New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-05
COTTON %. CONSUMP1IOM

Tia cotton question, Including both culture ana
nee. and it's effects the people Of TINS county,
sny nhvsicaIlv. The frst has been enlarged upon
nv others; the second ia mighty problem w un
solved; the third will alone be cor s'aerea IN 'os
ticle What effect, then, has the suppianung o.
aad linen by cotton produced on our nv dav and
| by sightl Without endeavorng 70 aeW 1o.n;ds~
every proposition advsnced-~hico space iG.u
shsi merely give tho results OF my anVss.Ss .hi.
i and reasoning on this question az brieiy ~ Poeevos
Any theory on the cause Of consumption ana a,leo
conditions of the human system must, ~ oe truo,
account for certain weE-known facts, sucn az Wy
have the victims of Consumption doaUea WIFI. ~;
last fifty wears why are more women tnan men IN
cluded among them why do 70 large y ProPoi.'oss
die between the ages of say Is and ~ years eno
wha. is the connection between THIS scourge snu w
II condition termed scrofnlous AZ no one nse ~
tempted this task, shall claim orignsnty i9r .nS
views herein set forth, well as philosophical ID"
| scientific correctness.
Tho depoeit in tho consumpr6ve lungs 10 tabsrc!e;
an unorganzed abumen or plastic material cnieny:
Whers does it como from, aod why y il there
Afer the growth Of tho body is complsted say rom
IS to Is years according to sex and other circum.
stancos, all the food required by tho system i sui.
fcient amount TO supply the waste of Tissues s.
much as is needed for this becomes organized nutri
ment and repairs the waste. As people generally
eat moro than this peedsd amount the surplus Dutr
ment is not orgsnized, simply because the system
does not require it at the tme and it passes
ganized from the boodvessels into The ymphatics,
to be returned into the circulation and made an or X
gained material to repair waste, provided the
tema supply offood is Iessened from any cause: An
extra ard persistent supply Of nutrimcnt from digest.
cd food keeps the lympbaiics overloaded, and they
must be relieved. Tie skin is the proper place for
this discharge but ii that is in torpid state, the
current will generally be turned on the pulmonary
surfhce. and tho solid portion Of the lymph forms
tubsrce, much of the Huid part passing sway With
the breath.
Tubercle lie therefore not product Of disease bus
rather Of deranged action; Dormal product rregu'
larly eliminated. Previous TO The attainment Of the
growth of the body the surplus nutrnent referred
to goes to its increase and il explains why scrofu
lous children grow fast, and tend to mental and
physical precOcy. Bat when growth ceases the
extra building material must be off, and will b~
either through the skin exernay, mucous surface
hence the fatality which 90 Immediately
follows maturity. In some cases in children the
glands of the neck swell and break. An Quiet 10
made in that way for the surplus lymph, and such
Ulcers heal slowly. As might be expected In these
subjects the growth of the body is interfered with,
Z not suspended wholly.
Scrofula, consumption, chronic diarrhes, catsrrh,
Il I'd 0mae genus, are due, in my judgment, TO an
inactive state of the skin, and this arises from an
improper covering in contact with it both by day
md by night in the shape Of cotton. The latter has
superseded wool 10 great extent within fifty years.
md cOnsumptons have doubled, u not trebled.
Active exercise with many has alone supplied the
,lace OF wooden, but the more sedentary habits Of
women. combined with less use of woollen than BY
men, has caused them to furnish four victims TO
unItOn to three men.
Those prone to consumption have good appetite:
generally, and eat heartily, under the mistaken idea
hst the more they eat the moro likely they are to
ain their strength, when, alas! they digging
heir graves with their owo teeth. Az stated at the
utset, the various points involved cannot be fully
discussed in this article; the question of hereditary
transmission Of weakness from parent ~ child,
whether pulmonary or nervous, is one but the con-
ection between deraDged Iymphatic system and
Unhealthy skin has been partially known for long
me; for, in addition to the phenomena Of scarlet
ever, an illustration, cracks in the skin, as sat
he' rashes, &C., enlarged glands 10 the neck and
lbercle in tie lungs, have ALL over and over again.
ppeared in the same individual. The hectic flush,
he marble whiteness Of tho skin in consumptiyes,
70 not healthy appearances. and a tend 70 prove
am aware that an objection will be ct once
Used to eome of the views herein advanced, based
q the alleged disturbance ia the relative proper
on of the constituents Of the blood in tnberculous
affects; and am also aware tina, facts are want
,g 10 show that such change Is not, ~ claim,
lbercuous stats, rather than cause producing it.
smilar confounding Of cause and effect may be
zen in the popular idea that bleeding from the lungs
-oduces debility. The fact s, that debility causos
. hemorrhage and this latter will be in proportion
the extent vi the former. f'i'hi p"
The people of w.Euglsnd have killed thex
eep and multiplied dogs, have made cotton almost
king of clothing, and are reapng crop OF pulmo-
nv and nervous Diseases. which h Is appalling 10
utemplate. II the present war could however.
II out the use of cotton, we should hsxs something.
my opinion, TO compensate US for ~ expense.
hch few have taken into sS sss es!e1e0
bf4fri rsrrI .gbas's 30 clip o. Do.
eel ,....rff.fr L.s g. o. %