Chemical and Medical Facts^ ^c. 105 



I remember seeing this illustrated by an instance 

 in Savannah. Having occasion to open the door of a 

 chamber, in which a crowd of mechanics used to 

 sleep, I perceived a horrid smell. Returning 

 down stairs, I told the lady the danger of keeping the 

 door, and all the windows, shut. Not relishing my 

 advice, I told her, that she would have the yellow- 

 fever in the room, if fresh air should be much longer 

 excluded. 



Some weeks after, observing the house shut up, 1 

 asked of a neighbour the cause. He told me, that 

 the man and woman of the house, and about twenty 

 of the boarders, died, in the course of a few days, of 

 a fever supposed to be malignant ; but that how it 

 came, was not known, as the town was generally 

 healthy, when they had died so fast. 



We see, then, that putrid vapours and crowded 

 situations are best avoided in warm weather especially. 



I observe, by the papers, the commendable exer- 

 tions, in Virginia, to improve the breed of sheep. The 

 fine young ram, that won the prize, was to be shorn, 

 to have the weight of his fleece ascertained. 



We may remark, that men, accustomed to wear 

 flannel next to the skin, who take it off" in summer, 

 are obliged to put it on in bad weather, or be in dan- 

 ger of fever, pleurisy, dysentery, or consumption, 

 &c. Sheep cannot resume the fleece when neces- 

 sary, and, under the usual management, are a sickly 



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