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Show vj ! YOUR HEALTH J V OR. R. H. BISHOP. J LET YOURSELF SWEAT. Don't be afraid to sweat during hot weather Nature Intended you to, ln order to regulate the temperature, of your body and eliminate certain waste materials. A man of average stature has about 16 square feet of ekin with 2,301,-248 2,301,-248 sweat glands, each sweat gland coll whon unraveled being 1-16-lnch long, so that a man's sweat-eicroting tubes placed end to end would measure meas-ure two and onothird miles. The chief purpose of sweating la to regulate the temperature, of the body, though It also servos as a sub-sow-erage system for the disposal of poisonous poi-sonous waste matter within the body which 1h not taken care of by the kidneys kid-neys When tho sweat glands are not ! functioning properly, there 1h a greater great-er strain on the kidneys, a rise in body temperature to a fever heal and Igbb resistance to disease. Likewise, when tno DOW01H are not working properly, tho eweat glands aro called upon to do overtlmo work, and sickness sick-ness may result. To keep tho sweat glands working well take plenty of baths. Warm baths are especially good to keop tho pores open and the sweat glands working. One must be careful, how over, after warm baths, to avoid catching cold. Light, loose clothing should be worn in hot weather so as to give tho sweat glands full play in throwing throw-ing off waste matter. Drink a lot of water. In wnriu weather' it is almoat impossible to drink too much water. Ten or 12 ' lasses a day tirf not luo ninny The water should be cool but not 1060, and Borne of it should be taken wl'h tho meals, though hot to wash down half-chewed food |