The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-04-26
WARM WATER

WARM WATER
It's Virtues as n MedicIne-Said to be n euro
for Consumption, Dyspepsia and Other
Disorders oftha Stomach.
A young man who was compelled to
resign his position in one Of the public
schools of this city because he was
breaking down with consumption, and
who has since been battling for life,
although with little apparent prospect
of recovery, was encountered several
days ago in Broadway restaurant.
II see," he said, "that you seem
surprised at my improved appearance.
No doubt you wonder what could have
caused such change. Well, it was a
very simple remedy-nothing but hot
water"
"Hot water?'
"That's all. You remember my
telling you that I had tried all the
usual remedies. I consulted some OF
the leading specialists 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 Adirondacl;s in the sum-
mer, and to Florida in the winter ;
but none of these things did Iue any sub
stantial good. I lost ground steadily,
grew to be almost a skeleton, and had
all the worst symptoms Of a consump-
tive whose end is near at hand. at
this iuncture a friend told me that he
had heard of cures being effected by
drinking hot water.
al 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 introduce new remedy into medi-
cal practice, particularly If 1t is a Very
simple one, and strikes at the roots OF
erroneous views and prejudices that
have long been entertained. The old
school practitioners have tried for
years to cure consumption, but they
are as far from doing it as ever.
"Now, the only rational eXplana-
tion of consumption, is that it results
from defective nutrition. tits always
accompanied by mal-assimilation OF
food. In nearly every case the stomach
is the scat of fermentation that
necessarily prevents proper digestion.
The first thing to do is to remove that
fermentation, and put the stomach into
a condition to receive food and dispose
of it properly. This is effected
by taking water into the stomach, rs
hot as it can be borne, an hour before
each meal. This leaves the stomach
clean and pure, like boiler that has
been washed out. Then. put into the
stomach food that is in the highest de-
gree nutritiousand 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, pastry. sweets, tea, coffee
and alcoholic liquor should be avoided.
Put tender beef alone into a clean and
pure stomach three times q day, and
the system will be fortified and built
., H. ss::ss&; { 6 sss:aaE that Is tie
chief feature of consumption, ceases,
and recuperatiOn sets in.
"This reasoning impressed me. |
began by taking one cup of hot water
IN hour before each meal, and grad
ually increased the dose to three cups.
At first it was unpleasant to take, but
now T drink it with 4 relish that /
never experienced in drinking the
choicest wine.~ I began to pick up i'm.
mediately after the new treatment, and
gained fourteen pounds within two
months. 1 have gained ground steadily
in the trying climate of New York
and I tell YOU, sir, I feel on 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
a terrible dyspepsia that tormented me
for many years. l tried numerous
able physicians, and there is probably
no medicine that is prescribed for such
an ailmeat which was not given to me
but none of them gave me any per,
manent benefit. But the simple
remedy of drinking hot water, accom-
panied by a rational regulation Of
iay diet, has entirely cured me
advanced though 1 am in life
1t was not the dieting alone that
did it; 1 had tried that before
1t was the use of hot water that
cured me, for that made it possible tc
derive benefit from judicious diet.
have also found this treatment of great
benefit in kidney diseases, which art
largely owing to malassimilation Of
food"
The teacher listened very attentively
to the old gentleman's remarks.
"I am glad to learn that your expe
rience," he said, "agrees so fully with
mine. I 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 con
vinced, simply from what 1 have seen
that almost any dist nee of the hui
man system that res Is from dlsor'
ders of the stomach can be alleviated
and, in some instances, cured in the
same way. The very simplicity of the
thing may cause some to hesitate about
attaching much importance to it; but
like the proper ventilation of your
dwellings, it may prevent disease and
effect cures where all the drugs of the
pharmacoppia may fail"