The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-04-15

SO common m theatres, large assem-
blies, &c, where ventilation is not on
~ neglected but in many cases impos-
sible. The necessity of breathing pure
air may be seen when Won consider
that a person inhales about sixty hogs
heads in twenty four hours. The at
mosphere contains twenty one parts.
or more than One-fifth, of oxygen gas
the DEMONSTRATING principle of the
air-when inspired; but when the air
is returned from the lungs it has lost
nearly one half Of that important por-
ton of it, replaced by carbonic acid
gas-a deadly poison Now, fancy
some thousands ofpersons carrying on
this for hours together in a close build
ing breathing the same air over and
over again--and you viii not be sur
prised that it should be so soon unfit,
from yitiation by respiration alone, to
sustain life. Remember that an ordi-
nary sized man in health win send TO
the lungs for publication about twenty
three hogsheads of blood in the twenty
four hours. Now, if the vitiated air Of
/ pent-up rooms and places is inspired,
how is this enormous quantity of blood
to be cleansed from its impurities?
2. Keep your bedrooms also venti-
lated; to render Tins practicable the
room ought to contain for each sleep
er 800 cubic feet (about 8 feet all ways
of air, which must be changed by ven
tilation, an opening being made in the
wall, near the ceiling, to allow the i'm
pure air to escape while the fresh en-
tiers at the window. A fire will accel-
crate the removal of foul air. A man
could not live twenty-four hours COM
pletely shut up IN room seven feet
square all ways. Yet how many rooms
are there, little larger than this and
imperfectly ventilated, in which two or
three persons will sleep together? The
consequences must be injurious, and
life curtailed, as absolute purity of air
is essential to the healthy existence Of
animal life.
g. Eat no more than is necessary
for the support of nature Eat that
you may live, and not live that you
may eat Too much is not only use
less but even pernicious to health, as
the stomach is unable to digest at one
time more than two pounds of food
composed in due proportion of meat,
vegetables and fluid.
T. Abstain from all Intoxicating drinks
A sober and temperate man at the age
of twenty years has a good prospect
of reaching the age of sixty-four years
but it is an ascertained fact that con
firmed drunkard Mt the same age can
reasonably expect to reach only the
age of thirty-tive years. Now if the
drunkard at the age of twenty sacrif-
ces twenty-nine valuable years of his
existence besides the time lost III in
sensibihty and in recovering from each
debauch, what length of life can the
drnnkard at the age of fifteen look for
B. Shun anger, for it makes a fear
full inroad on the mind, and sometimes
even proves at once fatal. All ankle
ties and perturbation of mind work
mischief, abbreviate life, and must be
avoided.
g. Keep the mind always cheerful,
and be at peace with all men, for con-
tentment and peace of mind are con-
ducive to longevity.
7. Avoid sudden transitions from
heat to cold and rice uersa, or streams
. of cold air from promiscuous openings
and never allow the body to become
chilled, for then natures operations
are retarded, rs n steady temperature
, of 100 . is essential to health
s. Those whose duties do not oblige
them to bodily labor must take exer.
else daily, and not, as is generally the
, rule with those occupied in sedentary
occupations, spend the remainder o.
your time in perfect inactivity, which
, with impure air, immoderate living, &c.
] induce host of fashionable complaints
l terminating with fashionable, short lives
/, O. No particular portion of the bod,
y must be worked at the expense of Tho
|, rest. The body must not labor at the
: expense of the mind, neither must the
4 mind be overtasked and the exercis,
9 of the body neglected, but both should
be exercised equally together.
= 10. Females, particularly while young
/ must not, if health is to be maintained
e compress the vital organs into an un
!. natural position by the abuse of stays
+ thereby rendering it impossible fo
, those organs to perform their dutie
$ freely, and, moreover, causing deform
l. ity in the body.
c IL. Parents, if you love your chill
+ dren, do not allow them to indulge il
: the filthy and injurious habit of smok
l. ing 1t is not necessary to dilate OIL
e its baneful influence upon both bod,
S and mind. Suffice it to say that poison
:, is taken into the system; the digestiv
d organs being robbed of a large por
d ton of the saliva (spittle AN import
r ant fluid in digestion-consequentl
II cannot perfectly digest the food tn
e development and growth of the bod
= are retarded; the mind is poisoned
81 and the youthful smoker digs for him
h self premature grave
d NUMERICAL GAIN OF THE ARMY SING
W JANUARY lS63.-We CLEAN the follow
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