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Xr^ EXGL^XD F.^JlMEPw 



the mea air wtmld apfeir to be ncccimytwheth- 

 er askep or awake, redre to aome prirate corner, 

 and pat tbeir heada mder tiieir vin^ Xar, 

 wbat does the adioolboy do, vhen left in a donci- 

 tar\ airEd vith particiuu' care ? If be finds be 

 cannot uli asleep, the fint thing be does is to 

 bury bis bead under the bed-docfaes. Hence M. 

 Delfani^ coododea, diat i£, vfaen avake, we ex- 

 bale a qttantitT of caibooie acid, ve Bost inbale a 

 certain qoanu'tr of this gaa daring *lee|i, joat as 

 {dants exhale hj day m oxygen tfaey absorb hj 

 a^bt-" 



In r cf a enee to the &ets bexe given to mbetan- 

 tiate a trrilj novel theory, we wmild n^^eat dnt 

 they are sosceptible of qoite a diOaeut intopR- 

 tatkn. The fioo and t^er hare le e wu a e to caT- 

 ems fiar coohiess ; the dog dmat bis w»e onder 

 bu body for varwth ; die bird pots its bead un- 

 der its wing; for a stmCar reason; and the boy 

 boiies bis head mtda the bed-dodies becaoae be 

 is either cold, or, what is pobaps not va^eqaatt- 

 ly Ae cascjri^eaed. 



I know it is a popolar prejadiee, snpprnted by 

 b^ medical andianty, that expoeme to "nigfat 

 aiP* i» peiiliMW for onSnary persons. The grand 

 error b made ineaaefaidii^ thaft it is m ee ai arSjf 

 so nmder ^eiraamdmmea. I doobt if diere is ooe 

 indiridaal amoi^ a thnQsaad «iiwf?iiwfd invafids 

 who could not, even in the winlcr-time, speedily, 

 safdy and very adTantage oody a o juiie the ability 

 to endare a perceptible drasgbt c^ "n^b^ air ;'' 

 and whedier the brnnt cf it be receired by the &ee 

 or the back of the head, die latter being as Uttle 

 snsceptiUe to the inflaence of a diaa^t as the 

 former, under an eqoal amoont of expocure. 



The erib leaohing from breatbing, ni^ht after 

 B^t, an a lm u sfJtei e beeomii^ more ud more 

 vitiated as the morning apptoadies, probably eqol, 

 if tibcy do HOC exceed, tbow lesoldng from the in- 

 tempmat e nae of spiritaooa Kqoora. Indeed, it is 

 qpeadoBable whether a eravins for stimnfamtahas 

 not been orras i nnally created by this a bomin a b le 

 yet preraknt custom of keeptne the windows of a 

 ileqang apartment either entir^ dosed <» opened 

 bat a "crack." They dwold be widdy opened 

 ererr ri?r:t thnx^boatthe year, mleas the weath- 

 er isinteascly cold, or the wind mmsvalfy rk^est, 

 or aome otha Tahd reason exists for aotigiasiag a 

 diaagbt. 



Were this p K ict i ce vmvczsally adopted, a lar- 

 nnaiag redodnn voold be qai^iy manifested in 

 nie freqoescy of mnmiiy headache and n a nwr a, 

 and ^-spepaia, daoue catanb, eronp, d^fatheria, 

 inflaeBia, meailes, acrofbla, coasampdon, teadet 

 fever, waaT^poB, typhas fever, felon, whitlow, cry- ! 

 ameias and many odcr diso r ders, which are more \ 

 often induced by an ^fc*-*—! a tm< > nihw e, than any 

 other cause. I 



In recommen£ng a diaagbt, I am not advocat- 

 ing a whirlwind or a hnzxicane, bat merdy sadi a 

 coirent of air as will soppty the kaags doni^ each" 

 night witli from eight to ten thoasmidiMtaDmettts [ 

 of pore, fresh, free oxygen, in a qf ni a titj foDy < 

 eqval to any possible demand of the homan S3rs- ' 

 tern. Stagnantaireannot supply ^hm wast, nehh- 

 cr can air that b iamotiaBif it be not perceptibly 

 ■o; notbii^ lees than a dxaogbt, ■adnale, brt 

 decided, and cootinning duoaghoat the ai^^t, can > 

 meet in every respect Uoe reqniiemeBia of health 



Of the many and reamckahle aihuitsgis of 

 4*T«^ in the open air, or what may be l e gm ded 1 



as die same tMag, I eaa speak from dDctcca yean' 

 cx pei i ente. Cii— laiTii, the practice rather ab- 



raptiy in ^ winter of 1830, 



tml, I became ia a few weeks aearh- as iavalaexn- 

 Ue to die asaaaks of a freezing cold blast as a aal- 

 a m a adrr to fee. From that time to the present, 

 I have not ooee safeied from any palmoasiy af- 

 fectioB, and, except in very rare inrt races, have 

 been atteriyezen^it from any ibem that coddhe 

 traced to a aighc-dm^ht exposure. Ia short, a 

 praetiee which M. Deftmek awrbe dm^t to 

 regard as aaneeeasary , mmatiaal, and conteoaent- 

 hrfiaa^ with danger, 1 have n^dly o bauiul 

 for a aeries oCjears, as one of die moat ■-T'-'f^ 

 of an Ae mSs that I have hitherto adofitcd for 

 TTidffeihrl y promoting heaKh, a U c iigth and detd- 

 opaw lit 



The foflowiog are a few of the many examiples 

 thatt aaght be cited to shov how horrible may be 

 the eSetts of a vitiated atBMaphere : In the year 

 ITsG, dnriag a rebeffiaa in India, one h aaik ed 

 and forty-six perwrns^ ehseiy Ea^bh, Dutch and 

 Poctueese aoldias, woe wipri'Toiied by the na- 

 tives^ m the Uack Hofe of Gskntta, which was 

 nothing ^Mse nor less Aaa aa apart aa iit ^g^f^a 

 feet aqoare and ahoat liUm. feet h^h, and fin- 

 niihed widitwo mtad openiagsoa one aadefor 

 the admisaan of %ht and air. Daring a eonfem- 

 ment of twelve hoars, one hundred aad twenty- 

 tlaee periled, and de renainder were isbar 

 qoendy attuned with ''patrid fever," which pro^ 

 fetal in moat of the cases. 



In ^e lear 1797 or ^S, duriE^ a stam at sea, 

 seventv men, wo^ms and children were kept for a 

 short tW in the hold if a aaaaB vessel, the hatch- 

 es of wlach had not tmij been ■4aid over," hat, 

 for better aeeaiity, battimd dowa." The death 

 of the ertire nsmbti waa die rernJt. k: 

 ber, 18IS, aim duriag a storm, 

 fifty paaaeagem were cncl oe ed in the same her- 

 Bomcal manner, m &e tUUMg t eabm of de 

 steams "Loadoadeny,* while on its panige froaa 

 Liverpool to Xev Tock. Soon half the aaaaber 

 perished by saabcatnn, and it b very prulmme 

 that die rest would have speedily met witn a sim- 

 ilar fete, bad it not been for the streagdiof one 

 ■ma, who sacceeded ia bnrAiBg open ttedoorof 

 dw aarrow- cosapanwm-way, akhoogb the captain 

 of die steamer Imd taken e^ecial pams to 



The fidhyuing are a few- exaaaples to ; 

 the importance of a^boroagh system of icatila- 

 tioe,in cases where Ettle if any comyhmt had 

 been made of inattention to dib hrgwaie mea- 

 sure : There was once m Glasgovaa cssemnbge 

 of t>uildiag& attached to a fectoxy, which were oc> 

 coped by aboat five h an dred p ers ona on e fasa^ 

 to each room. For a long period, an isamense 

 dealof si^nessbad pervaded the baikfin^ winch 

 the iamates seemed to regard as a mi xenons £»- 

 of novidente, for they costmately re- 

 to adept andi sanitary exp e di e nts m bad 

 been repeatedly advised ^hma. At lni|^ the 

 proprieton of 'the eMaliSshment, dnp s iira g of 

 ever makiagtheiaamtes an|s f i iatf thr imjnataaff' 

 of oceasionaly opcaaag waadnars icaotved to a^ 

 ply a system «f veatftoion wtaeh should be ^sr- 

 oa^gh, coatiaaal, and atterir beyond the eoatiul 

 of those sab jec te d to iL Yhey a tc m d iagl y con- 

 nected each lao^ hf mcaaa of tubes, with tha 



