HOT WATER FOR NOSE BLEED.
Dr. Gregory was recently called to treat an obstinate case of " nose bleed" which -had defied the skill of several medical men, and tried that much-used remedy, hot water, with good effect. He gave a foot-bath with water almost unbearably hot. The patient's feet were put in the water, which was 110 deg. F., and then as she became accustomed to it he added boiling-water, and ill a few minutes the bleeding, which had continued for several hours, diminished and finally ceased, her heart beat more firmly, and'she was out of danger. In another case he used the same remedy in a persistent case of vomiting. The hot -water is much more better borne when the feet are put into it at a temperature not too ■high, and boiling water gradually added. It is (says " Science Sittings") astonishing how much heat can be borne in this way.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 18 August 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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