Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-18
HOE w lATIsR REMEDY.
The Firtuesof Hot Water IN Gases Of
Cons umptipn ana Dyspepsia.

i 8GOnSumpGfOn ana DyspSpsla,
i From the New York Sun. 5ss !.
/ .A Young man who was compelled 4
resig,l his position in one of the public
schools Of this city because he was break.
ling down with consumption, and who
has ever since been battling for life, al
Though with little apparent prospect Of
recoYery, was encountered several days
ago in Broadaay restaurant. II
II see,o he said, s'that you seem sur
prised at my improved appearance. Nc
donbt you wonder what could have
caused such change. Well, twas a
very simple remedy--nothing but hot
! waterW 4
Hot water?"
"That's ALL You remember my tell.
| ing YOU that had tried all the usual
| remedies. I consultedsome of the lead
| ing specialists in affections Of the lungs
| in this city, and paid them large fees"
"NoW, the only rational explanation
Of consumption is that 1t results from dc.
| fective nutrition. It is always accom-
| panied by nsa.assinliIatiou Of food. In
nearly every case the stomach is the
| seat of fern entation that necessarily
prevents proper digestion. The first
thing to dois to remove the ferlnenta
! ton, and put the stomach into'a.co4di-
ton to receive food and dispose OF it
properly. This il effected by taking wa
ter into the stomach, as no as can be
borne, an hour before each meal, This
leaves the stomach clean and pure; luke
g boiler that has been washed out. UheE
put into the stomach TODD that is in the
highest degree nutritious and the least
disposed to fermentation. No food an
swers this description better than ten
dor beef. A. little stale bread maybe
eaten with it. Drink nothing but pure
water, and as little Of that at meals rs
possible. Vegetables, pastry, sweets,
tea, coffee, and alcoholic liquor should
be avoided. Put tender beef alone into
clean and pure stomach three times al
day, and the system aill be fortified and
built up until the wasting away, that Is
the chief feature of consumption, ceases
and recuperation setsin."
''This reasoning impressed me. / be-
gan by taking one cup Of hot water an
honr before each meal, and gradually i'll
creased the dose to three cups. At first
it was unpleasant to take, but now !
drink it with relish that never expe-
riencea in drinking the choicest wine. l
began to pick up immediately after the
new treatment, and gained fourteen
pounds within two mouths. | have
mate OF New ork; aud tell you, sir,
feel II sure way to recovery"
Here an old gentleman who had been
sta,sding near, and evidently listening to
the conversation, turned 80 the teacher
and said ''Tkis remedy of hot-watel
drinking has attracted my attention for
SOME time. 1t has been Of immense SER
| vice in relieving me of a.aerrible dyspep
STA that tormented me for many years. ]
tried numerous able Ehysicians. 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 wa
ter, accompanied by rational
regulation of my diet, has ca
tirely cured me, advanced though
ana in life. 1t was not the dieting
alone that did it, l had heard that be-
/ fore. 1t was the use Of hot water thai
cured me, for that made it possible tC
derive benefit from iudicious diet. l
have also found this treatment a great
/ benefit in kidney diseases, which are
largely owing to mal-asslmsatlon ot1ood.'
The teacher listened very attentively
to the old gentleman's renaarks.
II am glad to learn that your expert
eace," he said, ''agrees so iutly with
mine. ! have become acquainted W til
various cases in which this simple meth
Cd of treatment has effecseI permanent
cures after all the efforts Of the physi
clans had failed. lam convinced, sim,
ply from what have seen, that almost
any disturbance ct the human system
that results from disorders Of the stom,
aeh can be alleviated, and, in most in
stances, 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
| ventilati IN Of your dwellings, it may pre-
vent disease and effect cures where, al
the drugs Of the haamacopeia viii
fail -