Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — Fresh Air in Both Home and Hospital Important Says a Health Official [ARTICLE]

Fresh Air in Both Home and Hospital Important Says a Health Official

Fresh air is the environment la which man developed 'to his present state es perfection. Now that our newspapers reach to every nook and corner of the world, bearing the message, most men and women appreciate thepart pure air plays in sustaining; health, writes Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., D. Sc., commissioner of healths Owing to the various demands of dv- 1 illzatlon we find, it hard to, be where we can best earn a livelihood and at: the same time dwell in an atmosphere* sufficiently pure to maintain perfect! health. Not only the medical profession, but now the general public, ap-» predates that in the cure of tuberculosis of the lungs fresh air is essential,, and, therefore, a)l our best hospitals are built and managed so timt the patients may receive the maximum of fresh air. Purity of air is necessary for the* sick. ®his Is often lost sight of by patients and those to whose care they are intrusted. During convalescence of patients from acute diseases in cold weather, we find in homes and hospitals where there are the greatest luxuries that those in attendance on the sick often neglect maintaining the regulation temperature. Physicians, internes and nurses, who have to be up and down at all times of the day and night, and often fail to dress Themselves sufficiently for protection against the cold air that the patient in bed should receive if those in charge ate to get the "best results. They should measure the temperature of the room by a thermometer and not by their own feelings. i *