The Grenada gazette., 1888-02-11
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why Every House Should Have All Mod.
ern Improvements for Health,

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There never has been i period of tho
world when so much was known as to
the conservation and preservation Of
health and life. It has been the tend
ency in all the advances in science and
IN arts to inquire how far they are ap-
plicable to the interests of the indi.
vidual and what applications do they
admit of directly in the interest, of
humanity 1t is part of the practical
character of the age thai it seeks for
this practical use of knowledge.
We have come to know much of ,be
forces that act upon our lives both
within and without the body The
organs and their functions are under-
stood as never before. When we
speak OF exercise we no Ion ger speak
OF 1t as a mere development of muscle
or OF the general growth, but come to
ask how it shall be so arranged and
practiced as to give vigor TO every or
gan of the body. If there is found to
be narrowness of the chest or imper-
feet expansion of lung tissue. we at
once address our attention to pull
monary exercises. that shall supple.
ment what is done for the inyigora-
ton OF the general system. If
there is an organ, as the stomach or
liver, that fails fully to accom-.
plish its part in the process of diges
tion, we know how to favor it IN the
choice of our foods until it has had
time for rest and process of hygienic
medication or management. Where
there seems to be good nourishment
and yet the nervous system is over
susceptible. if only the training is be-
gun in time it is surprising how much
can be done to give to it vigor and
tone. Thus it is that we now work
with the body on the lines of its own
physiology and take care of it rs we
would of a machine that is building or
is undergoing repair. 1t is body build.
ing and care and not q mere exercising
in general way.
So in the choice of location and q
house to live in there are well-known
rules and conditions. What soil or
ground is best, how to deal with it il
found too wet. how to build walls 50
that they shall be well aired, how to
adorn and furnish a house in accord
with the laws of health, how to heat
and ventilate it. these and many other
points are better understood than they
are applied. The greatest trouble is
that the process is often expensive, or
the workmen that are employed to
carry out the design are incompetent.
1t is just because of this that we
are at the present time run.
ming such risk to health.
That which is theoretically pos.
sble and practical, so far as methods
are concerned. is too often not really
secured The wall IS not perfectly
constructed. the drainage. if done. is
made with defects, the sewer conncc.
tion does not connect, or if it
does the pipes are of such quality
as not to last. The trap is veuti-
lated on the wrong side. or not at
all. Other traps are so arranged rs to
secure syphonage. The overflow of
the wash basin is but conduit for
foul air. The furnace which brings
in air from out -of-doors for heating
is so open in its j,ints or so
badly rased that the cellar air
also gets in as well as the dust and the
gases from the fire. The gas burner
has imperfect combustion or the fix.
tures leak. The abundance of fine
shades and curtains serves to keep out
air as well rs heat. So the brcathcd
air is kept in the house anl 50 dried
and burnt that we have TO cali upon
our bodies for the supply of moisture
that they demand
In other words, it is easy to see how
all our conveniences increase the pos
Of abuse Oar greatest
blessing and convcniences become
our greatest hazards. No physi.
clan in general practice but that
sees constant examples of this. The
winter air OF many n house docs not
in purity with what it was