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Review Of Literature, &C.
The orig in of his fame is thus described : — " Priesnitz while hay-making had two libs broken—a surgeon declared he would never be cured!—he determined to cure himself ! To replace the ribs he leant with his abdomen against a table , or a chair , and held his breath to expand his chest . « The ribs being thus replaced , he applied wet cloths * to the parts affected , drank plentifully of water , ate sparingly , and remained ' in perfect repose . In ten days he was able to go out , and AT THE END OF
' A YEAR was again at his occupation in the field . ' " Broken ribs , in a case like this , are cured by English surgeons in a month or six weeks , and the patient can walk about as soon as the proper bandage is applied . " The fame of this extraordinary cure soon spread abroad among his neighbours . * » Having no remedy but spring water , no theory to puzzle his brain , and no guide but nature , he soon perceived the defect of the present of dietand the mode of diseaseThe result the dis
system , treating . was - covery of hydropathy . » » * Gout , rheumatism , scrofula , syphilis , are all washed away by the waters of Graefenberg . * * * \ V ater is injected into the eyes , ears , and nostrils . The patients sit in water , have hot baths and douches , are pumped on , and plunge into water . In acute diseases , such as fevers and inflammations , the patients are rolled up in blankets and cold wet sheets , which are frequently renewed . " The diet is ad libitum , plentiful and coarse . * * There is always a smell from the the floor of the esta
disagreeable arising cows on ground ( - blishment !) the ' ¦ public conoeniencies , ' and the kitchen which is under the saloon . * * * Of R . T . Claridge , Esq . and Priestnitz , it may , iu one sense at least , be said , ' arcades ambo . ' Their ignorance is equal—their boldness infinite . " He ( Mr . Claridge ) expresses himself ' utterly at a loss to account for the silence of the literary and medical works on this highly important subject , ' while it is a fact that Dr . James Johnson has given a fuller and , we and Priesnitz than the author
need not say , a better account of Graefenherg . » * He quotes Pindar , Pythagoras , Hippocrates , Celsus , Galen , Charlemagne , and John Wesley , on the virtues of water , without saying one word of Le Sage , or making a single reference to the celebrated Dr . Sangrado , or Valladolid , from whom Mr . Claridge has taken entire passages , and all the scientific parts of his book . » * * He had better have continued crying ' there is nothing like leather ^ or ' there is nothing like aspkalte , ' or ' there is nothing like wood . ""
Thus much from the '" ' Lancet , "—we still warn the world , in particular travellers , against wet sheets , and recommend those who would try the cold water system to good advantage , to go into Wales , where the mountain scenery is as beautiful and romantic as Graefenherg , the diet more wholesome , and the water as pure ; it is true they need not herd with the cows , or have their nostrils offended with the filthy matters described in " Hydropathy , " but they will save their money from going _ of
in the direction to which Mr . Claridge ' s finger-post points—the pocket Priestnitz . If the author of this book really be , what we believe he is not , credulous—alas ! poor human nature—but if he be not—why , then " ' tis my vocation , Hal . "
Wood Paving for the Provinces , and its Application to Flooring , SjC . By J . Lee Stevens . R . Spencer . Wood Paving in London , noticed in our last number , has already run through four editions . The present brochure gives a complete synopsis of system and economy of price for the country , and contains very satisfactory certificates from Bath , Birmingham , Cambridge , Cheltenham , Southampton , and other places . As a public writer of acknow-
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Review Of Literature, &C.
The orig in of his fame is thus described : — " Priesnitz while hay-making had two libs broken—a surgeon declared he would never be cured!—he determined to cure himself ! To replace the ribs he leant with his abdomen against a table , or a chair , and held his breath to expand his chest . « The ribs being thus replaced , he applied wet cloths * to the parts affected , drank plentifully of water , ate sparingly , and remained ' in perfect repose . In ten days he was able to go out , and AT THE END OF
' A YEAR was again at his occupation in the field . ' " Broken ribs , in a case like this , are cured by English surgeons in a month or six weeks , and the patient can walk about as soon as the proper bandage is applied . " The fame of this extraordinary cure soon spread abroad among his neighbours . * » Having no remedy but spring water , no theory to puzzle his brain , and no guide but nature , he soon perceived the defect of the present of dietand the mode of diseaseThe result the dis
system , treating . was - covery of hydropathy . » » * Gout , rheumatism , scrofula , syphilis , are all washed away by the waters of Graefenberg . * * * \ V ater is injected into the eyes , ears , and nostrils . The patients sit in water , have hot baths and douches , are pumped on , and plunge into water . In acute diseases , such as fevers and inflammations , the patients are rolled up in blankets and cold wet sheets , which are frequently renewed . " The diet is ad libitum , plentiful and coarse . * * There is always a smell from the the floor of the esta
disagreeable arising cows on ground ( - blishment !) the ' ¦ public conoeniencies , ' and the kitchen which is under the saloon . * * * Of R . T . Claridge , Esq . and Priestnitz , it may , iu one sense at least , be said , ' arcades ambo . ' Their ignorance is equal—their boldness infinite . " He ( Mr . Claridge ) expresses himself ' utterly at a loss to account for the silence of the literary and medical works on this highly important subject , ' while it is a fact that Dr . James Johnson has given a fuller and , we and Priesnitz than the author
need not say , a better account of Graefenherg . » * He quotes Pindar , Pythagoras , Hippocrates , Celsus , Galen , Charlemagne , and John Wesley , on the virtues of water , without saying one word of Le Sage , or making a single reference to the celebrated Dr . Sangrado , or Valladolid , from whom Mr . Claridge has taken entire passages , and all the scientific parts of his book . » * * He had better have continued crying ' there is nothing like leather ^ or ' there is nothing like aspkalte , ' or ' there is nothing like wood . ""
Thus much from the '" ' Lancet , "—we still warn the world , in particular travellers , against wet sheets , and recommend those who would try the cold water system to good advantage , to go into Wales , where the mountain scenery is as beautiful and romantic as Graefenherg , the diet more wholesome , and the water as pure ; it is true they need not herd with the cows , or have their nostrils offended with the filthy matters described in " Hydropathy , " but they will save their money from going _ of
in the direction to which Mr . Claridge ' s finger-post points—the pocket Priestnitz . If the author of this book really be , what we believe he is not , credulous—alas ! poor human nature—but if he be not—why , then " ' tis my vocation , Hal . "
Wood Paving for the Provinces , and its Application to Flooring , SjC . By J . Lee Stevens . R . Spencer . Wood Paving in London , noticed in our last number , has already run through four editions . The present brochure gives a complete synopsis of system and economy of price for the country , and contains very satisfactory certificates from Bath , Birmingham , Cambridge , Cheltenham , Southampton , and other places . As a public writer of acknow-