This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...not drink more than one glassful at a time. drinking If the water is very cold, it should be taken in small sips. Hold each sip in the mouth until it is warmed before swallowing. This should be done with any very cold drink or food. Why? When one drinks water during a meal, it should be taken only after the food in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...not drink more than one glassful at a time. drinking If the water is very cold, it should be taken in small sips. Hold each sip in the mouth until it is warmed before swallowing. This should be done with any very cold drink or food. Why? When one drinks water during a meal, it should be taken only after the food in the mouth has been swallowed. If food is half chewed and washed down with drinks of any sort, it will People Who Eat Much Fresh Fruit Do Not Need To Drink So Much Water As Those Who Eat But Little Fruit. You See From Thf. Shaded Section That Over Three-fourths Of An Apple Is Water. not have so good a chance of being digested as when it is thoroughly chewed and moistened by the juices in the mouth. We should drink only pure water. The fact that water is cool, clear, and sparkling is not a sure sign that it is pure. We must know its source in order to determine whether it is safe to drink. A pleasant taste and appearance are not sufficient. Why can we not always detect impure water by its taste or its appearance? Water which comes from near the top of the ground is generally impure, because it contains impure substances that soak into it from the soil. Filth is often emptied upon the ground, or buried just below the surface. When the rains come, they wash much of this through the soil into the underground sources of water. Wells dug in the ground usually furnish water of this sort. Such water is likely to cause, in those who drink it, typhoid fever or some other serious disease. When we are not sure that water is pure, we may make it safe by boiling it for fifteen or twenty minutes. Boiling the water will give it a "flat" taste, but its original flavor may be restored by pouring it many times from one vessel into another through a colande...
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