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198 the reports, this "Hunger Cure" hospital is constantly filled with patients, and boasts of the most extraordinary cures. Dr. Shew, whom we have mentioned before, has visited that establishment, and speaks in terms of praise of its author. The following is an extract from a Manual recently published by Dr. Shew:—"The Hunger Cure can hardly be said to be a system yet. Of its great value, we probably as yet know but little. I am myself, the more I see of it, the more surprised at its good effects, and one great object I have in bringing it before the American people is, that we may all of us, who love truth, join and aid each other in the investigation of its merits. I am now in the habit, and have been for years, of employing it in connection with the water treatment in various ways."

Again, Dr. Shew says, "We sometimes advise a person to fast on Mondays, eat on Tuesdays, fast on Wednesdays, eat on Thursdays, fast on Fridays, and eat on Saturdays and Sundays?" So it appears that our water-cure fraternity have already commenced experimenting upon this new and improved method of cure. If it should