Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-05-30
NOW TO PRESERVE HEALTH.


The Danger on Inc bchort- lmpur
Water and How TO Purify 1t.
With the advent Of hot weather an
The thirst which IL causes in those tina
work at hard labor, caution Is in orde
in regard TO tho use Of water as bevor
age. This Is especially important t.
those In the mining region and on TIN
desert, where the watcr is sometimes
charged with serious impurities. Thos'
who drink heavily Of water fresh from
the wells in these districts are likely to
be attacked with fcvcrs, kidney disease
or inflammation Of the bowels. A pre-
yentiyo Of these diseases is to DO found
by boiling the water before drinking 1t.
II is true that tho taste Of the fluid ia
changed and its oxhialrating sensation
bluntod, so that boiled water is said Ia
taste fat. But that taste ia not offens'
i've. but merely negative sensation that
soon becomes agreeable. The process Of
boiling releases the gases held by the
water in the bubbles which come
tumbling to the surface, which are oxy.
gen, nitrogen AMI carbonic acid. These
gases are essential TO the support Of fish
life in water as to human life abov,
water II fish be placed in water thai
has been actively boiled, that is cooked
and then cooled, il will come TO the sur
face to get the gases that have been ex
PEELED, and II kept by screen from
reaching the surface it will die in short
time, being actually drowned in tho
cooked water, ms human being Ia
drowned in water.
The boiling Of water also precipitates
the carbonate of lime which has been
held in the water by tho carbonic acid
In an invisible solution, but when this
gas has been expelled by boiling, II lets
go Its grip on the lime. which falls to
the bottom and forms crust. This may
ensily be seen in large quantities on the
bottoms of tea kettles and in steam boil
ors. Persons who never drink boiled
water can see what mass Of limo they
constantly swallow, by looking in tho
bottom of family toa-kettle,
II little Of carbonic acid is Infused
into this tea-kettle lime, there will be
great delight at the reunion, and much
kissing and smacking, like meeting OF
school girls after vacation. Boiled water
is supposed to be as fiat and tastcless to
the average man as life without kissing
Is 10 the average girl.
But by far the greatest danger in
drinking uncooked water arises from the
millions Of little Neutrality-suspicious. that
abound in water in warm country,
where the water is more or less filled
with vegetable growth. The names of
these microscopic denominations are also
apohi'hap'e, oe'hg m'croec'' oaeo"' o"'''
era e.o' lhese Internal creatures were
in the blood Ct President Garfield when
ne aieu' anu can 10 iouhu IN 'ne p'oo"
Of all persons who die Of blood poison
ing All these niue NUMEROUS ieiio"s
are Killed py cooking 'he "a'er' anu w.
4 II
come ioou instead Oh asSass'hs'
The longevity oil some oil our materhh'
ancestors Is no uoupt traced 10 'he "se
OF poiisd water WINE inc men "e'e
an the hot fields m work. drinking large
drafts oil cold water from the springs
anu prooks, 'he oia iaoiesat hohc' "neh
hrs'y' took SIP oil tea' either import
ed, or oil eatnip, or some other fragrant
herb or root which grew IN inc forest
or garden. AS result the men haa
sun-stroke, fever, choicra-morpus, uys-
EMERY and other violent diseases ana
many passed to an early grave, whlie
the venerable Old ladies kept company
with their tea-kettles for more than four
score years. There were many widows
III Israel in those uQNH.