Report of two hundred and four interesting cases, selected from among those treated by Doctor E. Fellerer, resident physician of the Orange Mountain Hydropathic Institution, South Orange, New Jersey.

  • Fellerer, E. (Edward)
Date:
1853
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Credit: Report of two hundred and four interesting cases, selected from among those treated by Doctor E. Fellerer, resident physician of the Orange Mountain Hydropathic Institution, South Orange, New Jersey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    herpes.—(Tetter.) Miss , 7 years old ; tender white skin, blue eyes, and light hair. Had, when she came to the establishment, on her cheeks, neck, and chest, numerous large and red spots, from which arose a number of small bubbles, filled with a fluid of clear yellow citron color. The patient was immediately packed in a wet sheet, once a day, until she perspired profusely. On the tenth day after the bub- bles burst, and formed, by their discharge, a thin, brownish, scaly scurf. By continuing the packing, and subsequent full bath, the little girl was dismissed, perfectly cured, in the fourth week. scabies.—(Itch.) Mr. , 20 years, strong built, and of healthy appearance, blue eyes, and light hair. Enjoys a good health, except that he is affected with small hard and red knots be- tween the fingers and joints of the hand, arm, and knees, and also with an inclination to costiveness. By means of packing the patient every morning for six weeks, in a wet sheet, and sometimes in a blanket, until a profuse per- spiration ensued, and then giving him a half or full bath, he was entirely relieved of a complaint which had baffled all other remedies for nine months. MACULAE HEPATICiE. (Liver Spots.) --, aged 24 years ; tall, yellow Mr. complexion, blue eyes and black hair For four years the patient has observed on his body large irregular patches, of a dark yellow color. At first they appeared on the left arm, then on the right one, and afterwards on the inner surface of the thighs, spreading ultimately to the chest, abdomen, and groins. These patches do not rise above the skin, but are accompanied with much itching. The patient also exhi- bits symptoms of an inactive liver, having frequently the white of his eyes quite yel- low, and the faeces indicating a want of bilious secretion; otherwise he feels per- fectly well. Frequent sweating in the wet sheet or blanket, with the use of half and full baths, cold sitz-baths, and a wet bandage over the abdomen, removed the torpid state of the Hver, after which the disease of the skin soon disappeared. ARTHRITIS ACUTA. (Acute Gout.) I have had only one case under treatment here. The patient, suffering greatly, want- ed narcotic remedies, which I, of course, refused; but being too impatient to await a critical and radical cure of his painful dis- ease, he went, after five days' residence in the establishment, under the care of an allopathic physician. ARTHRITIS CHRONICA. (Chronic Gout.) Case 1.—Mr. . 31 years of age, pretty large, long neck, narrow chest, au- burn eyes and black hair. The patient has been a victim to this dreadful disease for ten years. His joints are stiff and enlarged, and have at last be- come immovable, which latter affection in- duced him to seek relief in our establish- ment. He complains, besides, of dyspeptic symptoms; has a reddish urine, with sedi- ment smelling of ammonia; his kidneys also seem to be diseased, as he sometimes dis- charges gravel. On the end of the smaller joints a calcareous deposition has taken place. Packings in a wet sheet did the patient a great deal of good, because they were ac- companied with critical ammoniacal perspir- ations. To make them more effectual, we prescribed packings in woollen blankets. Half-baths, at 70 degrees, with thorough rubbings, contributed also to appease the pains, which often were very violent. Sitz- baths and injections regulated the evacu- ations, and were of considerable benefit to the abdominal organs. Falling douches quickened the critical secretions, and the patient, formerly so stiff, was, after three months' treatment, already able to walk two miles per day. A moderate and vegetable diet, the drinking of cold spring water, and the gradually colder baths which we pre- scribed, removed the disease entirely. The invalid for a period of ten years, owed thus his health to hydropathic treatment and his own perseverance. Case 2.—Mrs. , 50 years of age black eyes and hair, pale and emaciated countenance. The lady was an object of universal com- miseration when she arrived, as she had to be carried into her room by four men, being entirely unable to move either arms or knees. Five.years ago she was attacked with acute rheumatism, and obliged to keep her bed for a whole year. She was under allopathic treatment, which could not prevent the change of the acute disease to a chronic one. Her whole organism was deranged