Weekly commercial herald., 1885-11-20
HYGIENIO ADVICE.
CHECKED PERsPlRATIoN ONE OF THE
CAUSES OF DISEASE AND DEATH.
The Waste Matter OF the Human system
Thrown Out Through the Pores-Ter-
rible Results of Carelessnsss
or Ignorance.
[Han,s Journal of Healthl

cause of sickness. disease and death to
multitudes every year If teakettle of
water is boiling on the fire, steam is seen
issuing from the spout carrying the extra
heat with it, but if the lid be fastened
down and the spout be plugged a de-
structiye explosion follows in very
short time.
Heat is constantly generated within the
human body by the chemical disorganiza-
tion the combustion of the food we eat.
There are 1000, 900 tubes or pores on the
surface of the body, which in health are
constantly open, conveying from the
system by what is called insensible per-
spiration hisinternal heat, which, having
answered its purpose, is passed off like
jets OF steam which are thrown from the
escape-pipe in puf1s, of any ordinary
steam engine; but this insensible perspra-
ton carries with it. in dissolved form,
very much of the waste matter of the
system TO the extent of pound or two
or more every twentyfour hours.
THE INTERNAL FIRES.
1t must be apparent, then. that il the
pores of the skin are closed, if the multi
tude of valves which are placed over the
Whole surface of the human body are
shut down, two things take place First,
the internal heat is prevented from pass.
ing Off, 1t accumulates every moment, the
person expresses himself as burning I'D.
and large draughts of water are swallowed
to quench the internal fire This we call
fever. When the warm steam is con.
stantly escaping from the body in health
it keeps the skin moist and there is
soft, pleasant feel and warmth about it.
But when the pores are closed the skin
feels harsh and hot and dry.
But another result follows the closing
of the pores of the skin, and more imme-
diately dangerous; main outlet for the
waste of the body is closed, it reminglcs
with the blood, which in few hours be-
comes impure and begins to generate dis,
ease in every fiber Of the system, the
whole machinery of the man becomes at
once disordered. and he expresses himself
as feeling miserable The terrible eff.
fects Of checked perspiration of dog,
which swcats only by his tongue, is
evinced by his becoming "mad The
water runs from dogs mouth in sum
mer, if exercising freely. If it ceases to
run, that is h. drophobia 1t has been
asserted by French physician that if a
person suffering from hydrophobia can
be only y made to perspire freely he is
cured at once.
EFFECTS OF PERSPIRATIoN.
1t is familiar to the commonest obser,
yer that in all ordinary forms of disease
the patient begins to get better the
moment he begins to perspire, simply be-
cause the internal heat is passing off and
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system. Thus it is that one of the most
important means for curing all sickness
is bodily cleanliness, which is simply re.
moving from the mouths of these little
pores that gum and dust and oil which
clog them up, Thus it is, also, that per-
sonal cleanliness is one of the main ele-
ments Of health thus it is that filth and
disease habitate together the world over.
There are two kinds of perspiration,
sensible and insensible When we see
drops of water on the surface Of the body
as the result of exercise, or subsistence of
fever, that is sensible perspiration-per.
spiration recognized by the sense of sight.
But when peTspiration is so gentle that
it can not be detected in the shape of
water drops, when no moisture can be
felt when it is known to us only by a
certain softness of the skin, that is in.
sensible perspiration. and is so gentle that
it may be checked to very considerable
extent without special injury But to use
popular language, which can not be mis-.
taken. when a man is sweating freely and
it is Suddenly checked, and the sweat is
not brought out again in very few mo-
ments, sudden and painful sicknes is a
very certain result.
THE DEATH OF MULTITUDEs.
What then checks perspiration? A
draueht of air while we are at rest after
exercise or getting the clothing wet and
remaining at rest while so. Getting out
of warm bed and going to an open door
or window has been the death of multi
tudes.
\ lady heard the cry of fire at mid
night; it was bitter cold; it was so near
the flames illuminated her chamber She
left the bed hoisted the window and the
cold wind chilled her in moment From
that hour until her death, quarter of
century later, she never saw well day.
A young lady went to a window in her
nightclothes to look at something in the
street, leaning her unprotected arm on
the stone window-sill, which was damp
and cold. She became an invalid, and
will remain so for life
The great practical lesson which we
wish to impress upon the mind of the
reader is this: When you are perspiring
freely keep in motion until you get to
good fire, or to some place where you are
perfectly sheltered from any draught of
air Whatever.