Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-10-09

JoHH ADAMS AND DR. FRANgLIN IN
oNr Ban. In the third volume Of the
Works of John Adams, Just published
in handsome octave form by Nlessrs.
Little & Brown, we find a singular Incl
den, described in the Journal of that
great patriot aud statesman which oc-
CURED during journey made TO Staten
Island by MIR. Adams, Franklin and Kut.
ledge. in l77G, as n Committee OF Con-
gress To wait Oh Lord Howe:
"Thc iave:ns were so full we could
with dlhruity obtain entertainments
/ At Brunswick but one bed could be pro-
cured for DIR. Franklin and me, in Il
chamber little larger than the bed, with
out chimney, and with only one small
window. The window was open and |
who was IN invalid and afraid Of the air
| in the night shut it close. oh! says
| Franklin, don't shut the window, we
shall be sulIocatcL. | answered | was
afraid of the evening air. DR.. Franklin
replied, The air within this chamber
, will soon be, aud indeed is now, worse
than that without doors. Come, open
the window and come to bed, ard | will
convince you. ! believe you are not ac-
quainled with my theory Of colds
Opening the window and leaping into
bed, said had read his letters to DR..
Cooper, in which he had advanced tl.at
nobody ever got cold by going in'o a
cold church or any other cold air, bat
the theory was so little consistent with
my experience, that thought It par
aIox. However had so much curios-
ity 10 hear his reasons that | would run
the risk of n cold.
The Doctor then began haranguc
upon air and cold, and respiration and
| perspiration, with which was so much
amused that soon fell asleep, and left
Lm and his philosophy together, but |
believe they were equally sound and in
Scisip'C "iIiIIi a. lew IIllnulcs 'utcT Ilc,
for the last words heard were pro-
nounccd as il he was more than half Il.
sleep. | remember little OF the lecture,
except that the human body, by respira-
ton and pcrsriration destroys n gallon
Of air in minute that two such per-
sons as were now in that chamber
would consume all the air in il in an hour
or two; that by breathing o,cr again
the matter thrown of our lungs and the
skin, we should imbibe the real cause Of
colds. not from abroad, but within.
am not inclined TO introduce here
dissertation Oh this subject. Thcre is
much truth, believe. in some things he
! advanced, but they warrant not the as-
serlion that cold is never taken from
cold air. have often converscd with
him since on The same subject and be-
lieve with him, that colds are often taxi
en- in foul air in close rooms, but they
are often taken from cold air abroad too
| have often asked him whether per-
sen heated with exercise going sudden
! ly into cold air, or standing still in Il cur.
rent OF it, might not have his pores sud-
denly contracted, his perspiration stopp-
ed, and That matter thrown into the cir
culaiions, or cast upon the lungs, which
he acknowledged was the cause of colds,
To this he never could give me salts
factory answer ami have heard that in
the opinion of his own able physician,
DR.. Jones, he fell sacrifice at last. not
TO the stone, but to his own theory, hav-
irg caught a VIOLENT cold which finally
chokcd him, by sitting Tor some hours
al window, with the cool air blowing
upon him"