A SINGLUAR REMEDY.
Whenever Burke found himself indisposed, he ordered a kettle of water to be kept boiling, of which he drank largo quantities, sometimes as much as four or even five quarts in a morning, without any mixture or infusion, and as hot as he could bear. His manner was to pour about a pint at a time into a basin, and drink it with a spoon as if it had been soup. Warm water, he said, would relax and nauseate, but hot water was the finest stimulant and most powerful restorative in tho world, He certainly thought it was a soverijm cure for overy complaint, and not only took it himself but presoribed it with the confidence of a Sangrado to every patient that came in his way,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2
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130A SINGLUAR REMEDY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2
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