Show OF WATER I 1 A physician explains its enormous Enor health hea ti milne balue waste tissues Ti Sippi sipping tig a powerful stimulant to the circulation action of water upon various orsina prink dri lots of water was the lesson which an eminent physician impressed on hii hearers in a baily interesting 0 lecture delivered last week Alt although houch water is not a food in the sense of directly direct lv contributing to the production of fores force or heat it 12 yet a fool in the sense that without its presence in the body all vital action action must come to a standstill as no change m is possible in aits nits its absence our oar tissues con tarn tain an indispensable proportion pro porton of water we are ahei constantly losing jarpe quantities by breathing by pei and the various excretions and as just hinted its presence its in required for the occurrence of those various chemical changes by which we live and move and have our being beina thi s being eo so the continued its value as an article of lood may be taken as granted and we may consider more particularly its action and uses w when lea taken not as a food but as ans a means to toa pre serva toward off aute oute 41 i 4 tt a i ailease ease the effects produced by the drinking of water vary with the manner in which it is drunk if for instance a pint of cold water be swallowed as a large draught or if it u be taken in two portio portions as with a short interval between certain definite deflects follow effects which differ from those v which aich would have resulted from the same quantity baken by sipping sipping is a powerful stimulant to tc the circulation a thing which ordinary drinking is not during th act of si sipping the action of the lie ve which slows the beats of the li liaf hait af t is abolished and as a conse cons wince that organ contracts more ralo rapidly idly the pulse beats more quick and the circulation in various pits of the body is increased in aadi audition tion to tins this we also find that the pressure under which the bile 11 is raided I by bf the sipping ii 0 fluids a fact the importance af winch we thai she notice directly many individuals may have been at ar lines unpleasantly conscious on of i alii U fa fact et that a glass of wine or beer aped gets into tle he head bead quicker tian dan if drunk in a draught they kv 4 1 now be in a ps position to under stated ii why by this his is ro the ton ion being that the temporary para is of inhibitory nerve of the tieni if ait t and the increased a 0 the circulation favor the rapid iby of the alcohol and the production of its consequent effects dip same game thing occurs if the liquid 41 sucked through a straw the w a acts of sipping and bucking being kait swallowing in the usual way has tint the stimulant effects of Eipp sipping ing nut jut it has hag one or two special epenial effects not produced by sipping the use of which we shall mention a little tater later the effects effect of drinking cold water ire are these if say a pint of cold water is swallowed straightway the of the body 1 is 13 3 slightly lowered about one degree fahren neit the wise rate is somewhat decre decreased aed enot arai rrai greatly increased as by s sipping i p p idge and the respirations are slightly accelerated the th e hloyd in the lining niem I 1 braue brane of the stomach are at first contracted they very soon boon however rapidly dilate the blood flow in them is increased and the secretion of gastric juice is stimulated ther are on the mothr land many persons who find that these effects are brought 0 about better if they take warm water instead of cold althou although gh at first s sight ight it may appear somewhat strange that like effects are produced b by both hot and cold water the explanation 4 is simple the warm water acts exactly as does the anid only without the previous contraction its action being to at once dilate the vessels after its reception by the stomach the practice of drinking at meals larg quantities of liquid lis is bad but small quantities may be taken without hurt although undoubtedly it is wiser to drink drink either before 0 after the meal if w we e cannot limit our consumption of fluids to a distinctly finall email amount whenever a meal is par ticul aily rich in fatty material it is a plan to drink some time alter the meal as in this hi way the digestion of fat in the intestines is aided that water possesses a purgative action is a thing well known to many people this particular i elect is due to its power of stimulating the secretion of bile and also iso of increasing the peristaltic action of the lie intestines if plain water be taken i is a pu purgative effects are best produced by its being cold if natural mineral mateis are taken they should be mixed with a small quantity of hot water so as to be at about the same temperature as the stomach warm warin water is moe moro readily absorbed than cold and moderate quantities than large angs on gs ib absorption sorption being re 1 I 1 1 large fi acne 2 cold water are taken at once free drinking i if f water produces effects upon the kidneys and tissues of the body generally no less important than those we have been considering g much harmful material which has often to answer for malaise want of energy and various aches and pains paine is undoubtedly washed out of the tissues as the result of free water drinking this alone is ia decidedly beneficial but in addition the drinking of much water causes the tissues to be chat changed imad with the result that vitalia vitality Y Is is in increased and strength augmented so great in this direction are the effect effects ts of cold water that persons lead leading i na sedentary lives may often obtain by drinking plenty of water much of the feeling of health aud which results from akin taking exercise a a fact not difficult of belief when we remember that a glass of cold water slowly sipped will produce greater geater m acceleration of the pulse for a time than will a glass of wine or spirits taken at a draught in this connection too it may not be out of place to mention the fact that sipping vold old water will often allay the craving for alcohol in those who have been in the habit babit of taking too much of it and who may inay be endeavoring to reform the effect being ably due to the stimulant action of the sipping t t fa ny 1 T 1 N Y i journal |