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76 GU I D E to Y E L L OW S P R I NG S | 2O22 – 2O23 comprehensive hygiene: the Memnonia Institute. They had just leased the Water Cure Establishment in the Glen, where they hoped to bring their philosophies of healthful living together under the Institute’s high- minded motto, “Freedom, Fraternity, Chastity.” Water cure was popular in Europe and the United States as a treatment for a whole litany of illnesses. Hydropathy, to use the vernacular, emphasized application of cold water, along with prescribed diet, dress, and exercise as both a curative technique and a way of healthful living. While the movement stressed that such healing could be done in the home, it nonetheless became centered around well-appointed spas, where visitors bathed in prodi- The Memnonia Institute— ‘FREE LOVE’ IN THE GLEN – IN 1856 By SCOTT SANDERS Published February, 1999 In March 1856, a pair of spirited reformers, Dr. Thomas Low Nichols and Mary Gove Nichols, arrived in Yellow Springs to open their latest venture in ▲ The Yellow Springs Water Cure in an advertisement from Reilly’s Ohio State Business Directory, 1853. 1535 XENIA AVE. 937-767-9000 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! 11 A.M. –9 P.M. DINE- IN • CARRY-OUT • DELIVERY $ 3 .00 FOR FAST DELIVERY! BEER & WINE INCLUDED! SCAN FOR MENU!