New system of ventilation, which has been thoroughly tested under the patronage of many distinguished persons : being adapted to parlors, dining and sleeping rooms, kitchens, basements, cellars, vaults ... / by Henry A. Gouge.

  • Henry A. Gouge
Date:
1881
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Credit: New system of ventilation, which has been thoroughly tested under the patronage of many distinguished persons : being adapted to parlors, dining and sleeping rooms, kitchens, basements, cellars, vaults ... / by Henry A. Gouge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    tliree montlis, tliey have expended three tJiousand dollars,'^ and tliey have not got fresh air enough into the church to feed tliree JHesy Let this church be properly ventilated, and the noted pastor, though he may not be more eloquent and impassioned, will be likely to add ten years to his ]3astoral life. Constant dropping, it is said, will wear out a stone ; and so the breath- ing of foul air, at frequent intervals, along with great physi- cal and mental effort, can not fail to make an ultimate im- pression even upon the healthful and vigorous system of the pastor in question. It was found that the soldiers in the English barracks, near London, in consequence of imperfect ventilation, did not live as long by ten years, upon an aver- age, as the agricultural population, outside of the barracks, under similar conditions of life, excepting that they had a pure and wholesome air. WATER-CLOSET VEISTTILATION. Many of our finest houses are rendered almost intolera- ble by the water-closets, the foul odors of which may be de- tected from the basement to the attic, and yet the remedy is perfectly simple and easily applied. The unwholesome odors and gases may be readily exchanged for the sweet, pure air. In my mode of ventilating water-closets, the foul air beneath the seat is made to ascend through a flue, by means of a rarified atmosphere, carrying with it cigar smoke, or other disagreeable odors above the seat, or within the in- closure or apartment in which the closet is located ; and thus the mingled impurities of the atmosphere, so offensive to the sense of smell, and so injurious to the health, are scattered upon the wings of the wind. I have ventilated numerous closets for our wealthy families, and always to their great delight and satisfaction. SMOKING-EOOMS—KEGAED FOR THE HEALTH OF yOUE WIFE AND FAMILY. These should always be ventilated, whether they exist in public places or private houses. Even the accustomed smoker would be better not to inhale over and over again the smoke emitted from his cigar or pipe. Nor is the idea a * The sum actually expended was $5,000.
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