THE HOT "WATER REMEDY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 10, 27 June 1884, Page 27

THE HOT "WATER REMEDY.

Relative io hot water as a remedial agent, HalVs Journal of Health publishes some interesting hints. It says :— - A strip of flannel or a napkin folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out, and then applied around the neck of a child that has the croup, will usually bring relief in ten minutes. A towel folded several times and dipped in hot water and quickly wrung and applied over the seat of pain in 'toothache or neuralgia, will generally afford prompt relief. This treatment in colic works almost like magic. I have seen cases that have resisted other treatment for hours, yield to this in ten minutes. There is nothing that will so promptly cut short a congestion of the lungs, sore throat, or rheumatism, as hot water when applied promptly and thoroughly. Pieces of cotton batting dipped in hot water and kept applied to old sores or new cuts, bruises or sprain-*, is the treatment now generally adopted in hospitals. I have seen a sprained ankle cured in an hour by showering it with hct water poured from a height of three feet. Tepid water acts promptly as an emetic, and hot water taken freely half an hour before bedtime, is the best of cathartics in the case of constipation, while it has a most soothing effect on the stomach and bowels. This treatment continued for a few months, with proper attention to diet, will cure any curable case of dyspepsia. Headache almost always yields to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and the back of the neck.