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


OF this vapor which has passed out
wardly, and clothing underneath this
impsrvious substance becomes damp.
Overshoos mako the feet sweat, as it
is said, for. this reason. Flannel. on
the other hand, from its porous nature
absorbs readily and allows Of evapo-
ration promptly, consequently is as
desirable. for covering next the sur
face as the rubber is Objectionable. ~
The moisture, above spoken of, con-
stantly passing away through the skin,
holds 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) sin a |
state of incipient decomposition.''-
,Albumen is the basis of all animal or |
coized substances. If this excrction |
say byaagtopped wholly and at once. |
she result wsh applied to tho skin,
: fatal; if otherwisssoubtless be soon
cold and closing of>crlsd by taking
Isurface, the transferring orss Mt the
ter from the external to the inp~at-
and complementary surface may give
rise to the false membrane of Group,
tuburcle and consumption, or catarrh,
the albumenous deposit in the urine
or chronic diarrhna.
The nails, warts and corns, are all
growths from the true skin, the latter
being of n horny nature, and, like the
former, for the protection Of exposed
members. The 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 the under surface of the
lcuticlo and is derived from the iron in
Che blood. Light, but more particu-
.irrty'a continuous elevated temperfure,
darkens the hue Of the skin and de.
terinines the color The action of
Light in giving color TO plants is well
known. bot latiiudes make dark
skins, while cold ones bleach them
Heat and excessive perspiration on
the scalp makes tho hair curl to a
greater or less degree in all. The
protruding Jaw Of The negro is char
acteristic Of the savage state. Civili-
zation tends to It's reduction, and to
change the form OF the head general !
ly. The appliances, therefore, of lat I
itude, and the changes induced by
civilization, would doubtless in time |
mako Of the African another person,
without any admixture of foreign
Hood while there is q tendency in
man, generally, to unity, rather than
diversity under the same conditions
and appliances. The subject of the
unity, of the race cannot, however, be
treated OF to any extent in this article.
To understand fully the value Of
s','.'.-iigg ss---iggg and materials therefor, il
,-JsssI 80 20 understood that tho vigor
its nature and governed 10y the same
laws which control the electricity of
the natural world. Whatever sub
stances, aerial or material, which
come in coutoct with tho external sur.
face Of tho body, or of the internal
lining of the lungs, and are good cleo
trio conductors, dopress the vital pow
ers by abstracting tho heat of the
body, and in nronoytinn. -sIaa r'sAa4 ~
attacks OF disease. The person who
lies down in q cold bed warns the bed
at the expense Of his own heat; If
snow bank be substituted for tho bed,
death might occur if the experiment
was sufficiently prolonged. The boy
vino 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
Is 10 honor tho draft. Cold water
bathing, more than is demanded by
Cleanliness, is injurious rather than
otherwise, as tending to chill the sur
face and interfere with the healthy
porformance Of its functions.
The immediate clothing of the sur
face Of tho body should be non-eon-
ductor; silk and woolen are the best:
The substitution Of cotton for those so
generally in this latitude has proved
an unmitigatod curse, for the deaden-
ing effect upon the skin by its con-
dncsing properties has tended to throw
Iinwardly 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 tho inner surface OF
tho body which is but continuation
of the outer, must do the work ofthe
latter. One of the first symptoms Of
consumption is dead pearly white
meas of the countenauce, tho very op-
posite Of health. Chronic diarroea,
that scourge OF tho hospital, brought
ON by wet clothes and sleeping on the
gronnd. practices unavoiabie in Tue
soldier. but mono the less deadly, may
be easily explained on this tleory. -
In no one place can the "ounce Of
prevention " be so proftably applied
asfo the case Of the outside in such
exposures.
4 Non-conductor should be worn in
lsummersas well as in winter. The
coolest dress person could wear IN
! summer would be one Of woolen as
/ tight as the skin; not tighter than
that, as one fellow complained his
pants were, for he said he could SIT
down in his skin without splitting 1t,
hut he couldn't in his pants. Labor
i. ers at Sorges and furnaces wear WOOL
en- shirts, which absorb the prespira-
ton readily and allow it to evaporate,
which process cools the surface, whilo
cotton win not only absorb moisture
but retain it more persisteutly Ii
/, ! non conducting clothing is desirable