Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-13


Whatever readers the blood impure
tends 10 originate consumption. What
ever makes the air impure makes the
! blood impure. tits tine air we breathe
which pnrihes the blood And as, IL the
water we use 10 wash our clothing is
dirty, IL il impossible 30 wash the clothes
clean, NO II the air we breathe Ia impure,
| il iH impossible for IL t0 abstract the iln-
purities from the blood.
What then are some Of the more pro-
miRent things which render the mir
/ impure III IL the nature of still water
10 become impure Ii is the nature OF
still air 10 become impure. Running
water purifles itself. Air in motion,
drafts OF air, are Self-puriferz. Thus ii
is that the air of close room becomes
impure inevitably. Thus IL IL that close
rooms bring CONSUMPTION 10 countless
/ thousands. Hence all rooms should be
so constructed as 10 have q constant
draft Of air passing through them. The
neglect of il murders myriads. A man
OF ordinary size renders h0gNhaad OF
air unfit for breathing. consumes its
blood-pnrifying quality, every hour, so
perfectly. that il man could re-breathe
full breath OF his own the next instant
after its expiration, without any inter
mixture with the outer air, he would be
/ instantly snffocated. Hence sleeping in
close rooms, even though alone, or sit
/ ting for short time in a crowded vehicle
or among a large assembly, is perfectly
corrupting to the blood Close bedrooms
make the graves OF multitudess
| Among other causes Of consumption
are insufficient food or clothing, sleeping
in Easements, or sitting habitually in
damp apartments A dog wiH become
consumptive ia q few weeks il oon-
fined in damp cellar. especially If il be
dark one.
Hence the room which we occupy for
the largest portion OF each twenty-four
hours should be the hghteat dryest,
most airy and cheerful In tbs whole build
ing.
As occasional causes of conEumptiye
l disease, there may be mentiened all
suppressions, the sudden driving IN OF
ali eruphonS, such as measles, letter. and
| the like, the sudden healing up OF sores
which have been running for a long time,
without intelligent medical advice, in
carrying of the drains of the system in
another direction. Many lives are
thrown away by ignorant persons, in
applications 20 old sores they are eiated
in the highest dsgree i'm having cured
mp" an ulcer, which the regular
doctors" had failed 10 do after months
OF effort, but they fail to note the after
fact, that within n short time the cured,
mp sore has broken out again, or falling
on the langs. has laid the victim in the
grave.
No remedy known 10 man has such o
powerful and permanent influence in
maintaining or regaining health as the
iudicious employment OF cheerful exer-
else in the open air; and il properly
attended TO in a timely manner, IL viii
cure a large majority OF durable diseases,
and viii sometimes succeed when medi-
cines have lost their power.
III you have actual consumption, or
are merely threatened with it or il, from
some of your relatives having died with
il, won have unpleasant apnreEensions
Of It's lurking in your oNn body or
whether from a diseased liver or dis
oriered stomach. or a dyspeptic con-
fAtion df the system, the foundations OF
I the dreadful disease are being laid In
your own person or whether by ex-
posure, by over bodily exertion or
mental labor, or wasting cares for the
present, or anxieties for the future, or by
hnggiag sharp-pointed memories of the
past, or by Intempente living, in eating
or drinking, or by unwise habits or
practices in life, you have originated in
your own person the ordinary precursors
Of consumption, such as hacking cough,
paiRs in the breast, chilliness, wasting
Of flesh and strength, shortness of breath
on exercise--under aE thsse circum-
stances n proper attention to AIR and
exercise are indispensable-aids are
among ths principal, essential means OF
cure, and are never to he dispensed with
confinement TO the regulated temperature
of room, in the altitude, is certain
death, if persevered In and il, from any
cause. this air and exercise are not
practicable TO yon, except TO q limited
extent, il is your misfortune your not
being liable TO employ them does not
make them the less necessary, and they
have no substitutes