The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-07
SUMNER DRINKS.
Refreshnent I'm Hot Weather.
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The great thirst seas ON has commenced
and inclination ia at war with reason. TIC
sum up the matter very briefly, when we arr
overcome with heat nature proposes the re-
fresbing pleasure Of a draught; bu. unfortu.
natelythis is exactly the timo when
science points out the folly of irdulg-
ing what would appear to be very
sensible craving. Doctors csl My tell
US that the ''loss OF fluid by per-
spirstion must be compensated but beyond
this it is well not TO drink excessively" YET
We are no nearer solving the problem how 10
supply the loss of flld without inconven-
ience or danger. We may take it rs q broad
rule that whatever is essentially pleasant ia
radically wrong, for science seems never to
be satisfied unless it ridicules the folly OF
indulging plessurable sensations II people
battle when they are hot they are
likely to come out in formidable rush,
perhaps resulting In tkih
disease which may prove incurable, or they
MAJ suddenly drop down dead; and yet it is
exactly when the body 10 in a splendid glow
of perspration that the athlete Graves for a
bath. Prominent among medical wa niDgs
is the imperative one never to drink while
you are hot. A cold drink 10 ns dangerous
and occasionally as fatal as cold bslh. Al
such times the Inclination is provoked by II
lat of cooling cups and delicious drinks
which we must avoid asa mad dog avoids
water. Ice Is the very worst thing
heated man can possibly touch. lie has
natural craving tor it in soy known form
and with every possible combination. Pcur
over the pure glitLering block of Wenhsm
Lake, clear as crystal, as it is u toamins
bottle OF champagne, q ruby flow of clsret
the sweet ana hpple-sceDted cider; stream
into tho Jug or bowl soda or spollnsris wa.
ter, sellzer or potash; heap ia the lemon
peel and the sugar, carefully mixed before.
hand; dash in the orange brandy, crafty
suggested as corrective; and crown The
sparkling fluid with the blue. blossom.
cd borage, the green peel Of
cucumber, or the yellow skin of lemon; and
We shall be told that the result is Just so
much poison to the heated BODY. Alude TO
beer, foamins and sparkling in what Mr..
Bob Sawyer called "its native pewter" and
u can be sufficiently shown that THIRST thsra-
by is materially increased, and that the
liver proporlionately suffers. Ice is fatal.
mineral waters are facilitating, liquors are
cloying, brandy and soda water IL medical
abominstioD; il is q m lnstrous thing wa are
solemnly warned, to dirk between meals, or
to indulge these sudden thirst paroIysms; far
better 10 it, If we only knew it, never TO
drink at all when the throst Is psrohed and
the tongue cleaves te the roof Of h mouth;
but ii, mi oly~ adds the medical man, sucn
cravings are irresistible, better TAXA a
little nourishing barley water or a cup #
warm tea The paradox is calmly pros
pounded that iced drinks only make the
drlnker hotter In the end, while boiling tea
induces a refreshing GOODNESS, and under any
circumstances 1t is better to put some
restraint on the inclination than 10 imbibe
iaordinste quantities Of fluid. Uoqussti5ns.
bly, people do drink great deal too much
in hot weather, and pnduly stimulate their
abnormal thirst, and 1t is III necessary 10
point out the valid medical reasons against
such excess but then 1t must be remem,
bered that the flesh is weak, and it requires
a considerable amount of courage TO turn
heroically away from the deity concocted
by pouring down the throat q j,rum of
tea. 1t i, not essential TO
the controversy to notice whether these
kindly doctors always practice what they
preach, or become Systematic tea-drinkers or
barley.water Consumers in hot weather.
Cases have been known in which eminent
medical men have eloqusntly discussed the
danger of any man drinking more than a
pint Of wine day, and that of harmless
lisht elaret while at the same time they
were doing their st to consume the greater
part Of bottle of 1Si3 port after dinner.
1t must, however, DO admitted that the cir
cums,ances ofhot weather exercise are very
trying.