The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-06

e.c is wholly or IN part que 10 ~
strain nasal disease, bad ioou' %,
insantiary influence Of haDll OF nee
~ ana with "at.cn-on o'fec-e"
things the lead Of study may posslDls ~
horne. especially Is non-uioah -
ni.ics are these matters ueSoINins "a
grcoter attention. but everywhele shouiu
Sns~cnce ne exertcd towards the oet,eI
reaitb and physical development on l"o
aobool child even If this requires me rs
senine III the fashionable over sllin"'"
,ion If the purely mental functions
DRINKING WATER.
Anropos Of my last article on ms SUI
Sec, and for fear that some one MY
front me with my earlier Wil1lnsS ~
if ! select the following from the s'"
paper. ueoIe re-
"Wm not water drunk al mean,
tard Digestion In a majority u ~
The answer will be, no. IL - rd,1o
Yard digestion unless II Is drunk ID ~
crantitv aud used as a means OF NdallHs
~ food down. 10 save the labor OF pICP-
LII m~asticating and mixing u VIZ
H. moderate quantity OF "d'vl
4. most cases. aids digestion by ihcIe.9
,~. me euiditv of the contents oil uo
stomach and thereby. favorlng the au-
mixture of the gastric fluid with the loou.
n water will thin my blood when il -
TOO thick. will IL not make II 700 INN !.
continue to drink too much "-S
orcetion Is often asked by PAT 0"'9
Ta,othoric habit and lithaemic rheumatlc
"a no,t1 tendencies whom I am trying
"a imnress with the necessity OF stt'"5
tho svslem thoroughly washed out anu
he question seems a logical one Inc
eoewer. however. makes 1t PLAIN. Ihe
biood Graves "a certain percentage %.
water. that certain percentage IL VII,
toro an and hold. providing a conthu"i
s~rnlv ls being added. But with the
blood pressure and circulation au'o.na,
icallv regulated boy the mechanism WIZ
Is called The sympathetic nervous ~
and with the ready outlet anordeu oy wv
kidneys an wafer taken I'D u""'o -
amount REQUIRED TO keep the BLOOD az lts
,o-r,ol nroportion OF fuid and soma. Is
nsosed on. through and out. does IT'S ou'y
! ,tmnlv nv washing the system OF us I'M
,u,i.ics IL is often the case that wafer
! given in free quantity 10 a patient sum'l-
H. from anasuia Ohin blood. so-called)
80 ossiats the digestion that II VIII help
tblcken the blood. while in a TeIsoh OF
nlethoric habit. the action Is quite the
ie.erse. ---~a.-
'vvin not drinking water make me per
spire unduly? -
! DFlnNlnE water UP 10 NHN fHf
F.; amount In the case Of a person VINO mas
mo-, nerspired for years. owing 10 q lach
OF sunicient water. may temporarily pro
duce excessive perspiration. sucn per.
spiratlon lasting only Ike The hushlns o.
! inc kidneys. Until the system has beeI
! relieved OF the poisons that can be exc
cre,ed in that way. IN other words. Tree
action OF the kidneys and skin following
,he use OF "a normal amount OF watei
! when the patient has been a long time
derived of that amount. Is only nature
expression of Joy az having once received
her deserts.
WIN not cold water chin my stomacf
and thereby cause HARM
The reply TO the question Is: undulS
cold water might-ice water, for Instance
but water at a temperature making l
pleasant 10 d~rlnk-say. from 40 TO to de
gross Farinneit-will not chill the storf
acn. An illustration from nature Is shown
/ I'm the fact that nearly all our springs
are cold: very lew hot. Most OF th'
water We drink should be cold. hot watei
: should be used tor other purposes thar
10 supply the system with the necessar,
fiuid.
IL should not drink water. should I
unless I am thirsty The reply to this
question Is that lack Of thirst IN q
grown person, Is no indication Of his need