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March 14, 1872
Marshall County Republican
Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana
What is this article about?
An English physician challenges the long-held view favoring soft water, arguing hard water is superior based on healthier populations and lower death rates in England's hard water areas.
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Hard Water vs. Soft Water.
Every now and then a scientific opinion, upon which the world has long acted, is attacked by somebody who undertakes to show that it is not scientific at all. An English physician now declares that hard water is better than soft, in proof of which he adduces the fact that the best specimens of the English race are to be found in hard water districts, and shows that the general death rate in England is lowest where the water is hardest, and highest where it is softest.
Every now and then a scientific opinion, upon which the world has long acted, is attacked by somebody who undertakes to show that it is not scientific at all. An English physician now declares that hard water is better than soft, in proof of which he adduces the fact that the best specimens of the English race are to be found in hard water districts, and shows that the general death rate in England is lowest where the water is hardest, and highest where it is softest.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Hard Water
Soft Water
Death Rate
Scientific Opinion
English Districts
What entities or persons were involved?
English Physician
Where did it happen?
England
Story Details
Key Persons
English Physician
Location
England
Story Details
An English physician declares hard water better than soft, citing best English specimens in hard water districts and lowest death rates where water is hardest.