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must pass through or over the hair of the moustache, and
be warmed in the passage: and when the air makes its
way by the mouth, it must pass under the moustache and
be warmed, like that under the eaves of a thatched roof
The moustache, however, not merely warms the inspired
air, but filters it from superfluous moisture, dirt, dust, and
smoke ; and soon we trust it will be deemed as rational to
deprive the upper lip of its protecting fringe, as to shave
the eyebrows or pluck out the eyelashes.*
Those to whom the extent of preventible disease among
our artizans—disease arising solely from their employ-
ments is unknown, I must refer to Mr. Thackrah's book
on that specific subject. Scientific ingenuity had long
attempted to devise contrivances to relieve the men from
some of these diseases; but the schemes were found too
cumbrous, or otherwise impracticable. As so often hap-
pens, what men were profoundly searching for, nature had
placed directly under their noses. Mr. Chadwick, to whom
the public are indebted for much valuable information on
* I can from personal experience state, that being subject
when younger to swelling of the upper lip from cold, previous to
entering Switzerland I allowed my moustache to grow. During
six weeks excursion on foot, exposed to all weathers and stopping
for none, being at one moment in warm valleys and a few hours
afterwards at the top of ice-clad mountains, I never felt the least
uncomfortaLleness ahout the mouth. When on returning home,
however, I was foolish enough to shave, I paid dearly for the
operation.
