Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-23
For the Burlin gton awk.Eye

Causes OF Cou>umption.-N ,.
Great efleminacy of the constitution, and ronse-
quent tendency to consumption. is often induced
by our treatment Of the surface of the frame. FOO
much clothing greatly inclines to dehiitate the
system. and leadto eifeminacy. Suppose person
should poulice the hand. and let il remain on the
hand some time. On removing the pouitice, the
hand would feel as il It had skin upon it. So
sensible would it be TO the external air. Too much
clothing has the same effect. II greatly effeminates
the system, and makes it so delicate that it cannot
bear the least exposure Whatever. Each success
sivc addition to cur clothing, beyond the point Of
health. instead of destroying the influence Of cold,
makes us more susceptible to its injurious effects,
and infinitely more liable to those diseases that
proceed from change Of temperature. Too much
clothing is exceedingly injurious, it weakens the
system, unssrings the nerves. Oftentimes, the
farmer will be seen in the coldest weather, breast
ing the wind and storm with covering on the
breast but the thin wrapper, and but thinty clad
generally, while he meets the delicate gentry Of the
city, enshrouded in the coat, overcoat and cloaks,
and then shiveIing with the cold, while the man
though thiniy clad is warm and comfortable.
A most frequent cause Of consumption. in those
predisposed to II, will. in 4 multitude Of cases,
cause prcdsposition, is having active out door, in
vgorating employ OyMent, for in door and ehemina.
ting ones. Our cities, our large towns, our manu-
factories, our workshops, our counting houses,
the professions OF law, physic, and divinity, are
nearly all flled by persons who were the children
Of farmers, and their early lives sharing in all
the tolls, the exposure and the invigorating pur.
suits of agriculture, and all its active employ
ments. The consequence is that multitudes. fall
victims 10 consumption. who would not otherwise
have it.. All variation from the laws Of nature.
dehiiitates the system and weakens the lungs, and
inclnes the person TO consumption. All persons
should take some exercise in the open air every
day, also hathe freely in cool or cold water, the
mind should be kept in symmetry, many cases of
consumption produced by the mind becoming
effected, at the death Of friend by consumption,
and hacking cough, night sweets, and hectic fever
soon destroys them. The symmetry Of the person
should be regarded, in standing walking the per-
son should stani erect upright, the arms should
not BE- thrown upon the chest, but the shoulders
should he erect. the lower point Of the shoulder
blade ought to be fiat upon the back. and not he
raised protrudin., medical statistics of New
York show that various classes Of persons en-
gagged in occupations such as tailoring, shocma-
king. stage drivers. and others where the lungs
constantly pressed upon. and in that way contract
ed, most of them die Of con sumption and diseases
OF the chest. Female life is greatly abridged, By
contracting the chest, il we take for example, boy
and girl ut ten years Of they both at school
together, in their sports where strength is required
and also activity IN. hoy does not claim any supc-
rioriy over his sister hut they equal in strength
and activity. The waist in each is equal in size
and thrOughot the formation Of their persons both
are in symmetry.
The boy passes and is continually engaged
more less in active outdoor sports and the rose
still appears on his cheek. but the girl will get
tanned if she roams about in the fields. therefore,
she must remain in the house, she has not now a.
ny appetite, for she has exercise. she is fed
sweet meats, her waist must lie fashionable. She
soon has the heaach the face is pale, the teeth he
gin to disappear by the action Of ro,snns on the
system, she takes cold easy. soon has seated
cough-in few years consumption closes the
scene. DIR d.