No Thirst...Was Sir Robert Anderson Dehydrated In 1888 ?

[Howard Brown]

Anderson boasting again.....

http://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/robert-anderson-gives-up-drink

Richard Jones poses the question concerning Anderson possibly being dehydrated during the AOT.

[Christer Holmgren]

Anderson boasting again.....

http://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/...gives-up-drink

Wow, Howard - that is very interesting. A picture emerges of a very mind over matter man. One has to ask oneself where he got all this rubbish from. Maybe he heard voices...?

[Sam Flynn]

One has to ask oneself where he got all this rubbish from. Maybe he heard voices...?

Well, he was a bit of a religious nut, which is always a danger sign if you ask me.

[CGP]

That's interesting, but I think Richard Jones - in thinking Anderson was claiming to have drunk only a tumbler of water a day for over 25 years - may have misunderstood. Surely Anderson meant he had emulated the old general who drank only at meals and out of a wine glass. But after taking exercise on hot days, Anderson allowed himself a tumbler at dinner (instead of only a wine glass).

[Christer Holmgren]

Well, he was a bit of a religious nut, which is always a danger sign if you ask me.

Regardless of what kind of nut you are, it is a danger sign, methinks.

[Sam Flynn]

Regardless of what kind of nut you are, it is a danger sign, methinks.

Religious nuts arguably have a head start over others, in that they already believe/espouse some pretty wacky ideas. Not all nuts are quite as credulous.

[Christer Holmgren]

Religious nuts arguably have a head start over others, in that they already believe/espouse some pretty wacky ideas. Not all nuts are quite as credulous.

God knows you may have a point there, Gareth...

[Robert Linford]

The human body needs a certain amount of water to function at all.

[Christer Holmgren]

The human body needs a certain amount of water to function at all.

Yep - between two and three litres of it, on a daily basis. That´s how much water that dehydrates out of us every day (like when you let off some steam, Robert).
We only get thirsty when the body has suffered a degree of dehydration that reaches a level of between 0,8 to 2 per cent of the body weight.

So Anderson was not being very clever.

[Debra Arif]

That's interesting, but I think Richard Jones - in thinking Anderson was claiming to have drunk only a tumbler of water a day for over 25 years - may have misunderstood. Surely Anderson meant he had emulated the old general who drank only at meals and out of a wine glass. But after taking exercise on hot days, Anderson allowed himself a tumbler at dinner (instead of only a wine glass).

I agree, Chris. That is how it reads to me too.
That would the equivalent of 3 or 4 wineglasses of water per day or a tumbler in place of a wineglass full if he'd exerted himself. That's about a litre, surely? Certain foods also contain a high amount of water.

[Debra Arif]

I agree, Chris. That is how it reads to me too.
That would the equivalent of 3 or 4 wineglasses of water per day or a tumbler in place of a wineglass full if he'd exerted himself. That's about a litre, surely? Certain foods also contain a high amount of water.

Probably closer to 2 litres if the wineglasses were full to the top.

I remember my mum telling me not to guzzle down so much water as it wasn't good for me in the heatwave of 1977!

[Christer Holmgren]

Probably closer to 2 litres if the wineglasses were full to the top.

I eat at all the wrong restaurants, apparently...

[Debra Arif]

I eat at all the wrong restaurants, apparently...

In total, Christer-not per glass!

[Christer Holmgren]

In total, Christer-not per glass!

I actually gathered that, Debra - nevertheless, you will struggle to find half-litre wineglasses in any restaurant in my neck of the woods! That, however, counts for nothing if the ordinary Victorian wine glass WAS that large.

I still find Anderson a curious figure: drinking CAN be a vice - but drinking water...?

[Robert Linford]

How much does a tea cup hold?