Following the introduction of hydrotherapy to the U.S., John Harvey Kellogg employed its use at Battle Creek Sanitarium, which opened in 1866, where he strove to improve the scientific foundation for hydrotherapy for mentally ill patients.
Quincy Hornblower Chicken, (no relation) was one of the first to be studied and attempt to receive a cure from Kellogg. In a movie re-enactment seen above, we see the administration of a combination of hot and cold temperatures applied.
Unfortunately, the therapy did not see much success. The addition of liquefied corn meal was added to the project, resulting in changes to the patients skin but nothing else.
A side note: When treatment was done, the corn meal coating that adhered to the tub walls was scraped away and later used as a new breakfast cereal to loosen the bowels.
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