A\D ll<>\\ lo < (i\llt\l II 



against*i ram the open window. 



it bnol posiibletoplaoethebedsothal it *,n i. . 

 the draught, a screen in front of the open window will miffiee 



In many American dwellings the air is kept too hot and too 



the winter. A temperature of from <i.V F. to 68 



>ild be sufficient, especially when care in taken that th. >nrncnd 



duced by th. furnace is not too dry. The exeesshrdy 



iiosphere of many city and country homes in winter 



gives rise to nasal catarrh, a condition which everybody, 



I I* .:< II, ; ' - 



but especially those suffering fmm pulmonary 



prone to th.-m. should U anxious to avoid. Besides keeping 



thr water pan in the furnace constantly filled, there should 



sitting-room and sleeping-rooms some humid: 

 arrangement such as b j ig. 30). More sam|4u 



evaporating devices, however, such as a vewel filled with water 

 and a cloth suspended at> idling the water so as to pro- 



illary attrar 11 answer the purpose of render- 



sufficiently humid. 



nee has prmvd that we can be perfectly comfort- ^^^^ 

 >f 65 F. and -v. n a littl lower, pro- j ^ e 

 lir rrla- t^ of inniHtun- i> fill. If this 



iO nr t<> thru thr dry thnr 



nose, M arr in rvi.l.-n.. M Unation is sun|Jt\ 



:iir absorbs the moisture from the body and causes 

 disoonifnrt I)., .hying of mucoun nn*mbranc0 in this way 

 hem open to the invasion of the 



imonia, and tuberculosis. I 



