New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-28

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pi,v il enlisted for the tender GERM tnosnberes
brought forth and caressed in sIoothere otbs wide
which thew can only breathe WITH t ne 70
omen and nurtured with too mnch = 20 sborten
,Psnt tbo;r &c ntractpg habit which If 10 shoIo
their DAYS with the Group IN INFANCY - 70 cnrva
brains TO idiocy lunacy, ana 'neH 80 ODD the
tures--or In manhood their eieep W "a = ~. ,,o
,ilrtrora and their lungs ana their hVes 10 pte'uA
tuie decay. - -. ,. :; b.
The rationale of Mr.. Catlin's discovery Is 10
be foupd in certain physiological principles, OF
which we have the following exposition:
The mouth of man. as well az that of the brutes,
,vas made for the reception and mastlcatlon oil food
for their stomach, and other purposes Out tne host
with their delicate and brous iings Tor puriylog ana
warming tie air IN its passage, have been mIsetously
constructed and designed TO stand guard over the lungs
to measure the air and equaze draughts, during
tie hours Of TePose.
The atmosphere is nowhere pure enough for mans
breathing until il has passed this mysterious rehhmg
process; and therefore the imprudence ana DAM Oh
admitting il in an unnatural way, IN double Quantities,
upon The lungy and charged with the surrounding eli-
deuic or Contagious infections OF the moment.
The impurities of the air which are arrested by the
intricate organizations ana mucIs ~ the nose arc
thrown out again from its interior barriers by tue re-
turning breath and the iingling eNcremens OF the
lew which pass them cause the muscular nvoilllons OF
sneczing by which they are violently and successfully
resisted.
erent from the water in ordinary Cisteri or frog
pond The arrestng and purifying process OF the nose
up0n the atmosphere With its poisonous ingredients
passing. throrgh IT, though less IercepGle. Is not less
distinct nor less important than that OF the mouth
which stops cherrystones and hshbones from entering
The stomach.
This intricate organization in the structure Of man.
unaccountabe as il is seems III measure Invested Oh
mystery when we find the same phenomena land
Others perhaps even more surpridDgl IN the physiVH
conformation of the lower order OF aulmaIs; huu We
are again more astOnlsbed when we see the mysterious
Of that organ instinclyey and lns'ah'he
olv rrarapo tie g0es as we'll az arresting and re-
ieciin0 the material impurities of the atmosphere.
Ills unaceountable phenomenon 10 seen ~ many
cases. We see tie fish, surrounded win water, Dree
ing the air uuon which il exists. IL If Known laet
ft9t man can inbale through bis nOse, for certain
time 9sphfjc ar in the bottom OF well, vi hOut
harm; but If he opens hs mouth to que lo,
or calls Tor help, in that position his Inhss ie Iotu
and he extires Most animals arc able to lnhAle the
same for a considerable tine without destruction OF
life and no doubt solely from the fact that tneir re-
sprou is through the nOsIIis, IN which The POISONOUS
effiuyia ore arrested.
which can be inhaled by tie without harm, but
taken through the mouth destroy HE Ald go win
poisonous reptiles and posonous animals: lhe man
who kllls the raleuake orthe copperbead, and sands
alone over it. keeps his mouth SHUT and receives DO
harm: but il he has companions with him, with whom
ne is conversng the carses OF these reptiles, he
inhaes the poisonous einuva through TIE mOHth ana
sues.
Iniinitessmal insects also, not visible TO the naked
eve are inEabitDg every drop oi water we drink ana
every breath Of air we breathe; and minute particles
Of vegetable substances as well as OF POISONOUS nine
rails and even glass aud sick, which float imper.
certbly in the air are discovered coating the resat-
ory organs man; and the class OF birds which catch
O. cir food in the air with open mouths as they ny re.
eevc these things in quantities. even in the hollow OF
their bones where they carried and logged by the
currents OF arr and detected by microscopic invesiga-
ton.
and to the eye Mature has prepared The guard by the
mucous and organic arrangements aeulaed to arrest
their progress. Were IL Lot for the hquld IN the eye,
arIesting neutralng, and carrying out the particles
OF dust communicated through the atmosphere, man
would soon become blind ard but for the mucns IN
his nosrils absorbing and carrying oil the pofonous
particles and euva for the protection oil the lungs ana
the brain, mental arrangement, consumption VI the
lurgs, and death would ensue.
How easy and how reasonable is il 10 suppose then,
that the inhalation things the lungs through
the expanded mouth and throat may be OF con-
sumption and other fatal diseases attaching TO the re-
spiTaory organs and how fair suppOsilion also that
tie deaths from the dreadful Epidelncs, such CAo
lera, Yellow Fever and other pestences, caused
bg tho inhalation of aimacules In the infected dis
tct and that the victims 10 those diseases those
portions Of society who inhae the greatest quantities
Of those poisonous insects to the lungs and to the
stomach.
Ia man waking hours, when his limbs, and mus
Cles and bis mind all in action there may be but
little harm in inhaling through the mouth, Ii he be IN
a healthy atmospheric and at moments OF violent
action and excitement IL may be necessary Bot when
be lies down at night 70 rest from the atignes OF the
day. and Yields has system aud all nus energies TO the
reOse OF sleep; and his yOilOn and all his powers OF
resistance are giving way 10 its quoting influence, if
he gradually opens his mouth 20 the widest strain, he
ett the enemy III that chs his iungs-that racks his
brain--tha paralyzes his stomach-that give hin the
nightmare-bIings him Imps and t3iries that dance
beoe hun during the night; and during tie folloeing
day Observation-Disclosures rheumatism-dy dyspepsia,
and the govt.
That man knows not the pleasure Of sleep; be ises
in the morning more fa gued than wien lie retired 10
rest-takes pills and remedies dunno the day, and
renews his disease every night. guilty conscience
is even oct guaranty for peaceful rest than such
treatment OF the lungs during the hours OF tlecp.
Distinctive irritation OF the nervous system and m
fammation OF the lungs, with their consequence
the immediate results of this unnatural haUt; and iis
continued and more remote effects, consumption OF the
Inn % and death.
He also fortifes his general statements by a
reference to his own personal experience, which
forms rather q curious bit Of autobiography
though it fails Of the demonstrativc force which
he claims for it.
Az the are of "a years afer devoting myself 10 the
div and tedious sudof the law three Years and to
te practice Of il Tor three years more, and alter that
10 the still more fauguDg aud cCninlng practice OF
miniature and porrait painting for eight year) pene
tIated the vast wilderness with my canvas aud brushes
for be purpose which has already been explained and
in the prosecution OF which design, have devoted
most OF the subsequent part Of my lie.
at that period was exceedingly feeble, which at
trbu cd to the seden,ay HABITS VI my occupation, but
which many OF my friends aud my physician believed
to be the result Of dPease OF the lgHgs had however
no aPpTchcnsiOns that danpened In the least, tie
aIdouF and confidence with which entered upon my
new ambition, whch pursued with enthusiasm and
unaoyed satisfaction until my researches tOarh Vt
INTO eohudos so remote that beds, ana bed chambers