Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-06-04
VIRTUES OF HOT WATER.
Many Are the Aches and Pains 1t VIII
Relieve.

Relieve.
Not a phrase conveying an impress
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 SO quickly relieves nausea and
vomiting as water, hot as it can be
taken. For constipation drink of hot
water a short time before retiring at
night. 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 so considerable an ele-
ment in the physical structure, it is in
some sense food, though-knowing,
too, that without it life cannot be sup
ported-it is not usually regarded in
that manner, and the knowledge that a
weak stomach will retain hot water
when it will nothing else may be often
times of value.
Let those who are inclined to sheer at
"only hot water" try a 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 n.y.
gienic, it answers to reason that if any
drink must be used at meals, the one
we are considering Tor else hot milk,
having none of their Objectionable quail
tiles, is preferable.
To ward off the cold threatened by
chilly sensation, drink cup. To loosen
a tight cough, sip water as hot as it can
be borne. A hot compress, with a dry
flannel over it, persistently applied to
the throat and chest will cure a stub
born cough, sore throat and cut short
in its incipiency congestion of the lungs.
To dip a cloth in hot water and lay it
quickly over the seat of pain Is some
times relief in neuralgia. The same
application on the stomach will Danish
collie. In Group place about the neck
flannel wrung out of hot water. For
sprains hot lamentations are excellent.
In such cases care should be taken that
the clothing is protected from dampness
by the Intervention of 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 hot bath-that
is, one heated as much as comfort Will
allow. The convulsed frame will be re-
Taxed and soothed by its contact with
the warm water. A hot bath after ex-
posture will do much to prevent the
taking Of an infectious disease. An co.
oasional full hot bath upon retiring is
Of great benefit in inducing sleep Even
a footbath will be found help as
means to the same.
When q person is tired and heated,
bathing the face with warm water will
prove more comfortable as we'll as less
dangerous than the use of cold. Weak
eyes are made stronger by bathing them
regularly in water as hot as can be
borne. If they are tired, such bathing,
to which is sometimes added little
salt, will wonderfully rest them.
For fine complexion and velyety
skin never use cold, but warm water in
washing the face 1t may be first wash
ed with soap and hot water, then rinsed
with tepid water. To battle 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
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