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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Every Man his own Doctor - The Cold Water, Tepid Water, and Friction-Cure, as - Applicable to Every Disease to Which the Human Frame is - Subject, and also to The Cure of Disease in Horses and - Cattle - -Author: R. T. Claridge - -Release Date: November 5, 2012 [EBook #41292] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR *** - - - - -Produced by Bryan Ness, Thiers Halliwell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41292 ***</div> <p class="transnote">Transcriber’s notes:<br /> <br /> @@ -239,7 +197,7 @@ a-week/a week<br /> bason/basin<br /> catemenia/catamenia<br /> colic/cholic<br /> -degrees/deg./°<br /> +degrees/deg./°<br /> diarrhoea/diarrhœa<br /> ear-ache/ear-ach<br /> etc/&c<br /> @@ -247,7 +205,7 @@ everywhere/every where<br /> Freywalden/Freywaldau/Freiwaldau<br /> Greenough/Greenhough<br /> headache/head-ache<br /> -Homoæpathic/Homeopathy/Homæopathist<br /> +Homoæpathic/Homeopathy/Homæopathist<br /> Hydropathy/hydropathy and related terms<br /> Hygeia/hygeia<br /> inquire/enquire<br /> @@ -391,7 +349,7 @@ CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS. <tr><td align="left">LII.</td><td align="left">Ringworm, Itch, etc.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">LIII.</td><td align="left">Psoriasis.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_149">149</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">LIV.</td><td align="left">Fistula.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_151">151</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">LV.</td><td align="left">Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, Pains in the Womb, &c.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">LV.</td><td align="left">Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, Pains in the Womb, &c.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">LVI.</td><td align="left">Change of Life in Females.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_155">155</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">LVII.</td><td align="left">Treatment of Ladies.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_156">156</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">LVIII.</td><td align="left">Giddiness, Dizziness, etc.</td><td align="right"><a href="#Page_158">158</a></td></tr> @@ -453,7 +411,7 @@ CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS. <h2>PREFACE.</h2> <p>It is difficult to account for the fact that Hydropathy -was practised at Gräfenberg, and at many other establishments +was practised at Gräfenberg, and at many other establishments in Germany, and that books on that subject were published in that country, twenty years before it was known in England.</p> @@ -480,7 +438,7 @@ lecture I gave in Edinburgh.</p> <p>I have found numbers of persons willing to give the system a trial; but unfortunately, few could spare -time to go to Gräfenberg, where it is carried out with +time to go to Gräfenberg, where it is carried out with safety and success by the immortal Priessnitz.</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="iv"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv"></a></span></p> <p>Though not a medical man, I seldom refused to @@ -544,7 +502,7 @@ do not know one that has seriously attempted its refutation. It is true that, at its first introduction, some said my only object was to make money; others cavilled at the term Hydropathy, the absence of diphthong -in the word Gräfenberg, its want of novelty, +in the word Gräfenberg, its want of novelty, the non-professional terms I made use of in my work, and similar trifles; but no one ever wrote a line to disprove the truth of the system, or demonstrate the @@ -555,7 +513,7 @@ indeed, any part of the treatment.</p> is an allegation without a foundation; my object being completely philanthropic. Having gained my own health and saved the life of my daughter at -Gräfenberg, and having witnessed most astounding +Gräfenberg, and having witnessed most astounding cures there, I wished to make generally known so valuable a remedy,—to do this by writing, lecturing, attending the sick, opening establishments, or any<span class="pagenum" title="vi"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi"></a></span> @@ -596,7 +554,7 @@ practitioners more competent. It has always been matter of regret that Mr. Priessnitz has no successor, and that he has not himself published something on the subject of the Water-cure. To supply this desideratum, -when last at Gräfenberg, where I stayed +when last at Gräfenberg, where I stayed twelve months, I proposed to Mr. Priessnitz that he<span class="pagenum" title="vii"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii"></a></span> should furnish me the matter, and that I should publish it; to this he consented, and gave me verbally @@ -616,10 +574,10 @@ was in the habit of stating his belief that steam and gas might be made available to useful purposes, he was considered a madman, and would-be-wise people declared that what he said on the subject was -absurd. Dr. Lardner, in his “Encyclopædia,” endeavoured +absurd. Dr. Lardner, in his “Encyclopædia,” endeavoured to prove, and no doubt did convince his readers, that no steam-boat could cross the Atlantic. -Works may be read in the “Bibliothèque” in Paris, +Works may be read in the “Bibliothèque” in Paris, written by medical men on the introduction of the potato into France, to shew that fevers which raged at that time in the capital arose from the use of that @@ -689,7 +647,7 @@ a statue! Discover some mystery in art, that will equalise disparities, and they will pull down their houses to stone you.”—<i>Bulwer.</i></p></blockquote> -<p>Priessnitz was born at Gräfenberg, October, 4th 1800. His +<p>Priessnitz was born at Gräfenberg, October, 4th 1800. His father became blind in his nineteenth year, and remained so until his death, which took place in 1838, a period of thirty-two years, during fourteen of which his son was his @@ -796,7 +754,7 @@ of giving advice only at home, leaving people to believe as much as they pleased in the magical virtues of his remedies.</p> <p>His reputation now rose higher than ever, and spread far -and wide. Strangers from distant parts came to Gräfenberg, +and wide. Strangers from distant parts came to Gräfenberg, so that he was compelled to increase the size of his house for their accommodation; and thus his establishment commenced.</p> @@ -836,7 +794,7 @@ of offering him for the first time.” This was of little avail; his calumniators had resolved his downfall. Accordingly, he was next accused of quackery, in illegally tampering with the public health, and ordered to be put under arrest. An appeal -to the tribunal at Brünn, caused this unjust sentence to be +to the tribunal at Brünn, caused this unjust sentence to be reversed; and he then obtained permission to have a cold-water bathing establishment. Discontented at this, his persecutors shortly after brought him to the court at Weidenau, a neighbouring @@ -844,7 +802,7 @@ town, on the hypocritical plea that the connection between his accusers and the authorities of Freiwaldau might, contrary to their wishes, give a colour of unfairness to the proceedings. The tribunal of Weidenau could not reverse the -sentence of that at Brünn, but prohibited Priessnitz from treating +sentence of that at Brünn, but prohibited Priessnitz from treating any persons but those of his own parish or district. He replied that water was free to all, and that he was not in the<span class="pagenum" title="5"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5"></a></span> habit of inquiring whence an invalid came previously to administering @@ -856,38 +814,38 @@ him.</p> alarm of the craft being in danger. This enlisted in their cause the medical men at Vienna, who brought the subject under the notice of the emperor. He sent Dr. Baron Turckheim with a -commission of district and staff surgeons to Gräfenberg, to investigate +commission of district and staff surgeons to Gräfenberg, to investigate and report on the new system, and the proceedings of its originator. Notwithstanding that most of these gentlemen were prejudiced against both, they were astonished and pleased at what they witnessed; and their report was of so favourable a nature, that Priessnitz was allowed by imperial authority to carry on his establishment, with the addition of the privilege -enjoyed by staff surgeons of giving sick certificates to public employés +enjoyed by staff surgeons of giving sick certificates to public employés and officers under his care. This state of things was, however, again shortly afterwards disturbed. In 1835, the emperor Francis being dead, fresh intrigues induced the government authorities at Troppau (a town about fifty miles from -Gräfenberg) to withdraw the permission Priessnitz had received +Gräfenberg) to withdraw the permission Priessnitz had received for giving sick certificates. He was urged to appeal to the higher powers, but declined, saying—“The matter must right itself,” and steadily refused giving sick certificates, even to foreign officers. These complained, through their ambassadors, to the authorities at Vienna; and for them, Priessnitz’s power of granting certificates was restored. The Austrian officers and -employés being still excluded, also exerted themselves through +employés being still excluded, also exerted themselves through friends in the capital; and the matter was, in the end, satisfactorily arranged.</p> <p>In 1843, the Prussian government, doubtless under medical -influence, forbade all officers or employés proceeding to any +influence, forbade all officers or employés proceeding to any hydropathic establishment out of Prussia, unless expressly recommended by their medical advisers.</p> <p>The greatest difficulty in obtaining passports to the Hygiean temple is also encountered by the Russian Poles. It has been observed by many from both these countries who, nevertheless, -reached Gräfenberg, that their medical men strongly recommended +reached Gräfenberg, that their medical men strongly recommended their not going to Priessnitz, and willingly gave certificates for any other establishment, even though in a foreign country.</p> @@ -905,7 +863,7 @@ on both subjects.</p> in constant attendance on his blind father; and on that account, escaped the liability of being drawn as a soldier. Early in life he married a distant relation of his own -name, daughter of the <i>Schulz</i> or chief magistrate of Bömishdorf, +name, daughter of the <i>Schulz</i> or chief magistrate of Bömishdorf, who was by trade a miller. He has had nine children, of whom six daughters and one son are living. The first-born, a sickly boy, died of apoplexy. When taken ill, the wife and @@ -934,7 +892,7 @@ fresh air, and washing the face, afforded relief, and ordered it with equal advantage generally. At first he sponged the throat, then the chest, and gradually the whole body; finding the extension of this practice most beneficial in <i>every</i> case, he -ventured on the tepid (<i>i. e.</i> 62° Fahr.) bath and ultimately the +ventured on the tepid (<i>i. e.</i> 62° Fahr.) bath and ultimately the plunge or cold bath.</p> <p>The relief afforded by local bandages to the finger, arm, leg, @@ -1002,7 +960,7 @@ resorted to make known his establishment; yet this is frequented by denizens of all nations, and his fame extends to the antipodes.</p> -<p>When the author went to Gräfenberg in 1841, there +<p>When the author went to Gräfenberg in 1841, there seemed a deficiency of English; of whom he found but three. There were members of every grade of society from the crowned head to the beggar, all submitting themselves to @@ -1011,7 +969,7 @@ Priessnitz’s directions.</p> <p>Anxious to make my countrymen acquainted with a system which had benefited thousands, and from which I had personally derived great advantage, immediately on my return home I published -a work suggested by my visit to Gräfenberg, which proved +a work suggested by my visit to Gräfenberg, which proved to be actually the first that had appeared in England on the subject. Many English were thus induced to undertake a journey to see Priessnitz, and several books shortly afterwards @@ -1023,7 +981,7 @@ numerously signed was sent to America, and was inserted in the <i>New York Tribune</i>.</p> <p class="ml15pc mt15em">“<span class="smcap"><a id="To_the_Editor_of_the_Tribune"></a>To the Editor of the Tribune.</span></p> -<p class="ml2em">“<span class="smcap">Sir</span>, <span class="inrtabs"><i>Gräfenberg, 14th August, 1849.</i></span><br /> +<p class="ml2em">“<span class="smcap">Sir</span>, <span class="inrtabs"><i>Gräfenberg, 14th August, 1849.</i></span><br /> </p> <p>“The undersigned, desirous to alleviate suffering, and to @@ -1122,7 +1080,7 @@ speaking, some of them owe their lives, and are,</p> <tr><td align="left">C. W. Ganahl, <i>Ditto</i></td><td align="left">H. A. Muller, <i>Hambro’</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">H. C. Wright, <i>Philadelphia, N. Y.</i></td><td align="left">Carl Burmester, <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">H. D. Avrainville, <i>Ditto</i></td><td align="left">H. Schierholz, <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Baron Rudolph, <i>Lüttechan, Austria</i></td><td align="left">Theod. Heyman, <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Baron Rudolph, <i>Lüttechan, Austria</i></td><td align="left">Theod. Heyman, <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Count Guillaume D’Aichott, <i>Westphalia</i></td><td align="left">E. Holzmann, <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Charles Dr. Pickler, <i>Gratz, Styria</i></td><td align="left">Count Szirmay, Chamberlain, A. G.</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Baron de Leutch, Capt. Austrian Army</td><td align="left">H. G. Robinson, <i>Yorkshire</i></td></tr> @@ -1140,7 +1098,7 @@ speaking, some of them owe their lives, and are,</p> <tr><td align="left">J. N. Spencer, Surgeon Dentist, <i>London</i></td><td align="left">H. de Strager, Lieut., <i>Ditto</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">F. B. Y. Ribas, Spanish Consul, <i>Odessa</i></td><td align="left">C. Niemann, Provincial Deputy, <i>Pomerania, Prussia</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">F. Harnish, Apothecary, <i>Bresslau</i></td><td align="left">Victor Kurnatowksi, <i>Poland</i><span class="pagenum" title="11"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11"></a></span></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Donilzi de Galetti, Capt., Russian Army</td><td align="left">Baron N. de Höpken, <i>Stockholm</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Donilzi de Galetti, Capt., Russian Army</td><td align="left">Baron N. de Höpken, <i>Stockholm</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Alexr. de Harmasaki, <i>Moldavia</i></td><td align="left">Genges Siebil, <i>Lyons, France</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">V. Hake, Lieut. Col., <i>Prussia</i></td><td align="left">Karl Quovos, <i>Prussian Poland</i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">V. Crety, Lieut., <i>Ditto</i></td><td align="left">Francis Rieger, <i>Cracow</i></td></tr> @@ -1162,7 +1120,7 @@ speaking, some of them owe their lives, and are,</p> <p>“P.S.—We, the undersigned, cannot vouch for the exactitude of each particular in the four cases, related above, not -having been at Gräfenberg during their occurrence; but we are +having been at Gräfenberg during their occurrence; but we are happy to state our conviction and experience to be fully in favor of this mode of treatment.</p> @@ -1192,7 +1150,7 @@ letter.</p> <p class="ml15pc mt15em">“<span class="smcap">To the Editor of the London Times</span>,</p> -<p class="inrt">“<i>Gräfenberg, 2nd February, 1845</i>.<br /> +<p class="inrt">“<i>Gräfenberg, 2nd February, 1845</i>.<br /> </p> <p>“<span class="smcap">Sir.</span>—We, the undersigned British and Americans, who @@ -1227,7 +1185,7 @@ allude to, as to whether Mr. and Mrs. P. drink wine or grog, whether Miss J. S. and other English ladies were treated with or without clothes, the tiresome story about Munde, or whether the Princess L. did or did not employ the Water-cure, with -such like, I have never concerned myself; for I lived at Gräfenberg +such like, I have never concerned myself; for I lived at Gräfenberg exclusively for the Water-cure.’</p> @@ -1285,12 +1243,12 @@ this letter, We are, Sir, Your obedient Servants,</p> <p>If Dr. Graham’s object was to injure Priessnitz, it was, unquestionably thoroughly defeated; for his fame continued to -increase, and at the end of the same year, Gräfenberg was<span class="pagenum" title="14"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14"></a></span> +increase, and at the end of the same year, Gräfenberg was<span class="pagenum" title="14"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14"></a></span> honoured by a visit from the Archduke Charles, heir apparent to the imperial crown of Austria, who treated Priessnitz with the greatest consideration, and shewed great interest in the Hydropathic treatment. On his arrival, an address was presented to -him, numerously signed by the visitors at Gräfenberg, and +him, numerously signed by the visitors at Gräfenberg, and presented by—</p> <div> @@ -1307,7 +1265,7 @@ a novelty in Germany, where addresses are unknown, we think a translation may be interesting to our readers.</p> <p class="ml2em mt15em"><i>Address presented to</i> <span class="smcap">Archduke Franz Carl</span>, <i>at -Gräfenberg, October 4th, 1845</i>.</p> +Gräfenberg, October 4th, 1845</i>.</p> <p>“We, the undersigned natives of various countries, enjoying @@ -1320,7 +1278,7 @@ illustrious house, for the favour it has deigned to grant for the development of a system, which has produced such happy results on ourselves, on that around us, and on the thousands of invalids who have preceded us. The protection of Government -having been extended to the establishment at Gräfenberg +having been extended to the establishment at Gräfenberg and Freiwaldau, your Royal and Imperial Highness has judged it not unworthy to see with your own eyes the marvellous effects of a treatment, which gradually spreading over the @@ -1402,7 +1360,7 @@ life to see his son grow up, so that he may initiate him experimentally in the theory of Hydropathy, which can never be perfectly disseminated in any other way.</p> -<p>Several monuments and fountains erected at Gräfenberg, +<p>Several monuments and fountains erected at Gräfenberg, testify the admiration and respect in which Priessnitz is held. The English and the Hamburghers are at present engaged in erecting similar testimonies. The latter have placed his bust @@ -1431,7 +1389,7 @@ habits, and temperance in our manner of living.</p> <p>In fact, by the term “hydropathy,” were intended all those appliances by which nature may be put in the best possible way -of assisting herself, since no allopathist, <ins title="Transcriber's Note: should be ‘homœopathist’or ‘homeopathist’">homæopathist</ins>, or hydropathist, +of assisting herself, since no allopathist, <ins title="Transcriber's Note: should be ‘homœopathist’or ‘homeopathist’">homæopathist</ins>, or hydropathist, will pretend that anything he can administer has of itself any healing virtue. It is a common observation, that riding, climbing, and exercise, give us strength; the horses, @@ -1453,7 +1411,7 @@ healthy action of the vital organs.</p> <p>The extreme vessels deposit healthy particles, which the absorbents remove.</p> -<p>Dr. Gibbs, in his “Letters from Gräfenberg,” states that +<p>Dr. Gibbs, in his “Letters from Gräfenberg,” states that water, applied hydropathically, acts in the following ways:—</p> <div class="hangin"> @@ -1614,7 +1572,7 @@ the most important organ in the human structure, and the most neglected by the guardians of the public health; and by the promotion of all the secretions and excretions.</p> -<p>The Abbé Sanctorius, a Florentine, might be said to have +<p>The Abbé Sanctorius, a Florentine, might be said to have spent twenty years of his life in a balance determining the amount of matters thrown off by the pores of the skin. To ascertain this, he first cleaned and then placed small glasses, @@ -1798,7 +1756,7 @@ of nervous fevers or inflammations, in any stage, was he ever known to lose a patient; and what is worthy of remark in acute cases, a cure is effected in a few days without the subsequent debility which results from other treatment. Whilst -I was at Gräfenberg, all descriptions of acute attacks came +I was at Gräfenberg, all descriptions of acute attacks came under my immediate notice, and I assert, without fear of contradiction, that they were all cured, with but one exception,—and that a highly valued friend of my own, a medical man, @@ -1978,7 +1936,7 @@ thousand pounds a year (and that there are the latter is proved by the returns of the Income Tax), are made by members of the profession, no reform with their consent can be expected. At one period, after the amputation of a limb, bleeding was -staunched by the application of boiling pitch. Paré deprecated +staunched by the application of boiling pitch. Paré deprecated this treatment, and recommended the taking up arteries, as is now done. He was treated with derision: “What” said the old practitioner, “would you hang the life of a man upon a @@ -2044,7 +2002,7 @@ fortunately gone out of fashion; and the frightful mortality that attended its practice, is now no longer known on board our ships.”</p> -<p>“Let the reader,” says Dr. Gibbs, in his letters from Gräfenberg, +<p>“Let the reader,” says Dr. Gibbs, in his letters from Gräfenberg, “enter the crowded hospitals in England or the Continent, and see how mercilessly the lancet, the leech, and cupping-glass are employed in the diseases of the poor. Look at the pale and @@ -2083,7 +2041,7 @@ received doctrine.” Thus Hydropathy, like many other valuable discoveries, and even Christianity itself, must wait its time; a circumstance much to be lamented—because all that is sought by bleeding is effected without this soul-harrowing process. -Let such as doubt the fact, go to Gräfenberg, there they will<span class="pagenum" title="32"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32"></a></span> +Let such as doubt the fact, go to Gräfenberg, there they will<span class="pagenum" title="32"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32"></a></span> learn that during the whole course of Mr. Priessnitz’s practice, not a single drop of human blood has been spilt; and yet all diseases for which the lancet is applied are hourly relieved. @@ -2164,7 +2122,7 @@ the use of it throughout his empire, and introduced swimming as an amusement at his court.</p> <p>Michael Savonarola, an Italian doctor, in 1462, recommended -cold water in gout, ophthalmia, and hæmorrhages.</p> +cold water in gout, ophthalmia, and hæmorrhages.</p> <p>Cardanus, of Pavia, 1575, complains that the doctors in his time made so little use of cold water in the curing of gout.</p> @@ -2497,7 +2455,7 @@ precautions would prevent the most delicate persons from taking cold, though not in the habit of using cold water.</p> <p>Professor Oertel was the first to publish to the world the -astonishing cures which were effected at Gräfenberg; and he +astonishing cures which were effected at Gräfenberg; and he was followed by Brand, Kroeber, Kurtsz, Doering, Harnish, and a host of others, whose writings contributed to establish the reputation of Priessnitz, who by means of the various @@ -2644,7 +2602,7 @@ establish the tone of these organs, and regulate their functions. Injections ought to be aided by the use of cold water in other ways.</p> -<p>There are also other injections in use at Gräfenberg, such +<p>There are also other injections in use at Gräfenberg, such as for the ears, nostrils, and genitals. Particular syringes are used for these purposes.</p> @@ -2899,7 +2857,7 @@ tepid or cold bath, or a dripping-sheet: if a tepid bath, cold water is afterwards poured over the head and shoulders; but if a dripping-sheet, it is repeated until the body is cooled.</p> -<p>Every day’s practice at Gräfenberg, and elsewhere, shews<span class="pagenum" title="49"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49"></a></span> +<p>Every day’s practice at Gräfenberg, and elsewhere, shews<span class="pagenum" title="49"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49"></a></span> that no danger attends going into cold water in a heated state.</p> @@ -2910,7 +2868,7 @@ that the same or better results attend the packing sheet, we know not, has changed his practice, and no longer resorts so frequently to the sweating process. The following extract is from a letter received by the author from a gentleman who has -been a long time at Gräfenberg.</p> +been a long time at Gräfenberg.</p> <p>“The object of all Hydropathic appliances may be shortly and intelligibly defined, as assisting Nature to regain that @@ -3094,7 +3052,7 @@ may have occupied for years. What is understood by a tops of small huts, from whence it falls in a stream about the thickness of one’s wrist.</p> -<p>At Gräfenberg, there are six douches in the forest, with the +<p>At Gräfenberg, there are six douches in the forest, with the falls of twenty feet, eighteen feet, and fifteen feet, respectively: the douches for women have a fall of only twelve feet, but no difference is made in the dimensions of the stream.</p> @@ -3156,7 +3114,7 @@ doctor’s orders in the use of the douche.</p> <h3>XVII.—<span class="smcap">The Shower Baths.</span></h3> <p>These baths so much recommended by the faculty are not -used at Gräfenberg. Many persons in the habit of using them +used at Gräfenberg. Many persons in the habit of using them complain of giddiness and head-ache. This arises from the re-action upwards, which naturally results from their application. As an ablution, a bath, or washing with wet towels is @@ -3169,7 +3127,7 @@ the head, they frequently cause congestion in that region.</p> <h3>XVIII.—<span class="smcap">The Sitz or Sitting Bath.</span></h3> -<p>By this is to be understood a hip bath: that used at Gräfenberg +<p>By this is to be understood a hip bath: that used at Gräfenberg is a small flat tub about seventeen inches in diameter and twelve or thirteen inches deep; a common washing tub placed against the wall will answer the purpose. The water in this @@ -3370,7 +3328,7 @@ Priessnitz the value of tepid baths.</p> <p>Whenever these baths are ordered—for instance for fifteen<span class="pagenum" title="59"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59"></a></span> minutes—instead of taking the whole at once, the dose is -administered <i>à trois reprises</i>. After the first five minutes, the +administered <i>à trois reprises</i>. After the first five minutes, the patient gets out of the bath and walks about the room, covered with a dry sheet, until he gains a little life and activity in the joints, which will be effected in two or three minutes. He @@ -3449,16 +3407,16 @@ washed. Moreover, they regulate the bowels, kidnies, &c.</p> <p>Mercury is constantly drawn from the pores in these bandages.—Prince Leichtenstein, who had rubbed a light green ointment into his leg twelve months previously to going to -Gräfenberg, found that for a fortnight it came out of the flesh +Gräfenberg, found that for a fortnight it came out of the flesh by means of these bandages. Some medical men are sceptical on this subject: to be convinced of the truth let such go to -Gräfenberg, where they may have constant evidence of the +Gräfenberg, where they may have constant evidence of the fact.</p> <p>These bandages assuage pain, and aid in curing—better than ointments and plaisters[sic]. It is in vain that we seek to cure malignant ulcers retained in the system by impure blood with -ointments. At Gräfenberg this is effected by the general cure, +ointments. At Gräfenberg this is effected by the general cure, in which these bandages occupy so prominent a part.</p> <p>These bandages are used by every patient, and must @@ -3524,7 +3482,7 @@ in them at one time, and so sleeps without any precautions as to increasing the amount of his covering.</p> <p>A well-known English Gentleman caught leprosy in the -East. Whilst under treatment at Gräfenberg, he slept in a +East. Whilst under treatment at Gräfenberg, he slept in a pair of wet pantaloons, and a wet waistcoat covered with dry ones every night. The dry covering soon became wet, as did the blanket, when the patient felt chilly and uncomfortable, @@ -3771,13 +3729,13 @@ an excursion on foot over the mountains of Switzerland better than any of my female acquaintances. Does not this speak volumes in favour of milk as a diet for children or adults?</p> -<p>At Gräfenberg, patients who cannot drink milk mix it with +<p>At Gräfenberg, patients who cannot drink milk mix it with water until the stomach gains tone; others drink sour milk, and find it agree with them, when common milk would not: this is to be accounted for from the milk having already undergone the first process of fermentation, which process would otherwise have taken place in the stomach. Most new-comers -to Gräfenberg have a strong prejudice against sour milk, which, +to Gräfenberg have a strong prejudice against sour milk, which, after persevering in taking it for some time, generally ends in their liking it exceedingly. Sour milk, with sugar and strawberries, is delicious. Boiled milk, with bread broken in it, @@ -3799,7 +3757,7 @@ morose, and makes invalids of men who ought to be in the enjoyment of robust health. It is hardly to be expected that nature will deal mercifully with him who has for so many years sinned against her mandates: she will, doubtless, sooner -or later reward the crimes of <i>lèse majesté</i> committed against +or later reward the crimes of <i>lèse majesté</i> committed against her high prerogatives.</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="68"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68"></a></span></p> @@ -3879,7 +3837,7 @@ days: the want of it is not felt. It might naturally be supposed, that leaving off flannel of a sudden, especially in cold weather, would be attended with serious consequences; but this is never the case in the Water-cure. Invalids frequently -arrive at Gräfenberg in the depth of winter, and after the bath, +arrive at Gräfenberg in the depth of winter, and after the bath, invariably leave off flannel. Of the number of cases that came under my observation, I never knew a single instance of a party catching cold. After the bath, the patient is expected to keep @@ -3903,11 +3861,11 @@ the head cold, and the feet warm.” Previously to sleeping without a nightcap, and washing my head every morning with cold water, I was constantly tormented with cold in the head, from which I am now perfectly free. Perhaps, in some -measure, I am indebted to my last visit to Gräfenberg for this +measure, I am indebted to my last visit to Gräfenberg for this happy change, having passed a whole winter there without wearing either hat or neck-cloth, or making any change from my summer clothing, although the thermometer was frequently -12° to 14° Reaumur below zero.</p> +12° to 14° Reaumur below zero.</p> <p>The constant use of oils and pomatums to the hair, unless the head is often washed, closes the pores, and is prejudicial.</p> @@ -3950,7 +3908,7 @@ and that it is much healthier, to go without stockings; it necessitates washing the feet oftener, which, if done in cold water, tends to bring warmth to them. The Turks owe much of their health to their habit of washing their feet. Before going to -Gräfenberg, people destitute of shoes and stockings excited my +Gräfenberg, people destitute of shoes and stockings excited my pity; but since that time, my opinion is changed: let such persons be well fed, but for health keep their feet bare. The following extracts from Liebig support Priessnitz’s opinion:—</p> @@ -3986,7 +3944,7 @@ to the open air, in a carriage or on the deck of a ship, by increasing radiation and evaporation, increases the loss of heat and compels us to eat more than usual. The same is true of those who are accustomed to <i>drink large quantities of water</i>, -which is given off at a temperature of the body 98°. It +which is given off at a temperature of the body 98°. It increases the appetite; and persons of weak constitution find it necessary, by continued exercise, to supply to the system the oxygen required to restore the heat abstracted by the cold<span class="pagenum" title="72"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72"></a></span> @@ -4008,8 +3966,8 @@ one who is quite well, might by use become so hardened, that during the coldest season he might feel, when naked, as comfortable as any one covered with wool. The truth of this was verified by two English gentlemen, the winter I spent -at Gräfenberg. One day in December, when the thermometer -was at 6°, of Reaumur, below zero, they proceeded to a mountain, +at Gräfenberg. One day in December, when the thermometer +was at 6°, of Reaumur, below zero, they proceeded to a mountain, took off all their clothes, except their drawers, and proceeded to the top, where, though the wind was blowing strong at the time, they remained two hours. They stated that after they @@ -4053,7 +4011,7 @@ In these bright vales, o’er these green mountains<br /> I have myself to thousands poison given,<br /> And hear their murderer praised as blest by heaven,<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Because with Nature strife he waged.”</span><br /> -<span class="smcap ml20em">Göethe’s Faust.</span> +<span class="smcap ml20em">Göethe’s Faust.</span> </div> <p>The influence of habit and custom is such, that it is difficult @@ -4079,11 +4037,11 @@ the foundation of his truths; thus, that which is produced by nature is good; all inclinations, all impulses of men derived from nature, are good; and every mis-usage of nature is an outrage which she punishes with misery and pain. All the -principles of the art of curing at Gräfenberg, attested as they +principles of the art of curing at Gräfenberg, attested as they are by thousands, are dictated by that instinct which nature has given to every human being as his inheritance.”</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="74"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74"></a></span></p> -<p>But are not all the cures performed at Gräfenberg—all the +<p>But are not all the cures performed at Gräfenberg—all the doctrines of Hydropathy—opposed to science? It may be answered, Yes; nor can we shut our eyes to the fact, that nature refuses all respect for what we are pleased to denominate @@ -4096,7 +4054,7 @@ Crusades, the Arab doctors introduced the use of Oriental drugs, to which they attributed miraculous virtues; and during the period of astrology and alchemy, and when researches were being made for the philosopher’s stone, almost every nation -boasted of having found some panacea—some elixir vitæ: +boasted of having found some panacea—some elixir vitæ: sometimes it was an oil or an herb; at others, a powder or mineral; until, in process of time, their accumulation formed the vaunted science of medicine. But, we would inquire, are @@ -4155,7 +4113,7 @@ No! they drag on a miserable existence. It might be asked, If certain herbs and minerals were alone intended for healing man’s infirmities, how would the inhabitants of the temperate zone procure those that are indigenous to the tropics, and -<i>vice versâ</i>? Instinct pleads in favour of the element that +<i>vice versâ</i>? Instinct pleads in favour of the element that abounds wherever human beings ought to live; and innumerable instances might be adduced of the advantage which the use of water gives the savage over cultivated man.</p> @@ -4342,7 +4300,7 @@ to effect the elimination of non-nutritious matter, may resort to measures imperceptible to the patient, such as evaporation caused by ablutions, by relaxation of the bowels, or other evacuatory means. Although for twelve months, whilst at -Gräfenberg, I went through all the necessary processes, I +Gräfenberg, I went through all the necessary processes, I never had any perceptible crisis, except a slight water-rash, and the same may be said of many friends of mine, who have passed through the treatment.</p> @@ -4373,7 +4331,7 @@ and laws during the period of her prostration.</p> <p>An officer in the Prussian army, author of the most concise and best-written work on the Water-cure, told me that at -Gräfenberg six years ago he was radically cured of a complication +Gräfenberg six years ago he was radically cured of a complication of diseases: that he had the so-called crisis; the first attack was painful and distressing in the extreme; rheumatism returned to each part where he had previously felt it; his foot, @@ -4386,7 +4344,7 @@ in intensity to the preceding one. After the last, he found his hearing, of which he had been deprived two years, restored; he could walk as well as ever he did, a necessary pleasure of which rheumatism had deprived him; in fact, he -left Gräfenberg a new man, and has ever since been perfectly +left Gräfenberg a new man, and has ever since been perfectly well. This gentleman said that, whilst in a fortress, with his regiment, almost all the officers, except himself, suffered from influenza, whilst he escaped, from drinking cold water and @@ -4437,7 +4395,7 @@ indicated, it is the practice to recommend patients to diminish the treatment or quit it altogether, thus throwing away the golden opportunity of realising health. Whilst at others with a limited knowledge of the Hydropathic treatment, some -practitioners resort to Allopathic or Homoæpathic means of +practitioners resort to Allopathic or Homoæpathic means of mitigating nature’s effort to escape her bonds. Let not such men be trusted: they know not what they do. When in Ireland, I treated a person of advanced age who had been @@ -4573,7 +4531,7 @@ purest virtue and truest feelings of honor.”—<span class="smcap">Pri <p><span class="smcap">Observations.</span>—Persons who consider themselves in health, will derive advantage by six weeks’ or two months’ treatment -at Gräfenberg, and will learn how to apply it to themselves +at Gräfenberg, and will learn how to apply it to themselves or families.</p> <p>Parents will there acquire the habit of using cold water, @@ -4585,7 +4543,7 @@ will have nothing to fear from epidemics; they will find that<span class="pagenu fevers and inflammations are diseases which form the easiest part of Mr. Priessnitz’ practice.</p> -<p>The water at Gräfenberg has no advantage over that which +<p>The water at Gräfenberg has no advantage over that which we find everywhere, except that it is peculiarly cold and fresh. In the general purposes of the cure, water should be soft, that is to say, it must possess the quality of dissolving, and for this @@ -4896,7 +4854,7 @@ case of necessity the cure may be shirked.</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="91"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91"></a></span></p> <p>11.—Q. Ought I to continue any part of the treatment on -leaving Gräfenberg, and what?</p> +leaving Gräfenberg, and what?</p> <p>A. Washing morning and evening, either bath or Abreibung.</p> @@ -4992,7 +4950,7 @@ being otherwise robust:—</p> patient in blankets (sweating process) until perspiration appears in the face.</p> -<p>Then put him into the half-bath—water 62° to 65° Fahr.; +<p>Then put him into the half-bath—water 62° to 65° Fahr.; let him be well rubbed in this from 5 to 25 minutes, or until friction can be applied to all parts alike. Cold water should be<span class="pagenum" title="93"><a name="Page_93" id="Page_93"></a></span> occasionally poured over head and shoulders during the operation. @@ -5001,7 +4959,7 @@ afflicted part.</p> <p>For the second treatment:—About mid-day, rubbed in a packing-sheet; take a sitz-bath for fifteen minutes—first time -tepid 64°, afterwards cold; then put the offending member into +tepid 64°, afterwards cold; then put the offending member into cold water for ten or fifteen minutes, and renew bandages.</p> <p>In the afternoon, at 5 o’clock, repeat mid-day treatment. @@ -5050,7 +5008,7 @@ which affected his voice.</p> <p><i>Treatment.</i>—Laid in packing-sheet until perspiration ensued (two or three hours); then tepid bath renewed by cold water being thrown over head and shoulders; noon, rubbing-sheet, -followed by sitz-bath 62° for fifteen minutes; cold foot-bath +followed by sitz-bath 62° for fifteen minutes; cold foot-bath fifteen minutes, and head-bath ten minutes; afternoon, morning treatment repeated.</p> @@ -5067,7 +5025,7 @@ treatment at the end of six weeks was again changed for perspiring only once a day, for three hours. Patient was at length ordered to discontinue the treatment altogether, and proceed to the sea-side for a month. Soon after his return again to -Gräfenberg, he was able to walk fifteen miles at a time, as is +Gräfenberg, he was able to walk fifteen miles at a time, as is seen by his own letter.</p> @@ -5103,7 +5061,7 @@ then the bath again for a quarter of an hour, a respite of a few minutes, and the bath a third time.</p> <p>Two hours after the above operation, a tepid sitting-bath -62°, for twenty minutes.</p> +62°, for twenty minutes.</p> <p>In the afternoon the packing-sheet and bath as before. This treatment was repeated, every day for six days, when patient @@ -5188,19 +5146,19 @@ This treatment was continued for several weeks, during which no change of any kind was produced, a confirmation of the cure being effected.</p> -<p>On leaving Gräfenberg, Priessnitz advised him to return the +<p>On leaving Gräfenberg, Priessnitz advised him to return the next year, to see if the cure was a radical one.</p> <p>In 1845, the Count returned, when he was subjected to a most vigorous treatment, such as sweating, douche, etc., for a month, without any return of gout.</p> -<p>On leaving Gräfenberg he assured me, that he was not +<p>On leaving Gräfenberg he assured me, that he was not only cured of gout; but that his digestive powers, which for<span class="pagenum" title="97"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97"></a></span> years had been deranged, were in perfect order, and that his general health was completely restored.</p> -<p>Sixteen years previous to the Count’s going to Gräfenberg, +<p>Sixteen years previous to the Count’s going to Gräfenberg, he had his elbow wounded by a ball in a duel, which occasionally caused him great pain. For the cure of this, he, at the time, rubbed in a yellow ointment. Singular @@ -5219,7 +5177,7 @@ years and upwards, when a paroxysm of gout came on the following morning.</p> <p>The following treatment was resorted to. Morning, packing-sheet -until thoroughly warm; then tepid bath 64° for two +until thoroughly warm; then tepid bath 64° for two hours, during which time 200 cans of cold water were thrown over his head and shoulders.</p> @@ -5242,11 +5200,11 @@ had strong hold upon the system, and was ejected with difficulty.</p> <p>During all the time the patient had a good appetite and slept soundly at night.</p> -<p>He was still under the cure when I left Gräfenberg. Priessnitz +<p>He was still under the cure when I left Gräfenberg. Priessnitz said, to effect this cure, it would require at least four years’ treatment, which the patient said he would prefer to a renewal of the suffering he had already undergone, previously to -coming to Gräfenberg.</p> +coming to Gräfenberg.</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="98"><a name="Page_98" id="Page_98"></a></span></p> @@ -5254,12 +5212,12 @@ coming to Gräfenberg.</p> last case shews how the human body may be exposed to the action of water, with friction, for any length of time. The present case is that of an English Gentleman, well -known to all visitors at Gräfenberg.</p> +known to all visitors at Gräfenberg.</p> <p class="mt15em">G——, aged between 50 and 60, gouty for the last twenty years, with contraction of the limbs, chalk stones having formed in the joints. This patient travelled from Italy to -Gräfenberg during the heat of summer, and, on arriving, had +Gräfenberg during the heat of summer, and, on arriving, had a most painful attack of gout in his lower extremities.</p> <p>Priessnitz, without the least preparation, put him into a @@ -5318,7 +5276,7 @@ cure. This patient was allowed a little weak chocolate, and was ordered to drink abundantly of water.</p> -<p class="mt15em">A—— had a most violent attack at Gräfenberg, for which +<p class="mt15em">A—— had a most violent attack at Gräfenberg, for which he was put up to his neck into a tepid bath, 64 deg., and there rubbed by two men for <i>seven</i> hours. Priessnitz gave particular orders that the patient should not leave the bath until all pain @@ -5413,7 +5371,7 @@ a more vigorous treatment, such as sweating, douche, &c.</p> <p class="mt15em">A——, had a severe rheumatic attack in both knees; he thought swinging his legs backwards and forwards would relieve him; instead of which, it brought on enlargement of the joints and -inflammation: whilst at Gräfenberg I inquired of Priessnitz +inflammation: whilst at Gräfenberg I inquired of Priessnitz what he ought to have done.—</p> <p><i>Answer</i>—He ought in, the first instance, to have rubbed the @@ -5429,7 +5387,7 @@ to the middle of the thigh.</p> Medical advice, sea baths, hot baths, and other remedies, useless.</p> -<p>Patient went to Gräfenberg, August 1843, and left in May +<p>Patient went to Gräfenberg, August 1843, and left in May following.</p> <p><i>Treatment.</i>—Packing-sheet, followed by cold bath twice @@ -5450,7 +5408,7 @@ renewed his former treatment.</p> <p class="mt15em">B——, travelling in North America, and exposed to severe<span class="pagenum" title="102"><a name="Page_102" id="Page_102"></a></span> rains without the means of changing his clothes, suffered the consequences such circumstances frequently entail. Rheumatism -almost beyond endurance induced him to go to Gräfenberg.</p> +almost beyond endurance induced him to go to Gräfenberg.</p> <p>At the first interview, Priessnitz put him first into a tepid bath 64 deg., out of which he plunged into a cold bath, where @@ -5462,12 +5420,12 @@ affected.</p> bath; noon, rubbing-sheet; afternoon, packing-sheet, twenty minutes, and then rubbing-sheet again.</p> -<p>Left Gräfenberg in a month, during which time patient used +<p>Left Gräfenberg in a month, during which time patient used the rubbing-sheet mornings and evenings; exposed his body (after that in the morning) quite naked in his room, from a quarter to half an hour.</p> -<p>On returning to Gräfenberg, the douche was substituted for +<p>On returning to Gräfenberg, the douche was substituted for the rubbing-sheet at noon. After continuing the treatment for some time, rheumatism returned, when he was ordered three rubbing-sheets five minutes each, twice a-day; between @@ -5475,7 +5433,7 @@ each an air bath of five minutes.</p> <p>A crisis of boils ensued, and after they healed, patient was perfectly well. The patient writes to a friend—“I now leave -Gräfenberg with a clean body, and a sincere wish for your own +Gräfenberg with a clean body, and a sincere wish for your own speedy cure, and that of all the agreeable acquaintances that I leave behind me, under the safe care of our virtuous and sagacious friend V. Priessnitz.”</p> @@ -5522,7 +5480,7 @@ and near a hundred of the latter. Also mud and sulphur baths, which enabled him to walk for about a month, when he was again confined to bed. Gout having attacked the breast, both his medical attendants declared they could do no more. 1st -May, 1844, he was conveyed to Gräfenberg, so crippled that +May, 1844, he was conveyed to Gräfenberg, so crippled that he could not dress himself. He began the treatment as follows:—</p> @@ -5571,7 +5529,7 @@ for the rubbing-sheet.</p> <p>May 16th, 1845.—Patient was declared perfectly well. He had gone the whole of the winter without stockings, neckcloth, or waistcoat, wearing only linen coat and trousers, and sleeping -with his windows wide open. When I saw him at Gräfenberg, +with his windows wide open. When I saw him at Gräfenberg, in May, I thought I never saw a man in such robust rude health in my life.</p> @@ -5701,19 +5659,19 @@ bath twice a day substituted with great advantage.</p> <p>Another <i>case of severe</i> Tic came under my notice, that resisted all treatment. The paroxysm was only allayed by very -long tepid baths 62°, and great friction.</p> +long tepid baths 62°, and great friction.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Obstinate case of Tic in the Thigh.</i>—This case is given to<span class="pagenum" title="107"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107"></a></span> shew the way in which Priessnitz meets extraordinary circumstances.</p> <p>H. from Berlin, aged 54, had a settled pain down one of his -thighs; he was treated for it seven years ago at Gräfenberg. +thighs; he was treated for it seven years ago at Gräfenberg. In a few months he thought himself cured. For seven years he felt no inconvenience, and lived as he had formerly done. At the expiration of that period, pain returned; not wishing to devote so much time to the cure as he knew it would require at -Gräfenberg, he went to Carlsbad, where the pain became insupportable. +Gräfenberg, he went to Carlsbad, where the pain became insupportable. In this state he again had recourse to Priessnitz. He has now been there four months, undergoing a vigorous treatment of packing-sheets, baths, rubbing-sheets, and sitz-baths, @@ -5725,7 +5683,7 @@ eighteen months, still continues so.</p> this he lies from his arm-pits down to his thighs, from 9 to 11 o’clock at night, and again from 2 to 4 o’clock in the morning. At 6 o’clock he commences his usual treatment. -The last fortnight before I left Gräfenberg, pain had ceased, +The last fortnight before I left Gräfenberg, pain had ceased, but his sleeping was as disturbed as usual.</p> @@ -5777,7 +5735,7 @@ posterity.</p> processes. To this it may be answered, except where by age or disease patients are not reduced to the last stage of existence, <i>all</i> are curable. I made constant inquiries when at -Gräfenberg—witnessed the treatment of innumerable cases +Gräfenberg—witnessed the treatment of innumerable cases of fever, amongst others Typhus and Brain Fever, and I could not discover that Priessnitz during his long practice had ever lost a patient.</p> @@ -5842,7 +5800,7 @@ temperature.</p> <p>Where there is no want of bodily strength in the patient, the quickest and surest method of putting an end at once to fever, is as follows. Put him into a bath up to the shoulders, tepid -63° or 64° to begin with, and to be renewed constantly by +63° or 64° to begin with, and to be renewed constantly by cold water being poured over the shoulders; two persons rubbing the patient the whole time.</p> @@ -5887,7 +5845,7 @@ the appetite improved, the bowels regulated, etc. etc.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Fever.</i>—An English officer who caught a fever twenty years ago in the West Indies, wrote to Priessnitz that all his prospects in life were blighted, and that existence was almost -intolerable. He came to Gräfenberg and was treated as follows:</p> +intolerable. He came to Gräfenberg and was treated as follows:</p> <p>Early in the morning packing-sheet and bath; wore heating bandage always. Breakfasted at eight o’clock, when, from @@ -5905,7 +5863,7 @@ the fit was over.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Nervousness and slow Fever, and disposition to a Decline.</i>—A lady was treated as follows:—</p> -<p>Morning, five packing-sheets and bath, 62°; noon, douche +<p>Morning, five packing-sheets and bath, 62°; noon, douche and sitz-bath; afternoon, rubbing-sheet and two sitz-baths.</p> <p>At first, she was ordered to have a cold bath prepared by the @@ -5925,7 +5883,7 @@ water freely. This one application effected a cure.</p> <p class="mt15em">A young lady had her foot and ankle much swollen from rheumatic gout. Second day, arose with head-ache and pain in all her limbs; and towards evening, had a slight fever. For this, -she was put into a tepid bath 62°, and rubbed for forty minutes, +she was put into a tepid bath 62°, and rubbed for forty minutes, when the arm-pits feeling no warmer than the other parts of her body, she was allowed to leave the bath. This application was sufficient.</p> @@ -6013,7 +5971,7 @@ and said the fever would certainly last seven days, if not longer.</p> <p>I applied a packing-sheet, and changed it after twenty -minutes; then two rubbing-sheets. Head-bath 62° for a quarter +minutes; then two rubbing-sheets. Head-bath 62° for a quarter of an hour: hot-water poultice to face. This treatment completely subdued the fever the second day.</p> @@ -6022,12 +5980,12 @@ subdued the fever the second day.</p> tooth-ache.</p> <p>Packing-sheet for twenty, and another for thirty minutes; -then two rubbing-sheets, twice a day; head-bath 62°, and sitz-bath -62°; hot water bandage to face.</p> +then two rubbing-sheets, twice a day; head-bath 62°, and sitz-bath +62°; hot water bandage to face.</p> <p>On a return of the same in the spring of the next year: morning, packing-sheet and rubbing-sheet; noon, sitz-bath -62°; afternoon, sitz-bath and foot-bath 62°; the swollen part +62°; afternoon, sitz-bath and foot-bath 62°; the swollen part of the face put into cold water fifteen minutes, twice a day. This treatment answered admirably.</p> @@ -6083,12 +6041,12 @@ picture of the “eternal city,” to send for his acceptance.</p> fever at the siege of Mantua, in 1798. His complaint resisted all remedies: his liver became hardened and enlarged, exhibiting a tumour extending three fingers’ breadth above his -navel. Came to Gräfenberg thin as a skeleton, complexion +navel. Came to Gräfenberg thin as a skeleton, complexion nearly livid, unable to walk without the assistance of two persons. Obstinate indigestion and constipation; no motion for fifteen years, without aid; congestion of blood to the head, and threatened apoplexy; insupportable sensitiveness -to cold. Arrived at Gräfenberg in 1839; now restored to +to cold. Arrived at Gräfenberg in 1839; now restored to health: liver restored to normal size, with merely a slight swelling at epigastric region.</p> @@ -6112,7 +6070,7 @@ glasses of water, daily. Fifth month:—appetite good; commenced ascending the mountains. The douche found to excite too much: therefore abandoned.</p> -<p>August, 1840:—Left Gräfenberg: his liver softer, though +<p>August, 1840:—Left Gräfenberg: his liver softer, though not sensibly diminished. Recommended, whilst at home, to wear heating bandages always, and use cold ablutions, but not to transpire, unless pain of liver occurs.</p> @@ -6120,7 +6078,7 @@ not to transpire, unless pain of liver occurs.</p> <p>In January, 1841, eruptions on the skin, and many ulcers, made their appearance.</p> -<p>August, 1841, returned to Gräfenberg, and commenced +<p>August, 1841, returned to Gräfenberg, and commenced the same treatment as before: sweating one hour; plunge-bath and two partial baths a day; douche for five minutes every other day.</p> @@ -6136,10 +6094,10 @@ this the patient remained longer, preparatory to a warm bath.</p> <p>Twenty-four glasses of water daily.</p> -<p>March, 1842.—Left Gräfenberg: liver reduced to one-half +<p>March, 1842.—Left Gräfenberg: liver reduced to one-half the size it was.</p> -<p>August, 1842.—Returned again to Gräfenberg, when his +<p>August, 1842.—Returned again to Gräfenberg, when his treatment was:—packing-sheet every morning one hour, followed by two rubbing-sheets; noon and afternoon, two rubbing-sheets.</p> @@ -6150,12 +6108,12 @@ from many old wounds no longer felt.</p> <p>Patient aged forty-five. Ten years ago; caught cold, which ended in intermittent fever, which resisted the usual remedies; -was cured at Gräfenberg as follows:—morning, packing-sheet +was cured at Gräfenberg as follows:—morning, packing-sheet and plunge-bath; noon, rubbing-sheet and sitz-bath; afternoon, as the morning.</p> <p>Fever and ague returned every fourth day, when treatment -was changed. Packing-sheet and tepid bath 62°, ten minutes; +was changed. Packing-sheet and tepid bath 62°, ten minutes; then into cold bath two minutes, and back again to tepid, with much friction; at noon, five rubbing-sheets; afternoon, as in the morning. The paroxysm over, resumed the former @@ -6297,7 +6255,7 @@ under Hydropathic treatment inflammation returns, which then, by producing irritation on the surface, is extracted.</p> <p>Mr. Priessnitz’ married daughter, this year, returned to<span class="pagenum" title="119"><a name="Page_119" id="Page_119"></a></span> -Gräfenberg, with her husband, to be cured of an epidemic +Gräfenberg, with her husband, to be cured of an epidemic which raged in Hungary. The husband was cured. The lady, with an eruption, went for two days into the country; on return the eruption had nearly subsided; it had gone to the @@ -6316,7 +6274,7 @@ cold sitz-bath, for from half an hour to an hour, during the time use great friction to the feet and legs with hands dipped in water. All medical reasoning will be to the effect that this treatment must cause congestion to the lungs; but every day’s -practice at Gräfenberg proves the contrary.</p> +practice at Gräfenberg proves the contrary.</p> <p>Between the application of the above treatment, use a rubbing sheet.</p> @@ -6336,7 +6294,7 @@ will become too warm.</p> day, completely cure an attack of this nature.</p> <p class="mt15em">A lady, aged forty, attacked with inflammation of the lungs, -was put into a tepid bath 62°, and kept there three hours and +was put into a tepid bath 62°, and kept there three hours and ten minutes, cold water being constantly poured over the shoulders, to bring down the temperature. Priessnitz frequently felt the chest and arm-pits; and in answer to patient’s request @@ -6352,10 +6310,10 @@ subsided.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Spitting Blood and Inflammation.</i>—A young man had inflammation of the lungs at Vienna, which ended in great debility -and spitting of blood. Shortly after going to Gräfenberg he +and spitting of blood. Shortly after going to Gräfenberg he had another attack of inflammation of the lungs.</p> -<p><i>Treatment.</i>—Tepid bath 62°, five minutes, then cold ten +<p><i>Treatment.</i>—Tepid bath 62°, five minutes, then cold ten minutes, and back to the tepid ten minutes. This change from one bath to the other was repeated for nearly three hours, and ended about nine in the morning; at eleven o’clock, a @@ -6380,7 +6338,7 @@ held in the mouth and changed when warm.</p> bandages to the nape of the neck, back of the head, and some distance down the back, the rest of the body lightly covered. In an obstinate case, recourse must be had to a tepid bath -64° for a considerable time.</p> +64° for a considerable time.</p> <p>In all cases, whether in fever or not, where the head is attacked, large wet bandages may be applied, and changed @@ -6486,7 +6444,7 @@ of farinaceous food.</p> <p>Diarrhœa is often the work of nature to carry off prejudicial humours; which ought not to be prevented. At the same time it must not be suffered to continue too long without resorting -to measures to check it. A patient came to Gräfenberg +to measures to check it. A patient came to Gräfenberg who had suffered six weeks from this complaint, which had reduced him almost to a skeleton. He was cured in a few days.</p> @@ -6555,7 +6513,7 @@ and take cold bath; drink plentifully of water and wear large bandages.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Pain in the Bowels.</i>—Tepid sitz-bath 62° for three quarters +<p class="mt15em"><i>Pain in the Bowels.</i>—Tepid sitz-bath 62° for three quarters of an hour; rubbing the abdomen all the time; in a simple case this puts an end to the pain at once.</p> @@ -6621,7 +6579,7 @@ the complaint generally assumes a more serious aspect.</p> really are not so. A young lady of my acquaintance, having all the symptoms, was ordered to Italy, where, notwithstanding the climate, the malady seemed to increase. She went to -Gräfenberg, when Mr. Priessnitz at once declared it was not +Gräfenberg, when Mr. Priessnitz at once declared it was not consumption, that it was a contraction of the chest. Two months’ treatment caused the chest to expand and restored the patient to robust health. Dr. Johnson says, @@ -6661,7 +6619,7 @@ with wet hands.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Cramp-Cough.</i>—I knew a case of this nature which was most -successfully treated at Gräfenberg.</p> +successfully treated at Gräfenberg.</p> <p>Morning, two or three packing-sheets followed by tepid bath; noon, tepid sitz-bath, quarter of an hour; afternoon, @@ -6718,7 +6676,7 @@ tepid sitz-bath; and when he evidenced the cure of the Asthma, by ascending with ease the highest mountains, the general treatment was resorted to.</p> -<p>In three months the stricture was quite cured. Left Gräfenberg +<p>In three months the stricture was quite cured. Left Gräfenberg the fourth month.</p> @@ -6727,7 +6685,7 @@ notice.</p> <p>Mr. M——, aged 26, afflicted with Asthma for three years, tried all the baths in Germany, and then determined on -going to Gräfenberg: <i>en route</i>, he was confined to an hotel +going to Gräfenberg: <i>en route</i>, he was confined to an hotel for eight days. When he arrived, which was on the 4th January, 1846, he could with difficulty walk a quarter of a mile.</p> @@ -6777,7 +6735,7 @@ patient might have been spared the loss of his foot, and several months of severe suffering and loss of health.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Crushed Finger.</i>—A farmer at Gräfenberg had his finger +<p class="mt15em"><i>Crushed Finger.</i>—A farmer at Gräfenberg had his finger smashed by a large stone rolling against it; so that it hung by the skin. It was put together, bandaged, and so fixed between two pieces of wood; over this a larger bandage was @@ -6821,7 +6779,7 @@ were substituted.</p> <p>Repeated three times a day. Arm bandaged night and day.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Bruised Shin.</i>—Three sitz-baths a day 60°; bandage the leg +<p class="mt15em"><i>Bruised Shin.</i>—Three sitz-baths a day 60°; bandage the leg from ancle to above the knee, and keep it raised. Throw tepid water over foot and leg several times a day.</p> @@ -6863,7 +6821,7 @@ abdomen; and if it does not prevent, it will mitigate sea-sickness.</p> water about two inches deep, throw cold water over head and shoulders, and use immense friction with wet hands for a very long time. For a wonderful case of cure of Apoplexy, -refer to the <a href="#To_the_Editor_of_the_Tribune">letter</a> written from Gräfenberg to the New +refer to the <a href="#To_the_Editor_of_the_Tribune">letter</a> written from Gräfenberg to the New York Tribune.</p> @@ -6871,7 +6829,7 @@ York Tribune.</p> <p class="mt15em">A Belgian Doctor had a paralytic stroke two months -previous to coming to Gräfenberg. In a fortnight he had +previous to coming to Gräfenberg. In a fortnight he had another; when he could neither speak nor eat, and was too feeble to take the bath.</p> @@ -6937,7 +6895,7 @@ symptoms arose during the night; sitz-bath renewed.</p> a road at the dusk of the evening, not perceiving a drain, two of their horses fell into it. Two of the party were taken up insensible. On being brought into Freywalden, they were -instantly put into tepid baths of 65°.</p> +instantly put into tepid baths of 65°.</p> <p>The prince having fallen on his temple was much stunned; four men rubbed him in the bath, in five minutes he became @@ -6953,7 +6911,7 @@ each time. Bandages always to the injured part. In a few days he was quite well.</p> <p>The prince’s friend was threatened with congestion in the -head, and had great pain in the stomach; the fæces were nearly +head, and had great pain in the stomach; the fæces were nearly black. He took many injections; three sitz-baths daily, an hour and a half each time, and one during the night. This treatment effected his cure.</p> @@ -7019,7 +6977,7 @@ by cold bath every other day. Do not perspire more than an hour. The foot should be kept a little elevated.”</p> <p>Patient not getting better, and the medical men declaring -the case, in their opinion, incurable, she went to Gräfenberg. +the case, in their opinion, incurable, she went to Gräfenberg. The following is the treatment pursued there:—Packing-sheets for fifteen minutes; changed for another of twenty minutes; and cold plunge-bath morning and evening; between which @@ -7042,7 +7000,7 @@ a more moderate form; receded and again made its appearance a third and last time. Catamenia became regular, appetite good, and patient could walk without assistance. The cure<span class="pagenum" title="134"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134"></a></span> was effected in ten months. It is now upwards of two years -since the party left Gräfenberg, and she is perfectly well.</p> +since the party left Gräfenberg, and she is perfectly well.</p> <p>By this it will be seen, that that which is produced by the treatment, must be made to recede under the treatment. Had @@ -7098,7 +7056,7 @@ the back of the neck and the loins; shallow foot bath, where obstinate. Bandage the genitals and change the bandage often.</p> -<p>Dr. Gibbs states, that whilst at Gräfenberg, he was greatly +<p>Dr. Gibbs states, that whilst at Gräfenberg, he was greatly troubled with bleeding at the nose. He tried bandages at the back of the neck and foot-bath to no purpose. Priessnitz then ordered him two packing-sheets in succession, the first @@ -7117,7 +7075,7 @@ foot baths, completed a cure.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Spitting Blood, Sickness, etc.</i>—This is sometimes occasioned -by piles. Sitz-baths (tepid 62°) may be taken; bandages +by piles. Sitz-baths (tepid 62°) may be taken; bandages worn on the waist always, and on the chest at night. All irritation should be avoided, and repose of body and mind observed. Water ought to be drunk abundantly. Bleeding of @@ -7130,7 +7088,7 @@ of such a genius as Priessnitz.</p> Scarlatina, Colds, Shivering, etc.</span></h3> <p>All these complaints form the easiest and surest part of -Priessnitz’s practice. No child or adult ever died at Gräfenberg +Priessnitz’s practice. No child or adult ever died at Gräfenberg of any of them. This fact, attested as it is by all writers on Hydropathy, leads one to look on the incertitude of medical practice in diseases incidental to children, with wonder and @@ -7149,7 +7107,7 @@ the system is cooled and relieved through miles of drainage (the pores), the true medium through which relief can with certainty be obtained.</p> -<p>A young man with measles, at Gräfenberg, had as many as +<p>A young man with measles, at Gräfenberg, had as many as 400 packing-sheets applied in about fourteen days.</p> @@ -7192,7 +7150,7 @@ injections. Drink plentifully of water.</p> <p>First day—patient was confined to the sofa with head-ache and general lassitude; next morning, fever and several pustules:<span class="pagenum" title="137"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137"></a></span> two packing-sheets, the first twenty minutes, the other twenty-five -minutes; and tepid bath 70° for eight minutes. Afternoon—As +minutes; and tepid bath 70° for eight minutes. Afternoon—As the packing-sheet did not heat so soon as that in the morning, it was not changed, but patient remained in it an hour and a quarter—the tepid bath eight minutes—drank sixteen @@ -7282,7 +7240,7 @@ alike:—</p> <p>Morning, packing-sheet twenty-five minutes, then change it for another for twenty-five minutes, followed by tepid bath -64° for ten minutes. Bandages. If the eruption is extensive, +64° for ten minutes. Bandages. If the eruption is extensive, heat of the bath must be increased.</p> <p>Repeat the treatment in the afternoon. If there is much @@ -7301,7 +7259,7 @@ waist. Drink water and walk out. A few hours afterwards repeat the same.</p> <p>If obstinate, two or three packing-sheets, changed when -warm, followed by tepid bath 64°.</p> +warm, followed by tepid bath 64°.</p> <p>If in scarlatina, or measles, the throat is affected, drink often in small quantities. Renew the packing-sheet frequently. @@ -7312,7 +7270,7 @@ friction. Bread and milk diet.</p> <p class="mt15em">A child, eleven years old, exhibited symptoms of scarlatina. Dry and hot all over the body. Stitch from chest to back. -Was put into a tepid bath 64° and rubbed for an hour, cold +Was put into a tepid bath 64° and rubbed for an hour, cold water being continually thrown over its shoulders; child extremely cold; walked out. The same operation performed again in the afternoon and twice the next day put an end to @@ -7323,7 +7281,7 @@ the attack.</p> the chest and back of the neck with hands continually dipped in cold water; or use a rubbing sheet. Bandage the chest, breast, and loins. If sufficiently strong, let the child lie in -bed until quite hot, then tepid bath 64° and use great friction +bed until quite hot, then tepid bath 64° and use great friction until quite chilled. If fever be present, a packing-sheet should precede the tepid bath, and afterwards a bandage round the waist.</p> @@ -7359,7 +7317,7 @@ all round the body from the throat to the hips.</p> remained in the body eight minutes. When discharged, another rubbing-sheet and wet bandage were applied. Breathing free, and child slept until morning. Then well rubbed in -bath 62° for ten minutes.</p> +bath 62° for ten minutes.</p> <p>Ate little breakfast. Dined on rice pudding.</p> @@ -7375,7 +7333,7 @@ of attack and strength of patient.</p> ordered:—</p> <p>Body, <i>but not</i> the feet, to be enveloped in packing-sheet, and -there remain until feet were warm: then tepid-bath 64° +there remain until feet were warm: then tepid-bath 64° ten minutes. If the feet are cold in the bath, rub them with wet hands until a good circulation is produced.</p> @@ -7391,7 +7349,7 @@ hands; then the waist, throat, and chest were bandaged.</p> <p>Slept well, but flushed and feverish in the morning; complained of sore throat. Packing-sheet until hot, and -tepid-bath 64°.</p> +tepid-bath 64°.</p> <p>Still feverish.</p> @@ -7410,7 +7368,7 @@ at twelve and five o’clock. Both children cured in three days.</p> <p class="mt15em">A child seven years old, subject all his life to severe attacks -of croup, on being seized with one at Gräfenberg, was treated +of croup, on being seized with one at Gräfenberg, was treated as follows:—</p> <p>Rubbed between the shoulders, and on the chest, for some @@ -7427,7 +7385,7 @@ of croup.</p> <p>At twelve o’clock there was a relapse, when the rubbing was renewed, and bandage applied to the waist.</p> -<p>At five o’clock in the afternoon, tepid-bath 64° for some +<p>At five o’clock in the afternoon, tepid-bath 64° for some minutes, and patient slept all night in bandage and wet shawl.</p> <p>The treatment was renewed second day.</p> @@ -7463,7 +7421,7 @@ the douche. The latter must be received in the joined hands;<span class="pagenum from which, water coming from a height will rebound as high as the eyes. Head-baths are equally indispensable, as well as fomentations, to these organs. Chronic ophthalmia, even at -Gräfenberg, is most obstinate, and requires a long course of +Gräfenberg, is most obstinate, and requires a long course of treatment.</p> @@ -7475,23 +7433,23 @@ to a virulent deposit, formed in the thick part of the cheek; after this, the eyes were re-established.</p> -<p class="mt15em">Another sufferer came to Gräfenberg, with an exfoliation in +<p class="mt15em">Another sufferer came to Gräfenberg, with an exfoliation in the corner of the eye. To the whole of the treatment, Priessnitz added eye-baths; after each of which, the invalid was to look fixedly at the light, and immediately re-plunge the eyes into cold water. This man, who was perfectly blind on coming, -was, on leaving Gräfenberg, able to read with spectacles.</p> +was, on leaving Gräfenberg, able to read with spectacles.</p> <p class="mt15em">A third patient presented a very remarkable case of blindness, the result of a cold caught during hunting, by which he lost his sight. He had been nine months blind, when he -arrived at Gräfenberg; after each process of perspiration, which +arrived at Gräfenberg; after each process of perspiration, which he submitted to twice a day, the bath and the head-bath, matter mixed with blood came from the eyes. One might say that some pounds exuded from the eyes in the course of three weeks. I did not see the termination of this cure, before -leaving Gräfenberg; but I can affirm, that the last time I spoke +leaving Gräfenberg; but I can affirm, that the last time I spoke to the invalid, he could distinguish colours, and also objects at a certain distance.</p> @@ -7514,7 +7472,7 @@ more serious in their aspect, than in the beginning.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Cold, Cough, with Inflammation.</i>—A lady was ordered—</p> <p>Packing-sheet, half or three quarters of an hour, then tepid -bath 64° for an hour, twice a day. After first day much +bath 64° for an hour, twice a day. After first day much better. Third day cured. If patient is fatigued by staying in bath so long, let him come out and walk about the room for a few minutes, then enter the bath again.</p> @@ -7524,7 +7482,7 @@ a few minutes, then enter the bath again.</p> and was cured the third day.</p> <p>Morning—Packing-sheet, two and a half hours, and tepid -bath 64°, ten minutes. Took a long walk.</p> +bath 64°, ten minutes. Took a long walk.</p> <p>At noon—Packing-sheet, one hour, and bath ten minutes.</p> @@ -7556,7 +7514,7 @@ usual time, packing sheet and tepid bath, etc., were used.</p> <p>Cure effected the second day.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Cold and Cough.</i>—A child six years old. Tepid bath 64° +<p class="mt15em"><i>Cold and Cough.</i>—A child six years old. Tepid bath 64° twice a day, fifteen minutes each time, and waist bandage. Cured the second day.</p> @@ -7576,7 +7534,7 @@ it by day, even in winter.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i><ins title="Transcriber's Note: Paragraph appears to be out of context – see p. 124">Pain in the Bowels</ins></i>.—Packing-sheet until hot, then tepid -bath 66° morning and afternoon; at mid-day, sitz-bath 64° +bath 66° morning and afternoon; at mid-day, sitz-bath 64° twenty minutes. It was truly astonishing to witness the result of one day’s treatment.</p> @@ -7584,15 +7542,15 @@ of one day’s treatment.</p> <p class="mt15em">In a case of great swelling in the throat, bandages were applied to it always, and changed every twenty minutes. To this were added rubbing-sheets three times a day, and a sitz-bath -64° for twenty minutes.</p> +64° for twenty minutes.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Cold.</i>—In a severe cold, suspend packing-sheet in the morning and substitute rubbing sheet; at noon, packing-sheet -for an hour, followed by tepid-bath 64°.</p> +for an hour, followed by tepid-bath 64°.</p> <p>If not soon well, sweating process for an hour and half, -followed by tepid bath 64°.</p> +followed by tepid bath 64°.</p> <p>In a common cold, Priessnitz ordered three rubbing-sheets, with great friction, on going to bed. For children, he finds @@ -7615,7 +7573,7 @@ generally ordered.</p> a patient, aged 50, felt great pain in her knee, which swelled so as to prevent her going out. Despite medical skill, it increased in size, and the foot lost all sensation; this took place twelve -months previous to going to Gräfenberg.</p> +months previous to going to Gräfenberg.</p> <p>The patient for the first seven or eight weeks was confined entirely to her room. In the morning, packing-sheet and tepid @@ -7636,7 +7594,7 @@ excellent example of the benefit of the Water-cure.</p> bandage to the throat at night; expose it by day.</p> <p>Morning, packing-sheet until quite hot; then tepid bath -64° for fifteen minutes twice a day.</p> +64° for fifteen minutes twice a day.</p> <p>In the middle of the day tepid sitz-bath, twenty minutes. It was astonishing to witness the change for the better, after @@ -7644,7 +7602,7 @@ the first day’s treatment.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Cold and Cough.</i>—An infant aged six years. Tepid bath -64° twice a day, for fifteen minutes each time.</p> +64° twice a day, for fifteen minutes each time.</p> <p>Heating bandage round the waist. Cured in two days.</p> @@ -7680,7 +7638,7 @@ appearance of hysteria is gone. The patient should lie in bed between each packing-sheet to get warm.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Ague.</i>—Tepid bath 62° with great friction until fever is +<p class="mt15em"><i>Ague.</i>—Tepid bath 62° with great friction until fever is reduced; then packing-sheets, changed on becoming warm; followed by tepid bath, bandage, drinking water, etc. The sweating stage is much relieved by packing-sheets.</p> @@ -7699,21 +7657,21 @@ three times a day. In three days she was perfectly well.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Weakness of Chest and Short Breathing.</i>—A delicate lady was ordered two packing-sheets, from the arm-pits to knees, and -tepid bath 64°. Feet being cold were rubbed in shallow foot-bath +tepid bath 64°. Feet being cold were rubbed in shallow foot-bath for a quarter of an hour, then dried, and she walked about her chamber for a quarter of an hour before going to bed.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Itching of the Fingers, like the approach of Chilblains.</i>—Wash -hands in tepid water, 64°, three times a day for five +hands in tepid water, 64°, three times a day for five minutes; wear heating-bandage from the wrist to the elbow.</p> <h3>XLVII.—<span class="smcap">Sore Mouth—Inflamed Gums.</span></h3> <p>For this complaint, sweating twice a day, long tepid baths, -head-baths, and sitz-baths, were ordered. Tepid water, 68°, +head-baths, and sitz-baths, were ordered. Tepid water, 68°, should be held in the mouth.</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="147"><a name="Page_147" id="Page_147"></a></span></p> @@ -7738,7 +7696,7 @@ even to bleeding, and bandage the face: if pain returns in the night, repeat the rubbing. Long and often-repeated tepid foot-baths are also useful.</p> -<p>A patient at Gräfenberg writes as follows:—“Priessnitz ordered +<p>A patient at Gräfenberg writes as follows:—“Priessnitz ordered me, for tooth-ache and pain in my gums, to rub the back of my head and down my neck often and for a long time. The first application afforded me relief. After ten or fifteen minutes’ @@ -7822,12 +7780,12 @@ by any other means. The most difficult ringworms to cure, are those driven in by bad treatment. This disease is equal to gout in obstinacy. We shall here warn the sufferer that the diet prescribed must be rigorously observed. Dr. Munde states -that “three men, attacked with this disease, arrived at Gräfenberg, +that “three men, attacked with this disease, arrived at Gräfenberg, at the same time as himself; the first, following the treatment with energy for two months, returned home resolved -to continue through the winter, and then return to Gräfenberg +to continue through the winter, and then return to Gräfenberg to finish the cure, which, at the time of his departure, was -more than half effected. The two others remained at Gräfenberg, +more than half effected. The two others remained at Gräfenberg, one for eight months, the other six; both left radically cured. The treatment of one of these cases was attended by an acidity in the throat, and by the vomiting of matter containing @@ -7845,7 +7803,7 @@ every remedy five physicians could suggest. Thrice salivated, tried all sorts of ointments, some so powerful as to burn the flesh. Visited Harrowgate the third time, when the eruption spread all over his body. Stomach and bowels a continual -source of annoyance. Arrived at Gräfenberg 27th July, 1843; +source of annoyance. Arrived at Gräfenberg 27th July, 1843; next morning, went into tepid, from that to cold, and back to tepid bath; and afterwards pursued the following treatment:—</p> @@ -7940,7 +7898,7 @@ he was drugged and leeched at the anus; treatment which was no doubt the cause of the fistula.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Nose Frost-bitten.</i>—Chafe it with tepid-water 62°, and wear +<p class="mt15em"><i>Nose Frost-bitten.</i>—Chafe it with tepid-water 62°, and wear bandage continually.</p> @@ -7976,7 +7934,7 @@ linen.</p> <p>Cold food is better for this complaint than hot. No sitz-baths.</p> -<h3>LV.—<span class="smcap">Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, +<h3>LV.—<span class="smcap">Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, Pains in the Womb, &c.</span></h3> <p>All these diseases are successfully combated by hydropathy.</p> @@ -8001,7 +7959,7 @@ five minutes, or at most, every ten minutes, until better.</p> changed often; also bandage the calves of the legs, and change it every five or ten minutes.</p> -<p>In case of great weakness, a tepid bath of 64° for eight or +<p>In case of great weakness, a tepid bath of 64° for eight or ten minutes, with much friction, must be resorted to, fresh water being constantly added, and fresh air admitted into the room.</p> @@ -8023,12 +7981,12 @@ eat everything cold.</p> <p>On rising in the morning, wash internal parts well with a sponge. If this is not sufficient, add packing-sheet and cold bath in the morning, and during the week, take two tepid sitz-baths -fifteen minutes, 62°, rubbing the abdomen all the time. +fifteen minutes, 62°, rubbing the abdomen all the time. Change waist bandage often.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Irregular Menstruation.</i>—A lady, apparently in good health, -came to Gräfenberg in 1840. She suffered greatly from head-aches, +came to Gräfenberg in 1840. She suffered greatly from head-aches, occasioned by irregular menstruation; when she arrived, though catamenia was strong, she was ordered a sitz-bath, when it ceased and returned in fourteen days. During the patient’s @@ -8058,7 +8016,7 @@ the following treatment is prescribed.</p> much wrung out, with great friction. These are each time to be followed by tepid foot-baths of fifteen minutes each.</p> -<p>A lady at Gräfenberg, for this complaint, took packing-sheet +<p>A lady at Gräfenberg, for this complaint, took packing-sheet and tepid bath in the morning, four rubbing-sheets at noon,<span class="pagenum" title="154"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154"></a></span> four in the afternoon, and four at night; between each rubbing-sheet, she walked or ran naked about the room, with the @@ -8082,8 +8040,8 @@ the contrary. To effect a cure, the general health must be established.</p> -<p class="mt15em"><i>Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, &c.</i>—A patient aged 42, -was cured of hæmorrhage in six minutes.</p> +<p class="mt15em"><i>Hæmorrhage, Irregular Menstruation, &c.</i>—A patient aged 42, +was cured of hæmorrhage in six minutes.</p> <p>Packing-sheet followed by rubbing-sheet, were first resorted to. After three weeks it became necessary to increase the @@ -8091,13 +8049,13 @@ packing-sheets to fifty a day. They were applied from the arm-pits down to the hips. Patient kept in a perfect state of repose.</p> -<p>In five days this treatment stopped the hæmorrhage; then +<p>In five days this treatment stopped the hæmorrhage; then packing-sheets and cold baths twice a day, were had recourse to, until patient was cured. No sitz-baths. Large bandage, often renewed, was always worn round the waist.</p> <p>An English lady of title, nearly exhausted from violent -hæmorrhage, arrived at Gräfenberg in October. She was ordered +hæmorrhage, arrived at Gräfenberg in October. She was ordered not to put her foot to the ground for two months, to sleep with her window open, and to be covered with one sheet only. After the packing-sheets, she was carried to the cold bath and @@ -8144,7 +8102,7 @@ not, rubbing sheet and the douche are resorted to.</p> <p>A case within my knowledge was cured by the following treatment:</p> -<p>Three tepid sitz-baths 60° daily; morning, two packing sheets; +<p>Three tepid sitz-baths 60° daily; morning, two packing sheets; one fifteen minutes, the other twenty-five minutes, followed by cold bath, with cold water thrown over the body; afternoon, the sheets were repeated, and either a rubbing sheet or cold @@ -8157,7 +8115,7 @@ Body bandage worn always.</p> <p>Health would be re-established by a few months’ treatment—such as rubbing-sheets and douche; drinking water and wearing the bandage. Those who cannot <i>devote time</i> to go to<span class="pagenum" title="156"><a name="Page_156" id="Page_156"></a></span> -Gräfenberg, should take a rubbing sheet every morning, wear +Gräfenberg, should take a rubbing sheet every morning, wear a waist bandage, and drink seven or eight tumblers of water a-day.</p> @@ -8205,10 +8163,10 @@ that could be procured in Boston, Florence, and Liverpool. These mishaps caused her many distressing and alarming symptoms. She now went to a hydropathic establishment for a few weeks, and derived great benefit from the treatment; this -determined her on going to Gräfenberg, when Priessnitz +determined her on going to Gräfenberg, when Priessnitz assured her, if confined there, no doubt need be entertained of a favourable result, or the life of the infant. In April, 1845,<span class="pagenum" title="157"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157"></a></span> -she arrived at Gräfenberg; after six weeks she became unwell, +she arrived at Gräfenberg; after six weeks she became unwell, and continued so for some time; she, however, persevered in the full treatment until April, 1846, when she gave birth to a male child weighing twelve pounds, six ounces.</p> @@ -8223,19 +8181,19 @@ wet, and changed every ten minutes. She was also ordered to walk and use her arms as much as possible.</p> <p>“After the birth, she was washed twice a day with tepid -water <ins title="Transcriber's Note: probably Reaumur scale">15°</ins>, with wet towels.</p> +water <ins title="Transcriber's Note: probably Reaumur scale">15°</ins>, with wet towels.</p> <p>“The child, immediately on entering the world, was put into water as it came from the fountain; afterwards warm water -was mixed with it until it reached 15°. The child’s baths were -afterwards tepid 15°, and gradually reduced to 12°. After two +was mixed with it until it reached 15°. The child’s baths were +afterwards tepid 15°, and gradually reduced to 12°. After two months he had two of these baths a day.</p> <p>“In case of pain in the bowels bandages were applied; if not attended with immediate relief, a cold clyster. He is now three years old, strong and cheerful; his mother free from all those symptoms hitherto so obstinate, mysterious, and apparently -fatal. I leave Gräfenberg with the highest sense of +fatal. I leave Gräfenberg with the highest sense of gratitude towards the wonderful man, whose intuitive genius has proved such a blessing to thousands. I regard hydropathy a thousand times more as a science of life than a remedial @@ -8250,7 +8208,7 @@ sheets and tepid-baths are resorted to.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Pregnancy.</i>—A delicate lady, who accompanied her husband -to Gräfenberg, became in the family-way; she had long suffered +to Gräfenberg, became in the family-way; she had long suffered from derangement of the stomach, which now became much worse: she wasted away and became weakly.</p> @@ -8283,10 +8241,10 @@ of the Water-cure.</p> <p>A gentleman, now an M.P., and his lady, were travelling for their health in Italy. A friend of mine at Venice, advised them -to go to Gräfenberg. They did so, and after five months, the lady +to go to Gräfenberg. They did so, and after five months, the lady became enceinte. She wrote afterwards, that she had been married eleven years without having had a child; that since -her trip to Gräfenberg she had three. Her meeting with that +her trip to Gräfenberg she had three. Her meeting with that gentleman at Venice, she said she looked upon as an act of divine Providence.</p> @@ -8299,7 +8257,7 @@ of water and eat grapes.</p> <h3>LVIII.—<span class="smcap">Giddiness, Dizziness, etc.</span></h3> <p>Bandage (wet) round the head; lie in bed and change body-bandage -often. Tepid sitz-bath 62° for forty minutes. If after +often. Tepid sitz-bath 62° for forty minutes. If after a few hours, patient is not better, resort to packing-sheet and tepid bath; or three or four rubbing-sheets twice or thrice a-day, followed by tepid foot-baths.</p> @@ -8322,7 +8280,7 @@ bandage as a turban, the head-ache is relieved.</p> <p>Foot-bath twenty minutes; feet very much rubbed during that time. Body bandaged and bandage often changed.</p> -<p>Tepid sitz-bath 62° quarter of an hour; head-bath for ten +<p>Tepid sitz-bath 62° quarter of an hour; head-bath for ten minutes, and afterwards bandage round it very often terminates head-ache at once.</p> @@ -8365,7 +8323,7 @@ and Abdomen.</span></h3> <p>Frequent rubbing-sheets; packing-sheets, and sitz-bath, cut short the premonitory stage of the disease. In the event of increase of pain and fever, tepid bath 62 to 64 deg. should be -used, and patient kept in it until the axillæ are cold. Packing-sheet, +used, and patient kept in it until the axillæ are cold. Packing-sheet, after the lapse of twenty-four, thirty-six, or forty-eight hours, when all inflammatory symptoms have ceased, may be had recourse to. Should these symptoms return, the tepid @@ -8411,7 +8369,7 @@ for cold hands.</p> Instep.</span></h3> <p>A lady aged 45 was ordered—morning, packing-sheet -twenty minutes and tepid bath 62°; noon, sitz-bath fifteen +twenty minutes and tepid bath 62°; noon, sitz-bath fifteen minutes; afternoon, rubbing-sheet. Bandage to feet and legs up to the knees at night, and from ankles to knees only by day If the feet are wounded by tight boots, take foot-baths twice @@ -8433,7 +8391,7 @@ to be put into water for two or three minutes and well rubbed.</p> <h3>LXVI.—<span class="smcap">Deafness.</span></h3> -<p>Away from Gräfenberg, persons are recommended to use the +<p>Away from Gräfenberg, persons are recommended to use the rubbing-sheet twice a-day, take a foot-bath ten minutes, and wear a bandage round the ears at night.</p> @@ -8462,14 +8420,14 @@ always.</p> <p>In about four months hernia was perfectly cured and patient declared that as he eat, slept, and walked well, he considered -himself in health, and consequently left Gräfenberg. I heard +himself in health, and consequently left Gräfenberg. I heard from him in Rome afterwards, when he continued perfectly satisfied.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Hernia.</i>—A German baron, thirty-five years of age, assured me that nine months before I made his acquaintance, he came -to Gräfenberg for hernia: that he had been cured the last two +to Gräfenberg for hernia: that he had been cured the last two months, but he was waiting to be assured of it.</p> <p>He was induced to come, from a captain in his regiment @@ -8490,7 +8448,7 @@ and dyspepsia resulted.</p> of blood in the head, he was bled: finding himself no better, he proceeded for the best advice to Paris, where depletion was again recommended. This determined him to go to -Gräfenberg.</p> +Gräfenberg.</p> <p>The doctor told me Priessnitz took a most accurate view of his case: he began by packing-sheets and tepid-bath, morning @@ -8523,7 +8481,7 @@ time, for blood to the head and great nervousness, he bathed the head after dinner, bandaged the neck and dispensed with neck handkerchief.</p> -<p>When the doctor first came to Gräfenberg, his walks were +<p>When the doctor first came to Gräfenberg, his walks were limited to the piazza in front of his rooms; these were extended by degrees, until even during the inclemency of the winter and the depth of snow everywhere encountered, he extended his @@ -8538,7 +8496,7 @@ gentleman was completely cured of all his ailments.</p> to have originated in a cold. He was almost bent double. In this state he went to Carlsbad, where the waters rendered him so weak that he moved about with great difficulty. In -this state he came to Gräfenberg.</p> +this state he came to Gräfenberg.</p> <p>Morning, packing-sheet one hour, bath three minutes; noon, two rubbing-sheets and sitz-bath; afternoon as the morning.</p> @@ -8551,7 +8509,7 @@ highest hills, then he was ordered to carry loads of wood on his head, and put a stick behind his back through his arms at all times, to assist in bringing him straight. He staid all<span class="pagenum" title="164"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164"></a></span> the winter: in the spring his health was perfect, and he was -nearly upright when I left him at Gräfenberg.</p> +nearly upright when I left him at Gräfenberg.</p> <h3>LXX.—<span class="smcap">Spinal Complaints.</span></h3> @@ -8586,7 +8544,7 @@ were combated as they arose, she gained strength and flesh.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Spinal affection.</i>—A young lady, after submitting to all sorts -of medical treatment for three or four years, came to Gräfenberg. +of medical treatment for three or four years, came to Gräfenberg. She was clothed in flannel, suffered greatly from indigestion, constipation, and languid circulation, feet always cold, walking a short distance brought on pain in the back.</p> @@ -8613,12 +8571,12 @@ was relieved and the feet became warmer.</p> improved; no longer constipated. Bandages always round the body, and to feet and legs at night.</p> -<p>Patient was at Gräfenberg nine months, during which time +<p>Patient was at Gräfenberg nine months, during which time the treatment was often changed to meet circumstances. One time, suppressed catamenia was relieved in two days by sixteen rubbing-sheets a day. At another, patient met with an accident in the leg; Priessnitz to keep this to the surface, -ordered more water to be drunk. This patient left Gräfenberg +ordered more water to be drunk. This patient left Gräfenberg in excellent health, though not entirely cured of the affection of the spine, that being out of its perpendicular position.</p> @@ -8638,7 +8596,7 @@ covering over it.</p> aged 50, afflicted as above, and with continued stoppage in the nose, and frequent head-aches, was told by his medical man that he had no chance of being cured, was completely relieved -at Gräfenberg, in three or four months.</p> +at Gräfenberg, in three or four months.</p> <p>Packing-sheets and tepid baths twice a day. Rubbing-sheet and sitz-baths were resorted to for a short time, the cold @@ -8647,7 +8605,7 @@ douche was added.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Weak Chest and Worms.</i>—A child three years old. Wash -with tepid water, 12° once, and after some time twice a day.</p> +with tepid water, 12° once, and after some time twice a day.</p> <p>Wear body bandage always, and drink water.</p> @@ -8688,7 +8646,7 @@ be used, and cold light food to be partaken of.</p> <p class="mt15em">A delicate lady who had suffered from this complaint for upwards of twenty years, was relieved in a fortnight, and had -no return of it during her stay at Gräfenberg. Her principal +no return of it during her stay at Gräfenberg. Her principal treatment was:—</p> <p>Packing-sheet and bath twice a day. Rubbing-sheet and @@ -8698,7 +8656,7 @@ sitz-bath at noon.</p> of a Russian, who for many years had only been relieved by medicine or enemas. He went to an establishment at Moscow for six months, where he derived great benefit, though he still -used enemas. At Gräfenberg he abandoned the latter, his +used enemas. At Gräfenberg he abandoned the latter, his bowels were relaxed and have continued so ever since.</p> @@ -8736,7 +8694,7 @@ months.</p> <h3>LXXIII.—<span class="smcap">Stomach Complaint.</span></h3> <p>Patient’s stomach deranged, food used to return to his mouth: -difficult of cure. His second visit to Gräfenberg, cured in nine +difficult of cure. His second visit to Gräfenberg, cured in nine months. Packing-sheets and rubbing-sheets. Noon, douche, rubbing-sheet and sitz-bath; afternoon, packing-sheet and bath.</p> @@ -8747,7 +8705,7 @@ rubbing-sheet and sitz-bath; afternoon, packing-sheet and bath.</p> the same repeated. Afternoon, sitz-bath.</p> <p>A gentleman of my acquaintance pursued three or four -months’ treatment for this complaint, and left Gräfenberg +months’ treatment for this complaint, and left Gräfenberg without being cured.</p> @@ -8853,11 +8811,11 @@ twenty minutes. Morning and afternoon, bandage always.</p> <h3>LXXXIV.—<span class="smcap">Treatment of Infants.</span></h3> -<p>Immediately after birth bathe the infant in warm water 82°, +<p>Immediately after birth bathe the infant in warm water 82°, put a wet bandage on navel, bound on with a dry one, change it morning and evening <i>only</i>. Continue this until the navel is healed. The temperature of the bath to be reduced two<span class="pagenum" title="170"><a name="Page_170" id="Page_170"></a></span> -degrees every fortnight, until 68°, which is to be used until +degrees every fortnight, until 68°, which is to be used until child can run alone. It may be washed with cold water at three months of age.</p> @@ -8894,7 +8852,7 @@ clyster.</p> <p>This complaint in a general way is not to be cured by Hydropathy; but Priessnitz thinks persons subject to it should use cold baths, and cold water as a beverage. I know a young -man who was six months at Gräfenberg, it is now twelve-months +man who was six months at Gräfenberg, it is now twelve-months since, and as he has not had an attack, he considers himself cured.</p> @@ -8917,7 +8875,7 @@ and spasmodic movement of the arms.</p> <p>First operation was to put him into a cold bath, and use strong friction for an hour. He was put into a packing-sheet, in which he became delirious; he was then rubbed by four men -in a tepid bath, 64°. He was still unconscious and yet winced +in a tepid bath, 64°. He was still unconscious and yet winced on being pinched; water thrown on his head caused a slight cry; great heat on the head. On ceasing the cold affusion, pulse though oppressed began to be felt—eyes fixed—conjunctiva @@ -8934,7 +8892,7 @@ night wet bandage applied to the head. At 6 o’clock next morning, sweating process, perspiration preceded consciousness, up to which moment patient was insensible to all that had occurred. After half an hour’s sweating, he was well rubbed -in tepid bath 66°, and put to bed, when he slept. On awaking +in tepid bath 66°, and put to bed, when he slept. On awaking he partook of bread and milk.</p> <p>At 2 o’clock <span class="smcap">p.m.</span>, awoke covered with perspiration, and @@ -8942,10 +8900,10 @@ from that time until next morning, slept at intervals, pulse regular, talked calmly and rationally, bowels in a normal state.</p> <p>In the morning, packing-sheet; and later, sweating process; -both followed by tepid bath 64°—temperature of the body still +both followed by tepid bath 64°—temperature of the body still high. After good night’s rest, appetite returned, and so much better as to renew the treatment to effect a cure of that which -brought him to Gräfenberg.</p> +brought him to Gräfenberg.</p> <h3>LXXXVII.—<span class="smcap">Fœtid Perspiration of the Feet.</span></h3> @@ -8971,7 +8929,7 @@ a tepid bath, or rubbing-sheet.</p> <p>Medical men, to effect this object, put the patient first into a warm bath, and then bleed him until he faints: by these means, the prostate gland becomes relaxed, and water flows; -or water is passed by the use of catheters, which at Gräfenberg +or water is passed by the use of catheters, which at Gräfenberg are always dispensed with.</p> @@ -9005,13 +8963,13 @@ the virus is completely thrown out of the system through the pores; whilst the administration of mercury is attended with secondary symptoms, which are more fatal than the<span class="pagenum" title="173"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173"></a></span> disease itself. If taken in time, secondary symptoms are also -cured at Gräfenberg. It frequently happens, that patients treated +cured at Gräfenberg. It frequently happens, that patients treated for another complaint, find syphilis return, though they imagined themselves cured of it years before. Recent cases of syphilis in otherwise healthy persons, are generally cured in less than two months; but the cure of secondary symptoms is a work of time. There are many sufferers from this undermining malady, -who have been at Gräfenberg one, two, and even three years. +who have been at Gräfenberg one, two, and even three years. In health, they, are much improved; but the malady is too deeply seated to be eradicated. One gentleman, when I was there, was refused admittance; he died in a few days, when it @@ -9026,7 +8984,7 @@ between the skin and bone, and smells horribly. Inside of the left eye is an ulceration with raised borders, which allows a portion of the orbital arch to be seen surrounded with pus; pulse weak and irregular; constant pain. Treated for secondary -symptoms, with mercury in 1841; came to Gräfenberg +symptoms, with mercury in 1841; came to Gräfenberg with three ulcers the size of a shilling on his forehead, with burning pains. Packing-sheets and tepid baths morning and evening, with other intermediate treatment. This case is introduced @@ -9101,10 +9059,10 @@ baths a-day; rubbing-sheet and sitz-bath.</p> <p class="mt15em">I knew another strong young man suffering under secondary symptoms, so that he could hardly walk with the use of a stick; -he went to Gräfenberg, staid there two months, and returned +he went to Gräfenberg, staid there two months, and returned to England the picture of health.</p> -<p>As there are always at Gräfenberg a large number of individuals +<p>As there are always at Gräfenberg a large number of individuals labouring under these complaints, cases of cure might be adduced <i>ad infinitum</i>: suffice it to say, that hydropathy in their cure is omnipotent. Buboes and chancres, when taken @@ -9133,7 +9091,7 @@ stranger.</p> <p>The consequences attendant upon syphilis, and the evil results of mineral poisons, are such as to lead us to believe that Priessnitz’ opinion is not without foundation. I am doubtful -whether scrofula is ever cured,<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">7</a> though whilst at Gräfenberg I +whether scrofula is ever cured,<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">7</a> though whilst at Gräfenberg I saw many obstinate cases relieved. Children who arrived there perfect cripples, were enabled to use their limbs like other people. I think I may in great truth say, that in all cases the @@ -9142,7 +9100,7 @@ was improved.</p> <p>A patient states, that previous to inoculation his family were well; but since that operation they have been scrofulous. -He came to Gräfenberg some years ago from Dartres, when +He came to Gräfenberg some years ago from Dartres, when Priessnitz told him to go home, give up all beverages but water,<span class="pagenum" title="176"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176"></a></span> use cold baths daily, and he would be well; though incredulous, he followed the advice, and in two years was perfectly @@ -9188,7 +9146,7 @@ and stimulating drinks.</p> <h3>XCVI.—<span class="smcap">Rupture.</span></h3> <p>I knew of a case of double rupture, in an officer 34 years of -age, which was perfectly cured at Gräfenberg in three years. +age, which was perfectly cured at Gräfenberg in three years. Another case of single rupture was cured in nine months, and a recent one cured in four months.</p> @@ -9237,7 +9195,7 @@ night and day; cure effected in a few weeks.</p> <p>Until the age of fifteen or sixteen Priessnitz conceives this complaint to be always curable. Very often when parties are supposed to be consumptive, they are not so. A young lady -arrived at Gräfenberg during my stay there. I thought she +arrived at Gräfenberg during my stay there. I thought she had delayed it too long; she appeared in the last stage of consumption. Priessnitz however took the case—and, principally with rubbing-sheets, administered three times a-day, effected<span class="pagenum" title="178"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178"></a></span> @@ -9262,7 +9220,7 @@ waist bandaged always.</p> <p class="mt15em"><i>Consumption of the Nerves.</i>—A gentleman aged 30, came to -Gräfenberg in a most deplorable state, supported on one side by +Gräfenberg in a most deplorable state, supported on one side by his wife, on the other by his servant. Second night he was taken alarmingly ill, with a fever and a stoppage in his bowels. He was too weak for a packing-sheet or tepid-bath, therefore @@ -9270,7 +9228,7 @@ twelve rubbing-sheets were administered within three hours; and two head-baths during the intermediate times. When a change for the better took place, enemas were applied and relief afforded. The next day patient was out of doors. I -left Gräfenberg about this time, therefore do not know if he +left Gräfenberg about this time, therefore do not know if he recovered.</p> @@ -9299,7 +9257,7 @@ ablutions.</p> <p>This disease, Priessnitz says is curable, when it proceeds from bodily suffering or disease; but when caused by mental suffering or misfortune, is generally incurable. I witnessed the -treatment of a case of aberration of mind at Gräfenberg; the +treatment of a case of aberration of mind at Gräfenberg; the patient was put into a tepid-bath, held there, and rubbed for nine hours and a half; he was then put to bed, and next morning awoke perfectly composed.</p> @@ -9343,7 +9301,7 @@ reference to any hydropathic rules. In 1832, Cholera made great ravages in Silesia, when numbers at Freywaldau and the neighbourhood, fell victims. Priessnitz’s patients did not escape, though they avoided its fatal consequences. A friend -of mine, who was at Gräfenberg at the time, assures me that +of mine, who was at Gräfenberg at the time, assures me that in cholera, Priessnitz never lost a case, though seventeen of his patients, and many persons in the neighbourhood, were treated by him. My landlord at Freywaldau, confirmed the last of @@ -9405,7 +9363,7 @@ a blanket, and pack the patient as in the sweating process; if he remains therein several hours, and the symptoms do not decrease, renew the whole proceedings, and again try to produce perspiration; when effected, keep it up two or three hours. After -this a tepid-bath 62° with friction. The success of the +this a tepid-bath 62° with friction. The success of the treatment very much depends upon drinking abundantly of water. The bandages used, should be doubled or trebled, and changed often. If patient is unable to stand or sit upright, @@ -9442,7 +9400,7 @@ treatment rather than of the disease. He had seen above a thousand cases of Asiatic cholera; and in no instance had he seen any benefit from any mode of treatment. On the contrary, he had seen persons die of narcotism, who would have survived -if left to the <i>vis medicatrix naturæ</i>. He had seen others +if left to the <i>vis medicatrix naturæ</i>. He had seen others die of absorption of air through the veins when the saline fluid was ejected; and he knew many who had had the extraordinary luck to escape both the doctor and the disease, yet @@ -9476,7 +9434,7 @@ treatment be promptly adopted, it seems not improbable<span class="pagenum" titl that the disease may be cut short. Those symptoms may be any combination of the following:—shivering, dizziness, a ringing noise in the ears, a small quick pulse, accelerated respiration, -languor, præcordial anxiety, a cold white tongue, nausea, +languor, præcordial anxiety, a cold white tongue, nausea, vomiting, severe gripings, and watery diarrhœa. If it be not checked, the disease quickly passes into the second or algid stage; the circulation becomes feeble, the blood is drained of @@ -9546,7 +9504,7 @@ be employed, then friction with wet hands should be applied to the extremities. Cold water may be used in the sitz-bath, provided that there is nothing in the previous state of the patient to contra-indicate its use; in which case tepid -water must be employed. Tepid water about 70° Fahr. may +water must be employed. Tepid water about 70° Fahr. may likewise be employed in the shallow bath, as the body of water therein must be greater than the sitz-bath; but warm applications are never indicated. Vapour-baths have been tried to @@ -9595,7 +9553,7 @@ minutes, and be well rubbed all the time. This treatment to be repeated during the day. Drink plentifully of water, wear a bandage round the waist and throat; if cold and chilly, take two or three rubbing-sheets. To relieve the heaviness of the -head, resort to a foot-bath 62° for fifteen minutes. Influenza +head, resort to a foot-bath 62° for fifteen minutes. Influenza generally succumbs to this treatment in two or three days.</p> @@ -9678,7 +9636,7 @@ curable; later, a cure admits of doubt.</p> <p>Princess Esterhazy, who was so long in England, consulted all the leading medical men in Vienna for a cancer in the -breast: they could afford her no relief. She went to Gräfenberg +breast: they could afford her no relief. She went to Gräfenberg and was perfectly cured in seven months. Six years afterwards, one of the family informed me she still continued in perfect health.</p> @@ -9759,7 +9717,7 @@ system from Captain Claridge’s book, and subsequently from himself. At first, I must confess, I was rather startled at<span class="pagenum" title="189"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189"></a></span> the idea of trying such an experiment on my child, but, as every thing else had failed, I made up my mind to go to -Gräfenberg and put her into the hands of Mr. Priessnitz. In +Gräfenberg and put her into the hands of Mr. Priessnitz. In the beginning of September he commenced with her, giving her at first two packings up and a tepid bath, and one knee-bath during the day, and compresses on the knee and body. @@ -9789,7 +9747,7 @@ by it. Mr. Priessnitz said he thought the child was now quite free from <i>all disease</i>, and that I might have an operation performed to straighten the limb, in which opinion several English medical men quite agreed with him. I then took her -to Berlin, having been two years at Gräfenberg; the leg was +to Berlin, having been two years at Gräfenberg; the leg was made quite straight by Dr. Dieffenbach, and since then the child enjoys perfect health, being quite strong on her limbs, though still somewhat lame. She continues the use of the @@ -9836,7 +9794,7 @@ no person could remain near her bed-side.</p> <p>Fifth day.—Vomiting increased, also the heat of the whole body; the increase of heat rendered it necessary (notwithstanding the pain she felt on being moved) to administer a -tepid-bath 18°. Whilst in the bath, her head, throat, and chest, +tepid-bath 18°. Whilst in the bath, her head, throat, and chest, were frequently wetted with cold water, and the abdomen and feet were well rubbed. This bath afforded her great relief, and whilst in it, she threw up much matter with ease and @@ -9914,7 +9872,7 @@ chest, body, and lungs.</p> if the body could stand these ablutions, no ill consequences could result from admitting the air freely to it.</p> -<p>“Began hydropathic treatment at Gräfenberg, 10th January, +<p>“Began hydropathic treatment at Gräfenberg, 10th January, 1843, thermometer at zero. At once abandoned all flannels, and superfluous covering. Linen shirts substituted for cotton ones.</p> @@ -9968,11 +9926,11 @@ fulness, my cough is entirely</i> gone, and my voice is as strong and as deep-toned as it ever was. Altogether my physical nature has experienced a great renovation. I can now walk six or eight miles before breakfast without fatigue. I have -walked, on an average, about ten miles a-day since at Gräfenberg. +walked, on an average, about ten miles a-day since at Gräfenberg. What of life, of usefulness, of health and comfort that remains to me in this world, I owe to the Water-cure under Providence, and to the kind friends who, much against my -will, compelled me to come to Gräfenberg. Nothing surprised +will, compelled me to come to Gräfenberg. Nothing surprised me so much, as the perfect safety with which I cast off my warm comfortable flannels, mufflers, neckcloth, hat, etc. Inflamed lungs, and an increase of my cough, were the least that @@ -10076,9 +10034,9 @@ may be judged of by the fact that she could neither move joint nor limb, nor even close her mouth or eyes. She was mere skin and bones, and her knuckles became black.</p> -<p>Her husband, as a <i>dernier ressort</i>, went to Gräfenberg to +<p>Her husband, as a <i>dernier ressort</i>, went to Gräfenberg to consult Priessnitz, the result of which was, Mrs. Browne, a -bath-woman, going to Brünn to bring the Countess to Gräfenberg, +bath-woman, going to Brünn to bring the Countess to Gräfenberg, Priessnitz persisting in it, that by management she could be brought. When Mrs. Browne stated her intention to the M.D.’s in attendance, nothing could exceed their astonishment. @@ -10109,7 +10067,7 @@ the Hygeian Temple.</p> <p>It would be impossible to give a detailed account of the Countess’s treatment during the time she was attaining to convalescence. As a general outline, it may be stated, that -when first brought to Gräfenberg, she was constantly kept in +when first brought to Gräfenberg, she was constantly kept in a packing-sheet from the arm-pits downwards. Her feet were kept in water, with but slight intervals, day and night for months; even when somewhat better, and able to go out in a @@ -10133,13 +10091,13 @@ pregnancy.</p> <p class="inrt">1845.</p> -<p>Four years after I met the Countess again, at Gräfenberg, +<p>Four years after I met the Countess again, at Gräfenberg, and was astonished to behold her such a fine, fat, healthy woman. Since being cured she has had three children, one died almost immediately after its birth, the second is a fine child, and for her accouchement of the third, she came to place herself under the care of Priessnitz. She did remarkably -well, and left Gräfenberg in perfect health.</p> +well, and left Gräfenberg in perfect health.</p> <p>I consider this one of the most wonderful cures effected by Priessnitz. Those who saw the complete <i>anatomie vivante</i>, @@ -10200,7 +10158,7 @@ for the general health of untamed animals, and the host of maladies that result from civilisation. On one side all is nature, on the other all is artificial.</p> -<p>As the treatment of the horse or cow at Gräfenberg is not +<p>As the treatment of the horse or cow at Gräfenberg is not of very frequent occurrence, Priessnitz has not laid down any positive rules for the manipulation; that must therefore depend upon the ingenuity, observation, and experience, of the practitioner.</p> @@ -10302,13 +10260,13 @@ say, my system was that pursued in the post-horse stables; but the contrary is the fact. The post horse was washed, and his heels clipped close, and left to dry without friction, evaporation was great, grease and other maladies attacked the animal. -I know a coach master who saved £400 per annum by giving +I know a coach master who saved £400 per annum by giving up washing upon this old plan. You have now got the result of my experience. I have had fewer roarers than most men for the number of horses in my possession, in fact, only two, one of these went so, when lent and out of my stable. The loss in valuable horses from roaring is enormous. I think a -friend of mine lost £700 in one season from roarers, I have +friend of mine lost £700 in one season from roarers, I have the confidence to think that had he pursued the Water-system all his horses would have been saved. Be assured, water is as applicable to the animal as the human subject—fever is @@ -10840,28 +10798,28 @@ The rabbit is now in full health and vigour.[”]</p> <p><span class="pagenum" title="212"><a name="Page_212" id="Page_212"></a></span></p> <hr class="r15" /> -<h2>EXPENSES AT GRÄFENBERG.</h2> +<h2>EXPENSES AT GRÄFENBERG.</h2> <div> -<table class="ml0em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Expenses at Gräfenberg (1)"> +<table class="ml0em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Expenses at Gräfenberg (1)"> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">The expense of the table, viz., breakfast, dinner, and supper, per week</td><td class="right"> 0 8 6</td></tr> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">Apartment for week</td><td class="right"> 0 4 0</td></tr> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">Servant   "</td><td class="right"> 0 4 0</td></tr> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">Fees paid to Mr. Priessnitz, per week</td><td class="right bb pb"> 0 4 0</td></tr> -<tr class="vat"><td align="left"></td><td class="right bb ptb05">£1 0 6</td></tr> +<tr class="vat"><td align="left"></td><td class="right bb ptb05">£1 0 6</td></tr> </table> <br /> <p>Persons not residing in the establishment are at liberty to take their meals at the public table at the following charge:—</p> -<table class="ml0em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Expenses at Gräfenberg (2)"> +<table class="ml0em" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="Expenses at Gräfenberg (2)"> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">Breakfast or supper, comprising bread, butter, and milk, at discretion</td><td class="pl">0 0 2½</td></tr> <tr class="vat"><td align="left">Dinner</td><td class="pl">0 1 2</td></tr> </table><br /> </div> -<p>The small town of Freiwaldau, near Gräfenberg, being chiefly +<p>The small town of Freiwaldau, near Gräfenberg, being chiefly devoted to the accommodation of visitors, affords a desirable place of residence, at remarkably low prices: a single man may have an apartment at from 3<i>s</i>. to 5<i>s</i>. a-week; a family, at @@ -10873,20 +10831,20 @@ bread and vegetables in proportion.</p> <hr class="r15" /> -<h2>ROUTES TO GRÄFENBERG.</h2> +<h2>ROUTES TO GRÄFENBERG.</h2> -<p>Gräfenberg, since the opening of the railways may now be +<p>Gräfenberg, since the opening of the railways may now be reached in four or five days, at an expense of from 8<i>l</i>. to 10<i>l</i>. Although this outlay is incurred in carriage, the patient will soon save it in his daily expenses when there, besides having the advantage of Priessnitz’s own superintendance.</p> <p>1st Route.—London, Ostend, Cologne, Prague, and from -Prague to Hollensdorf, which is twenty miles from Gräfenberg.</p> +Prague to Hollensdorf, which is twenty miles from Gräfenberg.</p> <p>2nd Route.—Hull to Hamburg; from thence by railway to -Berlin, Breslau and Niepè; whence a carriage can be procured -to Gräfenberg, the distance being only twenty miles.</p> +Berlin, Breslau and Niepè; whence a carriage can be procured +to Gräfenberg, the distance being only twenty miles.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -10953,7 +10911,7 @@ to Gräfenberg, the distance being only twenty miles.</p> </ul></li> <li>Apoplexy, treatment of, <a href="#Page_130">130</a></li> <li>Appetite, in horses, how produced, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li> -<li>Archduke Franz Carl, address to, from the patients at Gräfenberg, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li> +<li>Archduke Franz Carl, address to, from the patients at Gräfenberg, <a href="#Page_14">14</a></li> <li>Assimilation described, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li> <li>Asthma, cases of, how treated, <a href="#Page_127">127</a></li> <li>Authorities in support of water as a curative agent, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li> @@ -11046,7 +11004,7 @@ to Gräfenberg, the distance being only twenty miles.</p> <li>Elbow-bath, how applied, <a href="#Page_56">56</a></li> <li>Epilepsy, how cured, <a href="#Page_170">170</a></li> <li>Erysipelas, remedy for, <a href="#Page_186">186</a></li> -<li>Expenses at Gräfenberg, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> +<li>Expenses at Gräfenberg, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> <li>Eye, accident to, how remedied, <a href="#Page_133">133</a>; <ul class="IX"> <li>sore and inflamed, how treated, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>;</li> @@ -11094,14 +11052,14 @@ to Gräfenberg, the distance being only twenty miles.</p> <li>acute attack of, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>;</li> <li>in foot and ankle, <a href="#Page_99">99</a></li> </ul></li> -<li>Gräfenberg, routes to, and expenses at, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> +<li>Gräfenberg, routes to, and expenses at, <a href="#Page_212">212</a></li> <li>Graham, Dr., his attack on the Water-cure refuted, <a href="#Page_11">11</a></li> <li>Gripes, how treated, <a href="#Page_121">121</a></li> <li>Gums, inflamed, how treated, <a href="#Page_120">120</a></li> </ul> <ul class="IX"> -<li><a id="IX_H" name="IX_H"></a>Hæmorrhage, in women, how combated, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>; +<li><a id="IX_H" name="IX_H"></a>Hæmorrhage, in women, how combated, <a href="#Page_152">152</a>; <ul class="IX"> <li>cases of, <a href="#Page_154">154</a></li> </ul></li> @@ -11346,7 +11304,7 @@ very little, listening with extreme attention, and fixing on those whom he interrogates two large blue eyes, which seem to pierce to the very centre of their thoughts. He is remarkable for never being satisfied with any explanations which are given him, and he never sees things in the light in which they are -shown him, you may judge of this by a visit we made together to Bicêtre, where +shown him, you may judge of this by a visit we made together to Bicêtre, where he imagined he had discovered genius in a madman. If this madman had not been actually raving, I verily believe your marquis would have entreated his liberty, and have carried him off to London, in order to hear his extravagancies @@ -11366,7 +11324,7 @@ he insists upon it, could be performed. The Cardinal sent the madman away without listening to him. Solomon de Caus, far from being discouraged, followed the Cardinal wherever he went with the most determined perseverance; who, tired of finding him for ever in his path, and annoyed to death with his -folly, ordered him to be shut up in Bicêtre, where he has now been for three +folly, ordered him to be shut up in Bicêtre, where he has now been for three years and half, and where, as you hear, he calls out to every visitor that he is not mad, but that he has made a valuable discovery. He has even written a book on the subject, which I have here.[’] Lord Worcester, who had listened @@ -11421,382 +11379,6 @@ of saliva.</p> <p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">7</span></a> Mrs. Outas’ child was cured.</p> </div></div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Every Man his own Doctor, by R. T. 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