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Preface

It would be superfluous to say much in favour of a system of treatment, which, resting on its merits alone, cannot fail eventually of becoming general. Were I, who have devoted myself to the practice of hydropathy, to advocate its cause, my words would be discredited as those of a prejudiced person, or disregarded as the idle talk of an enthusiast. It is, therefore, not my object in sending these pages into the world, to endeavour to gain proselytes to a new therapeutic doctrine, or to render the water-cure more popular than it is at present. I address myself to the portion of the public endued with good sense, and with soundness of judgment, leaving it to them to form their own conclusions. I do not write for the present day alone, convinced as I am that the water-cure, through its intrinsic worth, and by the force of its beneficial operation solely, will break its way through the ramparts of prejudice opposed to it by frivolous and unreflecting minds, and surmount the impediments with which the blind adherers to old and prevalent doctrines, or the timid and

• PREFACE.

half instructed followers of the opinions of others, may attempt to obstruct its rapid progress.

Many works have latterly appeared, both abroad and in this country, on the subject of hydropathy ; the public of Germany, has, more especially within the last ten years, been overrun with books explanatory of the beneficial effects of cold water, written with the express object of giving popularity to this new system, or designed to instruct the public in the modes of applying cold water in diseases, and in its use and action as a prophylactic remedy. Some of these works, however, are totally defective ; others but partially answer their intended purpose; whilst the majority are absolutely injurious, and wholly objectionable, inasmuch as they diffuse false notions of the nature of this system of treatment, and recommend water without limitation, in every disease. Many books, by gross misrepresentations of cures of important diseases, in an incredibly short space of time, must of necessity prove more hurtful to the cause of hydropathy than further the propagation of a discovery of so much benefit to mankind. It is true that some few authors have of late endeavoured to counteract this abuse; but it is infinitely more easy to harm a cause than to repair the injury it may have sustained.

Those who look through these pages with the idea of finding new views on the water-cure, or of meeting

PREFACE. v with theoretical disquisitions, will be disappointed in their research. The intention of my work is purely practical ; I have merely arranged that which is already known of hydropathy, according to my absolute experience, and have given the treatment which I have found most advantageous in practice in certain diseases.

The opportunities I have enjoyed of gaining experience in this new system of treatment, assures me that my labours will not have been in vain. I have watched the progress of the hydriatic treatment of disease in conjunction with Priessnitz, from its earliest infancy to its present stage of development, to its present state of extension. In the year 1833-34, when the practice of hydropathy became more generally known, I formed an establishment at Freywaldau, in order to enlarge my sphere of observation on the action of cold water on disease, and to draw my conclusions on the whole system of treatment. My establishment was the best frequented in Germany, after that at Grafenberg ; and from the close vicinity of the two institutions, I had the opportunity of observing Priessnitz's patients also. Thus I believe, that my experience may serve as an apology for intruding this work upon public notice

Hydropathy has since that period made vast progress in Germany, and in England. To Captain Claridge, the merit is undoubtedly due, of having first directed the attention of the public, in the latter country, to this invaluable system — an undertaking in which he lias shown the greatest perseverance and industry, advocating the good cause, by word and deed, and never losing an opportunity of extending its popularity. He not only, with considerable expense of time and labour, published the first popular work on the cold water cure, in the English language, but has, since the appearance of his book, followed up his exertions in propagating hydropathy, by his popular lectures in England, Scotland and Ireland. That success has attended his endeavours, is proved by the extensive sale of his work ;* and the articles which have appeared in the Scotch and Irish newspapers are sufficient evidence, that his exertions are gratefully acknowledged by the public — circumstances auguring most favourably for the ultimate success of this new system of treatment in Great Britain. To Captain Claridge my thanks are further due, as it was he who introduced me to Dr. Graham, by whom I was persuaded to leave my native country, and form an hydropathic establishment in England, on the model of that at Griifenberg. Of this institution I have been the director to the present time. Thus my attention has been uninterruptedly and exclusively devoted to the treatment of disease by cold water, during the last

* The unprecedented number of 7000 copies of his work, and as many more of the abstract, I am assured by his publishers, Messrs. Madden and Co., have been disposed of within a very short period.

PREFACE. ■• twelve years. The establishment at Stanstead-Bury has offered me no less favourable opportunities of extending my experience ; for it was always well frequented, and at times even overfilled with patients : I am therefore justified in asserting that my observations are as numerous, and that my experience is as extensive as that of Priessnitz. I have seen how far this system may be pursued with benefit to the patients, and to which cases it is particularly adapted ; I have consequently been successful in my practice, and have frequently effected cures in cases which had been abandoned by Priessnitz and other practitioners ; as the numerous testimonials of gratitude expressed by patients, publicly in the German papers, will prove.

With these advantages, and a thorough conviction of the superiority of this method of treatment above every other system, I think to be of benefit to the people of this country, in publishing the results of my experience, and by thus making them more generally known.

In order to extend the sphere of utility of this work, it has been my chief endeavour to render myself intelligible to the non -professional reader, that the treatment by water may be safely introduced into domestic use, and exert its beneficial influence where medical assistance is, perhaps, not to be obtained.

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A new method of treatment, which has created so general a sensation as that of Vincent Priessnitz, has of course met with many advocates from egotistical, rather than philanthropic motives — persons who have abused this system, and thus injured it in the estimation of the public. Against practitioners of this grade I will not speak, but will merely casually venture to observe, that hydropathy is essentially in accordance with the principles of medicine, and that the practice of it, in general, should be restricted to the profession exclusively.

My opinions may perhaps gain additional weight with many of my readers, when I assure them that I have had ample opportunities of judging of the allopathic and homoeopathic modes of treating disease, and that it is my firm belief that this new system, deserving the preference, will ultimately prevail ; nor will my motives, I hope, be subjected to misconstruction, when I further assert, that I have been enabled to compare the various doctrines of the day, when put to the test of actual practice, and confidently yield the palm to hydropathy. I have myself practised allopathically — and was offered, in the year 1826, to hold the situation of Officer of Health, in one of the districts of Prussia, but preferred remaining in my native country. In the year 1828, I received the prize for my dissertation on

PREFACE. : x the use of narcotic medicines in certain diseases, i'rom the university of Leipzig ; but when I became acquainted with this new method of treatment, I abandoned the use of all drugs, and within the last twelve years have never resorted to one single pharmaceutical preparation ; although my practice has, during that period, been very considerable.

The extension of the use of cold water is of so much benefit to mankind, in health and in disease, and is so well adapted to our age, that it becomes in a philanthropic point of view meritorious in the individual, who thus renders an essential service to the public welfare, to lay remarks on the beneficial effects of temperance before the world, and to publish his experience on the admirable influence of cold water on the human organism, if it were only to furnish scientific men with facts whence they can form conclusions, and yield more perfect and elaborate productions. It will not be expected from me that I should bring forward a work on the whole system of hydropathy, or offer a learned treatise on diseases and their treatment ; for an elaborate and studied compilation of that description would be "ill adapted for a practical book, written, moreover, for the benefit of the public generally. If some few critics, nevertheless, mistake my intentions, or cannot renounce their nature, and subject the deficiencies they may detect to ridicule, I shall oppose them with silent

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PREFACE contempt, as the best remedy against their sordid venom, and shall endeavour to imitate the laudable equanimity and silence of Priessnitz, of whose admirable system I own myself a zealous follower.

London, November, 1843.

On the presumed action of water on diseases . . .

The crisis

Chapter V

On the different modes of using the cold water . . .

The internal use of cold water.

Injections and clysters

On rinsing the mouth and nose.

Gargles ....

The external use of cold water.

Ablutions

Shower-baths

Partial or half-baths

Full-baths ....

Page

General plunging-baths . . 46

River-baths .... 47

Wave-baths .... 48

Local baths .... 48

Head-baths .... 49

Sitting-baths . . SO

Foot-baths 52

The drop-bath ... 54

The douche .... 55 Local applications. Vmschldffe,

wet bandages ... 69 Applications round the half of the body, or round the whole body,

or wet linen sheets . . 60

Sweating .... 62

CHAPTER VI. On diseases curable by cold water 67

Inflammatory fever . . 68

Gastric fever ... 73

Mucous fever . p 77

Catarrhal fever <• . . . 79

Influenza, or la Grippe . . 83

Intermittent fever . . 85

Nervous fever . , . . 94

Typhus fever . . . 100

Slow, continued nervous fever 115

Malignanl,infectious,nervousfever \\t

120 122 126

129 129

Inflammation of the parotid glands 137 Inflammation of the lungs . 140

Putrid fever Inflammations : — On inflammations in general Inflammation of the brain Inflammation of the eye Inflammation of the throat xii

CONTENTS.

Page

Page

Inflammation of the stomach

Diarrhoea

Inflammation of the bowels

Cholera (European and Asiatic)

Dysentery

. 157

On suppressed and defective se

Inflammation of the liver

. 160 cretions and excretions

Inflammation of the kidneys

. 167

Amennorrhoea and Dysmenorrhcea 266

On acute inflammatory eruptions

Constipation in general

. 169

Jaundice

Erysipelas

. 169

Retention of urine

Erysipelas of new-born in/ants

Gout ...

Scarlet fever

Rheumatism

Small-pox

Tic douloureux

Measles

Sciatica

Red-rash

Humoral Diseases : —

Nettle-rash

. 188

Scrofula

Purpura

Rickets . .

Chronic diseases of the skin. The

Chlorosis .

itch

Dropsy

'fetters, 1 — 7

. 195

Syphilis

Various forms of disease of the

McrcurialUm scalp, 1 — 5

. 202

Diseases of the nervous system in

Acne ....

general ....

Red-gum .

Headache

Excoriations

. 208

Spasm in the stomach

On congestions in general

Colic ....

Congestion of the head .

Hypochondriasis .

Congestion of the chest .

Hysteria ...

Congestion of the abdomen. Hjs-

Epilepsy .

morrhoids . •

Chorea

Diseases connected with disturb-

Vertigo ance of the functions of secre-

Asthma tion and excretion

Hooping-cough

Discharges .

Tetanus

Bleeding from the nose .

Loch-jaw ....

Spitting of blood

Delirium tremens .

Vomiting of blood

Mental diseases

Uterine flooding

Tabes dorsalis

Mucous discharges

Paralysis .

Immoderate accumulation of n

Apoplexy ....

cus in the stomach and alim

Fainting tary canal

Apparent death

Salivation . .

Gonorrhoea .