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tive of the foregoing facts and principles. Those
who wish for more may find them in abundance in
Mrs. Nichols' "
Experience in Water-Cure," in the
Watcr-Cure Journal, and in various works on Hydro
pathy.
Mrs. , of New York, about thirty, married, was
brought to Mrs. Nichols, covered with salt rheum,
blind, deaf, and her hair all gone, her whole head and
face being covered by a frightful scabby eruption. She
was also suffering from dyspepsia, and uterine disease.
Treatment—strict diet, wet-sheet packs, bandaging, sitz-
bath, vagina syringe. Result—within three months, her
dyspepsia was gone, her uterine system relieved, her
skin smooth and beautiful, her sight snd hearing re
stored, and her head covered with a growth of thick,
glossy hair. She was changed from a suffering, hideous,
and disgusting object, to a very beautiful and happy
woman.
Mrs. , of New York, forty-three, married, and
the mother of five children ; the youngest, some four
—
teen years old. Sick twelve years
matism ;
dyspepsia, rheu
had not menstruated for five years ;
"
best
medical advice," and been twice to London to consult
distinguished physicians ; reduced to the lowest extrem
ity. In four months, this lady could walk a mile ; she
her menses re
grew fresh, young looking, and strong;
turned, she became pregnant, and at the full time, was
delivered of a healthy boy. All well and happy.
The history of water-cure is full of such cases, which
have defied every kind of medication, but which yield
to its benign applications. Iu all cases of this kind, two
things are needed, purification and invigoration; both