The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11
Kid and Leather Gloves.

FRANCE and Belgium are, par ercellence,
the countries of all others where kid and
leather gloves are manufactured and
worn. 1t is quite appropriate, therefore,
that any warning in reference to thsir
use should come from that same quarter,
lest it might be supposed, were the argu-
ment put forth elsewhere, that it was " q
weak device Of the enemy" 1t is wit,
some curiosity and interest, then, that
the world of readers and glove wearers
will read the comments that certain
DR.. Fortin, of Paris, writing to the Figaro,
of that city, makes on the effects of tight
gloves, although, such is the peculiar
perversity Of human nature, that we
doubt much whether the slightest differ
ence will result in the consumption of the
article, from all that may be said about it.
In brief, the Doctor remarks tina. the
use of gloves made from the skins of ami
mails is attended by notable dangers
They were introduced, in their finer
qualities, into France by the Medici
family, and since then the hands If the
higher classes have lost much of their
purity and beauty of contour. 1t is not
tinuous and violent compression of the
hand must disturb its organism, and de.
teriorate the exquisite delicacy of its
sense of touch. But all the difficulty
does not cease at that point, by any
means Anatomists can tell us that an
interchange Of two kinds Of blood, the
venous and the arterial, takes place at
the ends of the fingers, as we'll as else
where, and that anything which inter
rupts the process produces reaction
IL hCsl 10 Z hot
is the projecting and propel]ing organ o.
circulation.
An organic predisposition cooperating
with this disorder may develop certsir
diseases of the heart, or aggravate those
that previously existed. There are, also
certain nervous operations at the ex
tremities which communicate sensation:
to the brain, and any obstacle opposed tx
this action of nature may originate 6
variety of symptoms ranging from mere
weakness to regular nervous crisis.
Tight gloves of kid or other skin, by
their adhesion to the surface, frequently
produce q sort of abscess or ulcer, which
appears under the nails. In such cases
puncturing the flesh, or oven leaving it tC
the process of nature, will lead to the los.
of the nails, which cannot, afterward, bt
easily renewed. To young ladies, sucf
an accident is very trying. But there il
a precaution that msy be taken agains
this deformity. 1t consists simply IL
scraping the nail with the blade of s
| sharp knife rounded to the end. The
scraping must be done near to the sea
of the abscess or inflammation. The pu'
once being removed, the small orifice pro
duced by this process will soon disappear
without leaving any trace. But on th'
general principle, In order to reconcile
those two sworn eneUies-health an(
fashion-all prolonged pressure at the ex
tremities must be AVOIDED, especially il
the case of children, and Of young girl
| who have not attained their full growth
and development.
1t seems that in France, prolonget
series of experiments and investigation
has been made, and that DR.. FOrtin mere
ly gives the result in what is not, at all,
new theory, but claims to be 8 distinc
enuncia.ion of surgical truth and thes
views have attracted a corresponding de
gree of attention. 1t seems upquestiona
bic that, where they are not deformed b,
sordid toll, the hands Of those who do no
make continual use of tho article iu ques
ton are more shspsly and delicate in per
ceptive touch than those Of persons wh
are descended from race that have bee
able to use the kid or other skin glov
habitually. One is often surprised to sc
what beautiful hands the children of tn
poor classes possess, Notwithstanding tn
laborious pursuits OF their parents, an
| vice oeTs1.