Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1883-05-10
Hot Water as a Medicine.
New York SUM-

New York Sum-
| A young man who was compelled to re-
sign his position in one of the public schools
of this city because he was breaking down
with consumption, and who has ever since
been battling for life, although with little
apparent prospect of recovery, was encount-
cred several days ago in a Broadway res
taurant.
II see" he said, 'that you seemed surprised
at my improved appearance No doubt you
wonder what could have caused such a
change. Well, it was very simple remedy
nothing but hot water"
Hot water?"
That's all. You remember my telling
you that had tried all of the usual RENE
dies. consulted some of the leading spec
ialists in affections of the lungs in this city,
and paid them large fees They went
through the usual course Of experimentation
with me under all sorts of medicines. l
went to the Adirondacks in the summer and
| to Florida in the winter; but none of these
things did me any substantial good. lost
ground steadily, grew to be almost skele-
ton, and had all the worst symptoms OF a
| consumptive whose end is near at hand. At
that junction friend told me that he had
heard of cures being effected by drinking
hot water.
II consulted a physician who had paid
special attention to this hot water cure, and
was using it with many patients. He said :
There is nothing, you know, that is more
difficult than to introduce new remedy in
to medical practice particularly if it is a
very simple one, and strikes at the root of
erroneous views and prejudices that have
long been entertained The old school prac-
TONERS have tried for years to cure consump-
ton, but they are as far from doing it as
ever.
"Now, the only radical explanation of con-
sumption is that it results from defective nu-
triton 1t is always accompanied by NAL
assimilation of food. In nearly every case
the stomach is the seat OF fermentation
that necessarily prevents proper digestion.
The first thing to do is to remove that fer
mentation, and put the stomach in condI-
tion to receive food and dispose OF 1t proper
ly. This is effected by taking water into
the stomach, as hot as it can be born, an
hour before each meal. This leaves the stom-
ach clean and pure, like boiler that has
been washed out. Then put into the stom-
ach food that is in the highest degree nu-
tritious and the least disposed to termenta-
ton. No food answers this description better
than tender beef. A little stale bread may
be eaten with it. Drink nothing but pure
water, and as little of that at meals as pos
sible Vegetables, pastry, sweets, tea, coffee,
and alcoholic liquor should be avoided, Put
tender beef alone into clean and pure stom-
ach three times day, and the system will
be fortified and built up until the wasting
away, that is the chief feature OF consump-
ton, ceases, and recuperatlon sets In"
mo I hnnar,
by taking one cup of hot water an hour be-
fore each meal, and gradually increased the
dose to three cups. At first it was unpleas-
ant to take but now drink it with relish
that | never experienced in drinking the
choicest wine l began to pick up immedi-
ately after the new treatment, and gained
fourteen pounds within two months. have
gained ground steadily in thu trying climate
of New York and / tell you, sir, | feel on
a sure way to recovery"
Here an old gentleman who had been
standing near, and evidently listening to
the conversation, turned to the teacher and
said: "This remedy of hot-water drinking
has attracted my attention for some time. 1t
has been of immense service in relieving me
of terrible dyspepsia that tormented me
for MANY years tried numerous able ply
sicians. and there is probably no medicine
that is prescribed for such an ailment which
was not given to me; but none of them
gave me any permanent benefit. But the
simple remedy of drinking hot water, ac-
companied by rational regulation OF my
diet, has entirely cured me, advanced though
| am in life. 1t was not the dieting alone
that did it, ! had tried that before. 1t was
the use of hot water that that cured me, for
that made it possible to derive benefit from
iudicious diet. l have also found this
treatment Of great benefit in kidney diseases,
which are largely owing to mal-assimlllatlon
of food"
The teacher listened very attentively to
the old gentlaman's remarks.
Il am glad to learn that your experience,
he said, agrees so fully with mine. have
become acquainted with various cases In
which this simple method of treatment has
effected permanent cures after all the efforts
of physicians had failed. l am convinced
simply from what l have seen, that almost
any disturbance of the human system that
results from disorders of the stomach can be
alleviated, and, in most instances, cured In
the same way. The very simplicity Of the
thing NAV cause some to hesitate about at
taching much importance to it; but, like the
proper ventilation of your dwellings, 1t may
nreyent disease and effect cures where all
the drugs of the pharmacopeia will fail.