East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-01-04

warmly, anu clothing underneath this
impervious substance becomes damp.
! Ovorshoes make the feet sweat, as it
is said, for. this reason. Flannel, on
the other hand, from it's porous nature
absorbs readily and allows Of evapo-
ration promptly, consequently is as
desirable for covering next tho sur
face as the rubber is Objectionable
The moisture, above spoken of, con-
stantly passing away through the skin,
holds a small quantity of organic mat
ter In solution, estimated at from one
to two ounces per week. 1t is said TO
be albumon Tor white Of egg) Gin
state of incipient decomposition."-
Albumon Is the basis of all animal or
I codzed substances. If this excrotion
say byaetopped wholly and at once,
the result ssh applied to the skin,
fatal; If otherwiseSoubtloss be soon
cold and closing ofclsd by taking
isuriace, tho transferring or,ss at the
ter from the external TO the ins~at-
and complementary surface may give
rise to the false membrane Of Group,
tuburcle and consumption, or catalrh,
the Autonomous deposit in the urine
or chronic diarrh@a.
The nails, warts and corns, are all
growths from the truo skin, the latter
being Of n horny nature, and, like the
former, for the protection of exposed
members. Tho twinging pain felt in
the corns at changes of weather shows
them possessed of moro vitality than
would be found in hardened cuticle
merely.
| The coloring matter Of the skin is
deposited between the two layers
which compose the structure, or, more
accurately, on tho under surface Of the
lcuticle and is derived from the iron in
fhe blood. Light, but more partiou-
lTriy'a continuous elevated tempeIfure,
darkens the hue of the skin and do.
fterminos the color. The action of
light in giving color TO plants is well
known. Hot latitudeg make dark
skins, while cold ones bleach them. -
Heat and excessive perspirahon on
the scalp makes the hair curl to a
greater or less degree in all. The
protruding jaw of the negro is char
acteristic of the savage state. Civili-
cation tends to It's reduction, and TO
change the form OF the head general
ly. The appliances, therefore, Of lat
itude, and the changes induced by
civilization, would doubtless in time
mako Of the African another person,
without any admixture OF foreign
blood; while there is a tendency in
man, generally, TO unity, rather chan
diversity under the Same conditions
and appliances. Tho subject of the
unity of the race cannot, however, be 4
treated Of to any extent in this article. /
To understand fully the value OF /
- - ---;;ssg and materials therefor, IL I
,sl9lssa 90 Understood that the v;e,or
og 'hcGC Ue-vs.---, 's.''S 'iio '1i,Of
its nature, and governed by the same
laws which control the electricity of
the natural world. Whatever sub
stances, aerial or material, which
come in contcct with the external sur.
face Of tho body, or of the internal
lining of the lungs, and are good olec-
trio conductors, dopress the vital pow
ers by abstracting tho heat of the
body, and in nronoytinn- "a the 'sri4egf
attacks OF disease. The person who (
lies down in O cold bed warns the bed
at the expense OF his own heat; If a
snow bank be substituted for tho bed,
death might occur if the experiment
was sufficiently prolonged. The boy
who bathes in the river is warming
the water TO his injury often; the
harm will depend much on the amount
Of time spent in the water and the
normal vigor of the constitution which
ia TO honor tho draft. Cold water I
bathing, more than is demanded by
cleanliness, is injurious rather than
otherwise, as tending to chill the sur
face and interfere with the healthy
porformanco of its functions.
The immediate clothing of the sur
face Of tho body should be non-con-
ductor; silk and wooden are the best
The substitution Of cotton FOR those 80
generally in this latitude has proved
an unmitigatod curse, for the deaden-
ing effect upon the skin by its con-
dncting properties has tended to throw
linwardly those excresions which should
PASS outwardly. In hot climates the
action of the surface is stimulated by
the atmosphere, but in the temperate
zones the skin needs proper protec-
ton, otherwise the inner surface OF
tho body which is but continuation
OF the outer, must do the work otcthc
latter. One Of the first symptoms OF
consumption is dead pearly white
mess of the oountenauce, the very OPP
posite Of health. Chronic diarioea,
fthat seourge OF tho hospital, broaSet
on by wet clothes and sleeping on tho
ground, practices uuayoiable in the
soldier, but none tho less deadly, may
be easily explained on this theory. =
In no one place can the "ounce Of
prevention . be SO profitably applied
asto the case Of tho outside in such
exposures.
summeraas well as in winter. The
coolest dress person could wear In
summer would be one OF WOODEN as
tiuht as the skin; not tighter than
that, as one fellow complained his
nauts were, for he said he could sit
down,in his skin without splitting it,
}, Int he couldn't in his pants. Labor
i, ers at forges and furnaces wear wool
en- shirts, which absorb the presp'ra-