The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-12
RED CROSS HEALTH LESSONS.
Fresh Air.
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If YOU cut off a supply of air entirely from a man for one min
ute he cannot live. Apparently air is a very important part OF our
Now, let us see what happens when we breathe We take n a
large breath of air and 1t PUSHES , s into u a tun nt entering ,dans n renew =
with impurities, and these are at once scattered about the room IN
the carpets.
no means Of letting in fresh air, what air there J. Is soon gone. Sup,
high. There is just enough air in there to supply one person for
Now. when you arc keeping a fire in the stove IN a cold day,
you do not shovel the ashes na% out f. from below II ana iqt put }n 5asa a ofes u
make heat. Instead you give the fire fresh coal n wood. But sup
pose you sit r sleep in 2 room ten iet SQUARE t = :. Ten ler ad
had odors released, After an hour you have used up all the good
air in the room, and then you must take in again that which IA
If there should be two of you you n each one taking in some
air that has been in the other ones lungs. Breathing Is not the only
throw Off invisible bits of worm out skin. perspration loaded with
soil. and our clothing carries dust from outside INTO ~, n y room p 50
The fact that we cannot Sc. this dirt is what makes IS overlook
1T so often, but you have all been in stuffy rooms where there was a
disagreeable odor, and sometimes it has given you a headache Did
is poorly ventilated YOU arc breathing in the air which has been in
the lungs of countless other people, who, for all you know, may have
the germs of tuberculosis, measles and all sorts of things. ign!
Sounds unpleasant, doesn't it?
Warm air rises. and the air we breathe out is warm, and pres
emily the upper half of a room is full of this bad air. We are often
told to lower u windows from the TOP ana raise , G e ron nv ~ ~
stir up that bank of dead air in the upper part of the room and ais
aee oe from rom the tp ND the the other from the bottom. How far they
should be open depends upon the number of windows, the ~ OF
the room and the strength of the wind. Wind helps to circulate the
air without having the windows SO far open.
1t is especially necessary to open windows in the rooms where
w @ sleep. or when We are a5eep III DlOou uoeS nt III" " idiug
and cannot 50 well fight with germs of disease Q It needs plenty
OF fresh air to purify it,
When you feel tired, with no particular reason for II; when your
head aches, or when you have the blues, look and Sc II the room
does not need fresh air. Colds come from breathing bad air more
often than anything else, and nothing cures them more quickly than
brisk walks in the open air. breathing deeply all the time.
Air comes up through our floors, so be careful that there are no
decaying vegetables in the vegetable cellars, and If you have a fur
mace keep the dust brushed out Of the registers so that the germs IT
holds do not keep circulating.
And above all things do not forget that cold air Is not neces-
sarly purea air. n ore than warm air Is necessarily bad air. Take
a look at your system of ventilation and ask yourself where the air
comes from.
Sunshine is the best germ killer known. so let in all you can
od una vonr ruva am bd clothes "a good dose q 1T often.
M A. WINTERS,
Public Health Nurse
Lesson No. 3 will be Diseases We Do Not Need to Have"
Watch for 1t.