The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-23
THE HEALTH OF AMERICAN WOMEN


THE HEAL tn OF AMERICAN woMtN
There IA no sub,ect .,o,s ts,t Al IA w,;,,s,
about. vet none. We will s.otnr. a ,.v a.
which less attention ia puid. prsctIc.liy. IN
pyoportion to ia mead Of nttert,on. ,h.r m,
Of health. Foreigner. coptinue 10 pa.. ,hsir
observations on the ftapi,e sppearancs or
women IN This country: All can zee how rap,d.
ly'tRsy grow old, and how precariou. ana
dsliests i the health OF most Of tb.m, shsv
talk the ms,,er over almost everv dav. and
vet they live. both in the citv and the eouutr,
In the dailv violation or thosa ,ule. vb,cb
can never be transpre,sed without = PENALTY:
nay, their habits Of life, from infancy 10 old
aee. make war upon notore. eonsIcs With.
pprvert and dIstort her incessant efforts 10
effect kindly mitigation, Or removal OF avn.
and finally weary her out, and bring nbout. in
most cases, premature decay and dissolution.
To Commence at the commence ement,--jn
most children Of both sexes, the constitution
IL undermined and enfeebIeds st an early
period, by the want Of proper spsesc6IAf De-
vcEopment 10 infancyand childhood. n moth.
en- were bent on having their offspring grow
up sicky, deformed and imbecile, they could
not adopt surer method Of effect:ng sucI. an
object than the prevalent mode of training
Poor innoconts! Herod is, indeed, out.
Hefoded in the treatment they have to suffer.
That tyrnnt only sent them to heaven by
short and easy death; their loving nurses, from
their birth, exclude the air and light, and BY
a system Of slow torture prepare them to
drug out life ns q heavy burden. Their earnest
craving for the mir and sunshine is disregard.
I'd, their supplications md artless plsadinps,
even with streaming tears, for what nature
made essential to their vigorous growth. ara
stifled, and the wniing victims are condemn.
ed to imprisonm rendered more intolera.
BILE by occasional relief of an hour out OF
doors on O pleasant duy, whenever Susan can
find time to draw the carriage. They become
delicate and fretfu under this deprivation
and then medicines are administered and IN,
infant is guarded more sedulously than eyel
from the healthy stimulous IL needs 40 sore
". In time an unnatural condition of IN.
system is superinduced; till at last the it'll,
one actually shrinks from, or is injured by
the atmosphere outside the door. Habitua
confinement induces morbid susceptible,
to cold; and thus in the first stage of life In,
| gerus of mortal disease ara en0opdevad n
nm enfeebled habit is acquired, which NAV o
may not be overcome BY a more judiciou
system 10 after years. Probably In half tn
number of cases, the infant constitution sue
cumbs, and the bsreaved mother mourns owe
the "mysterious dspcnsation of Providence,
Of which her mistaken fondness has been tn
! unconscious instrument. .s--.. ----. --''
!. 1t is really surprising to see how often th,
suggestions of common sense in this matte
nre put aside, and that too, against the die
tates Of Judgment. Pure mir and exercise, 1
IL proverbial, are Indispensable necessities
ooth ior ch''dren ana grown persons; and nc
contr'Vahce or deV'ce can produce substitute
Tor the'r needed s'imulous. Nothing car
compensate Tor the want OF this lnvigorntlnG
process OF ha'ure-lhe tonic ihruence OF pure
a'r' .he Joyous suhshihe' ana perpetual varle'
" OF s'gh.s ana SOUNDS; yet even those who
acknowledge al' ms ADOPT the prison system
rs genera ru'e' ch'eny from considerations
OF convenience. Inc chlldren should be