News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

HOT WATER As A 9rEDICINE.
a Case in Question and How it was Settled

A Young man who was compelled K
> resign his position in one Of the public
schools of \. Y. city because he was break
:, ing down with consumption, and who
- has ever since been battling for life
) although with little apparent prospect Of
q recovery, was encountered several days
ago in Broadway restaurant.
81 see, " he said, " that ,vou seem sur
! prised at my improved appearance. Nc
" doubt YOU wonder whag could have
= caused such change Well, it was a
very simple remedy-no.hi hing but hot
. water"
Hot water?"
''That's all. You L s14.sSNf- y my telling
, you that ! had q the usual
remedies. consulted sc<2 Of the lead
, ing specialists in affection of the lungs
in n. Y. city. and paid thor large fees.
They went through the usual course of
, experimentation with me under all sorts
of medicines. I went to the Adirondacks
IN the summer and to Florida in the win
ter; but none of these things did me any
substantial good, [ lost ground steadily,
grew to be almost skeleton. and had all
the worst symptoms of u~consumptive
whose end is near at hand At that iunc-
ture friend told NE that he heard of
cures being effected by drinking hot
water.
81 consulted a physician who had
paid special attention to this hot-water
cure, and was using it with many pa
tients. He said: There is nothing, you
know, that is more difficult than to in
troduce a new remedy into medical prac-
tice, particularly if it is very simple
one, aud strikes at the root OF erroneous
views and prejudices that have long been |
entertained. The old school practition- |
ers have tried for years to cuIa consump-
ton, but they are as far from doing it as
! ever.
Now, the only rational explanation
of consumption is that it results from de-
fective nutrition. Ii is always accom-
panied by mal-assimilation OF food. IN
nearly every case the stomach is the seat
Of a fermentation that necessarily pre-
vents proper digestion. The first thing
to do is to remove that ferment1 ton, and
put the stomach into a condition to re-
ceive food and dispose of it properly.
This is effected by taking water into the
stomach as hot as it can be borne, an
hour before each meal This leaves the
stomach clean and pure, like a boiler that
has been washed out
"'Then put into the stomach food that
is in the highest degree nutritious and
the least disposed to fermentation. 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
possible. Vegetables, pasts sweets,
t&a 5 s@9ttll&et and @i2h2lic al-r -ont ntGHtdd GHtdd
Il clean and pure stomach three times a
day, and the system will be fortified and
built up until the wasting away, that is
the chief feature of consumption, ceases,
and recuperation sets in.
"This reasoning impressed me- be-
gan by taking one cup of hot water an
hour before each meal, and gradually in
creased the dose to three cups. At first
it was unpleasant to take. but now I
drink it with relish that [ never exper-
fenced in drinking the choicest wine.
I began to pick up Immediately after
the new treatment, and gained fourteen
pounds in two months. I have gained
ground steadily in the trying climate of
New York; and L 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 ser
vice i'll relieving me of terrible dyspep-
sia that tOrmented me for many years. I
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 permanent 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. 1t
was not the dieting alone that did it. [
had tried that before. 1t was the use of
hot water that cured me, for that made
it possible for me to derive benefit from
judicious diet. I have also found this
treatment of great benefit in kidney dis
eases, which are largely owing to the
mal-assimilation of food"
The teacher listened very attentively
to the old gentlemans remarks.
81 am glad to learn that your expert
ence," he said, "agrees so fully with
mine. I have become acquainted with
various cases in which this simple
method Of treatment has effected perma-
ncnt cures after all the &erts OF the
physicians had failed A convinced,
simply from what [ have seen, that al
most any disturbance OF the human sys-
tenn that results from disorders of the
stomach can be alleviated, and in most
Instances cured i'll the same way.
"Thevery simplicity Of the thing may
cause some to hesitate about attaching
much lulI IOIltHCC 10 II, 'tlt, liNO tIlO
proper ventilation of your dwellings,, it
may prevent disease and effect cures
where ali the drugs Of the pharmacopcria
will fail "
BEAvERs.-Lord Butte formed a bca-
yer island few years ago i'll the grounds
of Mount Stuart. near Rothesay, and it
has been complete success, these in
telligent animals having multiplied so
rapidly that any country gentleman de
string to establish similar community
can obtain a supply from Lord Butte.
They eat the bark of plane trees and
Scotch frs, and require a weekly supply
of fresh willows. All the ground about
the ornamental wafer in which they are |
quartcrcd is honcy-combed with tunnels
leading to their habitation, which IS en-
tered at the bottom of the water
A TRAMP-A hungry little girl was
hegging in Des Moines. A man
dropped five cent piece into her hand.
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