HINTS FOR THE WELL. 469 by passing from a heated room to cold outside air, is very injurious to the old or weak. All such should avoid great extremes and sudden changes, In passing from heated assemblies to the cold air, the mouth should be kept closed, and the breathing done through the nostrils only, so that the cold air may be warmed before reaching the lungs, which have just been im- mersed in a hot-air bath. The injurious effect of such sudden changes is caused by driving the blood from the surface to the internal organs, pro- me ducing congestions. mite Bad smells mean that decay is going on somewhere. Rotten particles are floating in the air, and penetrating the nostrils and lungs. Their offen- Siveness means that they are poison, and will produce sickness and death, or so reduce the tone of the system that ordinarily mild disorders will prove fatal. In all such cases remove the cause when possible. Many of these poisons are given off by the body, and are removed by pure air, as dirt ig _ washed away by water. Soiled or foul air can not purify any more than dirty water will clean dirty clothes. Pure air enters the lungs, becomes mth eharged with waste particles, which are poison if taken back again. An adult spoils one gallon of pure air every minute, or twenty-five flour barrelfuls | in a single night, in breathing alone. A lighted gas-burnerconsumeseleven —_ gallons, and an ordinary stove twenty-five gallons a minute. Think of these - facts before sealing up the fire-place, or nailing down the windows for — winter. y Let the sunshine into every room in the house. The sunlight is a eneet purifier. Keep the cellar not only clean and sweet, but give it fresh air and good ventilation, or it will poison the rest of the house. If one is accustomed to sleeping with windows open, there isno danger ot taking cold from the exposure, winter or summer. People who shut up windows to keep out “night air,” make a mistake. At night, the only air : to breathe is “‘night air.” A bed that has been made up for a week or longer is not fit to sleepin. It has gathered moisture and should be aired. When fixed wash-bowls staad in sleeping-rooms, the waste-pipe should be carefully closed, as sewer gases often escape through them into the room. ae Many of the colds which people are said to catch, commence at the feet. To. oe keep these extremities warm, therefore, is to effect an insurance against the almost interminable list of disorders which spring out of a “slight cold.” First, never be tightly shod. Boots and shoes, when they fit closely, press against the foot and prevent a free circulation of the blood. When, on the | contrary, they do not embrace the foot too tightly the blood gets fair play, — and the places left between the leather and the stockings are filled witha _ comfortable supply of warm air. The second rule is, never tosit in damp | shoes. It is often imagined that unless they are positively wet it is not a, a “necessary to change them while the feet are at rest. This is a fallacy; for a when the ieast dampness is absorbed into the sole, itis attracted nearerto the foot itself by its own heat, and thus perspiration is dangerously checked. Any person may prove this, by trying the experiment of neglecting this rule, and his feet will become cold and damp after a few moments, AOURRS, heh : eal off the shoe and warming it, it will appear quite dry. A470 HINTS FOR THE WELL. Remember that there is no patent medicine or ‘patent pad,” wafranted to ‘‘cure by absorption,’’ that will absorb “disease half as rapidly as a wet towel wrapped around the body, and covered with a dry flannel. If people were required to. pay $10 each for this ‘‘ valuable secret’ there would be no difficulty in getting millions of testimonials to its efficacy. It is too cheap to be popular with people who liked to be humbugged; but when humbugs all fail, try hot and cold water.

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HINTS FOR THE WELL. 469 by passing from a heated room to cold outside air, is very injurious to the old or weak. All such should avoid great extremes and sudden changes, In passing from heated assemblies to the cold air, the mouth should be kept closed, and the breathing done through the nostrils only, so that the cold air may be warmed before reaching the lungs, which have just been immersed in a hot-air bath. The injurious effect of such sudden changes is caused by driving the blood from the surface to the internal organs, producing congestions. Bad smells mean that decay is going on somewhere. Rotten particles are floating in the air, and penetrating the nostrils and lungs. Their offen- Siveness means that they are poison, and will produce sickness and death, or so reduce the tone of the system that ordinarily mild disorders will prove fatal. In all such cases remove the cause when possible. Many of these poisons are given off by the body, and are removed by pure air, as dirt is washed away by water. Soiled or foul air can not purify any more than dirty water will clean dirty clothes. Pure air enters the lungs, becomes charged with waste particles, which are poison if taken back again. An adult spoils one gallon of pure air every minute, or twenty-five flour barrelfuls | in a single night, in breathing alone. A lighted gas-burner consumes eleven —_ gallons, and an ordinary stove twenty-five gallons a minute. Think of these - facts before sealing up the fire-place, or nailing down the windows for — winter. y Let the sunshine into every room in the house. The sunlight is a sweet purifier. Keep the cellar not only clean and sweet, but give it fresh air and good ventilation, or it will poison the rest of the house. If one is accustomed to sleeping with windows open, there is no danger of taking cold from the exposure, winter or summer. People who shut up windows to keep out “night air,” make a mistake. At night, the only air : to breathe is “‘night air.” A bed that has been made up for a week or longer is not fit to sleepin. It has gathered moisture and should be aired. When fixed wash-bowls stand in sleeping-rooms, the waste-pipe should be carefully closed, as sewer gases often escape through them into the room. ae Many of the colds which people are said to catch, commence at the feet. To keep these extremities warm, therefore, is to effect an insurance against the almost interminable list of disorders which spring out of a “slight cold.” First, never be tightly shod. Boots and shoes, when they fit closely, press against the foot and prevent a free circulation of the blood. When, on the | contrary, they do not embrace the foot too tightly the blood gets fair play, — and the places left between the leather and the stockings are filled witha _ comfortable supply of warm air. The second rule is, never to sit in damp | shoes. It is often imagined that unless they are positively wet it is not a, a “necessary to change them while the feet are at rest. This is a fallacy; for when the least dampness is absorbed into the sole, itis attracted nearerto the foot itself by its own heat, and thus perspiration is dangerously checked. Any person may prove this, by trying the experiment of neglecting this rule, and his feet will become cold and damp after a few moments, After you peel off the shoe and warming it, it will appear quite dry. A470 HINTS FOR THE WELL. Remember that there is no patent medicine or ‘patent pad,” wafranted to ‘‘cure by absorption,’’ that will absorb “disease half as rapidly as a wet towel wrapped around the body, and covered with a dry flannel. If people were required to. pay $10 each for this ‘‘ valuable secret’ there would be no difficulty in getting millions of testimonials to its efficacy. It is too cheap to be popular with people who liked to be humbugged; but when humbugs all fail, try hot and cold water.

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