Object Lessons on the Human Body - A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City by Sarah F. Buckelew;Margaret W. Lewis
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What is this waste called when it comes from the surface of the skin?--"Perspiration." When does the perspiration flow through the pores of the skin?--"All the time, if the skin is healthy." Why do we not always see the perspiration which passes through the pores?--"Because it does not always form drops on the surface of the skin; it generally passes off in very fine particles." What becomes of the fine or minute portions of perspiration which pass from the body?--"Some of these portions are absorbed by the clothing; some pass into and mix with the air around us." What effect does the perspiration produce on the air and the clothing?--"It soon makes the air unfit to be breathed, and the clothing unfit to be worn." What is necessary if you would have a healthy skin? [See Formula.] Why must you wear clean clothing?--"That there may be nothing impure in the clothing for the pores of the skin to absorb." Why should you breathe pure air?--"Because air purifies the blood, and pure blood is necessary to make a healthy skin." How does drinking alcoholic liquors hurt the skin?--"It makes the blood impure, and impure blood makes unhealthy skin." |
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