The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-02
CHECKED pERspIRATIoN.
prnitfal Cause of sickness, Disease and
Death.

Checked perspiration is the fruitful cause
Of sickness, disease and death to multitudes
eTery year. If a teakettle of water is boil.
ing 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 destructive explosion
follows in very short time.
Heat is constantly generated within the
human body by the chemical disorganiza-
hon-the combustion of the food we eat.
There are seven million tubes or pores on
The surface of the body, which in health are
constantly open, conveying from the system
by what is called insensible perspiration
this internal heat, which, having answered
its purpose, is passed OFF like jets of steam
which are thrown from the escape pipe, in
puts, of any ordinary steam engine but
this insensible perspiration carries with it,
in dissolved form, very much of the waste
matter of the system to the extent of Il
pound or two Cor more) every twenty-four
hours. 1t must be apparent, then, that if
The pores of the skin are closed, if the null
htude of valves which are placed over the
whole surface of the human body are shut
down, two things take place. First, the in
ternal heat is prevented from passing or il
aceumulates every moment, the person ex-
presses himself as burning up, and large
draughts of water are swallowed to quench
the internal fire. This we call Clever"
When the perspiration is constantly 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
,losed the skin feels harsh and hot and dry
But another result follows the closing OF
the pores of the skin, and more Immediately
dangerous main outlet for the waste of
of the body is closed, it remingles with the
blood, which in few hours becomes im-
pure and begins to generate disease in every
fibre of the system, the whole machinery OF
the man becomes at once disordered, and
he expresses himself us " feeling miserable.
The terrible effects of checked perspiration
of dog, which sweats only by his tongue,
is evinced by his becoming mad" The
water runs from dogs mouth in summer,
If exercising freely. If it ceases to rum that
is hydrophobia. 1t has been asserted by a
French physician that if q person suffering
from hydrophobia can be only made to per-
spire freely he is cured at once. II is fa.
miliar to the commonest observer that in
all ordinary forms of disease the patient be-
gins to get better the moment he begins to
perspire, simply because the internal heat
is passing off and there is an outlet for the
Waste of the system. Thus it is that one
Of the most important means for curing all
sickness is bodily cleanliness, which is
simply removing from the mouths of these
little pores that gum and dust and oil which
clogs them up. Thus it is, also, that per-
sonal cleanliness is one of the main elements
of health thus it is that filth and disease
habitate together the world over.
There are two kinds of perspiration, sen.
sible and insensible. When we see drops
of water on the surface of the body us the
result of exercise, or subsistence of fever
that is sensible perspiration perspiratior
recognized by the sense of sight. But when
perspiration is 80 gentle that it cannot be
no moisture can be felt, when it is known
TO us only by certain softness of the skim
that is insensible perspiration, and is sc
gentle that it may be checked to very con-
siderable extent without special injury.
But to use popular language which cannot
be mistaken, when 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 sickness is a
very certain result.
What, then, checks perspiration? A
draught of air while we are at rest after
exercise, or getting the clothing wet and re-
naming at rest while so. Getting out of
warm bed and going to an open door or
window has been the death of multitudes.
lady heard the cry of fire at midnight.
It was bitter cold. II was SO near the flames
illuminated her chamber. She left the bed,
hoisted the window and the cold wind chill
ed her in moment. From that hour until
her death, q quarter of century Inter, she
never saw well day.
A young lady went to window in her
night clothes 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 re.
main SO for life.--Ha,ps Journal Of HeaM