Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-16
SLEEPING TOGETHER,

III man were tn see quarter of an inch of
worm pat In his cup of coffee, he could not drink
II. because he knows that the whole cup would
he impregnated. IL very small amount of
some Yirulent poison be introduced into n glass
Of water. the drinking of il might not produce
instant death, but that would not prove that it
was not hurtful, only that there was not enough
oil 10 TO cause destructive result Immediately
We sicken at the thought of taking the
breath of another the moment il leaves the
mouth, but that breath mingles with the air
about the bed in which two persons Iie and il
Is Tebreathed but not the less offensive is it in
reality on account of the dilutiOn. except that
II j. not taken IN its concentrated form, but
each breath makes it more concentrated One
sleeper cOrrupts the atmosphere of the room by
h.s own breathing, but when two persons are
breathing at the same time twelve or fourteen
times in each minute, each minute extrseting
al! the nutriment from gallon Of air. the de-
terinratiUn must be rapid indeed especially in
small and close room. A bird cannot live
without large supply of pure air. A canary
hirl hung up in a curtano1 bedstead where
tUr persons slept, died before the morning.
Many infants are found dead in bed, and il
Il attributed to having been Overlaid by the
parent; hut the idea that any person could lay
Ill for moment OF a baby. or anything else
"f the same size, il absurd. Death was caused
by the want of pure air.
Besides, emana;iOns, aerial and more or less
rtlus dIc lhtONn OUT IFUm every person.
thrown out by processes of nature because no
longer 81 for life purposes, because they are
dead snd currupt-but If brcathed into another
living body, il = just as abhorrcnt if We took
into our mouths the matter of sore or any
other eIcre.ion.
The most destructive typhoid and putrid fe-
VsTs are known To arise directly y from number
Of persons living in the same small room.
Those who can afford il should, therefore
arrange To have each member Of the famiy
sleep lii separate beds Ii persons must sleep
IN the same bed, they should he about the same
age, and IN COED hesith. IL the health be much
Unequal, both will suffer, but the healthier one
the most-the invalid suffering for want of en-
tIrely pure sir.
30 many cases are mentioned in standard
medical works where healthy robust infant.
AMI larger children have dwindled ayay. and
die IN few months from sleeping with grand.
Ptr-n,s other Old persons that Il is useless To-
cite special instances in proof.
IL would be constitutional, q moral good
Tor EarTied persons &" sleep in adjoining rooms
a. general habit. Ii would be y certain means
"i pIysical IMMIGRATION. and Of advantages in
ether directions which will readily occur tO
T." reflective reader. Kings and Queens and
tie highest peTsonages of courts have s.parate
apartments IL IL the bodily euanations col
I"c;IHg and concentrating under the same cover
winch are the most destructive of neaIth-more
destructive than the simple contamination of
an atmosphere breathed in common. JT,Iy,
J"StyRGi ~ HoaIfh.
SIGNIFIcANr.-On a recent s tbbaih IN lrnipy
a stranger VISITED one of our fashionably buiii
churches for the purpose Of worship. and ON
asking The sexton for seat, he replied forget
ting 81 Paul's instruction, BE We eOurteous'-
we have plenty Of seats to let, sir The sey-
'on' however, notwithstanding his curt answer,
r'ndescended TO show the stranger to a seat. Al
me close OF the services the gentleman inquired
Tor the Treasurer Of the Society, and ascertain
Ine Price OF seat for one year, he quietly
TIE seat might be reserved for strangers III
Cambridge ChysnieIs.