The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-01
ANOTHER
DELUS|0N
SMASHED
coP'nps nKAFTs OF
| WATER VIII L3EArinG
IS isHEALrHFuL
SIiMulAlrA uIbt0lluF,
SHOWN BY EXPERIMENT,
RlclnfeIlIRT lnSIIliha I0Nrfal
Says Old Medical Theory
! Is Wfsng

View York. Aug. While the medi-
cal profession generally has encourag-
~ u.uiH.iis u llne water In large
quantities 1t has dlsconntenanced the
S..4 dnnKlng Of water with meas
The theory was tnat an excess OF Wa
Ter taken when eating dimtes the gas
tric juice and the! eby disturbs the d.
gestion.
MN It appears that this theory was
~ nrong, and that the more water
that Il taken with meals the better
NIL be the G-s.<ksun AND re E.isi.s.
A.shl. he Journal ti Experimental
,tcd.,ile, pnblisne, by the Rockefei-
Ter institute for Medical Research,
4So..e an expe inlent recently con-
Quoted ~ settle ti4s poinl.
Never Experimental.
Although theie have beer many
inv ,atig.s ion inade upon the influence
u cap'Das water drihgingl the journal
says, yet nowntse, insofar as we
naye be,n able u discover IRON a care
tul study 81 the literature, has the 9
ueoa uiAlr i carefully capdacted OK.
pertinent or series Of experiments up
Gil human subjects to obtain data as
10 the effect 1l tine coplous Inse4tioll
ci wafer with meals. 1he Reason why
our literature contains recordsyof no
such txpt iments is not far to seek
lhe medical profession almost up-
gnimously advs.es against the drink
Ing oil lalge amounts OF water at meal
time ihe desirable features follow
ing the liberal use of waller taken at
the proper time ale thoroughly APP
pfeciated but any suggestion as TO
taking OF water ii Ia &c Quantity
with meals is strongly antasonized
Believed Physicians.
such being the attitude Of the med
zeal profession Ii has therefore .beeI
namrai con sequencei that those IN
terested Ia The study OF medical prob
lelns should iail to attempt to place
the theory upon an experimental bas-
II. Why Investigate something which
Is selfeyldent? At first thought {.
present day theory as TO the inadvisa-
ability OF ingesting large volumes or
wate With meals sounds extremely
reasonable. The principal objection
to the coplous ingestion OF the fluid
Is based upon the supposition that
the excess water dilutes the gastric
juice and thls disturbs to q marked
degree the normal rhythm OF the d.
gestiye fuhctions
Acts as Stimulator.
However. We can not longer enter
tain the old belief that such Is the
Gaze. The experiments indicate most
conyincingIy that the entrance Of wa
ter into the stomach does no; produce
a d.heel gastric juice OF lowered ac-
iiyity, bit rather. that the entrance
CT this fluid acts as 4 distinct stimu
lat.op to the gastric secretion and that
the Juice, although sec.eted IN large
volume than previous 70 the entrance
of the wate. .nevertheless shows a
higher concentration Of acil than does
chat Juice which Is secreted under or
dinory conditions.
Csined in Weight.
"in the experiment the subject was
placed on . normal constanf, diet, and
by meaLs Of preliminary period OF
sufficient length was brought to a
condition OF approximate nitrogen
equ,llh igm. At tha. point 1000 cubic
eentl.ne:tfs Of water was aided to
each meal aud continued thus through
4 period Of fi;e days Immediately
following this per cd came a final per