There was a man in our district who did not have confidence in our methods of treatment of the sick by hydrotherapy, and believed that only by the use of medicine could sickness be cured. He became very ill, and each day seemed to be getting worse. The members of his family were very anxious about him, and recommended that I be called to give him treatments. After he had had a high fever for about twelve days, they called me. I found him almost unconscious. He could scarcely speak, but he said, "I have decided to give myself into your hands, and I trust that with the blessing of God you can help me." I told him that if he would have faith in God and believe in the efficacy of the treatments, we would do everything we could.
He had a fever, but the perspiration on his body was cold. We placed his feet in hot water, and covered the body well, and by means of a hot vapor bath caused him to sweat. He was so weak that he almost fainted, and the members of the family were frightened, but I told them that .we must get a reaction in his body before we could hope to help him. After the treatment, I gave him a gentle massage, and then placed him back in bed. In two hours the fever had left him, and he gradually recovered his strength and health.
On another occasion a woman came to me with a very bad foot. She had visited one doctor after another, but was worse. She was planning to sell her ranch to pay the expense of a trip to Villahermosa, to see if she could not have her foot healed. One day I met her, and said, "It is a pity that you have to sell your ranch. If you had come to me, I could have healed your foot."
She said, "I would like to have you look at my foot." They brought her on a stretcher to my house, and when I saw the foot, I was surprised. It was in terrible condition, and the flesh had rotted away so much that you could almost see the bone. She had been treating this sore for about six months, and the odor was almost unbearable. I thoroughly cleansed the sore, and then placed the foot in the sun for twenty minutes. She said that this greatly relieved the pain, and it was evident that the sun was a factor in killing the germs in the sore. Then I began giving her treatments, and her foot began to heal. It took many treatments, but finally it was well.
