Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-25

Monday evening. The fret part Of IN
lecture appeared In last evening
NEws
la connection with our present topi
% air contamination the quctUln o
The eject Of impure air upon the uOul
il peftiuent. We have nn array OF th'
best authorities to support the view
that the breathing of foul air u pro-
tuciive VI a multitude Of ills. 70 th'
fret place many epccifc diseas,i
ore caused by theee means. scfni'
ulsua dls0fders are common anon
those who dwell in foul AR
COHsunJti0H n a fftqlsnt result oi
breathing contaminated air, BE- are avs
cefialn forms Of sore throat phfllcu'
larry T0Hn'Hs This latter fcsullinE
nls5 ty tho breathing Of ait coutam'
mated from the back How from sewer
pipof, ~ commonly known 90 teWcf'Ali
throat. Concerning ils symp1omsi
DR.. PArtoi, Of London, has saldi
"ftis marked by great infnmmalory
swelling of tho iuusil7, very f0ui tongue
gastric arrangement, accompanied ny
teyoro headache and intense depression.
The temperature OF tho body u oitCn not
much raised. certainly not 60 a height
proportlonato 90 the severe symptom.
butthis low temperature, together win
tho in onto prUstraiiou, are characteristic
" most illnesses resulting from the on-
trance Of sewer. polluted air or water INTO
the system.'
But beside these specific disorders, the
breathing Of foul air tends TO weaken
nli tho bodily aud mental powcu. a
body No subjected IL robbed Of large
part Of IL vitality, the capacity o. fraisi
The onoroachments Of disease Il lowered,
and the chances of an early surrender
to tho influences OF destruction very
much increased. Lot mo call your
attention 10 some authenticated In
stances Of M effects from this causei
Tho extreme roid of tho winter OF leo
land reduces tho system uf domestic ycu-
tiIation in that country tu very primitive
principles. a traveller there was Hn chukrd
ono night hy tho close atmosphere OF tho
air.tlght little chamber in which he slept
with nii tho malo members of tho family,
rs 10 DO compelled TO wake hi. host, who
spmng out ~ bed nt tho call, pulled a
cork from knot.hnlo iu the wall Tor a
Tow minutes, and amer replacing The
cork, with SILVER returned 10 bod
Silence, lss1.
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cltod ~ well as ignorant, tho feeling Htill
seems 10 bo slorootypod that tho free,
pure, unauthorized air Of heaven falls
upon the brow Of Infancy A. tho poppios
Of eternal aloop, and cutters the lungs and
circulaios "A u deadly poison, aud sill
tho shawls aud blankets, sleeping and
awake, are pretty generally employed 20
deprive thoobiocia Of tho most rhpiur0us,
patornal sollciude OF what was originally
brualhod into tho nnalrils of tho great
archotypo " tho humau race ~ the
breath OF life"
During tho English war In India In tho
last century, lii persons were shut up in
room scarcely large enough 10 hold
thCm. Tue air could enter ouy hy two
narrow windows. At tho end Of olght
hours hu. - persons remained alive, aud
those were in a most doplorablo
This prison IL we'll called Tho Black
Hole OF Calcutta Percy relates tliat
auer the battle of Austorlltz, 800 l,ussiAn
prisoners were confined in "a cavern,
whore 200 81 thom persisted IN a few
hours. The stupid captain OF tho ship
Londonderry, during storm nj sea, shut
the haichos. There were only Z cubic
feet oi space len Tor each person, and la
ak hours ~ OF tho passengers we're dead.
DR.. Steele.
THE lecturer hero read numerous
otner Instances, quoting Lord Derby,
Dr.. Newell, DIR. Noumans, Won Psiten.
koier, Bernny, etc.l Continuing he
tald.
Yet how terribly neglected. ara a
great part Of mankind 10 this pressing
requirement. Fortunately Tor ua cat.
pentera ana builders ofttimes do their
work imperieotly, aud leave many
ctuvlce through which air may enter
our DWELLING, against our know ledge
aud our consent. Not alone In our DO.
nestle habitations do we lay the foun.
dAtlons Of weakened minds anu b0uies
hytuch unclean atmospheric surround.
inge, but In places OF general assembly,
In lecture halls, aud sad Nv II IA TO say
In places Of worship erected la the
pfoiessed service oigOdliness. CleAnii.
nesa was long ago ranked next ~ god.
llnessi u IL now regarded M . part OF
godlineHs, aud what unoleanuess eau
be more disgustlng,Or more distinctive,
than nth la the air We breathe? Iait
any wonder that congregations
70 10 sleep, within s0rnd OF
a voice that may have been inspired,
when tho mophitiu surroundings have
made the soul deaf 10 all reason aud
TRUTH Yot | have sat In places Of
worship, whore the lights could
scarcely burn for want Of supporting
oxygen. Architects who plan public
structures are now generally capable
men, understanding the requirements
In the way OF ventilation, aud usually
they make adequate provisions; but
the janitors, anu others, In Immediate
charge Of those buildings are prone TO
neglect every facility aud 10 doom the
audiences 10 a sitting and hltny
atmosphere.
3. IHE MEANS Or SECURING PROPER
VENTILATION, constitutes tho thlft,
aud perhaps tue most practical Of tho
divisions OF our subject. We have 10
provide for the removal OF foul air and
Tue Introduction OF a fresh aud pure
supply, l speak only Of ventilation iu
this sense, mat h., ventilation proper,
though attempts have been made
10 provide chemical means OF
accompanying the foul emanAii1ua, and
Of supplying oxygen TO fe-establish the
purity; such methods, however, are
now very generally abandoned except
on the very small scale OF diyers' suits,
rte. To veutilato room We must
arrange for the entrance OF fresh air.