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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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"Generally
our
ordinary
sitting-rooms
are
tolerably
well
ventilated
by
the
opening
and
shutting
of
doors,
the
size
of
the
fire-place,
&c.,
but
in
our
bed-rooms
the
vitiation
of
the
air
is
far
greater,
owing
to
these
rooms
being
wholly
closed
during
the
seven
or
eight
hours
in
which
we
sleep
in
them,
and,
also,
owing
to
the
mass
of
curtains
with
which
we
usually
take
care
to
surround
our
beds.
In
this
respect
we
are,
indeed,
improved,
by
the
introduction
of
French
bedsteads,
which
are
among
the
most
valuable
of
modern
suggestions.
But,
notwithstanding
this
improvement,
and
many
others
which
reflection
and
science
have
contributed
to
introduce,
we
incur
much
suffering
from
our
ignorance
and
prejudice
on
the
subject
of
ventilation.
For
generations,
society
has
experienced
the
evil
effects
of
the
want
of
ventilation,
and
has
felt
in
towns
its
results
in
the
form
of
fevers,
general
ill-health,
cutaneous
and
nervous
diseases;
and
yet
the
most
direful
ignorance
continues
on
this
subject.
Hospitals
are
among
the
few
well-ventilated
buildings
which
are
erected,
because
an
idea
prevails
that
ventilation
is
essential
for
the
sick,
but
it
seems
to
have
been
forgotten
that
what
is
essential
for
the
recovery
of
health
is
equally
necessary
for
its
preservation.
'Were,'
says
Dr.
Combe,
'a
general
knowledge
of
the
structure
of
man
to
constitute
a
regular
part
of
a
liberal
education,
such
inconsistencies
as
this
would
soon
disappear,
and
the
scientific
architect
would
speedily
devise
the
best
means
for
supplying
our
houses
with
pure
air,
as
he
has
already
supplied
them
with
pure
water.'"
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