Anatomy and Physiology, Designed for Academies and Families (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...be so ventilated that the air in the morning, will be as pure as when retiring to rest in the evening. Ventilation of the room would prevent morning headaches, and the want of appetite, so common among the feeble. Every room should be so constructed that pure air can be admitted freely, as impure air tends to weaken and destroy the system. The impure air of sleeping rooms is probably more ruinous than intemperance. Look around the country, and those who are most exposed, who live in huts but little superior to the sheds that shelter the farmer's flocks, are found to be the most healthy and robust. Headaches, liver complaints, and coughs, are almost unknown to them; not so with those who spend their days and nights in rooms, in which the sashes of the windows are caulked, or perchance doubled, to prevent the keen but healthy air of winter from entering their apartments. Disease and suffering are their constant companions. The one breathes pure air, the other does not. Due attention has not been given to the proper ventilation of rooms. 1st. Air can and should be introduced into our apartments pure and warm. This can be done by the use of hot-air furnaces, or by converting the box and air-tight stoves, into hot-air-furnaces. The common air-tight stoves are very objectionable, especially for sick rooms. 2d. Provision should be made for the escape of the vitiated air, as well as the introduction of pure air. This can be done Is the ventilation of rooms of as much importance as the warming of them? Why should every inhabited room be well ventilated? How should pure air be introduced into apartments? How should the impure air be carried from rooms? by constructing a ventilating flue in the chimney. This should be in contact with the flues for the escape of smoke, ...