Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-29
CHECKING PERsPIRATION---F FACTS
WHICH EVERYBODY OUGHT
TO KNOW.

Edward Everett became oyerheated in tes.
tiiying in courtroom, went to Faneuil Hall, |
which was cold, sat in draft of air until his
turn came to speak: "but my hands and
feet were ice, my lungs on fire. In this con.
dition had to go and spend three hours in
the courtroom" He died in less than O
week from thus checking the perspiration.
1t was enough TO kill any man.
Professor Mitchell, while in state of per.
spiration in yellow fever, the certain sign of
recovery, left his bed, went into another
room, became chilled in moment, and died
the same night.
If while perspiring, or while warmer than
usual from exercise or heated room, there is
o sudden exposure to still, cold air, to raw,
damp atmosphere, or TO draught, whether
ut an open window or door, or street corner,
the inevitable result is violent and instan
taneous closing Of the pores Of the skin, by
which waste and impure matter, which were
making their way out of the system, are
compelled to seek an exit through some
weaker part The idea is presented by say
ing that the cold had settled In that part To
| illustrate
A lady was about getting into small boat
to cross the Delaware but wishing first 10
get an orange at q fruit stand, she ran up the
bank of the river, and on her return to the
boat found herself much heated, for it was
summer but there was little wind on the
water and her clothes soon felt cold, which
settled on her lungs, and within the year she
died Of consumption.
A strong man was working in garden In
May, feeling rather tired about noon, he sat
/ down in the shade of the house and fell
asleep; he woke up chilly Inflammation of
the lungs followed, ending, after two years
of great suffering, in consumption On
opening his chest there was such an extern
siye decay, that the yellow matter was scoop.
ed out by the cupful,
A Boston ship owner, while on the deck
of one of his vessels, thought he would lend
a hand in some emergency, and pulling off
his coat worked with will until he per
spired freely, when he sat TO rest awhile, en-.
iOying the delicious breeze from the sea. On
attempting to rise he found himself unable.
and was so stif in his joints that he had 10
he carried home and put to bed, which he
did not leave until the end OF two months,
when he WAS barely able to hobble down to
the wharf on crutches.
A lady after being unusually busy all dav,
found herself heated and tired toward sun
down Of a summers day. She concluded to
take drive TO town In an open vehicle
The ride made her uncomfortable cool, but
she warmed herself up by an hours shop.
ping, when she turned homeward it being
late in the evening she found herself more
decidedly chilly than before AT midnight
she had pneumonia Inflammation of the
lungs) and in three months she had the or.
dinary symptoms of confirmed consumption.
A lady of great energy of character lost
her cook, and had TO take her place for four
, days the kitchen was warm and there was
a draught of air through it, When the work
was DONE she, warm and weary, went to hei
! chamber and laid down to rest. This aci
was repeated several times. On the flflh
day she had an attack of lung fever at the
end of six months she was barely able tC
: leave her chamber, only to find herself sui
fering with all the prominent symptoms o
confirmed consumption, such as quick pulse
night and morning cough, night sweais, de
biIity, short breath and falling away.
young lady rose from her bed on Il No
vember night, and leaned her arm on the
cold window sill TO listen to a serenade.-
Next morning she had pneumonia, and suf
tered the horrors Of asthma for the remain
der of long life.
Mutitudes of women lose health and liG
: every year, in one or more ways, by busyins
themselves in a warm kitchen until weary
and then throwing themselves on a bed o.
sofa, without covering, and perhaps in ,
room without fire or by removing the quite
clothing, and perhaps change the dress for I
common one, % soon as they entered thl
house after walk or shopping The rul
should be invariably to go at once In warn
| room and keep on all the clothing for at leas
T hve or ten minutes until the forehead is per
e tectly dry. In all weathers, if you have Il
walk and ride on any occasion, do the ridinl
trst.-HdHs JournGl