Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-25
VENTILATION.
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lContlpueu from last week.
Then to expect those who have fallen
sick to get well on the very conditions
that brought them low. What absurd
ity.
Again, sleeping in beds, feather beds
of all things, that are not treated to a
thorough airing daily, especially in
winter, when so much covering is used,
is a habit which in truth a pig would
avoid il he had his choice. The skin is
known as the third lung" because of
its faculty for absorbing and throwing
off. Beds aud covering that have been
repeatedly used without aiming are fill.
ed with matter from the breath and
skin that must be reabsorbed by sleep
ers. Thus the pores of the skin become
clogged with ~decaying matter, and
double duty is thrown upon the lungs.
There is nothing short of boiling
water and steam 30 cleansing as sunny
air in motion. l would plead with all
h~ousekeepers to air every sleeping room
daily the year round. Open the windows
and drive out the carbonic acid and
other impurities which mean death.
Let in the sunshine, the oxygen, for
this mean living as God wants us to
live. See that all refuse is carried far
from the house and left so that the pre-.
vailing breezes shall scatter its putre-
factions where no harm can be done.
What otfends the nostrils and role the
stomach can't be good for the throat
and lungs. Clean bedroom china thor
oughly, promptly, let no soiled cloth
ing be about, hang dresses and coats
near the window before putting into
closets. In short, take away every
thing from the family sleeping rooms
that may absorb and give off impuri-
ties, and remember that if people fall
sick from unhealthful surroundings,
their hope OF recovery lies more in
nursing and in cleanliness and purity
to the last atom of air than in doctor
or medicine. all this does not cos
money, not q cent, nor is ii hard work
and it does saw money and suffering
and grief.
Drafts across a bed are not necessary
but good ventilation and plenty o
space that shall provide for just a
many cubic feet of air-new ARA
every sleeper needs is an easy way Il
guard against colds and sore throat
stuffy chests, %feveIs, and dyspepsi,
pneumonia and consumption. 1t /
positively wicked to reject this goo
gift so bountifully provided, and thel
accuse our Maker Of mysterious dis
pensations." 1t would be far NOR
sensible to convert the seldom use,
parlor into a nice large sleeping room
than to save Its stiff elegance for tn,
funerals that are sure to follow a sys.
tenn of s%uffocation and poisoning IL
tiny M Widowed rooms.
Notice how often you are chilly and
listless though there is a good fire
This means that the air of the room il
foul, and your lungs not properly sup
piled with good fuel are not giving the
blood all the new life it calls for. Have
pure air every day in cool weather in
kitchen and pantry and sleeping and
living rooms. just try a few times and
learn how quickly q room will be com
f%ortably, cheerfully warm after the
coolest wind has blown through. OBJ
serve how it will revive you and drive
away headache and lassitude. Have 6
thorough "blow out" even in severes
weather, just before going to bed, ant
see how quickly you will go to sleep.
Lamps as we'll as people consum
oxygen from the air, and when burn
during sleeping hours especially, the,
are robbers and murderers. takin
away the physical LIES dearest gil
and leaving only poison in return
Dogs and cats are to be looked on /
the same way II they are more in
portant than the family, or too good
sleep where dogs and cats belong, the
would better cease to exist. Who tn,
thinks a little wants to breathe poiso
thrown off by animal lungs throug
mouths that devour re%fusep-A Earn
er's Daughter.
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