The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-08-15
CHECKED persn!ralien.

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Checked p+rspiration is the fruitful cause of
. sickness. disease and death TO ninlttudes every
year. Heat is constantly generated within the
human body, by the chemical disorganlzation,
the combustion, OF the food we eat. There are
seven millions OF tubes or pores Oh the surface
OF the body, wi1ch in health are constantly open,
conveying from the system bY what IS called m
sensible perspiraion, this internal heat, which,
having answered lis purpose, is passed of ike
the Jets If steam which are thrown from the
cape pipes 10 puIis Of any ordinary steam en-
glne but this nSpnsiolr prrspirat!un carries
with II, in dissolved form, very much OF the
waste matter Of the system, 10 the extent Of q
pound or two or more every twcnty-four bours.
! ii must br apparent, then, that If the pores of
the skin are closed, If the multitude OF valves
which are placed over the whole surface Of the
human BODY are shut down. two things take
! place. First the internal heat is prevented
( from passing off, it accumulates every moment,
| the person expresses himself as burning up, and
then large dfaughts of wafer are sWallo"e ed 10
| qneDCh the internal frr-this We call s.feUer."
/ When the warm steam is constantly escaping
from The body in health, il keeps the skin moist,
aud there is a soft, pleasant feel aud warmth a.
/ bout it. But when the pores are closed, the
shin feels barsh aud hot and dry.
But another result follows the closing of the
/ pores Of the skin, and more Immediately danger
Gus; a main outlet for the waste OF the body IS
closed It re-minglpS with the blood, which, in
few hours. becomes impure, and begins TO
generate diseasr in every fibre Of The system
the whole machinery of the man becomes at
once disordered, and he expresses himself as
'GeeliDg miserable" The terrible effects of
checked persPiration of dog, who sweais only
BY his tongue, is evinced BY his becoming
''nad," The wafer runs in streams from dogs
mouth in summer, If exercising freely. fit
| ceases TO run, that is hydrophobie- II has been
asserted by French physician, that if person
suffering under hydrophobia, can only be made
/ 10 perSpirp freely. he is cured at once. Il is
! familiar 10 the comronest observer, that in all
ordinary forms OF disease, the patient begins 10
get better the moment be begins to perspire,
/ simply because the Internal heat is passing of,
and thereiS an outlet for the waste OF the syS-
TEN. Thus il is that one Of the most important
means for curing all sickness, is bodily cleanli
ness, which is simply relieving the mouths of
these little pores. of that gum and dust and oil
which clogs them up. Thus it is also, that per-
sonal cleanliness is one Of the main elements Of
+! health-thus it is that filth and disease habtu-
ate together the world over.
! There are Two kinds of perspiration, sensible
and jnscaSiJ}e. When we see drops of water
on the surface Of the body as the result Of eX
erciSe su5sideuce Of fever, that is tSensbe per-
spiration," perspiration recognized by the sense
/ of sight. But when perspiration is 50 gentle
/ that it cannot be detected in the shape of water
| drops, when no moisture is felt, when it is
( known TO Us only bv certain Sohaess Of the
/ skin, that IS nSenSible pefSpiTation, and is SO
gentle that it may be checked to very consid-
/ cradle extent without special injury. Bot TO
use popular language, which cannot be miS;a-
ken, when man is sweating freely, and ii is
suddenly checked, and the sweat is not brought
/ out again in a very few moments, sudden and
/ painful sickness is very certain result, What
then checks perspiration A draft Of air, while
we are at rest. after exercise, or getting our
clothes wet and remaining at rest while it Is SO.
/ Getting out of a warm bed and going TO an open
( door or window, has been the death Of multi
| iudrs,
4 lady heard the cry Of fire at mindight.-
I II was bitter cold it was SO near. the flames
/ Illuminated her chamber. She left the bed,
hoisted the window, and the cold wind chilled
her in moment From that hour until her
death, quarter ofa century later, she never
4 saw we'll day.
/ A Young lady wrnt to an open window in
her night-clothes 10 look at something in the
street. leaning her unprotected arms on the
stone window sill, which was damp and cold.
She became an invalid, and will remain so for
! life.
The great practical lesson which we wish to
/ impress upon the mind Of the reader, is this -
! When YOU are perspring freely, keep in mo-
/ ton until you get TO a good fire, or 10 some
/ place where YOU are perfectly sheltered from
any draft Of air whatever. --Haii's Journal Of
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