Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-19
TIE VALUE OF PURE A
WHY SOME PEOPLE SUFFER FR
HEADACHE AND NAUSEA.


Unpleasant Sensations the Result Of Il
of ventilation-The Destroying Elem,
Impure Air, Continually sapping
Life Blood.
The atmosphere we breathe has I'M
natural state a nearly uniform comps
ton of oxygen. nitrogen carbonic a
and watery vapor. 1t is conceded
in each inspiration four cubic inches
taken into the lungs, one-half of VIII
disappears in the act of inspiration. T
consumption of oxygen is greater wi
the temperature is low than when It
high, and during digestion it is grea
than when the stomach is empty.
Riding in the steam and horse cars,
are compelled to breathe not only the
from peoples lungs, but the exhalatio
from their skins and clothii g. Fan
riding in the steam cars for long d
lance in winter time, with two lar
stoves heated almost red hot with
thracite coal, in a space say of Is f.
wide and 10 feet high. This space W
contain about eighty people, and
closely shut up. Every one knows Il
stove uses up oxygen with great rapidit
and what is left is breathed over All
over again by tive people, who are givir
out from their lungs constantly n gas IL
terly unfit to be breathed.
Is it any wonder headache and naus,
steal over them? They must either sit
a draught or endure the poison, as IL
ventilators are not enough to carry o
the foul air.
IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE. X
Visit some school houses after q wal 4
in the fresh air and the odor is somethin
disgusting. These unpleasant sensation
come from want of greater ventilation
Here again the air is vitiated by tn
breaths, clothing; many of the pupil
scarcely know the luxury of a good bat
and plenty of clean underclothing. Now
can the air be anything but bad unde
such circumstances? If the windows ar
opened long the teacher and childrel
take cold, and some are afraid and thinl
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fresh air.
A schoolroom 80 feet square and 8 fee
high contains 1900 feet of cubic air
This room will seat sixty pupils Allow
ing ten cubic feet CT air to each pupi.
per minute, all the air in the room will.
be vitiated in twelve minutes. Now.
granting that every means is used re
garding ventilation, and goodly supply
of soap and water to scrub the floors in
stead of sweeping. A recess of five min
utes ought to be given every hour, so
that the children could move about, have
the windows and doors wide open, and
let them breathe in freely the pure air of
nature, to repair their mental and ply
steal condition.
Effects are proportional to causes, and
if an atmosphere filled with per cent.
Of carbonic acid will produce death in a
few minutes, what must be the effect of
breathing fer ten, twenty or forty years
the much smaller proportion which must
be present iii every inhabited room where
there is not a constant incoming and out
going of air? 1t must and does lower the
standard of health and shorten our lives.
Let a person who is in good health, with
a sound nasal organ, take a brisk walk
in the open air, then come at once into
the inhabited room, and if there is any
unpleasant odor the air of that room is
hurtful.
How many dwellings, sitting rooms or
bedrooms would pass such an ordeal in
the early morning after being occupied
all night?
LITTLE GOOD ADVICE.
Bad air being heavy always sinks to
the floor, and to be got rid of must be
drawn from the floor, either by open fire.
places or some means of ventilation. A
room 10 by ~ by 10 contains 1 ,440 cubic
feet of air, the available oxygen of which
is used up by one person in half an hour.
What to breathe then becomes the great
question, especially for persons unac-
quainted with the only way of produc-
ing good health and long life. Breath is
our life-more to us than food. Breathe
pure fresh air day and night. You can
not get too much of it. Fresh air is the
one mighty disinfectant. 1t certainly is
its own purifier; nothing can take the
place of pure ventilation.
We suffer most in winter for want of
ventilation; the outside cold makes us
close all the apertures in the rooms,
while in summer the heat makes us open
all the doors and windows. / think it
preferable from my standpoint to have
less heat in the rooms, to air them every
two hours, to get rid of the furnace
gases, and in the evenings to get away
with the deadly carbon from our gas
Jets. Let cleanliness be the watchword
in every home, from attic to cellar.
Keep plenty of disinfectants around the
washbowls and water closets In damp
cellars keep charcoal always. 1t is sim
pie and cheap. Let in the blessed sum
light everywhere you can. Never mind
the fading of furniture or carpets; bet
ter than that our lives and those of our
children be the forfeit.
Sunshine not only glaldens our hearts,
but it steals into the corners and makes
the surroundings pure. Where sunshine
enters, every room will be healthy. Get
the musty odor out of your Offices,
stores. every place of business. Better
stand cold air than breathe slow death.
Live in open air all you can. Take a
brisk walk countrywards every day.
Go to the hill tops, but remember "God
breathed into your nostrils the breath Of
life." So learn to keep your mouths
closed. IT'S good thing to practice.
Breathe through your nose at all times,
as mouth breathing is only an acquired
habit and brings thousands of evils.-Bos-
ton Globe.
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