The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-02-19

also that it would increase the heat
of the inner organs. enlarge the chest,
remqye impurities, open the pores
of the skin itself and drive fluids
through.
Then shall not we women. in this
So-called enlightened age. cry out. let
us have pure air, pure, fresh air, in
our houses, in our rooms day and
night. Yes, let Us breathe full, deep
breathing, and help all persons within
our reach To do the same.
Look to your girls, mothers, who
are more apt to restrain free bodily
movements by their dress, sitting still
for long time. hard study in school,
fancy work at home. All these pre-
vent free breathing.
Another great authority, DIR. Bick-
ing, says: deep breathing widens the
air cells in the lungs. increases the
activity and strengthens the elasticity
of their tissue, while the cellulars and
fatty tissues in the interstices are re-
moved"
We know the air is composed OF
oxygen and nitrogen, with a quantity
of ozone, which varies according to the
location and time of day. There also
exists about one-half of one per cent.
carbonic acid. While the oxygen serves
as a food for men and animals, the
carbOnic acid and nitrogen serve to
feed the plants. and the ozone is one
of the purifiers of the air, and all
the animal and vegetable world re-
qIiires certain amount Of moisture.
Every human being requires three
times as much air as food and drink
combined. In the open country, in
the forest and by the seaside the air
is purest and the oxygen and ozone
most abundant. Our Creator in His
goodness has 40 arranged it that the
vegetable world takes up the carbonic
acid of the air for food and gives back
oxygen-a process exactly the reverse
of what animals do. In our crowded
cities. especially in certain parts.
there is less oxygen than in open
spaces, consequently there we find al
ways greater amount of ill-health.
Nature purifieS the air for us by
rain. wind. sunshine. Trees and
plants give of volatile odors (vapors)
which assist in purifying the air, and
render it fragrant and wholesome.
The pine trees are conspicuous exam
pies.
We are told to maintain the English
standard of purity requires about
three thousand cubic feet of fresh air
per hour to each person. The German
standard is two thousand one hundred
feet to each occupant per hour.
1t is quite an easy matter TO venti-
late room with few persons in it,
but 1t is a serious matter where there
is large assembly in small space.
Draughts are dangerous things.
While we could endure a million gal
Ions of air hourly in high wind, if
not too cold and We were out of doors
at work, the strongest person could
not endure one thousand gallons an
hour. blowing on them when sitting
still When we are quiet we want the
air quiet, also. The secret then of
good ventilation is three thousand
feet of pure air to each individual.
Sick persons require still more, and
the nearer the air can be to the pure
outside air the better for the sick one,
and the more rapidly they would re-
cover. Air once inhaled Is unfit to be
breathed again unless purified by
nature.
If we kept our senses in a healthy
condition, we could instantly detect |
bad air, and thus be warned of the
danger before us.
We are told it only requires few
minutes for five hundred people in a |
lecture room, school, theater. or other
places, to render the air therein unfit
for the purposes of respiration.
Our methods of dress sadly interfere |
with our deep inhalation of air and |
thus diminish our lie force. A tight |
ly-fitting dress diminishes the amount
of air about one-third. Children are
greatly injured by being kept too
much in doors and in bad air. They
lose their appetites and do not grow
strong.
1t is great misfortune that women
are obliged to spend SO much time
within doors, where it is impossible to
keep the air really pure.
The best prescription for everyday
is good supply of cool,
pure, fresh air. The nerves to be
nOurished need a good supply
Of oxygen. They can not endure bad
air, whether it comes from gaslight,
sewers or from ones own pers on with
put protesting against it.
Remember, you who suffer from
you wearied women,
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