The Somerset reporter., 1886-02-24
Wonderful Functions of the Skin.

So Nttle seems to be understood by the
ma.se, of the manifold duties devolving
upon the skin, aud the great Importance
of keeping 1t at all times in natural,
healthy condition, that we append the
following, to which we invite careful at
tention
"According to Prof. Huxley the aver
age man, weighing l54 pounds, Will throw
off, by the action OF .he skin, eight pounds
each 81 hours, or more than an equiVa-
lent 10 the entire weight OF BODY every
twenty days. This estimate compares Ia
yorably with that OF other scientists, and
may be relied npon, and with the follow
ing case reported a few years since, will
serve to illustrate the disastrous conse-
ouences sure to results from a perment
observation to the perspiratory system.
A golden Image was required for use In
tableau at a fair and the Idea conceived
of taking a living subject for the purpose.
Accordingly a child was selected and gid.
ed from head to foot The taoleau was
pronounced a success, but, although en-
cased in this covering of gold leaf only
about an hour, the child died the next
day.
A short time since we read In the Min
neapols Evening Journal an account of
the supposed death Of John f. Munger,
of Plattville, Wis, who, to gain relief
from Rheums ti,m in his feet, bathed them
in Aconite tincture and then thrust them
into pail OF hot water. tingllng sen
sation followed, the pulse weakened, the
skin became moist and clammy, and
violent committing and itching ensued.
Medical aid was summoned, but on their
arrival Mr.. Munger was apparently dead.
With one accord it was decided that
death resulted from Aconite poisoning,
the drug having been absorbed through
his feet. An undertaken set about the
usual preparations for the burial, but in
the meantime, by the skill and forethought
of one of the physicians, the man was
restored nv repeated hypodermic meet
ions of mixture OF brandy and digltaiis
near the heart, aud was soon pronounced
out of danger. His recusctntion WAS
considered most remarkable. BY this
Incident It is shown how readily the blood
becomes poisoned by abs rptiou, even
though applied to the extremtie., more
especially when the capiliaries are ex-
posed by the application OF heat. How
consistent, then, the principle OF impart.
ing our purifying an disnfecting "Com-
pound Vapor" by using the Hot Ba a,
an auxiliary. From time immcmorial the
Bath has been accepted by all nations,
tongues and Gre eds For 500 years n.
cient Rome had no Physician but the
Priest, the Laity and the Bath. They en-
lyed good health and lived to ripe old
aye. From their earliest history the
savage tribes OF the New World have
been devoted their sweat houses, where
they generate vapor by throwing water
on highly heated stones. As remedial
az, mt aud luxury combined, however, DR.
Commits Compound Vapcr Baths have no
parallel in ancient or modern times. In
them you find concentrated all the
qualities contained in the best methods Ct
bathing known to science, supplement
by natures remedies which permcate the
entire system by absorption, absolutely
DESTROYING the germs OF diseaac, which
Otherwise might result in consequence,
the most disastrous to human health and
happiness. BY so doing the Compound
Vapor assists neture to throw of any dis
ease that flesh is heir tot taken in sea
son. Fevers, Sciatic and lnhammatory
Rheumatism, Paralysis, Dropsy, Diabetes.
Bripht's Disease and all diseases of the
Kidneys and Urinary Organs, Spinal
difficulties, Sick Headache, Neuralgia,
Asthma, Phthisic, Bronchitis, NaricoSe
Veins, Scrofrla, Salt Rheum, EcLems,
Itch, letter, Erysipelas, Ivy Poison,
Malsrial, Mercurial and Specific Blood
Poison in all its forms, succumb to thi>
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hope.
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dntP,