A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
There is no serious injury resulting from working in such an
atmosphere, unless there is an increase in the bodily temperature,
and then there may be serious results to the health unless relief
is obtained. When the humidity has reached the point of complete
saturation and the temperature is above 88° F., compensation can no
longer obtain through evaporation and heat stroke may result. The
most noticeable effect of warm moist air under ordinary circumstances
is reluctance to put forth any mental or physical exertion, and a
loss of appetite. With a temperature at 75° F. and the relative
humidity 80%, an individual not accustomed to such will require
complete rest.
It will be noticed that under such conditions Innate Intelligence is
constantly working to bring about intellectual adaptation and that
she is able to do so to a remarkable degree. The glands of the body
are used to produce secretions which constantly bathe the tissues
and keep them cool in the high temperatures, and at a proper degree
of warmth in the low temperatures. The fact that the individual is
indisposed to mental and physical activity in such an atmosphere
is adaptative on the part of Innate. This inactivity is suggested
by means of the languid feeling in order that the body will not be
over-exercised and thus will not increase the amount of heat in the
body; because under these circumstances the process of evaporation
is interfered with and this is one of Innate’s principal means of
regulating the temperature of the body.
Perspiration is an adaptation on the part of Innate, for in this way
the surface of the body is kept moist and as this moisture evaporates
the body is cooled; otherwise the temperature of the body would
increase with every rise in the temperature of the atmosphere. Not
only does this help to regulate the bodily temperature, but it keeps
the surface tissue of the body soft. If there was no perspiration,
the surface of the body would soon become dry, parched and hard. The
skin would become scaly and would crack and become chafed.
Because of these adaptative processes it is possible for the body to
be adjusted to great extremes in temperature. The body may become
accustomed to extremely high temperatures even with high relative
humidity, providing the change takes place gradually and sufficient
time is allowed for the processes of adaptation to take place.
It is very important that the kidneys be able to perform their normal
function in order that these processes of adaptation may take place.
The kidneys are important not only because of the function which they
perform in the excretion of poisons, but because of the function
which they perform in relation to the serous circulation. This is
important because of the secretions that are involved. This subject
will be treated more fully under the subject of Water.
Cold Damp Air
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