Everything2
Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
Everything2

Oral Rehydration Salts

created by Ground Control

(thing) by Ground Control (3.3 y) (print)   ?   I like it! Sat Aug 19 2000 at 13:48:03

Take a litre of water. Stir in eight teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of salt. Drink.

In the Third World, this stuff is very useful for preventing death by dehydration caused by diarrhea, as in cases of cholera or dysentery. In the industrialized world, it's more often used to prevent hangovers. Gatorade is basically ORS with coloring and flavoring added.


printable version
chaos

How to prevent hangovers Thong clips Diarrhea Dental surgery, or, how I learned to appreciate anesthesia
Brio Chinotto Gatorade Campylobacter Bert is Evil!
Electrolyte imbalance The lethal dose of water Running Heat Stroke
Genki Ibn Khaldun Atkins Diet
Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.
  Epicenter
Login
Password

password reminder
register

Everything2 Help

Cool Staff Picks
What you are reading:
Yezidi
Hinduism
Berne's feminist graffiti
Pinocchio
The Pig War
Immortality blows
If you meet a strange, confident woman, she may well be a witch
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals
Soap making
monopoly
The Joy Luck Fight Club
Nuclear Weapons Do Not Function Without Yellow Tape
Shinkansen Types
New Writeups
Scaevola
Risk in the Roman law of sale(idea)
semicolon
overheard at IHOP(event)
choirotey
Violent pickup lines(idea)
Ouzo
Blue Ovaries, Grrrrrrwl(log)
uncljoedoc
explanation(person)
Noung
One no longer loves one's insight when one communicates it(idea)
AspieDad
Pornology(essay)
nailbiter
Nicole duFresne(person)
Simulacron3
stigmergy(idea)
nakusavi
Yesterday I learned how to kiss(idea)
aneurin
UK Local Elections 2008(event)
Phyrkrakr
Kansas City Royals(thing)
niruena
Amalric of Bena(person)
niruena
Third Crusade(event)
Ariloulaleelay
I am a female android(personal)
Everything 2 is brought to you by the letter C and The Everything Development Company