Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-04
Windy Weather.

No one who is at all subject to anv
aiiections or Ithe chest should expose
himself TO high wind. A high wind is
always more or less cold; and, on tho
other hand, no matter how low the tenn
perature Is. exercise may, as rule, be
taken with benefit and comfort If. there.
be no wind. The nervous, too, should
avoid exposure To high winds, else head
ache will be the result, and general de-
preston of the whole system will fol-,
low. Cold wet winds, especially those
that blow from the north and east, seem
To possess y peculiarly disturbing effect
upon the mucous membrane of the
digestive canal, which may result in a
III ofdyspepsia, or in diarrhGa, or even
I-dysentery. Ii is these north and east
winds that render the early spring
months in this climate of ours SO risky
10 the invalid, or those prcdisposed to
consumption and various other COM
plants. But the east wind is more
than any other to be dreaded by people
liable to chest complaints; nor can any
amount OF care in clothing defend them
against its evil influences. .rgg''
But there are times when calm DAYS
are just As much To- be dreaded by the
delicate and invalid rs the stormicst
winds that can blow-davs when the
sky Is overcast, and the atmosphere hot;
when the gloom is general. when i'm
, towns evil vapOrs float low on the
ground, and in the open country the ex-
halations from the earth's surface lie
staSnant thereon, poisoning the air we
breathe. Such days are hard upon even
the healthy, and it is no wonder, there
! fore. if the weakly suffer. Nirht air is
I greatly dreaded by many, and some
ltimcs With good cause. There is not
only always the danger of catching cold
or recsPving a chill-which is often even
worseLbut of breathing malaria or
miasmata; and this danger is greatly
increased if there be- mist. or FOG. or
even dew. 1t ought TO be generally
known that paSture-lands. woods. pleas
fairgrounds, and small lakes OF water
such rs we have in our most beautiful
parks, all send forth malaria 10 some
/ considerable extent, and that the deli
cate do wrong towalk i'm such places
even In the most delightful evenings OF
summer.
How best then, are the more tender
among Us to shield themselves from the
| evil effects OF bad weather. and baneful
atmosphere? The answer TO this qu6s-
ton is this: WeFre to el0the ourselves
in such way as to he proof against
cold and wet, and at the same time do
! all we can to keep our bodies rs near to
tihc discase-resisting standard of health
vs. possible. Exercise must on no ac-
| countbe neglected, but it ought not TO be
\ exercise of too trying or even too exeit-
I ing Kind. We ought to study the
kind and quality as well as the quantity
of food we cat. not forgetting that peo-
pie are all apt 10 err on the side of eat
I ing too much. IL is tlie sfood which is
diScsted with comfort that supports life.
~ Whatsoever lowers the nervous SIS
ftem renders us more susceptible to at
| mOspheJ4c changes, and Cicc c6ySsu.
Healthful sleep should he procured at
night, therefore, but only bv rational
means; and daily and complete ablu-
! ton Is imperatively necessary. People
who are subject to colds should be par
Ocular TO have their bedrooms we'll vsfl-
/ Hated and comfortable, and the bed
/ olothes warm, but not heavy. Lam
1 quite convinced that colds ;Ge caught
I rs often m bed rs out Of il. and those
with weak chests would do well to wear
q chest-protectQr ut night rs well as by
day.s The part-ofs the body. most fire.
| qucntly unprotected atsniEhtis that be-
tween the shoulder blades MANY a
tone takes every care to wrap up wellin
'bcd. but leaves this door open for i'll
ness To- walk in; and manya fatal Illness
might be traced TO colds thus caught in
bed.-HdTper's Bdzdr. 49,