HEALING PROPERTIES OF WATER.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 367, 11 May 1889, Page 8

HEALING PROPERTIES OF WATER.

There is no remedy of such general application and none so easily attainable as water, and yet nine pei sons'in ten will pass it by in an emergency to seek for something of less eflicacy There are but few cases of illness v/huie water s>hunld nut occupy the Ugliest place as a lemedial agent, A strip of flannel or a napkin folded lengthwise and wrung ort of hot water and a| plied round the neck of a child that has croup will usually biing relief in ten minutes. A towel folded sever?! times and quickly wiung out of hot water and applied over the seat of the pain in toothache or neuialgia "will generally afford promp relief. This treatment in colic works like maeic. We h.ive known ca^es that have resisted other treatment for hours yield to this in ten minuted. Theie is nothing that will ho promptly cut shoit a congestion of the lungs, sore throat, or rheumatism as hot watei when applied promptly and thoioughly. Pieces of cotton batting dipped in hot water, and kept applied to sores and new cuts, bruises and sprains, is the treatment adopted in many hospitals. Sprained ankle has been cured in in hour by showering it with hot water, poured firm a height of a few 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 smoothing effect on the stomach and Lowels. This tieatment continued for a few months, with proper attention to diet, will alleviate any case of dyspepsia.