Letters from Graefenberg, in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, & 1846 : with the report, and extracts from the correspondence, of the Enniscorthy Hydropathic Society / by John Gibbs.

Date:
1847
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Credit: Letters from Graefenberg, in the years 1843, 1844, 1845, & 1846 : with the report, and extracts from the correspondence, of the Enniscorthy Hydropathic Society / by John Gibbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    be still capable of improvement. Did I not know “ what a world we live in,” I should be surprised at what you tell me of a rumour in your neighbourhood, that “ many have returned uncured from Grsefenberg, and are now in Dublin, under the Surgeon-General’s care.” Knowing something of all the Irish, and English too, who have left this for many months back, I have no hesitation in pronouncing that rumour to be one of those calumnies wdiich base-minded men, who have an interest in up- holding error, maliciously fabricate, in the hope thereby to damage the truth. Ever yours very sincerely, JOHN GIBBS. LETTER IV. To the Editors of the Wexford Conservative, and the Wexford Independent. [Republished from the Wexford Papers.] My Dear Sirs,—I have great pleasure in sending you Mr. Gibbs’s third letter from Grrefenberg. As I had anticipated in my last, it contains a great deal of most interesting matter, and recounts some really wonderful cures. The success in the case of Prince Lichtenstein’s child, which had baffled the doctor’s art, ought, in my opinion, to lead the public mind to look earnestly and zealously to the subject of Hydropathy. To have within our reach the means of preserving health, and of ar- resting the progress of disease, and not to avail ourselves of such an inestimable blessing, appears both strange and wonderful; but, owing to prejudice, the public have ever been slow to learn the things which pertain to their is vapourized at 212° Fahrenheit; yields, on evaporation, from one to six grains of sediment from a pint. (See the “ Edinburgh Dispensatory” and Dr. Rutty’s “Synopsis.”) “The higher the mountains, the more limpid, wholesome, and pure are the springs.” (Adolphus de Thermis Hirschbergensibus.) “ I examined the water at Grsefenberg with all necessary tests, and found it of remarkable purity.” (Sir C. Scudamore, M.D.)