The rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland . S we have seen, it was in 1841 that CaptainClaridge spent his first three months atGrafenberg. He then came home and set towork upon his book, which was given to the publicin January, 1842. Soon the intelHgence it brought—the news of the use of water as a curative agent—^was being talked about throughout the length andbreadth of the land. Claridge was helping thecause along by lecturing in the larger cities andtowns of England and Scotland. Meanwhile Wilson, who had been to Grafenberg, returnedto Ivondon with his mind full
The rise and progress of hydropathy in England and Scotland . S we have seen, it was in 1841 that CaptainClaridge spent his first three months atGrafenberg. He then came home and set towork upon his book, which was given to the publicin January, 1842. Soon the intelHgence it brought—the news of the use of water as a curative agent—^was being talked about throughout the length andbreadth of the land. Claridge was helping thecause along by lecturing in the larger cities andtowns of England and Scotland. Meanwhile Wilson, who had been to Grafenberg, returnedto Ivondon with his mind full of Priessnitz and hiswonder-working with water. Before he started onhis Continental tour he had become greatly dis-satisfied with drug medication; what he saw therehad put him into a state of absolute revolt. Heand Dr. Gully were great friends, and often used tocompare notes on their experience. Dr. Gully,writing later of those days, says they had come tothe conclusion that the old routine of medicationwas insufficient, if not positively harmful. Our 5S. Page 59. DR. JAMES WILSON. DR. JAMES WIIvSON. scepticism in the prevailing style of medication setus both searching for a better, and it did notsurprise me when, in 1842, Wilson returned fromthe Continent filled to the brim with it was who first laid the subject before me, hisquick medical eye having already detected thewonderful power of the system, both in acute andchronic disease. Dr. Gully goes on to say that both of themwent together to inspect Malvern as a localityfor the practice of hydropathy, and finding itappropriate, Wilson at once settled down there,being followed by myself a few months was the most momentous step ever taken inEngland in connection with hydropathy, and itsimportance can hardly be over-estimated. Although,as we have seen. Dr. Weiss was the first to openan establishment in England—namely, the one atStansteadbury—yet it did not live very long, andits fame was quick
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