Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-07

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Prevent Disease.
Warrington Capital.
That an ounce Of prevention is worth
a pound Of cure is an axiom which every
one should be guided by, and it is q
health rule, which, if always observed,
would make people happier md more
contented. Many an ache and pain
would be avoided and doctors bills
would be wonderfully lessened. The hot
water treatment is becoming very popu.
lar. especially in its use as preventative
of disease. In a communication to the
American on this subject. DR.. John j.
Caldwell. of Baltimore, says:
The time ls not far distant when the
medical practice will be reduced to two
propositions, viz: Preventive medicine
d., o. London: "Jenner to the suffering
nations showed where crafty pestiIence,
that in gloom had trud. o'erwhelmed in
grim defeat, lay prostrate at his feet.
Then in the steps of Jenner came
Pasteur."
Ninety out of every hundred diseases
might be avoided by atimely use of pre-
veDtive medicine. Its progress during
the pist decade is more than by the pro.
fession at large in the past century.
Hot water treatment as preventive
Of consumption, neuralgia, nervous ex.
haustion, nervous dyspepsia. rheumatism
aud gout, nervousness or distressing
nervous excitability is more readily sub.
dued by sippluR goblet Of hot water
than any other known domestic remedy.
The hot water treatment, now go much
in vogue throughout the world, should
be known and practiced by every house.
hold. Its results are wonderful and i'm
mediate as TO entitlel 1t the magic remedy.
1t is an unequaled remedy in sleepless.
ness, painful dyspepsia and its kindred
troubles; III delirlum from strong drink
an appeaser for the desire OF alcohol; 40
a calmer to alcoholic nervousness and o
destroyer OF .insatiate thirst. It is o
grand nerve remedy-a panacea in back.
ache and headache.
DIR. Cuther says: The medical drink.
lug OF water ut temperature of blood
heat to one hundred aud fifty degrees
Fahrenheit, having become popular
enough TO call for an allusicn to it in the
London Lancet as valuable American
contribution to medicine, and since j,
seems to be used at random from the di
rectlons OF its distinguished introducer
have thought that the origin and pro.
per use of hot water should become his.
toric."
The practice dates back to 1858, when
DIR. James II. Salisbury concluded q
series of experiments on feeding animals
to ascertain the relation offered as O
cause and cure of disease Among other
| things he found that the fermentation OF
TODD ana the products of these fermen.
tations we're the chief primary factors in
producing the diseases which arise from
} unhealthy alimentatlon. With the idea
Of removing these diseases by removing
their causes he employed hot water in
order to wash out the acetic, bubyric
hydro-sulphuric, tactic and saccharic
acids and sulphide of ammonium fer
, mentation vegetations-yeast-fr the
stomach and iptestines.
At first he tried cold water to remove
these products of fermentation, but cold
water caused distress, pain aud collie, &C
, he increased the temperature to luke
warm, which produced nausea and ex
cited vomiting. The temperature was
increased to li0 degrees aud up to l5t
degrees Fahrenheit. This was we'll borne
and afforded sfeeling of agreeable relief
: which thousands of persons have since
testified to. The hot water excite!
normal downward movement of th,
alimentary canal, washes down the slime
, yeast and bile through the normal chan
neis, washes out the liver and kidneys
the bile is eliminated through the bowel
and not through the blood via the kid
neys. 1t was some time before th,
proper times of administration ant
| HIS oe &c:
be drank at meals could be settled i,
order to obtain the best results. Follow
ing are the directions for using,
/, l. The water must be hot; not cold O
!. lukewarm. This is to excite natura
: downward movement Of the bowels. Col,
water depresses. as it uses animal hes
( to bring it up to the Temperature Of th
0 body, and there is loss Of nerve fore
t in this proceeding. Lukewarm waite
: excites vomiting as is we'll known. 10
3 water at a Temperature Of ITO deg. to Is
e deg. Fahrenheit. such as is commonl,
: used or liked in the use OF tea end coffee
!. In cases OF diarrhea the hotter the better
! In cases Of hemorrhage tie temperatur,
J should be blood heat. Too much ic
J water Is bad, sick or we'll.
2. The quantity Of water variea usual,
9 from one-hslf to three half pints at on
D time drinking.
: 3. Time for taking, from one to tw,
D hours before meals aud half an hour be
i. fore retiring to bed.
4 Mode: The hot water should be sir
b ped and not drank so fast as to dlstent
g the stomach and produce upcomfortabl
). feeling. From ten to fifteen minute
!. consumed during drinking.
i S. Continue the use generally abou
a six months.
1 To medicate and make agreeable t
, the taste in case 1t ls desired use aronat
ic spirits Of ammonia, clover tea blos
SONS. celery seed; to allay nervousness,
lemon juice, sage, salt, and epson salt
q are sometimes added. To allsy intens
= thirst, use saltpeter. which leaves mols
;, film over the dry muscous membran
surfaces. In cases Of diarrhea, cinnamo,
J. ginger and pepper may be boiled in th
!. water and the quantity lessened. Fc
!. constipation, teaspoonful of epsor
. salts may be used With it. Not NOR
): than eight ounces oi liquid to be dram
s- at meal; this is IN order not to undul
e dilate the gastirc Juice and wash it or
II prematnrely. and thus interfere with th
e digestive processes.
is The effects Of this treatment are til,
n all the natural passages OF tho body a,
II modified and improved in few days.
10 moist condition Of the muscons men
= brane OF the skin takes place. Ice wat4
y IN hot weather il not craved, and thos
y Who have drank ice water freely sl