Dr. Jaeger's sanitary woollen clothing system : net price list / Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen System Co., Lim'ed.

  • Dr. Jaeger's Co.
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[1890?]
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Credit: Dr. Jaeger's sanitary woollen clothing system : net price list / Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Woollen System Co., Lim'ed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Central Office (Wholesale):— 95, MILTON STREET, LONDON, E.C. The “Lancet,” 1st May, 1886. SIX MONTHS’ EXPERIENCE OF SANITARY WOOLLEN CLOTHING AND BEDDING. Sir,—I should be glad if you can give me the opportunity to render to your readers a short account of the effects in my experience of the use of sanitary woollen clothing and bedding. If I may judge from my own case, very many who may have read or heard more or less of Dr. Gustav Jaeger’s propositions with regard to dress, have dismissed them with little ceremony as pedantic, or as well enough for those who are not acquainted with the virtues of good English underclothing, &c. To all such I would say “Don’t.” The experience of several winters led me to look forward to the last with grave apprehension as prolific of severe and exhausting catarrhs, followed by increased susceptibility and renewed attacks. In October, I, for the first time, saw an exposition of Dr. Jaeger’s views in his excellent little volume “ Health Culture,” and was so impressed with their soundness that I adopted the sanitary woollen clothing and bedding advocated by him in their entirety. The result has been complete immunity from colds, and a very marked increase in my capacity for work. I have not put on a great coat night or day, have slept with an open window in bedroom, and have been able to enjoy the luxury of an open cab instead of a close brougham. Instead of alternating feelings of heat and cold, there has been an uniform and most agreeable glow of warmth. I have, without any alteration of diet or regimen, lost 7 lbs. in weight, and (which will, I believe, tax the credulity of some) have witnessed the disappearance of a lipoma of the nape of the neck, which had existed for some years and had suggested the necessity for an operation. These latter facts powerfully illustrate the truth of Dr. Jaeger’s contention that the complete and continuous action of the skin drains the organism of water and superfluous fat. I would say, further, that the feeling induced of perfect health is not the least of the recommendations to adopt the system. I may mention that of the many who have, more or less, fully addicted themselves to it from my example or advice, I have not known one who has been disappointed. Lastly, I would add a word on the need there is, if the full benefit to be derived is wished for, that nothing but pure wool should enter either into dress or bedding. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, JOHN PENHALL, M.D., F.R.C.S. St. Leonards-on-Sea, April 17th, 1886. The “Indian Magazine,” 'February, 1886. HOW TO PRESERVE HEALTH IN INDIA. By Dr. C. R. Francis. An article on clothing would be incomplete without a few words on the subject of the “Sanitary Woollen System,” recently introduced by Dr. Jaeger, Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology at Stuttgart. In the matter of costumes Dr. Jaeger is a thorough revolutionist. He would have every article of dress, worn by men, women and children, made of wool; and certainly the purity, softness, and elasticity of the finer kinds of the material, manufactured under his guidance, are qualities that combine to render it extremely attractive. The most irritable skins would doubtless be tolerant of the summer quality of the stockingnette stuff, which is not only extremely soft, but probably very durable. It is well suited for shirts, undervests, and other garments worn next the skin; as also, indeed, for petticoats and dresses. And the natural colour (light grey) is well adapted for India. The value of flannel is recognised by all who indulge in sports likely to cause profuse perspiration; and there seems no reason why all clothing, ordinarily used in that country, should not be made of Dr. Jaeger’s pure animal wool, which is manufactured of varying degrees of thickness and strength ; and which may be dyed of almost any colour—the dyes being genuine and harmless. The khakee (grey cotton) suits, which are now worn by a portion of the army in India, might, with advantage, be made of wool. In short, the principle upon which wool is advocated, being recognised, viz., its protective power against chills, and its offering the least possible impediment to the escape of emanations from the body, there is no limit to its application. All who are contemplating a career in India—everyone in fact who can—should pay a visit to the depot of the Sanitary Woollen System Company, 3 and 4, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, W., or 41, 42 and 43, Fore Street, London, E.C., or send for one of their illustrated catalogues, and examine the several garments, or the forwarded specimens, and then read all that is urged in favour of the material, as opposed to vegetable fibre, which, in the various forms of cotton, linen, muslin, etc., is in such general use throughout the world. -
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