Its million little mouths are closed, because they are clogged by the impurities of the system, or for want of air. A slight exposure produces serious diseases. Great care should be exercised not to sit in a draught or in a cold room when weary or when in a perspiration. For fear of taking cold they persist from year to year in . . . The skin becomes debilitated, and more sensitive to any change in the atmosphere.
Additional clothing is put on, and the heat of the room increased.
If you add clothing,let it be but little, and exercise, if possible, to regain the heat you need. You have worn too great an amount of clothing, and have debilitated the skin by so doing. The unnatural heat caused by artificial hair and pads about the head, induces the blood to the brain, producing congestion, and causing the natural hair to fall off. With many the poor, tired stomach may complain of weariness in vain. More food is forced upon it, which sets the digestive organs in motion, again to perform the same round of labor. . . .