Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-12

, ing at the same time deprived of their fair
proporion-of blood, become enfeebled, and
afford inadequate nourishment and support
to the rest of the body.
The insensible perspiration, being CON-
Lposed of large quantity of water, which
passes. off in the forin~of vapor and is not
seen, and of various salts and animal mat.
ter, d portion of which remains adlerent to
the skin, the removal Of this residue by
washing becomes an indispensable condi.
ton Of health, the observance Of which,
particularly in early life, when waste and
nutrition are both very active, prevents the
appearance of cutaneous and other diseases
common to infancy. Not only, therefore,
is daily washing, of the body required at
that age, but a frequent change of the cloth
ing is essential and every thing in the shape
of dress ought to be loose and easy, both
to ALLOW. free circulation through the vessels,
and to permit the insensible perspiration TO
have free exit, instead Of being confined
to, and absorbed by the clothes, and held1n
contact with the slim, as often happens, till
it gives rise to irritation -. -
In youth, the skin is still delicate in tex.
ture and the seat, of extensive eyhalation
and. acute sensation, but It is at the same
time more vigorous nsconstitption than it
was in infancy and 1.-THE several animal f,nc.
tons beng now more equally balanced, tits
less susceptible ofsdisorder from external
causes, and can endure with impdnity chan
ges of Temperature which, at.eitheran ear.
lier orzplore advanced age, would have pro.
we'd highly injurious. The activity and
restless energy of youth keep upsa free and
equal circulation even in thesremotest parts
of the body, and this; free circulation in its
turn maintains an equality of temperature
7 in them ail. Cod bathing andtlighter cle.
thing may now be resorted totwith a ration
al alprespect Of advantage; bat aohea, from a
sceaks constitution or unusual susceptibility,
the stin Is not endowed Nth sufficient vitality
to originate the necessary reaction, achich a..
lone renders Mese~aye and proper, ,-achen
they produce an a6idingsense Of chizh;ness,
howerer skghtin degree,-aoe may rest ASST
red that mischief 'eilz inevitably tfol1o,o at
greater or sherter. distance of time. Many
young persons Of both sexes are in the hab.
it of going about in winter and in cold wea.
ther with dress light and airy enough for
a northern summer, and they think it manly
and becoming TO do so; but those who are
not very strongly constituted suffer severe
penalty for thoir folly. The necessary ef.
feet Of deficient circulation and vitality in
the skin is to throw disproportionate mass
Of blood inwards; and when this condition
exists, insufficient clothing perpetuates the
-eri,--zr,sit fIrerIIai diselsc IS generated, and
health irrecoyerably lost. Insufficient clio.
thing not only exposes the wearer to all the
risk of sudden changes of temperature, but
tits still more dangerous because In de.
gree less marked, and therefore less apt TO
excite attention nh the evil be-incurred), in
that form which, while il is warm enough to
guard the body against extreme cold, is in
adequate to preserving the skin at its natural
heat. Many youths, particularly females
and those whose occupations are sedentary,
pass days, and weeks, and months without
ever experiencing the pleasing glow and
warmth of q healthy skin, and are habitual-
l.!y complaining Of chilliness of the surface,
cold feet, and. other symptoms Of deficient
chtaneous circulation. Theirsufering, I'm.
fortunately, does not stop here, for the tine-
| quail distribution of the blood oppresses the
internal organs, and too often. by insensible
degrees, lays the foundation Of tubercles IN
the lungs, and other maladies, which show
themselves only when arrived ct an incura-
bic stage. Young persons of q consnmp-
tive habit viii generally be found to COM
plain of this ncreased&easibiity to cold,
even before they become subject to those
slight catarrhal attacks whichare SO often
the Immediate precursors, or rather the first
stages, of pulmonary consumption. All
who value health, and have common sense
and resolution, win therefore take warning
| at signs like these, and never rest till equh-
brium of action be restored, For this pur-
pose, warm clothing, exercise in the open
air;, sponging with vinegar and waters the
warm bath, regular friction with a flesh.
brush OF hair-gloye, and great cleanliness,
ara excelently adapted. - -. ).
PARENTS DEPARTMENT.s
From the Mothers Magazine.