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Show DRINKING HOT WATER. There are four classes of persons who should not drink large quantities of hot water: First, people who have irritability ir-ritability of the heart. Hot water will i cause palpitation of te heart in such i cases. Second, persons with dilated j stomachs. Third, persons afflicted with i sour stomachs. Fourth, persons who ! have soreness of the stomach or pain j induced by light pressure. These rules i are not for those who take hot water I simply to . relieve thirst,' but as a i meaps of washing out the stomach. I Hot water w ill relieve thirst better ! than cold water and for that purpose is 1 not to be condemned. But hot water is an excitant ancLin-cases in which irritation ir-ritation 6f the rftomach exists, should be j avoided. |