Telegram-herald., 1889-11-20
eARps A,,o GOOD HEALTH.
Medical Authority, Testimony % Prove
That Thss Are Useful


What medical 4Tgemeats can De addaoed
In favor Of wearing the osardi
TIE weight of TIE syids0os. says DR. Fer
dinsnd Sesger Ia Medical C1@ssLcs, seems ~
prove tkAI those who ear the beard are ls<s
,abiect 70 eolds, sore threats, bronchitis.
coughs and consumption thaG chose Who
shave. The Jews, Turks and certain tribes
who never shave are comparatively frss
from these disorders
By glanclng az the exciting Causes o. these
affections. IL Is sen that sudden checks 70
perspiratiOn. Ia Consequence Of exposure OF
TIE throat and neck ~ eold, rank nTst IN ln-
portancs.
Is II strange that the public speaker, who
habitaally exercises the muscles Of his throat
Ia crowded assemblies, and then seeks the
open air with the pores OF this sensitive part
open and relaxed. should be sufferer from
bronchitis, catarrh, sore throat and other
disorders Of the respiratory apparatus. Is il
surprising that the public. who daily remain
FOR hours in oyerheated apartments, or in at
tendance upon public meetings, should con
tract colds, coughs and other pulmonary dis
easesi A considerable portion of the throat
Is usually kept snugly enveloped in hand
kerchief or cravat, thus securing free open
ing Of the pores 50 long as the individual re
mains In the house, and an abrupt closure Of
them whenever he enters the open air.
These throat bandages are so admirably
arranged as ventilators that the slightest mo
tion Of the head or the act Of speaking when
cut Of doors allows a current Of cold air 10
come in contact with the neck, so that, If
there is no protection from a beard, cold is
pretty certain TO ensue Another important
.-k. l.
consists in making such pressure upon the
superficial veins OF the neck as TO interfere
materially with the return Of blood from the
head to the trunk, thus giving rise to head
aches, vertigo, congestion and occasionally
to epilepsy. This remark is especially appli-
cable to persons Of sedentary habits or to
those whose occupations require them TO pass
much time in bent and constrained positions,
like writers, students, etc.
Every man who reads this viii be sure to
make himself an exception TO this rule, and,
to fortify his position, will place himself in
an upright posture and insinuate his two fore
fingers with ease between his throat and the
ligature alluded to; but let this same man
watch himself narrowly for twenty-four
hours and he will find himself half Strangled
twenty times during this period, on account
upon TO assume.
Musicians who are accustomed to blow
upon wind instruments rarely shave the
upper and lower lips. Experience teaches
them that a mustache and imperial enhance
materially the strength Of the lips and en-
able them 70 accomplish more than they
would be able TO do if deprived Of them.
In Africa the heads of the natives are fur
the form of wool that the most intense rays
of their tropical sun cannot penetrate it suffi-
ciently TO produce any deleterious effect upon
the parts underneath. In this instance the
hair is not merely useful, but absolutely in
dispensable to the preservation OF health, and
perhaps life. In cold latitudes the hair, by
this non-conducting property, serves admir-
ably to retain the heat OF the body and 10 re-
sist the injurious action of external cold. In
temperate and changeable climates nothing
is better calculated TO guard the throat and
chest against sudden checks of perspiration
than the beard. Clergymen and other publs
speakers troubled with hoarseness should al
ways let their boards grow.
But, asks the advocate Of shaving, il these
views are just, why are not females fur
nished with beardsl
10 lulS NIc IcH4t VI INC
Is that women's organization proves that she
is designed by nature TO act in a different
sphere. With fragile body, a delicate con-
stitution, a sensitive, tiinid and shrinking dis
position, instead Of the courage, resolution
and self reliance peculiar to the male, it
would manifestly be perversion Of the de
signs Of nature TO subject her to the outdoor
occupations Of the other sex. II a man ex-
GELS in intellectual and physical strength,
woman is his superior in everything that per
tains 10 the affections. II man, with his
rough nature, Can contend successfully against
the severe trials Of active life, woman, by her
gentleness, her purity and her love is capable
Of strewing his path with flowers, Of watch
ing over the tender years Of his children, and
of inclining him TO higher and holier aspira-
tions The appropriate sphere OF the weaker
vessel, they say, II evidently domestic one,
and her vocation is within doors, where
boards and other manly appurtenances would
prove superhuc -