| Show longevity in influenced induced by water solid and dry as the human body arh api pears water constitutes more than one fourth of 0 its bulk and all the functions of ufa life are really carried on in a water bath and although the sense of thirst may be trusted to call tor for a draught ot of water when required the fluid can be imbibed in most advantageously tor for many reasons besides merely satisfy fog thirst in the latter stage of 0 digestion when ot of the mast masi Is incomplete it Is much facilitated by a moderate draught of 0 water which disintegrates and dissolves the contents of the stomach fitting it tor for and preparing it 11 lor for assimilation hence the habit of 0 drinking water in moderate quantities between meals contributes to health and igli cates the tact fact that those who visit health leports for the purpose of imbibing the waters of 0 mineral springs might profit by staying at home and drinking more water and less whisky water is the universal solvent of 0 nature and the chief agent in all transformations of matter when taken into an empty stomach it soon begins to pass out through the tissues into the circulation to liquefy solids Boll di whose excretion from rom tho the system Is 13 thus facilitated very tow few people think of the necessity of washing the inside as well as the outside ot of the body and he who would be perfectly healthy should be as careful about the cleanliness of his stomach as that ot of his skin |
