Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-12
THE EVENING STAR,
THE MONTH MALIGN.

September gives rss to more disease ia town
and country together than any other month OF
The year. II il fruitful In diarrhea, dyssntery
and fevers Of every grade, from commnn fever
and asue TO the most malignant form OF oiii0os,
ccpgesuve and yellow fever. The immedlate
cause Of these maladies are the not days s saa
nights in con junction with the haollS OF TIC
people. Few persons have hearty appet!tes IN
hot weather-our instincts are 100 wide aWaKe
for that but we too often droWn tneir wise, ano
steadv and gentle monitions IN the clanor Of
the animal nature for stimulants, TO whet up
The appetite TO hurtful and destructive activi-
ties The proprietors Of the most fashionable
hotels in New York have asserted that il 1t
were not for the profits Of the bar" they would
have to. close their doors. Doubtless, in almost
all cases, these "profits Of the bar" are a very
important source of income to all taverns. We
have certainly noticed that q number Of tenn.
perance hotels succeed in collapsing In short
time.
When the stomach Is taken beyond the ability
OF work, by eating to the fill OF q stimulated
appetite, one pernicious result always follows,
and q different one is impossible in any single
case in century OF nturies; that food is not
perfectly assinilated, cannot be made into good
blood. and that being mixed with what was
already in the system, makes bad blood" Of
the whole. The entire mass is a vitiated ar
tiele, and becomes more SO by each act or over
eating, by every mouthful swallowed to "get
an appetite" The whole mass Of blood being
thus corrupted. 1t is no wonder that persons
living thus are liable TO com plants OF the body,
Tor the vitiated blood goes every where, and,
something" In this way the body soon loses
its vigor, Its cap35iiity Of resisting causes o.
dittase and warding on sickness; state Of
things plainly proven and uuWitttingly &C
knowledged In the now very common express
Zion, the slightest thing in the world gives
me cold"
When such is the case, it is always because
the person has not much stamina; in other
words, is full Of bad BLOOD" whatever may
have been the cause, whether from taking
fonics, stimulants, or bitters, to wake up an
unnatural appetite, or whether from "forcing"
food; eating without an appetite; or merely
from a vicious dulgen &c Of the animal nature.
than the system requires, thav lose their appe-
lite; have bad taste in their mouth on waking
up in the morning; are more or less uncom-
fortably chilly, and are fit subjects for any
cause Of disease which may exist in the atmos-
phere; and they are the very first victims to
any epidemic malady; if anybody is sick, they
are sure to be among the number
This general cause Of disease existing in the
atmosphere is always generated in the latter
part OF August and during September; it is
called miasm-an emanation from decaying
vegetable matter, mud, leaves, plants, roots,
&c it is distilled death, literally, because the
heat of the MONDAY sun, acting upon matters
up, like alcohol or whiskey from "a still; when
the cool OF the evening comes, this air is con-
densed, becomes heavy, falls to the surface
and is breathed by whole comm unities, some
times breaking out in night and DESTROYING
hundreds before the morning. In such cases
the temperate, plain. living, and Industrious
are the very last TO suffer, if at all, because
they have good blood, which has q "power" to
resist disease. Tue lesson is never attempt TO
''whet up the appetite, except by creditable
labor, or moderate, steady, continuous out
door actiTities.-HaHs Journal Of Health