CHAPTER V.
WATER.
Though many do not consider water a food for the reason that it does not furnish energy, it nevertheless constitutes a large part of the body, and is as necessary to life as any other element which enters into its composition. The importance of pure water can hardly be exagerated. That which comes from springs is usually considered the most wholesome. Well water, in numerous instances, has been found to be about as pure, though where a well is located adjoining outhouses—stables, privies, etc.,—there is always very serious danger of their impurities contaminating the water. The water supplied in cities, though in some instances very bad, is usually far better than the well water secured in such localities.
Referring to the mineral waters that are on sale everywhere I would say that as a rule they cannot be commended. About the only advan-
