Read the "Spirit Catches You" selection from Fadiman and write a brief piece on your thoughts about this case. Where do you think people could have done better? Where do you think people did their best and it's just a tragic situation? Where do you think different policies need to be adopted?

fluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and behavior, such that the concentrations of electrolytes (salts in solution) in the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges. the core principle of fluid balance is that the amount of water lost from the body must equal the amount of water taken in.

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