FIT TO DRINK
MAKING SEA WATER PALATAB TERRORS OF THE SHIPWRECKED One of the greatest terrors of being shipwrecked—having water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink—is on the way to being overcome by naval research. Dr. A. C. Ivy, of North-western University, Director of Research at the Navy’s new Medical Research Institute at Bethesda, Md., said on February 3 that studies there on the problem of makin gsalt water fit to drink by persons cast adrift in the open
sea had progressed to such a point that “I think it’s hopeful—absolutely.”
“I think we’ll be able to do it—we’re pretty sure of it,” he continued, adding that he believed more research is being done on the problem at Bethesda than anywhere else in the world, and that human volunteers were aiding the studies by going without water for days at a time.
While he said he could not disclose details of the methods under study, Dr. Ivy said 10 different processes were being tested —either mechanical, chemical, electrical or heat-em-ploying.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3272, 4 June 1943, Page 3
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172FIT TO DRINK Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3272, 4 June 1943, Page 3
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