Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-21
From Halls jodfdal of IieaitAi
Sleeping Together. 4


II man was to see quarter Of an inch
Of worm put in his cup vi' coffee, lit could
not drink 1t, because he knows that the
whole cup would be irnpresnated Ifa
very smaii amount some virulcnt poison
Pc introduced intoa glass of water, the
drinking of it might not produce instant
Heath, but that would not prove that it was
not hurtful, only that there was not enough
OF 1t TO cause destructive result immc.
diately.
5. We sickcn at the thought of taking the
breath of aonthcr the moment il leaves the
mouth, but that breath ,nntlcs with tho
air about the bed in which two persons Law;
and 1t is rebrcathcd, but not the less often
slvc Is 1t in reality on account of the dilu-
ton, except that it is not taken in its con
ccntratcd form, btfT each breath makes it
more concentrated. One sleeper corrupts
the atmosphere of the room by his own
breathing, but when two persons are brca-
thing at the same time, twelve rc fourteen
times in each minute. each minute extract
iHs Na thc nutriment from eaiiuN of air,
the deterioration must Be rapd indeed, cs-
pecially in small and close room A bird
nannQt live without a large Supply cr pure
air. A canary bird hung up in curtain.
cd bedstcad whore two persons slept, died
before the morning
Many infants are found dead in bed. and
1t IS attributed to having been oycrad bv
the parents; but the idea that any pcrson
could lay still for a moment on baby, or
anything else of the same size, is absurd
Death was caused by the want of pure air.
ISrgidrq amanatinn, ,,.;,,I
less sohd, are thrown out from every per
soh-thrown out by the process of nature,
because no longer iit for life purposes, be-
cause .hcv are dead aud corrupt-but if
breathed into another living body, il is
just as abhorrent as five took into onr
mouths matter Of . sore or any other cxcrc-
ton
The most destructive typhoid and putrid
levers arc known to arise directly from a
number of persons living in the same small
room
Those who can afford it should therefore
arrange to have each member of the family
sleep in separate bed. Ifrcrsous must
sleep iii the same bed, they should be about
the san'r age. and in good health. If the
health be much unequal, both will suffer,
but the healthier one the moSt--thc invalid
sntic7i"g Tor want Of entirely pure air.
D. many cases are mentioned in standard
mcdicM works, where healthy, robust infants
aud larger children have dwindlcl awav.aud
died IN few months from sleeping with
Era"dParcnts,. or other old persons, tl,nt i,
Is useless to cite special Instances in proof.
ltwould be II constitutional and neral good
Tor married persons to sleep in adjoining
rooms, m general habit. 1t would he n
certain means of physical invigoration, aud
advantages in other directions, whirl, will
readily occur 10 the reflective reader. Kings
aud Queens and the highest person, ,tycs OF
courts have separated apartments. II is the
bodily emanations rccollecting aud concen
tratlng under the same cover which arc thv
most destructive Of health more destructive
than the su,nle contamination of an atmos
phcre broatlea in uomiuor