The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-15
WATER, ELIXIR OF LIFE.
ITS PLENTIFUL USE IS ESSEN.
TlAL TO HEALTH.

ual 10 boutly well belna IMAM 70
the External ons-Perpetual Water
Famine In Most Human Systems.
The vast majority Of us drink wa
ter simply because we are impelled
to do so by the sense Of thirst, with
out considering its necessity in the
maintenance OF health. Yet all
thoughtful medical men must agree
with the well-known dietician, who
says that drinking not enough wa
ter is the greatest and most common
of dietetc errors" To fully under
stand why the omission of a liberal
amount of drinking water is so grave
a crime against the laws of health
we must understand what water can
do in the prevention Of disease; and
to realize this fully we must know
the function of drinking water in
health.
A most scientific and discriminat-
ing professor in physiology asked his
advanced class the chief use Of wa
ter to the body, and he was well-satis-
fed with the simple and practical
answer, ito wash the body out" The
internal bath" is far more essential
to health than the external bath, "
just as much more important as the
internal organs are to it than the
skin, and 1t must be obvious that for
cleansing these organs, pure, clean
water is essential.
There is a perpetual water famine
in most human systems, a condition
of things to which is accorded the
responsibility of the sad fact that
the delicate flower of human youth
and beauty so 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 price
! less blossoms of human life who real
ize the necessity for the same deli
cious draughts of supporting vitali-
ty Women in particular abhor the
simple glass of water, slipping tea,
cupful after cupful, doting upon
their breakfast coffee, but Of water
quafing not a drop for days, even
in summer; preferring the sugary
pleasures of the soda counter to Of
fering their scorched Threats a swal-
low of refreshing water.
The correct, adequate performance
of every function of the body depends
upon the quantity and quality of wa
ter taken into the system daily. If the
water is scanty or impure, every organ
is retarded, the free circulation Of the
blood through the microscopic capil-
larry tubes, one of life's most important
processes, is seriously interfered with
the depuration through various organs
and channels of excretion and secre-
ton impeded. Hence a slow, certain
poisoning of the system ensues.
Water, while continually passing
from the body, always carries with II
more or less waste, WORKOUT poison.
Gus matters, which constantly gener'
ate in the system, as well as inju
rious particles introduced from with
out. Every expelled breath is lader
with watery vapor containing impuri
ties. Insensible perspiration thrown
off with countless impure particles
passes out through the skin. The samt
is true of the kidneys and other chan
nels of elimination, the vehicle TO
ety'Jeansing any part of the body beinl
% a s aoI gays water. The process is similar tt
may be- of cleansing spoiled sponge, thu
Gamoughness being proportionate witt
T na 3 quantity and purity of the water
the rapidity also depending on tn
same factors.
AS a nutritive factor water plays al
equally important role in the system
The fact that it constitutes nearl
three-fourths of the human body i
alone positive proof Of this statement
Blood contains 80 percent of water
muscles rs percent, brain nearly 8
percent, gastric juice 81 IL percent, sa
: Iva SO 1-2 percent, bones 10 percent
and even the teeth 10 percent. Insui
! ficient water supply therefore means
l lack everywhere in the constitutio
g which water alone can furnish.
C Pure water also makes most powe
0 fully for long life in its character {
e a solvent, distilled water being III
S questionably the greatest solver
a known.
e "A man is as old as his arteries"
: the diotum of renowned Frenc
: Psychologist. Now what is it thu
: makes the arteries old? Blood We
t, sells, young and healthy, are extel
: sively elastic, permitting the bloc
+ to circulate through them freely. Bl
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