The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-03

Rev. J. ". oui1bJ. Who writes 81
Ths Pop1l.r Science Nonthly. Il inciin-
ID 70 take DE ordinary st.tsmeut Of
mankind that they love pure air wy
much - the doctors taks : Wom.n's
solsmn aassveration that abe DOE not
lace tight. Mr.. Quinby declares IN e.
feet that the average mortal has no idsa
what pure air ,. MY dear friends, ron
know no more Of what really pure nir i
than tho blind mole down In the ground
knows Of sunlight
The disease and pain that confront a
on every hand are the saddest hight IN
civilization, and these the writer traces
directly 70 want Of pure air. Barbsrians
and savages DO not suffer %. because
they at least get air and sunlight So
far from fresh air causing colds. IL i the
want Of air that causes them. The
blood fills up with carbon which there Il
no oxygen TO carry o.; Il stagnates and
the subject becomes chilled. There u
10 preventive for coughs and colds llks
opening the windows and keeping than
open night and day. The pure cold II
comes in from tie region Of sly and sun
light and nils the human being with HE
itself, sweeping Ill the disease out 81
him.
Mr.. Quinby finds that after an expo
sure in crowded rooms with bad air all
about him he sometimes takes cold, bat
never at home. where his windows are,
open always, and drafts, those mon
STEERS dreaded like the evil one by most
Of mankind. playing about him at will.
He does not think, though, that per-
son who has been used to living in the
midst Of the foulness of closed room
should try to harden himself to drafts
all at once. It should be done gradually,
now that civilized men have strayed
50 far away from nature.
The following chapter from Mr..
Quinby's own experience Is full Of IN
struction:
remembered some curious facts OF my own
experience IN the army In 16tH and lbtA. was
not strong and indeed was hardly ft to be in
the army at all. And when found myself
exposed all day long to steady rain, and ut
night to the outdoor air, with no fire. no change
of clothing, no SHELTER but canvas covering,
open at both ends. through which the rain
dripped constantly, 1t seemed certain that tho
death o. cold" so often predicted must surely
follow. Why 1t did not follow was more of a
mystery then, however, than 1t Is now. for /
was In place where the art Of man no
longer excluded one of the prime principles Of
health. / breathed pure air, because could
not helpit. During service of fifteen months,
with severe exposures, but fresh airconstantly,
the same immunity from colds prevailed. re-
membered, too. that when came home from
the army the blessing and the curse-at least
one OF the curses-of civil life came back to-
gether. ! had comfortable rooms to eat,
breathe and sleep in on the one hand, but very
soon colds, sore threats and related troubles
on the other. This was the second count In
the argument for pure air.
Finally, after nearly twenty years OF suffer-
ing according to the common lot Of man, re-
solved to try the pure air cure, and from that
time to this the windows OF my room have
been open almost constantly day and night.
Tho result was immSiate and striking, and
for the last seven years | have not had one se-
rious cold. My sore Threats are wholly thing
of the past, and certain other physical derange-
ments not usually associated with colds have
also disappeared.