Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-09-27
Soldiers Health,

disables or destroys three times as many as
the sword. . .....E
2. On the march, from April to November,
the entire clothing should be colorcd fan
mel shirt with loosely buttoned collar, cot
ton drawers, woolen pantaloons, shoes and
stockings, and light-colored felt hat with
broad brim to protect the eyes and face from
the glare of the sun and from the rain, and
a substantial but not heavy coat when off
duty.
3. Sun stroke is most cffectualy prevented
by wearing silk handkerchief in the crown
of the hat.
4. Colored blankets arc best, and if lined
with brown drilling the warmth and dura-
bility are doubled, while the protection
against dampness from lying on the ground
is almost complete.
5. Never lie or sit down on the grass or
bare earth for moment; rather use your
hat-a handkerchief even is great protec-
ton. The warmer you are, the greater need
for this precaution, as a damp vapor is i'm
medately generated, to be absorbed by tho
clothing, and to cool you off too rapidly
6. While marching, or on other active
duty, the more thirsty you are, the more es-
sental is it to safety Of life ITSELF to rinse out
the mouth two or three times, and then take
a swallow of water at time, with short in.
tervals. "A brave French general on forced
march, fell dead on the instant, by drinking
largely of cold water, when snow was on the
ground.
Z. Abundant sleep is essential to bodily
efficiency, and to that alertness of mind which
is all important in an engagement; and few
things more certainly and more effcctually
prevent sound sleep than eating heartily
after sundown, especially after heavy march
or desperate battle.
8. Nothing is more certain to secure en-
durance and capability of long continued
effort than the avoidance of everything as
drink except cold water, not excluding coffee
at breakfast. Drink as little as possible, of
even cold water.
8. After any sort Of cxhausting effort,
cup of coffee, hot or cold, is an admirable
sustainer Of the strength until nature begins
to recover herself.
10. Never eat heartily just before great
undertaking; because the nervous power is
irresistibly drawn to the stomach to manage
the food eaten, thus drawing off that supply
which the brain and muscles so much need.
IL. Ifa person will drink brandy, it is in
comparably safer to do so after an effort than
before; for it can give only transient
strength, lasting but few minutes; but as
it can never be known how long any given
effort is to be kept in continuance--and if
longer than the few minutes, the body be-
comes more feeble than it would have been
without the stimulus--it is clear that its use
before an effort is always hazardous and is
always unwise.
~. Never 60 to sleep, especially after a
great effort, even in hot weather, without
some covering over you.
13. Under all circumstances, rather than
lie down on the bare ground, lie in the hollow
of two logs placed together, or across several
smaller pieces of wood, laid side by side, or
sit in your hat leaning against tree. A nap
of ten minutes in that position will refresh
you more than an hour on the bare earth,
with the additional advantage of perfect
safety.
IA. A cut is less dangerous than a bullet
wound, and heals more rapidly.
Is. If from any wound the blood spirits
out in jets instead of steady stream, you
| will die in very few minutes unless it is
remedicd; because an artery has been divid-
cd, and that takes the blood direct from the
fountain Of life. TO stop this instantly, tie a
handkerchief OF other cloth very loosely be-
tween the wound and the heart; put stick,
bayonet or ramrod between the skin and the
handkerchief, and twist it around until the
bleeding ceases, and keep it thus until the
| surgeon arrives.
| 10. If the blood flows in slow, regular
stream, vein has been pierced, and the
handkerchief must be on the other side of
the wound from the heart; that is below the
wound.
II. A bullet through the abdomen (belly
or stomach) is more certainly fatal than if
aimed at the head or heart; for in the latter
cases the ball is often glanced off by the bone,
or follows around it under the skin but
when it enters the stomach or bowels, from
any direction, death is inevitable under all
conceivable circumstances, but is scarcely in
stantaneous. Generally the person lives a
day or two with perfect clearness of intellect,
often not suffering greatly. The practical
bearing Of this statement in reference to the
great future is clear.
49, Let the whole beard grow, but not
longer thar some three inches. This strength
ems and thickens its growth, and thus makes
a more perfect protection for the lungs against
dust, and of the throat against winds and
cold in the winter, while in the summer q
great perspiration of the skin is induced,
with an increase Of evaporation; hence,
greater coolness Of the parts on the outside,
while the throat is less feverish thirsty and
dry. E-|" .." @."
49, Avoid fats and fat meats in summer
and in all warm days.-Halps ". I.Journal
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