Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1879 — Saved by Cold Water. [ARTICLE]

Saved by Cold Water.

A Vijidham county correspondent tells tjfe remarkable story of a man in Canterbury, ■who, sick with some kind of fevch, was pronounced by the local physician to be beyond hope of recovery. A neighbor was called in to watch with the sick man, and, as there seemed no possibility of the patient living through the night, the watcher insisted that the family should all retire early, promising to call them immediately if any unfavorable change occurred. As soon as he was left alone with the presumably dying man, the attendant commenced feeding the patient with cold water a table-spoonful at a time, continuing the process until an ordinary waterpail fill! had actually been administered. The fever thus drowned out, the sick man fell asleep, awakening late in the morning to call for food. He was allowed to eat what he wanted, continued to improve, and in two or three days was tip and about his business. The remarkable case is well attested, and there seems to be no doubt of its substantial accuracy, as recorded above. The water used was obtained from a well adjacent. Hartford (Ct.) Post.