On Tue, 18 May 2004 17:43:17 +0100, "John Harper"
wrote:

You missed one. Actually if you drink enough to cause kidney
failure it will probably get you by destroying your brain. I
forget the medical term for this, but if the blood is dilute
enough, the brain takes water from it by osmosis and swells.
This isn't just theoretical, there was a very high profile case
a few years ago in the UK where a girl on ecstasy drank
about five litres of water in an hour and died in exactly this
way. (Apparently E causes (a) strong thirst and (b)
compulsive behavior).

John


Yeap. There was a case here (in the US) of a person dying because the
surgical machine they were hooked to was mis operated. Resulting in a
HUGE amount of water being put in their body.