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Upon the whole, from the, evidence adduced, I hope’ the fol- 
lowing inferences may not appeat improbable. 
I. THat one effet of an impure atmofphere, on sick i copie 
body, is to produce fpafms and convulfions. 
2. Tuart all young creatures, and etpedially infants within 
nine days after birth, fuffer moft feverely by fuch a noxious caufe; 
and therefore 
3. Tuat in the con/ffruction of lying-in hofpitals, and perhaps 
of all public buildings intended for the reception of children, 
lofty ceilings, large windows and moderate fized rooms fhould be 
efpecially attended to. 
4. TuHat in the arrangement of fuch edifices, no apartment 
fhould be completely filled with beds, if it can be conveniently 
avoided ; and 
s. Tuat in their management attention is efpecially neceffary 
to cleanlinefs, as well as to the con/ffant and uniform admiffion of 
atmofpheric air by zzght as well as by day; and 
Lastiy. That by purfuing fuch meafures with care, difeafes 
may be prevented which it has hitherto been found dzfficu/t, and 
fometimes smpoffible, to cure. 
