Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-24
PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH.
Some Practical questions for Avoid;r
Checked Presentation

Checked Precipitation.
Checked perspiration is the fruitful cause
OF sickness disease and death TO multitudes
every year. If teakettle OF water is boil
ing on the fire steam is seen issuing from
the spout, carrying the extra heat with il,
but If the lid be fastened down and the
spout be plugged a destructive explosion
follows IN very short time Heat is con-
StantIy generated within the human body,
Dy the chemical Reorganization, the COM
oushon Of the food We eat There are
100000 tubes or pores on the surface OF
the body, which in health are constantly
open, conveying from the system by what
IS called insensible perspiratiou this inter
maj heat, which, having answered its pur-
pose, Is passed of like the jets OF steam
which are thrown from the escape-piDe. in
puts, Of any ordinary steam engine; but
tins insensible perspiration carries with it,
IN & dissolved form. very much OF the waste
matter Of the system to the extent of q
pound OF two or more every twenty-four
hours. Il must be apparent, then, that if
the pores Of the skin are closed; il the null
htude OF valves which arc placed over the
whole surface OF the body are shut down,
two things take place. First, the Internal
hest Is prevented from passing off, it accu-
mulates every moment the person ex-
presses himself as burning up, and large
draughts of water are swallowed 10 qEench
the internal fire. This we call fever"
When the warm steam is constantly esoap-
ing from the body in health 1t keeps the
skin moist and there is a soft, pleasant
feeling 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 immedi-
ateiy dangerous a main outlet for the
waste Of the body is closed. it remingles
with the blood, which in Z few hours be-
comes impure and begins to generate dis
ease in every fiber Of the systematic
whole machinery Of the man becomes at
once dlsO~dered, and he expresses himself
Us feeEng miserable" The terrible effects
of checked perspiration on dog, which
sweats only by his tongue, 10 evinced by
his becoming mad The water rms
from dogs mouth in summer, if exercis-
ing freely. fit ceases to run, that is hy-
drophobia 1t has been asserted by q
French physician that if a person suffering
under hydrophobia can De only made TO
poFspire freely, he is cured at once 1t IS
familiar to the commpnest observer that in
all ordinary forms Of disease the patient
begins to get better the moment he begins
to perspiTe, simply because the internal
heat IS passing oil and there is an outlet for
the waste Of the system. Thus it is that
one Of the most important means for cur
ing sill sickness is bodily cleanliness, which
is simply removing from the mouths Of
these h'tle pores thst 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 il ID 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 as The
result of exercise, or subsistence of fever,
that is sensible perSpyation-persp
recognized by the sense OF sight But when
peTspTati0n is so gentle that il cannot be
detected in the shape of water drops. when
no moisture can be felt. when il is known
to Us only by a certain softness Of the skin,
that IS insensible perspiraiiOn, and is SO
gentle that 1t may be checked to q very
considerable extent without special injury.
But TO use popular language, which cannot
be mistaken, when man is sweating freely
and il is suddenly checked, and the Sweat
is not brought out again in a very few mo
ments sudden and painful sickness is a
very certain result.
What then checks perspiration2 A draft
OF air while we are at rest. after exercise, or
getting the clothing wet and remaining at
rest while II Is so. Getting out OF warm
bed and going 70 an open door or window
has been the death of mul;imdes A lady
heard the cry Of fire at midnight; it was
bitter cold il was 50 near, the flames illu-
minated 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 n century later,
she never saw n well day. young lady
went to window in her uight-clothes to
look at something in the street, leaning
her unprotected arms on the stone win
dow-sill, which was damp and cold She
became an invalid and will remain so for
life
Sir Thomas Colby, being in profuse
sweat one night, happened to remember
that he had left the key of his wine cellar
on the parlor table and fearing his serv-
ants might improve the inadvertence and
drink some of his wine, he left his bed.
walked down stairs, the sweating process
was checked, from which he died in few
days, leaving $6,000G coo in the English
funds. His illness was so brief and violent
that he had no opportunity 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 are perspi1ng freely keep
IN motion until YOU get 10 q good fire, or to
some place where you are perfectly shell
tered from any draft of air whatever
Halls Journal of Health.