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1. Chapter XXVIII.
The Skin and its
Functions.

2. Physiology of the Skin

3. Elimination
• Impurities are
constantly and
imperceptibly passing
• from the body, through
the pores, and if the
surface of the
• skin is not kept in a
healthy condition, the
system is
• burdened with impure
matter.--H. to L., Chap.
4, p. 60. p.
• 188, Para. 1, [HL].

4. Absorption
• If the garments worn are
not frequently
• cleansed from these
impurities, the pores of the
skin
• absorb again the waste
matter thrown off. The
impurities of
• the body, if not allowed to
escape, are taken back into
the
• blood, and forced upon the
internal organs.--H. to L.,
• Chap. 4, p. 60. p. 189, Para.
1, [HL].

5. Impaired Action of the Skin
• Impure Air. 799. The
surface
• of the skin is nearly
dead because it has no
air to
• breathe. Its million
little mouths are
closed, because they
• are clogged by the
impurities of the
system, or for want of
• air.--T., V. I, p. 701. p.
189, Para. 3, [HL]

6. Improper Clothing
• Additional clothing is put on,
• and the heat of the room
increased. The next day they
• require a little more heat and
a little more clothing, in
• order to feel perfectly warm;
and thus they humor every
• changing feeling until they
have but little vitality to
• endure any cold. . . . If you
add clothing, let it be but
• little, and exercise, if possible,
to regain the heat you
• need.--T., V. II, p. 526. p. 190,
Para. 1, [HL

7. Improper Diet
• 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.-
-H. to L., Chap. I, p. 55.
• p. 190, Para. 4, [HL]

8. Drugs
This is the effect of
calomel. . . . It
frequently manifests
itself in tumors, ulcers,
and cancers,
years after it has been
introduced into the
system.--H. to
L., Chap. 3, p. 59. p.
190, Para. 5, [HL].

9. Compensatory Action of the
Internal Organs
Those
who are not in health
have impurities in the
blood, and the
skin is not in a healthy
condition.--T., V. III, p.
70. p.
191, Para. 2, [HL]

10. Treatment. Proper Clothing
If you add clothing, let
it be but little, and exercise, if
possible, to regain the
heat you need. If you
positively cannot engage in
active
exercise, warm yourselves by
the fire; but as soon as you
are warm, lay off your extra
clothing, and remove from
the
fire.--T., V. II, p. 526. p. 191,
Para. 5, [HL]

11. Exercise
If those who can,
would engage in some
active employment to
take the mind from
themselves, they
would generally forget
that they were chilly,
and would not
receive harm.--T., V. II,
p. 526. p. 192, Para. 1,
[HL].

12. Bathing
• Bathing frees the
skin from the
• accumulation of
impurities, which are
constantly
• collecting, and keeps
the skin moist and
supple.--T., V.
• III, p. 70. p. 192, Para.
2, [HL].