Physiology for Common Schools by Mrs. Charles Bray

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1860 Excerpt: ... its skin healthy; but its feeble body should be well wrapped up and protected from the cold, and its tender skin should always have the comfort of warm water to be washed in, especially in wkiter time. Q. What happens when we take cold? A. The waste matter that ought to come out through the skin is driven inwards, and causes inflammation and disease. Q. When is the Perspiration most likely to be checked and driven inwards? A. When the blood is not circulating fast and vigorously; that is, when we have been sitting or standing still a long time. Q. What is the best way to prevent taking cold?, A. To keep the skin healthy by plenty of washing and rubbing; and to keep the circulation of the blood active by plenty of exercise and fresh air. LESSON 26. MISCHIEF OF TIGHT CLOTHING. A Few years ago there was an account in the newspapers of a young girl who suddenly fell down dead after eating her dinner; and the doctor, who was called in, found that she had killed herself by lacing her stays too tight. This is not the only poor girl who has shortened her days from the foolish idea that a small waist looks pretty, and because she does not think or does not know what it is that she is crushing and squeezing when she pulls the lace tighter and tighter. We wonder and laugh at the folly of the Chinese women who force their feet into shoes so small that the foot has no room to grow, and becomes in time an ugly little stump that is of hardly any use to walk with. If we were to see the Chinese ladies hobbling along on their poor crippled feet, we should think to ourselves, Is it possible that anybody can admire what is so very ugly; and that women can submit to spoil their feet and torture themselves in this way, just because it is the fashion to do it! But in our own co...