The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-05-20
WATER, ELIXIR OF LIFE.
The Internal Bath Far More Essential
TO Bodily Well Being Than the Ex-


ternal One.
The vast majority of us drink water
simply because we are impelled to dc
80 by the sense of thirst, without con.
sidering its necessity In the mainten'
ance Of health. Yet all thoughtful
medical men must agree with the
well-known dietician, who says thai
"drinking not enough water is thu
greatest and most common Of dletetit
errors" To fully understand why
the omission of liberal amount O.
drinking water is 80 grave a crime
against the laws of health we must
understand what water can do In the
prevention Of disease and to realize
th:s fully we'must know the function
of drinking water In health.
A most scientific and discriminat.
ing professor in physiology asked hif
advanced class the chief use of water
to the body, and he was we'll satisfied
with the simple and practical answer
Ito wash the body out" The sin
terDal bath" is far more essential tc
health than the "externsl BATH" just
as much more important as the in
ternal organs are to it than the skin
andit must be obvious that for cleans
ing these organs, pure, clean water IL
essential.
There is perpetual water famine
in most human systems, q condition
of things to which is accorded the
responsibility of the sad fact that the
delicate flower of human youth and
beauty 80 soon fade away. The most
amateurish gardener needs no lessons
on the value Of water for the welfare
of his plants, but few indeed are the
keepers Of the priceless blossoms oi
human life who realize the necessity
for the same delicious draughts Of
supporting vitality. Women In par.
ticulsr abhor the simple glass of water
slipping tea, cupful after cupful, dotine
upon their breakfast coffee, but Of
water quaffing not a drop for days
even in summer; preferring the
sugary pleasures of the soda counter to
offering their scorched throats a swal.
low of refreshing water.
The correct adequate performance Ol
every function of the body depends
upon the quantity and quality OF
water taken into the system daily. II
the water is scanty or impure, every
organ is retarded, the free circulation
of the blood through the microscopic
capillary tubes, one Of life's most i'm.
portant processes. ia seriously interfer-
ed with, the depurtation through vari-
GUS organs and channels of excretion
and secretion impeded. Hence slow
certain poisoning. of the system en-
sues.
Water, while continually passing
from the body, always carries with 1t
more or less waste, worn-out poison
GUS matter, which constaBtly generate
Pin the system, as we'll as Injurious
particles introduced from without.
Every expelled breath is laden with
watery vapor containing impurities.
Insensible perspiration thrown off
with countless impure particles passes
out through the skin. The same is
true of the kidneys and other channels
of ILLUMINATION, the vehicle for cleans
ing any part of the body being always
water. The process is similar to that
of cleansing spoiled sponge, the
thoroughness being proportionate with
the quantity and purity of the water,
the rapidity also depending on the
same factors.
AS a nutritive factor water plays an
equally important role in the system.
The fact that it constitutes nearly
three-fourths of the human body is
alone positive proof of this statement,
Blood contains 80 per cent of water.
muscles rs per cent, brain nearly 81
per cent, gastric juice 974 per cent,
saliva 994 per cent, bones 13 per cent,
and even the teeth 10 per cent. In
sufficient water supply, therefore,
means a lack everywhere in the con-
stitution which water alone can fur
nish.
Pure water also makes most power