STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND FEELING.
IT is estimated that the pressure of the atmosphere upon the surface of an ordinary adult's body is not far from fifteen pounds to the square inch, a total of sixteen tons. With the approach of storms the barometer indicates the diminution of the pressure of the air, and this is frequently enough to reduce the pressure upon a person of ordinary size to the amount of one or two tons weight. As this pressure is removed, the flesh expands, and, without knowing the cause, people often experience a "puffy feeling", at such times, especially in the extremities, notably the feet. At such times, if one suffers from corns there is great pain, due to the expansion of the flesh around and under them, while the corn does not expand. Here is both a scientific and pathological explanation of a common experience. Undoubtedly the same cause—accompanied also by electrical changes—produces those muscular pains, sometimes called "pain in the joints," which appear before a storm, and which are attributed to rheumatism. While it may not lessen the pain of your corns, it may be some satisfaction to know that it results from a purely natural process over which you have no control, and for which you are not responsible.—Sabbath Recorder.