New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
CONSUMPTION AND INDOOR AIR

Dr Felix L. Oswald In HarperS BaZar.
In the course OF the last fifty years number or
observant physicians have evnced moro and more
uohen b 5st " & ali dC diseases @q be-
come more durable In cold weather Ihre genera
lions ago all lung troubles almost i without nc an . GH
A deluslon perpetusted In. tie sun sadly misleading
word cod' as synonym OF caiarrh, ana III t1e not
an early grave in the s1ltry coast regions Of the
Vinds had become the bugbears of lung-sck persons
4 disease due 10 a low temperature seemed naturally
to demand warmth for It's cure and patients who could
not afford the expense Of journey to Florida or the
West Indies were kept penned up IN the stlhng a.
phere OF an oyerhfaIed 5ie6kr'om' with every
Those delusons were first shaken by the result
of comparative statistics the mortality records n, OF
trated the suggestive fact that the prevalence
of consumption bears an exact proportion to the prev
.iance OF indoor occupations. In pastoral Norway
Pulmonary disorders were found TO be less frequent
han in cotton spinning England in frosty Switzerland
norts of Arctic travellers established the still
ling dIseas cs are almost wholly unknown due 10 a
dif Of train on argued the old school doctors. Let
rs us uy added 10 other Sorrows OF aicied mankind
Kohl Father de Smeth, and other explorers Of the
Norh ,bat he hunting tribes Of our frozen Northwest
rn nralres share the privilege OF weatherprOOf lungs
a. sottc! Vile the reports of the Naples hospitals
nnroycd that the development OF factory towns had
made f9synpcaI coast district Of Southern isly
~ the same time experience had left no doubt thar
cha
a. four out OF five be relied upon 10 the
doom of hereditary consumption. The slckly wives
" Silcsian wcavers recovered from malignant lung
1iyiore after The removal Of their household 10 t,
uusnod 81 the Tennessee Valley; holOw-chcekcd
va worn Out with hectic coughs bee ann,
,Liotas ~ adoptng an out door mode Of life OF five
~ c,dcd IRON an ancestry Of cOnsumptlvee four
% w. cI,v rorxs hons before the completion OF the r
a. arto,h year while tho fifth, on his mountain farm
nntI,ve1 his nephews and graud-nephews. Consump.
a &C., ,raduav recognized 10 be house disease
wi s true that the theory OF the Oh school party Is
o,nsrrrtlv supported by the circumstances thai lung
Pr@rs become mora frequent after the end OF Octo
por ard sbsde about the middle o. May but should
Hat phenomenon be wholly uncOnnechd with the fact
mai winter IS by excellence ID" season OF indoor life
/ covaces who spend their winters out doors, and
,ranners in their draughty winter camps IN tho gully
=, Western sierra know cal arms only from hclrsav
md uc have soon that the natives or The arctic regions
hare that immunity IN spite Of their III ventilated
bowels which may keen out snow-hakes, huf cannot
conntcract the penctratve force OF polar winter
storm. ,,-,, .to..,
be conventional method OF treating caarrhs and OTHER
disorders Of the respiratory organs They have ALREADY
led 10 the practical establishment or the truth thai
cold pure air rather than warm iou ar Is, natures
! suernr Tor tho elimination ~ lung mlcmheS, and
scorcs 81 consump'ives are actually cured by the
removal from the sulrv lOwlands OF the Mississippi
Valley fo the frosty highland regions of me Adrnn
| darls For the same reason bio Lewis advised hi,
lung-slck patients 10 take an extra dose o. outdoor
| air IN mdwintcr. and II would nor be- a bad plan n
mttIze fhe coolest and dre. bretzes Of every Winter
for disinfcctant purposes. inst a. The owners OF
new family residence celebrate house warming
ola enement should be treated TO an occasional house
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