Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-09-26
SELECTIONS.
CHECKING PERSPIRATI0N.


scholar, the accomplished diplomat.
ist, the orator, the statesman, the
patriot, became overheated in testi.
flying in court room recently, went
to Faneuil Hall, which was cold, and
sat in draft of air until his turn
came to speak "but my hands and
feet were ice, my lungs ON fire. In
this condition / had to 60 and spend
three hours in a court room." He
died in less than a week from this
checking of the perspiration. 1t was
enough to kill any man.
Prot. Mitchell, the gallant soldier,
and the most eloquent astronomical
lecturer that has ever lived, while
in a state of persplration in yellow
fever, the certain sign of recovery,
left his bed, went into another room,
became chilled in moment, and died
the same night.
II while perspiring, or while some
thing warmer than usual, from ex-
ercise or heated room, there is
sudden exposure in stiffness to
still, cold air, or to raw, damp at
mosphere, or to draft, whether at
an open window or door or street
corner, an inevitable result is vic,
lent and instantaneous closing of the
pores Of the skin, by which waste
and impure matters, which were
making their way out of the system,
are compelled to seek an exit through
some other channel and break
through some weaker part, not the
natural one, and hurt to that part
is the result. The idea is presented
by saying that the cold has settled
in that part. To illustrate:
A lady was about getting into a
small boat to cross the Delaware !;
but wishing first to get an orange
at q fruit stand, she ran up the
bank of the river, and on her return
to the boat found herself much heat.
ed, for it was summer, but there was
a little wind Oh the water, and the
clothing soon felt cold to her. The
next morning she had severe cold,
which settled on her lungs, and with
in year she died Of consumption.
A stout, strong man was working
in garden in May /; feeling a little
tired about noon, he sat down in the
shade Of the house and fell asleep;
he woke up chilly; Inflammation OF
the lungs followed, ending, after
two years Of great suffering, in con.
sumption. On opening his chest
there was such an extensive decay
that the yellow matter was scooped
out by the cupful.
A Boston ship.Owner, while on
the deck Of one of his vessels,
thought he would "lend a handu in
some emergency and pulling off his
coat, worked with will until he
perspired freely, when he sat down
to rest for awhile, enjoying the de-
licious breeze from the sea. On at.
tempting to rise he found himself
unable, and was SO stiff in his joints
that he had to be carried home and
put to bed, which he did not leave
until the end Of two years, when he
was barely able to hobble down to
the wharf ON crutches.
A lady, after beng unusually busy
all day, found herself heated and
tired toward shutdown of summers
day. She concluded she would rest
herself by taking drive to town in
an open vehicle. The ride made
her uncomfOrtably cool, but she
warmed herself up by an hours
shopping, when she turned aome-
ward; it being late in the evening,
she found herself more decidedly
chilly than before. At midnight
she had pneumonia inflammation
of the lungs), and in three months
had the ordinary symptoms of con.
firmed consumption.
A lady of great energy of charac.
ter lost her cook, and had to take
her place for four days the kitchen
was warm. and there was a draft OF
air through it. When the work was
done, warm and weary, she went to
her chamber, and laid down on the
bed to rest herself. This operation
was repeated several times day.
On the fifth day she had an attack
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