Skin and its Functions
157
Improper Diet
805. With many the poor, tired stomach may complain of weariness
in vain. More food is forced upon it, which sets the digestive organs
in motion, again to perform the same round of labor.... These become
miserable dyspeptics.... If this practise be indulged in for a great
length of time, the health becomes seriously impaired. The blood
becomes impure, the complexion sallow, and eruptions frequently
appear.—
How to Live, 55
.
Drugs
806. This is the effect of calomel.... It frequently manifests itself
in tumors, ulcers, and cancers, years after it has been introduced into
the system.—
How to Live, 59
.
807. The disease, which the drug was given to cure may disappear,
but only to reappear in a new form, such as skin diseases, ulcers,
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painful, diseased joints, and sometimes in a more dangerous and
deadly form.—
How to Live, 61
.
808. Ladies may resort to cosmetics to restore the tint of the
complexion, but they cannot thus bring back the glow of healthful
feelings to the heart. That which darkens and makes dingy the skin
also clouds the spirits and destroys cheerfulness and peace of mind.—
The Health Reformer, February 1, 1877
.
Compensatory Action of the Internal Organs
809. Those who are not in health have impurities in the blood, and
the skin is not in a healthy condition.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:70
.
810. The studied habit of shunning the air and avoiding exercise
closes the pores,—the little mouths through which the body breathes,—
making it impossible to throw off impurities through that channel. The
burden of labor is thrown upon the liver, lungs, kidneys, etc., and these
internal organs are compelled to do the work of the skin.—
Testimonies
for the Church 2:524
.
811. These pores have become clogged and cannot perform the
task allotted to them, and so the internal organs have a double task