Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-11-17
PURE A,R AND GOOD HEALTH.

"The fall and winter are tno go -, =
n which the greatest insistence snou ~
he laid on the necessity Of fresh ar as =
q condition Of immunity from disease,
saws the Milwaukee Wisconsin. Every
hndv IN summer time is obliged 70
choose between admitting the outer
air is sleeping and living IN apart.
! ments and sitting with neat. bul
when cold winds do blow comes the
tast which separates the sheep from
the eoats-the fair weather fresh ar
neorIe from the genuine fresh ar
J .,aonle THE individual whose clrcuia-
fion e sluggish in an inadequateiy
wantilated apartment, and who ny
reason Of his blood moving Slowly
feels chilly, breads to admit fresh az
for fear OF reducing the Temperature
and is hard to convince that the open,
tho :cf window would make him 1eel
more comfortable. With plenty u
nxvgen his circulation would improve
anI he would feel warmer even II the
thermometer showed lower tenn
naratnre in the room. But 1t Is hard
- make him believe it. It Is hard
~ uet him to try the experiment and
Ia Governed thereafter by the result.
.Dr. William A. Evans. the aDle'
energetic health commissioner OF Ch ,n-
cago. is trying to enlighten the popula-
tion of that city on the subject OF 1 re
air and raises the slogan that Ioo
much fresh air is just enough. AS q
matter Of fact 1t Is. difficult to con-
ceiye the possibility of too much fresh
air and the doctor knows this as well
40 anyone else. 1t is fair to assume
that he uses the phrase too mucn
fresh air merely for rhetorical effect.
To ait or lie in a draft is a bad thing
1t that be admitted at the outset in
all discussions on the subject OF fresh
air. But to endeavor to exist in
nolluted atmosphere is suicidal. me
aim Of every one DESTROYS OF preserv,
ing health should be to have at all
times as much fresh air as possible
and as far as possible to avoid draIls.
"Doctor Evans declares that the big
pest bedroom in the world IS not Dis
enough to sleep in if the windows are
shut. 1t is said that he has llterally
driven hundreds of citizens OF Chicago
from steam-heated bedrooms to sleep
inc quarters on the porch. He is
ENGAGED in a humane work. The best
Way to fight the spread Of tuberculo-
lis is to battle against impure air
10 educate the community to pitch
st which its members will not tolerate
III ventilation by day or night, and
will demand and provide for pure air
ii the street cars, the Office, the
theater, the school room and the
church as we'll as in the home.
Cali must encounter the microbes,
but people can Withstand the assaults
81 disease germs when they are IN
vigorous physical condition. There
lis no surer way of lowering the phys
lcal condition than to keep the lungs
lnsuflciently supplied with oxygen
In other words to live under conditions
which compel the breathing OF de-
PRAYED air.
"The campaign which Doctor Evans
ls conducting will raise echoes else
where, making it conducive to good
In a wider region than that for which
he is directly responsible by reason
Of his official commission. There is
no surer way of lowering the death
rate than by convincing everyone OF
the close relationship of good health
to fresh air"