Telegram-herald., 1889-05-16

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Treatment Of dyspepsia tie has seen il
sdvocated Ia these columns and coz
dsmned - AZ esteemed contemporary.
who maintains that hot water brings On
the disease for which It Was recommend
Ell Is now writes u Know which state
ment Is correct. Hot water, hot tea or
coffee. IN fact. hot food. - hether liquid
or solid. II used peFsistently. Viii ia titas
irriEate the stomach and 50 impair It's
power u digest. Practically, Il viii bring
on dyspepsia.
NOT ALWAYS DYSPEPSIA
Now as 10 the efficacy Of hot water Ia
the treatment Of thai disease. Asa rem
edy i doubtless appears 81 the hair of
the dog" sort. IL must be remembered
thaG there Is decided difference between
= healthy stomach and one in disease.
Ia health. nothing ought 10 be hahituaily
put into that organ which Is much more
than blood warm" But in disease the
condition ot things is very different.
What IL known Is dyspepsia springs from
variable conditions. too many. IN fact. 10
discuss here. But in nearly all of them
the stomach is less active than it ought
10 he, on it works TO "a disadvantage, and
needs a spur or corrective.
Hot water acts In several ways. When
taken into the stomach it not only stimu-
lates it and quickens its action. but il
tends-as do all hot applications-to al
lay irritation. Beside that, il acts me-
chauicaily, and washes out that organ,
hurrying its contents down into the in
testine, when without il tho eame would
be retained longer than there = any need
Of. Let person who four or five hours
after a hearty meal still feels uncomfort-
able sip cup of very hot water. and it
will bring him great relief, stimulating
the stomach and washing out of it much
OF its contents which would have been
sent on into the intestines had not that
organ been fatigued by overwork.
Now. in what passes under the head Of
dyspepsia there is often catarrhal
trouble OF the stomach, and the same sort
Of affection. also. frequently exists in the
intestine. The lining ia more or less ir-
ritated, and. in consequence Of it, not
only is the secretion of mucus greater
than in health. but the same il changed
in character, is thicker. more adhesive,
etc. While the stomach is empty this
mucus pours out of its walls and CLUES
them over, as it were With such de-
posit upon them. let food be taken into
ii and soon the same is coated with mu-
Gus, and so rendered less susceptible to
/ the digestive fluids. Not only that, but
/ the mucus in question, while on the walls,
/ keeps back TO certain extent the gas
I trio juice, and prevents its free entrance
/ into the stomach. For such a condition
1 Of things as this hot water Is the simplest,
most grateful and effective remedy
/ known.
PHYSICIANS TESTIMONY.
But by hot water is not. by any means,
/ meant water "scalding hot" Water too
hot may injure the lining of the stomach
and cause other i'll effects. Hot water 10
| be taken internally as a medicine should
be at temperature Of from 10 TO 100
! degs.. or about IS hot as the coffee one
INDUCES in after dinner. 1t should be
taken before meals-from one-half to an
hour and n half-and be slowly slipped.
IL one is even fifteen or twenty minutes
in drinking a glassful all the better.
There are some precautions 10 be used in
taking hot water.
\ person who is liable to hemorrhages
should only take it "blood warm" One
with heart trOuble-who has a weak
others need to do, occupying the longest
time advised. While this remedy is one
Of the simplest and most effective in
suitable cases, ii must not be forgotten
that its indiscriminate use is strongly
discouraged. Before applying it habitu
ally, the safe way is TO consult a physi-
clan. as in some instances where it would
seem advisable to take it. it might be
contaminated. To settle this question
regarding the value Of hot water and the
possible dangers of using it, the follow
Ing testimony of physician is offered:
I've often hear it SAID that the free
and prolonged use Of hot water tends 10
injure the system. Some say that it Is
weakening. that it weakens the nerves
OF the stomach. that it causes an9nia of
the stomach, that il interferes with di-
gestion. that it tends toproduce flushed
face and cerebral hypersemia, that it de-
bilitates the alimentary tract, and that It
causes a host more Of most direful evils.
As a rule, al these objections are theo-
retical. and como from those who never
used il iutelligently and Systematically.
+ and hence are ignorant Of the facts In
reply 70 such objections. all | can say is
that have used hot water daily for six
years without the slightest pcrccptible
injury. auI have seen only uniformly
good results i'm persons for whom | have
prescribed its daily and long continued
i usa. "-Boston Herald
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