Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-02-04
Winter Diseases-lmportant Informa-
ton for the People.

Are coughs, colds and consnmp-
tons. with others, more specially ia
tai Among the latter is pneumo-
MIA, called by some inAamation Of
the lungs, and by others lung fever.
1t is n disease which attacks the fee
BILE and the strong; the most rugged
are taken to the grave by it in four
or five days; others it spares to live
and suffer Tor years; even those
who get over il remain feeble for
months.
Pneumonia is one OF the avoida-
BILE diseases, and being of such a
dangerous nature, they are wisest
who, knowing the causes, seek to
avoid them habitually. A man sat
up writing till late hour Of win
ter's night; he noticed that the fire.
had gone out, but thought he could
finish, what he had in hand in short
time, but il required a longer period
than he thought for, and hen he
had finished he found himself chilled
through and through. This was
followed by an attack Of pneumonia,
from which he suffered for two years,
running into consumption OF which
he died
A young lady remained at
Yany in the country until two o'clock
OF March morning there was
dancing and music and mirth; the
rooms were warm, and she left them
when the body was overheated, rode
home in M open carriage, and found
herself completely chilled; she had
an attack of lung fever, and at the
end OF two years stated that she had
never seen we'll day since the
night OF the party.
A young lady was sitting in
warm room in her fathers house,
and some friends called in carriage;
rather than put them to the trouble
of coming in; as they merely wanted
some item of information, and had
an infant with them, she went to the
gate to speak with them; it was
showing little, and, becoming in
terested in some recital, she noticed
chilly feeling passing over her.
She never saw well day after
ward.
Many excellent clergymen have
had fatal attacks of pneumonia by
failing to throw cloak over their
shoulders after the excitement OF
preaching in cold room, or out Of
doors.
Lung tevers are common with
music teachers, who, after the ex-
element of walking to the residence
of their pupils, are allowed 10 wait
some moments in cold parlors, or,
after giving lesson in warm room,
especially vocal music, 60 out into
a damp, raw wind
Clergymen and other public speak
ers have often been prematurely laid
aside by being compelled, after
speaking, to ride several miles on
horseback against the cold wind.
An attack of pneumonia is often
occasioned by getting into public
vehicle after having been excited
by walking, and being compelled TO
sit in the draft of an open window,
which some selfish. inconsiderate
clown had raised tor his own com
fort, regardless of any consequences
TO o hers.
TO remain at rest in any position
until feeling of chilliness is in
duced, is sufficient to bring on an
attack of inflammation of the lungs,
however vigorous and robust the
person may feel.
Sitting still with damp feet, stand
ing on the wet grass, keeping on
damp clothes after having been en-
gagged in exercise, are frequent
causes of lung fever. One great
principle. practical in it's nature and
easily understood, underlies all these
cases it is the getting chilled.
This is the more easily brought
about it in proportion to the amount
of exercise which was previously
taken to the exteut OF inducing a
warmth of body above what is natu-
raj the easy and universal pre-
ventive is. cool off very elowiy
after all forms OF exercise in cold
weather.
If delicate person goes TO bed 10
a warm room, of a cold night. and
the fire goes entirely out, leaving the
room thirty, forty or fifty degrees