Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall.

  • William Whitty Hall
Date:
1870
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Credit: Sleep, or, The hygiene of the night / by W.W. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    plenty of it during the hours of sleep, is indis- pensable to our well-being; that all adultera- tions of it tend to destroy health, and eventu- ally life itself; that one of the most constant, general, and fruitful sources of atmospheric impurity, is found in the practice of two or more persons sleeping in the same bed, or in the same small room, and that consequently the habit should be abandoned in every case where it is at all practicable; the reader being charged to remember, however, that any neces- sity which may seem to exist for its contin- uance, does not alter the nature of the evil, or diminish its amount; consequently, if it be in truth a necessity in any case, it is an unfortu- nate one. EXCESSIVE CHILD-BEARING. However numerous a household may be, the parent does not feel willing to spare any one of the children, and there is a prevailing sentiment, more pious than true, that if Provi- dence sends children, he will in some way pro-
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