Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-09-01

situations, to prefer woolen and cotton to lin
en- cloIhes in the summer and autumnal months.
The most sickly parts of the island Of Jamaica
have been rendered more healthy, since the in
habitants have adopted the use of woolen and
cotton garments instead oflineD.
During the late war, knew many officers
both in the British and American armies
who escaped feyers in the most sickly places,
by wearing wooden shirts, or waistcoats con-
stantly next to their skins. l have heard the
present diminuton of the human body in
strength and size, compared with it's ancient
vigor and form, ascribed in part to the introduc-
tion of linen garments. l am not disposed to
controvert this opinion, but am sure of the
efficacy of woolen clothes in wet and cold eli
mates in preventing feyers Of all kinds. Tie
Parliament of Great Britain compels every bo-
dy that dies within the island TO be buried IN a
woolen shirt or winding sheet. The law would
be much wiser if it compelled every body to
wear woolen garments next to their skins du-
ring life, and linen after death. .7-l
s. The diet in the sickly months should be
generous. Wine and beer should be drinks of
this season, instead of spirits and water. do
not think that fruits and vegetables of any kind
produce tevers, but as the season Of the year
produces nguor and Weakness "a larger quanti-
ty of animal food than usual, is best calculated
to oppose them.f Sailed meat for this senson
is preferable to fresh meat. Food of all kinds
eaten during The sickly months should be well
seasoned. iia -'N'' " f-'At@ eHh 3i'.'a -
4. The evening air should be avoided as
much as possible. There are at present few
places in Pennsylvania where it is safe to sleep,
or even sit, after the going down of the sun, in
the sickly months, with the windows OPEN
The morning air before the sun rises, should
not be breathed, until the body has been fortif-
ed with little solid aiiment, or a draught of
blters. These bitters should be made ofcen-
taury, wormwood, camomile, or the bark of
the willow or dogwood trees, Infused in wa
ter. Bitters made with spirits, or even wine,
cannot be taken in sufficient quantity to do
service, without producing intoxication, or the
deadly habit Of loving and drinking spirituous
liquors.
S. Too much cannot be said in favor of clean
liness, as a means of preventing fevers. The
body should be bathed or washed fiequent-
ly. 1t has been proved that in the highlands of
Jamaica, adding salt to water renders it more
powerful in preventing diseases when applied
to the body. Equal pains should be taken to
promote cleanliness in every species of appa-
rel. Offal matters, especially those which are
of vegetable nature, should be removed from
the neighborhood Of dwelling house. The
dung Of domestic animals during its progress
towards manure may be excepted from this di-
rection. Nature, which made man and these an
lmals equally necessary to each others subsis-
tence, has kindly prevented any inconvenience
from their living together. On the contrary,
to repay the husbandmaE for afording shelter
to these useful and help pless animals, nature has
done more. She has endowed their dung with
a power of destroying the effects of marsh ex-
and of preventing fevers. The mis-
erable cottagers in Europe who live under the
same roof, Sin some instances in the same room
with their cattle, are always healthy. In Phil
adelphia, fevers are less known in the neigh
borhood of livery stables, than in any other
part of the city. Icould mention a family that
has lived near thirty years near a livery stable
in q sickly part Of the city, that has never
known fever but from the measles or small
pox. .19 g ~ .s pap