The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-04-12
Shaving the Beard.

neurology and animal chemistry, the more
confident | am that. while We are the least
suspecting il, trifiing errors 10 our daily life
are producing important effects upon our
corporal systems; and | declare it as my de-
leberate conviction that the habit, which may
almost be styled American. Of using the razor
upon the face is sufficient to cause large
proportion Of the laneniablc evils which af-
feet the human race IN this country.
IL appears by experiment that the beard,
If shaved. grows four TO five times faster than
IL unshorn. In this calculation. an item Is
omitted which it II difficult to estimate, !. e..
the stimulus given the beard by the first APP
plication of tile razor in adolescence, the ex.
periments being made upon boards after they
have acquired an unnaturally rapid growth.
The effect Of this early stimulus may be fair
" counted al double tic natural growth then
reckoning the difference in size and weight of
the fibre. which is treble, and We find the
ireightful truth 70 he that We raise thirty
times tho natural quantity Of heard. Thus
Il is evident that the true beard Is exhausted
al very early age. after which the system IS
forced TO supply substitute. Now nature
will not submit with impunity to extraordlna-
ry demands upon her yigor, and that which
requires her to produce in a lifetime thirty
times a. much beard as size was first inclined
10. must certainly be considered as such.
She is fatigucd in proportion to the effort, let
the particular kind be what il may. or let i
Sc as moderate as it may; but though her
recuperative powers are great, she insists up
on having repose. even when working at a
rate chosen by herself. II that repose IS de-
MED he, lie take, her revenge by breaking
down the mechanism. Who then can esti-
mate the revenge she viii take for being COM
PEELED to labor without rest under an uncom-
promising task master.
%. The chemical laboratory Of man fur
ni~hes in just proportion the ingredients re-
anired to deposite in suitable quantity the
bones, skin. hair nails &C.. aid i = oovlous
that superstraining Of those chemical ele-
ments which enter into the composition Of the
beard mus. DEPRIVE Of their just due all The
other tissues which are wholly OF ~ part COM
po,ed Of the same clements Such injustice
4 10 other stru uaures they must inevitably ieei'
and the entire system must suffer from dls-
turbance Of the balance Of power requisite
10 healthy action Of Us various parts.
Sd. The proper calorifcation Of the ooay Is
one Of the most essential conditions oi Us
h at,y action; and the non-conductlng pro-
nerties Of the beard ought to be caution
against trifne with so powerful an agent
more esnecially when one considers its nut
mate connection with the calorihc organs Of
the Drain aud with the respiratory organs
The nonular notion, that, as women are Deard-
less. men may be or not, as they please = ioun'
d,d IN nisapprehension. A man and "o'iian
form one specimen Of the gcnuS homo ana
from a physiological point OF view must oe
considered one and the same. The absence
oe heard in women Is couniervaiei by some
otbor differences il her constitution. winch =
would be needless TO point out even Il We
knew them. It sufiices to know that nature
Is perfect in her work. =, -.
4th. The errors Of the father shall DC VISIT
Cd upon the children unto the third and iour!h
generation; the tree being known by It's iru't;
fra corrupt tree cannot brig ior'n goou
fruit which. simpllfed, is " like begets Ike.
~ ner,on who feels the force Of this law N
Iii its fallness. can expect TO transmit y MS
posterity vigorous pulmonary orsans' u NJ
las done the bet he could to ruin his own
DAUGHTERS and Suns are by nature equai.'y
.heir fathers heirs, and if consumption q the
respiratory organs spares more men 'uan
women. the out-door exercise of men hius'
IN mart account for the difference
The mania which has ever possessed man
for disfguriug himself is astonishing Ng'
.isded with Go1's most perfect handlWork'
different tribes and nations varIoasly unuer-
take 70 beautify il, thus fairly making ,neil.
elves laughing stocks for each other oTt y
! 10 be hoped that the . pioneers oi civli'1a-
ION " will come out from the category Of those
Who tattoo the skin. hatlen the skull, shave
he crown. taper the waist, stint the iees' CIR
cnmseise. and slit their ears and noses.
lis with difficulty that old habits are re-
nouueed even when one is convinced taa'
I;re cam he prolonged and made happier
thereby but il il question for young @en
seriously 10 consider, whether, on staring !. =
III thew will addict themselves to a naOl'
,ybicb ~ once wastes the time, sours the 'su'-
ner Is against nature, and consequently ~ u
raIyes their health and that Of their Offspring
Nature has made her terms with y now ',"a W
nav sr;ov our daily existence and ieng'aen
out our lives; these terms are--to know ~. he'
law. and not infringe ihem.--b0stoH lls1s'
cal and Surgical Journal.