Emesis was followed by cries for more water. Becoming
frantic, he would jump from his bed and struggle for the water
bucket; failing in this, he ran to the kitchen and drank
soapsuds, dish-water, and any other liquid he could find. He had
swallowed a mass of mackerel which he had not properly
masticated, a fact proved later by ejection of the whole mass.
There is a case on record a in which there was intolerable thirst
after retiring, lasting for a year. There was apparently no
polydipsia during the daytime.
The amount of water drunk by glass-blowers in a day is almost
incredible. McElroy has made observations in the glass-factories
in his neighborhood, and estimates that in the nine working hours
of each day a glass-blower drinks from 50 to 60 pints of water.
In addition to this many are addicted to the use of beer and
spirits after working hours and at lunch-time. The excreta and
urine never seem to be perceptibly increased. When not working
these men do not drink more than three or four pints of water.
Occasionally a man becomes what is termed "blown-up with water;"
that is, the perspiration ceases, the man becomes utterly
helpless, has to be carried out, and is disabled until the
sweating process is restored by vigorously applied friction.
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