Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-11
From Halls journal of Health.

/. In any ordinary campaign, sickness disa-
bes or destroys three times as many as the
sword.
2. On the march, from April to November,
the entire clothing should be a cOlored flannel
shirt with loosely buttoned collar, cotton
drawers, wooden pantaloons, shoes and stock
ings 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 sub.
stanIial but not heavy coat when off duty.
g. Sun stroke is most effectualy prevented
by wearing a silk handkerchief in the crown
OF the hat.
4. Co ored blankets are best, and if lined
with brown drilling the warmth and durability
are doubled, while the protection against
dampness from lying on the ground is almost
complete.
5.--lNever lie or sit down on the =
ha ra aa. TIL Tor as,lloisi asst -.
IA llandkefciiiel even is It great protection.
The warmer you are, the greater need for this
precanton, as damp yapor is immediately
generated, to be absorbed by the clothing, and
to cool you off too-rapidy.
6. While marching, or on other active duty,
the more thirsty you are, the more essential is
it to safety of life itself, to rinse out the mouth
two or three times, and then take swallow
OF water at time, with short intervals. A
brave French general, on forced march, fell
dead on the instant, by drinking largely of
cold water, when snow was on the ground.
7. Abundant sleep is essential to bodily eff
cheney, and to that alerlness OF mind which is
all important in an engagement and few
things more certainly and more effectually
prevent sound sleep than eating heartily after
sundown, especially after a heavy march or
desperate battle.
8. Nothing is more certain to secure endur-
ance, and capabiliGy OF long continued effort
,NFa
except cold water, not excluding coffee at
breakfast Drink as little as possible, even of
cold water.
9. After any sort of eXhausting effort, cup
OF coffee, hot or cold, is all admirable sustainer
OF the strength until nature begins to recover
itself
10. Never eat heartily just before great
undertaking because the nervous power is
irresisubly drawn TO the stomach 10 manage
the food eaten, thus drawing off that supply
which the brain and muscles so much need.
H. II persons will drink brandy, it is incom-
palabIy safer to do SO after an effort than before
for it can give only transient strength, last
ing but a few minutes bat as it never can be
known how long any given effort is TO be kept
in con,imuance-and if longer than the few
minutes the body becomes more feeble than
il would have been without the stimuus-ii is
clear that its use before an effort is always
hazardous anu Is always unWlSe.
Il. Never go to Sleep especially after a
great effort even in hot weather, without some
covering over you.
49, Under ali 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 i'll your hat, leaning against tree. a nap
OF ten or fifteen minutes i'll 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 bullet
wound, aud heals more rapidly.
To- Ii in any wound the blood spirits out in
jets instead OF a steady stream, you will die in
few minutes unless it is remedied because
an artery has been divided, and that takes the
blood direct from the fountain OF life. To stop
this instantly, tie handkerchief or other
cloth very loosely BETWEEN! the wound
and the heart; put stick, bayonet or ram.
rod bet,oeen the skin and the handkerchief, and
twist it around until the bleeding ceases, and
keep it thus until the surgeon arrives.
49, Ii the blood flows in slow, regular
stream, a vein has been pierced, and the hand
kerchief must be on the other side of the
wound from the heat; that is, beloO the
wound
II. A bullet through the abdomen (belly
or slomach) is more certainly fatal than if
aimed at the head or heart for in the latter
case the ball is often glanced of by the bone,
or follows around ii under the skin but when
it enters the stomach or bowels, from any di-
reclion, death is inevitable under all conceiva'
BILE circumstances, but is scarcely ever instan-
taneous. Generally the person lives day or
two with perfect clearness OF intellect, often
not suffering greatly. The practical bearing
OF this statement in reference TO the great fu-
ture is clear
Is. Let the Whole beard grow, but not
longer than some three inches. This strength
ems and thickens its growth, and thus makes
more perfect protection for the lungs agairIst
dust, and OF the throat against winds and cold
in winter, while in the summer greater per.
spiraton of the skin is induced, with an in.
crease OF evaporation; hence, greater GOODNESS
of the parts on the outside, while the throat
is less ieverish, thirsty and dry.
10. Avoid fats and fat meats in summer
and in all warm days.
PUT IN TUE SEED.-IIowever other pursuits
may suffer, farming will be good business this