New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-21
HOT AND COLD DRINKS.
THEIR ACTIONS CPON THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM con
TRAsTED
To the EdttOr Of me tribune.


To the EdttOr Of me tribune.
SIR: In your paper of September Il, under
the heading Science for the People appears the sub
stance Of an hot and cold drinks winch orig
ally appeared IN KnoUiedge THIS article Is 80 remark
ably incorrect in every statement 1t contains and
IS calculated DO such great injury that beg you VIII
print the following comments upon it.
The writer % the article in question says that cold
drinks are natural TO man So IN this cold
food and cold houses bare feet and heads, uncut hair
etc, etc, but civilization has developed and elevated
man by improving upon these very conditions. That
hot drinks If taken at an intense heat may do HARM -
true but nothing Like the harm which comes from cold
drinks The writer will find it hard to prove that the
tongue injured and impaired by the temperature
OF our ordinary drinks Instead Of heat being the cause
OF such destruction the teeth il stated 1t IS noto-
rou. that the cracking OF the enamel and subsequent
decay come from the of cold drinks. The neural
ga which said 10 De produced by hot drinks IS on the
contrary generally relieved By the application Of heat 70
the face or by no ling moderately heated water in the
mouth great majority Of such neuralgias will DO
found TO arise from anemc condition of the nerve
involved and would be helped by heat and aggravated
by cold Hot drinks are especially hurtf 70 the stOn
ach We are told. Now nothing can be more notorious
than the the greater part by far Of our modern
stomach troubles to be found in dyspepsia char
actcrized by debility arising from the impaired vitality
of that organ Il decidedly anGmic in condition and
cures but in the main treatment is so speedily
successful in curing this disorder the use Of very
simple food and drinking frequently of hot water. This
shoud be accompanied by careful avoidance OF ali cold
food or drinks The heat thus prescribed draws the
blood 70 the stomach and inygOraes II. Warm water
uau,eates and cold winter decidedly aggravates the
trouble stomach Inflammation does occur Dut compared
with the above condition IL Is rare.
The writer ia HtOCtcdgc makes the astounding state
meut that G!arrhna is increased by hot drinks and less
eued by cold Nothing more dam rous could De
promulgated The statement + precisely the reverse OF
The truth. The summer complaint which makes such
fearful havoc among the children III cities, i
stoned mainly by the action If the intense heat Of tue
,lu on the spine producing hyperTemla OF the nerve
supplying the stomach and bowels. The discharges OF
cholera found 10 be below the tempcTturc or the
healthy body aud the quickest way ~ meet gu these
nuXc- to give the patient hot drinks NOT applications
over the stomach and bowels, such applications 10 me
spine as will stimulate the dow OF blood 20 the digestive
organs and a scupulous avoidance Of cold drinks II
The statement the article quoted from that
u cold weather the air contains more moisture than IN
will dispe it, moisture and the Simplest way 10 9ntah
dry Is by Means OF cold Inc moisture can De en-
tev frozen ont Of the atmosphere, and that Is the only
way IL can be fully removed.
The writer apparently approves of absannc from the
Use all fluids but adds that PHEASANT drinks Ike
fea coffee etc may De taken lukewarm tor long time
the blood has temperature OF 90 Fahrenheit and II
any food drink is taken at lower temperature 1t
deficiency and thus becomes drain upon the system
Whereas moderately hot food saves such waste ana
helps do houses and warm clothing To keep up
the animal heat. the greater part OF the toOd We
consume is required produce this very condition Of
animal heat. The pleasant tea and coffee are good
inspnlch a. they are hot bad because they not
only attack the system, but because they are
strong asringens and actually produce an entiic con-
diton OF the stomach leaving that organ so oloodesS
and dcbtaed to cause some OF the seFelest dscOh
forts which the human race Is subject H.
Warrington, d. T., OCT Z, IpS-.