The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-03-27
The HoT-wATER Cune.
Rules for Administration-The Effects o.
the Treatment and tho Points In Ii.
Favor. E.

The HOT.WATER CURE.
Rules for Administration Erect. q
the Treatment and the Points In it.
Favor.
1t may seem startling assertion. but
it is nevertheless fact. that more per.
sons are to-day taking hot water fol-
various ailments than any single drug
IN our pharmacopaia. The spread in
The belief in the medicinal value of hot
water has travelled chiefly by word OF
mouth. To apply hot water medicinal
" could not have become so universal
= custom unless great benefit had been
bestowed by it upon many.
1t was first employed in 1853. accord
ing to DIR. Cutter, by DIR. j. H. Sails
bury. who made use of it in series OF
experiments undertaken upon animals
and men, with the reference to the eff
fleets of food upon the animal econo-
my as cause and cure of disease The
| experiments were commented upon BIZ
| the London Ldncet as valuable Amer
lean contribution to medicine, accord
| ing to DIR. Cutter.
The benefits and results from the in
ternal use of hot water must b. due, in
part, at least, if not wholly, to heat
said DIR. Ambrose l.. Rannev in a recent
lecture before the Academy of Medi-
cine in this city. Some of its effects are
manifested almost Immediately in Or
gans not connected directly with the
digestive apparatus.
The water may be taken in doses of
from one goblet to one and half An
ordinary goblet contains about ten
ounces. The dose must be modified in
accordance with its effects.
1t must be drunk hot. and not warm
Q10 to 100 degress). If necessary, fif-
teen minutes or more may be con-
sumed in slipping gobletful. Wooden
cups prevent the water from cooling
quickly. The water may be favored
with lemon, sugar, salt, ginger, etc, if
necessary, but it becomes very agree
alb e to the palate without such after the
patient has taken it for Il short time.
The desc must be taken one hour and
a half before each meal, with absolute
punctuality, and one at bedtime Pa
i'tHlS HdNc tiIc uist uo-c drought 10
their bedside and consume it before ris-
ing. The passage of the fluid into the
intestine. or its consumption Before the
meal. is insured by this rule. The guam
tity taken daily must be modified ac-
cording to the effects produced.
The temperature of the water should
be increased as fast as the patients can
bear it. 1t is remarkable how high a
degree of heat some patients can en-
dure after tax 'ng hot water for months.
AT first such temperature would
blister the mouth. Below 40 degrees
the heat is not sufficient, u a rule, to
have any effects save rs an emetic.
The administration of hot water must
be continued at least six months in Or
der to get its full effects. 1t will be
some weeks, as rule, before any ben
eticial effects become markedly appar-
ent. Tt is not sufficient for test of its
value that it be given at irregular in
tervals, with variable degrees of tenn
perature.
The use of cold fluids in the form of
beverages must be absolutely prohib-
tied.
A restricted diet is often necessary to
the full effects of the treatment in
some forms of nervous arrangements.
1t is customary with some patients to
forbid all sweets, pastry, fresh bread
in any form. and fats. The sour wines
are not usually forb dden. nor is tea or
coffee, unless they are apparentt; iniur-
ious to the patient. The condition of
the subject in respect to flesh is
guide, as rule, to the character of
the diet prescribed, provided that
marked disturbances to digestion are
not to be combatcd.
On drinking a goblet of hot water for
the first time a sense of warmth within
the stomach will be produced, unac-
companied with nausea. Eructat. ons
of gas from the stomach commonly oc-
cur within few minutes after the first
dose of hot water. This effect may per-
siSt for some weeks. Excessive eructa-
ton indicates that fermentation of food
occurs after eating.
The kin soon shows the effect of the
heat. A gentle glow with a tendency
to perspiration is developed rapidly.
This is diffused over the entire body.
Goodness of the extremities is often very
much benefited, and in a short time, by
this treatment. The circulation of the
body appears to become more uniform.
The kidneys exhibit marked effects of
this treatment early.
The accessory organs OF digestion (the
liver and pancreas) seems t. be stimuli
lated by the internal use of hot water.
Flatuence and constipation are emu
merated as things of the past.
The nervous system seems to tie pro-
foundry impressed by 4 prolonged use
of this agent. Especially is this the
case among that class of patients who
suffer from the effects of an:smia of the
bra;n and of the spinal cord and spinal
nerves.
This method of treatment has GER
tainly one thing in its favor that few
possess-yiz., it is harmless. Because
its remedial effects are slow in some
eases, it i no proof that they are Eot
doubly permanent.
Most of our nationality chill their
stomachs with ice-water between meals
and during the act of eating. Who
would think of feeding horse, and
placing bucket of ice-water by his
side? The question may be raised if
this one habit alone has not done more |
harm to the nervous system of men
than tobacco or alcohol
The success of the hot mineral waters, |
as consumed at the famous hot springs /
of this country and Europe, for chronic /
diseases, probably depends more upon |
the employment OF internal heat than
upon the mineral ingredients of the
waters themselves.