To the Editor of the "Norru-Curxa Dart News"
StI have read with much interest the various letters which have been published recently regarding the relative merits of distilled and other drinking waters. The. letter published this morning above. the immature of Mr. Little was particuarly enlightening.
It is to be wondered if Mr. Little appreciated the fact that the great doctor prescribed pure distilled water fond not water previously subjected to intensive chlorination. It fs further interesting to note that this water was prescribed because of its'exce; Htional faculty to dissolve bone tissue of the stones which were forming within the Kidney and " cavising "his Doctors frequently prescribe. treat ments of strychnine or. arsenic. for specific purposes. An. excellent diet for the patient under treatment but hardly advisable for general. purposes regardless of how beneficial. to the ailing patient.
Mr. Little having reached. the honourable age of seventy, Is to be congratulated. To have reached this Jage and to have kept his bone structure in usable condition Mr. Littl" essential to bone tissue through some. medium other than distilled water which is lacking entirely in this 30 essential mineral salt. Many of our local friends who drink distilled water secure their calcium along with Not being a drinking man personally and desiring to keep my bones in tion as possible, looking forward to the time when the old ranch welcomes me homewards, I take my calcium along with my Vichy or Srtesian water.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.