Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-27
What DR.. GIDDINGS Says About the Impor-
lance of Pure Water, and the Forest Springs
Water:

The time j, now past when pure water looking clear, i
accepted pure unless a,ay made by competent chemist
purity 1t is recognized by the majority of
lavncn that disease germs o various forms often held ~
suspension in an that many vi the fatal cidccs
Of the world have originated through the taking into the systems
the Of typhcid and other diseases that have found
their the of supply 81 important a~
this question become that political economists throughout the
civilized world have devoted themselves e the most careful study
this question. and and governments have
given their attention and expended large amounts 81 money
70 eliminate The dangers always attendant OF water supplies II
study tn history c cpdcmlc that have dec
mated the population q cities towns they will find that
severcgmlS Of all have originated il drinking water In
careful study Of the supplies " the larger cities o tbs
world the writer has found that the death from typhoid
and Asiac cholera diminished direct proportion
increased purity At THEN supplies What these
is also Of The NJ wells and
springs i'll proximity ID dwellings NJ such frequent occurrence
and outbreak Of typhoid tver often raccabc them that
becomes Of import y look carefully after tc
purity Of the drinks
The condition soil the immediate surroundings relates
70 barns stables pgeeries prN vaults ad the natural dram
toward the supply ljghy important
slider. since porous soil permit such ready filtration that
pollution IS not arrested and ricatton cannot hc accomplished
The reasonable and Of Of impurities
is by filtration through sandy gravcly soil OF the
further well spring removed from all possible Of
the the purity Of the Then there
earthly salts VARYING degrees which less soluble
water that carried through the natural earthly filter
which normal constituents ct the animal and hv their
presence in the drank the accept
able and easiest asnac form and have marked medicinal
action upon the body The great prevalence kidney disease
and rheumatic affections among population renders
select such articles Of diet the
len that influence promote these troubles but equally
not important that such should be selected
drinking purposes that have only araooni>tc but
tive effect upon these troubles which many people
subject That there such thousands ready
who have derived only benefit been perfectly
restored to health BY them Progressive physicians everywhere
have recognized the Importance pure mineral
therapeutic and each using them and
extensively Some Of the prominent springs the
had long been recognized BY people living them HAY
ing medicinal qualities but had knowledge Of what special
properties they contained what their due Such
spring found in forest i'll the town If Iicfcld Maine two
thirds Of mile, least from any building owned by the
Forest Springs Water Company and the put the
market under the Of Forest Springs Water As table
water is without peer and might we'll be STYLED the Queen
Of Table Water
AS medicinal in kidney. bladder. stomach and rllc,
matte troubles has superior The anav
tll and able chemist Prot T. G. Robinson
chemistry Bowon College and the State Assaver Maine