Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-07
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
More water.


Tho newborn infant cries for nothing hut
water, and should receive nothing else save
regular hourly nursing at the breast until
1acthtion is established
AL birth about two-thirds OF tho body
weight" consists Of water unles. water IL
freely given the newborn infant a feysrtsh
state is likely to occur
AT tho age of about months a baby's blood
is moro watery than It has ever been before
or VIII ever be again unless liquid diet Is too
long continued Babies kept on liquids and
not given some solid articles such as we'll
cooked vegetables strained through a siey.
after the ftth month. cooked fruit pulp after
the eiHth month, thin cereal srueIs after the
hfth month etc. are likely to suffer pathology
cal enects from excessively watery blood Re-
member IL Ia the character OF the food which
determines how much water liz retained in
inc biood and ttssues. and not the amount
OF water the baby 10 given as beverage or
III ms 1000. In warm weather. particularly,
IL Us essential to give every baby aEreeably
cool water to drink freely as his thirst
demands. Mt least three times daily apart
from regular feeding times. A mother can
scarcely give her baby too much water TO
drink.
The drinking of largo amounts OF .rr.eabI,
cooi water tends to prevent excessive sweat
ing. and not. as some people imagine to max.
ono sweat more
Drinking water should be cooled in bottles
or other containers kept on the Ice but ice
'oN y" puN III the water, FOR two rood
reasons; Cd Excessively cold water In in.
furious to tho stomach and digestion and ~,
fure water ts somettmes polluted by impure
ice' Tor Ice may contain living disease germs
or Ice may be Itself polluted by handlInp n
the handlers happen to be carriers OF disease
germs.
Az much cold water as thirst may call for
shouid be drunk Immediately before or in tn.
course oil each meal. for plenty OF water ia :
'oFS good digestion and preliminary drink
or cool or cold water actually stimulates m.
secretion Of gastric juice II thirst calls for
three glassfuls OF water one should drink
'hree ana let the fogics do all the worrying
every aduit exhales about ono pint of water
IN ihFisiple VaPor from the lungs daily
About three pints OF water are eliminated
daily through the kidneys as a rough nver,s.
esumate. Two quarts daily leaves the BODY in
the form OF sweat. About ,wo nit, 49,.
eliminated through the intestine So ~ 10
OBVIOUS that health and comfort demand that
he aduit shall INCEST at least three quarts of
water oahv. A largo part OF that is fnKes,eo
III INC torrh or 1000. For instance strawber-
RES ana melons are about 40 per cent water
Sut generally II is we'll to be e.nerou. .,a
Keep the body well watered for remcrober III a
ameoa In the primordeal sea was hare I, ,onv
tne oefore we began nventIne Euhstitu, . !.
Tor water. A liberal drink Of water FIRST thins
IN 'he morning Is always healthful cool for
younger foiks' hot II preferred for elderly or
nnderwetEht persons. from a pIass,rI - .
pint
In hot weather or when one is engaged f.,
active work PLAY attended with mr.h 49,
spiratinn. of course. the amount =, 80.
taken in day should no rr.a,,y ;,a.
and without any anxiety about artnL,na 80,
much.