The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-01
VIRTUES OF HOT WATER.
Mary Are this Aches and Pains It WI
Relieve

Relieve.
Not phrase conveying an impres-
sion Of entire felicity. yet it may be
found that water, hot. has manifold
uses and is peculiarly able in certain
places to afford comfort and relief. A
physician who has tried it says that no
agent 50 quickly relieves Nausea and
vomiting as water, hot as it can be
aiken. Fer constipation drink Of hot
Mater short time before retiring at
light Dyspeptics are benefited by sip
ping cup Of hot water an hour before
eating. The same practice tends to flesh
production, and is one of the rules given
sometimes in prescriptions for the cure
OF lameness
As water is 50 considerable an ele-
ment in the physical structure, it is IN
some sense a food, though-knowing.
too, that without it life cannot be sup
por,ed-it is not usually regarded in
that manner, and the knowledge that a
weak stomach viii retain hot water
when it viii nothing else may be often
times Of value.
Let those who are inclined to sneer at
"only hot water" try cup Of it, fresh
water, quickly heated and brought to
boil, used with cream and sugar as for
coffee. If coffee, as many believe, en-
courages dyspepsia. and tea renders its
consumers subject to headaches, while
a cold fluid with warm fluid is not by
gienie it answers 10 reason that if any
drink must bo used at meals, the one
we are considering tR else hot milk
having none Of their Objectionable quail
tiles, is preferable.
To ward OF the cold threatened by a
chilly sensation, drink a cup. To loosen
tight cough, sip water as hot as 1t can
be borne. \ hot compress. with dry
flannel over it, persistently applied to
the throat and chest will cure a stub
born cough, a sore throat and cut short
in its incipiency congestion of tho lungs.
To dip cloth ia hot water and lay it
quickly over the seat OF pain Is some
times a relief in neuTalgia- The same
application on the stomach viii banish
collie. In croup place about the neck q
flannel wrung out Of hot water. For
sprains hos lamentations are excellent
In such cases care should be taken that
the clothing is protected from dampness
by the Intervention of a dry cloth, and
in all the uses for it thus far given it
must be kept in mind that the water is
to be really hot
In spasms place the afflicted child as
quickly as possible in a hot bath-that
is, one heated as much as comfort viii
allow. The convuIsed frame will be re-
laxed and soothed by its contact with
the warm water. A hot bath after ex-
posure will do much TO prevent the
taking of an infectious disease. An Oc-
casional full hot bath upon retiring is
of great benefit in inducing sleep. Even
a footbath will be found a help as a
means TO the same.
When person is tired and heated,
bathing the face with warm water will
prove more comfortable as well as less
dangerous than the use of cold Weak
eyes are made stronger by bathing them
regularly i'll water as hot as can be
borne If they are tired, such bathing
to which is sometimes added a little
salt, will wonderfully rest them.
For a fine complexion and yelYety
skin never use cold, but warm water in
washing the face. 1t may be first wash,
ed with soap and hot water, then rinsod
with tepid water. To bathe the face
daily in hot water will, it is said, re-
move pimples And the appearance of
wrinkles may be greatly delayed, it is
believed, by the use Of the hot bath. -
St. Louis Republic.