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Show The Hot Water Remedy. Relative to hot water as a remedial agent, HdlVs Journal of Health publishes some interesting hints. It says : A strip of flarmel, 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 the pain in toothache or neu- I ralgia, will generally afford prompt relief. re-lief. This treatment in colic works almost al-most like magic. I have seen cases that have resisted other treatment for houre and yielded 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 cot-ton batting dipped in hot water and kept applied to old sores or new cuts, bruises and sprains, is the treatment now generally gener-ally adopted in hospitals. ' I have seen a sprained ankle cured in an hour by showering show-ering it with hot water poured from a height of three feet. Tepid water acts promptly as an emetic, and hot water taken freely half an hour before bed-time is the best of cathartics in the case of constipation, con-stipation, while it has a most soothing effect on the stomach and bowels |