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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    to be, ‘ after life’s fitful fever,’ sleeping well! Another authority, Mr. E. V. Tuson, believes that in many instances there is a corrosion of the leaden coffins from within, forming a pecu- liar anhydrous carbonate of lead, and often destroying the leaden plates to a mere shell. Both recommend a discontinuance of burial- cases of this material.” CHAMBERS FOR THE SICK. Florence Nightingale, after a wide per- sonal observation and experience, says of the rooms which the sick occupy : “It is very desirable that the windows in a sick-room should be such that the patient shall, if he can move about, be able to open and shut them easily himself. In fact, the sick-room is very seldom kept aired if this is not the case— so very few people have any perception of what is a healthy atmosphere for the sick. The sick man often says: ‘This room, where I spend twenty-two hours out of twenty-four, is fresh- er than the other, where I only spend two.
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