Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-11-20
For the Freeman.
A Chat with the Family.
No. 4.
BY AGRICOLA.

To illustrate the injurious effects OF
contaminated air, VIII refer u
those industrial occupations WHICH heces-
state the breathing OF bad air.
We are informed that rs class inc MI
ners of England break down early from
lnnu diseases, caused by the impure at
mosphere they are compelled to breathe.
Rnt The golfers of Durham and Northum-
h.rland. whose mines are well ventilated,
do not suffer from an excess of pulmonary
disease The statistics of mining IN TINS
and other countries would demonstrate
the same fact. Those trades which compel
the operatives TO inhale much aust are
sure to be attended with the same uisaS-
trous results. DR.. Hall has estimated 'he
average duration of life among these
classes of people, which Is iull OF lhstfuo-
ton upon this subject. Aceoi dihS W nis
statistics, dry grinders OF forks i've pul
Twenty-Five years; razors' thirty-one
Years: scissors, thirty-two years; edge
Tools. thirty-two years; files, thirty-ily,s
Years. saws and sickles, thirty-el9ht
Years" Further to illustrate. we are as
snred that since the introduction OF fans
and wet grinding, the lives of the opera
tives have been prolonged. Pearl button
makers and workers on flax are extremely
iiahle to pulmonary disease. The sus-
nondpd particles of dust are drawn into
The mir messages, at each inhalation, and
these find a Judgment upon the dellcaIt
surfaces of the lungs. These particles n
ritate and disturb the working OF tht
lungs, and ultimately cro''o vi
ease. st, ,h
Rrass- founders, copper smiths, plumb
ORG bonse-painters, white lead manuiac
turers, match makers, workers IN lheicu
nv. all inhale the fumes with when INCL
business contaminates the air: Ines
, fumes, which are poisonous, gain acces
through the lungs 10 the blood, ana al
diffused through the whole SYSTEM pre-
ducng disease and premature death;
|, Organic impurities, as | have alreao
u intimated, tend to produce the various el
: idemie diseases. Initiated atmosphere
sewer gas, the etlluvia arising from decon
, posing animal matter tend to produe
n ddiarrhpa, dysentery, typhoid fever and II
Il tindred diseases. All medical testimon
: ooes to confirm this fact. And it is state
upon good authority that the cholera hi
= never been known to gain foothold whel
" the water and air are kept free from orsa
q ic impurities. :,
=, Foul air is equally disastrous upon II
70 course of disease after i. has been contra'
o ed, tending to prodnce fatal results LII
- is undoubtedly true of all diseases but
= peciallv of the febrie. The best medicil
ID Il do not say the only medicine necessar
n for all classes of sick persons, Is pure al
i. Moreover, the sick-room creates an II
va pure atmosphere. 1t is infected large
i with organic matter, which not unfrequvel
ar " bears to others the specific poison OF
~ disease, whatever it may be. Bessie
M bearing the specific poison such an atm
-. phere is exceedingly depressing TO
4, brought under its Influence. and tends
,s, This way, to induce disease. Breathing
ith impure atmosphere tends to enfeeble
vol mind as well as the body. Bad air crea
.al impure blood, and no organ in the DC
NV feels the paralyzing influence of such bic
I,o more than the brain. 1t clouds the M
70 and depresses its energy, sharpness
attention, clealness of apprehension
Ill readiness of memory are al impair
)ur An able writer has said: The health
ont mental and bodily functions, the spl
Inc temper, disposition, the correctness OF
~" Judgment and brilliancy Of the mag
me ton, depend directly upon pure an