Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-04

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ogy, for the reason that human be-
ings rely chiefly on their perspira-
tory system to regulate the control
of the temp Of the body, while
the dog, not having respiratory
glands comparable to ours, has to
make greater use OF his lungs in
preventing his body temperature
from being too much Influenced by
outside conditions. The truth is,
as experiments in India have shown,
that the ordinary Europeans breath
| rate is not increased but actually re-
duced about one-fifth during his first
attempts to accommodate himself to
the heat of that country. The same
experiments have shown that the
hearts action also is not augmented
even in tropical temperatures. The
liver and spleen are the chief suffer
ers, but even the congestion which
may be caused in these organs by
high temperatures may be left out
of account by those persons who are
careful about what they eat and
drink. IS &
BY those who argue against the
healthfullness of heat waves much
weight is laid upon the loss of ap-
petite and the impairment of diges-
ton. These phenomena, according
to DR.. Riddle, are blessings in dis
guise., If there is one thing that
medical men Of all schools are agreed
upon. is that we eat too much. If,
with the reduced activity of our di-
gestive systems in high temperatures
our appetites are augmented, trouble
would be sure to ensue; but nature
meets the situation not only with a
decline Of appetite but also with a
repugnance for the more indigest-
ible varieties of food. The mere fact
that extreme heat impels us to eat
less at meals and drink more water
between meals is a positive gain. Ks
The most important effect of heat
on the human body lies, of course,
in its action upon the skin, the re-
suit being. that the excretions from
the skin are increased in quantity to
an extent that sometimes reaches "a
per cent. above the average in cool
weather. Metchnikoff, one Of the
greatest biologists Of our day, has
recently pointed out that most Of us
die simply because we cannot rapid
~ enough get rid of the poisons that
accumulate in our bodies. Accord
ing to his theory the hope Of attain
ing advanced age lies chiefly in
keeping our excretory systems in the
best possible working order. Among
the systems whose functions keep the
body free from auto-intoxication the
skim, it is well known, plays most
conspicuous part. In our latitudes,
during the greater part of the year,
unless a man belongs to the small
minority who get active exercise dali
", his skin and the glands within
it lie practically dormant. Any part
Of the body, however, not actually
used, tends to degenerate. 1t is easy,
therefore, to see that the inhabitants
Of our northern states would gradu-
ally lose the use OF one Of the most
efficient processes for freeing our
bodies from accumulated impurities
If our skins never received any eli
matte stimulation. A short spell of
tropical weather excites these glands
and makes them take up again their
too little exercised functions. The
perspiration against which most peo-
pie rebel should be looked upon as
sluicing out Of myriads Of tiny
excretory channels.
The truth is that it is not high
temperature but the humidity that
sometimes accompanies it which de-
tracts largely from the healthful re-
suits that otherwise would be ex-
perienced and which leads to the
lassitude and nervous depression that
people complain OF. d .55s 555.
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