The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11
SUMNER SAFEGUARDS.
Some SCaSOnable Suggestions to Sen
Sible Citizens

its Conducive to Health and Happf-
ness During the Heated Term-Fxtra
Vigilance to be Observed in obeyiue
Sanitary Regulations
Gorgeous summer, with her infinite
glow and glory, has dazzled poor tender
spring into her sepulcher. June. the
naughty queen, with fragrance of roses
lingering about her crimson draperies.
aud her hair, the wondrous sheen of sun
light, filtered through some golden mys-
terry, and eyes blue as misty amethysts
now sways her flower-wreathed scepter
over realm of indescribabIe loneliness.
Yes, "June, with the roses, - is our tran
sient guest, Notwithstanding the in
efable charm in her pearl and opal dawns.
and the sweet peace, rest and stiffness of
her halcyOn gloamings.
Notwithstanding the dramatic move
ment and the wonderful tints, "a diant
with every color which blends in heaven,
that play about and fash in the rising of
her suns, and the unearthly splendOrs
which burn in the evening sky, as the
pyrotechnics of the angels thunder forth
in priSmatic Vehemence, the salute which
closes fast the brilliant gates of day.
Notwithstanding, her consultations
seem to glow whittier and purer in the
grading blue above, and that Almighty
fingers appeart to have painted with more
matchless luster her never-fading stars
still the queen is hot, and is constantly
waxing hotter, and unless we observe
puctilliOus care as to our persons and
premises, in sanitary sense, her amor
Gus caresses and her rose-scented zephyrs
may prove not only decidedly unhealthy,
but pesGlential in their influence. SAM
tation is simply the exercise of good COM
mon sense and habitual observance of
the laws of cleanliness.
There is in this city, and indeed in every
other one, an increasing warfare against
death, still the grim reaper is ever on
the alert, and his scythe is daily falling
with relentless force. The board of health
of Savannah is at present doing yoeman
work, but if we wish for the enemy's cir
convention and defeat every one must
face the foe in the open field, shoulder to
shoulder, and fight for the common health
and veal together.
All thinking people readily recognize
the stupendous task of keeping a city
clean from pestilence-producing refuse,
and we will interject parenthetically, an
utter impossibility without the coinci-
dence and hearty cooperation of its cid-
zens.
Typhoid fever is traced in almost every
instance to thoughtless-n neglect, and it is
against this dread foe and diphtheria,
pneumonia, consumption and numberless
familiar ills which the vigilance of the
health board is directed.
How shall the citizen do his part of the
wOrk2 First, by obeying implicitly the
city's ordinance against throwing refuse
into the street, and by persuading others
not to do so; second, by careful and
persistent use of the best means available
for keeping his house or apartment in per-
feet sanitary condition.
There is an lntinitude of ways in which
disease germs may be introduced into the
human system, but they have been
roughly classified into three groups: In
lection by food infection by water, infec-
ton by air. What is the preventiVe2
The answer is obyious Eat pure food,
drink pure water, breath pure air. Judi
eiOus exercise and the holding of a daily
matinee in your bath tub are wonderful
adjuncts toward prevention. Note the
fact that certain prominent medical men
are prophesying the return of cholera
this season. There is at this time no way
of deciding as to the correctness or in
correctness of their conclusion, but there
is a method by which we will feel Drawer
and more confident if the gaunt-limbed
destroyer from the east does show his
is, purity in our air and water supply and
cleanliness and purity in the keeping and
cooking of our food supply. There are
other practical suggestions which, if OBJ
served, may save much suffering and
remorse.
Proper Underciothing During Summer.
1t is noticed that the whole tendency of
modern medical science is toward pre-
yCntion of disease. The value of the
method lies in the permanent gain
achieved. In every direction men of sci
ence, physicians, statisticians and intelli-
gent business men are thus able to Join
hands against the common foe. A bust
ness man has been amply defined as an
unconscious benefactor." Unconscious,
because he is too busy with work in hand
to think about his motives, a bene-
factor, none the less, because he does not
fail in that greater WORK of cultivation
of which his work is a part. 1t is credit
to our merchants and manufacturers that
they have responded with characteristic
enterprise to the calls of science, millions
of dollars are now invested in the promo
ton of health.
The indisputable pernicious effects
upon health due to the material and form
of ordinary clothing of the present day
has been scientifically demonstrated by
Or. Gustav Jaeger of Stuttgart. This
OlSjllS ulSHeu NIeruldu physician mas CS-
tablished the fact that most bodily de-
engagements may be prevented and cured,
or greatly alleviated by the adOp-
ton Of proper clothing and he has
constructed a system based on the
principles of pure animal fiber for cloth
ing. 1t affords to the body the greatest
protection against cold, heat and damp
ness with the least obstruction to the
bOdy's exhalations. These conditions are
instinctively felt to be better fulfilled by
wooden than by linen or cotton fabrics.
Hence the very general use of flannel
garments by athletes, bicyclists, boating
and other sporting clubs who are called
upon to engage in vigorous physical ex
ercise likely to cause profuse perspira-
ton, which IS simply an intensified
tion of the action of the skin
necessarily going on, with more
or less activity, Cand Dceasing only
with life itself 1t is reasonable to sup
pose that if the skin be imperfect, i'm
peded, or repressed by any cause, fat and
water accumulate in the tissues, the
functional powers of which are lowered
and weakened, and the flesh, which
should feel elastic, firm and hard, becomes
soft and tabby, resulting in a general de-
rangement of the physical organization,
and the evil effect on the body is eXpe-
rienced in the form of many disorders,
which are enormously considered to be
more or less inevitable and ineradicable,