The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-01-06
CHEMICALLY PURE WAITE R
Comments on DE. Eoppe's Aasa rtion
That It Acts as a Poison.

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German physician, Dr.. Hoppe, that
distilled water-that is, chemi eally
pure Water-is poisonous, has ard 7sed
much comment, chiefly adverse. The
National Druggist announces hat it
has been quite overwhelmed wit let
tiers on the subject, most Of tho IN in
REPUTATION Of DR.. Koppe'sviews One
Of these from DIR. Homer Wakefield,
Of Bloomington, Ill, it gives il full
Is Containing in a condensed form
all the arguments advanced i'd the
other articles. Says DR.. Wakefield:
"This remarkable article id duces
that distilled water is a dang erous
protoplasmic poison because 4 f the
absence Of organic CONTAINING tions.
1t should be added here that rain wa
ter, as it falls from the clou ds, is
aerated distilled water; it is thB most
healthful known. = = Ply
sicians know it is the best solv ent Of
inorganic ~concretions in the body,
and engineers know it is the be st boil
er compound, following the Use Of
hard water andt the consequent forma-
ton Of hard incrustations. WI ileitis
true that stagnant rain wate con-
tanned in foul ~cisterns, full ofal kinds
of contamination, is unfit for drink
ing or cooking, it is also true that
there is nothing more wholesoI ne than
pure distilled water, tightly corked
in clean bottles, protected fro m con-
tamination Of even impure air. Pure
water, we'll eorked, never gets stale.
Gas to the inorganic constituents
Of ordinary hard drinking waters
much might be said, but stuff ice it to
say that lime and other mine erals, in
quantities in drinking water often
prove injurious to the imbiber blythe
formation in the system of insoluble
compounds in the gall bladder, kid
news, bladder, etc. Natures demands
for home-forming material is much
better satisfied from foods til IAN from
water, hard or soft. = +
'"The assertion that pure water
taken into the stomach causes com,
plants of weak stomach belching
ETC., is the purest rot; it is evid dent that
if belching was excited by a drink o.
water, it was caused either by motor
nerve stimulation, from its tempera
ture or an alkaline (hard) water wa
taken into an acid-containing stom
ach, which resulted in effervescence
Mountain streams, when not drink
able, are not pure, as conten ded, bu
generally heavily laden with lime ant
other powerful ak&lies. 1T must no
be inferred from the above that l an
opposed to all alkaline wa ters-no
at all; but pure, rot impure E, water j
the thing to drink, except when i
certain cases certain alkalies are dc
manded by the system; the1l they ma
be added to pure water, or otherwis
pure water containing the m may b
used. Extreme purity is a virtue, nc
a fault, of water, Beware of an al
thor who contends that c%ontaminate
water is conducive to health"
Comments on DR.. Koppe's papt
are not all adverse, however, as wi
ness the following from the America
Kitchen Garden, the writer Of whic
contends that while dist lied wat,
may be very well when taken med
cinally, it is not a good beverage e.
ceptf for those who are over eating. I
SAYS:
Distilled water taken n an emp
stomach would tend to lie ch out Il
cells With which it came in contat
We know that hat 4thhe-life Ct the CT
depends upon the mainta inence
its contents at a certain standar
This is a well established fact, al
not as one advertisement implies,
vision Of a mad microsd opist. 1.
testimony Of physicians That the p1
longed use of distilled water has
fendeacv to decrease the body weig
shows a lessening Of nutritsye pow
in the issues. Most persons {
enough salt on their food to bring
the average, andmany pc sons in m
die life, and after, eat too much Of
Kinds Of food and drin ak too lit
Amid So that Tor them a course of 4
+illad wafer NAV be most benefc.
carving away an excess which shol
he harmful If an indi7 idual over
4 living on potatoes pared bef
oonking. white bread, lnsalted b
ter. cream. fruit and sd gar, then
filled water would be superfuou
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