♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[Jl-ly 10, 1885. 



\cri ( iu7 tlu s>mc me i ur ji (Med the health of 

 hiscieu \\]i n tlu (til 1 111] t w n inchortd around 

 him 1 t fiom t^^cnt^ t . tift\ m u i ith Other sinitarj 

 mtifauie Mtie enfor(^cd and of eourae contributed to 

 these results , but the most heretical departnrt, from the 

 naval usages then prevailing was this enforced wearing of 

 fJannel m a hot climate 



^ I ^ i_ Billmgall (Lectures on Military Surgery) 



til t when in Indn it ^ time when thissubject 



' undeibtood he witnessed i shikmg proof 



t^ of flinnel m cheekm, the jr gress of a 



■ ( ml bvttalion 



111 ( 



; 1 



f t 



belt 



wh 



(f flu 



chmitcM 'SU friend "\Ii Sage of the Vimy Giothmg 

 Dtpot at Pimlico tells me many thousinds have latelj 

 l>ein made there 



This dem T ' ^ 1 ' 111 ' p m hot 



climates is 1 ,iis but 



1 nevtith 1 «as first 



dn rtfd t 1 I 1 during 



I li I I It unim.i t 1S43 An 



1 111 lit ( 1 ' Il li 1 In ed there more than thirty 

 1 I 1 1 1 T t m Oriental sish He hod 



ift I I ^ 1 r t,, T ill r Creeks the same and all 

 hid cscij. 1 fuitl 1 itt 1 (f umiiKi (hsentcrv on 

 f llowmgthi . 1 1 ,1 11 t m f ^^ I. Ill m kinl of 



bmdageromil ill lit 1 f 11 \ 1 1 i i'm to the 

 extent of -s^ ii i i 1 1 n l..c f tlmuel next the 

 skm md fr i md sul equcnt observa- 



tnns have < ili e-s.tr tvi_antlv long and 



cumbiousOii I I 1 1 1 SIX oi ei^ht oi even a 



dozen time^ i uu 1 n th. rutsi.h rf rther clothing, 

 dthongh ad^ int^sreous m j reveuting the sudden chills 

 from the evij oriti u of accumulated perspiration may 

 be very advmtagernsly substituted 1 -s a single envelope 

 cf looseh vi 'sen'"flmnel cr betters ill of knitted fleecy 

 \\oolfibiic ^vornncxtto the skm It sh uld be sufe 

 ciently elistic to keep in its pi cc with > it trijs 



Its id\ mticres over the extr^v'^gant outside sash 

 deiK?nd upon the steady and rcgulai alsoiption and tran 

 piration of the per pirition vajienr dtmonstr.tcd by 

 Knmford s ex]-eriments The ordmary sash acts by 

 il sorbmg the licjnid sweat as a sponge absorbs -water 

 The weai er of the m mif ild sash becomes a slave to it m 

 conseque-nce of its inducing a delicate and sensitive con- 

 dition of the o^ Cl s-n addled si m 



The naked natives of tropical countries do not appear 

 to be troubled with the dysentery -nhich the .sash or belt 

 of their clothed neighbonr.s prevents. I suspect that the 

 reason of this is that the mi.sehief is done by a thin 

 OMveriiig of cotton or linen clothing becoming wetted by 

 the iK'Vspirution, and then cooled bv rapid evaporation in 

 a .■urrcnt of air. 



The relation of flannel to the secretions from human 

 oil glands will be discussed presently. 



The Society cf Arts Conversazione at the Inventions Exhibition 

 )n Friday last was a great success, to which the fineness of the 

 Teather contributed in no small degree. It was very apparent that 

 lo effort had been spared to make the evening an enjoyable one. 

 The sixpenny telegram scheme has again been relegated to the 

 '; ial pigeon-hole, although there is just a chance that the outcry 

 - liiist its present abandonment may result in its beirig re-intro- 

 ; ed into Parliament during the present session. In order to 

 ■ >/t the anticipated increase in traffic, upwards of half-a-million 

 .Ho already been spent in increasing the wire and instrument ac- 

 Limmodation, and the number of clerks has been increased by 



