The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-27
nhneked prisn.rat On.

,nsa ~ sickness. disease and death
to mnltitudcs every YEAR. If a tea
tcitle of water is boiling on The ilre
steam is seen issuing from the spout,
CARRYING the extra heat WIN ~ putii
The lid be fastened down II inc spout
be plugged II destructive xPloslo
follows in II very short time.
Heat is constantly generated within
thc human body by The chemical dis.
organization, the combustion OF
food we eat. There are y Iuoes
or pores on the surface OF the body,
which in health are constantly open
conveying from the system by wnat Is
called inscns,ble persp'ration tnis III,
tcrnal heat, which, having answered
its purpose, is passed OIL IKE inc Jets
of steam which are thrown from the
escape-pipe, in pulls, OF any ordinary
steam. engine; but this nsenslbie per.
spirution carries with it, in q dissolved
form. very much OF the waste matter
of the system to the extent OF u pound
or two or more every tWonty-Iour
hours. 1t must be apparent, then hat
if the pores of the skin are closedi II
the multitude of valves which arc
placed ovcr the whole surface OF the
human body are shut down, two things
take place. First, the internal heat
is prevented from passing Off; it nc-
cumulates every moment; the person
expresses himself as burning up. and
lal orc druughts OF water are swallowed
to I1ucnch the internal fire. This W.
call clever" When the warn steam
is constantly escaping from the body
in health it keeps the skin moist, and
there is Il soft. pleasant feel AND
warmth about it. But when the pores
arc closed the skin feels harsh and hot
and dry.
But another result follows the clos
inc OF the pores of the skin, and more
immediately dangerous; a main outlet
for the waste of the body is closed; it
rcmingles with the blood, which in q
few hours becomes impure and begins
to generate disease i'll every fibre of
the system; the whole machinery of
the man becomes at once d~isordered,
miserable" The terrible effects OF
checked persplration of IL dog, which
sweals only by his tongue, is cyinccd
by his becoming "mad.' Tho water
runs from u dogs mouth in summer,
if exercising freely. Ii it cease to
run, that is hvdrophobla. 1t has been
asserted by a french physician that if
a person suffering under hydrophobia
car be only made to pcrspire freely,
he is cured at once. 1t is familiar to
the commonest observer That in all or
binary forms of disease the patient be-
gins to get better the moment he be-
gins to perspire, simply because the
internal heat is passing off and there
IS an outlet for the waste of the sys-
tenn. Thus it Is that ono of the most
important means for curing all sick
ness is bodily cleanliness, which is
simply removing from the mouths of
these little pores that gum and dust
and oil which clog them up. Thus it
is, also. that personal cleanliness is
one of the main elements OF health;
thus it is that filth and disease habi-
tate together, the world over.
There are W kinds of perspiration,
sensible and insensible. When we SEQ
drops of water on the surface of the
body AS the result of exercise. or sub
sidence OF fever, that is sensible per-
spiration. perspiration recognized by
sense OF sight. But when per%spiration
is so gentle that it can not be detected
in the shape OF water drops, when no
moisture can be felt, when il is known
to us only by 4 certain softncss OF the
SKIN, that is insensiblo perspiration,
and is so gentle that it may be checked
to a very considerable extent without
speciaI injury. But to use proper Ian
9uagr, which can not he mistaken,
when Il man is sweating freely, aud it
10 Sp,itJntlr pLn,t-nj .,.J tln ,,,.n1 -
not brought out again in a few NOM
cnts, sudden and painful sickness is a
very certain result.
What. then, checks pcrspiration? A
draft OF air while we are at rest, after
exercise. or getting the clothing wet
and remaining at rest while it is so.
Getting out of a warn bed and going
TO an open door or window has been
the death of multiludes.
A lady heard the cry Of fire at mid
night; it was bitter cold; it was so
near the flames illuminated her cham
Der. She left the bed, ho,sted the
window and the cold wind chilled her
in q moment. From that hour until
her death. Il quarter of n century
later, she never saw u we'll day.
A young lady went to a window in
her nightclothcs to look at something
in the street, leaning her outstretched
arms on the stone window sill, which
was damp and cold. She became an
invalid and will remain so for lite.
Sir Thomas Colby, being in a r
fuse sweat one night, happened to re-
member that he had lett The KEY OF
his wine cellar on the parlor table,
and, fearing that his servants might
improve the inadvcrtence and drink
some of his wine, he left his bed,
walked down stairs, the sweating pro.
cess was checked. from which he died
in a few days leaving SO, OOO, 900 IN
English funds. His illness was SC
brief and violent that he had no on.
portunity to make his will, and his
immense property was divided among
five or six day laborers, who were his
nearest relations.
The great practical lesson which we
wish to impress upon the mind OF the
reader is this: When you arc perspir
ing freely keep III motion until YOU
get to a good fire, or to some place
where you are perfectly sheltered