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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    pear from the following incident in another royal family, bnt a short time before the death of the hus- band of Victoria the First. It is stated in a letter from Lisbon, in reference to the death of the young King of Portugal: “It seems the terrible malady to which the unfor- tunate monarch, and two of his brothers, fell victims, was caught during a visit to Alemtojo, where the air is impregnated with some miasma exceedingly dan- gerous to strangers. On the evening of his arrival there, the landlord of the house where the royal party had put up, came in to inquire at what hour his majesty wanted breakfast next morning, adding that it could not well be befoi’e eight, as it was very unsafe for persons not used to the air of that country to go out early, at least before sunrise ; even the in- habitants never venturing abroad until the sun had dispelled the putrid vapors that arise during the night from the soil. Unmindful of this warning, the King was at his window at six next morning, asking for breakfast.” TEMPERATURE OF CHAMBERS. Human life would be prolonged, and an incalcula- ble amount of disease prevented, if a little fire were kept burning on the hearth during the night, winter and summer, if the doors and windows are kept closed. One great advantage would be. that a con- stant draft would be kept through the room, fire- place, and chimney, making a great degree of at- mospherical vitiation impossible. There is a bale- ful error in the popular mind as to the nature and effects of pure air, warm air, and cold air. Warm air may be as pure as that of the poles ; and although cold air is almost a synonym of pure air, and although it is healthful to breathe a cold air asleep or awake, yet
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