Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-20
whilst It draws off the superauous humors

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which nourish this mark of manhood, it
preserves the teeth long time from rot
ting and strengthens the gums, an advan-
tage which those who shave are deprived
of, who almost all are tormented with pain
in the teeth, and lose them every one be-
fore they are any way advanced in age.
The beard in summer defends the face from
the burning rays of the sun. In short, it
preserves a man from a number of disor-
ders, such as quinsey, etc.
M. Szokalski, French surgeon, pub
lished some years since a statistical &C.
count bearing on this subject. He found
that fifty-three of the workmen on the
Lyons Railway, aged from 25 to 40. and of
vigorous constitution, had shaved their
boards and mustaches. Fourteen of these
soon became accustomed to the change,
but all the rest began to suffer more or
less from facial neuralgia, nasal catarrh,
throat and dental affections. The neu.
ralgic affections, he adds, were especially
rebellious, and became only amenable to
treatment after the beard and mustache
had attained certain length. Most of
his patients, who, on his advice, left off
shaving, soon regained their usual health.
DIR. Mercer Adam, in his
"PLEA FOR THE BEARD,
Writes, "a few days ago l happened to
be CHARTERED at Aldershot Camp las sur
geon of the Dumfrieshire militia), and then
had many opportunities of witnessing the
regulation mustache in preserving the
soldiers from catarrhal complaints. Beard
less recruits were far more frequently
brought to the hospital with bronchitis
affections than les cieur naoustaches, whose
upper lips were plentifully covered with
hair"
Seymour Clark, the Manager of the
Great Northern Railway, informed DR..
Adam that only sixteen enginemen and
firemen on his line shaved, while seventy
seven cultivated the mustache, and that
the latter enjoyed better health than those
who shave. The utility of the beard as a
hygienic agent was also fully recognized
by that eminent physician, the late Pro-
lessor Alison, of Edinburgh.
A recent writer, "Theologos" ION Shay
ing, London, 1867, defends the beard on
Scriptural and sanitary grounds. As re-
CARDS the latter, he expresses himself In
almost identical terms as Valerianus.
That portion of the beard which is on the
upper lip would probably prove as effectual
bar to the access of cold or fog as the
eyelashes do the alighting of dust upon the
eyes, Placed directly in front of and over
the organs of respiration, it proves itself
to be
NATURES PROTECTOR
For the most delicate and sensitive part OF
the whole body. What can be
more merciful than such provision in the
humid climate of Britain ? How clearly is
it the property of man, exposed IN his out
door toll in contradistinction to the woman,
whose province it is to keep at home" In
this way our author disposes of questions
why SO useful an appendage was denied to
the more delicate sex.
After making every allowance for the
manifest exaggerations of both beard-haters
and beard. lovers, this much is certain,
that all persons who are much IN the
open air or exposed to sudden changes of
temperature should, by cultivating the
mustache and beard, avail themselves Of
the natural respirator and comforter pro.
vided for them, on the sole condition OF
keeping them in good order. Many travel
ers besides Livingstone have declared that
at night no wrap equals the beard as
comforter. In workshops, in our smoky
cities, in our fogs, the mustache strains
the air from dirt, SCOT and moisture. There
was time when beard, whiskers and
mustache were
PRESCRIBED BY FASHIONABLE SOCIETY,
SO that Sir Roger de Coverly rather
timidly informed the Spectator that if the
editor would, in one OF the papers, recon-
mend boards, he would himself venture to
grow pair of whiskers. There was GER
tainly fraternity who defed the fashion
able antipathy for boards, but these were
chiefly artists, journalists and musicians,
who were mostly looked upon as Bohem.
ians. All this is changed. Boards and
mustaches of all colors and dimension are
now freely admitted at Court and in
society. Peers and commoners, Ministers
of State and ministers of all creeds, judges
and barristers, soldiers, sailors, farmers
and peasants-each and all now cultivate
such hirsute appendages as kind nature has
thought proper to endow them with, and
thus far pogonotrophy has proved VIC
torious