The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-04-21
HOT WATER AS A MEDICINE.

! ~ NliO wiz tOlllpfilGtl I'D
resign his position in one of the public
schools Of this city because he was break
ing down with consumption, and who
has ever since been battling for life,
although with little apparent prospect
of recovery, was encountered several
days ago in Broadway restaurant.
al see," he said, ",hai you seem sur
prised at my improved appearance. --
No doubt YOU wonder what could have
caused such change Well, il WIS a
very simple remedy-nothing but hot
water"
"Ho, waier?"
"That's all. You remember my tell
ing you tha, had tried all of the usual
remedies. | consul:ed some of the
leading specialists in affections of the
lungs in this city, and paid them large
fees. They went through the usual
course experimentation with me under
all sorts of medicines. went to the
Adirondacks in the summer and to
Florida in the winter; but none ofihc,c
things did me any substantial good
lost ground steadily. grew to be almost
skeleton, and had all the worst symp-
toms OF 4 consump,ive whose end is
near At hand. At that junoture friend
told me that he had heard Of cures
being effected by drinking hot water.
Il consulted a physician who had
paid special attention TO this hoi-watcr
cure and was using it with many patients
He said: There is nothing, you know,
that is more difficult than TO introduce
new remedy into medical practice,
particularly il il is very simple one,
and strikes at the root OF erroneous
views and prejudices that have long
been entertained. The old school prac-
tiiioners have tried for years to cure
consumption, but they are As FAR from
doing II Is ever.
"'Now, the only rational explana-
tion Of consumption is that il results
from defective nutrition. Il is always
accompanied by mal.assimila,ion of
food. In nearly every case the stomach
is the seat OF fermentation that neces.
sarily prevents proper digestion. The
first thing to do is 10 remove that fer
mentaiion, and put the stomach into a
condition TO receive food and dispose
OF il properly. This is effected by tax
ing water into the stomach, aS no, as il
can be borne, an hour before each meal
This leaves the stomach clean and pure,
like boiler that has been washed out
Then pu, into the stomach food that is
in the highest degree nutritious and the
leas; disposed TO fermentation. No
food answers this description better
than tender beef. y little stale bread
NAV be eaten with il. Drink nothing
but pure water. and as little of that at
meals as possible. Vegetables. pastry,
sweets, tea. coffee, and alcoholic liquor
should he avoided. Put tender beef
alone into clean and pure stomach
three times 4 day, and the system will
be fortified and built up until the vast
ing away, that is the chief feature of
consumption, ceases, and recuperation
sets in.
"rhis reasoning impressed me.
began by taking one cup of hot water
an hour before eaCn meal, and gradually
increased the dose to three cups. At
first i, was unpleasant to take, but now
drink il with relish that | never
experienced in drinking the choicest
wine. began to pick up Immediately
after the new treatment, and gained
fourteen pounds within two months
have gained ground steadily in the
irving climate of New York and tell
you. sir, feel on a sure wayto recove-
ry."
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. Ii has been
Of immense service in relieving me of
terrible dyspepsia that ,o-mented me
for many years. ! tried numerous able
physicians, 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 per-
manent benefit. But the simple remedy
OF drinking hot water, accompanied by
a rational regulation of my diet has
entirely cured me, advanced though |
am in life. II was not the dieting
alone that did it. tried that before.
II was the use OF ho, water that cured
me, for that made it possible to derive
benefit from judicious diet. | have
also found this treatment OF great benefit
in kindney diseases. which are largely
owing TO NAL assimilation of food. F"
The teacher listened very attentively
to the old gentleman's remarks.
al am glad to learn that your expe-
rience," he said, "agrees so fully with
mine. have become acquainted with
various cases in which this simple
method Of treatment has effected per-
manent cures after all the efforts of the
physicians had failed. am convinced,
simply from what 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 may
cause some to hesitate about attaching
much importance to il, but, like the
proper ventilation of your dwellings, il
may prevent disease and effect cures
where allthe drugs ofthe pharmacop@ia
will fail"
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