The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-07
ETY., GEoRGR G. BEckwIrH,
Corresponding Secretary
BosToN, August, 1853. M
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L is the prevailing fashion, especially in II
cities, for men to dispense with suspenders, "
aud support their pantaloons by having them {
made to button tightly around the person, t
above the hips Jt f Ii
1t is our settled conviction, that this
practice is decidedly detrimental to health.
Much has been justly said against tight lacing,
as applied 10 females; and of suspending
heavy skirts to the hips, by fastening them
tightly around the waist or loins, where there
are no ribs or other bony framework to re-
s!st the compressive power
We admit that half dozen skirts weigh
ing many pounds are worse for the constitu-
tion OF the wearer than the drawers and
pantaloons as worn by the men, but worse
only because the quantity is greater, and the
pressure necessary to sustain them is more.
The principle is the same. Females should ,
suspend their skirts mainly by the shoulders.
The hips Of boys and men are constitu-
tionally narrower than these of the female;
and therefore the clothing thus worn requires
TO be tighter, to prevent slipping down.
Around the waist and hips, the very place
where freedom Of action and expansion should,
of all the other parts of the trunk, be enjoy
ed, there is tightness, compression, and
destructive lack of freedom.
| We plant ourselves on this point, and claim
that our position cannot be disturbed, viz:
the animal economy, from head to foot should
never be dressed in such manner as in the
least degree to cramp the freedom of any ac-
tion of the body or limbs. Let this be the
rule with all, and one-half of our doctors
might be spared to cultivate the soil.
The above is from the "New York Phre-
nological Journal" and contains no small a.
mount of sound sense and solid truth A case
within our own knowledge, of inflammation Of
the bowels, which resulted in the death of a
young man, 90 years of age, was caused, we
believe, by the too tigh, betting of his panta-
looms around his waist Light elastic sus-
penders are more comfortable than tight lac
ing the waist.-Scieatifc American.
o.
1t was with some incredibly that we read
the notice of the protracted sleep of Cornelius
Vroman, Of Western New York; but al
, doubts of the reality OF the slumber have
been dispelled by sight of Mr.. Vroman, who
is now in this village.
Vroman was born in Scohaire county, New
York, in 1916. He was farm aborer, re.
, markabIe for strength. ssteadiness, and en-.
durance, always commanding higher wages
, than the ordinary workmen. There wa:
nothing particular about his general habits
other than his preference for light food il
, small quantities to the hearty fare of the
! farmer. In 1913, in Genesee county, deer
sleep fell upon him without premon;ton, anc
he has slumbered ever since, with very bre
and rare waking moments, not amounting in
all to three days. The longest waking ,riod
/ he has had was sixteen hours, and this was
brought about by medical treatment; bu,
stimulants and forced exercise in the open air
, and all other resorts failed in this, as at other
, awakings, in preventing the speedy return tc
!, stupor.
Vroman is now a mere skeleton, though
, his face is not much emaciated. He breathe.
n deeply and freely, perspires copiously, ant
. seems in natural and ordinary slumber. He
lies invariably on his left side, his limbs bent
this being plainly the easiest posture. His
. muscles are rigid, so much so that he main
tans any attitude in which he is put, and he
ton. His jaws are set, and his teeth are
:, pried open daily to feed him on milk, quar-
n OF which day, with a little bread crumbled
!, in it, is his principal food. He has not eater
meat or vegetables since his seizure, unless
. it be in his few waking hours, when his frs
n call always is for something to eat" Hi.
natural excavations are at intervals of about
i twenty days only, the skin apparently doing
4 much more than its healthful office.
or the antecedents of this case we are in
J.. formed that Vroman is of healthful parentage
= that his life has been laborious and free from
| rcxcesses of any kind.
a Most of the medical skill of Western New
n York has been called into action in this case
but with hardly perceptible effect. 1t is pro
nounced partial pressure on the brain, will
4 a general rigdty of muscle, the teeth bein!
fixed as in lockaw.-Uister (N. W Repub
4 lican, Aug. II.