement yet reached. The Constructivuniss of our
Nation is being daily developed, through the influence of our shall, treatment
extraordinaries excepted, stay. We wish to make the
available, and so shall ask time.
mechanical publications—and among the most efficient and > 4th. If severe
populai, we may name the Scientific American. Published \ reasonable extraand cost.
long crises occur, they must meet any
weekly, by Mcnn A Company, at 123 Fulton at , New York. 5th . This offer does not include the use of packing clothes
Terms, only $2 a year. or personal clothes washing
Let not the poor say that one Water-Cure docs not open
its doors to a certain extent to them. We will do for those
who avail themselves of our offer all that skill and kindness
%UtxVmmtnU. can do to give them health.
i Our winter route will be to Skaneateles Junction by rail
road, from thence to "the Glen," by good livery conveyance,
WATER-CURE ESTABLISHMENTS. I for a reasonable sum. Let none hesitate to come for fear
that the treatment will be ungenial. All will be agreeable,
Ykllow Springs Water-Cure E stablishmknt- Dr. A. and well calculated to improve the patient. Address J. C.
Cheney Sc Co. , Proprietors Terms: For board and treat- > Jackson. M. D., Scott, Cortland Co., N. Y.
ment, $8 per week ; payment made weekly. Friends accom- GUn Haven, Oct 1, 1851. The Proprietors.
panying patients, and occupying the same room, half price. ?,
Victors not under special medical treatment, but having free i Buffalo Cold Spring Water-Cure —Th s establishment is
access to the bath?, $5 a week.
Patients to bring two cotton and one linen sheet, two com- ' locatedof about two miles north of the city ot Buffalo, one mile
forta, two blankets, four towels, and scmu old linen for band- i east the Niagara river, and twenty mi.es from Niacara
Falls, and is so accessible from alt points as to be reached
ages. Patients not bringing the above, will Le charged fifty $ without
cents a week extra. \ from theinconvenience or delay. A line of omnibusses runs
foot of Main-street, in Buffalo, to the Cure every
Further particulars can be ascertained by personal appli- s twenty minutes. The building is large, airy, and commo
cation or by letter, directed to Dr. A. Cheney & Co., Yellow J dious, and the entire arrangement
Springs, Green county, Ohio, or to Br. G. W. Bigler, Propri- J of neatness, and render it a quiet isandsuch as to give it an air
etorn, norlh-weat corner of Fourth and Race streets, Cin- s the invalid. Connected with the Cure iscomfortable home for
an extensive gym
oinnati. nasium, where a great variety of physical exercise is rpgu-
This establishment is located one mile south of the old i larlyand systematically pursued. The water is taken im
Yellow Springs, and a few rods east of the Little Miama Rail- mediately from the celebraled Cold Spring, which for purity
road, in an exiremeiy healthy and romantic region of coun- i and coldness is not excelled. The Medical Department
try. Some of the hills on this property are within a few feet ) under the general supervision of S. M. Davis. M D., formerlyis
as high as the highest point of land in the State of Ohio, i Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in Central Med
The buildings were recently erected expressly for their 5
present purpose, and capable of accommodating sixty pa- > ical College. Dr. James L. Acnmb is medical assistant, and
tients, and are fitted up wilh baths and all other conveni- > has charge of the Gentlemen's Department. Mary M. Tay
ence* necessary. They are located near the top of a hill, in i nurse, lady
lor, a of superior qualifications as medical scholar and
ha? special charge of theof Female Department.
a very elevated position, commanding a fine prospect, with > In regard
nearly one hundred acres of land attached, principally wood- > sufficient to tosay,thethatposition our '•Cure." it is deemed
land Th*:re is abundance of the purest water on the prem- ' compare favorably withBuffalo any of
Cold Spring Water-Cure will
the well-conducted establish
ines, being above fifty never failing spring*, besides a run- > ments of a similar character, and will be found eqnal to the
ning stream which flows through the centre of the grounds : i best as regards the order, convenience, and desirableness of
giving an inexhaustible supply, making it peculiarly adapted '> its arrangements.
for an establishment of this kind.
Rheumatic, nervous, consumptive patients, or those labor- ! Terms.—From $5 to $14 per week, varying according to
ing under any chronic or lingering disease, should avail them room and attention required Address, post-paid, S. M. Da
selves of the benefit to be derived from the treatment at this vis, M. D., Office '239 Wain-street, Buffalo, N. Y.
establishment. In most cases a cure may be relied on.
The trains leave Cincinnati at half past 5, a. m., and at
half past 2 p. m , arriving at the Ye:'ow Springs at 0 a. m Forest Cnr Water Cure—Located near Ithaca, N. Y.,
and quarter before 7 p. m , and leave Springfield at 6 a m. on the eastern shore of Cayuga lake. The medical depart-
and 8 p. m , arriving at the Springs at quarter before 7 a. m. ment is in the hands of S O Gleanon. M. D., former Physi-
and quarter before 7 p. m. By giving previous notice by cian to the Glen Haven Cure. Mr*, R B. Gleason will take
letter directed to Br. A. Cheney Sc Co., Yellow Spring*, a car specific charge of the female patients. Persons coming from
riage will be in waiting to convey patients to their destina New York, and from the Southern Counties, can take the
tion. Nov. Ot. Ithaca Rail Road, which interacts with New York and Erie
Rail Road at Owego. and arrive at Ithaca every night and
Chenango Water Cure —D. C B.Barrett, formerly of the morning. From the North, East, and West, can take the
city of New York, embraces this opportunity of informing stage at Auburn every morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga
his many friends and patrons, and those favorable to a judi- j Bridge every afternoon for Ithaca. The stage leaves Ithaca
oious mode of Water Cure treatment, that he has withdrawn ) •very morning for Auburn, passing the Cure.
himself entirely from the Mount Prospect Water Cure at J Terms—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance,
Binghamton, New York, of which he was formerly its part- i Ac, $5 to §10 per week, varying according to room and at-
proprietor and resident physician, and opened an establish- i tention required. Payments made weekly. Each patient
ment on the tast side of the Chenango river, for the relief \ will furnish three good sized cotton comfortables, one wool-
and treatment of diseases of every grade and characttr, by J en blanket and a linen packing sheet, 1 3-4 yards long by
the use of Pure Water. The Institution is located two and 1 1-2 yards wide, besides fourcoar&e bath towels. Some old
a quarter miles from the beautiful and flourishing village of > linen for
Binghamton, and is at all limes accessible to the can* going ; dressed tobandages will be desirable. All business letters ad-
East or We*t, by a pleasant and picturesque drive of fifteen i Co.,N. Y.,Dr.postJ. paid. F. Burdick, Forest City P. 0., Tompkins
ap (im
minute?, or by canal to Norwich or Utica, immediately op- >
posite the Institution. J Royal Prussian University Frederick William, at Bonn —
Dr. C B Barrett would, through the columns of the Water i Water-Cprb Institute.—Patients will be treated at all
Cure Journal, inform the sick and afflicted everywhere, that \ reasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
he has opened this establishment with a view of making the J 15Laight street, New York, and at Lebanon Springs, from
Water Cure treatment within the reach of every on*, by \ May 1st to Nov. 1st. Both places hereafter will be under
putting the treatment at the low price of two dollars a week. J the direction of Dr. R. T. Trall, and the domestic manage
It is to be hoped that with so low a sate for weekly treat- i ment of Dr Cahbel & Son. Dr Trall will be at the city
ment, the friends of the Water Cure will exert themselves in \ institution on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week until
behalf of suffering humanity, and thus prove themselves $ November 1st, and daily the remainder of the year. Com
'* zealous in every good word and work." petent assistants will be in attendance during his temporary
Patients living at a distance, and who may, from a varie- ! absence from either place. The terms will be as reasonable
ty of circumstances, be unable toattend tor daily treatment, J as at any other establishment having the same advantages,
and who are desirous of obtaining the professional advice of < in the United States.,
Dr. Barrett, by tending age, sex, occupation, habits of life, £ N. B.—Dr. TRAixhas secured the assistance of Dr. J. L. Hob-
and symptoms ofinvariably
disease, andtoenclosing one dollar, current ford, who will be in constant attendance at the Springs the
funds—postage be pre-paid—will receive f\. present season. They are prepared to treat those displace
mpt attention ; and full directions, in a printed form, will \ ments and other local affections of females, requiring unu
i: immediately furnished, enabling the patient to adopt a } sual attention to manage successfully, for which purpose
judicious course of treatment at his own dwelling. Clbm- > they are provided with all the requisite mechanical and phy-
knt B. Barrett, M. D. Nov. 6t. i appliances. tf
119
Worcester Water-Cure iNsrrrmoN. No. J Glen Stseet.
! —This building was erected expressly for Hydropathic pur
! poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the
improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is
retired and overlooks the city.
Terms —For full board and treatment, (6 to $10 per week,
according to rooms occupied.
A medical fee of $2 for first examination will usually be
required.
Patients are requested to bring two coarse cotton and one
linen sheet, two woolen blankets, one comfortable, and old
linen for bandages. S. Rogers, M. D. E. F. Rogers, Su
perintendent., oct tf
Cleveland Water-Cure Establishment —The above
Establishment, having been put in line order, is now com
mencing its fourth season The success whioh attended it
thus far enables the subscriber to say with confidenee, to all
who wi>h to make a practical application of the Water-Cure
Treatment, that they can pursue it here under the rr.o*t fa
vorable auspices for the removal of disease. The location,
although in the immediate vicinity of one of the most beau
tiful cities in the Union, is still very retired. The water is
very pure, Boft, and abundant.
The charge for board, medical advice, and all ordinary at
tendance of nurses, is $3 per week, payable weekly. T. T.
Shelve. M.D., Proprietor. ' oct.St
American Hydropathic Institute.—Dr. T. L. Nichols and
Mrs Gove Nichols, will continue to receive patients for con
sultation and treatment, at their residence, 111 Clinton Place,
8th street. New York, until May 1st, 1852. Patients apply
ing by letter, will be informed of the first vacancy. Terms
of full board treatment, $10 a week ; consultations, person
ally or by letter, $5 ; city patients. $2 a visit.
The second term of the Institute will commence Monday,
January 10, 1852, and continue 12 weeks. Fees, $50, in ad
vance.
Board, to those who wish us to provide it, three dollars a
week Text books, at wholesale prices, and washing at cost.
Those who have fully decided to attend this term, will
please make early application. Nov. It.
Mount Prospect Water-Cure.— Binghamton, Broome
Co.. N. Y., accessible six times a day, by N. Y. and Erie
Rail Road. Patients are received and treated all the year
round, without any reference to winter No letters received
unless the postage is pke taid. Dr. O.V. Thayer. Principal
and Resident Physician. oct. 6t—A. P. A W. C.J.
Greknwood Springs Water Cure, Cuba. Alleghany coun
ty, N. Y. The proprietors of this Institution respectfully
announce that they are prepared to receive and treat the sick
and afflicted daring the coming winter. Terms per week,
$5 00, payable weekly. J. C. Whitaker, J. B. Fkasier.
Nov. 3t.
Eagle House Water-Cure, at Pitchersprings, Chenango
county, New York.—Dr. A. A Mason has returned and taken
charge of this establishment. Open for patients. Summer
and Winter. Nov. It.
The Brownsville Water Cure Kstahijphmknt, under the
direction of Dr. C. Bjoz, is open for the reception of patients,
Summer and Winter. Ap. ly.
For Sai.r—A Water Cure Estarlishment, with an excel
lent practice. Enquire, for further information, at Fowlers
i & Wells.—Nov. tf.
;
? Water Curb Establishment—Bt Edward Acres, M. D.,
> Phillipsburgh, opposite the town of Beaver, on the Ohio,
> Beaver county, Pa, Sept. ly.
J
\ W. H. Collins, Hydropathic Physioian, Spring Green,
North Providence, R. 1. Sept.
Vapor Baths,—John Hanna, of 86 Forsyth street, near
Grand, New York, will administer Vanor Baths daily, from
!> 9*a m, to 10 p. m. A female will be in attendance to wait
on ladies. Nov. tf. b.
;
J
i Weber's Anatomical Atlas of tot Adult Human Bodt,
t Natural Size.—W. Endicoit & Co., No. 59 Beekman street,
New York, have lithographed and republished from the orig
> inal German edition (the only American edition) the eleven
' entire figures contained in part firet of the above-named well-
known and valuable work, by Professor M. J. Weber, of the
Figures I. K. and L , representing the veins and arteries, are
accurately colored from the original copy, and the whole
work, with a comprehensive " explanation,'5 is offered for sale
in sheets and portfolio at $15 per set, or mounted in the usual
style of maps at $25 per set. Nov. It. b.
Notes Whkfi-Ek, CranioscnpUt and Scientific and Practi
cal Phrenologist, has become permanently located at 265
Washington street, Boston, where he is prepared to examine
heads, describe character, capabilities, uisposition and tal
ents, write out characters, and mark charts.
[£r- Clashes formed to teach the Sciences of Phrenology
and Cranioscopy
Boons for SalA, on Phrenology, Physiology, Hydropathy,
Electropathy, Magnetism and Psychology.
Subscriptions received for the Phrenological Journal and
the Water Cure Journal. Office open Day and EVKNDta.
Nov. It. b,
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mail, over whatever covered, bidding defiance to fire, water, tion, or by letter.
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 AND HERALD OF REFORMS, DEVOTED TO
VOL. XII. NO. 6.] NEW YORK,
VALE DIC TORY
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE.
I1V R. T. TBALI, M. D.I
End of Volume Twelfth.—We have jour j
neyed together, courteous reader, through
another semi-annual term. This number
concludes the present volume ; with the next
commences the year eighteen hundred and
fifty-two, and the thirteenth volume of our
messenger of health reform. It is profitable,
on occasions like this, for proprietors and
patrons, to re-survey the ground passed
over, and prospect the field before them, to
learn what has been done and what there is
yet to do.
Ten years ago, Water- Cure in America
was a thing of vague and uncertain rumor.
The story came over the deep blue ocean,
that princes and peasants, lords and labor
ers, colonels and corporals, commodores and
common sailors, ministers and menials, doc
tors of all schools, and doctored in all ways,
were in the habit of resorting to an humble
Silesian peasant, who had never seen the
inside of a medical college, nor heard a med
ical lecture, nor read a medical book, nor
thought of a diploma, for the purpose of hav
ing their maladies cured. And it was af
firmed that the great majority were cured,
after having exhausted all the learning of
the schools with more injury than benefit.
And it was further said, that many physi
cians, long experienced in the drug-treat
ment of diseases, went to Grajfenberg, to
witness, with their own eyes, the correctness
of the reports. They saw that the stories
were true ; and many of them returned to
their homes, renounced the drug-giving part
of their profession, adopted the " better
way," and wrote books in favor of it ; in tes
DECEMBER,
timony of which we have the books which
they wrote. Some few indeed there were,
among the professional patients, who had
revived in health without being inspired with
gratitude ; they spoke evil of the system,
and wrote against it, as some physicians
have done in later times, and in this country,
after having been cured by it.
The devil was sick ; the devil a saint would be ;
The devil got well ; the devil a saint was he.
The wrath of the medical profession was
enkindled throughout all Europe. Priessnitz
was vilified, arrested, imprisoned, tried and
acquitted ; and although the concentrated
vengeance of the regular doctors of three
powerful nations was directed to crush him,
he triumphed over all. He was accused of
a terrible catalogue of unpardonable offences ;
of quackery ; irregularity ; doctoring with
out a diploma ; curing without a license ;
receiving a fee without a degree ; disparag
ing the profession ; speaking evil of digni
ties ; everything almost on the calendar ex
cept—injuring or killing folks. No one
seems to have thought of these trifling cir
cumstances.
What is Water-Cure in America now? A
fixed fact ; an established system ; a pro
gressing, reforming, revolutionizing principle
which will not rest until this world is re
deemed of that strange trinity of evil—
"diseases, drugs and doctors."
What have we Done?—Professor Dra
per, in a recent introductory, delivered in
one of our city Medical Colleges, said :
" Even those of us who have most upheld
our old professional theories, and have tried
to keep in reverence the old opinions and the
old times, find that under the advance of
the exact sciences, our position is becoming
untenable. The ground is slipping away
1851. [$1.00 A YEAR.
\from beneath our feet. We are on the brink
of a great revolution. Go where you will,
among intelligent physicians, you will find a
deep, though it may be an indistinct percep
tion, that a great change is imminent."
In corroboration of the above sagacious
opinion we can adduce something in the
shape of matter-of-fact. There are now cir
culating some thirty thousand copies of this
journal, to which more than one hundred
j thousand persons have access ; the majority
of whom are getting pretty deeply into the
way of acting, thinking, and knowing for
themselves, in relation to diseases and reme
dies, as well as concerning all other matters.
These one hundred thousand of readers are
composed of men, women and children of
all occupations in society except drones ;
they are all workers, and hence what they
know they may be expected to do. They
are all medical students, too ; not, however,
aiming to make a living or acquire wealth
and power by doctoring folks in mysterious
ways, but wishing to become teachers and
exemplars of the laws of life and health, for
the good of our common humanity. Al
ready, as we have abundant evidence, have
thousands made the discovery through this
medium, that it is easier and more conve
nient, as well as more pleasant and profita
ble, to keep well or cure themselves, than to
go through a long course of bepoisoning
drugification, notwithstanding the physician
be the most amiable and attentive man in
the world.
To this fact we may add another.—It is
becoming quite a common practice for old
school physicians, all over the country, to
resort to the Water-Cure establishments
when they themselves become affected with
any serious malady. We do not mention
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this to their discredit. The love of life— ! warfare for 1852, with a force, and strength, right and our duty to expose and oppose
vitativeness—is a strong instinct ; self-pre and power of resources beyond all former them ; more especially as we have a better
servation is the first law of nature ; and al precedent—for the proof of which we refer and a well-tried system to take its place.
though a drug-doctor may not, cannot, or you, respected readers, to the next volume ! The weapons of our warfare are demonstra
will not practice hydropathy on others, he Who can estimate the extent, and impor ble facts, true science, rightly-apprehend
has an inalienable right to save his own life j tance, and variety of the evils we are labor ed experience, well- ascertained principles,
by it. All that we claim is, that the fact ing to remove ?—not only the wholesale sound philosophy, and real intelligence ; and
of his doing so is presumptive evidence that poisoning of the community under the name our method of prosecuting revolutionary,
he is inwardly conscious that there is some of medicine, by which diseases are perpetu and may be, exterminating war, is by diffus
good reason why the " ground should slip ated and multiplied, and human constitu ing these facts and this intelligence among
from under his feet." tions degenerated, but. poverty, misery, and the people ; and our medium is the Water-
Another fact suggests itself.—Why is it ruin, growing out of them, in all the domes Cure Journal. Reader, the application is
that more than one thousand allopathic phy tic and social relations of life ? Let us pre with you. Will you help us to inundate
sicians are now paying subscribers for the sent a single illustration: An industrious, the land with the doctrines of the Water-
Water-Cure Journal, if a general conscious poor man, with an increasing family, is es Cure ? to sow the seeds of a revolution
ness does not pervade the faculty that the tablished in business as a merchant, tailor, whose fruit shall be, general intelligence
days of drugs are numbered ; that that sys hatter, or shoemaker. The profits of his in relation to the laws of life ; general
tem is indeed, in the emphatic language of sales and his own labor procure him a com health of body and of mind ; and that
an eloquent professor, " on the brink of a petence for the support of his family and universal happiness which is their natural
great revolution ?" If we have " acted well the education of his children. But he is result ?
our part" in bringing this revolution on the taken sick with a fever, typhus perhaps.
brink of a consummation, we are happy and Under the ordinary drug-treatment this dis SCALDS BY SWALLOWING HOT LIQUIDS.
grateful that a patronage, far exceeding that ease not unfrequently runs six or eight
BY DE. SHEW.
ever extended to any other medical period weeks ; and if the patient survive he is
ical in the world, has enabled us to do so. usually unable to attend to business during boiling tea, coffee, orlost
Many a child has its life by swallowing hot or
water, from the spout of a tea
What iiave we yet to do?—One thou several weeks of convalescence. The regu pot, or other vessel, upon a table ; but fortunately, in
sand doctors of all pretensions and qualifi lar physician attends him once or twice a the larger number of cases, the child is too quickly
cations, and four or five hundred drug-shops day, at two dollars a visit ; medicine is or contact alarmed by the pain caused by the hot fluid coming in
with the mouth, to allow of its swallowing it.
of all descriptions, are supported in the city dered from the apothecary shop at the rate Still, in such cases, the tongue, mouth, and upper part
of New York at an annual expense of not of half a dollar to a dollar a day. Two of the throat, may become so scalded as to cause a
great amount ofpain and suffering, and to endanger or
less than three millions of dollars ; and the nurses must be employed so that the doses destroy life. In all such cases great danger is to be
state of affairs is similar in all parts of our may be regularly given day and night. Now apprehended.
country where an extensive circulation of it requires but little arithmetic to prove that, I am led here to remark, how foolish is it for people
to allow themselves to become so enslaved to a habit
this journal, or the influence of a well-con after this fashion, one or two months' sick that is always worse than useless ; and which, at the
ducted Hydropathic establishment, has not ness would ruin a man of small capital, pro same time, is the occasion of probably ninety-nine
already partially effected the revolution we vided he was wholly dependant on his own out of every hundred of the accidents of which I
am speaking. It is the everlasting tea-pot, or coffee
have alluded to. Are these things neces exertions ; break up his business, and per pot, that the children get hold of in these cases. Thi3
sary or useful ? We say no ; and hence as haps destroy the position in life for which fact alone ought to determine parents not to drink tea
reformers, we are bound to bring about, as he had been honestly and toilsomely strug and coffee ; or at the very least, never to have the pot,
or any of its adjuncts, upon the table, where the
speedily as possible, the "great change" gling during ten long preceding years. This child can get it.
which Dr. Draper declares to be so " immi is, indeed, no fiction, for we have repeatedly Treatment.—All suoh cases, I have intimated, are of
nent," and sweep away the " untenable po known the actual fact to occur in this city. fearful emergency. The best remedy, doubtless, is the
one which can generally be obtained most easily, to
sition," by which this immense army of But who that understands and practices wit, cold water. The sooner the child swallows it,
bleeders, leechers, blisterers, and druggers, < the doctrines taught in this Journal will and the more of it, the better. In all these cases, na
have thus far maintained their hold on the ] ever thus suffer? All such will know that ture points out the true method, and that is for the
child to drink as much cold water as it pleases. And
pulses and pockets of the community, and nature is not only the best but the cheapest any one who has ever taken into bis mouth, carelessly
by which their great magazines of destruc- physician ; that water is the best as well as or otherwise, a sip of tea that burns him smartly, or a
tive missiles, the apothecary shops, are sus- the most plenteous remedy ; and such know hot potato, can imagine how grateful it is to take
j cold water after the mouth is scalded,
tained. This is the work we have yet to do. ledge will ensure them against the fate we f As to the general treatment, we are to proceed ac-
The task may seem herculean ; it is so. But have considered. j cording to the same great principles aa in any other
mountains of error, as well as of sin, have In our endeavors to accomplish the revo j case of scalds or burns.
been removed ; and we have faith a good lution we have intimated, we have no per i come Wo must look well to the general fever, if reaction
on. If it does not, either the scald is a very
deal larger than an ordinary grain of mus sonal warfare. We assail no physician as | trifling one, or so bad that nature cannot rally, in
tard seed, that the huge fabric of medical such ; nor any medicine-dealer in nostrums j which case death must bo the result. In case of reac-
fallacies, which has been accumulating for in general or specifics in particular as such ; ; tion, we manage the same as in any other case of
| feverishness.
ages, and continually growing more falla but the principle taught by the one, and
cious, will, ere long, be cast into the sea of the practices pursued by the other, and the j( complete
Statistics.—As yet we have been unable to obtain,
returns from the American Water Cure Es-
eternal oblivion. To hasten such a result system upon which both are predicated, we ! tablishments. Hence, arc compelled to defer their
i publication. When completed, we shall give them to
we shall open the campaign of reformatory declare to be wrong ; and hence infer our I the public through the W. C. Journal.

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DIETETIC CHARACTER OF MAN.*
The arguments involved in the question)whether man is by nature best
adapted to subsist ou a vegetable diet exclusively, or on a mixed diet of
vegetable and animal food, can hardly fuil to be interesting and profitable to all,
although all may not draw the same inferences from the facts presented. Those
who will attentively study Sylvester Graham's work on the Science of Human
Life, will find this whole subject critically investigated and philosophically
demonstrated. In the| presentjwork it is] impossible to give more than
a brief abstract of tho positions_ and evidences bearing on the general
proposition.
Tiie Anatomical Evidence.—To the Bible tcstimony|in favor of vegetable
diet, may be added that of comparative anatomy. Natural history alone
solves the problem beyond all controversy. Medical writers ore constantly
asserting, and newspaper scribblers are continually reiterating the statement,
that the conformation of the human body bIiowb that man is intended to live
ou a mixed diet of animal and vegetable food ; but neither of them support
the position with a particle of evidence'which can bear criticism. On the
contrary, all the eminent naturalists the world has ever produced, as far as I
know, are unanimous in the opinion that the anatomical structure of the
human body, as compared with other animals, places man among the frugiv-
orous or herbivorous animals, and affords no testimony whatever of his car
nivorous cr omnivorous character.
Baron Cuvier, whose name stands at the very head of comparative ana
tomists, says : " The natural food of man, therefore, judging from his struc
ture, appears to consist of fruits, roots, and other succulent parts of vegetables,
and his hands offer him every facility for gathering them. His short and
moderately strong jaws, on the one hand, and his cuspidati being equal in
length to the remaining teeth, and his tubercular molares on the other, would
allow him neither to feed on grass nor devour flesh, were not these aliments
previously prepared by cooking."
Professor Lawrence states that " the teeth of man have not the slightest
resemblance to those of carnivorous animals, except their external enamel,
and that the whole human structure most closely resembles those animals
which are naturally frugivorous—the timice, or monkeys."
Thomas Bell, surgeon-dentist to Guy's Hospital, declares that " every fact
connected with the human organization goes to prove that man was originally
formed a frugivorous animal."
Linnams asserts that " the organization of man, compared with that of other
animals, shows that fruits and esculent vegetables constitute his most suitable
food."
Sir Everard Home admits that " while mankind remained in a state of in
nocence, their only food was the produce of the vegetable kingdom."
Lord Monboddo, also a celebrated naturalist, says: "It appears to me that
by nature, and in his original state, man is a frugivorous animal, and that he
only becomes an animal of prey by acquired habits."
Dr. William Lambe, of London, after a critical examination of the question,
came to the conclusion that "man is herbivorous in his structure," and his
conclusion has been verified by more than forty years of personal vegetarian
experience. He declares that " the adherence to the use of animal food is no
more than a persistence in the gross customs of savage life, and evinces an
insensibility to the progress of reason, and to the operation of intellectual
improvement"
Sylvester Graham, of Northampton, Mass., with a mind singularly consti
tuted to grasp first principles, has carefully examined the whole organization
of the human body, and minutely investigated all its complicated parts, with
direct reference to this question, more thoroughly probably than any other per
son who has ever lived. His theoretical conclusion corresponds with that of all
other naturalists whose attention has been directed to the subject, and the
experience of hundreds who have adopted the vegetarian system, partially or
wholly, in consequence of his teachings, singularly exemplifies its truth.
Against such testimony we have nothing but the bare assumption of medi
cal and dictetieal writers who have never examined the subject at all, and
who are as profoundly ignorant in relation to it as are those for whose edifi
cation they write. It is common and customary for such persons, whenever
they make a book on any Bubject pertaining to medicine or hygiene, to repeat
the stereotyped phrase that the teeth of the human animal combine the char
acters of both herbivorous and carnivorous animals, and constitute him an
omnivorous or all-devouring animal. This makes him one of the connecting
links between the two, and places him dietetically in the same dignified rank
in the scale of being as the bear, hog, <fcc The manner in which the omniv
orous side of the question is supported is much more amusing than convincing.
Dr. Dickson, the author of Chrono-Thermalism, modestly observes: "The
most cursory examination of the human teeth, stripped of every other con
sideration, should convince any body with the least pretensions to brains,
that the food of man was never intended to be restricted to vegetables
exclusively."
Dr. Carpenter (Principles of Human Physiology}, in allusion to the car-
nivora and herbivora, remarks : " Now, the condition of man may be regarded
• Fiom"Dr. Trail's Hydropathic Encyclopedia," published by Fo-vriera & Well>, New
York.
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J as intermediate between these two extremes. The construction of his diges-
| tive apparatus, as well as his own instinctive propensities, point to a mixed
diet as that which is best Buited to his wants.11
I Dr. Dunglison (Human Health) makes the following singularly ridiculous
! assertion : " There is no doubt whatever, that if, from infancy, man, in the
\ temperate regions, were confined to an animal banquet, it would be entirely
| in accordance with his nature, and would probably develop his mental and
corporeal energies to as great a degree as the mixed nutriment on which ho
j usually subsists."
Professor Lee, who has a happy talent for "coinciding" in tho opinions of
others, fully endorses the "very judicious remarks" of Dr. Dunglison, and
also remarks, on his own responsibility : " The physical organization of man
proves that he is destined for a mixed kind of aliment."
A volume of similar quotations could be extracted from the medical authors
of tho allopathic school ; but all alike are deficient in argument or evidence.
When an attempt at argument is made, it always turns on the teeth and mas
ticatory organs. These are said to be in man a little different from both
carnivorous and herbivorous animals ; and hence the inference is drawn that
man, because he is unlike either, is actually both. There is, indeed, a resem
blance between the teeth of man and the teeth of both the carnivora and
herbivora, as well as those of the omnivora ; but there is, too, a difference,
and the difference is just as significant as the resemblance. The truth is, that
there is a very wide difference between the teeth, masticatory organs, and
whole digestive apparatus of man and carnivorous animals; a great difference
between man and omnivorous animals in these respects ; a lesser difference
between man and the herbivorous or graminivorous animals; and an exact
resemblance between man and those animals known to be frugivorous. Tho
single fact that man possesses the lateral or grinding motion of the lower
jaw, peculiar to frugivorous and graminivorous animals, while he is destitute
of the pointed, projecting, irregular, and tearing teeth belonging to carniv
orous and omnivorous animals, is perfectly conclusive, in my estimation, as
far as anatomy is concerned, that man is by nature in no sense or degree asso
ciated, dietetically, with the hitter classes of animals.
But, for the satisfaction of those who desire to see as well as hear the dis
cussion of this subject, the following ocular demonstration is Submitted:
Fig. 1 52 exhibits the masticatory organs of the
carnivorous tiger. There is a resemblance be
tween these teeth and those of the humon ani
mal ; yet no one will dispute that the differ
ence is more striking than the resemblance.
Occasionally the human teeth exhibit those
deviations from the ordinary form which are
denominated tushes ; but such deviations ore
universally regarded as deformities, and such
deformities always give a carnivorous and
ferocious expression to the countenance. How little do human beings sus
pect the intimate connection that exists between mental impressions and
exercises and bodily conformation. Those tribes of the human family whoso
minds are most associated with animal food, and whose teeth are most
frequently employed in masticating it, are most distinguished for a structure
of teeth peculiarly inhuman.
In Fig. 153 we have
Fig. 153. a representation of
the jaws and teeth
of another purely
carnivorous animal.
It affords a good idea
of the manner in
which the jaws of
the carnivera open
and shut, like a pair
of shears, being
wholly incapable of
JAWS AND TEETH OF A PAMTBXB, tin- least grinding or
rotary motion.
Fig. 154.
Fig. 15 t represents another modifi
cation of carnivorous masticators.
The teeth arc nearly closed, and the
dogger-like tusks ore seen to be very
different from those teeth which, in
the human jaw, have received the
appellation of canine.
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Fig. 155. The face of the young Hon, Fig. 4, does not ! the rotary or grinding motion. Tho teeth of the ape, or monkey tribe
make any very near a])])roaeh to humanity, \ a nearer resemblance to those of carnivorous animals than have human
in the conformation of the teeth or jaws. A .
resemblance, of course, must be acknowledged ;
yet, when the general contour and expression
of tho human face approximate to that of a
carnivorous animal, it is by common consent
denominated "savage," " ruffianly," Ac.
The poets and painters who undertake to
represent to us their ideal of humanity, invari
ably divest the features and expression of
TOL'XG LION. every trace characteristic of the ascendency of
the lower range of animal propensities. How would the "Portrait of a
Gentleman," "The Flower Girl," "The Bride," or "The Cavalier," appear in
the gallery of the American Art Union, with the angles of the mouth drawn
down to the carnivorous range, and the canine teeth projecting omniverously
beyond tho rest i
Fig. 150.
UNDER JAW AND TEETH OF THE II0G.
We may now examine the intermediate class—the otnnivorn. The back
teeth of the hog, Fig. 156, resemble exactly those of herbivorous, and the front
teeth those of carnivorous animals. But if there is anything peculiarly human
about the masticatory apparatus of the swine, I am unable to perceive it.
Fig. 157.
JAW AND TEETH OF THE CAMEL.
The masticatory organs of the camel, Fig. 1 57, particularly the cuspid or
canine teeth, show a much stronger resemblance to those carnivorous animals
than do those of the human animal; hence man, judging from the point of
comparative anatomy alone, would be removed further from the carnivora
than even the camel, "which subsists on the coarsest herbage.
The irregular arrangement of teeth are here peculiarly fitted for clinching
and breaking up the sprouts, stalks, branches, ifcc , which constitute a large
proportion of this animal's food.
Fig 158. In the jaw of the horse, Fig. 158, another herbiv
orous animal, tho incisors, or cutting teeth, are
placed in front to crop the grass or other herbage ;
and the grinding teeth for mashing and comminut
ing the food occupy tho back part. There is no
appearance of tearing or carnivorous teeth.
Ascending the scale of the animal creation, we
may next look at the masticatory apparatus of a
purely frogivorous animal. In the orang-outang,
SKULL OF THE HOUSE. Fig. 159, the articulations of the jaw, as with all
herbivorous animals and with man, are adapted to
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Fig. 159.
JAWS AND TEETH OF AN ORANG-OUTANG.
which fact would place men, if possible, at even a greater distance than the
orang-outang from the carnivora. It should be noticed, however, that in
some species of monkeys—the baboon, for example—the cuspids do resemble
the corresponding teeth of carnivorous animals, an arrangement which serves
them for weapons of offence and defence, but not for cutting and tearing
flesh.
It will be ob Fig ICO.
served, at a glance,
that the mastica
tory organs of the
human animal, Fig.
160, are still further
removed from all
resemblance to
those of carnivor
ous or omnivorous
animals than are
those of the purely human jaw and teeth.
frugivorous orang-outang, or the purely herbivorous animals. The incisors
(1) are evidently intended for biting and cutting the fruits, grains, roots, or
other vegetables designed for his subsistence ; the cuspid, corner, or canine
tooth (C) enables him to grasp more firmly, and retain more securely, the
alimentary substance ; and the bicuspids (B) and molares (G), or small and
large grinders, are fitted to mash and grind all dry, solid, or hard articles of
food.
The humun masticatory organs, on the whole, exhibit no evidence of any
structural arrangement which is not precisely fitted for and exclusively
adapted to a vegetable diet. The human teeth can, however, cut and tear
flesh to some extent; and so can carnivorous animals cut and mash fruits and
seeds to some extent. Experiments have also proved that each class of ani
mals may be made to approximate the other, to seme extent, in character and
disposition, by changing their dietetic habits. Young tigers and young lions
have been restricted to vegetable food, during which time they remained
docile and governable ; but on tasting raw meat, the dormant propensity to
tear the warm, quivering flesh, and drink tho red blood of other animals,
was immediately aroused, and all the ferocity and cruelty of a carnivoroUB
nature was again in the ascendant <*.
" Just as the twig is bent the tree is inclined," physiologically as well as f )
morally. Those mothers who force their little children, even before they are
capable of masticating a particle of it, to swallow flesh, and thus develop an
early appetite for it, aro little aware how seriously they are injuring the
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organizations, and corrupting the whole nature of the future men and women.
Lastly, we have, in Fig. 161, a view of the entire skeleton of man, compared
with that of a purely frugivorous animal. Not only is the agreement perfect
with respect to the masticatory organs, but the whole digestive apparatuses of
both are alike ; and even the entire conformation of the body of the orang
outang, considered dietetically or physiologically, resembles the human ani
mal, incomparatively more nearer than any other animal does, llow, then,
can we draw from the structure of man, as compared with other animals, any
inferences at war with the divine commandment recorded in the Scriptures!
Fig. 101.
THE nUMAN SKELETON COXO-ARED WITH THAT OF THE ORANG-OUTANG.
Tue Physiological Evidence.—Physiologists have noticed that the blood
of flesh-eating animals undergoes putrefaction much sooner than that of a
vegetable-eating animal. The chyle of flesh-eating men, when taken out of
the body, decomposes and becomes putrescent in less than a quarter of the
time required for that of the vegetarian to undergo the same process. All
the secretions of vegetarians are more pure, bland, and copious, and the
excretions—the sweat, urine, fecal matters, &c—are less offensive to the
senses, and less injurious in their exhalations, than arc those of persons
who subsist on a mixed diet. The teeth of vegetarians are less affected with
tartarous incrustations, and their breath is mostly or entirely free from the
rank, cadaverous, pestilent odor so common to flesh-eaters. Medical authori
ties generally agree that flesh diet makes the blood prone, and the whole
body disposed to, the inflammatory and putrid diatheses. Some few medical
writers have, however, aiterted that an exclusively vegetable diet predis
poses to tcurvy; but as they haVe not sustained the assertion with any sort
of evidence, it is hardly worth refuting. The vegetarian can always endure
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hunger and thirst longer without lo38 of strength, and sustain entire priva"
tion of food with much less suffering, than flesh-eaters. The appetite of
vegetable eaters is invariably good, and food has always a keen relish, while
it often fails with flesh-caters, requiring frequent changes of dishes, or a
variety of seasonings, to render it palatable.- Digestion with the vegetarian
is unattended with that disturbance, heat, irritation, oppression of the
Btomach, and dullness or drowsiness of the head, wluch flesh-eaters generally
experieuce'after dinner, and which Bome physiologists, on the mistaken sup
position that it was natural, have called the " fever of digestion." Drowsi
ness, sleepiness, and mental stupidity, so common after a full meal with flesh-
eaters, are wholly unknown to vegetarians, when their other habits are cor
rect These can resume any bodily or mental labor immediately after a
meal, with incomparably less discomfort, and greater immunity from evil
consequences, than can flesh-eaters.
All the mental passions of the vegetarian are more governable and better
balanced, more easily regulated by the judgment and controled by the will,
less violent, but more enduring, than those of flesh-eaters. The firmest and
most vigorous structures of body are found among vegetable-eaters, in proof
of which we need only refer to the toiling millions of Europe and the Eastern
nations. Vegetable-eaters possess an elasticity and flexibility of moving
fibres, and a tenuity and purity of circulating fluids, which enable them to
work their bodies and brains more severely, more constantly, with greater
ease and facility, and with less " wear and tear," than flesh-eaters can ; and
when fatigued by excessive exertion of body or mind, they will recover, by
resting, in a much less period of time.
Extremes of heit and cold, -and exposures to atmospheric vicissitudes, are
better endured by vegetable-eaters. When in ordinary health, those who
Bubsist on an exclusively vegetable diet are never very fat nor extremely
lean. All the senses of the vegetable-eater—tasting, smelling, hearing, see
ing, and feeling—aro more healthfully acute, and less morbidly sensitive
than are those of flesh-eater3. Bodily symmetry and personal beauty have
always distinguished those who have subsisted mainly on vegetable food
from those whose principal diet has been animal food, other circumstances
being equal.
The Medical Evidence.—Taut vegetable-eaters are not only less liable to
epidemical and infectious diseases of all kinds, but much more easily cured
of them, either by the efforts of nature or ordinary remedial means, is a fact
pretty well established by the observations of medical men. 'Wounds,
bruises, burns, and scalds, are also more easily and more perfectly cared.
The united testimony of the English Vegetarian Societies, many of whose
members have abstained from flesh for thirty or forty years, and some during
their whole lives, is in favor of its superior .healthfulnesa, The American
Vegetarian Society, instituted in tho city of New York in April, 1850, con
tains in its ranks old men who have for an ordinary lifetime enjoyed almost
uninterrupted health, and several who have almost regenerated broken-down
constitutions on an exclusively vegetable diet The Bible Christians, of
Philadelphia, who have adopted vegetable diet on religious convictions, have
always, as a society, been remarkably exempt from epidemics, which have
frequently prevailed around them. During the cholera seasons in New Vork
—1832, 1834, and 1849—no persons whose habits of living approximated
very nearly to the " Graham system" died of the disease ; and no one who
lived strictly according to his teachings had an attack. Missionaries and
teachers have, within a few years, gone from the United States to the sickly
parts of Africa, and by adopting an exclusively vegetable diet escaped all the
attacks of disease which others have experienced, and which are usually con
sidered as incidental to the climate. The same is true of Northern men who,
in removing or traveling through the Southorn States, have adopted the
vegetable system of diet
But more striking, and, to many minds, more convincing evidence, is fur
nished in the numerous examples of chronic diseases and malignant ulcers,
which have resisted all remedial agencies under a mixed diet, yet have been
readily healed under a vegetable regimen. Dr. Lambe succeeded, in cases of
cancer, scrofula, consumption, and other maladies which had progressed to
the incurable stage, in arresting the ravages of the diseases, and protracting
the period of life for many years, by a strict vegetable regimen, and the use
of distilled water for drink. The celebrated Dr. Twiohell, of New England,
has recently cured himself of a malignant tumor of the eye, which has trou
bled him for ten years, and which had been once excised and once cauterized,
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with but temporary benefit, by adopting a diet of ! things," purity of life, rectitude of deportment, j and powerful a race as can be found. The Irish
bread and cream. I have now a patient under '> and length of years. 5 immigrants, whose brawny arms and powerful
treatment for a tubercular affection of the lungs, S Pythagoras raised up a society of vegetarians ! sinews perform the hard work of excavating our
who, two years ago, was afflicted with a foul and \ 550 years before Christ. Josephus testifies that j canals and constructing our railroads, which our
malignant ulcer of the cheek, deeply involving | the Essenes, a seet of the ancient Jews, numbering j flesh-bred American laborers have not strength to
the upper maxillary bone. After trying the ordi i several thousands, were long-lived because of their ! do, have generally acquired good, vigorous con
nary medication in vain, and submitting to the op ]{ regular course of life and simplicity of diet, which stitutions on the coarse, vegetable, potato diet of
erations of cutting and cauterization without avail, ; Pliny tolls us consisted of the fruit of the palm- i the old country. The Georgians and Circassians,
the patient, against the remonstrances of friends ( tree. It is certain, however, that they were vege- ■. the natives of the Otaheite, Sandwich, and Pit-
and physicians, abandoned flesh-eating, after which ; tarians after the Pythagorean philosophy. The i cairn's Islands, the people of the Marquesas and
the ulcer healed rapidly. | Bramin priests, who are a very numerous seet, are \ Washington Islands, the Indians of Mexico, on the
| all strict vegetarians. Sanehoniathan, a Phoeni- J Tobasco, the Polish and Hungarian peasants from
The Chemical Evidence.—All the light which j cian historian, Hesiod, the Greek poet, Pythago S the Carpathian Mountains, the Spaniards of Rio
chemistry is able to throw on the subject of diet ras, the philosopher, Herodotus, a celebrated an- Salado, in South America, and the Peruvians,
is in favor of vegetable food exclusively. Nothing I cicnt historian, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, j subsist mostly on coarse, plain, vegetable food,
is more common tliau for medical books and writ- | Diodorus Sicculus, the historian, Ovid, the poet, | and they are among the most beautiful as well as
en to tell us that animal food is more nutritious, < ^Etianus, a Greek historian, and Pliny, the Roman < the most hardy and enduring people on earth.
more concentrated, and more digestible than vege ! naturalist, all testify that the primitive inhabitants ! The slaves of Brazil, Hie laborers of Laguira, the
table. But these terms are generally employed ! of the earth subsisted on a vegetable diet alone. j Moorish porters at Gibraltar, and the porters at
without any very precise meaning. The truth is, riiny, Plutarch, Galen, and Porphyry, testily to Tereeira and Smyrna, subsist on a spare, simple,
some kinds of vegetable food, as the cereal grains, ( the good effect of vegetable diet in developing i vegetable diet, scarcely ever partaking of animal
are more nutritive, pound for pound, than any j bodily vigor, and enabling men to bear hunger, ; food; the^ possess a most powerful muscular de-
kind of animal substance ; other kinds, as fruits, S thirst, heat or cold. \ velopment, and are able to carry burdens of from
and most esculent roots, are less nutritive. The Among the modern names of distinguished in { two hundred to eight hundred pounds,
term concentration has scarcely any meaning ap dividuals who have borne testimony in favor of j A glance at those nations and tribes whose in-
plied to ammal food, for although) some kinds of vegetable diet as conducive to the highest physio- ! habitants subsist mostly on animal food, will set
animal food are more nutritive than others, there j logical and psychological interests of man, derived i the argument in a stronger light by the contrast.
is, except in the separation of the curdy and oily f> from observation, reflection, and in most instances ! The Laplanders, Ostiaes, Samoides, Tungooses,
matters of milk from the watery part, no method ; from personal experience, we may notice the cele- J Burats, Kamtschatdales, and Es<ruimaux, in the
known of separating the nutritious from the in- ; brated Dr. Cheyne, of England; Sir John Sinclair, ; north of Europe, Asia, and America ; the inhabi-
nutritious element ; and such an invention, should | an eminent British surgeon ; Dr. Cullen, of Edin- ! tants of Terra del Fuego, in Southern America ;
it ever bo produced, would tend powerfully to { burgh; Dr. T!. Jackson and Gen. Elliot, of the I the people of Andeman's Island in the Pacific, the
bring animal food into disuse. Some vegetables, ' British army; Sir William Temple; Professor ' natives of New Holland and Van Dieman's Land,
and some kinds of fruit, digest, or rather dissolve t Adam Ferguson ; Rousseau ; Newton ; Dr. Whit- j and the Calmuek Tartars, all possess a low, de-
in the stomach sooner than some kinds of animal | law; Lord Bacon ; Sir Richard Phillips; Howard^ ; formed, and demi-brutal organization ; Borne of
food, but not as rapidly as other kinds ; but the j the philanthropist; Dr. Hufeland; Peter Gassendi, f them nre stunted and dwarfish, others are coarse,
length of time necessary for the digestion of an a famous French philosopher ; Dr. Taylor ; Dr. | rough, and hideous. Their principal food is fish,
article of food proves nothing for or against it. j Abernethy ; Lord Kames ; Professor Dick ; Shel- ; flesh, and all kinds of animal fats and oils which
If we determine the value of foods strictly by ! ley, the poet; Mr. Shillitoe; Rev. John Wesley; ! they are able to procure. It should be remarked,
the rule of chemical analysis, according to the Lie- ) Lamartinc; the Abbe Gallani; Benjamin Frank- j too, that the intellectual and moral constitution of
big school, we shall find that good wheaten bread, ! lin ; Dr. Muzzey, of Cincinnati; Dr. Jennings, of ! these inferior races of men is as degraded and dc-
rice and lentils, contain four times as much nutritive Oberlin : " Father Sewall," of Maine ; Dr. S. Gra- j proved as is their bodily organization.
virtue as the best flesh-meat, while potatoes con | ham, of Northampton ; Dr. Alcott, of West New. ! But it will be readily admitted by most persons
tain at least an equal amount If we admit Lie- ton; Rev. William Metcalfe, of Philadelphia; Dr. ' that a diet nearly all vegetable is better than a
big's theory of the combustion of carbon to sus j James, of Wisconsin ; Dr. Grindrod, author of | diet nearly all animal, while they will contend
tain the animal temperature, we shall find abun j Bacchus; O. S. Fowler, the phrenologist; and a | that a due admixture of animal and vegetable sub-
dance of carbon, and the lest kind of carbon, in i host of others who could be named. [ stances is the golden mean between the two ex-
vegetable food. And if we accede to the doctrine J But all human experience, rightly apprehended, ; tremes ; and in support of tliis position we shall
of the nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous distinc 'i is in favor of vegetarianism. It is a fact which no be referred to the well-fed of the Anglo-Saxon
tions of alimentary principles, we find nitrogen j intelligent historian will dispute, that the most j race, and particularly the better classes of Europe
supplied in nearly all kinds of vegetation, and an j robust and enduring laborers of all ages and j and America. But this objection is easily met.
inexhaustible resource, in case of accidental sear- ' countries ever have been, and still are, in the main, j We have but to compare flesh-eating Englishmen,
city in the vegetable kingdom, in the atmosphere i vegetable-eaters. The peasantry of England, Scot- [ Irishmen, Scotchmen, Americans, etc, with vege-
which surrounds us. \ land, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Germany, | table-eating Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen,
! Switzerland, France, SpaiD, Portugal, Norway, j Americans, etc, of the same class, and of the same
The ExpunuMENTAL Evidence.—We have no ac J Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and many parts of : general habits in other respects, and the problem
count that Adam and Eve ever departed from the ! Russia, subsist principally, and many of them cn- 5 is solved. The contrast ever has been, and I am
commandment of God in their dietetic habits ; and, ■ tirely, on vegetable food ; and the finest speci- | fully persuaded ever will be, in favor of the supe-
in the absence ofall evidence to the contrary, we are ! mens of health, strength, and activity are found riority of an exclusively vegetable diet
bound to believe they were consistent vegetarians. ! among that portion of the peasantry of several of | If, however, the past experience of the whole
Although the children of men went estray in an ! the above countries, who use no animal food at j human family for six thousand }'ears, and the co-
early period of the world's history, "by dipping i all. The greater portion of the inhabitants of j incident testimony of all respectable scientific
their tongues in gore," and a large proportion of ; Asia and Africa use but an insignificant trifle of ani- i authors who have ever investigated the subject, is
the human family has continued in tho transgres < mal food. The millions of Hindostan and China use not satisfactory, we can furnish living, acting,
sion ever since, yet there have been, at all times, 1 so little animal food that it may be regarded as a moving, practicing demonstrations in the present
men of superior intelligence and high-toned morali \ seasoning rather than a substantial part of their tense. James Simpson, Esq., president of the
ty, who have rigidly abstained from flesh-eating. \ diet The Greek and Russian laborers, and the English Vegetarian Society, stated at a public
Among them we find poets, philosophers, and pro ' lazzaroni of Naples, subsist on a diet principally of ' meeting held at Glasgow, June 17, 1851, that of
phets, distinguished alike for " temperance in all i coarse, farinaceous food, and they ore as athletic ^ the individuals belonging to the society, number-

THE
ing between 600 and 700 adalt members, 20S
have abstained from all kinds of flesh for'upward
of ten years; 158 for more than twenty years;
91 for thirty year9 ; 29 for forty years ; and 85
have abstained the whole of their lives. These
vegetarians belong indiscriminately to all trades
and professions, and have, as a body, always a
much higher and more uniform standard of health
than flesh-eaters under similar general circum
stances, and many of them have experienced a
wonderful improvement in bodily vigor and men
tal vivacity.
But we have equally interesting facts in the
United States. The American Vegetarian Society,
though of more recent date and fewer numbers,
has in its ranks full-grown men and women who
have never tasted "flesh, fish, or fowl." Rev.
Mr. Metcalfe, who is the corresponding secretary
of the society, and also pastor of the Society of
Bible Christians, who have adopted vegetarianism
from religious motives, has practiced the vegeta
rian system for more than forty-one years, as has
also his wife. In a late number of the Vegetarian
Advocate he says : " We have raised a family of
five children, none of whom have ever eaten flesh.
They are all married to vegetarians ; they all have
children, none of whom have ever used animal
food ; they are healthy, vigorous, and intellec
tual." In this society there are now fifty-one
persons who have never eaten flesh, nor tasted
intoxicating drinks.
VACCINATION-ITS HISTORY,
NATURE AND EFFECTS.*
BY JOEL SHEW, M. D.
Although vaccinia, or cow-pox, is probably es
sentially the same disease as variola or small-pox,
it has yet been customary in medical works to
treat of it as a distinct malady. I have thought
best, on the present occasion, to follow the plan
usually adopted, although it would perhaps be
more strictly accurate to treat of it under the gen
eral head of variola.
Antiquity of Cow-Pox.—The exemption from
small-pox enjoyed by individuals who contract pus
tules or sores on their fingers and hands by milking
cows which have a certain disease on their udders
and teats, is a fact that has been more extensively
known, from time immemorial, than the generality
of authors and practitioners have supposed. Not
only has evidence been adduced, satisfactorily prov
ing that such fact was known to farmers and others
having the management of cattle in the principal
dairy counties of England ; but that it had been
remarked by the same class of persons in other
countries, as the department of the Meiuthe in
France, various parts of Germany, Norway and
Spain. In Irajand, the disease in the cow is called
shinnch, an expression derived from two Celtic
words signifying udder and cow ; and it is hence
concluded that a knowledge of the complaint in
that animal must have existed there from a period
of high antiquity. Some facts, mentioned by
Humboldt in his work on New Spain, leavo no
doubt that the inhabitants of the Andes have long
been in possession of the same information as the
•From the manuscript of ' The Management, Diseases
and Aooidents of Children."
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I dairy farmers of England. Another fact, under- ' " Just the same fury," says Dr. Ellotsen, " was
; stood by this class of people, and received by them S excited among medical men when vaccination was
; traditionally, is, that cows which have once had |« promulgated by Dr. Jenner that had been excited
: the disease do not suffer from it a second time.* j when inoculation was first made known to them,
Cow-Pox is England.—This disease attracted i It was said that it was taking the power out of
attention in the county of Dorset, in England, | God's hand; that God gave us the small-pox, and
about sixty orseventy years since, asa pustular erup that it was impious to interrupt it by the cow-
tion derived from infection, chiefly showing itself pox. When I was a boy I heard people say that
on the hands of milkers who had milked cows | it was an irreligious practice, for it was taking
similarly disordered. It had been found to secure i the power out of God's hand ; forgetting that it
persons from the small-pox ; and so extensive was was merely using that power which God had
the general opinion upon the subject, even at the given to us. Sermons were preached for it, and
time before us, that an inoculator who attempted ; against it; and hand-bills were stuck about the
to convey the small-pox to one who had been pre ? streets. I recollect seeing it stated in a hand-bill,
viously infected with the cow-pox, was treated I that a person who was inoculated for the cow-pox,
with ridicule. A formal trial was made however, ! had horns growing in consequence of it. Many
and it was found that no small-pox ensued. About ; were said to have died of mortification produced
the same time, a farmer of sagacity, of the name < by this practice. One of the surgeons at St.
of Nash, duly attending to these facts, had the Thomas' Hospital, there being no clinical lectures
courage to attempt artificial inoculation on him ; then, used to give gratuitous lectures against the
self, and in the attempt is said to have succeeded ; cow-pox, in which he advised the students not to
completely. Similar facts and numerous examples I resort to such a practice. He was interred in
of them were accordingly communicated to Sir \ London ; and, by his direction, a tablet was erected
George Baker, who, having engaged not long be I to his memory, on which was inscribed the fact
fore in a most benevolent though highly trouble i that he was all his life strongly opposed to cow-
some controversy respecting the cause of the en- !, pocking. His." rancor did not cease even with his
demical colic of Devonshire, was unwilling, not ; death. It appears that a great want of candor
withstanding his triumph, to tread again the thorny ! and of principle was manifested, and that an ac-
paths of provincial etiology. Gloucestershire, j count was forged, setting forth a number of deaths
ho wever, another dairy county, had witnessed the t as having arisen from the disease."
same disease with similar consequences ; and the i Thus the matter rested for a time. Dr. Jenner
same opinion generally prevailing in distant dis I lived, however, to see his doctrines become gen-
tricts of both countries, afforded proof that the \ erally respected. He died at length suddenly, of
power thus ascribed to cow-pox was not wholly apoplexy, on the 2Gth of January, 1823; and the
visionary, f ! last words which he uttered were, "I do not
' marvel that men arc grateful to me ; but I am
Eauly Opposition to Vaccination.—In the > surprised that they do not feel gratitude to God
earlier time3 of vaccination there was great oppo i for making me a medium of good." On his monu-
sition to the practice ; nearly or quite as much j ment the following lines are engraven :
probably as there had been previously to inocula
tion. Few men have had more opposition to con J " The Within this tomb hath found a resting-place.
great physician of the human race —
tend with, or more obstacles to encounter, than ; Immortal Jenner ! whose gigantic mind
Dr. Jenner had ; and whatever may be said for or t Brought life and health to more than half mankind,
against the real merits of the practice, he no doubt i Let rescued infancy his worth proclaim,
was honest in his recommendation of it, and had to |! And lisp out blessings on his honored name !
And radiant beauty drop her saddest tear,
toil and suffer as much for opinion's sake as any For beauty's truest, trustiest friend lies here."
benefactor the healing art has known. By those
who opposed the practice, cases were published in | Phenomena of Natural Cow-Pox.—In the na-
i tural form of cow-pox, as it is received from milking
which it was asserted that vaccinated persons
became covered with hair, and even exhibited j or handling a diseased animal, the vesicles, which
horns and tail; and that of a child was cited, < are more or less numerous, appear on the hands or
whose natural disposition was so brutified by vac ii whatever parts have been in contact with the af-
cination that it ran on all fours, bellowing like a fected part of the animal. The eruption is of a
bull ; and Jenner himself was caricatured as riding : blucish tint ; the fluid is at first limpid ; after-
on a cow. , wards opaque and purulent; and often there is
Dr. Moscly, physician to the Chelsea Hospital enlargement of the axillary glands (in the arm-
J
and to the prime minister, was the great oppo | pits), and considerable fever.
nent of the practice in London. At a timo when ' In cow-pox, the fever comes on with the usual
the strife was raging, the following lines appeared ; symptoms of languor, pain in the head, loins and
on the subject: limbs, accompanied by chills and heat, a quick
; pulse, and sometimes with vomiting. Delirium
" Oh, Mostly ! thy book nightly phantasies rousing, sometimes occurs in consequence of the head being
Full oft make* me quake for my heart's dearest treasure ; affected ; and this may continue even after the be
For fancy in dreams oft presents them all browsing fore mentioned symptoms have passed off. At about
On oimmnni, just like little Nebuchadnezzar.
There, nibbling at thistle, stand Jim, Joe, and Mary, the seventh day the fever abates. The vesicles
On thejj foreheads, O, horrible ! crumpled horns bud ; which burst from distension, usually, in three or
There Tom with his tail, and poor William all hairy, four days, heal Blowly, and sometimes take on a
Reclined in a corner, are chewing the cud." < phagedenic appearance. The fluid discharged from
•Good's Stndy of Modicine. j the sores is of a highly contagious nature ; and it
tEvidence delirered before the House of Commons, 1321 . ! may be necessary, when having the disease, to
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guard against scratching any part, as in such case j Another method of vaccinating is to moisten a thrown forth around the areola, or even on the
the matter, if applied to the scratched part, would > piece of fine thread with the matter of a pustule i limbs; but, with these occasional exceptions, the
be quite certain of becoming affected. • or scab, and, with a needle, draw it through a i eruption, as already noticed, is confined to the
Jdkntity of Vaccinia and Small-Pox.—That ! Bmall portion of flesh pinched up for that purpose. ; single vesicle produced by the puncture, and there
small-pox and cow-pox are essentially the same ! A knot being upon out; end of the thread, it will ! is scarcely any perceptible fever,
disease, modified only by the peculiarity of animal remain without difficulty in the place where it is j "The general progress is as follows: The punc-
constitution, was the opinion of Dr. Jenner, to j inserted ; and, if the system is capable of receiving • ture disappears soon after the insertion of the lan-
■whom the world is indebted for the general diffu- j the infection and the mutter good, it will be found j cet ; but on the third day a minute inflamed spot
siou of a knowledge concerning it That the two ; to take effect. Any mode that is found to answer | becomes visible. This gradually increases in size,
diseases are essentially one and the same has been j the purpose may be adopted ; and children at | hardens, and produces a small circular tumor,
proved in modern times. It is found that if a cow i school have often succeeded in vaccinating each j slightly elevated above the level of the skin.
be inoculated with the matter of small-pox taken other simply by the use of a pin or needle which < About the sixth day the centre of the tumor shows
from n human being, and then if matter taken j had been moistened with the matter from a | a discolored speck, formed by the secretion of a
from the same cow is introduced into another hu- j pustule. { minute quantity of fluid: the speck augments in
man subject, that is, one who has obtniijed a pro Pukslkvation of Vaccixk Matter.—"Where vac ; size, and becomes a manifest vesicle ; which con-
tection from the disease, the cow-pox is the result. cination is depended upon, a knowledge of tho \ tinucs to fill and to be distended until the tenth
The first successful experiment of this kind is said means of obtaining and preserving good matter is I day ; at which time it displays in perfection the
to have been accomplished by Dr. Sonderland, of an object of importance. Dr. Jenner was in the | peculiar features that distinguish it from the in-
Bremen, in Germany ; and, from the accounts habit of receiving a drop of the matter, fresh from j oculated variolous pustule. Its shape is circular,
which appeared in the German journals of 1831, the pustule, in a little hollow of a square piece of I sometimes a little oval ; but the margin is always
his mode consisted in fastening upon the backs of glass, which was then covered by another piece, well defined, and never rough or jagged—the cen
cows the woolen bod-clothes of small-pox patients and both luted together to keep out the air. Some tre dips, instead of being polarized, and is less el-
who died with the disease in its most malignant are in Ihe habit of moistening the scab from the ! crated than the circumference,
forms. These experiment have been repeated, in part vaccinated and pressing it firmly between two j "About the eighth day, when the vesicle is
different countries, with a similar result ; as, for pieces of flat glass, in which condition it is said completely formed, the disease exhibits something
example, by Dr. Griva, chief of the vaccine es the mutter may be kept for a considerable time. ' of a constitutional influence; the armpit is poin-
tablishment at Turin ; by Dr. Basil Thicle, of Kas- Another method of preserving the dried scab from \ ful, and there is perhaps a slight head -ache, Bhiv-
san, in South Russia, and by Mr. Ceely, of Ayles the air, is to make a little hollow in n cake of bees j cring, lassitude, loss of appetite, and increase of
bury, England. In Italy the experiment was tried wax, and then soften tho surface of this and an I pulse. These may continue, in a greater or less
on a large scale in 1829, when the alarm of epi other cake by heat, or make thera'perfectly smooth, j degree, for one or two days, but always subside
demic small-pox induced the Piedmontese physi and after placing the scab in the hollow for its ! spontaneously, without leaving any unpleasant
cians to make trials of a variety of new stocks of reception, press the two cakes together so as to consequence. During the general indisposition the
lymph ; but the result, according to Dr. Griva, form an air-tight box. In this simple way the vesicle in the arm becomes surrounded with a cir
was, "that no perceptible difference was to be matter has been kept for a number of months. cular inflamed halo, or areola, about an inch, or
traced between the aspect and progress of the old The matter is also conveyed from one part of the an inch and a half in diameter ; which is the pa
and the new, the primitive and the long humanized country to another by mail ; sometimes simply in thognomonic proof of constitutional affections, how
virus." Dr. Thicle, in 1836, succeeded in the the form of dry scab, and at others upon a Bmall slightly soever the internal symptoms may show
inoculation of a cow, by inserting the virus in the portion of a quill, the end of which has been mois themselves. After this period, the fluid in the
posterior part of the udder, where the animal tened either in the liquid matter itself or by a | vesicle gradually dies off; the surrounding blush
could not lick it; and, from the disease thus pro solution of the scab, the latter having been mois i becomes fainter ; and, in a day or two, dies away
duced, inoculation of several children was followed tened with water. j imperceptibly ; so that it is seldom to be distin
by vesicles having all the characters of the genuine PHENOMENA OF ARTIFICIAL Cow POX. Dr. Good's guished beyond the thirteenth day from inocula
vaccinia; but, as it is usual in all cases of vaccine I description of tho phenomena of cow-pox, when tion. At this time the vesicle hardens into a thick
lymph taken fresh from the cow, the constitutional | artificially introduced into the human organism, ) scab, of a brown or mahogany color ; ond, if not
symptoms were more than ordinarily severe.— j I shall here introduce : j separated antecedently by violence or accident,
Within two years, upwards of three thousand in i " In the inoculated cow-pox, from genuine virus, i falls off spontaneously in about a- fortnight ; leav-
dividuals were vaccinated with the virus that had i the pathognomonic signs are the following:—ves j ing the skin, beDeath, perfectly sound and unin-
come originally from this source. icle Binge, confined to the puncture ; cellulose ; j jured. The entire progress of the inoculation
Mode ok Vaccinating.—In regard to the man j bluish brown in the middle ; fluid clear and color j scarcely opens a door to any medical treatment
ner of performing the operation of vaccination, it less to the last ; concreting into a hord, dark-col t whatever. No preparatory steps are called for, as
is to be remarked, a variety of methods havo been ored scab after the twelfth day. In propagating j in small-pox'; and all that can be necessary is a
adopted. The one most in use among the physi the disease from the inoculated vesicle, the fluid j dose or two of aperient medicine if the constitu-
cians of this country is as follows :—" Scrape should be taken before the ninth day, and from as ! tional indisposition should be severe or trouble
slightly the epidermis on the spot selected, with a I early a period as it can be obtained. After the some."
moderately dull thumb lancet, until it removes a j ninth day it is usually so inactive as not to be de- ' Are the Effects of Vaccination Permanent?—
small amount of the cuticle, in the shapo of a \ pended upon. i It has been a question of inquiry among writers
slight dust As soon as the skin underneath be | If the fluid be not transparent it forms a decis j on vaccination as to what influence time exerts
comes pink, or shows very minute points of blood, ive proof, cither that 'it is spurious or imperfect. < upon the protective power of small-pox. In the
place a drop of the liquid from tho pustule, or The puncture should be made as superficially as > early periods of vaccination, fromrfSOOto 1805,
from the dried scab, softened and made liquid by possible; for if much blood be drawn the fluid tho practice of inoculating after vaccination had
water, upon it, and press it beneath the skin by may become so diluted as to be rendered ineffect » been performed, so as to test more fully its pro-
three or four slight punctures with the j>oint of ive, or may be entirely washed away. i tective power, was carried to a great extent; and
the lancet, just deep enough to tint the matter "As small-pox by inoculation is uniformly a far j many thousands, we are told, were thus exposed
•with blood, but not so as to make the part bleed ! milder disease, and accompanied with a smaller j to the variolous poison without suffering from it
■freely; then keep the arm exposed to the air until j crop of pustules than when received naturally, ; Later, however, the experimental testing was
the matter dries or hardens. In order to guard i cow-pox, by inoculation, undergoes a like change. wholly left off; so that very little is known con-
against subsequent irritation, tie up the child's ! There is someti s a little increased quickness of j cerning what would be the effect of inoculation at
sleeve to the shoulder, or cover the Bpot operated pulse, and constitutional indisposition; and, in > long periods from the time of vaccination. It has
on with a piece of fine linen." j very rare instances, a few pustules have been i been believed by some that the protective power
 THE
) of cow-pox lasts in the system for the space of
i seven years ; but there is probably no distinct
period in which it alone acts ; the more time elap
ses, up to the age of twenty-rive or thirty, the
greater the liability to a failure of its prophylac
tic power, seems to be the only rule. It is be
lieved, however, that small-pox, taken after vacci
nation, is very rare under eight years of age; so
that its protective power, if this be true, may be
considered as nearly perfect during this period of
the child's life. About the ninth or tenth year
cases of small-pox after vaccination seem to be
more common ; and still more so at about the age
of puberty. From eighteen to twenty-five there
is still greater liability to it. " With these facts
before us," observes Dr. Ellotsen, it is impossible
to conceal the apparent conclusion that time less
ens the power of resistance to the variolous germ."
After the individual has arrived at from twenty-
five to thirty years of age there seems to be less
susceptibility to variola as life advances, both in
cases where vaccination has been practiced and
where it has not.
Kevaccination.—With those who place depend
ence on vaccination as a protection against smnll-
pox, it becomes a question of importance as to
whether revaccination should ever be practiced ;
and if so, at what periods of time. The Germans
arc much in favor of the measure, while the
French arc somewhat divided in opinion on the
subject If vaccination is to be regarded as harmless
in its operation, as many suppose it to be, there
can be no reasonable objection to revaccination
as often as it is desired. If the operation produces
its normal effects the individual becomes protected
so far as the process can protect one ; while, if it
does not cause these effects, no harm is done to the
constitution. Hence it has been regarded the best
and safest rule to go by, to submit to vaccina
tion all individuals who have not been vaccinat- <
ed, even if they have had small-pox; to repeat the i
vaccination ten or twelve years after the first vac
cination; and that if this revaccination should not ;
prove successful it will be necessary to repeat it
from year to year, until complete success shall fol
low. Hence it is, that if vaccination is depended
on, the oftcner we vaccinate the better.
Should Vaccination pe Practiced.—After all
the recommendations that this practice has had for
the lost fifty years, there are yet those who enter
tain honest doubts as to whether it is, after all, on
the whole, a benefit to the race. At any rate, the
question, like all others, has two sides, both of
which demand our most honest consideration. It
is certainly true that vaccination does not merit *
the encomiums which its more early advocates put
upon it ; nor is it anything like capable of exter- |
minuting small-pox from the world, as was formerly
maintained ; but that it will, in a large proportion
of cases, protect the system from variola, and that
in those cases where it fails of this protection, it
renders the disease a much milder one, no one !
will pretend to deny. The only question is,
whether, as a whole, it is of benefit to mankind, j
It is maintained that vaccination, while it affords '.
a good degree of protection from variola, yet ;
renders the system more liable to other diseases.
It is affirmed also that other diseases are iutro- ]
duced into the system at the same time with the i
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cow-pox. Long continued and troublesome skin
diseases appear to follow it, and in not a few cases,
the child seems never to enjoy good health after
it has been performed. I think any one who lias
any considerable practice among children in any
great city, will be struck with the number of cases
he will find of this kind by questioning parents
on the subject. Very likely they will not them
selves have noticed the fact; but he will find in
numbers of cases, I am confident, the truth of my
remarks.
Not only does vaccination cause subsequent un
favorable effects, but it sometimes endangers life
at the time ; and, in some instances, destroys the
child. I have myself known most fearful convul
sions to be brought on by it, and that in children
apparently of the firmest health. It is no small
thing that is capable, by its fermentation in the
blood, to render the system proof against so terri
ble a poison as that of small-pox.
It has been held by some of the most ardent
advocates of vaccination that the proportion of
cases in which it fails as a prophylactic against
small-pox, is not greater than that in which variola
itself having once passed through the system, fails
in preventing a second attack. The burden of
authority, however, appears to be against this con
clusion. "From some cause or other, as yet unre-
vealed," says Dr. Eberle, "so many well attested
cases of failure in the preventive power of vac
cination have taken place, and so remarkable, of
lute years, has been the progressive increase of
Buch cases, that the vaccine disease is no, longer
considered by practitioners a sufficient safeguard
in every ease from the variolous contagion." Dr.
Gregory, referring to the same thing, observes:
"This circumstance cannot be met by a reference
to the fact, that small pox once gone through does
not protect the subject from a second attack."
"This author gives the total number of admissions
into the smull-pox hospital in the different years.
In 1810, the proportion of cases of small-pox, after
vaccination, to the whole number ofadmissions, was
1 in 30 ; in 1821, it was 1 in 4 ; in 1823, 1 in 34. It
is but just, however, to admit that this was the
result of observations in one hospital only. Still
there is the best reason for believing that the cases
in which vaccination fails are becoming more and
more common,
It is claimed also in favor of vaccination, that it
is ofteu found to cure other diseases. It has been
believed on the part'of some that certain skin dis
eases, affections of the eyes, and that tumors and
glandular swellings have all been removed by the
effect of the vaccine disease in the system. " Her
petic eruptions after vaccination " says one author,
Dr. Eberle, "not unfrequently assume an appear
ance resembling that of vaccine pustule, and fade
with the dedication and falling off of the scab.
Whooping cough is likewise said to have been
arrested at the moment of the appearance of
cow-pox ; in other cases it has been said to have
moderated the disease, and still others to abridge
it Now if these things are true, and there can
be no reasonable doubt in regard to them, it is an
important inquiry as to how such a result is
brought about If one disease is strong enough to
kill another, is the system benefited thereby ? Is
it ever a wise practice to Bend one poison into the j
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system, to chase another out f May not the curing
of an eruption upon the surface in this way be the
same in effect as that of throwing it inward by ex
ternal applications, a practice which is well known
to be fraught with danger to the constitution I
These are important questions ; and it is my own
belief, that any disease which is capable of swal
lowing up or destroying another, is more to be
feared than the original one. There may be ex
ceptions to the rule ; but that this is a law of
nature, I confidently believe. I would rather
trust a child of my own with whooping-cough
alone, than with that and vaccinia together. I
would rather that an eruption upon the skin Bhould
be allowed to remain, than to have it removed by
this disease ; and, so of all the other affections refer
red to.
I have been for years so much a disbeliever
in vaccination, that I would not be willing to
have it practiced upon a child of my own. I did
not, however, know that there was high authority
even among the profession for doubting the utility
of the practice, till the winter of 1850-51. At
this time, Professor Bartlett, a very candid and
able man, and lecturer at that time on the The
ory and Practice of Medicine in the University of
New York, quoted, in his remarks on the causes of
pulmonary consumption, on the authority of two
French writers, Barthez and Rilliet, the following
facts in regard to vaccination : In 208 children
that had been vaccinated, 138 died of tubercular
consumption, and 70 of other maladies. In 96
that were not vaccinated, 30 only died of tubercu
lar consumption, and 65 of other diseases. The
circumstances connected with the two classes—the
vaccinated and the unvaccinated were as nearly as
could be the same. Professor Bartlett did not
himself, in consideration of these facts, venture an
opinion as to the propriety or non-propriety of
vaccination, but would simply be understood as
referring to them as matters worthy of serious
consideration.
In closing my remarks on this very important
subject, I would say that I am now as much as
ever opposed to the practice of vaccination. I
may be mistaken in my opinions, and may act
more from belief than reason ; still, I do not wish
to conceal my prejudice against the practice. I
admit that vaccination is capable, when properly
performed, of generally preventing the small pox ;
and that in those casess where the disease does ap
pear after vaecinnatiou, it is rendered generally
much milder and safer by it But that the system
is rendered more liable to other diseases, and es
pecially to that most destructive of all human
maladies, pulmonary consumption, by vaccina
tion, there is abundant reason for believing. At
any rate I am not willing that any child of my
own should be submitted to the process.
For the instruction of those who have confidence
in the opinions of that great and good man, Vin
cent Pkessnitz, I would remark that I conversed
with him at different times on this subject, and
that he is most decided in his opposition to vaccin-
notion. Having been badly marked by small-pox
before he had commenced the practice of Water
Cure, as may be supposed he has given a good share
of attention to the subject. He has very often
had occasion to treat the disease ; and after all the
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vast amount of experience he has had in the heal
ing art he is in no one thing more strenuous than in
his objection to vaccination. He holds that it is
wrong in any way to poison the system, and that
cow-pox renders it so much more liable to take
other diseases, that it is far better to avoid vaccina
tion altogether.
I close my remarks by saying, that I regard this
whole matter of great moment and responsibility-
I choose my own way and wish others to be as
free in choosing their's. If I should ever change
my opinion in regard to vaccination, I will must
gladly promulgate it to the world.
Water Cure Institution,
Corner Twelfth street and University P lace.
A I/ETTER
FROM J. C. JACKSON, M. D.
T. W. BnoWN, Kditor Cayuga Chief, Auburn, N. V.
Joskph C. Hatuawat, Farrnington, ':
Benjamin P. Joy, Ijiidlowville, "
P. B. Prindlk, Esq., Norwich, " whilst, at the same time, I am in the habit of pre am certain, from the nature offortheacute
Gentlemen:—You, with mauy other gentlemen
and ladies from this and other States, and the
Canados, have been guests of mine, and have taken
Hydropathic treatment at Glen Haven the past
summer. At various times the request has been
made by yourselves or others that 1 would address
the public by letters or lectures, with especial re
ference to the mode of Hydropathic treatment
and the obstacles that lie across its path. Now,
gentlemen, in addressing you this letter, my ob
ject is two-fold. It is to show, as far as the use of
your names will doit, that the Hydropathic treat
ment of disease numbers among its friends men of
high character for intelligence and philanthropy ;
and also to place before the readers of the Water-
Cure Journal some considerations, bearing on the
treatment of disease, worthy of regard.
There is nothing in human conduct more lacking
in nobleness than the practice of judging of men's
opinions in the light which enemies of such opin
ions proffer. Yet this is what the advocates of
the Water-Treatment for disease are daily subjected
to. The friends of the different medical schools,
whether Allopathic, Homoeopathic, Eclectic, or
otherwise named, fall more or less into the error
of taking for truth what the leaders of these
several schools affirm tooethe truth. Instead of
looking at the matter themselves, they judge of us
by hearsay, and accept of secondary testimony
when our own is quite as easily obtainable and far
more conclusive. It may be asked, is this not
equally true of Water-Cure believers i I answer,
no ; and for these reasons :
1st. The believers in the superior applicability
of water in the treatment of disease over other
medical schools, have, as a general fact, tried the
other Bystcms, challenging the public confidence
before they came to have faith in water. Their
trial of Hydropathy, in most instances, has been a
matter of decided desperateness, generally ending
in complete confidence. The old medical ap
pliances had failed. Their practical inefficiency
made them flee to Water-Treatment,
2d. nydropathists, as a class, are persons whose
tendencies of character are reformatory, and, from
these tendencies, are disposed to look both sides
of a question boldly in the face. From these two
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considerations, they would be less likely to be i acute character than when disease is chronic It
blurred in vision. It is amusing to witness, at ' is obvious to the common observer why this
times, the crudity of opinions often expressed about ! should be so. The nature of the disease is much
Hydropathic treatment by persons one comes in easier perceived, the amount or force of treatment
contact with on steamboats, packet-boats, or in rail- •is much greater, the time necessary to reach safe
way cars. They speak as though they knew the ' results much shorter, and, as a consequence, the
matter entirely, yet are utterly ignorant of all that [patient can be much more easily kept to a pre
appertains to it. Thoughtlessly, such retail the j scribed course. Acute and chronic liver com
coarsest fiction for simple truth. To be just to i plaints are very dilferent diseases to manage.
those with whom we differ, is a lesson hard to Acute and chronic dyspepsy do not range in the
learn. To be patient under injustice, is yet harder same category as curable diseases. The former
to learn. Our highest hope of securing the public assume marked regularity; the latter ^re varia
confidence is in curing the sick who commit them ble in their manifestations. Acute diseases are
selves to our care ; and it is but just to ourselves, much less subject to external influences. They
who are physicians, and just to tho characters of are sufficiently severe to bring the body into that
those who sustain us, that the obstacles in our way state where, for the time, sonic of the laws
should be pointed out. which govern it are in operative. Chronic diseases
are less imperious in their demands. A south
HOME TREATMENT. wind will add greatly to the sufferings of an old
dyspeptic.
It may occasion surprise that I place this among nothing of changesA man with acute dyspepsy knows
our obstacles to success. Nevertheless, 1 do; question of weather. Setting aside the
of Home Treatment disease. I
ease, and the
scribing very extensively for those who do not : man}7 unsuccessful attempts to treat chronic disease
visit and cannot visit Water establishments. By by home applications, that the Water-Cure phi
so doing I am ohle to do some good ; giving them
some instructions, so that they may avoid extremes. losophy suffers in the public esteem from these
The tendency among the uninitiated is to use attempts. Till a far greater degree of intelligence
exists, good physicians will be needed in cases of
water luo cold, and to apply it loo severely. In acute
diseases of chronic form, injury not easily over alwaysdisease, needed
and Water-Cure institutions will be
in cases of disease of longstanding.
come is often done. A large share of cases apply- ■
ing to me are of long standing; have been treated
by various medical men ; have failed in search of
health, and apply to me as a hist retort. They An additional obstacle to the making Water-
need the most judicious treatment and the kindest Cure treatment of value in tint eyes of spectators,
care. They demand, for success, the appliances of is the failure consequent on the use of poor water.
an Establishment. In many cases, at home they Hard water, such as is found in extensive portions
can have neither of them. Yet, as they cannot of the country, is unfit for Hydropathic purposes.
find time or means, arid, in some cases, the physical All who use it habitually, know its want of power
strength to go to a Water-Cure, I have felt im to cleanse the skin of foreign matter that mny ad
pelled to do for them what I could where they here to it, without the use of strong soaps, unless
were. I do not wish, by so doing, to be understood friction is used to that degree that irritation of
as favoring the idea that chronic disease of the hu the skin ensues. All know that under constant
man organism is a thing lightly to be meddled with, use it will fret the skin till cracking and chapping
or to which it is safe for persons inexperienced to take place ; and in cases where under its use cu
undertake to apply the Water Treatment. Most all taneous crisis comes, such crisis shows the skin in
who apply to me for advice have attempted self- a scaly, ragged, salt-rheumish appearance. If
application, and in most instances, have inflicted this is the state to which the frequent use of hard
decided injury on themselves. They have imagined water reduces the external skin, which by its lia
that the Water Treatment, unlike other curative bility to exposure is adapted to resist injuries,
agencies, needed not intelligent appliance. They what shall be slid of the internal skin, the deli
have supposed that to hear that Water Treatment cate membrane lining the internal surface of all
could and did cure disease was all that was needed the cavities in the body f
to make them experts in the mode. It has been only In many eases it acts as a great irritant, the par-
under a conviction of their mistake that such as ticleB of mineral substance which it may contain
have written to me, as a general fact, have been cutting the membrane like sand, the membrane
led to write. The Hydropathic school of medi of the eye-lid ; in others, being deposited in the
cine needs no less "thorough bred" men for its form of calculi, to the distress, and oftentimes
practitioners than other schools need. Water, danger, of the persons using it. Many suffer «n-
foolishly applied, kills as quickly and easily as, told suffering—some die from its use. Does any
appropriately applied, it cures. It does not follow ask "what shall be done? and does not the fact
that to use it successfully one must have spent that so large an area of earth is supplied with hard
time to as poor purpose as most medical Btudents water prove conclusively that Providence never
have spent it ; or that a diploma is neccessary. All : intended Water-Curc as the natural mode of cur
that is needed is knowledge of the oi'ganism and ing disease, if hard water is as unfit ns you say
its functions, the diseases to which it is subject, ; it is ?"
with appropriate appliances for treatment, and ap- ! I answer, " no more than the same fact indicates
propriate circumstances for the patient. that people should never wash their clothing."
The probabilities arc much greater, I admit, ! Those who can manage to get water to wash with,
that Home Treatment will succeed in cases of can manage to get, with little additional trouble,
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■water which is fit to drink. Rain water can be
easily filtered, if those who drink water choose to
take the trouble. But whilst tea and coffee are
the common beverages, little pains will be taken
in the matter of having pure water.
Another obstacle in the way of success ib the
very crude notion that most people have of the
time necessary to take treatment in order to re
cover health. They forget, if they know, that
Nature cannot be expected to heal breaches as
readily as her children can make them. That only
an instant is needed to break a bone, but that
weeks are required to repair the injury. That one
may, in half o day, color the skin of the whitest
arm so brown under exposure to the sun's rays,
as to take weeks to whiten it again. They forget
that Nature takes taints suddenly, but struggles
long to expel them ; that one can iuhale miasma in
a moment that will cost weeks of skill and effort
to eradicate. Now, such persons expect to be
years living down all healthful enactments which
Uod has thrown around their physical systems as
grand safeguards; yet, having prostrated their
powers, and tasked the skill of the drug doctors
to the utmost, and in vain, they come to us and
ask us to cure them in a few weeks. As a humble
member of the Water-Cure brotherhood, I possess
no such magical power, and I therefore set up no
s.ueh claim. I am the child, the pupil of Nature.
What she cannot do, /cannot do : I am not above
her. She is God's vicegerent; and where she is
powerless 1 have no strength. It may be conve
nient to play the Quack, but I have no wish to do
it The skill I possess, t/I possess it, lies in seiz
ing the indications which Nature gives, and com
bining them, so as to learn her deliberate voice,
and then follow her. One person I may be able
to restore in half the time that I can another, and
the reason is, that in one case the natural forces
are less prostrated than in the other. To lessen
the expectations of those who apply to him for
help is not a pleasant task for a phyeician ; but it
is less unpleasant than to hold out false hopes.
Those who wish me to doctor them must pardon
mo for telling them the truth.
Now, as far as my experience has gone, it has
shown me the utter ignorance, on this point, of
most of those who come to Glen Haven. They
come without intelligent action. Is it wonderful
that they should go away unsatisfied ? You,
gentlemen, can bear me witness that in the direc
tion alluded to I probably have had as little cause
to complain as any Hydropathic physician in the
Union, and yet yourselves have Been the truth of
what I state above. On this point people need
to be taught that, after having paid smull fortunes
to drug doctors to make them sick, we, Hydro-
pathists, are not powerful to cast out their disease
by a few baths. I know a very great temptation
puts itself in the way of a physician to keep back
bis true judgment—to encourage his new comer
with brilliant hopes of speedy success ; but thor
ough manlincssought to guide him safely by all such
assaults, and sustain him in telling his patient the
truth.
But this is not all of difficulty having reference
to time. The period which a guest in a cure in
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tends to Btay is often one of discontented, instead
of quiet and sedate conduct. This grows, not out
of faultiness on the part of the conductors of the
institution, but out of the habit which persons
long sick acquire of being dissatisfied with any
arrangements which involve precision and stabi
lity, and also from the excitability or irritability
which the treatment awakens in their systems. It
is of little use to undertake the Watcr-Cure pro
cesses unless there can accompany them such
condition of the nervous forces as the state of the
case demands ; for all we do in the way of giving
our guests health, we are dependent on the nervous
system. That shattered, it is useless to think of
having proper digestion, circulation, nutrition, or
secretion.
If, from any cause, undue excitement takes
place, and the brain expends its power in a direc
tion not indicated by the disease, the patient is in
the ratio of such expenditure injured ; or, if not
injured, debilitated, and the period of health de
ferred. I have had two or three instances of this
kind, which an allusion to will illustrate.
I had for a patient a lady ; she had liver-com
plaint, dyspepsy and slight prolapsus. She had
tried the doctors ; had tried also the Water-Cure,
and came to me despairingly. I consented to take
her, but told her plainly she would need six months
of rigid, steady treatment. I explained to her
that she had not better commence unlessshe could
settle the question that she could stay. In about
two months I saw symptoms of crisis, and en
treated her to keep quiet in mind, as it was of
great importance that all her nervous energy
should be at command at a moment's notice. She
got a letter from her husband ; it stated some un
toward occurrence of little consequence, and it
disturbed her. She grew anxious, excited, alarmed,
and in t wo days all symptoms of critical action
had vanished, and she was where she will not get
out of it soon. I sent for her husband and he
came and took her away.
I had a gentleman who, after seven weeks' treat
ment, began to have boils. Not less than six were
under rapid progress to a suppurating point, and
incipient ones to the number of thirty. His was
a desperate case. I had expended a great deal of
thought and labor on it ; was succeeding in it ad
mirably ; he received a letter that he had lost a
horse; he worried about it, laid awake night?,
made it the subject of talk, and in twenty-^ ur
hours his boils began to exhibit symptoms of indo
lence, and at last all died—mere abortions. The
man went home to see his dead horse, and is him
self dead now. No insuperable obstacle stood in
his way of recovering full health.
I could adduce many instances of similar char
acter, but those quoted will Bhow what I wish to
show—that persons visiting a Water-Cure institu
tion need to understand two things".
1st. That, as far as in them lies, they should
make all their arrangements so as to have no un-
pleasantries to reach them while under treatment.
2d. That if these do come and cannot be con
trolled, it is of little use, whilst they exist, to take
treatment expecting to receive benefit. One can
not have all his vital force going in opposite di
rections at the same time. If I am trying to dis
lodge morbid material from the lungs, liver,
stomach, kidneys or intestines, my skill lies in
having the nervous force to use, and knowing how
to use it But if my patient, as fast as his brain
can generate it, will expend it in real or fancied
griefs ; if business, or love, or religion, or litera
ture, absorbs it, I i.m not to blame if my patient
makes no progress. I am no God to perform mira
cles. I have no creative power as a doctor. The
capital that my guest furnishes me at the entrance
into my CURE is all that I can, under the most
favorable circumstances, command for his benefit
When part of this is foolishly spent by himself, I
am doubly absolved from the responsibility of
curing him. I have frequently known patients to
imagine they were notdoing well, and worry about
it till such nervous excitability wu created as to
render it impossible for them to do well. Of
course they would put the blame, like a foundling
child, at the door of the doctor.
Let me say, gentlemen, at this point, that I am
not cognizant of any mode of administering the
Water-Treatment which will insure recovery from
chronic disease without throwing the organism of
the patient into great excitement The degree of
excitement will vary, of course, in different cases.
This the patient does not understand, or, under
standing it, holds it as an abstraction, which has
no force over him as soon as it becomes a reality.
The moment the processes take hold of him and
work their legitimate effect, that moment he con
siders himself worse, and thinks the doctor does
not understand his case. Yet, so uniform
is this effect, under judicious treatment, that it is
one of the clearest signs of success to the physi
cian. Just at this point in the management of their
cases, I venture the assertion, that a majority of
the Watcr-Cure physicians find it necessary to hold
a steady and strong moral influence at play on
their patients, or they would quit their institu
tions. In some instances, patients quit cubes to
avoid crises. I have had one sueh case. The pa
tient was a gentleman—a man of courage and
great resource. He sought my skill at the advice
and recommendation of one of the most distin
guished eclectic physicians in the United States.
His disease had baffled the skill of the most cele
brated Allopathists of New York and Philadelphia.
I took the case under treatment cautiously. I felt
a sort of intuition that I could cure him. I was
glad to take the case. Hard I knew it was; yet,
after a long and labored examination, I gave my
consent, with good heart, to try. He stayed con
tentedly till I brought incipient critical action
upon him ; and then, avowing that he felt that he
should be very sick if he continued the treatment,
he left. Now, I allude to these cases to show that
the want of courage, or the want of contentment,
deprives the patient of the very object sought ;
and that the on-looker, instead of blaming the
doctor, should plant the blame in soil appropriate
to its growth. That physicians misjudge caseB, no
sane man will attempt to deny. But I make fear
lessly the assertion, that in cases of failure under
Hydropathic treatment, the blame oftener is justly
chargeable to the patient than to his physician.
habits. .
O
Formidable are the influences antagonistic to fj
health found oft-times in the habits of those
seeking relief at a Water-Cure. Let me enumerate
a few of them :
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First iu the list is the use of tobacco. Thia is a
very great evil In some cases I cannot cure dis
ease unless it is abandoned. I make it a rule
where one puts himself under my care to be cured,
to insist on its abandonment. But at times so
great is the control that the narcotic has gained
over the nervous system, that immediate total ab
stinence induces complete prostration, and the pa
tient takes to his bed. In some cases, therefore, I
find the gradual deprivation to be the best course
to pursue. It is a terrible habit, and sends an
nually more victims to untimely graves than al
cohol.
2d. Tea and Coffee. These are innocent bev
erages in the esteem of most people. Most people
in the matter know but little ; and most people
think that it is an easy matter to give up their
use after years of uninterrupted gratification.
Trial tests their courage, and, in man)' instances,
proves them to be slaves. It is not uncommon to
have persons come to the Glen who make the
stoutest affirmations of their ability to give up tea
and coffee, yet go to bed with the sick headache
within three days after ceasing to drink them.
3d. Food. The American people are a glutton
ous people. Their habits are blame-worthy. They
eat rapidly, and too much, and in too great variety
for health. They think more, talk more, and
dream oftener of what they shall eat, than of any
other human want, Eating is living, and nothing
eUe is. They abuse the stomach worse by far than
any other organ of the body; and when at last,
like an overloaded and tired camel, it gives out,
unable to suffer its abuse longer, they complain.
To eat slowly, masticating the food well ; to eat
less than the stomach can possibly digest ; to eat
at distant intervals, giving the stomach time to
recover from the exhaustion consequent on diges
tion ; to eat plainly cooked food, are suggestions
which one might as well make to a Hottentot as
to most Americans. They " know that eating
does n't hurt 'em." It is almost impossible for a
medical man to prescribe an appropriate diet for
his patients, and keep them to it, and have them
stay in his cure. So attached are they to their
dietetic gratifications, that one cannot raise a
greater bug-bear with which to frighten one who
thinks of trying a Hydropathic course, than to tell
him that ue will be starved to death. As the
Duke of Clarence preferred death in a butt of
Malmsey, so your eater would prefer to depart this
life at a well-filled table.
Succinctly as I know how, I have endeavored,
gentlemen, to state some of the difficulties in the
path of Water-Cure physicians. There are others,
perhaps as hard as these I hove mentioned, which
belong to the profession to remove ; and which
must be removed before the public confidence in
drugs will give way to a better mode of curing
the sick. Water-Cure physicians need to be high-
minded men, free from cant and low cunning,
manly in bearing, and ready to communicate.
They need to be baptized into the spirit of the
Redeemer; to catch his lofty philanthropy and his
devout love of man. Their mission is noble, their
work a great work. May they be found equal
to it. I am, very respectfuly, Your obedient ser
vant, JAS. C. JACKSON, M. D.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
GOOD COUNSEL. ness and courtesy, expressed in their actions and
[We commend the following very sensible lel- communications, endeavor to secure to their cause
a moral power that contempt and slander will
! ter to the attention of our readers, writer.", and
tile public. It is in every respect, such a letter as we assuredly find beyond their reach.
For the sentiments contained in many of their
like to rend, and we sincerely believe it will
please others.] communications (read by your thirty thousand
subscribers) touching the selfishness, moral honesty,
Gentlemen.—Permit a member of the "die- of the medical profession at large, I have no sym
stuff fraternity'' (us you call it,) to manifest an in pathy ; and protest against the use of such unholy
terest in the circulation of the W. C. Journal by means for building a cause, that Hyd ropathists call
presenting to your consideration a club of 20 sub divine. Reformers must take public sentiment as
scribers, with the requisite X, as an agreeable ac they find it, and slowly bend men and things to
companiment. their views, when they cannot be brought there
During a practice of several years my profession at one bold stroke. A genteel " raking down"
al duties have been greatly interfered with through oftentimes corrects the faults of an individual ; it
the influence of a prejudice against the use of may bring a blush upon the cheek, but when that
water, as a remedial agent. To subvert that great has passed away, the impulse of truth rather than
evil in this portion of the earth, and by way of the confidence of ignorance, inspires the man.
exercising a spirit of sympathy, that I have ever Then let sarcasm and wit, combined with stubborn
cherished in behalf i>f every object calculated facts, take the place of stern, humiliating charges
to enhance the moral, mental, and physical of human depravity, to tumble down the temple
conditions of the human race, I devoted a few of the "omnipotent regulars" (I use the Hydro
hours to the agreeable employment of solicit pathic vocabulary), that truth may prevail. If it
ing subscribers to your journal. The result is would not be asking too great a favor, I desire
before you. Only a few hour* were thus dis you to republish "Directions in Water-Cure," and
posed of,—the thing took surprisingly; so much "Water-Cure Processes," found in vol. xi., no. 3.
so, that 1 could not resist the conclusion that the p. 71. My club are very anxious to possess them;
people, "the dear people," were seriously thinking these, or similar directions, should be found in
' of a itash all over hi cold water. Your valuable each volume of the Water-Cure Journal.* You
journal cannot fail to prepare the way for as free have other friends here who are procuring sub
a use of the "great restorer" as Hydropathists and scribers. You'll hear from these soon.
Hydro-druggists may desire to institute in their R. M. HILLS.
efforts to eradicate disease ; which fact is a promi Middletown, Butler Co. Ohio.
nent reason for my anxiety relative to its univer
sal circulation. Mt shall be published in the forthcoming Journal lor 1893.
—[KolTOKS.
I might relateahighly interesting ease, in which
the writer was a prominent actor, during his stu
dent days (as we say), the result of which made him
up an inrlinching Hydro-druggist instead of a dry
Woman's Walk —We clip the following from the
dock doctor ; and during a practice of many years Oasis, published in Nashua, N. H., and although a
it has been his great aim to introduce a system of part of it has once appeared in the IVatcr-Vure Journal,
medical treatment in which water has held a con wo"think it will do to repeat :—
Goon.—We like a hearty, truthful expression of
spicuous part. It is self-evident that the functions opinion, if it does bear rigorously upon popular usage.
of the skin have been grossly neglected by a ma system We have repeatedly given our opinion of the hot bed
of education. Jt bus already sent au army of
jority of medical men throughout the world ; and promising children to early graves, given a host of
feeble young
that we are rapidly returning to the influence of a thousands of bright mothers to curse posterity, and destined
intellects to a hopeless mediocrity.
sound philosophy in relation to them, a change The following is extracted from the IVater-Citre Jour
mainly effected by the ardent friends of Hydrop tiest thing for bindingcut
nal, which we might oftener were it not the pret
in all the States: —
athy, who advocate the exclusion of all remedial ** * And then t he walk of American women is greatly
agents, save water, in their system of theory and deficient in gracefulness. It is half-way between a
practice. Whether the views of radical Hydropa wriggle and a waddle. There is no poetry of motion
in it. Jt is complete only in one thing—its unmiti
thists will eventually become the prominent views gated Yankeeism. It has one feature—directness.
of the medical world, is a question for the future The entire posture indicates a determination to reach
a point as quickly as possible. The head leans for
' to settle, its uncertainty need not deter the friends ward, the arms wrapped up in a shawl—for somo sort
j of a shawl a woman will wear, even in August. The
of reform from contributing to those influences cal- limbs
stiff as stakes at the hips—the ankles rigid as if
! culated to develop the merits and demerits connect anchylosis had taken place—the feet placed in parallel
ed with it. • lines to each other. 1ST The knees do all the work.
Set her agoing, and she wriggles about the hips and
The American people will investigate the claims waddles about the knees like a crane wading a drawn-
of Hydropathy, and assign it a proper position in off mill-pond. But what of all this ! If Jemima
the class of earthly blessings. When justice is Gaudiosa-Arethnsa can only write and cipher to the
rule of three, can parse—" I am a sinner saved by
done, the heavens will not probably fall, nor the grace "—can read without bunyling, thrum a piano,
work worsted cats and dogs, she is on the high road to
writer be one whit the poorer, in any respect, on fame.
No scholar beau her—and the ambitious
i account of that event ; and that justice may be parents are satisfied. Pshaw ! I would infinitely pre
done, he will continue to ".think, write, talk, and fer a daughter of mine under twelve years of ago—if
she could know but one—should know how to climb a
| act," that upon the tablet of time there may soon peeled bass-wood, wrestle like an expert, and play ball
; be stamped—for the relief of human woes by like a gamester—than to "quip and quilp " over ()
'■ water cure "the work isdone." Until that happy mathematics, or the art of speaking and writing the ( }
Knglish latijjuago correctly. Tho grammar such a ,HC
: era shall arrive, Hydropathists must consider girl wants is Nature's. The Iunguage she needs to
j "half a loaf better than no bread," and by kind learn is Nature's.' "
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that she ate whatever came to hand, is an evidence ( " Many persons cannot digest apples eaten after
of the foolishness of a one system. The Tartars ; meals or at night, but we nave never found an
who live on raw meat, mostly on horse flesh, instance of ripe fruits eaten early in the morning
Olr New Prospkctus for 1S52.—With this numbar we drink milk and blood, and laugh at Europeans for i proving indigestible.
present our friends and reader* with our FROSTEdTa for a i eating bread, which they call tops of weeds and "An old Spanish proverb says, that 'fruit is
new volume of the Water-Cure Journal, with a view of i horse meat, not fit for men, (so says Burton in his j gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at
facilitating the good work of obtaining new subscribers. We i Anatomy of Melancholy,) live to 100 years and j night,' and we fully believe the simile to be just.
hope each prospectus will be returned to us, laden with the upwards. Other nations live altogether on vege- ' " In Cuba and the other West India islands,
names of many old and new subscribers. tables, and attain an old age. Hippocrates tells us j fruits are eaten with impunity at or before break
what he thinks of it, in 1 A ph. 5, 'They more ! fast, but seldom, if ever, at any other time of the
Present Scbpctubkrs are our main reliance. Those who offend in too sparing diet, and arc worse damni- ; day. Let those who doubt this theory try the
know the utility of the Journal will work for it, and recom ficd, than they that feed liberally, and arc ready | experiment, and they will be convinced of its
mend it to their friends and neighbors, that they too may to surfeit.' The whole amount of it is, that every | truth. Nothing can be more delightful than to
participate in its familiar teachings. constitution requires a different diet, and one that ! cat strawberries and other ripe fruits, fresh from
must be adapted to the system—flesh for one, ! the vines or trees, before sunrise ; at that time
It will br our aim, to adapt the Journal to the wants of vegetables for another, and a mixed diet for a i their aroma is doubly great, the palate is keenly
"Tim People" everywhere It is not, as some have sup third ; all of which is only to be ascertained by sensitive of their more delicate flavors, and the
posed, designed for medical men only, but for all msn and experience. Tiberius the Koman Emperor laughed digestive organs, which are more active during
at men thirty years of age, that asked advice of the night, have prepared themselves for their
others concerning diet. We might all laugh. At office. If, however, fruita be eaten after other
The Jantary Numdib of the Water Citric Journal will any rate there would be cause enough." condiments, they remain in the stomach and
be sent to all present subscriber*, which they will please bowels too long before undergoing the necessary
So, then, Mr. Farmer, the " whole amount of it" changes, and heucc indigestion ensues."
circulate among the people—as a sample of what we intend is settled. We fear, indeed we know, that you have
to furnish during the year 1852. If any of the readers of the above paper should
never investigated the premises from which either take it as their " guide to health," they would be
All Lkttkrs, and other communications, relating in any one of your inferences is drawn. Sylvester Graham misled in nearly a dozen particulars in this one
way to this Journal, should, in all cases, be post paid, and di did not die at 50 as the result of the "Graham
rected to the publishers as follows : article. 1st "Animal food and uncooked apples
system." He died in his 58th year as the result before breakfast." Any meal or lunch before break
FOWLERS AND WELLS, of an original feeble constitution, severe indisposi
No. 131 Nassau St., New York. fast is certainly wrong. 2d. " Cooked apples when
tion in early life, excessive labor during the middle you please." They should only be eaten at meal
period of life, and many deviations from the sys times. Sd. The Spanish proverb is true only as
DECEMBER NOTES. tem he so ably advocated in all periods of life. It relates to artificial habits. Consistent vegetarians
is painful, sickening, disgusting, and discreditable can cat fruit with equal comfort and healthfulness
BY R. T. TRALL, M. D. to human nature, to read the many vulgar and
Longevity.—There are so many floating fallacies at either meal. 4th. A mistake as to Cuba in
libellous attacks which have been made upon the point of fact 5th. Those who live in the ordi
ini the world, taught by mis-educated medical men, ashes of Mr. Graham, since his body was laid in the
and echoed and reiterated all over the land by leas nary way, live badly ; and the effect of their expe
grave. One newspaper, in announcing his deathi rience proves nothing only as to their own feelings.
learned yet more credulous laymen, that it is im gave his departed spirit as thorough a blackguard 6th. Eating strawberries before breakfast is wrong
possible to note and expose, or even name one ing as its editor could have done his visible pre_ again. The fruit would probably keep until it
half of them. It is sadly to be regretted that our sence, had he met him face to face in the street could be carried into the house and eaten with
agricultural periodicals, which teach so skill And why all this? Simply because Sylvester the regular breakfast 7th. "The digestive or
fully the ways of fattening beef and pork, and Graham believed, and in part practiced, as thou gans are more active during the night." A very
improving the breed of horses, were not more in sands of others hove, from the days of Adam to cgregrious oversight; the digestive organs arc
telligent in relation to the subject of feeding the the year 1851, that man was naturally a frugivor- more active in the morning because they hove
human animal for health's cake, and improving ous or fruit eating animal. rested over night 8th. Fruits do not occasion in
not only the running speed, but the feeling and But our Belmont Farmer informs us that no two digestion because they remain too long in the
thinking qualities of the genus homo. The October men have constitutions alike, and each requires ■ stomach ; but because they are eaten at improper
number of the "Belmont (O.) Farmer," gives us something peculiar in the way of diet So far as ! times, or of improper quantities or qualities. 9th.
the following leader: — man's artificial habits are concerned, this may be "If fruits bo eaten after other condiments." Fruita
" We hear a great deal said about longevity, true ; but nature says no such thing. How is it are not condiments in any sense ; they are food, Ac
produced by the use of water both internally and that all oxen, cows, horses, sheep, <fec, cat and
externally, and also by the use of vegetables as a do well on the same food ? Why does not one Dr. Mott, Jr., on the Pathies.—Most unques
diet. One might surmise, from the Hydropathic horse or one sheep have a different constitution, and tionably that medical professor of allopathy, who
and Vegetarian tales constantly told, that man is
not mortal ; and were it not that common sense require different food from another? As to the should deliver himself of an inaugural or intro
and experience occasionally lift the veil and reveal Tartars, who eat all sorts of animal carcases, and ductory, in any of our regular and legally regu
to us the fallacy, we should have to believe it drink blood with their milk, we are very sure if the lated medical schools, without giving all the other
from the strength of the testimony. Who has not Farmer were conversant with the history of those 'pathies a regular doctoring " with intent to kill,"
heard of the celebrated 'Graham system,' that would be in danger of having his chair slip from
guaranteed an immortality far beyond the term of hideously depraved and sensual creatures, and fa
threescore and ten ? What has been the result ? miliar with the Bible doctrine on the subject of under him. We have looked over several of these
' Died at Northampton, on Wednesday night, Dr. eating or drinking blood, he would be ashamed addresses for the present doctor-making season,
Sylvester Graham, aged about 50 years.' of this part of his argument ot least. As to the and find we " catch it," in every instance. The
" Unfortunate as the world renowned thcosophist, experience, it is not worth a rye-straw. A man's last effort of this kind we have noticed, is that of
Paracelsus, who died at the age of 48, with a phial
in his pocket as some say, of the elixir-vita; that experience tells him what he likes best, and this Valentine Mott, Jr.—son of the celebrated sur
he had invented, and that was to make a man live is always what his appetites have been most accus geon, Valentine Mott, of thiB city—which occurred
to the age of 160 years certain, and perhaps to the tomed to; not what is best for him. at the Commencement of the Medical Department
end of the world. There can be no doubt that of the Washington University. Young Dr. Mott
Dr. Graham wrote sensibly on the Science of Life, Apples foe Human Food.—The " Working has received the appointment of Professor of Sur
and laid down rules very well adapted to some Farmer " gives us the following commentary on
constitutions. His error consisted in making a gery, and in his opening, after " cutting a flourish"
one standard of diet for the whole human race, the general subject of fruit-eating :— over the modern facilities for cutting and slashing
when Nature was perpetually telling him that every " While we freely acknowledge that all flesh is scientifically, points his scalpel towards us, and
man varied in organization, and, of a consequence, grass, still we cannot adopt the entire doctrine undertakes to dissect subjects which do not belong
to keep up that organization various kinds of food put forth in the Water-Cure Journal. Give us a
most be used. Black Rachel, who died in this fair proportion of animal food and uncooked ap to his class. It is not only chirurgical but witty :
town a few years ago, at the age of 112, and who ples before breakfast, with cooked apples when " Since the discovery of the anrethesic properties
told us that she was never particular in her diet— you please, and we are content. of that great blessing to humanity, chloroform, and
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ether, operations have become more numerous;
not that the necessity is more frequent, but the
knowledge of this agent has had a tendency to
cause the patient to give n willing and often in
cautious consent, to perhaps an unjustifiable ope
ration. If, then, it is your determination to be
come surgeons, ground yourselves in this most
important branch ; and as the means are abundant,
benefit by them, and you will reap a harvest of
success. Be not carried away by any of the idle
palhies of the day, whether it be hydropathy, or
homoeopathy, for a man who would consent to
trifle with human life, when menaced by disease,
with sugar plu'ns or cold water, is no better than
the man who did not throw you into the water,
but who, by his pretence of succor, allows you to
be drowned."
It is not to be supposed a priori, that this same
Dr. Mott would use chloroform to make a patient
give a "willing and incautious consent" to perhaps
an unjustifiable operation. But wo recollect an
anecdote. A case was reported for, and published
in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, in
which a patient consulted A'alentiue Mott, Jr ,
M. D., for a periodical headache. The patient was
cured by a surgical operation ! He was put under
the influence of chloroform, and the Professor then
cut open his neck and tied the carotid artery / !
Think of such a magnificent cure for so insignifi
cant an ailment, and wonder no longer that the
Professor is "down on hydropathy;" for this
would have cured his patient with a "pack" or
two, and so spoiled the opportunity for a grand
scientific achievement !
STONE AND GRAVEL.
BY T. I. NICHOLS, M. D.
Calculous diseases arc among the most frequent,
distressing and incurable of all chronic ailments.
The term calculus is applied to any solid or unor
ganized concretions found in the human body, and
such concretions have been found in nearly all its
mucous cavities and passages ; in the tearducts,
the mouth (tartar^tonsils, salivary ducts, stomach,
intestines, biliary passages, bronchi, urinary canals,
bladder, <tc. Earthy concretions have also been
found in the brain, and commonly surround bul
lets or foreign bodies imbedded in the system.
We shall direct our attention specially to tho
urinary calculi, as found in the kidneys and blad
der. These are found by chemical analysis, to
contain uric acid, urate of ammonia, urate of
soda, phosphate of lime, ammonia, phosphate of
magnesia, carbonate of lime, silica, cj-stic acid,
xnnthic acid, coloring matter of urine, purpurato
of ammonia, fibrin, mucus, urea, more or less of
these are found mixed together. I give this long,
and to many readers, incomprehensible list, for a
reason which will soon become apparent.
The urine is a liquid secreted from the blood by
the kidneys. It consists of the surplus water of
the blood, holding in solution effete, or waste, or
foreign matters, from which it is needful that the
blood should be purified. The quantity of water
varies according to the amount drank or taken
with food, and the activity of the function of per
spiration. In warm weather, when we perspire
much, the quantity of the urine is diminished ; in
cold weather, when the skin is constringeJ, the
urine is increased ; but the difference is mainly in
the proportion of water, and not in the matters
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it holds in solution. These matters are urea, uric
acid, lactic acid, the sulphates and phosphates of
potash, soda, ammonia, and many others, regular
and occasional.
Where do these substances come from? From
two sources ; the food we eat, and the destruction
of animal tissues, which takes place in every act
of our lives. If we move, there is a destruction
of muscular substance, and a formation of urea,
ammonia, <fcc If we think, there is a destruction
of brain. This waste is repaired by nutrition, and
the waste matter must bo carried out of the sys
tem by various exeretories.
When certain substances in the urine are in ex
cess, or when they come in contact with other
substances having for them particular affinities,
they are liable to be precipitated in a solid form,
making gravel; or, if united in larger masses,
stone. Win n there is any substance to form the
nucleus of accretion, as a clot of blood, membrane,
any solid substance in the bladder, the formation
of stone is favored and expedited ; but it is plain
that an atom of gravel may be itself the nucleus
of such a formation.
The most common form of calculus is that de
nominated the uric or lit'iic acid calculus, consist
ing of urea, combined with some free acid, with the
usual addition of ammonia. The urate of ammo
nia requires a certain amount of water to dissolve
it ; whenever it is in excess, it must be thrown
down as a sediment. Excess of muriatic acid or
acetic acid in the stomach, may be a cause of cal
culi. These calculi are probably first found in the
kidney ; when they have attained a certain size,
they pass down the ureters, often producing great
pain, and are then voided by the urethra or retained
in the bladder and gradually enlarged. Some of
these nre more than one inch and a half in diame
ter, and they usually occur in children.
Next in frequency is the oxalate of lime calcu
lus. It is called the mulberry calculus, from its
rough shape, and dark brown color. There is one
of these in the University of Glasgow, two inches
in diameter.
Next to these are the phosphate of lime calculi.
They are made of the suuic substance as the earthy
portion of kthe bones, and sometimes grow to an
enormous size, nearly filling the bladder.
Tk» „„,,„„„:„ phosphate
„i „„„i,..t« ofr magnesia calculi
, v <
Ihe ammonia
are also not unfrequent.
There are few persons, whose urine does not at
some times deposito a gravelly sediment, which
maybe precipitated cither in the pelvis of the
kidneys, in the bladder, or in the vessel, in which
the urine is kept, after its excretion. Calculi of
a large size sometimes form in the kidney ; but
more frequently in the bladder. Women are
less subject to the latter than men, one reason for
which is supposed to be the shortness and disa
bility of the female urethra favoring tho ex
cretion of gravel.
The passage of a large gravel through the ureters
is often accompanied with nausea, vomiting, ago
nizing pains shooting down from the loin to the
thigh : in men these may be retraction and inflam
mation of the testicle. The pulse is not affected,
until a continuance of the irritation and pain pro
duce inflammation and exhaustion. When the
gravel is stopped in the ureter, that tube dilates
with the pressure of urine, until it may become
nearly as large as the bladder. The suppression
of urine throws the effete matter back into the
blood, and the consequence is delirium, coma,
death.
Once in the bladder, the stone is at first of little
inconvenience ; but as its size and weight increase,
and its roughness, it becomes the occasion of irrita
tion, sharp pain, stoppage of urine, and many dis
tressing symptoms. After jolting or smart exercise,
the urine is mixed with blood, from the injury to
the mucous membrane of the bladder. Mucus
is also poured out to envelop the stone and shield
the containing organ. This may also impede the
flow of urine. The agony of a fit of the stone is
excruciating, and the bladder and all the surround
ing parts are in a state of spasmodic action. It is
related that two men have, in these agonies, cut
stones from their own bladders.
I have no desire to prolong my description of
the nature and effects of these terrible diseases ;
my chief object in this article being to give what
I believe to be their causes, prevention, and cure.
The causes of gravel and stone I believe to be a
flesh diet, dyspepsy and its causes, and hard wa
ter. A flesh diet seems to me, to be unquestiona
bly the worst of these causes. The most frequent
forms of calculi are those which come from an
excess of urea. They occur oftenest in childhood,
before the kidneys have learned to perform the ad
ditional labor of excreting the eaten flesh, in oddi-
tion to the wasted matter of the tissues. Hard
water and salt convey into the system n surplus of
lime, soda, nnd magnesia. The free use of salt
gives also a surplus of both soda and muriatic acid,
which enter into the composition of calculi. A
dyspeptic condition, from whatever cause, produ
ces acids in the stomach, which pass off by tho
urine, and occasion gravelly precipitation. An
unhealthy condition of the skin also throws these
substances upon the kidneys. In a word, whatev
er can cause general disease may cause this partic
ular form of it.
The preventive treatment extends to all these
causes—a pure diet, soft water, and healthy con
ditions. A pure diet is one of farinaceous vege
tables, esculents, and fruits, from which flesh is
entirely, or, at least, in a great measure, excluded.
Pure water mayJ be had wherever ram falls,^ or bv*
distillation ; but fruits and the watery vegetables
supply enough for the use of the system if but
little salt be used. A healthy condition of the
skin, exercise, and a good digestion, will insure
against these diseases.
And in giving the preventive treatment, I have
indicated nearly all that can be done when the
disease exists. A spare, pure diet, healthy condi
tions, and a free use of pure, soft water, woidd
suspend the formation of a calculus, and probably
favor its resolution. The sitz bath, tho compress
over the bladder, and the wet sheet pack, would
alleviate the worst symptoms of irritation, pain,
and inflammation In the extreme agonies of
gravel and stone, I have seen a wet sheet of four
thicknesses, dipped in ice water, wrapped around
the patient, with immediate relief.
Where an operation is decided upon, the best
possible preparation for it is a thorough course of
Hydropathic treatment The nerves are braced
to bear the operation, and the system put in the
best condition for a speedy recovery.
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GOSSIP FROM BOSTON. " Well, well, ma'am, have your own way. I didn't
ftiisnllantj. come here to be insulted ; and as you know so much
BY NOGGS. more than I do, I '11 bid you good morning." And off
Good-bve—Fare-well.—Adieu.—How significant ! Dear Gossips.—I am most hnppy to announco that ho went in a huff.
When tried friends part to meet no more, and those the good cause of Hydropathy is still progressing, like Now it * seems to me,' too, that tho woman had tho
solemn, severing words are heard, wo are seriously " Iser rolling rapidly." Though at present the Ho * rights o't.' The treatment was literally " lending
impressed. The imagination wanders, and (he future moeopaths get a large share of the practice, as they are aid and comfort to the enemy."
presents a changed aspect. Hope, fear, and fortitude, mostly Germans ; and tho Yankees, you know, are This woman's teetotalism led her into this combat
combined with our sympathies and affections, go forth famous for patronizing anything foreign ; and half of with the doctor ; and she remarked to me when speak
with our parting words—" Adieu," " Fare-well," and those who employ the Homoeopaths, think there is not ing of this case, that she didn't think much of curing
" Good bye." The vast extent of our country ; the much difference between Hydro, and Homca., espe a man of dyspepsy by making him a drunkard. The
filling up and crowding out of the old homesteads; cially as the Homces. use more or less—generally less remedy was worse than the disease, infinitely.
the new openings for new homos in distant places, —water; and that their medicines "will do you no
where young and energetic men may plant counties, harm if they do you no good ;" and it so hnppens that Would to God some kind of ism would make the
towns and cities, require them to bid adieu to the it is " quite the thing" to be Homoeopathic. Hundreds women, and men, too, 1 speak out * such nonsense as
" home of their birth," and with an almost faltering in this city swallow daily the dear little pellets, simply this; doctors would soon bo banished. But somehow,
resolution, utter those impressive, long-rcmembered because their fashionable acquaintances do ; and would people are afraid to say Hnything in opposition to the
words, M Good-byo." With whatfeelings must these swallow, for the same reason, a leaden bullet ! * doctors ;' and even feel under obligations to Bwallow
words be spoken by aged parents, who realize the fact Well, thank God for small favors, and take courage ; about so much of their drugs annually, because " the
that " their days aro numbered," and who have no tho people aro coming to their taste, and that's some doctors must live, they are so necessary ! "
expectation of ever again looking upon tho faces of thing. They no longer will swallow tho nauseous I know of one man, who was so dreadful healthy, ho
their much loved children. Then it is that these drugs heretofore forced down their throats, and un couldn't * scare up ' any kind of decent excuse for
words— Good-bye—convey an inexpressible feeling, if hesitatingly avow their belief in tho poisonous nature taking physic for a whole year ! and who used always
not overwhelming anguish. Then it is that tho dutiful thereof. to dodge his family physician when he met him, if
son or daughter becomes impressed with the awful sig This is certainly a great step ; longer much than possible. One day the doctor caught him in the act,
nificance of a doting father's, or loving mother's, last oven tbe'physicians, most of 'em, can take ; and per and asked him what ho was dodging him for, he didn't
" faro-well." It is at sueh a time, when a silent haps, on tho whole, it is far enough for the mass of the owe him anything. " I know it,*' said he, " but the
prayer goes up—" O God, protect my child," and, people to take in the commencement of their march in fact is, that not having been sick for more than a
" May we meet again in Heaven," conscious of a last \ medical reform. It is not to be expected that people year, I felt ashamed to meet you ! "
interview, the child, even at forty years, lingers, and I will all at once come out of the darkness, in which a It is queer, ay, exceeding queer, what common
reluctantly grasps for the last time the parental hand ; : superstitious priesthood and an interested faculty have sense was made for. It don't seem to be used by more
takes the last look at the familiar countenance, which \ enveloped them. than one in ten, especially in sickness.
has watched over his childhood and youth, and in the j But why the honest part of the "faculty" don't A man in came pretty near being shut up in
most profound devotion affectionately breathes, Good come out, I can't see ; for they must know that it is the Lunatic Asylum tho other day, just because ho
bye. wrong, wickedly wrong, to give these terrible poisons, expressed publicly his belief in the absurdity of pouring
The West ! the West ! then drowns the cry, and under the vain pretense of curing a man. liniments and lotions on a man's toe, while the
forever on earth, parents and children are parted. Tho way the druggers account for their u cures " by cartwheel was upon it !
So, too, it is with all human kind. The benefactor medicines, is beautiful, vory. Anything like a rational The majority of tho world wouldn't think of remov
secures a life -lease on tho gratitude and affections of
those whom he serves and benefits. While the reci philosophy is not attempted now-a-days by the know ing the wheel 'till they had tried every thing else.
pient ever holds in grateful remembrance the one who ing ones, for tho very simple reason they know of none So with physicians ; they try all sorts of nauseous
confers on him even temporal blessings and happiness, it is possible to give. nonsense and poisonous potions, and then timidly sug
gest, that perhaps they would do betier to leave off
and when they part, we always glory in the exhibi The 1 young 'uns ' now and then attempt it, but
tion of a grateful spirit in the warm expression of a they make sad work of it. drinking spirits, tea and coffee, chewing tobacco, and
hearty " Good-bye." A patient in a neighboring city sent foraphysician, eating too much, &c. ! And even, when asked, will
But how different those words from these: "How not over young, or more verdant than tho average, a let tho patient wash all over in warm water !
do you do V always used on meeting old friends, and few days since, who was complaining of indigestion. But the patient's funds must be getting low when
renewing an agreeable acquaintance. They may be The 'Doctor' told him to *' take brandy and hard tho doctor gets so far as this ; or the doctor himself
less impressive, yet always more agreeable. The wife crackers !" His wife, who was one of the women that getting busy, and tired of seeing' the same hopeless,
feels that she will never again say " good-bye" to her don't swallow every thing just because somebody tells god-forsaken countenance peeping from under the bed
husband, and tho feeling is mutual. her to, inquired ' how brandy was going to remedy the clothes; whose only hope is in pills and pukes, with
An attachment often springs up between an author matter V " Oh," Baid the Doctor, " it rouses up the powders to match ; with a blister or two now and then
and his reader, which ripens into a life-long friendship, action of the stomach, &c, find will make the diges just to give variety, and enliven a little !
bidding defiance to a serious or protracted " good tive organs digest anything." But nil desperatidi ; that's Latin, gentle reader, the
bye ;" and tho press is watched for each new issue, M I know that," said she, "but when you stop the vernacular of which is, despair not, there is a good
with an assurance that with it will come " a feast of medicine, wou't the disease be as bad or worse than time coming, for 1 have seen it ! When lancets will
reason, and a flow of soul." everV* ""Why, what a question that is," said the be beaten into water hooks, and physicians shall learn
Thus it has been, and is, with our readers, and with Doctor. physic no more ; but be what they ought to bo, good,
our friends. Though many of them are far away, wo Well it was a question, and that's a fact. honest, and highly useful men, soothing tho woes of
feel their presence and their sympathy. With each men with wet sheets, and pointing out to them the
new year, they present their hands (and hearts) the" liver Why, ma'am, your husband has got torpidity of
and stomach, and if I give him something to folly of trying to get well while sinning.
through letters, which kindle in us the same feelings < remove that torpidity, don't I cure him 1"
of thankfulness which they express, and beget a deter- \
mination in us to strive still harder, and to labor more j " You cure him for a time, I grant," said she, " but Our Fashion Plates.—Since tho publication of
zealously to retain their friendship and approbation. will he stay cured 1"
the American and French Fashions Contrasted,
Reader, we have now visited you regularly for j " He won't stay cured forever, of course," said the in tho October number, many of our subscribers hftve
twelve successive months. If our visits have been M. D. expressed their unqualified preference for the native
without advantage to you, however painful to us, wo " Now, Doctor, tell me honestly," said tho wife, instead of tho foreign, or imported, fashions.
must exchange those usual parting words—" Adieu— " what is the cause of tho present trouble in my hus Our editorial friends, also, " speak out ;" and with
good-byo—fare-well." But if, on the contrary, you band's stomach and liver 1 " out fear of ridicule, thus give their opinions. We
choose to continue the acquaintance another year, you copy the following brief extracts :—
have only to signify your desire by writing a letter. of "health."
Why, over eating, and other violation of the laws
The Wyoming County Mirror says:—" It is, per
and placing5 it in the hands of those whose duty it is haps, enough to say of the Water-Cure Journal, that
to deliver tcibe same to us, with these simple words " Well, then," persisted the woman, 11 it seems to we consider this number worth more than the sub
" How DO you do ?" to which we hereby promise to me—to be sure I am not a physician—that the true scription for a year. The fashion plate, comparing
respond with a still heartier—* VERY WELL, remedy would be in living right! instead of helping the French Fashions with the American Costume,
THANK YOU. W " are glad to meet you again.
Friends, one andeall, what say you 1 \Vpe hope- the stomach and liver to ruin the general health, by ought to awaken the females of this country to the
awful destruction of health and life that is going on
fully await your coming, Shall it be a last farewell, still farther violating the laws of being, even after they by means of tight and unnatural dressing."
or a generous responsive How do you do 1" can no longer p erform their accustomed functions." The ConncautvUk Courier has tho following:-
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** The Water-Cure Journal has a likeness of Mrs. f
Bloomer, in her new costume, and a Paris fashion j
plate, contrasted with each other. To see them is to
make a person heartily sick of imported fashions." <
The editor of the American Citizen, of Cleveland,
thus heartily expresses himself:—"The Water- Cure
Journal, among numerous other useful things, con- ;
tains engravings of the French fashions and of Mrs. •
Bloomer, dressed in the American fashion. The sight \
of these two truthful representations is enough to f
sicken any whole-souled American, whenever silly :
foreign fashions arc proposed for cither male or female
costume."
A few months ago, we predicted that the American
Costums would soon be adopted in England, and
ultimately in France. This prediction has proved ;
true. Already numbers have adopted it in <
Kngland, Scotland, and even in Paris.
The old hunkers and anti-reformers of the old world '
have tried to *' put down " this " Yankee notion " by :
ovcr>' possible means. Admonitions, wise and other- '
wise, have been freely offered both from the press and
the pulpit—not succeeding, however, Punch took up
the subject, and tried in vain to taugh down the .
" custom:" that only drew more serious attention to [
the subject ; and now the civilized world are familiar
with the American Costume. V>'e look upon this as
one of the most decided triumphs ever achieved by !
Americans. j the discovery of astonishing medicinal properties in cod j
The time has come for America to lead the world
onward and upward to a higher destiny. A\ c can feed
the world, and we can clothe the world ; we can also \
transport the world cheaper and quicker, either with
steam or sail, than any other nation. We shall soon
teach the world, not only in the arts of peace, but, if ;
necessary, we can give them a few more lessons in
" trainin'," just by way of keeping up our character as
a live and independent Yankee nation.
Besides a few "domestic evils," which we hope to ;
correct in the course of a few years, we have many
useful inventions under way, which we shall give to •
the world by-and-by.
Who believes the world is not progressing 1 We j
are satisfied with the success we have already met :
with, and have a very high hope for the " good time >
coming."
Reprehensible Practices by Members of the
Profession.—Thore aro many things done by mem
bers of the profession that would place them on a level
with the arrant quack ; yet the society of which they
are members havo no power to prefer charges against
them, they doing nothing that exactly contravenes its
laws. Recently several members of the Massachusetts
Medical Society were arraigned before its proper tri
bunal, on a charge of violating its statutes. The
charges were fully sustained in three of the cases; but
as the individuals offered much that was extenuating,
they were forgiven, on tho condit ion that they tin no
more. One had charges preferred against him, which,
however, by the laws of tho society, could not bo sus
tained, and he was discharged. We should like to
havo the committee, appointed by the Suffolk District
Medical Society, to look after and try such cases, see
the prescript ion of this self-samo magnus Apollo, that
it was our extreme mortification to witness. Only one
apothecary in Boston couhl translate or correctly dis
pense it, much to the chagrin and disappointment of
others equally intelligent and experienced .' There aro
many belonging to our Massachusetts Medical So
ciety who ought to he—we were going to say kicked
out, but will soften it by sayiug—reprimanded for
their nefarious and mean practices. Tho society
claims to protect the peoplo from the impositions of
| quacks ; and if it were impartially to perform its duty,
there would be some of its members who would receive
their cards of dismission.—Boston Medical and Surgi
cal Journal.
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
Cause and Effect.—Considering the ago of our t
Hydropathic reform, there arc a greater number of ;
literary men (first class writers) engaged in it than f
can be found in any other profession. It is a singular •
fact, that almost every practitioner is thoroughly
educated. AV'e have a large number of experienced
editors, and an equal number of authors, most of \
whom were distinguished before entering into tho \
Hydropathic ranks. Is it surprising, then, that we j
arc enabled to bring into the Water Cure Journal a f
class of writers unequalled in general or medical lite- 1
rature 1 Wo challenge the world to produce as much 1
original, scientific, and useful printed matter, for the 1
same price, as we are giving in this Journal.
We number among our writers ]>rogressive men and
women, advanced in all the reforms of the day, and
thoroughly " posted up" in tho history of past ages, j
and ripe with experience. Men and women who have ;
engaged in this good work because of its incalculable
advantages to present and prospective generations.
Look among tho writers of the other schools of medi- \
cine, and what do you find ! Simply this : intellects i
by nature no less brilliant, yet completely befogged i
with old dusty, musty, fusty notions, lit only for the ,
dark ages. " Brought up to a trade," which they fol- !
low <c for a living," as do those who " mend old clocks;" ^
and who know so little of any thing else, that the an- }
nounccment of a new patent abominable supporter, or f
liver whale oil, sets the whole tribe of old fogies to pre- J
scribing this remarkable remedy (!) for every sort of 1
complaint, from the rattlebelly vengeance down to the '
removal of " corns." In short, the announcement by a
" regular" of some new application of mercury to the
cure of " all diseases," or the exceeding danger of j
" too much water," in its external or internal use, is ■
taken up, and at once peddled all over the land as a \
wonder; so little real life do they manifest.
New Views.—Reforms and improvements by good 1
writers are given to the world through this Journal, 1
which appeal at once to tho " common sense" of all. '
This it is that gives it such immense circulation, '
power, and influence ; a circulation unapproached
by any other health Journal ever published in Europe ;
or America,
Thus a good cause, good writers, good paper, good -
printing, and a liberal, generous, " big hearted pub
lic," secure a good list of good subscribers ; all of ;
which is an evidence of the oft repeated and anxiously '
hoped for, " good time coming."
IMPROVED BREAD FLOUR.
Than goad bread—" the staff of life "—perhaps no
other kind of food is equally important to the inhabi
tants of this country. In Ireland, the potato seems
to be the '* great staple," especially with the masses ;
and we think the deleterious effects of this almost ex
clusive root diet are visible on the moral and intellec
tual character of tho Irish people. However this may
be, wo regard good bread not only a luxury, but an
almost indispensable necessity ; and we hail with
gratitude every invention, and every discovery, by
which this " everybody's" food may, in any manner,
be improved.
Thus much, as an introduction to the following
letter, which explains itself:—
Lockport, N. Y„ 10th mo. 20, 1851.
Gentlemen,—I have within this montn commenced
the manufacture of an improved bread flour, superior
to Graham, because it has a greater quantity of gluten,
in proportion to starch, than the common Graham ;
and, being finely ground, is divested of the coarse
harshness, and tendency to dry quickly, so objection
able in the ordinary Graham. The great superiority
of this flour for bread, both as to health and the
pocket, over the superfine and extra, will bo manifest
on using. I have sent a quantity of it to N. H.
Wolfe, flour commission merchant, No. 17 South St.,
N. Y., and to Johu D. Gardner and Co., of Boston,
for sale, marked " Arcade Mills, Niagara." As I
intend to make this flour in quantities hereafter, I
desire that its quality may be made known to the
different Water-Cures, that they may be able to sup
ply their patients with a better and more palatable
bread than hitherto.—Very truly yours,
L. A. Spalding.
We tried, and are now using, this hydropathic flour,
and take pleasure in recommending it to others.
After further trial, we shall again refer to it. In the
meantime, Mr. Spalding will accept our thanks for
the sample with which ho had the dness to favor
WOMAN'S DRESS.
BY MISS MARY D. WILLIAMS.
Sometime last summer, Madame Baisieux, tho
well-known modiste of No. 8 Place Vendome, Paris,
introduced the H Lady's Waistcoat," as a substitute
! for the whaleboned corsage. It soon became popular,
and may now bo considered an established female
garment. It i3 worn with a basquine, or sacque, and
a skirt, both of the same goods, but of a darker color
than the waistcoat.
The annexed pattern represents the most approved
style of this pretty acquisition to t lie female dress.
The materials required arc as follows :—
Three-fourths of a yard
fine buu" cassimere ; one
and a-half yards twilled
white linen; fifteen extra,
rich treble - pit button*,
of a plain, llat surface,
half-nn-inch diameter; a
steel buckle for the back;
light yellow aewing silk
and button-hole twist, and
white cotton thread.
The form of the waist
coat allows it to be but
toned entirely up to the
neck, or only half-way,
or in the cadet style, as
tho wearer may prefer.
Almost every woman
j can make up this gar
ment, without the aid
of a tailor or a dressmaker.
It is admirably adapted to the Bloomer dress, espe
cially in winter, when sacques must be worn ; and
those who wear that costume will not be tho lost to
perceive its advantages. In every point of view, it
commends itself to the attention of all who are inter
ested iu women's welfare ; and I hope that Mrs.
Bloomer, Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Cleason, and all other
friends of the' dress reform, will give this waistcoat a
fair trial, and nut permit it to be monopolized by the
inero butterflies of fashion.
What the Buckeyes think of its!—A friend in
Ohio, when ordering tho Encyclopaedia, writes as
follows :—M The good work of hydropathic reform is
going ahead in this region. Tho Water-Cure
Journal is doing tho work. As fast as the people get
a few ideas from it, they begin to apply them, and, as
is almost invariably the case, success gives thetn con
fidence. Then, farewell to poison quackery ! They
have no confidence to lose in that ; it was gone long
ago. They have only tolerated it as a diro necessity ;
an evil they feared to shuu, from dread of something
they feared might bo worse. But the brighter day is
dawning, and even now the hopeful reformer fancies
he hears in the dim distance the triumphant shout of
victory. Go on, then, as you have been doing in the
glorious work of man's redemption, mentally and phy
sically, and posterity will owe you a debt of gratitude
commensurate with the highest flight of human ambi
tion.—Respectfully, your friend, J. H.'

Physiological Lectures.—Mrs. Mary A. W.
Johnson, who has for some time past been studying
Anatomy and Physiology, on purpose, is about to
commence lecturing to ladies on their diseases and de
bilities, and the orrors of dress, diet, habito and edu
cation, which generally cause them. She will com
mence immediately in Chester County, Pa. Mrs.
Johnson has long been known as an earnest and un
assuming philanthropist, especially active in behalf of
Universal Freedom, Prison Reform, and Woman's
Rights ; and has many personal friends to welcome
hor to tho new and arduous path of duty which opens
before her. We are sure she will follow it with un
selfish aims, untiring energy, and decided usefulness.
—If. Y. Tribune.
[ We have frequently had tho pleasure of commend
ing tho good services of this woman to the public.
She will prove an able oo-workor in the cause ofphysi
cal reforms, so much needed at the present time. Our
Hydropathic friends will profit by making tho ac
quaintance of Mrs. Johnson.]
A Good Idea.—A gentleman in North Carolina,
who has sent us a club of subscribers, says:—**I do
not intond to charge anything for my services ; but
whenever I got a dollar for a subscription, 1 shall send
it to you, and order a copy for the subscriber, and
another for some poor family that is not able to sub
scribe." This is right ; and we havo no doubt but tho
consciousness of well-doing will be a sufficient reward.
There are many in the country who could spend a
little time in this way, and sow good seed that would
spring up and bear fruit " an hundred fold."
American Hydropathic Institute.—Those who
wish to reap the advantages of this school of water
cure, and bo prepared to enter upon the great field of
philanthropic labor, opened by tho wide spread of
Hydropathic principles, will bear in mind that the
second term of tho Institute will commence on Mon
day, the 19th of January. We shall give an interest
ing review of the course of instruction during the first
term in our January number, which cannot fail to be
instructive to all our readers.
Our Premiums —While the great majority of our friends and
co-workers, when soliciting subscriber*, seek only the promul
gation and advancement of oor glorious Reform, it is en
tirely proper for as to acknowledge their good efforts in a sub
stantial manner. We therefore propose to present the follow
ing named premiums, to those who desire it.
EriutT person who sends us $26 00 shall receive Fury
Corns of the Water-Cure Journal, one year—and a com
plete set of th« Watkr-Ci re Library, in aeven large 12mo.
volumes, beautifully bound, in embossed muslin, lettered on
the baek in Library stylo.
Those who send us $50.00 shall receive One Hundred
Copies of the Journal one yrar, and two sets of the Library.
Those who send as $10.10, shall receive Twenty Copies
of the Journal, one year, and a copy of The Water-Cure in
America.
Thesb premiums may be sent by express, or as freight, to
any place desired. Already, large clubs have been sent in
from various neighborhoods, where but a single copy of the
Journal had previously been taken. Every family should
join a club and become subscribers for the Water Cure Jour
nal for 185*2. Now is the time to begin.
Specimen Numbers.— [The following brief letter which we
copy, explains itself—of course we always cheerfully com
ply with such requests.]
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 16/A, 1851.
Messrs. Fowlers k Wells.—Gentlemen,—I wish to
procure a club of subscribers to your next volume of the
Water-Cure and Phrenological Journals, and would like
very much to have a specimen number of each. There are
several subscribers here to both, but you might as well ask
them for a tooth, as for one of their numbers ; they will
OS-
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, loan them, but they won't give them away at all. I would
J be glad if you would send me a number of the Student also.
I think I can return it, perhaps not " an hundred fold,-' but
with interest. Yours truly, J. J. J.
[This shows pretty conclusively, the value our subscribers
place on the Journals. Nor are they in fault, for refusing THE LIFE OF MARY LYON.
to girt away their Journals—as well might they give away BY EDWARD LUTCllCOCK, D.D., LL-D.
their Bible—or any other book. The very low price at which Born in very humble life, though of most exemplary pa
these Journals are offered, ought to remove the necessity of rents, one of whom she lost at an early age, she struggled up
bsgging, borrowing or lending. Let every family sub through orphanage, poverty, and many personal difficulties,
scribe, and obtain a copy for their own good.] to one of the highest seats among the useful and excellent
women of the age. The groundwork of her success was the
Home Truths.—" It is not what we eat, but what we digest, indomitable energy of her will, and the possession of a strong
that makes us strong. It is not what we read, but what we mind and vigorous health. She was born in the little town
remember, that makes us learned.1' To which we may add, of Buokland, Franklin County, Maps., and was indebted to
It is not what we intend, but what we do, that makes us her own industry for all she acquired above the ordinary in
struction of a common district school. By spinning, weav
useful. Then send in the clubs, for 1S52. Wo have room ing, acting the part of a domestic in a brother's family, and
for several cords.
teaching a district school for 75 cents a week, Miss Lyon ac
cumulated money enough to purchase the advantages of a
The Universal Phonographrr, for 1852 —Prospectus of few months* tuition in an academy some four or five miles
Vol. I. Published Monthly, at $1 a gear, in advance. It is from her birth place, in the town of Ashfield. When her
printed in the corresponding style, and, to a considerable ex slender funds were exhausted, and she was about to go forth
tent, forms an advanced instruction book for beginners, fa sorrowing from this seat of learning, the trustees of the acad
miliarizing the mind with the best phonographic forms, emy, aware of her intense desire foi knowledge, offered her
while it furnishes interesting reading upon arts, science, tho free use of the advantages of the institution. She then
literature, and the various topicB of the day. A portion.of
its pages is devoted to Correspondence, Phonographic Intelli joyfully gathered together all she owned—her bed, bedding,
gence, and the interests of the advanced phonographer, fur table linen, Ac, and exchanged them for board, and devoted
nishing him with Original Essays, and selections from the herself to study with an eagerness which would have killed
choicest literature of the age. almost any other girl, sleeping on an average only about
four hours in twenty-four. Her absordHon in study was
The style of printing is so clear and beautiful, that the most extraordinary, and her acquisitions were equally so. In
mind is never left in doubt a moment as to the sound each addition to numerous othor studies, her teacher once gave her
character represents, thereby making Phonography as legible Adams's Latin Grammar, as an extra study, thinking thus to
as common printing. Please address all letters, post-paid, to occupy her ever-active mind for some time ; but in three
Fowlers & Wells, No. 131 Nassau-street, New-York. days she was prepared to recite, with perfect accuracy, all
23^* ** more elaborate prospectus will bo given in our that was usually learned of this grammar on first going over
next. it. After teaching school at various places, and under divers
circumstances, for some time, she went to Byfield, into Rev.
Subscriptions for either of our Journals may be ordered at Mr. Emerson's Female Seminary, at that time one of the
the same time. Care should be taken, however, to specify most celebrated schools in New England. There she formed
which Journal is desired. As we now publish four month an intimacy with Miss Z. P. Grant, (now Mrs. Bannister),
lies—namely—The Water-Cure Journal—The Phrenological with whom she was subsequently associated for many years
Journal—The Student, and the Universal Phonographer. in instructing, first at Derry, N. II., and afterwards at Ips
Each at a Dollar a year. wich, Mass. During her residence at Ipswich, Miss Lyon,
in connection with Miss Grant, originated the plan of a Fe
Of Course we Will.—Tho gentlemanly Postmaster at male College for New England, which, after some modifica
Binghampton, N. Y., when ordering the Journal for a sub tions, settled into what is now the Mount Holyoke Female
scriber, says—"Please send a sample number to hang up Seminary at South Hadley, Mass. For several years Miss
in the Post-office. It may do you good." We wish every Lyon labored with untiring assiduity to enlist interest and
Postmaster would thus interest himself in our great work of secure funds for her new school, and was at length permitted
reform. to rejoice in the complete success of her enterprise, and settle
Special Notice.—All letters and other communications down at Hadley, where she remained twelve years, as the
designed for the Journal, should be post-paid, and directed to principal of the Seminary, until her death, March 5th, 1649,
Fowlers & Wells. 131 Nassau street, New York. aged 5'2 years.—Boston Traveller.
[We most heartily approve the holding up to the world, as
an example, the persevering devotion and efficiency of this
Clubs may now be formed in every neighborhood through woman—but we disapprove the taking of but four hours*
out the country, and be forwarded at once to tho publishers. sleep, in the twenty-four,'* aud do fully believe, that this ex
cessive mental labor, and little rest, notwithstanding* her
Subscribers can mail one, two, or three bank notes in a ** vigorous health," caused her comparatively early death.
letter with the prospectus, and not increase the postage. We cite this as an evidence of woman's capacity, zeal,
and endurance. The same good efforts in any other appro
AGENCIES.—All applications for Agencies, should be direct priate work, would prove equally successful. Women of
ed to the Publishers in New York (instead of Boston,) the America, will you not profit by this example ? You were
publication office. made for something else than fashionable flirts—as indivi
duals, you are each accountable.
Early Rising.—Happy the man who is an early riser.
Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full
of bloom, and purity, and freshness. The copy of nature is Water for Cattle —Few persons are aware, how im
contagious like the gladness of a happy child. I doubt if portant an item in cattle-husbandry it is for animals to be
any man can be called " old " so long as he is an early riser toableallto seasons,
procure pure water when they need it. This applies
and an early walker. And, a youth !—take my word for it—a subsisting on dryand particularly in winter, when they are
food. Animals, when water is not conven
youth in dressing gown and slippers, dawdling over breakfast ient,
at noon, is 'a very decrepit, ghastly image of that youth only resort to it whenbadin icy
or situated in holes, or a great way off, will
extremity, and then they overload
which sees tho sun blush over the mountains, and the dews the stomach, prostrating the whole viscera of the digestive
sparkle upon blossoming hedge rows.— Water-Cure Library. organs with an immense amount of a cold fluid, that will re
quire the entire nutritive means of one feeding to create ani
Effects of CnEwnco Tobacco.—Never chew tobacco, but mal heat sufficient for the ice in their bellies. ,
above all never chew your words, or you may find yourself
holding forth after the following fashion .—11 Can virchue An Odd Prescription —An apothecary's boy was lately
forohitude, gratichude, or quietchude dwell with that man sent to leaYe at one house a box of pills, and at another six
who is a stranger to rectichude ? Did you ever hear tell, live fowls Confused on the way, he left the pills where the
neighbor, of the Connecticut butcher-fly, which is the most fowls should have gone, and the fowls to the pill place. The
beautiful creachure ever nachuxe projuced, as it is all over tolks who received the fowls were astonished at reading the
spotched ?" accompanying directions—" Swallow one every two hours."
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C'ORRBSFONDKNTa who have interesting facts ok casks of
cure under "Water treatment, which they desire for publica
tion, will very much oblige.the publishers by writing out the
same on a slip of paper, separate from that containing sub
scribers' names For this purpose we send with the Journal
a circular prospectus on which to record names, with the
Post Cilice address of subscribers.
Disease of the Livlr.—H. S. P., Oxford, Miss. Your
own opinion is unquestionably ri^ht, and the diagnosis of all
your physicians wrong. That tobacco stands in the way of
getting well; although, if you leave it off, you may not be
able to attend to business for a while. The lungs are proba
bly somewhat affected sympathetically. If the treatment
recommended in the books you have ordered does not succeed,
you ought to go for a short season to some of the Northern
Wator-Cures.
WkaK Spink.—E. I!., asks—''Can you inform me what
treatment to pursue with a child troubled with a weak ppiue ;
or if there is any work published which treats of spinal com
plaints?" There is no work which treats of them particu
larly, with reference to hydropathic treatment. They.will
be treated in the forthcoming numbers of the Hydropathic
Encyclopaedia. Weak spines depend on weak muscles, and
these are almost always traceable to indigestion in some
form; and this, ot^course, to bad diet or other enervating
habits. The treatment is plain coarse food, and ablutions of
the whole body, two or three times a- day, of water as cold as
can be comfortably borne. Bad.cascs require the full hydro-
pathio system.
Diabetis, Ac —T. J. B. It ii the usual custom of M. D.'s
of the old school, when an invalid, no matter under what
circumstances, abandons flesh-eating, to impute all the symp
toms of his disease after that period, to his vegetable diet, al
though the same symptoms may have existed for ten years
previous to the change. In your case a rather dry diet is
advisable, namely, crusts of bread, brown crackers, roast
ed potatoes, uncooked apples, Ac.
Drzemicss ra the Head.—Ancus, of Bethany College, states
his case :—" I am often troubled with a dizziness of the head,
especially on stooping for any length of time ; so much so as
to become almost blind at times. I have been using the
shower bath, but I do not know as 1 have received any benefit
in this particular. Would you prescribe a vegetable diet in
such a case, and would you advise the continuance of the
bath ?" The head affection is probably from an obstructed
liver or deranged stomach. Vegetable diet is the best, if you
can get the right kind. The half-bath is much better than
the shower ; the wet-girdle also ought to be employed.
Ratatical Medicines.—A correspondent, in sending a list
of subscribers from North Carolina, informs us that the sub
scribers held a meeting and "resolved to adopt water as their
cathoiicon, and leave drug-remedies for the purpose of doc
toring rats, cockroaches, fleas, bedbugs, and other troublesome
vermin." We pity the rate, 5co.
Chronic Lameness and Dysentery.—S M. H. Grand De
tour, I1L Let your friend persevere in the dietetic advice
you have given him, apply a stream of water, if practicable,
to the weak wrist, daily ; take a sponge-bath or towel-wash
on rising, and a hip-bath in course of the day, and in duo
time he will regain his health.
Consumption vrrm Chilli and Fever.—D. A. D., Painea-
ville, 0. We infer from your description that what you term
chills and fever, is really the cold and hot stages of hectic ;
and if so, we should regard the case as incurable. The dan
ger, however, depends on the degree of ulceration or tubercu-
lation in the lungs, of which we cannot judge precisely with
out a personal examination.
Deafness from Common Cold.—Mrs. D. S. You can pro
bably1 remove the difficulty by syringing the ear frequently
with warm water. Be careful to give, him plain coarse
food if he is inclined to scrofula, and one daily ablution, or
dripping sheet.
_ .jr.—A correspondent hopes the Water-Cure Jour
nal will be more progressive and advocate more the preven
WATER-CURE JOURNAL.
tion of disease, Ac. If there is any periodical in the world Arouse .' ye oppressed and forsaken,
more radical on that very subject than this, we should like Arise ! at your liberty's call—
to know what it is called ! The pillars of Pride shall be shaken,
The palace of Vanity fall.
Nose Blekdiso. —II. S. R. Sniff water up the nostrils,
pour a cold stream'on the tieck, and if the body iB generally hot Then sever the chains ihat enthrall you,
or feveri-h, use the half-bath. The severest case* can often Arouse ! will ye never be men ?
bo arrested by compressing the upper lip. 0 ! burst from the tyrants that gall you,
And strike for your birthright again.
E. R. S., Uniontown, Ala. We shall give, in the A. P. J., Bo ye men and thus sutler oppression ?
full particulars, in relation to the new mode of building, as In vain ye each other condole,
M*m as possible. In supineness is deepest transgression.
And action's the strength of the soul.
H. It. You will find those subjects, about which you in
quire, very fully treated in '* Experience in Water Cure."
liy Mrs. Nichols. Price "i3 cents. Tub Knickerbocker tou 1852 —We are pleased to see
that our favorite Magazine, the Knickerbocker, is after this
K. R.. La Harpe, Ills. We shall try at a future time to year to be but # J a year. We are informed by the Publisher
comply with your request. Thanks for proposed "clubs." in ius prospectus for the New Volume, that " there will be
no change in the form, size, or quality of the Magazine, ex
cept a change always continued for the better " From our
acquaintance with the Editor and Publisher, we have no
lank $htim. doubt but all their promises to the public will be faithfully
krpt. To clubs of ten, the work will be but ?i 50 each.
Glances at Europe. In a Series of Letters from Gklat We take great pleasure in commending thisMagazinc to the
Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, etc., during the public. The Editor's table is second only to the wet sheet,
Summer of 1S51, including Notice* of the GitE.iT Exhi as a cure fur tho blues. It should be found in every Water
bition, or World's Fair By Horace GuKkLiv. New- Cure Establishment, and be read by all the patients. Samuel
York: Dswitand D.ivenport. Hueston, Publisher, 139 Na«saii-st., New York.
"A Bor-k for the People." Not a dry theoretical mess of
twattle, on the probable results of nothing, but a practical A Practical System or Book-keeping—Single and Double
description of the real Life and condition of things in Europe Entry. By Ira Mayhew, A. M. Author of a Treatise on
—seen and de*eribfd by a man—not through smoked glasses Popular Education. New-York : Cady and Bcrukss.
—but with the naked eye, and a clear intellect, unclouded
Such a work has long been needed. It cannot fail to find its
with aristocratic or conservative influences. way into the hands of every Teacher, and it should be the
We have enough offashionable gossip,'from letter writers, companion of every School-Boy. We doubt not it will stand
whoife trade it is to tickle the fancy of trillers, without im the test of careful criticism, a» the Author Is a practical
parting an important suggestion. Not so with the letters of man, acquainted with the wants of children and youth.
Mr, Greeley. He has avoided all useless show, and given us Teachers examine his Book-Kecping.
an account of the agricultural, mechanical, commercial,
political, religious, and social condition of things, as well as Turc Like or Pan Marblk, with a Biographical Sketch of
the most interesting geographical description of the country, that Famous and Diverting Humorist, with Keminiscences,
through which he traveled. Comicalities, Anecdotes, etc., etc. By Falconbndge. New
Taken as a whole, we do not hesitate to aflirrn, that a more York : Dewit and Davenport.
valuable book of Travela has not been published. Fun enough for Fifty Cents. This is indeed dangerous
Mr. Greeley's common nense observations on the World's
Faib gave great satisfaction to all Americans, and proved medicine to take. It will be impossible to read this book
without li getting fits."—*.o bewaie !
him "a prophet," for, notwithstanding the disparaging
accounts given of the American department, Mr. Greeley wasIt never is not wicked to laugh, even though " Priest Parkins"
known to smile.
maintained that, for utility, our contributions were not
behind those of other nations. The sequel has proved the Mktalic Calendars for Mr. J. B. Pierson, of J63
truth of this opinion. Fulton-st., New York, has issued a very curious rocket
The work contains 3.j0 large 12 rao. pages, well bound, to Calendar.
match a previous volume by the same Author, entitled Britannia orItsome is about the size of a silver dollar, composed of
"Hints Towards RtFoiuis," and sells at One Dollar. It the year—showing other metal, with complete Calendars for
the day of the week and month. It is an
may be ordered from the oliice of this Journal. exceedingly ingenious conception, and will become popular.
We should be glad to see it put on wood or steel and printed.
Tue Mind and the Heart. By Franklin W. Fish. New
York : Adriance, Sherman, Sc Co.
Our readers will judge of"the merits of tho book, by the ex
tract we here present, which has reference to the native
dignity of real worth.
BE YE MEN ? WATER-CUP E ESTABLISHMENTS.
0! sever the chains that enthrall you. A Card.—Dr. T. L. Nichols ami Mrs. Govr NicnoLSwould
Arise ! will ye never be men ?' apprize their friends and the public, that they will continue
0! burst from the tyrants that gall you, to receive patients, at their Establishment, No. 91 Clinton
Place, New-York, through the Fall and Winter. They
And strike for your freedom again. would impress upon the afilicted the fact that many of the
Up ! break from the bondage of fashion, bet>t cures are made at this season. This is especially tho
And tear from the shackles of form case in dyspeptic and uterine diseases : while in many pul
monary complaints, the only chance of life is in making an
That stiflo our love's purest passion, impression on the disease before the winter renders it confirm
And chill the young heart that is warm. ed and ;hopeless. The Hydropathic Institute is a separate
Establishment, and does not interfere with their care or their
Away ! with the fictions of story, patients. They hope, in a few months, to announce more
That say but the noble are great— extensive accommodations.
The honor of man is his glory.
And goodness is better than state. Water-Curb Institutb.—Patients will be treated at all
Arouse ! from the vain dreams that bind you ; seasons of the year, at the commodious city establishment,
Rise up like the waves of the sea, 15 Laight street, Ne'w York, and at Lebanon Springs, from
May lBt to Nov. 1st. Both places hereafter will be under
Burst forth from the rich ones that grind you ; the direction of Dr. R. T. Trall, and the domestic manage
God made you unfettered and free. ment of Dr Camrel & Son. Dr. Trall will be at the city
institution on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week until
0 ! say not that money is power, November 1st, and daily the remainder of the year. Com
Or dignity dwells with the vain— petent assistants will be in attendance during his temporary
absence from either place. The terms will be as reasonable
Assert this great truth—'tis your dower— 3i at any other establishment having the same advantages,
Man's nobleness lies in his brain. in the United States.
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N. B.—Dr. TRALLhas secured the assistance ofDr. J. L.Hos-
ford. who will be in constant attendance at the Springs the
present season. They are prepared to treat those displace
ments and other local affections of females, requiring unu
sual attention to manage successfully, for which purpose
they are provided with all the requisite mechanical and phy
siological appliances. tf
Yellow Springs Water-Cuhe Establishment—Dr. A.
Cheney St Co., Proprietors. Terms: For board and treat
ment, $3 per week ; payment made weekly. Friends accom
panying patients, and occupying the same room, half price.
Visitors not under special medical treatment, but having free
access to the hatha, $5 a week.
Patients to bring two cotton and one linen sheet, two com
forts, two blankets, four towels, and some old linen for band
ages. Patients not bringing the above, will be charged fifty
wins a week extra.
Further particulars can be ascertained by personal appli
cation or by letter, directed to Dr. A. Cheney & Co., Yellow
Springs, Green county, Ohio, or to Dr. G. W. Jjigler, Propri
etors, north-west corner of Fourth and Race streets, Cin
cinnati.
This establishment is located one mile south of the old
Yellow .Springs, and a few rods east of the Little Miama Rail
road, in an extremely healthy and romantic region of coun
try. Some of the hills on this property are within a fow feet
as high as the highest point of land in the State of Ohio.
The buildings were recently erected expressly for their
present purpose, and capable of accommodating sixty pa
tients, and are fitted up with baths and all other conveni
ences necessary. They are located near the top of & hill, in
a very elevated position, commanding a fine prospect, with
nearly one hundred acres of land attached, principally wood-
laud. There is abundance of the purest water on the prem
ises, being above fifty never failing springs, besides a run
ning stream which flows through the centre of the grounds :
giving an inexhaustible supply, making it peculiarly adapted
for an establishment of this Kind.
Rheumatic, nervous, consumptive patients, or those labor
ing under any chronic or lingering disease, should avail them
selves of the benefit to be derived from the treatment at 'his
establishment. In most cases a cure may be relied on.
1'he trains leave Cincinnati at half past 5, a. m., and at
half past 2 p. raM arriving at the Yellow Springs at 9 a. in.
and quarter before 7 p. m , and leave Springfield at 6 a. m.
and 6 p. m., arriving at the Springs at quarter before 7 a. m.
and quarter before 7 p. m. By giving previous notice by
letter directed to Dr. A. Cheney St Co., \ eilow Springs, a car
riage will be in waiting to convey patients to their destina
tion. Nov. (it.
Chenango Water Curb.—Dr. C. B. Barrett, formerly of the
city of New York, embraces this opportunity of informing
his many friends and patrons, and those favorable to a judi
cious mode of Water Cure treatment, that he has withdrawn
himself entirely from the Mount Prospect Water Cure at
Binghamton, New York, of which he was formerly its part-
proprietor and resident physician, and opened an establish
ment on the east side of the Chenango river, for the relief
and treatment of diseases of every grade and character, by
the use of Pure Water. The Institution is located two and
a quarter miles from the beautiful and flourishing village of
Binghamton, and is at all times accessible to the cars going
East or West, by a pleasant and picturesque drive of fifteen
minutes, or by canal to Norwich or Utica, immediately op
posite the Institution.
Dr. C B. Barrett would, through the columns of the Water
Cure Journal, inform the sick and afflicted everywhere, that
he has opened this establishment with a view of making the
Water Cure treatment within the reach of every one, by
putting the treatment at the low priceof two dollars a week.
It is lo be hoped that with so low a rate for weekly treat
ment, the friends of the Water Cure will exert themselves in
behalf of suffering humanity, and thus prove themselves
"zealous in every good word and work."
Patients living at a distance, and who may, from a varie
ty of circumstances, be unable to attend for daily treatment,
and who are desirous of obtaining the professional advice of
Dr. Barrett, by tending age, sex, occupation, habits of life,
and symptoms of disease, and enclosing one dollar, current
funds—postage invariably to be pre-paid—will receive
prompt attention ; and full directions, in a printed form, will
be immediately furnished, enabling the patient to adopt a
judicious course of treatment at his own dwelling. Clem
ent B. Barrett, M. D. Nov. 6t.
Buitalo ColdSpringWater-Curb —This establishment is
located about two miles north of the city ot Buffalo, one mile
east of the Niagara river, and twenty mites from Niagara
Falls, and is so accessible from all points as to be reached
without inconvenience or delay. A line of omnibusses runs
from the foot of Main-street, in Buffalo, to the Cure every
twenty minutes. The building is large, airy, and commo
dious, and the entire arrangement is such ae to give it an air
of neatness, and render it a quiet and comfortaole home for
the invalid. Connected with the Cure is an extensive gym
nasium, where a great variety of physical exercise is regu
larly and systematically pursued. The water is taken im
mediately from the celebrated Cold Spring, which for purity
and coldness is not excelled. The Medical Department is
under the general supervision of S. M. Davis, M. D., formerly
Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in Central Med
ical College. Dr. James L. Acomb is medical assistant, and
has charge of the Gentlemen's Department. Mary M. Tay
lor, a lady of superior qualifications as medical scholar and
nurse, has special charge of the Femals Department.
In regard to the position of our M Cure," it is deemed
sufficient to say, that Buffalo Cold Spring Water-Curo will
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j compare favorably with any of the well-conducted establish- Vapor Baths.—John Hanna, of 80 Forsyth street, near
f mentsof a similar character, and will be found equal to the Grand, New York, will administer Vanor Baths daily, from
: best as regards the order, convenience, and desirableness of 0 a m. to 10 p. m. A female will be in attendance to wait
:( its arrangements. on ladies. Nov. tf. b.
Terms.—From $5 to $14 per week, varying according to
room and attention required Address, post-paid, S. M. Da H. Meier, M.D., Hydropathic Physician, Surgeon and Ac-
vis, M. D., Office 239 Main-street, Buffalo, N. Y. Oct. 3t. coucher, 115 Washington street, Newark, N. J. Dec. It
Forest Citt Water Cure—Located near Ithaca, N. Y., Pumps, Fire Engines, Cast Ikon Fountains, etc.—The
on the eastern shore of Cayuga lake. The medical depart subscriber
ment is in the hands of S 0 Gleason, M. D., former Physi- Pumps, wellmanufactures Double Acting Lift and Force
calculated for Factories, Mines, Breweries,
c cian to the Glen Haven Cure. Mrs. R B. Gleason will take Iron Works, Railroads, Water Stations, Water Boat*; Steam
\ specific charge of the female patients, Persons coming from
> New York, and from the Southern Counties, can take the boats Fire
^and Ships, family purposes, Stationary or Movable
Engines, etc.
5 Ithaca Rail Road, which intersects with New York and Erie The above Pumps, from their simple construction and lit
i Rail Road at Owego, and arrive at Ithaca every night and
( morning. From the North, East, and West, can take the tle liability to disorder, are well calculated for supplying
\ stage at Auburnevery morning, or a steamboat at Cayuga by a naturalestablishments
Water-Cure with water, (when not supplied
j Bridge every afternoon for Ithaca. The stage leaves Ithaca either by watersource,) power,
and can be worked in various ways,
horse power, steam or manual power,
j every morning for Auburn, passing the Cure, besides using the same powers for many other purposes,
j Terms—Board, fuel, lights, medical advice, attendance, when not in use for raising water, or even at the same time.
! Ac., §5 to §10 per week, varying according to room and at- Water can be carried over the grounds for irrigation, out
< tention required. Payments made weekly. Each patient houses, etc., or by means of hose and equipments inverted
j will furnish, three good sized cotton comfortables, one wool- into a fire engine. Garden Engines, for one person to handle,
; en blanket, and a linen packing sheet, 1 3-4 yards long by with a small double-acting Force Pump, can be used for va
! 1 1-2 yards wide, besides fourcoarse bath towels. Some old rious purposes—washing windows, wetting plants, or throw
linen for bandages will be desirable. AH business letters ad* ing water upon trees for the purpose of destroying worm*,
\ dressed to Dr. J. F. Burdick, Forest City P. 0., Tompkins etc., arranged nn two wheels, that one man can take them
j Co.,N. Y., post paid. ap (im from place to place, and work the pump and guide the stream
at the same time.
i Worcester Water-Curb iNSTrnmoN, No. 1 Glen Street. Ornamental Cast Iron Fountains of various fattorns and
j —This building was erected expressly for Hydropathio pur- sizes. Jets of all descriptions.
\ poses, and embraces all the conveniences necessary for the Cistern and Well Pumps. I also manufacture Lift
i improvement and enjoyment of patients. The location is Pumps, for cisterns or wells, of any depth, to be worked
i retired and overlooks the city, by horse power or manual power. They are entirely of metal.
( Terms—For full board and treatment, $0 to $10 per week, Force Pumps for Wells. Whenever water is required at
\ according to rooms occupied. a higher point than the surface of the well, or at any point
• A medical fee of $2 for first examination will usually be where water will not flow of itself, and a Force Pump would
; required.
be preferable, these are calculated for the purpose.
\ Patients are requested to bring two coarce cotton and one Village and Factory Fire Engines. These engines have a
< linen Bheet, two woolen blankets, one comfortable, and old double-acting lift and force pump. They are light, easily
\ linen for bandages. S. Rogers, M. V. E. F. Rogers, Su- handled, and worked by few men. Brakes are arranged fore
^ perintendent., oct tf g and aft, or across the ends.
They are furnished in a pl~.in but neat style. Copper-
J Cleveland Watir-Cure Establishment.—The above Wrought rivetted hose of all sizes. Stopcocks of all descriptions.
) Establishment, having been put in fine order, is now com* Iron, Cast Iron, Lead and Gutta Percha Pipes, etc.
s mencing its fourth season. The success which attended it mail Purchasers are requested to call, or any communication by
' thus far enables the subscriber to say with confidenee, to all aa to will receive due attention, and full descriptions given
\ who wish to make a practical application of the Water-Cure size of Pumps, etc. G. B. Farnam, 34 Clin street, up
) Treatment, that they can pursue it here under the most fa- stairs, formerly D, L. Farnam. May 12t
S vorable auspices for the removal of disease. The location,
s although in the immediate vicinity of one of the most beau Mr. Editor :—Allow me to call the attention of your sub
tiful cities in the Union, is still very retired. The water is scribers, and especially your merchants visiting New-York,
very pure, soft, and abundant. to one of the best establishments in that city, in the Whole
The charge for board, medical advice, and all ordinary at
tendance of nurses, is §8 per week, payable weekly. T. T. StsaleFoster,and Retail Clothing line. I mean that of Messrs. Booth
at No. 27 Courtlandt street. The writer of this
Seelyb, M.D., Proprietor. oct. St can speak from experience, for he has dealt with them, as
well as others, and may safely say that a better stock, com
Lectures.—Having secured the assistance of W. S. Bush, plete in all the various departments of the trade, or more
M D., for the coming winter, I would give notice, that I reasonable prices, and accommodating, gentlemanly mer
will hold myself ready to give Lectures on the Hydropathic chants, he has not met witn anywhere. An elegant and
treatment of Disease, at such time and place as the friends fashionable outfit in everything that belongs to a gentle
of the Reform may solicit : Provided 1st, they will pay my man's wardrobe may be obtained of them at least forty or
j expenses, and 2d, that the distance is not too great from my fifty'PW cent, below the usual prices, while the quality of
home. 3d, that they secure me a good house to speak in, and their goods, and their make and style, are unsurpassed by
5 give extensive notice of the Lecture. Examinations of the any.
: sick will be made by me for a moderate compensation, if Messrs. Booth It Foster do a large business, and have a
< desired. Respectfully, most extensive and perfect assortment, so that Country
James C. Jaceson, M.D. Merchants, before purchasing their fall stock elsewhere,
j Gl*h Rates, New York, Nov. 1, 1861. Dec. It would do well lo give them a call—and they will thank me
for this advice.—Dec. It. * *
The Round Hill Water-Cure Retreat —Established
in 1S47. Located at Round Hill, Northampton, Mass. Ac Blaee's Patent Fire-proof Paint" The original and only
cessible by Railroad from Boston, Albany, and New York, in genuine article that can be sold or used without infringing
from 4 to 5 hours. For beauty and healthfulness of location my Patent, and which, in a few months after applied, turns
—softness and purity of water—large and well-furnished to a BLATB or btone, forming a complete enamel or coat op
rooms, and for comforts and conveniences for patients and mail, over whatever covered, bidding defiance to fire, water,
their friends,jhis establishment is unsurpassed by any in the ■ or weather. It has now been in use over seven years, and
country. Address A. Randall, Esq., Agent, or C. A. Hall, ' where first applied is now like a stone.
M.D., Physician. Deo. ly Look out for worthless counterfeits, as scores of unprin
cipled persons are grinding up stone, and various kinds of
worthless stuif, and endeavoring to sell it as Fire-proofPaint.
Mount Prospect Water-Curb.—Binghamton, Broome I have recently commenced three suits against parties infring
Co., N. Y., accessible six times a day, by N. Y. and Erie ing my rights, and am determined to prosecute every one I
Rail Road. Patients are received and treated all the year can detect. The genuine, either in dry powder or ground in
round, without any reference to winter. No letters received oil, of different colors, can at all times oe had at the Gene
unless the postage is pre paid. Dr. O.V. Thater, Principal ral Depot, 84 Pearl street, New York, from the patentee.
and Resident Physician. oct. 6t—A. P. k W. C. J. Wm. Blaee. Oct.3t.
Greenwood Springs Water Cure, Cuba, Alleghany coun To Book Agents, akd Others —Fowlers and Wells, Pub
ty, N. Y. The proprietors of this Institution respectfully lishers, 131 Nassau-street, N. Y., will furnish, in large or
announce that they are prepared to receive and treat the sick small quantities, all works on Phrenology, Physiology, or Hy
and afflicted during the coming winter. Terms per week, dropathy ; also on the various reforms of the age. Among
$5 00, payable weekly. J. C. Whttaeer, J. B. Fiusier. others, works on Phonography, Education, and the Natural
Nay. 3t. Sciences generally. Catalogues may be had on application.
The American Phrenological Journal—The Student—The
The Brownsvtllb Water Cure Establishment, nnder the Universal Phonographer—and the Water Cure Journal, are
direction of Dr. C. II.vxx, is open for the reoeption of patients, published by Fowlers St Wells, Clinton Hall, 131 Naasau-
Summer and Winter. Ap. ly. street, New York.
Putnam's Patent Spring Bedstead.—Manufactured and for
For 8altt—A Water Cure Establishment, with an excel sale at his Bed and Bedding Warerooms. 16*9 Fulton Street,
lent practice. Enquire, for further information, at Fowlers New York, and 404 Washington Street, Boston. Nov. 2t. b.
Be, Wells.—Nov. tf.
Water Curb Establishment—Br Edward Acker, M. D., 82 Nassau Street, N. Y.—Boot Makers' Union Associa
Phillipsburgh, opposite the town of Beaver, on the Ohio, tion.—Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters, at retail for wholesale
Beaver county. Pa. Sept. ly. prices. oct. ly b.
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MR MEW
FOR THE
• Tim Water-Cure Journal is published monthly,
illustrated with engravings, exhibiting the Struc
ture, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Human Body,
■with familiar instructions to learners. It is em
phatically a Journal of Health, adapted to all
classes, and is designed to be a complete FAMILY
GUIDE in all cases and in all diseases.
HYDROPATHY,
will bo fully unfolded, and so explained that all
may apply it in various diseases, even those not
curable by any other means. There is no system
so simple, harmless, and universally applicable, as
the Water-Cure. Its effects are almost miraculous,
and it has already been the means of saving the
lives of thousands who were entirely beyond the
reach of all other known remedies.
PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH.
This will be fully discussed, including Food,
Drinks, Clothing, Air, and Exercise, showing their
effects upon both body and mind.
REFORMS
In all our modes of life, will be pointed out, and
made so plain that " he that runs may read." We
believe fully that man may prolong his life much
beyond the number of years usually attained. We
propose to show how.
TO INVALIDS,
No matter of what disease, the principles of Ilydrop-
athy may safely be applied, and, in nine cases out
often, great benefit may be derived therefrom.
JfhtUtB nf tjjt
" The Water-Cure Journal holds a high rank in the science
of health; always direct, straightforward, and plain-spoken,
it unfolds the laws of our physical nature, without any pre
tensions to the technicalities of science, but in a form as at
tractive and refreshing as the sparkling element of which it
treats."—New York Tribune.
The Water-Curb Journal.—" This is unquestionably
the moat popular Health Journal in the world.'7—New York
Evening Post.
"It takes hold of Reforms with a heartiness and zeal,
a fearlessness and honesty, which are hopeful to the friends
of progress."—Boston Ledger.
" This is one of the most useful periodicals of the age."—
Canada Christian Advocate.
"Many a physician's bill would be saved if our people
would practice the instructions to be found in this monthly
visitor."— Western Argus.
" Printed with new and beautiful types—on the finest and
WATER-CURE JOURNAL
PR©^PE©YU
THIRTEENTH VOLUME OF THE
TO THOSE IN HEALTH.
Without health even life is not desirable, unless
a remedy can be found. To preserve health, no
other mode of living can compare with this sys
tem. In fact, were its rules observed and carried
out, many of our ills would be for ever banished,
I and succeeding generations grow up in all the
j vigor of true manhood. It will be part of our
i duty to teach the world how to preserve health,
i as well as cure disease.
WATER CURE AT HOME.
Particular directions will be given for the treat
j ment of ordinary cases at Home, which will enable
i all, who may have occasion, to apply it without
| the aid of a physician.
HERALD OF REFORMS, !
| T O WOMEN AND MOTHERS.
J It is universally conceded by all intelligent practi-
FOR 1 tioners, as well of the old school as the new, that
| the Water-Cure is not equalled by any other mode
Thk Water-Cure Journal is published on the first of j of treatment in those peculiar complaints com-
each month, devoted to the principle* of Life, Health, and j mon only to woman. The Journal will contain
Happiness, on the following extremely low j such advice and instruction as may be considered
| most important in all these critical, yet unavoidable
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: j eases.
Single copy, one year, $1 00 i Ten copies, one year, $7 00
Five " " 4 U0 I Twenty " " 10 00 TO OUR FRIENDS.
Please address all letters, post paid, to ) We might add hundreds of testimonials, from
FOWLERS AND V7ELLS, | the Press, and thousands from subscribers, who
j Clinton Hall, 131, Nassau-st., New-York. ( have been benefited by it. Will not, then, every
> J friend of progress and reform aid in extending the
ftj^kTho New Volume commences in January, 1*52. I circulation of this Joukxal?
^ixtsB nnu Hating tn jNbrrihix
whitest paper—it is refreshing and agreeable to read it."— Tina Journal will be sent in clubs (o different post offices
Dratcing-Room Journal. when desired, as it frequently happens that old subscriber*
" The Journal proposes to show how man may prolong his wish to make a present of a volume to their friends, who re
life much beyond the usual number of years—all for $1."— side in other places.
Old Colony Memorial- Drifts on New-York, Philadelphia, or Bcston always pre
ferred. Large sums should be sent in drafts or checks, pay
NOTICES TO SUBSCRIBERS. able to the order of Fowlels and Wells.
Volume Tuirtkks of THE Water-Cure Journal will com
All Letters addressed to the Publishers, to insure their re
mence on the first of January, 1852. The terms will be, for ceipt,
a single copy, $1,00 a year in advance. In Clurs, five copies writer,should be plainly written, containing the name of the
for $4,00, ten copies for §7,00, and twenty ccpies will be the Post Office, County, and State.
furnished for $10,00.
Friends and oo-workers in the advancement of thk water
A few moments' tims Is usually enough to convince every curb will see to it, that every family is provided with a copy
reasonable person of the great superiority of the water cure of the Water-Cure Journal for 1852.
system over that of all others ; a complete knowledge of
which may be obtained through the Water-Cure Journal. Monet on all specie-paying Banks may be remitted in pay
ment far the Water-Curb Journal.
It is believed that a greater blessing cannot possibly be
bestowed on the human race, than the universal diffusion of Fpecial Notice—AH letters and other communications
the Life and Health principles advocated and taught in the designedfor the Journal, should be post-paid, and directed
"Water-Cube Journal. to Fowlers and Wells, No. 131 Nassau Street, N. Yo
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