1909/11/27 by Trent R. Lewis · 3 citations
Dentistry · #Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2552.1528
openalex publication_date 1909/11/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
IMZDcouwAS 1 AURICULAR FIBRILLkTION.rNov.27,, I99.intermediate metabolites in the urine, the stiffness of the muscles, and other symptoms, lead us to believe that such products of metabolic activity are inefficiently removed from the system.The introduction of more fluid would remedy thin deficiency of excretion, which we hold to be of far greater importance than deficiency of nutrition.Repeated experience contradicts the popular conviction that large quantities of food must be taken in order to "keep up the strength" in contests of this kind.For instance, soldiers bearing heavy clothing and equipment have frequently marched for many hours with no food, provided that a sufficiency of water is available.Experi- ments on animals, too, show that external work can be performed for some days on a water diet only.These facts serve to justify us in advising the consump- tion of little or no solid food during the race; we think