Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-07-16

The greatest part OF the human
body being water, and that part evap-
Grating rapidly during the summer
season. it behooves US to think now
somewhat carefully of what we shall
drink. The various suggestions for al
having thirst without drinking much
water are, the writer believes, PERM
ciOus.
In not weather nothing tastes bet
ter, or is more wholesome, than cool
water. 1t keeps the blood from thick
eniDg, and therefore, the cir cTlation
active; and, when present in excess,
much exudes as perspiration, which
reduces the body's temperature. The
danger from sunstroke is slight, If
one drinks plenty of water. Moreover,
water, if drunk with meals, dilutes
the food and thus makes it more easy
Of digestion.
1t is wrong to suppose the Gilution
of the gastric juice weakens it's di-
gestive power. The experiment has
been tried, and it is mentioned by
Dr. jacob In his work On Infant
Diet" or artifcially digesting meat
with gastric juice After some time
the digestion ceases: and it recon-
mences when water is added. Indeed,
most Of us know what relief is felt
if we drink water after too hearty
meal.
The reason that so many persons
lose weight and feel weak in summer
is that thev don't drink enough wa
ter. When very thirsty they sip len-
Onade. or suck a lemon, in the mis-
taken notion that to drink much wa
ter on a hot day is somewhat bad for
them But there is no thirst that wa
ter will not assuage more effectually
and speedily than will lemons, lem
Onade. or any other soft drink. Too
much lemonade may cause collie, and
TOO much sarsaprilIa, root beer and
sweet sodas may produce nausea;
but one may safely drink as much
cool CnOt cold water as he desires
between or at meals.
If it we're unhygenic TO drink when
eating water would not be particu-
Iarly fattening at such time. 1t is
fatening then because it enables the
gastric Juice more thoroughly to di-
gest and to IiQuify solid foods, which
are not assimilable until liquefied.
DR. Jacob states that infants that are
fed on thin gruels thrive better than
do hose who are fed on heavier foods.
I'm regard to alcoholic drinks, one
should be cautious in recOmm nding
their use in summer. They are heat
ing, and, if not taken in excess, slim
uIating. When one has imbibed too
much wine or beer the best thing he
can do is to drink cOpious draughts
Of water to cool his blood and to aid
in the elimination of the excess Of al
chOI The acid condition Of the Stom-
ach resulting from overwhelming will
be- relieved by vichy water in which
there is a pinch of bi-carbonate or
soda. A celebrated authority on wines
recommends a dose of magn2Sla a
bedtime to saturate the acid in the
stomach and to allay febriIe action.
Acetate Of ammonia dissolved in SUI
gar and water is said by French
chemist to be an immediate cure for
intOXiCatiOn.
There is an erroneous notion 10 the
effect that the use of stimuIants pro
duces a depressing reaction. If there
ie o 50 called reaction. that is to say,
danression of vitality, it proves
merely that the liquor has been taken
in such quantity as to act, not as q
stimuIant. but as narcotic. from the
first A drunken man has not been
over stimulated; he has been narcot-
lied His incoherency is owing to in
cipient cerebral paralysis; while his
unsteady gait indicates incipient
paralysis of the cerebeIlum, which
presides over, and in health properly
co-ordinates. movements. If a narcot-
&c dose be taken all at once there is
no stimulation followed by depress-
ion. there is Immediate depression.
in other words. the taking Of a small
QUANTITY Of alcoholic Iiiuor results in
stimulation; whereas the taking of a
urge ouantitv results in depression
rarcosis Put the depression is not
. reaction from stimulation. it is the
after effect of the destructive marco
sis. The same principle applies to
moderate and violent exercise: moder-
ate exercise being stimulating. and
violent depressing. Wine. then, in
moderation. stimulates, and is never
followed by a corresponding depress-