Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-12-15

SeeuAenen et NAset'
I'll. pror;Js... Lo,,r.oI savs. Inst
bow p,uch fresh air sbaII he admitted
70 s,aen;na anartments dur;no the ni0bt
thron,h o1en vindows seems tn he a
Cuast;or rho.a nr,ct;c.l solution in
wolves . wide ranoe of different opin-
ions There are fbose who carefully
erclude every breath of ssnight air. -
snd dor,and for their nure oxvSen unon
the air oIraadr imnrisoned within their
dwalI;n1s Thera fbose wbo followiny
.tha other exfreme sleen with omen
w;.dows when the Thermometer is
AMONG the a;gbt;es and when II sinks
helow zero AsusnaI- A happy medium
betwaen these two extremes involves
the hest conditions for nhysical we'll
being A sunnlv of nure air is as es-
Sent;sl dnr;ng the dav as during the
n;ght All sensible neonle who under
stanJ Tho nr;nc;nles IF resniration will
o~raa - TO 70 tbis assertion 4t the same
siS,e - x.o.t - nara shonid he taken that the
fraSb air adm;tted should he as free from
damnness az possible. that it should not
ha aIIo,ra5 70 enter in sueb quantities
as 10 nroduce a sudden and GREAT differ
ence In the temnerature of the sleeping
room and that no drauohts formed by
;ts ;ngrass sbould disturb the repose of
the sieener If these conditions are
fa;tbfnIjy observed there will be few
niobts d,r;ng tbe wear when il is not
,,arfac,ly safs as we'll as essential to
health to sIeen with an opened window.
Common sense and sound Judgment
mnst raguIste the quantity of outside
air reon;rad whether the inlet shall be
The cract Termed nv RAISING the sash
ahove a hoard fitted tn the lower mart of
the window frame whether the upper
sash shall be let down a few inches, or
whether the outer air shall have full
play through the wide-Opened window.
There NAV be a system of ventilation
that will fully answer the required
purpose to carry off all the impure, and
bring i'm fresh supply of pure air ris-
ing to the required temperature. We
have never seen any ventilating system
or action that would produce anything
but partial results, and the Old-fash-
ioned way of regulating the supply of
pure air by judiciOus use of windows
is about as effectual as any that has
since been invented. We would not
advocate the absolute fashion of sleep
ing in cold rooms on feather-beds under
mass of bed-clothes that keeps the
body overheated and irritated with per-
spiration, while the lungs are drawing
in the vital air at a temperature that
makes one shiver to think of. Even
this contrast i'm temperature is not half
so enervating and disease-prOvoking as
the modern fashion of sleeping in fur
nace-heated houses, where a blanket is
superfiuous in cold winter weather, and
every avenue for the entrance of fresh
air is almost Theoretically sealed.
Tho Westminster Rerie,r quotes from
u;ss N;aht;ngaIe some very sensible re-
marLs on tbe subject of night air. Her
ACCOMPLISHMENTS as a scholar, and her
experience as a nurse, give great weight
to her views on this important subject.
She saws the dread Of night air is an
extraordinary fallacy. What air can
we breath at night but night air? Our
only choice lies between pure night air
from without, or foul air from within.
1t is unaccountable that most people
prefer the latter. What would they say
if it is proved to be true that one half
the disease that ives uffer from is Occa-
stoned by people sleeping with their
windows shut? An opened window
during most nights i'm the year can
never hurt any one. In great cities,
night air is often the purest and best
that can be obtained during the twenty
four hours. Therefore in town it twould
be better if either must be done, TO shut
the windows during the day than dur
ing the night, for the sake of the sick.
The absence of smoke and the quiet of
the streets make the night the best time
for airing the patients. A physician,