The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-14

ITO prevent apoplexy. use the cold bath
and drink only water"
| Wesley's remedy for asthma was to take
| pint of cold water every morning, bath
| ing the head in same, and using the cold
| bath once fortnight. For convulsive
asthma, he recommended the cold bath
! three times weekly.
To prevent swelling from a bruise i'm
mediately apply a cloth five or six dou-
BILE, dipped in cold water and newly dip
ped when it grows warm.
To cure swelling from a bruise apply
cloths dipped in very hot water, morning
and evening.
"FolNl burn or scald, Immediately plunge
the part into cold water; keep 1t in an
hour, or, if not Well perhaps four or five
hours.
ITO prevent ricketts,. tenderness and
weakness in children, dip them in cold
water every morning, at least until they
are near l year old.
For whooping cough use the cold bath
daily.
For cholera morbus, drink two or three
quarts of cold water. If the patient is
weak, use warm water instead.
For a cold, drink a pint of cold water
lying down in bed.
For collie, drink a pint of cold water,
or quart of warm water, or apply hot
water in a bladder or steep the legs in
hot water fifteen minutes
For chronic headache, keep the feet
in warm water for fifteen minutes before
going to bed, this to be kept up for two
or three weeks.
For headache from heat, apply to the
head cloths dipped in cold water renewed
when warm and kept up for an hour.
For rheumatism, use the cold bath,
with rubbing and sweating "
In his recent work on hydrotherapy. DR.
]. H. Kellogg says:
Although Wesley was not a physician,
but simply described In his work such sue
cessful remedies as he found in common
use, one cannot but note the sagacity and
wisdom displayed in many of these recon-
mendations, which in many instances
could scarcely be improved upon at the
present day."
The action of water when applied to the
body is not difficult to understand. In case
of bruise, sprain, laceration or wound
cold water applied to the part contracts
the blood vessels and thereby prevents
congestion. After Inflammation has set in
the application of hot water dilates the
blood vessels, accelerating circulation and
bringing the part under the restorative in
f1uences of fresh blood.
Water acts as a stimulant to the nerves
An application of hot and then of cold
water by means of the spray is powerful
stimulant TO the circulation and resultant
tonic to the nerves. By first applying hot
water the blood vessels are dilated and
free circulation induced. To Immediately
succeed this by an application of cold wa
ter Is to contract the blood vessels and
force the blood back into the large YES
sells by which means the circulation Is
quickened and many sluggish corpuscles
forced into circulation that were previ-
ously dormant in some of the internal or
gans. It is estimated that the average
human body contains two hundred and
thirty quadrillion, five hundred billion
blood corpuscles and that many of these
are constantly losing their activity 1t is
estimate that a million inactive corpus
Giles will be forced into renewed circula-
ton by means of cold bath The use Of
water as a remedial agent is growing
apace In this country. Hot and cold al
ternately applied to the spine is a stand
ard remedy for weak nerves.
This treatment consist of applying to the
spine a piece of blanket folded in several
thicknesses, about three feet long and six
inches wide. This blanket is wrung out
of very hot water, then wrapped in one
thickness of dry blanket and applied to
the spine. This is usually repeated three
times, the duration of each being about
five minutes. During the intervals between
the changes, ice, or very cold water. is
rubbed along the spine.
The pail douche is a splendid tonic treat
ment. To apply 1t provide three pals of
water, one warm, one tepid and one cold
Pour each of these on the patient, begin
ming with the warm and ending with the
cold water. The patient should stand erect
and receive the water on the head and
shoulders and allow it to run down over
the body. A dry rub should follow the pah
douche. This treatment can be taken with
good effect an hour before breakfast by
all persons whose vitality is not greatly
reduced. The reaction produced by the
water, applied in this way, is a great
G n 81 r01 lat don ov,L1
to the internal organs. As an emergency
remedy in cases of wounds, water is with
out peer.
DR.. J. H. Kellogg of the Battle Creek
Sanitarium, perhaps the leading advocate
Of water remedies in this country, re-
lates an incident worthy of repetition.
While travelling in Mexico some time
ago the doctor was in a railway wreck.
a number Of persons were badly burned.
The victims were in great agony until
the doctor wrapped them in sheets Dro.
cured from the sleeping car and then
poured water. taken from the engine
tank, over their bodies, saturatine the
sheets which covered them, and keenin-
them so for hours. The pains of the pa
tients disappeared as if by magic and
they slept well through the ensuing
night. The cool water contracted the blood
vessels and prevented congestion
Not long since the writer sprained an
swollen to double size Hot water an |
piled for an hour reduced the swelling |
and relieved the pain, so that walking
was not overly difficult the following dav
Such soreness and congestion as remained |
Were removed by alternate applications |
of hot and cold. Twice each day the foot |
was first held in hot water and then in |
ice-cold water. To relieve heat head |
ache the head and hair should be thor |
oughly wet with cold water, and after |
wards a wet cloth, dipped in cold water. |
wrapped around the head and neck. AS |
soon as the wet cloth has become warm |
from the heat of the body it should be |
fresh-dipped in the cold water Fresh
wounds should at first be treated with
cold water and in the ensuing days of in
hammation hot and cold should be used
alternately. An ordinary bad cold may
be cuTed by applying hot and cold water
to the body, which has the effect OF in
creasing circulation and removing the con-
gestion. Aches and pains of welI-nigh all
descriptions may be relieved in the same