HOT WATER FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.
A WRITER in the Dietetic Gazette gives the following experience of one who, being unable to get more than a few minutes’ sleep at night, adopted the hot-water remedy:— I took hot water—a pint, comfortably hot, one good hour before each of my meals, and one the last thing at night—naturally unmixed with anything else. The very first night I slept for three hours, turned over, and slept again till morning. I have faithfully and regularly continued the hot water, and have never had one bad night since. Pain gradually lessened and went; the shattered nerves became calm and strong, and instead of each night being one long misery spent in wearying for the morning, they are all too short for the sweet refreshing sleep I now enjoy. Hot water taken in this way is beneficial in many cases. It can not be recommended for all, however, especially before meals. Experience has taught that it is too relaxing for most stomachs, and interferes with the churning of their contents; the muscles of the stomach do not regain their tone in the time between the removal of the water from the stomach and the entry of the food. But taken at night the hot water is generally rest-giving and therefore beneficial.