The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-10-04
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HEALTH MAXIMS.

80 N'o.>''i'' ueo'Sheu " prevent cough,
quincy, consumption, rheumatism. scia.
tica, lumbago, common headache, tooth.
ocile, enrache, sore eyes, and sore throat.
BY Benjamin RelL 49, ssss5
L. Artificial clothing, made of the us,
ual materials, is of no salu,ary advantage
10 mankind, SO fur as heat is concerned,
in any atmosphere, the temperature Of
which is above that of rs deg. Fahren.
het. Although clothes, when properly
applied, are productive Of no disease, vel,
ns people never take cold while they are
naked, when every part Of the body IS
exposed 10 the same temperature, clothing
must be regarded US the cause of suchFdis.
eases ns arise from their use. t''i'
2. Clothing, being slow conductor of
heat, causes the sensation of warmth
when applied 10 tho skin, by retarding the
passage of caloric (the cause of iiea,)
from the surface Of the body outwards.
Dry air is also very slow conductor, and
will more especially act as clothing while
it is kept ut rest by any means, MS it is
when diffuscd amongs, down or waddinp.
or between layers Of, fabric. -,
8. Air set in motion conducts the hea,
from The skin fas,er than air remaining at
rest. sts 1 s
4. Wet clothing is quicker conductor
of heat than that which is dry.a Moist
air conducts faster than dry.
S. The diseases spoken Of are caused
by the application Of heat or warmth to a
greater part ofthe surface Of the BODY,
whilst a smaller part is left exposed to q
colder Temperatures; the ensuing; disease
arising solely from the inequality Of the
application. 'ifas ( +.
g. Any part Of the surface Of the body
can be Injured 10 bear, with diminished
risk, q temperature different from what the
other parts, for the time being, are expo.
sed 10. But some narts are moro in,rac
table in educating or inuring than others;
the Uranium especially, which nature
seems TO have designed 10 be kept warm.
er than the rest OF tho body, by cloihing
ii herself. Such part ofthe body Us has
been educated with a thicker covering
than the rest, il is more dangerous to un.
cover. M
7,BA cold dtaken in diseased part is
far more dangerous than one taken in
healthy part.
8. No person will take cold by expo.
sure 10 any sudden alteration in the tenn.
perature OF the atmosphere, however great
or small, provided The principles contained
IN the foregoing maxims be followed. A
person may, in general, consider himself
safe, if he feels the attack (not moderately
iof either heat or cold, on erery part of his
body alike, hoUeper sudden.
A common cough is usually the result
of clothing the person very warm, all ex.
cepting the head, for which reason one is
usually safer without surtout than with
one.
To bring on hip complaint, or rhen.
matsm in the back, dress warm, diet full,
with little pepper, alcohol, and other sti.
null. Whilst under the effects Of this
treatment, and in a free perspiration, re.
move a certain part of the dress, and gsit
on cold stool. The dysentery, also, no
doubt, is often continued in this way. st5sS.
Pleurisy, or the lung fever, may be in.
duced by admitting current oficold air
at the moisture ofthe armpits, while the
mass of the body is kept dry and warm.
See maxim 8.
1t is very difficult to escape d cold in
November, unless, during hoursof repose,
a nightcnp be jworn, the thicknessof which
bears some proportion 10 they increased
thickness ofthe bed cloths. Many Of our
worst coughs, agucs, tooth ache, &c. are
thus taken during sleep. 'Fhe most ofthe
above masims were adopted by me, more
than forty years ago; since then have
had abundant evidence that, had i been
careful at all times 10 follow them as strict.
ly as believed them. | should havo escap.