The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-17
Clothing in Winter.


the unwise practice of wearing summer
clothing late into the autumn, and of
assuming light outer garments and
underwear so soon in spring as warm
day appears. The health in many cases
is undermined by neglecting dress of
proper warmth in early autumn. 1t is
an error to suppose if thick clothing be
worn in early November, that it must
be much warmer in January. What
will keep us comfortably warm in the
damp chilliness of November, will an
swer perfectly we'll in the dry, clear
cold of winter. During early spring
and late fall months, the very moist
air is good conductor of heat, and in
such weather the body loses warmth
very rapidly, and becomes chilled if
not sufficiently clad. l cannot too
strongly impress the fact that many
lung diseases are contracted during
these uncertain seasons by improper
dress. The winter underclothing
should be put on edr5Y and worn late.
If day be very warm, the change
must be made in the outside garments.
A lady should carry an extra shawl,
gentleman should by no means leave
his overcoat at home. If the tempera-
ture suddenly fall both then have
clothing wherewith to meet the change
Europeans dress more warmly than
we, and have less catarrh, especially
the Dutch, one of whose great physi-
clans once said: FLANNEL should not
be put off until midsummer's day, and
should be put on-the day after"
The fact is, as people, we are im-
patient with momentary discomfort
in dress, and prefer the exposure of
hours of chill to thirty minutes of lit
tie too much warmth. Only physicians
realize how vast is the harm which is
brought about by our carelessness in
meeting the changes of temperature in
our tickle climate. Moreover the mu-
cous membrane of the breathing APP
paratus-the nose, throat and bronchial
tubes-quckly forms the habit of TAX
ing on a catarrhal condition upon slight
causes. One cold leaves effects which
dispose the parts affected to repeat the
condition. One catarrh leads to an
other until, perhaps, chronic catarrh
has become established. A person
may say, my lungs are perfectly
strong. | never have colds. | am not
going to bury myself under clothingn'
But this person has weak heart, weak
! kidneys or weak bowels-is liable to
rheumatism or neuralgia. If then he
ask his system to bear too much cold,
he is surprised by an attack in the weak
| locality or organ, and is at q loss as to
! its cause, for in other respects his life
may have been wise and careful. In
such cases, the cost is paid by the SEN
stive organ. Every individual, there
fore, should study his needs as to cloth
ing. No precise system of winter dress
can be established. Within certain
limits, each of us may be law unto
! himself. but must see TO 10 that the Id,C IS
aOiSe. 1t should invariably include the
wearing of wool next the skin. But as
to the remainder of the dress, requisite
modification may be made in the outer,
or, as the English call them, the up
per garments.
The practice of swathing the throat
and lower portion of the face in cold
weather is an error. Once begin this
practice, and it must be continued, thus
depriving the lungs and blood of much
of the oxygen which is their food and
life. There is no danger in exposing
the face and throat, if the dress be
equally warm, as high rs it is usually
worn. Button the outer garment high
up across the chest, and, unless it be
found necessary to protect the ears, the
parts above may be left to themselves.
But there is an exception to this advice.
After speaking or singing for length
of time on a winters night, it is not
safe to encounter and inhale a cold air,
without first warming it. This may be
done, not by wrapping heavy scarf,
or by buttOnlng fur collar about the
throat and mouth, but by folding a
large handkerchief, tying the long ends
together behind the neck, so that the
broad portion may hang loosely in front
of the chin. BY resting the latter upon
the chest, the breath is directed against
the handkerchief, and warns the air to
be inhaled at the next inspiration. This
arrangement accomplishes the desired
result, namely, the prevention of the
entrance of very cold air into a throat
flushed and heated by vocal exercise.
The mouth should be kept absolutely
shut. Breathing must be performed by
the nose, in which there are several
warm, curved plates, which likewise
assist in raising the temperature of the
air as it passes through the nostrils.
Talking in the open air, after using the
voice for a whole evening in a hot room
should be stringently forbidden. The
exposure of heated throat to freezing
air is the cause of much serious harm
l have known dangerous attacks o.
throat and bronchial affections to follow
such an event. Hamilton OSgOod
1t is a bad habit to sleep with the