The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-02-07
Iaricultur al
and Cold Catching.

Colds and coughs, catarrhs and groups,
stiff muscles and neuralgia jaws, aching
teeth and rheumatic twinges, with frequent
infiammations and occasional fevers, are
among the calamities unlocked for IN cold
frosty weather" Indeek, the 'dreary VIII
ter" season, as one fourth oil the year -
most unjustly termed, is, to many niiiiIs'
suggestive Of frozen toes ana so!t "OseS'
with n long catalogue of intermediate hiaia-
dies among which are iniiuenZaS, r"euti
MAS. contracting rheums, ana bronchial
difficulties.
And sorne doctors, as wei as many poo
ple. are too apt to suppose that the rre'eh-
ton for all these Ills aud ain'gs Is to be found
wholly in the quantity Of clothing We sur
round ourselves with.
The Boston Ksjicll Journal, III late
number, on the Hygiene of Dress, makes
some judicious observations on the errors OF
sudden and improper exposures, and advi-
ses thick shoes, heavy cloth, abundant iurs,
and plenty Of garments, as the ranicea III
TIE matter Of keeping the animal teinpera-
ture above the co!d-ca,ching point.
But there is q physiological limit to dress
as well as to every other hygisnic agent or
appliance. ''Bundliug up is all very well
and yery necessary to a certain extent; yet
excess Of clothing is an evil. and Is really
one of the most frequent causes OF feeble,
sensitive and rnorbidly susceptible skin, and
CONSEQUENT suffering from exposures to sud
den or great alt rations of temperature
of equal importance with the amount OF
our clothing are the quality Of our blood and
The state of its circulation. The skin is tic
great REGULATOR o. animal heat, ald one OF
the principal organs of blood publication.
Hence if we oyer-c!oths the body, we GER
tainIy lessen its power of self-ps election,
and, in the end, induce the very evils It IS
the object Of clothing to prevent.
Instead Of ''piling Oh" all the clothing we
can endure, a much better rule Is, to dress
Just as lightly as we can without actual dis
comfort.
"The life-principIc Within" as has been
well expIained in the Hater- CuFe Journal,
sis our main protection agains; the elements
without" And to have the very best pro-
lection under all circumstances Of heat and
cold, or of their evcr-varying vicISsltades,
we must keep the vitality in free and 'Iso-
rous play.
The mos. prevalent error in dress Is too
little about the feet and too mitch about he
neck and chest Since heavy ugcherchicis
have been in fashion, throat ais and qJin-
sys have multiplied correspondlngiy. We
have known many persons entirely cured o!
a tendency to frequent attacks oil gdinSE,
by merely washing the neck each Ilorn!I.:
in cold water, and substituting light ribbon
around the shirt-cOI'ar, for the rcpudIaici
heavy stock or thick cravat-
4 morning bath or aElutiCn with tcPid.
cool, or cold water, according To the rcactiVe
eaergies of tie supcriicia! circulation, VII 80
invigorate the whole surface, Is To enaO!e -
to dispense with much clothing otAer". -
necessary, while it wonderful ~ '!iinin;sii-s
our liability to tIse cold, or 10 suiivT serious
consequences IT, any way, iFOm IEc!-HsEc'e:
Of the weather.
Another important consideration i5E those
who are not wiling 10 freeze 1" dsath con
tinuaily- in old weather. Is tie MATER 0!
bodily positions. We should never aI.o"
the assailing blast to take US 1t a cinad'hEt-
age. Man was made 10 walk upright al 81.
seasons Of the year ana IN AL states oi WING
and weather.
But the great majority Of our OTeTIucn
bundled up" people have a way OF draw
ing their ;,onderOus suawls aud massive
overcoats SO tightly about tie neck that,
when walking, they do not more than hal
breathe. And In addition IL t.si-, instead
Of bravcly facing and fairly cOUqurrinS tnc
fierce winds, by rapid step, az erect = =
ture, and n broad expanded chest, they
throw the head forward, crook over t:.e
trunk, and draw in tile shoulders and thG@
by inn etiing respiration aud oLStrartInt CIR
eu.a,ion, they prevent due distribution 81
well-vitalized blood from performing rs nat
ural Office OF keeping ~ permanent sup
ply OF animal heat ,
Keep tine fee: warm, the hoad cool, the
body evenly yet moderute'y c.ai, t'e SAN
well bathed, aud SccIs.om yourself to 80
tive outdoor exercise, VIZ ''!I-a! erect, ana
face up-turned TO .Iyaycn," AID colds WILL
never produce ia you any very dangerous
sposi,ion<.-L.ge illustrated