The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11
sLEEpING OUT VERSUS SLEEPING IN

Children with various forms or tuDercuiosis who are fortunate enough to receive the open air and sun bath treatment, as at Leysin, Swlt- zerland. and at Perrysburg. near Buffalo, N. r. develop a more nearly normal or natural reac- ton function they acquire a coat of mahcg- any tan; that Is, their skin recoyers some or the s Taes the lation of circulation. nutrition ana immunMy. ao the unsophisticated visitor 1t seems strange to see these young invalids playing in the snow with nothing more than breech-cloth and shoes on. Even to physician 1t is extraordinary to see a cold winter day, yet feeling comfortably warm: even the chiid's skin feels warm to the touch or the doctors hand. And tho child Is warm.
 There is more than idie humor in the story about the Indian who tried to satisfy the curio- sty of the white man who wondered how the ssn.s absence ering from the white mons face ana expMlned 'Indian face all over" It Is really unfortunate for health that the custom or practice of the white race is to keep the skin covered with with clothing even when, the most delicate hothouse skin would be comfortable enough without sucn artificial warmth. A@, ag
 The more we resort to coverings and to arti- hciai heating the weaker our natural skin func- tions become.
 The immunity function of the skin depends on the pigmentation. The pigment receives. fur- nishes and actiyates the elements s tc .Ie iier1. The pale aabby skin of the oyer-ciothed white man is a very poor armor indeed.
 Many factors conspire to prevent fresh ar M lend from getting tne t nno o,Ssr Ss ar nenn,e Bt at night when he hits the hay he is or should be his own master, and if he doesn't arrange the air supply to suit himself 1t is just too bad. Even IT one has to defer to. the whiIns or demands of othsr every day. no matter, one will suffer no great harm as long as the days are separated by nights. l t.s n lt5t ~, 7.
 am not a porch open air seeper,a because do not happen to have convenient means @ tor habit of sleeping thus closer to nature uniform. iy derive definite benefits from their fad" In the first place they do, sleep better than they do Indoors They wake mornings with feeling or refreshment from the nights rest. They seldom have unpleasant dreams or nightmares They piratory infection that happens to. be prevalent in the comrnunity. If they are subject 10 any es Sronch,t,s asthma snusitus os chronic rhin- itis. they, enjoy greater freedom from the annoy
 Not Everyone should sleep out however. should not recommend the fad to incubator babies. senile ladies or gentlemen. invalids who should seek inc advice of their own physicians, or well folk who have any quaims about expo
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 I am 4k years of DGe. In the morning always have cUughing spell and raise cOnsiderabIe ,ex. pcctOration. In the last few months N has SD. peared hlaekih. Can you sussest, what causes ihe black color? (F. G.I e4 .%
 Answer--Maybe your neighbors have installed an oil burner furnace or something. Or is there n public spirited institution in the neghbor- hood sooting the environment through q pic- turesque smokegtack? Unburned wasted carbon in one form or another is the usual cause of such black sputum. ~
 You win bc intesested to sec the inciosed pro- gEam Of . recent meeting of tisc New York Phy.. lcal TIbernpy society. pr Howard A. Kelly is surely . man of standing ln Che pr0fessiOn and evidently he has "acceptcd" tho eicctFo.surgery for which you have been campalgnings (L. s.l
 Answer--Of course the real leaders have adopted surgical datherfny It. is only the small caiibef men who hold out aGainst such modern Improvements. The title of pr Keiiys address is given In the program aD "EiectroveurKsry in Ex- fsnsiye and 1noperabie Maiignencyy (maiignancy is | hifaiutin word for cancerl. Inoperabie, that ie, by the old Spanish Custom, yn other words, beyond hope Of benefit by the kind cf .sursery think i'h f fhs only Srbpsr Kind Only few months ago tber lo1dispeaksr, Fishbein, implied that my prcfBotion of the ectro-gprgicqi Idea was a kind of cFimo against fao1sback medical ethics.