Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-18
Kid and Leather Gloves.

r-E aHeH.N A-T|-L III q.
FRANCE and Belgium are, pan excellence,
the countries of all others where kid and
leather gloves are manufactured and
It is quite appropriate, therefore,
that any warning in reference to their
use should come from that same quarter,
lest it might be supposed, were the argu-
ment put forth elsewhere, that it was "a
weak device of the enemy" 1t is with
some curiosity and interest, then, that
the world of readers and gloveowearers
win read the comments that q certain
DIR. Forth, of Paris, writing to the Figaro,
of that city, make ON the effects of tight
gloves, although, such is the peculiar
perversity of human nature, that we
doubt much whether the slightest differ
ence viii result in the consumption of the
article, from all that may be said about it.
In brief, the Doctor remarks that the
use ofgloves 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 Of the
higher classes have lost much of their
purity and beauty of contour. It is not
difficult to comprehend that the con-
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 well as else
where, and that anything which inter-
rupts the process produces a reaction
toward the heart-the hollow muscle that
is the projecting and propelling organ of
circulation. .efg
An organic predif position cooperating
with this disorder may develop certain
diseases of the heart, or. s~ggravate those
that previously existed. There are, also,
certain nervous operations at the ex-
tremities which communicate sensations
this action of nature may originate a
variety of symptoms ranging from mere
weakness to q regular nervous crisis.
Tight gloves of kid or other skin, by
their adhesion to the surface, frequently
produce a sort of abscess or ulcer, which
appears under the nails. In such cases,
puncturing the fesh,Or even leaving it to
of the nails, which cannot, afterward, be
easily renewed To young ladies, such
an accident is very trying. But there is
q precaution that may be taken against
this deformity. It consists simply In
scraping the nail with the blade of a
sharp knife rounded to the end. The
scraping must be done near to the seat
OF the aDsceSS o. 1nLdInuldIlOQ. aHluG puS
once being removed, the small orifce pro-
duced by this process will soondisappear,
without leaving any trace. But on the
general principle, in order to reconcile
those two sworn enemies Stealth and
fashion-a1 prolonged pressure at the ex-
tremities must be- avoided, especially in
the case of children, and of young girls
who have not attained their full growth
and development. Z
It seems that IN France, q prolonged
series of experiments and investigations
has been made, and that DR.. Forth mere
ly gives the result in what is not, at all, a
new theory, but claims to be a distinct
enunciation of surgical truth; and these
views have attracted q corresponding de-
gree of attention. 1t seems unquestiona-
Bile that, where they are not deformed by
Esordid toll, the hands of those who do not
make continual use of the. article in ques-
ton are more shapely and delicate in per-
-ceptive touch than those of persons who
are descended from a rae that have been
able to use the kid or other skin glove
~habitually. One is often surprised to see
what beautiful hands the children of the
poor classes possess, Notwithstanding the
laborious pursuits Of their parents, and
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