The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-26

Ar" otH iaefIrAt- PROPERLY NRyrIit 4.
fko ~ We 90 not ask whsthsr shore are cur
fth's OF cola III rushing through the door.
ana WINDOWS Of the 3part,nent upon tl.J
"f'sos OF the .ed, who are 81. unfortunate y :
10 nave Their he'd, placed, apparently, with
the intention of being blown upon This -
NOT pfo31T ventilation. II we did not know TO
Nir contrary. we shoulj suHpose rom the
FFailsr arrangements 81 The heis in some oI
"hf hospitals that tac managers and nurses
had adopted the best means for their patton: ,
''hlng cold, or, for coim teractiug the good ei.
! feeis OF all remedial agents Nor, Is it right
TO exclude the air by no means. See that
5o"r patients have an abundant supply O,
pare, whole >oInc air bat be careful moi To
let that air come upon them in currents
Have the windows go constructed that they
may he pulled down few inches from thu.
! top, that the impure and heated mir may rs
cape whilst some of the windows can be
raised i few inches 1T the bottom for th,.
purpose OF allowing z suiiiciency OF prre air
- enter. When this is attended 70 the me-.
step Of importance IL 10 see that mona of tb.,
beds are placed Immediately under the win.
! lows, or IN the draneht from. the aoor. -
/ PROPER ventilation is Of great inheritance In
| tha we'll mtn; how much NOR. so is II tn tha
I,Slfh. In the treatment O! f.b~jle diseases
and especially those of a low or tvphoid
AIao', the curative value of pure air
properly supplied, can hardly be estimated
Al - asceFiained by competent authorities
'aat man in health requires not less than 1
cubic feet OF air a minute IN order TO maintain
/ las healthy status, Now. in sickness. whe-.
"a" e\ia!syons from the skin and lungs and
the StV'etioas rom other organs are rn0rbidIv
''tt'"d and increased, II IS apparent to every
| one THAT the requisite amount ought to b.
greater. 40 we may safely write il down IN Z I
hoi Less th;tn 100 10 80 cubic feet OF pure air is
necessary i0r the sick man every hour tina I
ho may recuperaie his wasted energies
10 oar sick men get lhis amount of pure
AR 1T they DO, in most cases ii is forced
upon them under such circumstances that the
ia effects likely produced are as great AS ihos:,
arising from diminished supply.
| One word about the disinfeeting agents
| Us-d IN ear hospitals. Chlorine in combina-
Uon either with lime soda, is by genera,
consent or usage admitted to be the best and
most useful. bat We must have IN eve to the
purity of these com pounds, else they become
Verse than useless. We know of two casaq
where one o. these valuable 0isinlectHuts VIZ <
sent 10 our hospitals, il which not a trace of
She article il was abeled to be could be dis
! covered How important, then, for the vel
f1Te and comfort Of the poor Sick soldier thut
efficient officers should be appoiu ted--not
through political or personal t.voritsm-to
| examine in to all such matters. These officers
ought 10 ~ well acq Gain3 led with tie subject
ct Nvntilatjon, III ali its practical bearings
and details, and Dc ready - give sufficient in
stfUctioh 10 III" nnrsrs and patients, 50 that
theS may rut in practice the knowledge they
h1F" received. 1t is also Of very great mo
Ii"nt since medicines are con rablud OF war
: that all medicines and remedial gents, after
they have been received iii our hospitals
| >hoLld b" carefully examined hy a competen
officer, whether they be pure or impure The
! valuable lives of the soldiers who have been
lighting eur battles demand this precaution
ana expense at tkG hands OF Gar Govern
meat