Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-06-20

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treatise. and the book ought 10 Be
read carefully By every.Pcrsoa, both
old and young. There is . serious
deficiency in regsr1 to ventilation,
not only Of our living and; sleeping
rooms, but of horse stables aud
apartments of other domestic animals.
The timely suggestion of the author
will be found Ms valuable to begin
ners in the construction of outbui.d.
ings as in the arrangements for ven.
tilatiug dwelling houses: The writer
says: a
Thousands are poisoned to death
by their own breath every year.
But did you ever see physician's .
certificate that gave yon any such
idea =? Why do not doctors tell the
living, in such language as they can
understand, what killed their friends,
so they may avoid it in their own
case, instead Of giving it in some
Latin terms which fear many inter.
pref to mean some special dispensa-
tion of Providence instead of the true
cause-their utter disregard of the
laws of their Creator. Again, it is
no: in the external atmosphere that
we must look for the greatest inpur-
tiles, bnt it is in our own houses that
the blighting, whitening curse of foul
air is to be found. We are thus led
to the conclusion that our own breath
is our greatest enemy"
There was quite an account made
few years ago ofa wonderful cure
OF consumption. The patient was
removed from his bed to cow-stable
near at hand, and placed in close
proximity to the COW. No doubt
many patients would find great BEN
eft by such course Of treatment
not that there is any virtue in the
smell of a COW, but the air of a cow
stable would be nearer pure than
that Of their own chamber. Con-
sumption is almost entirely ths result
of breathing impure air. Drunken.
ness is preventable BY the exclusive
use Of cold water. Why is not cnn-
sumption prcvcntable by adequate
supplies of pure air:
Instead Of averting the cholera by
avoiding fresh air at night, the ex-
pericnco of the past seems to have
taught US just the contrary, for while
physicians admit that they are still
unable to explain satisfactorily the
cause or remedy for this most mystic
rious dieease, they almost universal
ly believe it is a foul-air poison, and
as yet they have found no surer pre-
vcntion than pure air. A striking
illustration is shown in the sudden
checking of the cholera at the work.
shop Blackwcll's Island, two years
ago. The cholera was making fearful
r1va2ss among the women. They
hal thesmallsst sleeping apartments
aud their workrooms were over.
crowded. The physician ordered
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