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because the sufferers seem to be ignorant of the cause which has
produced them, and they continue to violate the laws of their being
by girding the waist and wearing heavy skirts, until they are made
lifelong invalids.—
How to Live, 64
.
546. This heavy weight pressing upon the bowels, drags them
downward, and causes weakness of the stomach, and a feeling of
lassitude, which leads the sufferer to incline forward. This tends
further to cramp the lungs, and prevents their proper action. The blood
becomes impure, the pores of the skin fail in their office, sallowness
and disease result, and beauty and health are gone.... Every woman
who values health should avoid hanging any weight upon the hips.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 89
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Clothing of the Extremities
547. The most of us wear clothing enough, but many fail to give
every part of the body its due proportion.... If any part of the body
should be favored with extra coverings, it should be the limbs and feet,
which are at a distance from the great wheel of life, which sends the
blood through the system. The limbs should ever be clothed with a
warm covering to protect them from a chill current of air.... If the feet
are clothed with good-sized, thick-soled, warm boots or shoes, for
comfort rather than for fashion, the blood will be induced to circulate
freely in the limbs and feet, as well as other portions of the body.... If
we give the lungs and feet ample room to do the work God designed
they should, we shall be rewarded with better health and a clearer
conscience.—
The Health Reformer, April 1, 1871
.
548. There is but one woman in a thousand who clothes her limbs
as she should.... Women should clothe their limbs as thoroughly as do
men.—
How to Live, 64
.
549. The portions of the body close to the life springs, need less
covering than the limbs which are remote from the vital organs. If
the limbs and feet could have the extra coverings usually put upon the
shoulders, lungs, and heart, and healthy circulation be induced to the
extremities, the vital organs would act their part healthfully, with only
their share of clothing.—
How to Live, 73
.
550. The extremities are chilled, and the heart has thrown upon
it double labor, to force the blood into these chilled extremities; and