Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-21
Hot Water as a Medicine.

A young man who was compelled tc
resign his position in one of the public
schools Of this city because he was b eak
ing down with c"nsump' ion, nd who has
ever since 'een battling for lite, although
with little apparent prospect oi rec ,vely.
was encountered several days ago in II
| Broa'Iway restaurant.
IL see,' he said, 'Ihtt YOU seem s,lr.
pri'ed ut my improved appearances. NJ
dnub you wonder what Could have caused
such II change. Well it was u very simple
'em"dy-norhing but hot water"
'lln walciP
"Tnal's AL. You remember nv telling
You that had tried all OF The usual rem
edes. consulted some of h.. leading
| sp, claIsls in aft clions OF the lungs IN this
CITY. and paid Them large fees They went
| lhiOugh The usual cour ST. OF experiments
l"ns wnh me under all sorts OF ntucines
| wen to The Adm ond cks in the sum,
amt To Fl' rlda in the winter; but none o.
these things did any substantial g Oh.
IL s, ground steadily. grew 10 be almost n
skeleton, and had all the worst symptoms
OF II consumpl,ve whore end is near at
hand. AL that lnclure II iIiend Iold IL e
that he ha. heaid of cures beng flee ed
by drinking hot water
81 consulted II physci IN who had paid
SPECIAL attention TO this not water cure,
and WAS ing it with many patients. liz
said: 'rhere Is nothing, YOU know, that is
more difficult ihhn 10 nlUduce II new
T., H. dy mo medical practice, particularly
il 1t is II very s,npe one. and s'rik 1T
lhe root Of erroneous views and pre- judi, es
4, . h. I
school pr;trIi nrrs have tried for years to
cure consuml ton, but They are us Tar from
dong it AS ever.
snow, the only rational explanation OF
! consumption is that it resul from defrc
tive nutrition. 1t is always accompanied
by malassimiation of food. In nearly
every case the stomach is the seat o. II fer
menlalion that necessarily prelenIs proper
digestion. The first thing To do is 10
II move that fermentation. and put the
stomach into condition to receive food
and dispose OF it property. This Is TT cted
by taking wafer into The stomach rs tot rs
it Can be borne, nn hour before earh meal
Tins leaves the stomach clean ana pute,
like a boiler that has been washed Out.
Then put into the stomach food that i, in
the highest degree nutritious and the least
dIsp d TO fermentation. No food answers
this description be ter than lender beet.
A little stale bread may be eaten with II.
Drink nothing but pure water and rs
little of that IA, meals as possible. Vege-
tables, pastry, sweets, tea, coffee and
alcoholic liquor should be avoided. Put
tender beef alone into Clean and pure
stomach three times day, and the sys-
TEN 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. began
by taking one cup OF hot water an hour
before each meal. and gradually increased
the dose 10 three cups. At first it was
unpleasant TO take. but Low | drink it
with relish that never experienced
in drinking the choicest wine. began to
pick up Immediately after the new treat.
ment, and gained fourteen pounds in two
months. l have gained ground steadily
in the trying climate of New York; and,
| tell you, sir, | feel on q sure way 10
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 immese service
IN relieving me of n terrible dyspepsia
that tormented me for many Years. llried
numerous able physicians and there is
probably no medicine that is prescribed
for such an aiIment which was not given
to me: but none of them gave me any
permanent benef. But the simple RENE
dy OF drinking hot water accompanied by
rational regulation of my die, has
enthely cured me, advanced though AM
lite 1t was not the dieting alone tina,
Ind IT, had tried that before. 1t WAS the
u,e of hot water that cured me. for ,ha,
made it possible 10 derive benefit from
rea ment uf great benefit in kidney dis
sases, which are largely owing to NAL
,ssim lation OF food
The teacher listened very attentively 10
the old gentlemaD's remarks,
II am glad to learn that your expert.
ence," he said, ''agrees 30 fully with
nine. have become acquainted with
v,rous cases in which this simple method
# lleatulent has Effected permanent cures
,ter all tho efnls of physicians h I'd
tailed. | am convinced, Simply from
what havo seen, that almost any distur.
ptncH of the human system that results
rom disorders OF the stoluacn c,n be
,evlaled, and, in most instances, cured in
he same way. The very simplicity of the
hing may cause some 10 hesitate about
taching much imp rtance 10 il, like the
proper ventilation of your dwelling, 1t
may prevent disease and tffjct cures
where all the drugs Of the phurmacopela
viii fail.-N Y. Sun.