Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1876 — Beware of Dust. [ARTICLE]

Beware of Dust.

The injuries done by dust are among the most serious to which mechanics and operatives are subjected. Wherever filings and fine particles of any kind are produced, it is very important to prevent their introduction into the Itffigs; even an occasional exposure may do harm, and ohe continued for mouths and years will certainly produce fatal restiM;' < -Dr. R W. Richardson, of London, after several experiments with inhaling air through cotton, layers of crape, etc., informs us that he finds the best arrangement to.be a number of feathers arranged around the outside of a perforated breath-ing-lube of convenient size, so as to closely cover all the perforations; by breathing through the tube tlje feathers are drawn down to the perforations by inspiration, and by expiration they are lifted from the openings, and all the intercepted dust is blown off. The latter makes the arrangement with cotton or crape objectionable, as their pores are soon filled with the dtist as “well as the moisture exhaled by 1 the breath. The tube is attached to an arrangement which allows it to be put on and taken off as easily as a pair of spectacles. ■ . A natural protection against breathing dust Is also afforded to most males of the Caucasian race in the beard and hairs around the mouth. These should not be removed by any persons exposedto a dusty „atnjosphere, who, therefore, do a. very unwise thing if they indulge in the vice of shaving, which is nothing less than an attempt to improve *upon nature’s protective provisions. Three.evils result, frojp this practice.; Ist. Stimulating the continual growth of the hair, which will become slow, and finally cease if not interfered with, while this stimulated growth is a steady, unnecessary drain on the powers of the vital system. 2d. The removal of a natural protection against cold from a place where this protection is more needed than is generally.supposed. 3d. The removal of a dust protector, above referred to. Men. inclinefl to pulmonary consump - tion should especially guard against shaving, and let their beards grow as nature intended, only curtailing a Tittle when they become inconveniently long. Another natural protection against dust may be secured by accustoming oneself to breathing exclusively through the nose, and only through the mouth when-speak-ing.—American Manufacturer. r p. J.