Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1882 — Hot Versus Cold Drinks. [ARTICLE]

Hot Versus Cold Drinks.

In spite of the universal proverb that heat is life and death is cold, a writer in “Knowledge” maintains that hot drinks are unnatural, cold drinks natural to man. Notwithstanding this dictum says the Detroit Free Prekx, few people wil| believe it. Yerv hot drinks may do harm, cold one 3 will do more. The effect,pf moderate heat upon the body is always sanitary; the effect of cold may sometimes be more comfortable, never is entirely wholesome. Neuralgia, rheumatism, etc., are alleviated by hot applications, aggravated by cold. Hot water is found to be one of the best cures for dyspepsia yet discovered; stimulating the blood in the stomach and directing it toward the digestive nerve centers Weakness and disturbance in the bowels are cau ed by cold liquids and moderated by hot ones. If hot drinks, like tea, coffee and alcoholic stimulants, do harm, it is n®t because they arc hot, but

because of their specific effects upoD •the nerves. They do more harm when they are cold, because the beat practi, cally neutralizes their evil effects.