Sentence:  You can bestow keys, gems, torches and powders, and restore gold, food and <WSD>hit points</WSD>. <WSD>Hit points</WSD> and experience points can be increased to a maximum of 9999, although you'd better be careful. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character can withstand before it is defeated.