Hot Water for Baby

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 14, 1909

Hot Water for Baby

THE Medical Magazine tells us that, in cases where there is non-assimilation of food, accompanied by vomiting, purging, and even convulsions, physicians recommend giving a child all the hot (not so hot as to burn) water it will take through a nursing-bottle. In one case, where no kind of nourishment could be retained, and medicine had apparently no effect, the hot-water treatment was tried. The first bottleful was immediately vomited up, but the second was retained, and a peaceful sleep followed, the condition of the bowels greatly improved, and the vomiting gradually ceased. At the end of twenty-four hours a teaspoonful each of sweet cream, lime-water, and boiled water was given every hour; then a preparation of egg and water, and finally the usual condensed milk. For colic in young children, a bottle of hot water is often a quick cure. Care must be taken not to have the water too hot, but it must be quite warm.