Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-30
HOT WEATHER DRINKS.

The question, what to drink in hot
weather" has again been presented in the
American press, and the usual amount of
good advice" is being given, than which
nothing is cheaper Most people who adj
wise abstinence from all stimuIants and
heating beverages in hot weather still in
dulge in tea and coffee, and do not hesitate
to pour in iced drinks The truth is, the
least drank in the hot hours of the day the
better; for the more we imbibe the greater
the call upon nature to work it off Hence
in hot day long drink" Immediately
manifests effects in the form of profuse
pcrspiration, and 4 close and sitting feeling
supervenes. This results from the undue
call made upon the body to dispose of the
liquid. We should not mistake mere
dryness of the mouth for thirst a single
mouthful of water will quench thirst nine
times out of ten, in the hot hours, as effect
ually as q pint. The Hour speaking upon
this topic, recalls the fact that thousands
of soldiers in the United States army have
made long marches, under scorching suns,
without tasting a drop of any liquid from
the time they finished their breakfast coffee
until the supper call sounded, What many
people, especially children, call thirst is
merely a sense ofdryness in the mouth and
throat. This uncomfortable sensation is
caused by the general habit of breathing
through the mouth. The air taken into
the lungs dries the mouth, tongue and the
upper portion of the throat. Soldiers on
the contrary, breath through their noses,
keeping the lips closed, SO they entirely
escape torment which is not thirst at all,
for thirst, properly speaking, is
demand by the stomach and alimentary
system generally for more moisture
This journal has time and again felt called
upon to warn the jewellers in the hot val
leyS of California that icewater is the very
worst thing they can drink. To water
partly chilled there is but little objection,
but it must not be ice-cOld nor should even
the cool water be taken into the stomach
in large quantities. Ice-water is the fruit
full source of dyspepsia, internal intlamma-
tons and general disarrangement of the
digestive functions One of the best of
plans to adopt in hot hours is to simply
moisten the mouth and throat with water,
and then expeli it. After that a mouthful
taken into the stomach will be found to
quench the most ardent thirst. One may
drink also at the wrists, strange as
it may seem, and doubters have but to put
their wrists beneath hydrant stream
few minutes on a hot day to understand
the matter. Probably no greater delusion
can be INDUCED in than that quantity of
cool beer quenches hot-weather thirst. 1t
does nothing of the kind, but by inducing
abnormal perspiration defeats thevery end
for which it is taken. In small quantities,
and not in the hot hours, it is less objec
tionable as it is so much less stimulant
than wine or liquor In hot weather, the
less salt, pepper and like condiments taken
with food the better. Cold tea is the least
harmful of hot weather beverages, but not
iced tea, and it should be used without
sugar, which never allays thirst, but by its
heating properties creates it. If one must
have cold drinks, he should heed the adj
vice to sip them, and not turn the drink
suddenly into the stomach, but take it
gradually, that the internal economy may
adapt itself to the chilly visitor. But the
better plan is to train oneself to drink
sparingly, or not at all, in midday heat,
and reserve his drinking of lemonadcs,
wines, beer and sodas until the greater heat
of the day has passed, and that this habit
may be acquired after few days trial is
matter Of fact, and not one of great diff
Guilty and that it is promotiye of good di
gcstion and general good health is equally
true or else the experience of those who
have tried it is at fault Certainly on one
thing all the doctors do agree, " iced drinks
are dangerous