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body vary from time to time. We
need more water in the summer
because we lose more from the
skin.
Thirst is one Of the most deli
cate regulators of any of the gem
eral bodily sensatIons-far more
reliable than hunger. We are often
hungry when we do not need any
food, but thirst does not trick US
that way and you may be per-
fectly certain that II the body con-
tent Of water goes even the slight
est decimal point below normal
you will get thirsty in a Dig way
and demand water
Does the sense OF thirst ever
deceive us? Or, to put the ques-
ton another way, would drinking
water more than the actual needs
Of the body dictate be good for
some peov j.: Possibly. Ii is ar
indication that constipation is dc.
pendent more on lack Of bulk OF
the food than the use or avoidance
Of any particular kind of food
that extra water drinking and
nothing else will often be suffi-
cient to overcome It.
Cause of Peristaltie Wave
Regular bowel evacuation is
function of the left side OF the
large intestine and that is stimu-
lated TO contraction by any peris-
tsltic wave. Putting anything in
the stomach starts a peristaltic
wave. That is why after break
fast is the usual time for the
daily evacuation.
The peristalsis initiated by
breakfast goes down the entire di-
gestive canal until il hits the seq
ment in the lower bowel where a
% hour accumulation is ready to
be moved on. There must be time
for another accumulation before
peristalsis eXerts any action, which
is probably why lunch and supper
cause no action.
Many people are constipated
simply because their food inges-
ton lacks bulk and many more
because 1t is too dry. For these
deliberate extra water drinking
is logical remedy.
One prominent physician points
out that many women drink only
two or three glasses day and
contends that a person who is con-
stipated should drink two quarts
a day.
Helpful in Most Cases
This seems to be the consensus
Of opinion Of those physicians who
have studied the question-eight
10 ten glasses Of water day for
any who tend TO be constipated.
Excessive amounts may be helpful
in some cases.
The use of a glass Of water on
first arising in the morning as a
treatment for constipation has
plenty Of support not only from
practical experience but also from
theoretical science. Hot water
should be used, because, as Schulz
showed long ago, hot water es-
capes from the stomach faster
than cold. The heat increases pow
erfully the movements Of the stom-
ach walls, and also causes the
pylorus, the exit from the stomach,
to open, thus allowing the water TO
pass rapidly into the intestine.
This is an explanation Of its relief
in case Of stomach pain. The glass
Of water should be slipped slowly
while dressing before breakfast.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. Sis there any treatment
for kidney stone besides opera
ton?
Answer: Most kidney stones
are so small they pass from the
kidney 10 the bladder and are
voided. What to do for a kidney
stone depends on how much trou-
bic it is making. II it grows to a
large size and creates pus infec-
ton of the kidney the only re-
course is operation.