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sustained fronr the dirt. me is, paratite ss 
something deceitful, after a he ruddy 
mcy of an unclean skin, becau 
reason and from fi it is an. Every 
portion of the skin is pierced little holes, 
' which serve od sgt for the fluid of perspira- 
tion. They are so numerous that we cannot 
touch the srg with the finest needle, wi 
hitting one of these openings. ile 
is in health, there is not a moment, ie ng or 
waking, in which this fluid, in the form of vapor 
or mist, is not eacaping from the whole surface 
of our bodies, unless the mouths of these little — 
be 
vessels are blocked up. Now, can t 
closed with filth for any length of time, and the 
subject remain uninjured ? It is true, that years 
May pass awa evil ces 
. » The offices of the skin being inte: 5 
increase of action is imposed on other parts, 
se. 2 L 1 me? 
life, scrofula, rheumatism, jaundice, and even _ 
mption, 0 often arise after the evil which 
con 
first gave rise to them is forgotten, if it were. ever 
suspected. 
pec 
There is another strange notion slnoid-—that 
the smell of the earth is beneficial, especially to 
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