The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-05
The Hot.Water Cure.

DR.. ]. II. Salisbury claims that if
human beings will keep their stomachs
in good condition they can avoid all ills
saving those brought on by accidents.
The great saving grace from his point of
view and from that ofhis disciples, who
are multiplying in all parts of this
country and in England, Is inexpensive
hot water. Americans are the most
dyspe2tic people on the face Of the
earth. a lamentable fact not due to
climate but TO hot breads and griddle-
| cakes, pies, candies and the insane use of
ice-water while eating. The poor
stomach is Unequal TO the task put
upon it and leaves much of the food IN
digested. This food ferments, and
from lamentations arises all the horrors
Of dyspepsia. Such digestive organs DR..
Salisbury likens to an old vinegar
barrel and, like this barrel,
they require frequent and thorough
washing out before any fermentab!e
fo5d can be taken in without disaster
This washing out should be done by
drinking hot water at about 10 degrees
Fahrenheit, and should take place long
enough before each meal to allow the
water and washings to leave the stOm-
ach before food passes downward. From
experience DR.. Salisbury finds that this
hot-water washing should not be nearer
the meal than one hour and 1t is often
better to set back the time two hours.
The water should be slowly slipped, so
that the stomach may not be uncom-
fortably disteuded The object of this
drinking, argues DR.. Salisbury, is ''to
wash out . dirty, yeasty, Shiny, sour
stomach before eating and sleeping. 1t
should be taken on retiring, not only for
cleansing purposes, but to prevent fer
mentiug products from lying over night
next the diaphragm, heart and lungs,
partially paralyzing them and exciting
cough or disturbing the breath
inc and circulation. This wash
ing should be kept up persistently
for months, and even years,
before the digestive apparatus becomes
so thoroughly free of yeast plants and the
products developed by their growth as
to allow normal digestion, unaided by
hot water. Hot water is best taken IN
the morning while in bed, or if up, 1t IS
well to lie down on the left side after
taking it. 1t Is not alone in cOnsump-
ton that this practice of drinking not
water is of use, but in all diseases arising
from defective digestive processes and
from the fermentation Of foods Even
comparatively healthy persons hnd 1t OF
much benefit. 1t eXcites downward per-
i,talsis dlutes the ropy secretiOns OF the
body dissolves all abnormal crystalline
substances that may be present in the
blood and everywhere promotes elimina-
tion II supplies a foundation for the
tborouoh treatment of all chronic dis
eases Iv an inside bath which refreshes
the whole system. Cold water cannot
take its place 1t was at first tried in
connection with food experiments, and
found to cause PAIN and collie 1t does
not excite downward peristalsis, as does
water at 1iOto 100 degrees Fahrenheit,
such as is liked in drinking tea and cof-
fee.
THE common and excessive use of
cold water, both in drinking and in
bathing, is great mistake. 1t depresses
the system ana wastes the animal heat
II the effort to restore the temperature
Of the economy which Is sensibly low
cred by it, and the nerve force needed
by the various organs. of which we have
none too much at any time, IS drsughted
of to repair our error. When we ice our
water we intensity this error hundred
fold and sacrifice the we'll being of all m
ternal organs for the temporary cooling
Of mouth and throat If these surfaces
we're in perfectly normal condition We
should not crave this cooling LuAe
warm water has also been tried, put VIZ
iound to excite upward Peristalsis anu
10 make the users sick.