HOT WATER IN CONSUMPTION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5206, 3 November 1883, Page 3

HOT WATER IN CONSUMPTION.

(CHAMBEHS' JOURNAL). A Canadian correspondent writes :—Noticing an extr ict from the World of Science, in winch a phys'cian strongly reoommends hot water, in place of tea or coffee, as a stimulant; for the use of those r.quring to study late at night, I would like to give my experience of it as a beneficial agent in consumption. Mrs H , one of a family a number of whose members had c'ied of consumption, wa«, after severe exposure to a snowstorm, seized with a serious cough aud expectoration, accompanied with loss of flesh. Examination by a physician showed that < lie lung was seriously affected. She was wholly coniinsd to her room, and everything that medical attendance and loving care could do to mitigate her suffering was done, but ineffectually. The depressing night-sweats continue'!, together with loss of rest from repeat :d fits of coughing. Losing all faith in medicine, tome six or eight mouths ago its use was wholly abandoned, and the use of nourishing diet only continued. About ten week's ago, the patient's attention was directed to a newspaper paragraph recommending hot water as a remedy tor consumption. Feeling that little harm could ensile from it& use, she determ ; ncd to test it. At the moment of ret". -ing, a large tumbler of hot water, in which the-jaice of lemon had been naxcel to free it from nausea, was taken. In a few moments a glow of warmth would pervade the lungs, chest, &c, quickly followed by t^.e most refreshing sleep, which would be unbroken by any cough, and the patient would awake- in the morning rested and strengthened. A few days ago she was afflicted with a fit of coughing, during which shj coughed up into her moubh a snail stone about the size of a pea— formed of sulphate of lime, I believe, ard usually coi siilered a symptom of the heali g of a cavity in the lung. Whether this marked impioveiiieutuas due to the use of hot water I ca-inofc venture to say; but itsbenefiicial influence in securing sweet sleep and exemption from oughing at night was so ma-ked, that I would like some of your readers to test it with their consumptive friends, and give, through your Notes, the results of their exp«iience.