Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-02-24
You Must Drink
Plenty Of Water
That's the Advice of BEST Physicians
to Those Who'd Be Well.


city said when asked if it was good
thing TO drink much water.
Doctors disagree about whether 1t
Is good to drink water with meals, Tie
majority believing that food should
not be washed down with liquids, but
should be thoroughly cnewe'. and
mixed with saliva, which is an aid
to digestion. But several doctors who
were asked about it yesterday as
serted that it was good TO drink even
as much as quart of water with
meals.
All of the seven doctors who were
interviewed about the benefits of wa
ter drinking agreed that the copious
drinking of water was a preventive
of disease, and they had lIrown many
cases in which health was restored by
the drinking of water in large quanti-
ties. One doctor advocated the drink
ing of as much as three gallons of
water day in very wa,lG weather,
reducing the amount when TIC N,e;,'h-
or is cooler, hut never drinking loss
tnan a gallon a day.
"Why," said this physician, 'GSo
thirds of the weight OF the lody is
water. In very warm day in
August an average man who is at
work will perspire from two to siN
quarts of water day. Where is II
all coming from if YOU don't drink
it? Many poisons generated by rhe
body are eXuded through the pores of
the skin in perspiration. Many per.
sons think they are not perspiring ur-
less they can see beads of water ON
the skin. But we perspire at all
times, walking and sleeping, and we
do not see it because it evaporates
Immediately. 1t is almost impossible
to drink too much water"
Another doctor said: Il saw a short
article in the Star the other evening
quoting an eminent medical authority
as saying that all girls and women
who wished to have good complex
ion should drink two quarts of water
n day. / should double that and ad
wise men 10 drink four quarts n day,
Give the body plenty of pure water,
inside and outside, gallon a day in
side, thorough bathing of the whole
body at least once day, fresh air all
the time, night and day, and plenty
o. exercise. preferably by outdoor
walking, ard you can't very well be
sick. If every one would do that one.
half the doctors would have to seek
some other business. If every woman
would do that the rouge and complex
ion powder factories would shut down.
There is nothing so good as plenty
of water drunk every day for the
complexion" - ,.. -.-.....
A physician said: 81 ain not claim.
ing that the drinking of plenty of
water is a preventive of all diseases; /;
that would be misleading and silly,
Tut l will say this. have cured sew.
eral bad cases of rheumatism and
many cases of stomach ailments with
water alone. II those cases the pa
tents were in the habit of drinking
very little water. prescribed quart
OF water before breakfast each morn
ing and Il gallon drunk throughout the
day, and quart on going to bed at
night. 1t worked a cure in each case.
Il say This, most emphatically, that
a half gallon OF gallon of water a
day will help wash out the toxic pois
ons that are formed in the body, and
will tend TO keep person in good
health and help him resist disease.
"There is constantly being accumu
lated in the body not only waste mat
ter, resulting from chemical changes
taking place in the upkeep of vital
energy, hui also the blood takes up
toxic poisons from the intestines. I'm
less those things are thrown off by the
lungs, skin, kidneys, etc, we become
lazy, dyspeptic and uric acid will ac.
clmulate and cause rheumatism, kid
ney disorder and other organic dis.
turbances. Now such conditions would
be much less likely 10 ensue were the
simple precaution taken OF drinking
pint of water often throughout the
day.
ESPECIALLY is this true of persons
VINO Jake NIUE exercise ana Who I'VE
indoors, where they breathe impure
air
81 often prescribe the slow slipping
OF AT least a pint OF hot water in the
morning while dressing. This washes
out the stomach, stimulates the circu.
lution in the lungs and skin and pro.
notes the action of the liver. If a
person has a tendency to gout or
rheumatism the water drinking habit
is especially recommended"
One physician WIS found who rec
commended the drinking of quart OF
water with each meal, but the major.
ity were opposed to drinking water
while eGting.-Kansas City Star.
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