Show how and when to drink water according to dr lent when water is taken into the full or partly full stomach it does not mingle with the food as we are taught but passes along quickly between the food and lesser curva tive toward the pylorus through which it pases into the in tes the secretion ot mucus by the lining membrane constant band durning the night a considerable amount accumulates in the stomach borne of its liquid portion is absorbed and that which remains is thick and tenacious tenae ious if food is taken into the stomach when in this condition it becomes coated with this cusand mu the secretion of the gastio and its actions are delayed these facts show tho value of a goblet of water before breakfast this washes aut the tenacious mucus and the gastic glands to secretion in old and feeble persona water should not bo takers cold but it may be with great advantage taken warm or hoac this removal of the from the stomach is probably one of the reasons why taken soup at the beginning of a meal ha been found so beneficial |