Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
WOMAN ANDH0ME.
A DOCTOR ADVANCES SOME NEW
IDEAS ABOUT DRzss- Z !
a Cheerful vis,tor.-A Word TO Mothers
The Hair and Teeth-"Crow's Feet
An Offended Pootess--itecipes
for tho Cork.

In a recent article published in the New
Orleans Medical AMI Surg cal Journal, Dr.
Tn mas Herbert points out what he believes
TO be a seriou, popular fallacy concerning
summer wearing apparel ave have been
taught" he says shat white bodie, re-
fected heat anil dark onss abs rb,d II. We
Jaw for our elves that snow meltei MUCH
faster under dark cloth than It did
under q white fabric. Tho inference
was that ws should wear white cloth
in summer, becaue IL absorb, les,
and reflect, more, aud dark cloth In win
ter for the opposite reasons This Is an err
rcr which has grown into pernicious
habit The temperature Of the DO ly, as
taken by the thermometer. Is about 9sIf de-
grees This would make the blood temper
allure 100 degrees. probably more Now,
the general blood tempsrature Is much on
parallel with tho outside atmo pheric tenn
psraturs during the greater portion OF tho
summer, with tendency u be higher, even
in the repose OF the boly. AMI this tendency
1, much incresed by exercise In
tho :, sun.F however, the tiermome-
ter may register 100 degrees to
1l6 degrees, and at tho hottest period o, the
day may give l05 or 1913 degrees Ia the
shade. Then the outside heat may DO
greater than that OF tho human body In re-
10 Q. But at other periods Of the day the
temperature Is notably less, while our own
heat tends &, remain psrmanently ut the
same degree In short. during toe creator
portion of The day, even In the hottest sum
mer the body temperature In some OF our
organs at least u above the surrounding
temperature. These remark, do not apply
to the few peopls who work 10 tho sun, but
to the great proportion who labor In the
shade. Exercise, may bring the blood to
fever heat. '''.'-- -,tt-- 'af-
'Issaving aside any consideration OF our
exterior apparel, we will ray, that most OF
us during this exercise wear white stuRs
next to the skin. Yet such garments will
reflect heat from our bodies more whom the
temperature outside is greater than 1t Is
inside OF them, and to cur bodies more when
tho excess OF temperature i In the blood. In
tho vast ma jority Of cases therefore, we put
on such garments preferably in summer
when they generally servo as retainerJ OF
heat In outer clothing we max, another
error 10 wearing fabrics which do not abb
sorb moisture readily and toni to keep a
stratum Of air saturated with 1t over the
skin, thus preventing evaporation, and con-
sequeptly refrigeration. Be 'ides, what re-
tains moisture retains heat, AMI what re-.
tains both is so far. doubly injurious.
AUS ID Just tho "uy "ulo ainon Sioe'.7s W
crate. i'~t
@There are men who can not be made to
wear, in the boat Of the sun, anything
lighter In weight or color than a darkahued
flannel shirt Negroes. black as Erobus,
split wool Standing naked beneath the cop
per sky They do not complain In winter
nature wears q mantle Of spotles, white.
White retains heat Who ever saw black
polar bear3 But the human creature has on
garment that is dark celored, and absorb4
heat The atmosphere around him. which
may be below zero, will wrench the heat
from his llood and organs which may b
above 100 degrees In tempera' ule. His vital
furnace IL set a-roaring to supply the loss
Exhaust Il fuel occurs, and he Is chilled
to tho core. Then fever sets In, and, by the
same law Of equilibrium. the overtaxed
organs make q tremendous effort to remedy
tn. trouble by reaction"