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 Rh water as the basis of their syphon products. Carbonated water will be found much more palatable.

After a few days of internal treatment with water in sufficient quantities the investigator will note a great change in the action of the kidneys—and a change much for the better. The bowels, and, in fact, all parts of the complicated intestinal system are greatly benefited. A Japanese student of jiu-jitsu, when he finds a slight illness coming on, does not go to the doctor. The author is in the habit of drinking, normally, a gallon of water in twenty-four hours. Very recently he was threatened with tonsilitis. By practically abstaining from food, and by adding a half-gallon of water a day to the usual quantity, he prevented the threatened illness without resort to any "medicines." And this treatment was begun after the throat had become slightly ulcerated.

From time past the backward limits of history Japanese troops have been reputed to be, in all kinds of weather, proof against rheumatism. In summer they forded streams and slept in the open through heavy rains. In