The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-08-23

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consequently, By aYoidisg the night air
shd damp weather and oaangeAble wes
ti,eF, aud weAiher that is considered to-
bot or too cold, they are kept within
doors the much largest portion Of thel
iime, and A. 5 matter Of course eontinui
lsvalids, more and more ripenIng for th'
/ gfavo every hour iho ronspa -, they ar
breathing an impure atmosphere nine
Z teeBtwentieihS Of their whole existence
I Asuothing can wash us clean but purl
Z water, 70 nothing can cleanse The blood
nothing can make heAlsh.giving blood
bat The Ageaey Of pare air. So great (
the tsAsisasy ofthn blood to become I'm
pure 10 consequence OF waste and nseles
matters nixing with IL as 1t pAsse
Through the body, that 1t requires hogs
bead OF air every hoar OF our lives to un
load Il OF these impurities bat 10 pro
portion as this air is yitiated, in such pro
/ portion does il infsllsbly fail to reiiey,
the blood Of these Impurities, aud impur
blood is The fouBdslions Of all disease
/ The great fact that those who are out o
doors most, summer aud winter, day an,
night, rain or shine, have the best healtI
the world over, does of itself falsify th
general impression that night air or an,
other outdoor air IL unhealthy MS com
! pared with in.door air al the same time.
Air is the great necessity OF life; S,
much 70, that If deprived Of il for a mo
meat, we perish; and so constant is th
necessity Of the blood for contact witt
the atmosphere, that every drop in th
body is exposed TO the air through th
medium Of the lungs every two minute
and q bali OF our existence.
Whatever may be the impnrily of th
outdoor air OF any locality, the in-doo
air of that locality is still more impure
because of the dust, and decsying an,
odoriierous matters which are found Il
all dwellings,. Besides, how can in-doo
air be more healthy than the out-doo
air, other things being equal, when th
dwelling Is supplied with air from with
out?
TO this very general law there Is on
exception which IL is Of the highest i'm
portaBce TO note. When the days ar
hot and the nights cool, there are period
of time within each twenty-four hours
when Il 10 safest to be indoors, wit
doors and windows closed; that is to sa
for the hour or two including sunrise an
sunset, because about sunset the air cool
aud the yapors which the heats of tn
day have caused to ascend far above ui
condense and settle near the surface c
the earth, so az to be breathed by the ii
habltants; as the night grows colder
these vapors sink lower, and are With
. foot or two Of the earth, so they ar
not breathed. As the sun rises, thes
same vapors are warmed and begin I
ascend, TO be breathed again, but as th
air becomes warmer, they are carried S
far above our heads as to be innocuouc
Thus II is that old citizens of Charleston
.. T., remember, that while IL was cor
sidered important to live In the countr
during the summer, the common obseI
walton OF the people originated the cui
tom of riding into town, not in the coo
of the evening or of the morning, but /
the middle of the day. They did not III
derstand the philosophy; but they oil
served the fact that those who came t
the city at midday remained well, Will
those who did so early or late suffcre
from It.
All strangers at Rome are cantione
not to cross the Pontine marshes afte
the beat of the day is over. Sixteen of
ships crew, touching at one Of the We'
India islands, slept on shore severi
nights, and thirteen of them died of ye
low fever in few days, while of tw
hundred and eighty, who were freel
ashore during the day, not single cas-
Of Illness occurred. The marshes abos
) named are crossed six or eight hour
aud many travellers who do IL in ii
night are attacked with mortal fever
This does at first sight, seem 10 indicai
that night air is unwholsome, at least
the locality of virulent mslaries, bl
there Is no direct proof that the air sbol
sunrise or sunset Is not that which
productive OF the mischief
For the sake of eliciting the observ,
tons of intelligent men, we present OF
theory on this subject.
A person might cross these marsbt
with impunity, who would set out 0
bis journey an hour or Two after SUI
down, and finish II an hour or two befol
sun-rise, especially II be began that iou
ney on hearty meal, because in th
: way be would be travelling in the cool
the night, which cooloess keeps the 10
laria 70 near the surface of the earth as
prevent its being breathed 10 hurif
extent.
But II IL Is deadly to sleep out Of doc
all night in a Amalarisl locality, would
be necessarily fatal TO sleep In house
such locality? II would not.
would be safer to sleep 10 the house, {
! pecially II the windows and doors we
closed. The reason 10, that the hou
has been warmed during the day, and
, kept closed, it remains much warm
Turing The night indoors than Il is ou
doors; consequently, the malaria IL ke
, by this warmth so high above the hea
. and 20 rsFcded, as 10 be comp araiive
harmless. This may seem 10 some 4
nice distinction altogether, bot Il W