The daily gazette., 1875-08-10

and never let myself think it is useless
to try to be good. fEI f
Practical Thoughts on Hygiene.
A learned correspondent of the Ger
mantown Telegraph throws out the fol-
lowing seasonable observations on
| "Prickly Heat" and kindred ailments.
Gold and cool water baths induce CO.
pious perspiration and the practice of
| beginning the day with cold bath is
injudicious; productive often of incon
Yenient lassitude towards noon and
soon after, till say four O'Clock, D. m.
An observing English lady in New
York some years ago recommended
me to substitute lsskeyarns water, say
from 20 to 70 degrees, for ablutions,
and in a later part of.the day, but not
too shortly before going to bed, since
the reaction, mild though that be,
compared with what it is with hale
persons, after cold illusions, is calcu-
lated to cause wakefulness. l now
can corroborate to the efficiency of
the change from cold and cool to tepid
water. There is very appreciable
saving in vitality and comfort, less
| serum being wasted for one thing.
wish to be brief, hence omit other
counts. l also omit coffee during hot
weather, for its tending to quicken
circulation and increasing temporarily
the insensible pcrspiration otherwise
periodically desirable. Airing and
bathing the skin in sunlight, accom-.
panied perchance by gentle scrapincs
occasionally might be substituted 10
advantage for bathing and washing.
provided that one be not tired. nor
fasting, and that too speedy cooling
of be avoided
The reduction of an undue tempera.
turc OF the body and its depuration
from the source of irritation, resulting
In ,prickly heat, is very considerable,
and quite beyond the most sanguiue
expectations OF those who have not yet
tried 1t. 1t were well to be sure
II more people were to adapt their fare
to the vlssitudes Of an almost tropical
climate, as much as do the thoughtful
dwelleis of the torrid zone. Liquor
malt beverages, narcotics and nervlres
ought to be dropped by whoever is
subject to prickly heat. Bile had far
better be decreased than favored. Semi
scidulous articles of food and ditto
beverages are in order, and many
Protestants would be benefited by ab-
staining from all kinds of during what
Is commonly called "Lent." The hu-
man system would be more free from
the elements of disease during the
summer.
Farther, it is an incontroYertible fact.
that much .prickly heat is owing to dis
turbances by undergronnd-grown vege-
fa hIaa ILL., u Il.
stomach with the products Of bushes.
vines and trees. Chemically and electri.
cally they are aliens to each other. Bread
(farlnacea) witt apples, berries, grapes,
cherries, pears, DC. partaken asegerally,
mot unfortunately mlxed) will easily
narmonize with the stomach of men re-
siding where those things are indigenous.
But there will be trouble in the system
of the delicate and debilitated, if at the
same meal the stomach is compelled to
work ch potatoes, cabbage, ,turnips, salad,
cherries, plums, gooseberries, DC. Flesh
meat agrees with vegetables moderately
supplied as regards variety, but will clash
with currants, black berries, pears, peach.
es, unless the fruit be to q degree nodi.
fed by good cooking. Sensitive persons
then should eat principally only fruit.
and vegetables that grow in slanlight,aid
these not at the same meal. Chemistry
duu puysiOlOSy SuOulu De Su1tefPQ TO IN
huence ones Judgment.
These are not the vagaries of a luna
tic, but proven deductions from accurate
observation.
Daily see men and boys dousing their
heads in cold water repeatedly, hoping
that it will relieve them. They are mis-
taken, and no doubt many cases Of sun
stroke and addle-headed people are in
duced by this pernicious practice. The
reverse obtains; and from extended ex-
perience can coreoborale the truth OF
the doctrine that cold does not invaria-
bly, cool, nor heat always heats. If the
head be hot or in pain, bathe it all over
in the hottest water the head can endure
for five or ten uinntes, ALSO the neck.and
the pain Of aching will cease: The head
by reaction will become cool and calm.-
The application of cold water for this
purpose, ON the contrary. albeit Afford
ing brief, temporary relief, directly
tends to call the blood thither by reason
and renders the head more subject to
pain and distress. And soaking the feet
in hot water makes them more an more
cold and clammy, especially if the pores
OF the soles are not partially closed by
briof uach with oonl xuo ta,.